Wow, if they'd have a discussion like this in front of a stranger, I wonder what the conversations were like in front of the father.
Billy the Ex-Bethelite
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You need to marry a ministerial Servant!
by John Aquila ina single sister in her 40s and her two single daughters were visiting my mom.
i would say her daughters are in their early 20s.
my mom got sleepy and we put her to bed but the three sisters stayed to finish their drinks..
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Hilarious Whatsapp message received - FIRST day after Big D
by cognitivedizzy ina hilarious stupid wa message is being circulated amongst jws in my area / country.. i had a hearty laugh at the ignorance and stupidity and brainwashed mentality, different people may express different emotions so you have been warned.
day one after armageddon it seems ages since we last heard the gunshots and screams, today has been really quiet.
the last few weeks have been sheer terror.
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Two brothers had dragged the piano out of the hall and everyone was singing with such fervor, it brought tears to our eyes.
It brought tears to eyes because the group was surrounded by angels threatening, "SING JOYOUSLY TO JEHOVAH OR DIE!"
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Hubby has been doing research on the internet!!!!
by atacrossroads inmy husband was recently subjected to an intervention by his parents.
i am apparently a danger to his spirituality.
after i stopped attending meetings and went apostate hubby decided to resign as a ms to spend more time with me.
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He said he was tired of the do more mentality of the witnesses. I was shocked when that came out of his mouth. He said nothing he did was ever enough and his father considers him a complete failure. He said that since he resigned as a MS it has allowed him to pursue other interests and he has enjoyed the freedom.
I was good at acting happy as a JW. But I never really knew anything close to happiness until I moved away and stopped attending and wasting my life on Watchtower.
I wish you both the best of luck on your escape from the cult and in coping with your extended families.
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October 14, 2015 BOE
by wifibandit inoctober 14, 2015 .
re: signs announcing meeting times .
https://infotomb.com//38v6n.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Instead of "Midweek Meeting" and "Weekend Meeting", the signs in front of Kingdumb Hauls should be:
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2015 October 5 and 6, BOEs!
by Atlantis in2015 october 5, boe.. .. click the green download button.. .. re: recommending convention speakers and interpreters .
http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/ppyuxbk.
.. .. 2015 october 6, boe.. .. re: convention speaker ratings for bethel brothers .
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
It's crazy in the first letter that they already acknowledge the problem that elders keep rating each other as grade A speakers, when they probably really suck. Yet this entire process seems to strengthen the elders' Good Ole Boys Club.
It becomes very easy for elders to reward their family and friends that may be terrible speakers yet want to be onstage. For any 'outsider' elders that may actually be good speakers, it becomes very easy for Da Club members to find a reason to cut them out.
I've given plenty of convention talks and heard plenty more of them. Sure, some speakers are better than others, but even for a good speaker there's only so much you can do to put life and reason into the sometimes jumbled and rehashed outlines.
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Westboro baptists protesting Kim Davis
by JeffT inwords fail me .... http://religiondispatches.org/god-hates-nags-why-in-gods-name-is-westboro-protesting-kim-davis/god hates nags: why in gods name is westboro protesting kim davismembers of the infamously anti-gay westboro baptist church (wbc) arrived in morehead, kentucky today to picket the rowan county courthouse, workplace of kim davis, the county clerk and religious liberty martyr who rose to fame by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples citing gods authority.daviss religious right credentials are solid.
her stand for religious liberty has resulted in the support of four presidential hopefulsted cruz, mike huckabee, bobby jindal, and rand paula visit with the pope, and comparisons to rosa parks.
plenty of others opposed davis, of course, both because of her anti-gay stance and because of her refusal to do the job she took an oath to do.
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YHWH - bible story explained to tune of YMCA
by Simon inthis is funny.
the bible story to the tune of ymca ... how can it fail to offend :).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdrbywmh7kw.
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Tough Day & wanting to escape
by Olivia Wilde inso today after my workout at the gym, i was driving away from the parking lot, notice 2 witnesses on the sidewalk with their witness cart, one older man with a young female, related?
not sure but as i drove away it finally hit me, all this buildup & staying strong since my awakening finally hit me .... just crying & saw my life flashing before my eyes just couldn't keep myself strong anymore, especially thinking of my child & other things happening in my life currently, which are hitting reality...... i came home & had a conversation with my son about our weekly mtgs, we have missed the ms mtgs for a few times/days in a row now, does anyone check on us?
... anyway i finally told him that for the time being mommy needs to figure out some things with god & jesus first & for the time being won't be making the ms mtgs & will be doing our bible study at home... thankfully he understands & just told him that god understands how i feel & is ok with it.... it's difficult to feel alone in this, i feel broken with the other things happening in my life, not wt or jw related, & just want to escape & run away, i don't have many friends & my non jw family is not a close family, we were never close, & i feel like i don't have anyone to talk to.... people that know me & interact with me have no clue the turmoil i'm going thru inside, i pretend like nothing is wrong with my life .
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i feel like I don't have anyone to talk to.... people that know me & interact with me have no clue the turmoil I'm going thru inside, I pretend like nothing is wrong with my life
Writing down your feelings here can be helpful. And I hope you can find someone in real life that you can feel comfortable with to stop pretending and help you heal... and give you a hug when you need one.
I had the huge advantage of free psychologist and psychiatrist visits when I was attending university, It was extremely helpful.
Since then, I've opened up to varying degrees to a few of the nonJWs in my life. Where I work, I hit it off with the HR manager right away. In my resume and interview, I included several things about my work in Bethel. I actually had a photoalbum of my various work experiences and found it much easier to describe all my skills with the pictures. So I would gloss over the religious part and talk about the skills I developed there.
Some time after I was hired, I started filling in the HR manager about my WT experience. She had taken the magazines from JWs before, to be polite. Every so often I'll fill her in on some of the crazy JW things like disfellowshipping, holidays, etc. I find it therapeutic, and she finds it surprising and interesting. It's a huge difference telling the psychologist who would be empathetic, calmly listen, and never acted surprise, than telling some of the same things to this HR manager and she's in shock, swearing about how crazy WT rules are. Quite an emotional reaction compared to the quiet and measured psychologist. But both very helpful.
I have the luxury of close relationships with my faded siblings. For as different as we are from one another, we have really stuck together to become happy exJWs.
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We missed you at the meetings
by punkofnice ina vomit inducing comment.. i asked why do they have to specify 'meetings'?
they never miss us in tesco or the showcase cinema bar.. in their defence, a friend of mine said: 'that's because the meeting is where they normally would see you.'.
well, if they want to see you they can arrange a meal out or something.
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Love it!
