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FMZ
Posts by FMZ
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73What are you doing with your Sundays?
by Steve Egner inhelllloooo everyone,.
after reading this board for quite a while, i've finally been moved to post.
i was inspired by our trip to the dallas apostachilifest, where princess and i met lots of terrific people in various stages of exit from the j-ho's.
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Just randomly underline study WT or book?
by Max Divergent in.
did you ever get into just doing random underlines and notes and all that on your study wt or books just to look like you?d studied it without ever having even looked at it before?
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FMZ
When I was in my die hard "I wanna be a dub" phase, I had 4 colored highlighters, which I had a little system for. If I recall correctly, yellow was for main points, blue was for scriptures, pink was for what could be used in an answer, and green.... hmm... I believe green was for names and dates etc. When I would get to the meeting, my literature would look like a coloring book. It prolly did more harm than good.
FMZ
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Do you still struggle with a negative world view?
by new light inwell-trained jws tend to view all current events in relation to armageddon.
they see the world as having no hope of improvement, and view all efforts to improve our home as a waste of time.
have you totally broken free of this destructive viewpoint?
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FMZ
I am cursed to see the world how it really is, a dark and disgusting place. It's filled with murder, rape, war, starvation, the list goes on. This is not because of the witnesses indoctrinations, but because it is how it is. There are plenty of good people in the world too, but unfortunately the former outnumber the latter.
I don't consider myself a pessimist or optimist, just a realist. It no longer depresses me, as I know there is nothing I can do about it. I just get on with life and do what I can for whoever I can. That way I know I am making the world at least a little better place to be.
God bless
FMZ
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I have been feeling down....
by New Castles inim not feeling the greatest lately.
looking for some comfort on the only place i feel theres people who understand me.
the last few months have been the most enlightening in my life, showing me that i can be myself, and think for myself without being opressed by a religion that obviously does not care on how their people feel.
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FMZ
I went through the same thing for a while. It's tough mate, but you can get through. Bow your head, say a prayer, and be the best person you can be, it will soon come to you.
FMZ
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Newsystemous Rex...Paradisauras..you know him.
by Huxley inif you were a kid in the 70's you remember him, (or her?
) i think there was some discussion about this little guy on the site a while ago.. he (for the sake of argument) was located in the front or the back of the green nwt.. ...or was it the peach colored paradise lost/regained book?
i can't remember actually.. if you were like me, bored out of your 5 year old skull during the meetings, this friendly looking dinosaur was fun to look at, and you could draw little things around him.
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FMZ
The dinosaur is about as tall as the people, but we all know he would have whupped their butts!
Yeah, and that dingy in the Great Sea wouldn't have carried a single dino!
FMZ
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Were You Ever Hauled Into The Library By The Elders...
by exjdub infor something really stupid, or for something you didn't do?.
since joining the jwd board i have had a lot of deep, deep, memories pop back into my head.
sometimes they are memories that are not very enjoyable...and sometimes those memories make me laugh out loud.
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FMZ
Not by an elder, but by a crazed neurotic mother. I was organizing a trip out to the cinema with a number of witness buddies, and was inviting all the young people. There was one girl who was rather quiet, as her mother was very possessive...... (for want of a better word). Well, I decided I would do the right thing in "agape", and ask her if she wanted to come along. I was extremely careful to make sure she realized this was not a date, just a "get together".
Well, that was on Tuesday. Thursday night, this flaming mad midget of a mother came to me after the meeting and pulled me in the back room. She was beet red, and boy did she start shouting... "You aren't old enough to be dating!" etc... Man she was a freaking psycho. After she was done, I humbly told the biznatch that I had invited a lot of young brothers and sisters. This pissed her off (that I disagreed) and off she went again. I ended up just walking out.
I hope and pray her daughter realizes the truth about the Troof and gets out of there, the poor girl.
FMZ
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Can you figure this out?
by Fe2O3Girl in.
this is sending me crazy - i can not work it out.. http://personal.baker.edu/web2/cdavis09/roses.html#game.
if you don't want to reveal the solution on the board, please pm me, i assure you you won't be "spoiling" it for me.
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FMZ
lmao XJW...
FMZ
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Can you figure this out?
by Fe2O3Girl in.
this is sending me crazy - i can not work it out.. http://personal.baker.edu/web2/cdavis09/roses.html#game.
if you don't want to reveal the solution on the board, please pm me, i assure you you won't be "spoiling" it for me.
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FMZ
Dammit, I hate being a genius.... lol I'd have never got it.
FMZ
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Can you even stomach the name "Jehovah"?
by logansrun ini can't.
in the few times i have prayed since leaving the dubs i notice i catch myself -- "dear heavenly god jeh----......" there's just so much emotional baggage connected to the name.
i wish to leave it behind altogether.. b.
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FMZ
Again, very interesting. Care to offer a specific example? I can give you 2 experiences from my own life, which I consider comparable to what you say.
Hard to offer any specific examples, as they are quite often more like nudges. You see, recently I have been praying more and more for Jesus to direct me, and guide me. Often times, even during a prayer, the Holy Spirit will give me a slight nudge in the right direction. Hard to explain, almost like he's talking to me, but no voice.
I would be very interested in hearing your stories of prayers being answered, they are always upbuilding to us all.
The key to prayer (and life itself), I feel, is submission. We need to totally submit to hear the answer sometimes. Place it in Jesus's hands, and he will take care of it.
FMZ
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Can you even stomach the name "Jehovah"?
by logansrun ini can't.
in the few times i have prayed since leaving the dubs i notice i catch myself -- "dear heavenly god jeh----......" there's just so much emotional baggage connected to the name.
i wish to leave it behind altogether.. b.
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Why do you "feel better"?
At first I wasn't sure. I didn't know why it didn't feel quite right to pray to Jehovah, that's what I had always done. I believe now, that this feeling was put upon me by the Holy Spirit, to help me realize that we should be praying to Jesus, not Jehovah / Yahweh / the Father. Now, in praying to Jesus regularly, as I should be, it has become a joy to pray, as my prayers are often answered quite directly (not always the way I want, but directly nonetheless).
And just how is it that your "faith" has been restored?
This cannot be explained in terms of what I read or studied. In praying to Jesus, I found him... and guess where he was? Right in front of me! Now he has such a direct effect on my life, I feel that there is no way things could happen this way if he did not exist. It's like the wind, impossible to describe with words, but when you feel it, you know.
FMZ