Posts by PaintedToeNail

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The Verdict: God is Not Good.

by cappytan in

jw
friends

not sure if this video has been posted before here or not, but it is a powerful scene.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx7irfn2gdi.

i haven't watched the entire movie yet, but from this scene alone, i will be..

I showed this to Hubby last night. He watched it to the end, which surprised me. He had no objections to what was said. After it was over, he held my hand and said something to the effect of 'I asked my dad about why the Israelites were sent into Egypt in the first place'. This clip really, really made him THINK. Something he is uncomfortable with.

I was eager to have him watch this, as today is his RC. He was racing around getting ready, but at the same time, seemed reluctant to leave. When our 7 y.o. asked him to stay for breakfast, he did. He didn't leave home until about 11:00. making him late. I think that if he wouldn't of seen this clip, he would've been much more eager to leave and wouldn't have stayed when being asked by our child.

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Life after JW

by bsand20 in

haven't been on this site since fall of last year.

i was very active in spreading awareness and getting information to help me cope with the fact that my mother cut off complete communication with me as of jan 2014, but i guess too much of a good thing was too much for me to handle.

i ended up getting panic/anxiety attacks.

PaintedToeNail

bsand20-8 years ago I was pregnant and having panic attacks and was told 'no anxiety meds'. It was so bad, I asked them if they could take the baby early-no they could not-you will just have to deal with it they said. And so I did. The panic and anxiety attacks are very frightening. Has your therapist given you any coping strategies? Can your ob/gyn suggest anyone else that you can be referred to, such as a psychiatrist? You may need someone more that a therapist to get you through this stage. Try not to watch any kind of news, avoid places where JW's are, including this site if it is going to upset you. Try reading Jim Rohn, Darren Hardy, some of the other self-help gurus, they may help you get your emotions into check.

Hope this helps. May you have a healthy pregnancy.

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Why must sisters wear skirts?

by purrpurr in

jw
friends

and or dresses?

just what is wrong with a smart pair of trousers?

i'm sure that the women would not start behaving like men or imagining that they have a dick!.

PaintedToeNail

When in Europe in 2001, I encounter 2 sisters street witnessing. One wore dress slacks, the other wore...JEANS! My Euro relative was upset that the one sister was in JEANS. The slacks were absolutely acceptable. Slacks were also worn to the KH, much to my surprise.

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Ex Scientologist Tells Her Story

by Bangalore in

jw
friends

why i left scientology.

i was a scientologist for eight years.

although i identified as one i didnt really understand what actually being a scientologist fully entailed until after a couple of years of being heavily indoctrinated.

PaintedToeNail

Super creepy read. Especially have your private conversations bugging and talked about openly, moments after you had them.!

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If you had any doubts about the pitifully poor mental prowess of Watchtower and JWs in general ...

by Island Man in

if you had any doubts about the pitifully poor mental prowess of watchtower and jws in general then i'm sure this week's watchtower study (week of june 15-21, 2015) completely obliterated such doubts.

the study article (watchtower april 15, 2015, page 19: how real is your relationship with jehovah?

) was filled with blatantly fallacious reasoning that were outdone only by the more fallacious reasoning on the part of commenting jws.. the article, in paragraph 2, says this about a relationship with jehovah:.

PaintedToeNail

Your analogy was really good! My hubby insists on thanking Jah for our food. I asked him 'What about all the brothers and sisters who go hungry regularly. Shouldn't they be thanking God for NOT providing them their daily bread?" No response.

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My field service group leader wants to meet me

by Powermetal4ever in

jw
friends

he kind of invited me to a barbecue or something, and asked if my parents wanted to come along as well.

it felt really awkard, i mean i am 20++.

i was sceptic, so he told me he would send me a sms about an other fitting day instead.i probably didnt look too happy about that either, so he told me that maybe he could invite some other in the group.

PaintedToeNail

How about-'Dang! I have another invite that day!'

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After twenty years of marriage…

by John Aquila in

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.

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

'dad why don't you go to meetings?

'

PaintedToeNail

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

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.

PaintedToeNail

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

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.

PaintedToeNail

Hubby wanted to take the youngest child to see this. His plans were foiled. Thankfully.