Posts by Apostate Kate

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Ghosts, Demons, or Imagination?

by ButtLight in

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ok, its happened again!

but not to me this time, my 12 year old son.. last night he fell asleep on the couch, so i left him there and went to bed.

he wolk up about 3 am, and walked upstairs to his bedroom.

Apostate Kate

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Anytime you bring up anything paranormal here you are going to be dog piled. It is the old "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me mentality.

Last night on the show "Ghost Hunters" they got some pretty good footage of the paranormal and these guys are skeptics. There are too many variables in your experiences, especially when children are involved. The Borg did cultivate an unhealthy fear of anything paranormal.

What I would deal with above all is the fear. Whatever is causing it can not hurt you or the children. It may seem impossible to ignore it. I would acknowledge that the child thinks they seen or heard something, validate their feelings, and end it. Give them power over it. Refocus on something safe and tangible.

I am in no way negating what you have experienced. You just need to take control of it and don't be afraid. If you truly sense that spirits are in your home, you just tell them to get out, they don't belong there. I am very sensitive and always have been. I have dreams that come true, amazing ones too. I had one recently that was incredible. It was a type of premonition experience and was validated because I told my husband about it, and it happened several hours later, unexpectedly. Very powerful.

I am all for looking for scientific explanations. Sometimes I think Einstein had something on the parallel universe theory. The String Theory is interesting. I do believe in spirits. I also am fairly convinced that some people hang around after they die. I believe in angels. It is easy for me because I have experienced them and have had tangible validation in different ways.

Folks need to attack the concept, not the personal experience. No one deserves to be negated after surviving the borg. Love~Kate

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The Gospel of Judas

by James Free in

judas iscariot's reputation as one of the most notorious villains in history could be thrown into doubt with the release of an ancient text on thursday.

the gospel of judas, a papyrus document from the 3rd or 4th century ad, tells the story of jesus' death from the fallen disciple's point of view.

alleged to be a copy of an even older text, it casts judas as a benevolent figure, helping jesus to save mankind.

Apostate Kate

To get a whole view of this we have to go back in time 2000 years. Just like today we have Millerites leading to JWs and Mormons and other funky cults, there were people back then that had to take a different view. They had to be different, thought they knew the right way, the only way to think and they went against what was largely accepted as accurate and true.

There was a group called the Cainites. They were Gnostic. They went against what was accepted by the church as cannon, truth, historical. They believed basically that evil was good. Cain was good, thus the namesake. The early church deemed their ideas and writings as heretical, and still will today. The Cainites were just another cult. "Gospel of Judas", "The Truth That Leads To Eternal Life" they both will have the same place on my bookshelf, in the fiction area.

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Is It Me Or Are There More Sex Crimes Against Kids Like Never Before?

by minimus in

either this has been going on for years and was never talked about or there is a rash of internet child porn, arrangements for sick underage sex, and family sex abuse.

i read 3 news events in the last couple of days with this constantly happening.

how sick!

Apostate Kate

Last night I cried while watching Law and Order SVU. I honestly believe that shows like that give sicko perverts ideas and add that to desire to fulfill their deviant inclinations and you've got more of 'em out seeking and getting kids.

The idea for that episode of SVU was probably from the real life event that happened last year I believe in Florida. I flipped the channel when the boy was killed. Too graphic. But the sad thing is I could not even watch, what a family actually went through and the only one to survive was the little girl who had been the object of the attack. All the rest were murdered.

These evil thoughts are nothing new to mankind. The Internet has made it easier to fulfill the evil desires. We have to get tougher on the perps. One State I forgot which one, maybe Oklahoma, has made mandatory jail sentences for first time offenders, which I hope all other States will follow. That was reported on the Court Channel.

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Would You Ever Think About Taking Your Life???

by minimus in

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have you ever been in such despair that the thought crossed your mind?

did being a jehovah's witness have anything to do with your mindset?

Apostate Kate

I was told it was called Trigeminal Neuralgia and there

I recently have had this and oh MAN! It is called the "suicide syndrome" because it can lead sufferers to suicide, the pain is unbearable. It is also called tic doloreoux. I would cry from the pain. My eyes would water, light was torture and the right side of my face inched up. It would go on for weeks without let up. On top of my genetic blood disease and lupus, the tic doloreoux just about drove me to insanity. If I had had a loaded gun I would have used it. The lupus causes cysts on my tooth roots, which triggered the trigeminal nerve. I'm losing my teeth but the trig has calmed down. I hope you NEVER get that again!

I have had suididal thoughts in the past because of my Watchtower indoctrination. Life sucks when you have no assurance of salvation and yet your whole life is works oriented. Being raised a JW I had no real hope.

I made bad decisions based on what I thought was real. I was never good enough. I could never make enough meetings, go out in service, progress as a good JW should. I wasn't a good enough mother and felt my children would be better off without me. I could see no way out of the emotionally abusive marrraige I was in. I could not support myself since I had no education since Armageddon was coming, who needed an education.

All these thoughts were based on what the Watchtower thought of me. I was defined by who they said I was; inactive and not good enough. I'm one of those crazy mainstream believers now and it means a lot to me to know that the God of the Bible loves me just the way I am. I am loved unconditionaly and not because of what I do or do not do. I have peace now and do not think I would ever feel suicidal again. If the trig starts back up I'll have the surgery before i would take my life. There is a surgery to fix it.

Ray Franz talked about it in his book Crisis of Conscience. A friend of his had it and they were both at Bethel. The "brothers" said he had an emotional problem and put him to hard physical labor. A few year later they developed the surgery for it and he had the surgery. The GB never apologized for putting him through all that pain and suffering.

Lovely bunch they are

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Hi

by UNCLEAR in

this obviously is my first post, i actually feel like i may be sick but i felt compelled to post.

only if to just say hello.. my life has been anything but boring, pioneered for years, brought several family members into "the truth", and find myself unable to have studies anylonger because i feel unsure about the stand i have taken all these years.. i was previously married, my husband left the organization for various reason, we divorced and i recently remarried another brother, he is a wonderful man and husband, i care for him deeply we and had been friends for 15 years.

i also have a son from my first marriage who is 4, he is the love of my life, recently my son had an opertion that could require a blook transfusion and to be honest i could never deny him that.

Apostate Kate

Welcome Newbies!

One thing is clear; if there is any absolute truth in the world, it will stand up to careful scrutiny. It will be clearly rational, logical, loving, kind, and good. Anything else is rif raff.

The God of the Bible never asked anyone to sacrifice their children for some shady changing man made law. ...." neither came it into my mind, that they should do this
abomination" Jer. 32:35

The WTBTS easily can be seen as Molech, requiring children to be sacrificed to satisfy the Watchtowers sick love for blood martyres. My mama almost died when I was a child from lack of blood, and were they there to even help her recuperate? NO. Maybe if she had been an elders wife, but she was just a hard working single baptized mother struggling to get her hours in and magazines distributed.

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Jews 4 Jesus....Do they believe and what do they believe.

by RevFrank in

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many years ago i started talking to the jewish community.

and a part of my heritage, i have jewish blood flowing through me, also.

but that's not importanbt at the moment..what is, is that do the jews believe as a christian?....

Apostate Kate

There is very large group of Jews who have accepted Jesus as Messiah. (All of the first believers were Jewish) Today they often refer to themselves as Messianic Jews. Many of them blend traditions of the Jewish faith, with their Christian beliefs. I have known many and there are several Messianic Temples in Southern California. Many today were raised Jewish, then converted to Christianity, thus the name, Messianic Jews.

They often will engage in many Jewish functions such as marching in a Holocaust Memorial walk for peace etc. Although they may hold on to some of the law, such as Kosher food, keeping the Sabbath, observing Festivals, they do not believe it is necessary for salvation. They believe that Jesus paid the price in full and that He is Jehovah manifest in the flesh.

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Why did Jehovah create animals that eat blood with the meat?

by moomanchu in

Apostate Kate

But try giving a house-cat, lion, tiger or leopard a piece of bread, or even a soya-sausage. Cat animals are the prototypes of carnivores. They can`t be veggies, their digestion system is unable to digest plant cells.

anythings possible.....I've seen cats eat all kinds of things. Had a friend whos cats went nuts for cantaloup. Maybe they could live on the nasty flies they eat and cantaloup

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Scriptures You Will Not Hear At The 2-04-06 Church Sermon.

by scout575 in

"for moses said unto the fathers, "a prophet ( jesus - verse 20 ) shall the lord your god raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me, him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

and it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

" ( acts 3:22, 23 ).

Apostate Kate

Lets look at that place where the rubber hits the road; what does the Bible express towards those who do not accept, worship or give credence to any of its deities?
It is in no way special to "love" those who admire and honor us, it is quite another thing to love those who give us no attention at all. How then, will your deities love be shown towards me, who give him/them nothing? Honestly, in regards the Bible, what is to happen to the likes of me?
j

Well lets look at evil in our culture today. We have baby rapers, Child molestors, robbers, drug pushers who target children, wife beaters, murderers, ...you get the idea. Now this sin is still forgivable. But there must be repentence. God requires one to be sorry for raping children. Do you judge Him for that? Is that too much to ask of the people that He created? I believe the Bible is clear that when all people have the chance to really know Him, how awesome He is, how beautiful He is, how deep his love is for all of us, that no one would turn that love down except for the truly unrepentent evil. He may reach out to someone on their death bed as He did me. There are times my children have thought that I did not love them. It did not matter that I had given them all that I had to give, I had to wait until they grew, matured, had children of their own to realize how deep my love was and is for them. They could not see that love manifested until they had children of their own. God will continue to love you regardless of what you think of Him. That is the message of the Bible. Romans 5:8 But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. I could not offer either of my two sons to save anothers life.

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Scriptures You Will Not Hear At The 2-04-06 Church Sermon.

by scout575 in

"for moses said unto the fathers, "a prophet ( jesus - verse 20 ) shall the lord your god raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me, him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

and it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

" ( acts 3:22, 23 ).

Apostate Kate

"love" was found 328 times in 263 verses in the New Testament.
"Love" which promises to punish and destroy those who do not bow to it, is not love, but rather cruel and immoral manipulation. Ponder this. j

The Bible makes it clear, when taken in context, that God loves us just the way we are. Matthew 9:10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. Matthew 9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Luke 15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Why did Jesus come to call sinners to repentence? Because sin destroys our lives. Just as when my son dabbled with drugs, he could have killed himself. Did God then want to destroy my son? NO. He called him back, he went after him like a sheep who wandered too far from the Shephers protection. And God kept him safe. This has nothing to do with "punish and destroy, it is not "cruel nor immorale" for God to have paid the price for all our sin by His own blood. To call us back into His protection when we falter. Again I have said I don't care what anyone believes, but don't misrepresent the Bible because of the twisted lies the Watchtower taught us. It is not about religion. The Bible is not about religion, but a relationship with the Maker by way of His Holy Divine Son. It is not about death and destruction but life and that more abundant than ever known on earth. It is about love, the love of a Father for His children.

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Just finished Crisis of Conscience (first time), now I understand why...

by AuldSoul in

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i have just completed crisis of conscience.

now i understand why my father, the co, the wts and every other elder who came to my home asked if i had read the book.. i had not.

however, the argumentation stylesup to and including the focus in my letters on the paired issues of candor and humilityas well as the bulk of the scriptures used by brother franz and others were present in my letters.. this shows their hubris to an even greater degree.

Apostate Kate

I love Crisis of Conscience. I'm almost through it. It took me years to be able to get one too. I know that sounds lame, but raising hungry kids there was always a priority-FOOD.

I ended up being given one free from a dear friend who provided them for me by the case. I have quite a few available right now if anyone needs a copy and just can't spare the cost. PM me if you'd like one. I send them with another great book that was the very first non JW book I ever read. It had such an impact on my heart I ended up getting a case free from the author who I got to meet in person. (I cried and cried and couldn't talk)

Ray makes it all clear. Why we followed "followers of followers, and were victims of victims"