Posts by PaintedToeNail

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"Is my life now more meaningful, and am I happier?"

by Julia Orwell in

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friends

so the question is posed in this week's watchtower study at our former cult's houses of indoctrination.

i should like to answer it, and i should like to hear your answers too.. the question is in two parts, and i shall address each one in turn.. q. is my life more meaningful?.

my life is more meaningful.

PaintedToeNail

Julia-I agree, my life is happier now. I too, no longer need as much anxiety medication and do not live in a state of constant fear. My depression has almost cleared, panic attacks have stopped, I'm not in stress-induced pain anymore...stress brought on by being told you haven't done enough, don't give enough and aren't good enough. I'm pursuing a new direction in life with a new business, which I love.

Congratulations to you and everyone else who has found meaning in their lives beyond the cult.

24

Can i be df'd for this?

by awakening in

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friends

hi, i really need some advice here.

i was selected to play in a sports team representing the country i live in.

it's no big deal as it wont create any kind of major publicity.

PaintedToeNail

awakening-one thing to remember, you won't always be young enough to be on a sports team and you may really regret not playing if you have the opportunity...BUT you can always get reinstated as you start aging, should you desire to remain in the company of JW's.

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why do i get nasty looks when i dismiss or don't care who is the GB?

by ?me? in

i saw a bunch of pics on ig that featured just about every gb member "humbling " themselves to be the star in a pic with local brothers and sisters.

just fellow servants or domestics.

shouldn't they decline taking celebrity pics with the local r&f?

PaintedToeNail

Octopope-agreed, is priceless

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Trying to Salvage a Friendship

by Quendi in

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.

PaintedToeNail

Quendi-You are a true friend. Very, very kind of you to offer to check on Mark's mother while he can't. I wish you were one of my friends, as we all can use an extra friend! Wishing you the very best there in Colorado.

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Does anyone here believe that things are worse than they were in the past?

by Trismegistus in

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friends

i still hear this crop up every once in a while, so i figured that i'd open it up to a wide audience.. things are looking pretty good to me..

PaintedToeNail

Most things are probably better now, if you live in a developed country. One thing that does concern me right now is rampant population and all the strain that brings to earth natural resources...of course I'm not volunteering to jump off the planet to reduce this problem...

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After 44 years I finally found and spoke to my old prison buddy!

by Terry in

i have had very few mentors in my life.

i love each of them dearly.. one such was a man a bit older than me named tollie padget.. .

tollie was the rarest of rare birds.

PaintedToeNail

Terry, I'm sorry you were misled about your friend and mentor. You are right, yet another piece of your life stolen.

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Has the WT ever said slavery is wrong? Last Sundays WT seems to say no.

by BU2B in

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friends

in last sundays wt there was a paragraph talking about how the 1st century christian congregation was united despite differences.

rich and poor, jew and gentile, and get this.. slave and slave owner!

the wt has admitted that not only slaves were a part of the congregation, but that slave owners were as well, with no sanction on their behavior.

PaintedToeNail

BU2B-It is unlikely that the WTBTS would ever condemn slavery, as Abraham was a slave owner (as well as others, such as David) and his slave is praised for finding Isaac a wife. Also, the 'faithful and discrete slave' is often referred to, and they would have to condemn themselves. Slavery was a fact of life at the time the bible was written, and long after it was finished. It is interesting to note that slavery being wrong is a new notion, within the last 200 years or so. It is one of the oldest institutions out there. It is still tolerated in many areas, think of the sex slaves in the Far East, the children being forced to make bricks or carpets in developing countries, the news worthy busts of slave rings in the USA and the UK. Slavery is alive and well, unfortunately.

21

introduction

by monis in

i am 39 years old.

i converted to the jws when i was in middle school due to a witness in school and my family having issues at that time.

i found instant friends and family at the kh.

PaintedToeNail

Welcome monis! Your family must be relieved that you woke up! I hope your husband does too.

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Part Two: The non Bethel alternative.

by Giordano in

after i had graduated high school in the early 1960s i decided to make a commitment to pioneer.

for my mother even pioneering was not good enough.......... her first choice was bethel.

pioneering in my home area.....boring.

PaintedToeNail

These are so interesting and dare I say it, entertaining. Keep them coming!

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Harold Camping is Dead. Who now will issue Judgement Day predictions?

by PaintedToeNail in

jw
friends

so, harold camping has died at the age of 92. no more end of the world predictions from him.

he apparently went into hiding after his last predictions didn't come true..

PaintedToeNail

rebel8-Scary true!