Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  "God by the Neck" short film

  by wolfman85 in

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  now you can see the full short movie online.

  storyline: its sunday, and pablo, 8 years old, has an invitation to a very special but also forbidden birthday party.

  its sunday, and for the first time, pablo is going on a door-to-door preaching with his mother.

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  Wow. Very accurate and a frightening reminder of what JW childhood was like.
  
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  You Tube Video Ex-Betheliite Ex-Walkill Worker Layed Off!

  by cha ching in

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  i am not sure if this guy is really from bethel, or walkill, but if he is....this poor guy really tells it like it is from the heart.

  he was surprised.. at the 'oh so fast, pack your bags, get your stuff outta here' layoff !.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1xh1egjcu

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  I used to think that bethel was a wonderful place. I was deceived. Now that I'm out and getting on with my life, I see it as a hell hole that I wish I had never, ever set eye on.

  My story is different, but plenty in his account that I can relate to. I'll tell more, someday.
  

  I still sometimes have nightmares where I'm in bethel. I'm so very happy when I wake up and realize that the nightmare is over. I have a degree. I have the freedom that comes with earning a good income and no more bondage to the cult.
  
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  this weeks bible highlights: Jehovah slaughters his own people to teach David a lesson

  by nowwhat? in

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  from 2 samuel 24. i am so mad at myself for not making a comment how could anyone explain this away?

  then after he slaughters 70,000 he then feels regret?

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  How do believers explain this slaughter?

  I'd looked up what little WT had to say about this and other accounts of the slaughter of innocents a long time ago, about the only statement I recall is that these people had no special right to life--it was as if WT was justifying it by saying, "people die all the time, so this is no big deal that he would slaughter thousands of his own chosen nation."

  And although it was supposedly wrong in this account to conduct a census, there was no specifically stated law against it. There are plenty of times in the bible that the populations are mentioned. This all just sounds like an excuse for the angry desert sky-daddy to go on a random murderous rampage against his own worshipers. Nice.
  
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  Had my Hopes up for this Regional Convention

  by James Jack in

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  heard a lot buzz for our upcoming convention.

  those that already been were saying how great it was and all the videos that were presented.. well, thus far not impressed!

  in fact many times pure insanity!

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  There is now an official "make-up department" for regional conventions.

  ToMo3 is ready to give his closing talk:
  
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  Destroying the arguments presented in the book "Is There A Creator Who Cares About You?" (1998)

  by cappytan in

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  found this article taking each point made in the creator book and demolishing them with reason and logic.

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  good resource: http://evolutionwiki.org/wiki/is_there_a_creator_who_cares_about_you%3f.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  I always read that title as two questions...

  Is There a Creator? --
  -- Who Cares About You?
  
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  My introduction and confession

  by elderINewton in

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  well another big bad elder here just wanting to say sorry.. i'm sorry that so many were treated like crap, and shown that god's love is not to be found around jehovah's witnesses.

  i'm sorry that inadvertently i've likely taught many to judge and as such see that racism permeates every corner of the jw world, else why else would someone be of the world, or even inactive.

  i'm sorry i sat in on a jc, and voted to df.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Welcome!
  
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  Huge story unfolding at Warwick

  by Crazyguy in

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  its been mentioned before that warwick is a toxic dump and now the jw's are suing a former owner for compensation.

  well this is huge on so many levels.

  one they new it was contaminated back a few years ago so why move your headquarters there?

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Contaminated soil? They should pray about the matter, rely on Jehovah, and leave it in His capable hands to purify the land!

  Nah. Instead the GB is going to look for help from Satan's world, the demonic governments, corrupt legal agents of this evil system, and materialistic corporations to correct this matter.

  I think this is a valuable precedent for where the GB has placed their confidence--Rely on Jehovah and nothing will get done. Rely on Satan and His system, and get ready for re$ult$!
  
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  Let me get this straight

  by poopie in

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  at the regional they said they need brothers like crazy, but sisters are giveing out the literature and sisters are handling contranution boxes but yet they say brothers are lazy shiftless following at distance can someone explain this.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  At the regional they said they need brothers like crazy ... they say brothers are lazy shiftless following at distance

  And the beatings will continue until morale improves.
  
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  MORE PROPAGANDA FROM THE CO!!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  well, once again my "friend" has shared their notes with me from the latest co visit.

  besides the usual 1914 assertions/ world getting worse all the time/ our day is the worst of all time nonsense, the co mentioned some interesting things.

  number one won't surprise you.

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  world getting worse all the time/ OUR DAY is the worst of all time

  More people are dying from the complications of obesity today than at any time throughout history... just like the bible predicted!
  
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  MORE PROPAGANDA FROM THE CO!!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  well, once again my "friend" has shared their notes with me from the latest co visit.

  besides the usual 1914 assertions/ world getting worse all the time/ our day is the worst of all time nonsense, the co mentioned some interesting things.

  number one won't surprise you.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  #1) Religions are destroyed because the Governments want their money.

  How convenient that WT is collecting money into a central corporate account to build new headquarters and supposedly a bunch of new kingdumb hauls to give to the governments... very soon now. And when the governments would turn on the JWs, they can easily go straight to Warwick and arrest all the leaders... like shooting fish in a barrel.
  

  If the GB really believed that rubbish, they would still have book studies and other meetings in homes and would leave the money where the local congregations would be able to use it to care for themselves during the GT.