Posts by PaintedToeNail

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MINISTERIAL TRAINING SCHOOL, full course leaked!

by hildebrando in

all classes, all questions, all anwers, all 9 subject!

all leaked for do in spanish!.

http://www.hildeydesa.blogspot.com/2014/06/escuela-de-entrenamiento-ministerial.html.

When I decided to no longer turn in time...

by SG098 in

being my 1st post i figured i should relate a personal experience.

a few months ago i decided to stop reporting time.

i'm mentally out of this cult now but still trapped because of family.

Interesting, the one 'brother' says the GB allows people in certain circumstances to only turn in 15 minutes of time...nice to know that the GB are the ones who get to DECIDE who qualify for those 15 minutes. The single parent juggling a job, a home, child care and spiritual duties are exempt from those circumstances...

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JW honored for civic service

by Mum in

check this out.

i once knew this guy.. www.topix.com/forum/city/johnson-city-tn/tir9m88gbacn79lmo.

PaintedToeNail

Maybe it is just my computer, but I am not seeing anything except a list...

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What words has the WT redefined?

by Splash in

these days, virtually every public talk speaker thinks it's interesting and intellectual to include a dictionary definition of some word.

often the word is in common use and needs no explanation, such as 'exercise', or 'knowledge', or whatever.. now contrast that to all of the words that the wt has it's own meaning for, and referencing a dictionary for the common understanding of it would be viewed unfavourably.. words like 'generation' or 'men' (as in jesus is mediator between god and 'men' - 1tim 2:5-6).. what words have the wt redefined that you know about?

- i'd like to compile a list if possible.. splash.

PaintedToeNail

Mother=WTBTS and governing body

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How much time/ money do you spend to look nice?

by new hope and happiness in

haircut, cosmetics, perfume/ aftershave, clothes, botox, surgery, tan, cutting nails, feeding the body, showering.

is there no end to the needs of the living corpse?.

PaintedToeNail

I too am somehat vain. I put makeup on almost daily. I use Clinique, botox the eye area-which isn't cheap-every four to six months. Get hair cuts every 2 months, along with highlights. Lift weights daily. I get a lot of clothes at Salvation Army store near me, there is an enormous hospital system in my area and those families get rid of some really nice stuff.

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My Letter To the Watchtower

by AiAi in

jw
friends

this is an exact copy of my letter to the watchtower.

it never recieved a reply (i did not include 'attn writing committee' in the address however).

please keep in mind that when i wrote this i had just started my intensive research into their beliefs/history, and despite my agressive tone i really did expect a satisfactory answer.

PaintedToeNail

Mark for future reference

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American Rantings About World Cup Soccer (Football)

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

i try ... i really try to watch football (soccer) ... it's world cup time ... i really do try.. i just don't get it ... i really don't.. yes, it's a world-wide sport.

in most countries it is the number 1 or number 2 sport ... no doubt about it.

it's maybe number 5 in the usa for professional sports.. from an american's perspective (i think i speak for many), we just wonder if these guys actually have testicles.

PaintedToeNail

Watching baseball at the stadium is fun! Nothing quite like eating cold hotdogs with warm beer.

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Has anyone ever saved another persons life?

by LogCon in

jw
friends

i don't mean you advised them and they changed their lives around, kind of saving a life.. i mean right before your eyes, right now, you had to do something to save a person or they would be dead.. how did it make you feel?

did it have any affect on you?.

forty years ago i was working on a construction site and a back-hoe had loosened a large boulder.

PaintedToeNail

A young Chinese kid was drowning in a pool at a resort in Florida. He was weakly yelling for help, in Chinese, which nobody understood. A sunbathing woman came up to me and asked 'Do you think that kid is drowning?' Up until that moment I was as oblivious as everyone else. Being a very good swimmer I jumped in and grabbed him and with the help of the sunbathing woman, dragged him out of the water. Poor kid just lay on the pool deck gasping for air.

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Another new book: Jehovah's Witnesses - AN EXPOSE, written by a former elder and retired veteran United Airlines pilot

by AndersonsInfo in

a comprehensive new book:.

"the good... the bad... the deceptive.... and worse!

an expose".

PaintedToeNail

Dale, I am glad you both found a voice in your marriage and beliefs, and that you were happy together. Being a JW was hard on all of us. So sorry to learn of your Parkinsons diagnosis. So difficult. I am wishing you the very best.

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How do you shut your mind down so you can get a good night sleep???

by jam in

jw
friends

the more i learn about jw's the harder it is.

to sleep at night.

the wife hit the pillow and within 5 min.. she is snoring.

PaintedToeNail

Ambien. Super effective. I take it every night and have for several years. You must go to bed immediately after taking it or you may end up sleep eating, texting, having sex or whatever. Some people don't tolerate it well, but millions do. I wake up refreshed every morning. Without it my brain wakes me repeatedly or won't turn off.