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  pros and cons of anti depessants?

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. friends

  obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.

  i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.

  anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.

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  FlyingHighNow

  I'd try the anti-anxiety approach first. A lot of us former jws have anxiety issues that feel like depression. Therapy and anxiety medication as needed has helped me more than any anti-depressant ever did.
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  God is love, but if you dont love him back he will slaughter you!

  by BU2B in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this was one of the things that first got me thinking.

  i noticed how in books like "draw close to jehovah" they paint god as a loving, warm, just god who does not desire any to die.

  i could not love him at all, let alone with my whole heart.

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  It is insulting for anybody to suggest that an intelligent 21st century person ought to take it seriously.

  I sure wouldn't suggest that anyone take the books as being penned by anyone other than man. On the other hand, there is a lot of wisdom in the book, aside from the horror stories and it is an interesting read.
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  God is love, but if you dont love him back he will slaughter you!

  by BU2B in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this was one of the things that first got me thinking.

  i noticed how in books like "draw close to jehovah" they paint god as a loving, warm, just god who does not desire any to die.

  i could not love him at all, let alone with my whole heart.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Of course we all know you can cherry-pick texts to make the bible say anything you want.

  Christians who believe that God is exclusive and murderous need to explain those scriptures. They cannot reconcile them with the exclusive, murderous god some of their churches teach.
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  just what am I supposed to believe now??

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while i'm glad i found this site, it has also crumbled to bits everything i've believed in my whole life.

  i feel like the certainty, magic and wonder has gone out of my life.

  this has left a huge hole in my soul.

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  FlyingHighNow

  abbasgreta, I've sent you a PM.
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  God is love, but if you dont love him back he will slaughter you!

  by BU2B in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this was one of the things that first got me thinking.

  i noticed how in books like "draw close to jehovah" they paint god as a loving, warm, just god who does not desire any to die.

  i could not love him at all, let alone with my whole heart.

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  FlyingHighNow

  I'm not Christian. I find it interesting that the scriptures I sited show the opposite of the God in the OP.

  I don't know how many Christians believe that God is exclusive and murderous. I do know that significant amounts do not believe that.

  Those entities, real or imagined do not deserve my love or worship.

  Exactly. That's how you can tell they are made up by abusive people, to control other people.
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  God is love, but if you dont love him back he will slaughter you!

  by BU2B in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this was one of the things that first got me thinking.

  i noticed how in books like "draw close to jehovah" they paint god as a loving, warm, just god who does not desire any to die.

  i could not love him at all, let alone with my whole heart.

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  FlyingHighNow

  "If I can't have you, no one will"

  Spoken by a human, an indicator of psychopathy.

  Spoken by God, an expression of "loyal love".

  BUTB, you could benefit from reading this book, written by an ex JW:

  Jehovah Unmasked

  http://www.amazon.com/Jehovah-Unmasked-Nathaniel-J-Merritt/dp/1411651472/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
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  God is love, but if you dont love him back he will slaughter you!

  by BU2B in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this was one of the things that first got me thinking.

  i noticed how in books like "draw close to jehovah" they paint god as a loving, warm, just god who does not desire any to die.

  i could not love him at all, let alone with my whole heart.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Only wack religions or people seriously believe God or Jesus would do this kind of thing. I'm not a person who believes the Bible was penned by God.

  This is from my JWN profile:

  Please measure your god against this scripture:
  ''He that does not love has not come to know God because God is love.'' 1 John 4:8 ******
  While doing that keep in mind 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 .*****

  If God is love then: 4 Love is patient,v love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.w 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,x it is not easily angered,y it keeps no record of wrongs.z 6 Love does not delight in evila but rejoices with the truth.b 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.c

  8 Love never fails.
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  just what am I supposed to believe now??

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while i'm glad i found this site, it has also crumbled to bits everything i've believed in my whole life.

  i feel like the certainty, magic and wonder has gone out of my life.

  this has left a huge hole in my soul.

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  FlyingHighNow

  FlyingHighNow: Regarding the phrase "If grace is true why God will destroy no-one". During a sermon a couple of weeks ago our vicar said "Jesus came to save the world, so today he would be planning to save around 8 billion people." ...the love and grace of God expressed through this one sentence shot through me like a lightning bolt.

  I understand. I was a natural universalist as a young child, even. I recall sitting in the KH thinking, "I don't understand, not really, this need to destroy so many people. "
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  Sadly inevitable...JWs glad that Robin Williams died on "this side" of Armageddon

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thread is here:.

  http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/16494-robin-williams-found-dead/.

  a few quotes:.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Zed, good to see you posting.
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  More JW bragging about the Landover, MD. convention. Please have barf bag at the ready before reading

  by AndDontCallMeShirley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the following e-mail is circulating among jws about the international convention at fedex stadium in landover, md.

  note the all-too-familiar jw claims: everything they do (including the simple act of parking cars) is proof of jehovah'stm blessing, and everything wt did at the convention was the fastest, greatest, best ever.

  oh, and the never-fails-to-get-mentioned alleged 'persecution'/resistance from some unnamed authority who tried to get in watchtower's way and hamper the effort...but jws prevailed anyway (as always):.

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  FlyingHighNow

  How are they feeding all these people?