Posts by PaintedToeNail

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Do they still follow the same backwards policy on AIDS?

by Chaserious in

i was browsing through some of the boe letters (made available here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/243938/1/all-letters-to-elders-from-the-branch-1981-2012-boe) and came across the 3/15/96 letter about persons with communicable diseases.

it specifically mentions aids several times in the letter and seems to be primarily targeted at that population.

among other gems:.

PaintedToeNail

In Akron Ohio, the city pool was drained because a dead man with AIDS was found in it. The city scrubbed the pool and refilled it. I don't know if the person bled out into the pool or what the situation was, but it was rather odd, with the Health Authorities saying you couldn't get AIDS this way or that way, or whatever, then the City drains the pool...this occurred in the 1990's. People were still phobic about AIDS then and an infected person's life span was much shorter than it is now, with antiviral drugs and all. Maybe the WTBTS didn't want a mutiny of brothers refusing to baptise anyone for fear of contracting AIDS.

Has there been an official update since then? People in general seem to be less afraid of contracting AIDS than they were in the 1980 and 1990s.

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Going to a quiet worldly party. What to talk about?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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any and all ideas welcome.. thank you in advance.. just lois.

PaintedToeNail

I went to a 'Year End Party' for my spouse's job two weeks ago (they changed the name of from x-mas to end of year for the benefit of my hubby) and had a great time! Everyone was extremely nice, interesting, talked about traveling, talked about the company, what the spouses did for work, decorating. The sales woman's husband had on a beautiful watch with Masons symbols on it, I asked him about it and had a nice conversation with him about the Masons.

I got invited to the owners vacation home, any time I was in that part of the US, they even gave me a card with their email and cell phone info to make sure I contact them in that event.

I now have several new Facebook friends from this event.

Just be yourself, take an interest in others and you will be fine!!

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Is unhappiness a reason for divorce ?

by caliber in

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here are some sample expressions i found on-line.

my spouse is not abusive, mean, a bad person, an adulterer or any of those other labels.

my spouse refuses to grow up.

PaintedToeNail

SixofNine-I have always been a fan of Abraham Lincoln. Once, during a meeting part where the question "Who would you like to meet after the resurrection"? I raised my hand and was called on, I said "I really want to meet Abraham Lincoln", you could've heard a pin drop in the KH lol!

caliber-I have tried for 21 years to have deeper conversations with him. He didn't hear a word said. I begged for some of his time, he owned a company and worked 70-80 hours a week, then would take off for KH builds on the weekends, leaving me alone with a toddler. I have no family within a 400 mile radius, and no one at the KH had time for a sister who's hubby wasn't with her. When I said anything to the elders or their wives, it was 'don't be jealous of Jehovah'. I would retort 'If I would've wanted to be a single parent, I would have, then I would have to do his stupid laundry'. I also would say, 'The only reason he would know if I left, would be because he ran out of clean underwear'. I have been on more vacations by myself, Europe, The Rockies, The Islands, I figured if I wanted to see or do anything, I'd have to do it with my kids, without hubby. Now that I've faded, and his business failed after over 2 decades, he's seeing that I no longer care, and he is frantic. You reap what you sow.

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New Here! So many questions! :)

by TeenageInsider in

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hey everyone!

i'm so happy that i finnally joined i just turned 17 and i have so many questions about the org.. i've been lurking around the site for months, and love reading experiences about bethel, and all the hypocricy that the wtbts spews out.. so i finally joined in and hope to make some great friends.. a little about me:.

im male, 17, and i am a born-in, so this is all i know... i was baptised at age 13 i beleive.... my gramma, and grampa and mom , and sisters and brothers, are all jw's.

PaintedToeNail

Welcome Teenage! Glad to have you here, I wish you could meet my son, so he could have a buddy, he sounds like you! Get yourself to the library and get some books on critical thinking, it will help teach you how to think, how to examine things and question things. My son has really benefited from his critical thinking course, and often brings up discrepancies that appear in the WTBTS publications, much to his father's annoyance.

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Is unhappiness a reason for divorce ?

by caliber in

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friends

here are some sample expressions i found on-line.

my spouse is not abusive, mean, a bad person, an adulterer or any of those other labels.

my spouse refuses to grow up.

PaintedToeNail

How bizarre! I was just looking up 'marriage dissatisfaction', then switch to this site, and lo and behold this topic!

I am unhappy in my marriage. I've changed so much and my spouse hasn't. It is very frustrating. The other week, he was angry that while he was at the Sunday meeting with the kids, I went to see the movie "Lincoln" by myself. He acted like a baby when he got home and I wasn't here. My son said he was looking all over for me and when he read my note, he told my son 'our family is falling apart'. My whole married life I have waited and waited and waited for him to acknowledge my existence. When I finally stop waiting, and start trying to live, he is upset. I know longer care one way or the other, and he is feeling frightened, and is clingy and annoying, with long overdue declarations of love...it no longer matters to me.

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The privileged Bethel speakers and the rest of us Jamokes.

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

cicero,illinois 1970's.

our four day assemblies in the 1970's through the 1980's were pure torture.. they were held at a horse race track in cicero,il in the smoking hot and humid month of july.

they charged around $2 for parking.

PaintedToeNail

blondie-I remember one of the GB dying at a convention. Not that long ago, maybe 10 years? Was he in Hawaii? Can't remember which one it was though.

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DIY laundry soap

by Satanus in

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a search for the best laundry soap turned up that it was tide.

tide is very expensive, though.

baking soda.

PaintedToeNail

scary21-Funny you mention Aldi's soap, that is what I am currently using, and it works good too. I couldn't find washing soda, so I haven't made any of the above recipe in a while. Now that the above recipe lists how to make washing soda, I'll make it eventually. But, in the mean time, Aldi's does have good detergent.

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DIY laundry soap

by Satanus in

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a search for the best laundry soap turned up that it was tide.

tide is very expensive, though.

baking soda.

PaintedToeNail

I've used this recipe. It makes a lot of detergent. It worked great in my front loading washer, minimal sudsing. It cleaned my clothes really well, I was impressed. We kept it in a big spackling bucket and transferred it to a laundry bottle as needed. You do need to stir the mixture up every time you transfer to the smaller bottle, as it settles. Also, give your laundry bottle a shake before pouring out the detergent, just to mix it back up again.

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Mouthy needs a hug

by carla in

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hi grace,.

i'm sorry about your family not being around (seeloubelles christmas plann thread) so i thought we could give you hugs here!

not the same but..... a merry christmas to you!

PaintedToeNail

Red, Darling, Red! Is there any other color?

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Mouthy needs a hug

by carla in

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hi grace,.

i'm sorry about your family not being around (seeloubelles christmas plann thread) so i thought we could give you hugs here!

not the same but..... a merry christmas to you!