Posts by PaintedToeNail

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DAMN

by never a jw in

in the last six months i have learned so much about jw's from the "apostate" books and web sites such as jwfacts and this great site.

ever since i started my research on jw's three adjectives to describe the wts leadership came to mind: deceptive, arrogant and manipulative.

i just noticed today that the first letters create the acronym dam.

When You Were Sitting During The Meetings What Were You Really Thinkng About?

by minimus in

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friends

i used to listen to all the stupid comments and wonder if i could sneak out of there and scram!

even after i resigned as an elder, i went for a while and eventually began missing more and more meetings.

but while i was there, i'd listen to comments, chuckle to myself how dumb it all was and then go home with the knowledge that my days were numbered there..

darth-hahah! I was doing the same thing, but in reverse, 'which brothers here are hot'? Also, I would count how many people were wearing what colors...15 wearing different shades of green, 12 reds, 7 blue and so on. At assemblies, I'd count the number of sisters wearing hats, seating section by seating section. The black sisters always were far in the lead in sheer numbers of hat wearing, they also tended to wear them so much better...why is that?

18

Lincoln

by glenster in

lincoln's fight for the thirteenth amendment in the last four months.

of his life.. steven spielberg dir.. daniel day-lewis, sally field, david strathairn, joseph gordon-.

levitt, james spader, hal holbrook, tommy lee jones, jackie earle.

PaintedToeNail

I can hard wait to see this movie. I'm a huge Lincoln fan

Whenever they would ask at the meeting who you most wanted to meet in the New System / New World, I would always anwer 'Abraham Lincoln'...complete silence in the KH...not the correct answer!

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My wife and I bought a bar !!

by elder-schmelder in

i think that we are a little crazy but we bought a bar in wisconsin last week.

here is a picture of my wife behind the bar.. .

i still work for my jw family, but my wife is going to run the bar.. .

PaintedToeNail

Congrats on the bar! Lots of hard work, but it seems like it would be fun too! Go Vikings!!!

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Hi! Life story of young, 23-year-old (gay), disassociated, non-baptized publisher

by HillCountry in

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friends

hello, this is my first post and the first time i have told my entire story, albeit abridged, to anyone.

it will be a long story, sorry.. my grandparents were brought up with different religious backgrounds but converted to bible students around the depression era.

later, my grandfather met my grandmother through the congregation and got married until his death, having a marriage that lasted over four decades.

PaintedToeNail

Welcome Hill!

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Hi Everyone

by Skbj in

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friends

hello people,

i'd like to start by saying wow!

i've only just discovered this "world" of ex jw's so i'm still catching up on lots of stuff, my story is a bit long so don't know if people have patience to read :p but if you can bear the reading then i'm happy to share.

PaintedToeNail

Sbj-Wow, and welcome. What an interesting person you are. How I wish that would've had your bravery and courage as a young woman. I too, think I was born as an apostate...so much never made sense to me. Your husband sound amazing and it is wonderful that you are so happy!

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Coming to terms with mortality

by biometrics in

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PaintedToeNail

Well said,Gromit!!

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good old apocalyptic science fiction

by Hortensia in

have you ever read "no blade of grass," "on the beach" or "the satan-bug?

" i have a feeling it wouldn't hurt to reread those old novels.. folks around here argue about gmo foods, for instance, without realizing that one of the main problems with gmo is lack of diversity, dangerous if a disease comes along that kills the main crops of the world.. and people seem to have forgotten that humans could indeed destroy themselves completely, if someone starts a nuclear war.

they always seem to think there could be survivors of an all-out nuclear war.

PaintedToeNail

As a small child, I watched 'Omega Man', it was very scary for a little kid. An epidemic changes all human into diseased beings who can only go out at night, only the main character, played by Charleton Heston, isn't infected. The beings all try to find and kill him at night. During the day, he scavenges for things to live. The movie was remade in 2007 and starred Will Smith, it was titled 'I Am Legend'. It was creepy too.

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How did you fare in High School as a JW?

by PaintedToeNail in

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friends

for me it was rather painful.

it was like pressing your nose against the candy store window, knowing that you can look, but you cannot partake.

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PaintedToeNail

So, most of us had an unhappy experience and wouldn't want to go through High School again as a JW. Lisarose had a very happy ending, even if it took a while!

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Its sad how Americans think they are the center of the world regarding Sandy...

by mP in

jw
friends

the storm was much more intense and killed many more in the caribbean and yet i see practically nothing mentioned about them here or in the media.. .

pathetic..

PaintedToeNail

I do believe the Haitians rioted after being devasted by their horrible earthquake. The food relief arrived and the men were assaulting the women and children and stealing all the food. The aid workers had to ration the food to women only. The disgusting men didn't care about anyone but themselves. They have also sexual assaulted many of the poor women living in shelters, raping them and impregnating them. These sad women are now forced to have a constant reminder of rape and additional mouths to feed.