PaintedToeNail

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  After twenty years of marriage…

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i just got a call from a friend who informed me that a brother whom i've known for a while and is an elder, just found out last night that his wife of 20+ years declared she was gay, and left him..

  i still need to confirm but my friend is very reliable and was close friends with the family.

  heres the thing, she spent 20+ years with this man, has children with him and now decides she wants to follow her heart.

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  PaintedToeNail

  At the risk of offending gay people who say they are born that way, not made that way:

  I wonder if she was always left alone with the kids while he played super elder, with all the field service, meeting parts, shepherding calls, quick builds, hall cleaning, elder meetings and so on. If so, maybe she found a friend(s) who helped her get through her loneliness and realized she loved that friend who cared more about her than her husband did.

  I've said that to JW's, I understand why a woman would leave a man in the organization (or any absentee man) for a woman, the companionship and mutual affection. Needless to say, I would get the evil eye.
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  What do you say to a 5 year old that asks

  by Crazyguy in

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  'dad why don't you go to meetings?

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  When my kid was that age 3 years ago and asked the same question, my answer was "Because they are boring." Kids can definitely relate to that one.
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  i committed the unforgiveable sin

  by 060702015 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  everyday i wake up with knots in my stomach and trouble breathing.

  my life continues to go into a downward spiral.

  in the past, i had my dependence on god.

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  06-Hi. You sound like I did when I was your age. I felt that I had committed the unforgivable sin to for thinking really, really bad thoughts.about him. Mentally, I beat myself up for years and years. There was a war going on in my head, the more I didn't want to think the thoughts, the more they came. It was extremely exhausting and the fear of being dead forever was almost more than I could bear.

  I too tried to talk to my parents about it, but they couldn't understand the mental torture I was going through.

  Finally, I got the mental help I needed. The diagnosis was OCD and Anxiety. Please try to get help. There is something called Religious Traumatic Stress Syndrome, and you could well be suffering from it.
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  Video based indoctrination for children

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night at the meeting we watched the "jehovah will help you be bold" video.

  just another piece of propaganda to get children to recruit other children.

  i was just reading another thread discussing the other video (where they guilt trip kids to give money) and i recalled a something from the video we watched last night.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Hubby wanted to take the youngest child to see this. His plans were foiled. Thankfully.
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  Brave high school student exposes abuse and corruption within Jehovahs witnesses

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvt_gyq-ls&feature=youtu.be.

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  Excellent. Courageous girl. The volume is low, but it is worth straining to hear this moving presentation.
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  Hello, just introducing myself

  by Miss Behaving in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just signed up two days ago, but i've been lurking for about a year and a half.

  here's my story if you're interested:.

  my parents converted when they were in their first semester of college.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Miss Behaving-Thank you for your post, it is very sad and at the same time very encouraging. Sad because of losing the life and family you thought were there for you and encouraging because you now know the truth about your family and way of life. Encouraging because you have freedom of thought, and exercised it, even when you knew it could be extremely painful to do so. You are on my hero list this year!
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  CAH closing down in upstate NY

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yet another circuit assembly hall is going to be sold off!.

  they've been reducing the amount of congregations assigned to meet there and using the times when it isn't in use to make repairs.

  elders have now been informed that they are selling off the property and buildings and that circuits would be assigned to attend other sites, twice as far, three or four hours away, like montreal.

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  WingCommander-Grantville was remodeled maybe 5-7 years ago. Still in the middle of nowhere, but remodeled. They actually had the nerve to tell brothers living 100 miles away, that they had a duty to come mow the lawn.
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  OMG - How Low Can They Go?

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm sorry if this has been posted previously, but i haven't noticed it.. this was posted on reddit.. has anyone seen this moneysuck video:.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ylee4u_yu.

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  PaintedToeNail

  How sad for the Navajos. Their culture is requires respect for the ancient customs, many which are at odds with the JW lifestyle. Yet another group of people being homogenized. Even worse, they are using them to promote a cause that disrupts their way of life and begging for money.
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  Deborah Frances-White comedian - on being a JW

  by wizzstick in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  deborah relates her experiences of being a jw in this bbc radio 4 broadcast.. deborah frances white - rolls the dice.

  very funny and by and large very accurate.. fruit based economy indeed!.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Funny and sad at the same time, because what she says is true! And we've all experienced it!
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  How to Choose a Wife!

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  back in the day, when my family moved to a new congregation, i fell head over heels with a young sister who was an elder's daughter.

  it wasn't long before we were talking about marriage and i was contemplating buying her an engagement ring.

  my parents were not happy at all.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I have a relative who followed 'theocratic direction' and asked the elders at the hall about 'Joe". The elders lied, told her that 'Joe' was a fine brother, would definitely make a good husband. She married 'Joe. With days, she found out 'Joe' was violent, had put his late wife into the hospital during one of his tirades and had been arrested for attempted manslaughter of someone else. The elders told her father after he asked them how on earth they recommended him 'We thought he would change if he married 'Sara'.

  So the elders of 'Joe's' congregation outright lied to 'Sara' and she made her decision based on their 'trustworthiness'. She is now trapped.