Posts by PaintedToeNail

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ABOUT TERRY

by Quentin in

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terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.

his face and neck are very swollen.

PaintedToeNail

Terry, I hope you are feeling better today, that the pain has diminished and the antibiotics are working.

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My own story.

by JoelCW in

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i'm a long time lurker, first time poster.

i think i have a similar story to others who were brought up in the so called "truth" but after reading so many stories i thought i'd finally get around to writing mine:.

like i said, i was raised into it and almost my entire immediate family where (and for the most part still are) serious members.

ABOUT TERRY

by Quentin in

jw
friends

terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.

his face and neck are very swollen.

PaintedToeNail

Terry-Hoping you have a speedy recovery. Know you are missed here. Wishing you love and recuperation.

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New to the site.

by ?evrything in

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finally opened my eyes about a month ago.. born in male from texas.

mid 20's.

suffered/suffer from general anxiety which i feel is a direct result from my childhood and teenage years in the org.

ICSA Conference Listening to the Still Small Voice

by Lady Lee in

this was one of the last presentations i took in.

very powerful stuff.. icsa 2012 conference listening to the still small voice: reclaiming the self after leaving religious totalistic groups.

most people go through a stage in late adolescence or early adulthood where they ask this question of themselves.

Lady Lee-Thanks for this great topic. I am still trying to find out who I am, and what to do with my life. No matter how it is looked at, the answer is elusive, which is depressing. My parents are smack in the middle of do nothing. They have no interests, the same old, secular magazines are in the magazine holders, from 5-10 years earlier. There are no new books on the shelves, only the same old bound volumes. No paints, no music, no laughter. I don't want to end up like that.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 08-26-2012 WT Study (HOLY SPIRIT)

by blondie in

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from god as they.

bible prophets and writers were.

had used angels as writers?

PaintedToeNail

I have always disliked the bible. When a child, we kids were forced to sit through a bible reading night directed by my father. I can remember being shocked and dismayed when I found out that men could have lots of wives, that wives could be forced to drink some kind of crazy water and have their thigh fall away if they were suspected of adultery, but the man couldn't be accused of the same thing. The horror of all the little kids being killed at the flood, as well as all the unsuspecting animals not in the ark. The fact that Lot cared to little about his daughters, that he willingly offered them up to a sex mob, to save face in front of strangers. I tried to understand why Jeptha's daughter had to remain a virgin while in Jehovah's service, but Samuel did not....the list goes on and on and on.

Thank you once again, blondie.

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How big of a deal is Kingdom Hall Weddings ?

by Pitchess Co-Gen in

has you all know i was engaged to another lady before i married my wife, but part of the reason my ex and i broke up was because we couldn't get a kingdom hall wedding.

to make a long story short why is it such a big deal ?.

PaintedToeNail

One of the reasons a KH wedding is a big deal for JW's is that is alledgedly shows the congregation that the couple is in a 'clean' moral standing, no 'loose' conduct occuring during the 'courtship' time period. I did know a brother who was reinstated and a month or two later started dating a sister, they had a short engagement, as JW's are wont to do, and they wanted to get married at a KH. This was objected to, as he hadn't been reinstated 'long' enough. They opted to be married in an outdoor ceremony. They couldn't get an elder to marry them, as he wasn't 'clean' enough. Finally, his brother-in-law who was a ministrial servant did the ceremony. The whole thing was ridiculous. Definitely shows how the borg prefers the oral or their own law, above what is written in the bible.

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Armaggedon Nightmares

by perfect1 in

from time to time i have an apocalyptic nightmare, which i attribute to the wt doctrines being planted in my head from birth.. recently, i dreamed i was standing in a skyscraper in nyc when a flying metal sphere came into my hands.

from the window i could see the city was exploding- (looking south towards lower manhattan) the metal sphere was a homing device for the missiles as well as camera which was observing- anyway i grabbed it and decided that as it was directing the attack, the attack would end with me.

so i held it up at the window where i could see the city being destroyed- flames, explosions, orange grey- and as i did the missiles headed my way.

PaintedToeNail

Darling perfect1, you my dear, have my greatest empathy as I too suffer with nightmares related directly to my whole life being in the borg. Others here also have them. Some also have sleep paralysis, which can seem to a semi-conscious mind to be a demon attack. I don't know if you or I or anyone else here with this problem will overcome them but...knowing why they are happening, and with sleep paralysis, what is happening does give you a small weapon to try to talk to your mind about what just occured.

T he more I read about 'our' collective harrowing experience with the WTBTS, the more I begin to think some (myself, for sure) have classic symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome, especially if being a born-in or an almost born-in. Mental help may be in order.

perfect1-you a definitely not alone.

PTN

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