Posts by PaintedToeNail

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Happiness is a Study

by AllTimeJeff in

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paradise!.

live forever!.

as jw's we were taught that things, money, posessions, cannot make you happytm.

PaintedToeNail

ATF-You are so right, happiness is attainable from within and the admonishon to read about happiness is right on.

wallsofjericho-Your post is right on, everyone that is a JW is miserable, complaining about everything. The cessation of guilt thing was so true with me. It felt really good to let go of the guilt inducing things this summer. I felt like the weight of the world was lifted from my shoulders...but then, it was! I no longer felt responsible for saving 7 billion people by preaching to them about their impending destruction.

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I have allegedly been charged with apostasy

by Igot2bme in

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i recieved a letter today and it reads:.

sister jennifer b****,.

we request your presence for a judical hearing.

PaintedToeNail

Was there recently a thread here where a someone had her attorney send a letter to her congregation preemptively to avoid having her name read from the stage? I believe she was successful in her quest and actually sued someone in the cong. later for slander.

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Funny Watchtower Article on Homosexuality

by garbonzo in

transsexualism is a word appearing with growing frequency in the news.

a transsexual is not merely a transvestite (one who dresses in clothes of the opposite sex), nor necessarily a homosexual (though that may be the case).

a transsexual is a person who rejects the sex with which he or she was born and takes up the life of the other sex.

PaintedToeNail

mariemcg-thank you. I'm sorry that you felt so unhappy in your body. I'm glad that you are happier now.

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Funny Watchtower Article on Homosexuality

by garbonzo in

transsexualism is a word appearing with growing frequency in the news.

a transsexual is not merely a transvestite (one who dresses in clothes of the opposite sex), nor necessarily a homosexual (though that may be the case).

a transsexual is a person who rejects the sex with which he or she was born and takes up the life of the other sex.

PaintedToeNail

steve2-I'm curious what your feelings are regarding people who feel that their own limbs are strangers or alien to them. Some of these people go to great lengths to have their limbs amputated. This cannot be a healthy mind set. What is the difference between hacking off your legs or your penis or clitoris? People would be horrified to learn someone had a doctor hacked off their working arms or legs, simply because they felt alien to them. An approach healing the mind would be a better option.

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How Many Out There Have to Hide or Be Stealthy When They Visit This Site? I know I do.

by PaintedToeNail in

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i cannot look at this site freely, it would make my hubby and son very upset.

i have to hide what i'm looking at, or try to view this page very late or very early in the morning.

hubby has taken to getting up at 11:30pm or later, to see what i'm doing on the computer.

PaintedToeNail

undercover-Thank you. I have been attempting to do new things. Meeting new people is the most difficult thing, as I am not naturally gregarious, to say the least. I have reconnected with several 'worldly' friends, but nearest one lives 400 miles away.

I've order some self-help books on what career you want to do in life and how to achieve it...I look forward to reading it. I am smack in middle age, and I still don't know what I want to do, lol! I blame alot of that on being a JW, as one was not supposed to have 'worldly' ambitions. I am trying to overcome my upbringing, but it will probably be an ongoing process until the day I die.

Until I'm able to establish better and new friendships, this place means alot to me!

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Early Civilizations and Bible Chronology

by xelder in

PaintedToeNail

There are other methods of dating objects other that C14. Uranium-Lead Dating is used on lithic (stone) items, as C14 is not effective, this method appears to be pretty definitive on lithic objects. There is also Luminescence Dating used for pottery items.

To see more on the subject visit:www.archaeologyexpert.co.uk

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hello I Am the Tater-T

by Tater-T in

so here i am... finally.. i'm 3rd gen, df'd since 87 .. married a worldly girl in 88.. to save my soul, daughter in 90 divorced in 92.... let my daughter be raised by others, figured if it's the truth... i'll present it when she old enough to be acountable... just sent her the video growing up jw 1960-2010. by not wanting to teach this to my child, resonated within and well here iam... thanks to this site and all of you... everyone on my dad's side of family is df'd or inactive except my older sister, who has been flying over here to idaho to see us from hawaii.. which is making me think she is getting tired of the retoric.... i don't know where i'm going with this... i just want to change my way of thinking.. i can't see the future... but now i know why.... i have a lot to share, but for now just one thought, on being a jw child.. in 3rd grade i never got see one cartoon on saturday.. when all the other kids were talking about how awesome hong kong phooey was... i just sat there paralized, prentending to have seen it... and angry lol ... i think there are a lot more people out there like me... out but still clinging to 'the truth' in their heads.. because going against is the ultimate 'unforgivable' sin.... that it for now l8r t8r.

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PaintedToeNail

Hi Tater-T, welcome to the club. As for the forgivable sin thing for going against the org., as few years back, but maybe even 10 years ago, the WTBS had an article of who would be resurrected. They indicated that King Solomon, the Ultimate Apostate, who was given everything his heart desired, and yet led the nation to worship other gods, will be resurrected. The passage they used to justify this was that he laid down with his forefathers. Using that terminology in the scriptures indicated that he would be resurrected.

Have you been the beneficiary of Divine Intervention in the form of wisdom, riches and aclaim? Have you led an entire nation astray in worship? No? Then don't worry too much about having committed the unforgivable sin by doubting or not believing everything you were force fed.

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How Many Out There Have to Hide or Be Stealthy When They Visit This Site? I know I do.

by PaintedToeNail in

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i cannot look at this site freely, it would make my hubby and son very upset.

i have to hide what i'm looking at, or try to view this page very late or very early in the morning.

hubby has taken to getting up at 11:30pm or later, to see what i'm doing on the computer.

PaintedToeNail

DOC-How right you are. I now have people calling me and inviting me to do things that they never bothered to invite me to before. The interesting thing is, I do not feel any desire at all of being with them. I only wish there were people from here nearby.

I'm trying to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life. I contemplate my life without my kids and spouse (due to shunning, should it come to it), and I see a lonely life indeed.

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