Posts by PaintedToeNail

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FREE Home Bible Study?!?!?

by Christ Alone in

so i finally took a deep breath and watched the annual meeting report.

i found a little nugget before the "new light" discussion began.

there was a report about the "public preaching" that was taking place in manhattan.

Regarding bibles-I received one at a local county fair, there were people just handing them out...I was also approached, ironically enough, while sitting in my car at the grocery store, by a woman who was handing out bibles and literature. She saw me glance at her, making eye contact and offering a smile, and she decided to offer me her literature and bible. She seemed very nice, and I'm sure I looked like every 'householder' ever encountered who was too nice to refuse what we were offering in FS, lol!

28

Shunned while my Son copes with Cancer.

by phil the fish filleter in

hi guys, i am known to some on here and to prevent further problems from the trolls that may identify my son from what i am disclosing i have a different name.

so, my 26 year old son gets the diagnosis ocular melanoma back on june 14th this year with a very bleak outlook.

i walked away from the cult some years ago, however my son stayed in as he was engaged to an uber witness girl.

PaintedToeNail

phil-I am so sorry that your son and your family are going thru this difficult and scary time. It was good to learn the doctors got the tumor out, hopefully your son will respond to the other treatments the doctors are likely to give.

It is even more horrible that his in-laws are trying to blackmail your son into never seeing you. It is good that his wife is refusing to go along with her disillusioned, demented parents.

I wish you and your son and your family the very best of outcomes!

PTN

11

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.

PaintedToeNail

Nincompoops

54

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

by minimus in

jw
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..

PaintedToeNail

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!

54

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

jw
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!

28

Hi Everyone

by Skbj in

jw
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!!

41

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.