Topics Started by PaintedToeNail

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Saw some JWs this am! Couldn't stop laughing
by Free!! in
1. jw
2. friends
this morning on my way to the office i decided to stop at the gas station to get some coffee.... as i am pulling into the parking space i see this woman w a haircut from the 80's the typical below the knee skirt and long sleeve shirt (is a 105 degrees over here in the shadow).... i immediatly knew she was a jw... she had the latest wt in her hands..... she skipped me and approached a group of young mexican laborers that were resting in the back of a truck... but... as soon as i walked out of the gas station... guess who was waiting for me???

the jw!!!

she wanted to do a presentation.. i looked at her and w/o saying a word i started laughing so hard the guys in the truck started laughing as well... she just looked at me and still kept trying to push her literatrash!!
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Remote Viewing-has anyone heard of this or tried this?
by PaintedToeNail in
1. jw
2. friends
i read an article on this 5 years ago or so and came upon this topic again in reviewing a book on amazon.

it entails what i think was called 'quantum entanglement', and supposedly used by the cia & the military.

it sounds fascinating to me..
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A simple way to tell God probably doesn't exist
by poor places in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when's the last time you prayed to god?

did he respond?

i prayed to him for years and years and received no response.
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How Many on JWNet are still JWs?
by RayPublisher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've been wondering about this for some time.

if there are 60,000+ registered users on here, what percentage are actual non-dfed or non-daed witnesses?

if it was 1/3, that would be over 20,000 active/inactive witnesses that post and read these pages- and that's huge.
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Would You Be Shocked If You Found Out That A JW That YOU Knew Was Here?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i bet there's a lot of jws in "good standiing" that frequent this place.. what do you think?

?.
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Never, ever posted to a site before-Scarec silly
by PaintedToeNail in
1. jw
2. friends
hi, i'm scared to death writing this that i will be discovered and have major problems.

i had a good life being raised as a jw child.

many good memories of people, places and times.
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Paraplegic JW example used at assemblies
by Alfred in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it seems like every time our circuit failed to meet the field service goals set by our co, the very next circuit assembly would invariably include a talk that mentions a chronically ill paraplegic sister who would dial the phone with her tongue to make return visits or conduct bible studies... i must have heard this experience at least 6 or 7 times in the past 20 years or so.

and every time i heard this recycled talk, they would add even more guilt-inducing twists to it.

to me, it eventually became way to difficult to believe...
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Trying to Salvage a Friendship
by Quendi in
1. jw
2. experiences
my friends,.

i need your counsel on a personal matter, and i hope you will give it in love.

as some of you know, i was disfellowshipped six years ago, but it wasn't until june 2010 that i made up my mind never to return to the wts.
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Jehovah's witness meetings are NOT BORING......
by punkofnice in
1. jw
2. experiences
...i was told but they usually were as i look back.. as a lad i'd sit and look to see who the lights would fall on.

i'd get an almond and see how long i could suck it before i chewed at it.

i'd imagine playing rock'n'roll on the congregation's piano.. how did you get through the meetings when you were bored?.
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Walkill Bethel Recreational Facility
by dontplaceliterature in
1. jw
2. friends
my wife and i just visited some friends over the weekend from another congregation.

these two are both full time pioneers, and also participate in various construction projects around the country.

the husband just got back from a 3 week trip to walkill, new york to help with construction on a new residence building at 'the farm' (does anyone call it that anymore?)..