I'm not from the area, so I just strikes me as whitewashed promotional presentations. And now that the program is done and over, this is becoming "ancient history", just like 1914.
Billy the Ex-Bethelite
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Seattle Convention Videos
by exwhyzee inthis is the link to the website that was set up for the intl.
convention here in seattle the weekend before last.
we went to dinner in the city with family members afterward and saw a lot of old friends.
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How to Wear a Pinkie Ring, by Stephen Lett, Governing Body Member
by Oubliette inalways the fashionista amongst the governing body members, mr. stephen lett recently showed us how even an older man can display a certain swagger, a certain je nesais quoi that says, "i'm one of the anointed, and you're not!".
he does this in so many ways, but the one i want to draw our attention to is the way he rocked the theocratic fashion world with his wearing of a very manly pinkie ring in a recent wtbts video.. - -.
stephen lett of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses demonstrating how to wear a pinkie ring.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
So he's trying to put some swagger in his look, eh? In the next video will he show off his pierced nipples?
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At some point in the future, you WILL be gay.
by rory-ks inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgekcfofaau.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Coming from someone who has been kissing the asses of strange men in Brooklyn for decades.
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How To Respond
by Stormcrow inwould somebody please tell this computer-dummy how to join in and respond to comments please?.
i cannot find a single help button and when i click on the little pencil logo, i just get an error msg.. help?.
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Welcome!
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Beards......the CO allowed this one!
by punkofnice ina minny man in a local congregation has a beard...he was bullied by the elders to remove it.. then the co came along and told the elders to allow him to keep his beard.
(not as the result of any skin condition or anything).. i kid you not!!!.
what do you make of that?.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
"Oh yeah and by the way JESUS.. the SON of GOD, had a Beard"
Let the brothers have beards based on that reasoning and what next? Brothers line up saying, "Jesus, the son of god, never wore a tie." Next it's "By the say, Jesus never wore pants. So, I'm coming to the KH in a robe." I tell you, it's a slippery slope.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Emotional manipulation, survival after death in some place in some form. Any religion can play that card. Muslems are ready to blow themselves up with the belief that they will immediately go to heaven as martyrs. And most religions have much more appealing ideas of what the afterlife will be like.
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Now this is strange...
by factfinder ini checked jw.org earlier today.
the october 1 wt was up, but the pdf function did not work-still you could read the articles.
the october g was up too, no pdf but you could read the articles.. oddly, after the article on belize it had an item about not missing the upcoming 2014 memorial of jesus' death.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
The celestial chariot, earthly organization, and divinely inspired website had a choreography problem.
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Are they really that stupid
by moley ini was recently approached by a couple of borg drones while i was walking my dog, and i thought why not, may plant a seed or two (how wrong was i).
there was no real logic to what they were saying but as i was in the local park the conversation started to veer to how wonderful nature was and how this was the work of a wonderful creator.
i did not let on i was a former witness and let them continue with their fairy tale of creation and how the vast multitude of animals shows a loving god at work blah blah blah...... but i digress, the converastion then turned to how evolution was false.. apparently to earth is only a few thousand years old, so i mentioned about the burgess shale, to be met with blank stares.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Ah, the marvels of creation... like the mosquito.
About 3500 different species, each species an individual and unique testament to efficient design. With many of theses species sucking the blood of man and animals, consequently spreading an equally marvelous variety of divinely designed diseases.
Can't we be greatful that the loving creator placed all these mosquitoes and diseases in the Garden of Eden?
Can't we also be greatful that god instructed Noah to save all these species and diseases aboard the ark?
The only correct answer for a JW is to respond "yes" to both questions! And that's really stupid.
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Announcement to print from JW.ORG in service meeting
by suavojr inyes, you read that correctly.
last night during the service meeting, the cobe gave an announcement that we should start printing or using jw.org for any special literature such as the daily text, the yearly calendar, etc... he also mentioned to please cancel any orders of the wt and awake on cds because no one is picking them up and they are piling up.. .
my question is, where did this elder get this info from?
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Processor has been posting a much better alternative daily text here...
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District Convention
by thedog1 indon't know if this has been covered before, but who noticed that at every talk at the district convention (mine anyway), every speaker was introduced by name and then 'brother x has been serving for 25 years as a pioneer" or "he has served on the branch committee" etc etc.. what is it with these credentials?
i've been an elder on and off for most of the last twenty years.
big deal.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
"Brother X has been serving for 25 years as a pioneer"
Well, you can expect them to tell the whole story...
"Brother X has been slaving for 25 years as a pioneer and supporting himself with his window washing business. Please try not to stare at the huge scar on his face since he could never afford insurance, but is confident that Jehovah will make his face normal again very, very soon."