Posts by MerryMagdalene

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"Gospel of Judas" likely out this spring

by Midget-Sasquatch in

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and for those of us who were interested in its contents, mario roberty said in the times article that 4 of the 6 pages translated by hedrick were actually from another tractate.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1161238,00.html

MerryMagdalene

Yes, thanks. I'm looking forward to that.

~Merry

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Did I Miss Something?

by MerryMagdalene in

are there any of you who actually experienced this?

(from awake 5/22/94 young people ask--what if i fall for an unbeliever?).

think of how much your religious values have shaped your emotionsthe joy you experience at christian meetings, the thrill of sharing the bibles message with a receptive person, the pleasure of studying the bible itself.

MerryMagdalene

Thanks, Leolaia. Freak me out, why don't you!

That is so THEM.

*shudder*

~Merry

edited to add--It's been so long since I read it that I forgot just how applicable 1984 is (till your quote made me look again)...

We have cut the links between child and parent, and between man and man, and between man and woman. No one dares trust a wife or a child or a friend any longer.

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Did I Miss Something?

by MerryMagdalene in

are there any of you who actually experienced this?

(from awake 5/22/94 young people ask--what if i fall for an unbeliever?).

think of how much your religious values have shaped your emotionsthe joy you experience at christian meetings, the thrill of sharing the bibles message with a receptive person, the pleasure of studying the bible itself.

MerryMagdalene

Are there any of you who actually experienced this? (from Awake 5/22/94 Young People Ask--What If I Fall For An Unbeliever?)

Think of how much your religious values have shaped your emotions—the joy you experience at Christian meetings, the thrill of sharing the Bible’s message with a receptive person, the pleasure of studying the Bible itself. Can an unbeliever possibly grasp—much less share—such feelings? Hardly.

I didn't. Now I feel ripped off. Can I get a refund? Maybe I was an unbeliever the whole time and just didn't realize it, cos I just wasn't able to grasp--much less share--such feelings! I feel them now, but in an entirely different context. So I have to ask: Can the Governing Body possibly grasp--much less share--the true feelings of young JWs? Hardly.

~Merry

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Did Jesus sin when he added a NEW commandment?

by zen nudist in

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deut, is quite clear that the law was not to be added to nor taken from..... yet jesus said, i give you a new commandment, that you love one another as i have loved you.. so could he be the one god sent if he violated what god commanded?

MerryMagdalene

Did Jesus sin when he added a NEW commandment?

Ask him. There are a couple of him around here on the forum, aren't there?

~Merry

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Hello everyone

by zerimar in

i'm not sure if this is the right place to introduce oneself, but i just, well, wanted to introduce myself!

i'm 29, raised in the truth.

i'm an ex-ms. my dad is still an elder .

MerryMagdalene

Welcome zerimar~

~Merry

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Welcome Rimbaudbunuel

by lola28 in

jw
friends

ok guys welcome rim to the board!

he is a really nice guy that loves to spin!

show some love for the newby.. .

MerryMagdalene

Narkissos

Boy is my face red!!! LOL

Nevermind.

*slinks away in shame, dragging her rubber chicken behind her*

~Merry

*slinks back in..Ok, I think I clicked on the right pic this time...darts out*

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Welcome Rimbaudbunuel

by lola28 in

jw
friends

ok guys welcome rim to the board!

he is a really nice guy that loves to spin!

show some love for the newby.. .

MerryMagdalene

Welcome alt alt

~Merry

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Somewhere past numb~

by alamb in

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friends

as a loyal jw, i was ready for my whole world to come to an earth-shattering halt and for life as i knew it to be gone...at the hand of my loving god.

i would sit in school in my mental bubble and numb myself to the world around me.

i grew older and entered the adult world and was aloof in my thoughts that i could not attach myself to any workmates or neighbors and put out my hand in friendship as they could be dead tomorrow and i would have to be ok with that.

MerryMagdalene

That really was a beautiful and touching way to express what I think more than a few of us have experienced, alamb. Thank you for putting words to it.

And I too experienced this:

I was moved to tears when anyone "wordly" showed kindness or empathy to me. I also was touched by normal displays of love and affection. I would tear up when having conversations with people. I felt open to the world in a newborn sort of way.

~Merry

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Do you like wearing jewellery and expensive rings & watches?

by JH in

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friends

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i never did like wearing a ring, or anything around my neck.. i have an ordinary timex 30$ watch, and that's enough for me.

i like it simple for me anyways.... how about you?

MerryMagdalene

I wear very little jewelry and I don't have a watch.

I have 2 old family rings--one is gold with three tiny pearls and has an inscription inside the band dated 1879, the other is gold and lapiz lazuli. My grandmother (deceased now) said she wanted to give me her wedding set but wouldn't unless I got reinstated.

I have 2 necklaces--one of driftwood beads with a staurolite pendant, the other of wool yarn and sculpey beads.

I used to have a bracelet of braided elephant hair but it came apart when I wore it swimming.

I'm not drawn to most expensive jewelry at all. I just like things that have some sort of personal meaning.

~Merry

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So, why didn't Jesus write anything down?

by poppers in

terry's thread on who is right - jesus or paul, got me to wondering; why didn't jesus write anything down?

surely he would know that the things he said would be written down at some point, and that this would be the beginning of misunderstanding what he was saying.

secondhand accounts of spoken words have a way of changing dramatically from the original words.

MerryMagdalene

I wrote a response to JamesThomas, forgot to copy and save it, and lost it when I tried to post...

Just wanted to say it pleases me that we end up saying basically the same things in our own different ways. But I still won't be chucking out my Bible or any of my other favorite spiritual guidebooks (or your own helpful posts for that matter) any time soon. Even though the message can't be written down any more than the moon can, I still appreciate prose and poetry about both, and I would never slap away the finger that points to either.

~Merry