Posts by PaintedToeNail

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I've been found out!

by pale.emperor in

well, thats it folks.. my identity on here has been rumbled and reported to the elders.

someone, somehow, has figured out that im a member of this site and - rather than speak to me - has promptly reported me to the elders.

i just feel sad for my daughter.

Text or email ALL your sister-in-law's relatives and friends and tell them she cannot be trusted to not snoop through their personal belongings. Tell them not to leave their medical info, credit card statements, medications or other personal info any place that isn't physically locked with an actual key.

Once knew of a couple who had a bookstudy in their home. A person was using their restroom and snooping through their medicine cabinet every time they went. The couple put marbles in their medicine cabinet. The next time the snooper open their cabinet, the sound of marbles falling into the sink could be clearly heard to all attending the study. The couple were in hysterics, and the snooper was caught and never came to their bookstudy again.

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Are photos allowed as evidence at a JC? Thought they weren't-re: pale.emporer thread.

by PaintedToeNail in

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i thought that photos weren't allowed as proof of sin to the jc because they can be faked.

same with audio recordings.. this thread in response to the pale.emporer thread where his sister-in-law snooped on his computer, found his info from here and took pictures of it.

if the photos and recording are not allowed for a jc, this could be valuable info to anyone else who has a sneaky relative trying to 'out' them with photos or recordings.. anyone have any info on this?.

PaintedToeNail

I thought that photos weren't allowed as proof of sin to the JC because they can be faked. Same with audio recordings.

This thread in response to the pale.emporer thread where his sister-in-law snooped on his computer, found his info from here and took pictures of it. If the photos and recording are not allowed for a JC, this could be valuable info to anyone else who has a sneaky relative trying to 'out' them with photos or recordings.

Anyone have any info on this?

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Introduction from another JWR Refugee

by 2badsosad in

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yet another jwr refugee.

been active over there for a while now.

was quiet for the last couple months but just starting to 'reactive' myself again.

PaintedToeNail

Adding a welcome!

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Need some help: Existential crisis in full swing

by Freeandclear in

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so is anyone else having an existential crisis after becoming fully awake?

let me explain.

about 2 years ago i read coc, still believed and tried to get back in da troof.

PaintedToeNail

Freeandclear-I get where you are coming from, as I had the same feelings of 'everything is worthless, why are we here', going through my head for quite awhile after waking up. Yet, when you really think about it, according to the WTBTS, the ONLY purpose in life for the 6 or 7 billion people on this planet was to worship god. Why? That purpose is very, very limiting and discounts everything else anyone who ever lived did.

You can only affect people in the now. They can feel your love in the present...or your neglect. As an active JW, you were never supposed to live in the now, instead giving up your present for some imaginary future.

Maybe if you try giving more of yourself to others you can feel the satisfaction of now.

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Which Public Talks did you enjoy giving/hearing? And which ones did you dislike giving or hearing?

by humblepotato in

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i was just going through some of my talk outlines and i've decided to git rid of quite a few of them.

i'm still serving, but as time goes on... there are many subjects i will not teach anymore.. i got rid of the outlines dealing with blood, the field ministry, and ones talking about 607 and 1914. i can barely stand hearing them let alone give them.

in fact, talk 41 "stand still and see the salvation of jehovah" is one i got rid of because its whole point was about having blind obedience toward the gb and the elders during the great tribulation, and that we need to start practicing obedience now if we want to survive.

PaintedToeNail

It was the speakers who gave them, rather than the talks they gave. When I was a kid I called one elder 'Brother Sominex'-which was a sleep aid at the time. Some brothers were really good speakers and they could've spoken about how to make soap and made it interesting.

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Detroit TV station expose' on JWs

by Emma in

here's a link to a brief but good, four-minute piece on jehovah's witnesses.

wdiv in detroit filmed it.

there's a place for comments so please add helpful info.

PaintedToeNail

Crazy-So scared he will lose his family and friends he has to have his voice altered, face concealed, and name changed to appear on this news clip-almost as if he were a mob informant. Hopefully this news clip will alert the Detroit area viewing public what really goes on in the religion and to stay away.

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JW NBA player arrested for domestic violence

by OrphanCrow in

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let the case against the kings’ darren collison play out.

darren collison's lawyer is quoted as saying:.

“this is a warm and loving family, and there is no doubt that they will get past this together,” said portanova, one of sacramento’s highest-profile defense lawyers and one who is not known to speak too glowingly to reporters about the people he represents, except in the occasional case where he actually believes they are innocent.so what happened out there, bill, in the rancher amid the blue oak where the foothills of the sierra just begin to take shape?“it’s really a misunderstanding, and we’re working to straighten it out,” portanova said.

PaintedToeNail

I saw the headline about this in the news, but dismissed it because I don't care about sports. But finding out he is a practicing JW and NBA player is interesting-add to that a wife beater and it's down right fascinating! The rules are loosened for some! Prince, the Williams sisters, this Collison guy, Coco Rocha-is you are REALLY good at a sport, singing or modeling, its okay, but if you are just a young kid in school, sports, music or modeling is a no-no

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My Pseudo-Education Hasn't Hurt Me None, I Can Still Read the Writing on King Belshazzar's Wall~Part II

by TMS in

what a risk; installing part ii before determining if anyone ever cares for part i. .

joe b. barnett, a cool, charismatic jw, married my aunt doris.

he sold his '55 orange and white chevy convertible, bought a vw bug and pioneered.

PaintedToeNail

I'm enjoying your musings. And sometimes writing is catharic.

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My Pseudo-Education Hasn't Hurt Me None, I Can Still Read the Writing on King Belshazzar's Wall~Part I

by TMS in

my maternal grandfather, adolph joseph deman, was in his mother's womb as the family crossed the ocean from east flander, belgium.

he was the first to be born in the u.s. in 1885. his father's death in 1888 contributed to his departure from school and work as a lad in the iron mines of republic, michigan.

the house he later built on a homestead in maple valley, washington, near kent, was a substantial pillar in my unstable early life as a precocious jw child in a dysfunctional home.

PaintedToeNail

Interesting, especially the part about being anointed and not liking to go out in service.

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Our Bunker video spoof!!! 😃

by Christian Gutierrez in

hey everybody, here is our latest video on the jw summer conventions as well as our bunker skit!!!

:).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz1mio38jts.

PaintedToeNail

Love you guys!