PaintedToeNail

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  Poll: What do you believe now?

  by Lunatic Faith in

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  i have been noticing we ex-jw's are very different in our choices of beliefs once we leave the wts.

  some choose christianity, others flee christianity.

  some find they can't beieve in anything any more.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I am personally at a loss on what to believe at this point. I feel like I'm adrift in an endless sea of uncertainty. It is very uncomfortable for me. Being raised in the org. caused me to never be able to have an ability to talk with people on the 'outside', or, on the 'inside', as I never wanted to be a pioneer or elder's wife...never truly convinced it was the truth and yet terrified I'd be dead forever if I left it completely. Most of the time I'm not terrified anymore...just hideously lonely...living way out in the rurals and not having friendships with other adults is lonesome.

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  911 forgotten amongst JWs

  by fade_away in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i noticed over the last 10 years that in every 9/11 anniversary, jws that i know personally don't even mention it.

  not a word about the anniversary.

  not a compassionate comment, not a prayer....nothing.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I had a neighbor who was killed in this act of terrorism. I've never forgotten her or how her family was traumatized by the loss of their wife/mother. Whenever I walked by her house, it seemed somewhat forlorn and sad, weeds growing in the flower garden...the gardener had died and everyone was so very sad. The spark and glue of that family died. The husband tried very hard to deal with his and his childrens' loss, but it was so obvious that she was so special to them and she couldn't be replaced.

  Flight 93 flew over my house, and I was, thankful that plane didn't crash into our town, the loss of life would have been much worse than it was. It was and still is a numbing thing to think about America being attacked by people we had opened our collective arms to.
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  Stressful Session with Uber-Zealous Parents--The Mermaid needs a hug!

  by Cadellin in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  okay, for those of you who don't know, i was raised jw by really great though uber-zealous parents.

  i'm now an adult and have been inactive for about two years due a bunch of reasons, the primary one (or at least the one that got the ball rolling) being the pathological intellectual dishonesty of the wt in how it handles secular quotes and citations.

  anyway, my parents are aware of all that and have left the issue alone for about the last year.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Consider yourself hugged from me too.
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  Chimps see Daylight for 1st time in 30 years-EMOTIONAL!!!

  by ohiocowboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i get so angry at mankind some times.. sorry again, but firefox won't let me link the website so you will have to copy and paste-sorry...it is worth it though!.

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  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3797606/lab-chimps-see-daylight-br-for-first-time-in-30-years.html.

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  PaintedToeNail

  When I saw this video the other day, I had to tell my son to come watch it too. It is very moving, bittersweet and touching...and I'm not particularly fond of chimps or monkeys (sorry shamus100, no offense meant). The fact that these animals are so intelligent and feeling and to have been treated as they were is horrid. It is heartwarming to see some people cared enough to help these chimps is wonderful.

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  Still no pant suits, for sisters

  by Quarterback in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was watching the cnn this evening..watched hilliary clinton walk towards some dignataries in a foreign land.

  i saw that she was well dressed in a pant suit.

  she is the us secretary of state, and what she wore was dignified.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I remember a JW calendar, maybe 10 years ago or so, and it had a picture of a couple witnessing in a cold area (Alaska? Norway?...)anyway, the sister was wearing pants at the door. I was really surprised at the soundness of mind being shown. Usually every sister I know in a cold area wears long undies or tights under a hideous long skirt and high winter boots to cover the fact they are wearing long underwear. Personally, if I were a householder, it would be less distracting to me to see a woman dressing in pants in the middle of winter instead of a skirt. The skirt thing would make me wonder if they were freezing their buttocks off...or what was under that skirt anyway to keep them warm?
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-04-2011 WT Study (GUIDANCE)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  wt material from today's wt will be in black.

  the warning?

  he gives us careful directions.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Blondie-Sorry to hear about your loss and I hope you are on the mend from your own emergency. Thanks for your comments, I don't know how you do it every week. You must study more than many Watchtower conductors.

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  Here's What We Know About Jehovah's Witnesses

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the condensed history set, to the music of the william tell overture.... some guy in the mid to late 19th century named c t russell felt spiritually disenchanted.

  didn't believe in hell and other traditional christian beliefs that he grew up around.

  so he read a lot, and got exposed to a lot of ideas.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Very interesting, thank you for the info.
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  2011-2012 Circuit Assembly program--"Let God's Name be Sanctified"

  by Lunatic Faith in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure if anyone has put this up yet.

  i had it left in my door yesterday by the circuit and/or district overseer as my old cong.

  is hosting this week.

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  PaintedToeNail

  And to think they want some to drive over a hundred miles each way for the 'privilege' of listening to this drivel.
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  JW Women Self-0Loathing - Get a Back Bone

  by Band on the Run in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  an earlier thread about pants suits for women led me on this tangent.

  women make up the majorty of witnesses.

  they cannot be suppressed without their acquiescene.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Joe Namath aside, I doubt any man would give up a suit jacket and tie for the torture of wearing pantyhose. Once you lower them to use the pot, legs get a mind of their own and never pull up straight. The stinking seam is crooked on your behind and the leg is twisted at the thigh.
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  School for Congregation Elders

  by C.O.B.E.Beef in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i attended the school late last year, and it was an emotional and mental rollercoaster for me.

  i was already divided in my heart to say the least.

  one of the instructors stayed in my home for the week, and my family genuinely enjoyed his company.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Wow.