PaintedToeNail

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  New grandson!

  by mimimimi in

  1. social
  2. family

  our youngest son and his wife (matt and star) welcomed a baby boy yesterday at 7:04 p.m. ivan tomas, 7 lbs.

  11 oz., 20 1/4" long.

  he is their second child.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Congratulations on the new addition to the family!
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  Religous Trauma Syndrome

  by Blind_Of_Lies in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/religious-trauma-syndrome-how-some-organized-religion-leads-to-mental-health-problems/ .

  check this story out and please share on social media!

  i firmly believe 100% of jw's are suffering from the first stage of rts and a high percentage of people who are now out are also suffering.

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  When I first read about RTS, maybe a year ago, by this Doctor, it felt like all of my inner feelings and pain were being described. It was amazing to learn that other people feel the same way. Thanks for posting this thread.
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  Just found out my older brother has passed away

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have just found out that my brother (who was one of a bunch that shared this login) has died.. he and his wife were living in another country where they once pioneered.

  i didn't see him that often.. such an empty feeling.....

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  I am so sorry for your loss.
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  An excellent, very civil debate between an atheist and a JW.

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i stumbled upon this video while doing my periodic youtube search of the keyword "jehovah".

  in the video a jw (actually two jws, but only one does most of the speaking) debate an atheist.

  the atheist is a mild-mannered iranian who at first seems deceptively easy and clueless (i think it has to do with the fact that english is not his first language), but soon proves he's no walkover - calmly, mildly and civilly.

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  Interesting that he is an atheist considering his religious background. He must feel safe from ISIS!
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  How many JW Families do you know of who hate each other and shun each other? "Religion of Hatred" 1.a

  by The1975Blues in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when you were attending the kingdom halls did you see feuds and hate filled wars against members working on the new personality?

  how strong were the elders in keeping their halls filled with love not hatred, jesus said everyone would be filled with love, there was no room for hatred in jesus christ's view of how christians ought to act!

  when you see children shunning parents, parents shunning children, aunts, uncles, grandma and grandpas displaying qualities jesus said were "instant tickets to hell" why do the jws keep attending the meetings if their filled with hate?

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  PaintedToeNail

  There is a prominent family in the Poconos, Pennsylvania that sued each other in court over the farm land they owned jointly. The mother and one son suing the other son. It made the local paper. It was withing the last 15 years.
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  A Renewed Friendship After 10 Years

  by confuzzlediam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a little background first....i have been dating my boyfriend for a year.

  both of us are disfellowshipped.

  we attended the same congregation 7+ years ago when we were both married.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Very nice post. Thanks for sharing.
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  planting seed with jw carpet salesman.

  by prologos in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  p's remark to sales man: "you must feel right at home here like the israelites who lived on carpets and inside curtains, even the tabernacle?

  layers of it ---".

  p: "to think that millions trekking for 40 years did not leave a trace, nothing ever turned up?

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  Walking through the ruins of Native American villages in New Mexico and Arizona, there was evidence of population. Broken pottery and arrow heads littering the ground. Pictographs on the walls. Weirs to catch water. In the ruin of a house, when I sunk my hand into the ground, there were dried out beans. There were only a few dozen people to maybe 300 living in these areas at that time, but those few people left their mark on the desert. It seems over 2 million over a 40 year periods would leave something. Prologos, your argument was a reasonable one.
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  "Deep Down , He Knows That It is The Truth"

  by BluesBrother in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this phrase i heard again at the weekend when a diehard dub was discussing his non believing, but much loved son.

  "it is just that..... [insert any excuse here].

  it is something that they all say about us, yet nothing could be further from the truth.

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  I hear my own mother say that all the time...
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  Ran into some JW's.......but this time I did the teaching ;) x

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i went out today with my broken leg and got accosted by an old lady, with some magazines.. it was my first ever encounter with a jw in ten years, and i had said 'i know you are jw's, i'm not interested thank you.

  " twice.....then she started talking about my broken leg and how wonderful we are made and how amazing the healing process is.... and that's when it all started...."i used to be a bethelite pioneer, now i'm an atheist doctor...".

  she was with me a good 30 mins, her elder husband left very annoyed but she stayed, and she was dying to hear everything i spurted out, despite aggressively defending every point, from military engines to paedophilia.

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  snare-Very well done! She is definitely going to be thinking about what you said to her and how her position is untenable. I'm glad you were respectful, it was that much more powerful. Your use of scripture was excellent. I wish I was as good as you are at getting a point across...
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  Looking Back In Retrospect To 1975...

  by titch in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  greetings, folks: so, it's been 40 years since 1975. and, if you were actively involved with the witnesses back then, the mindset of many was, that by early autumn of 1975, it would mark the anniversary of 6000 years of human existence.

  and, the hope was then, that it would mark the start of the 1000-year of christ, from the heavenly realm.

  but, looking back now, 40 years ago, in june of 1975, only 3 more months remained until early autumn.

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  PaintedToeNail

  The fall of Saigon. It marked the end of the Vietnam War. It was the largest helicopter evacuation in history. Including 'Operation Babylift'. My daughter and I toured the USS Midway in San Diego a year ago and there were pictures of this event.