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  praying to Jesus - an analogy

  by TheListener in

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  for those who are christians,.

  as a witness i never prayed to jesus and would have felt icky and evil had i done so.. .

  as a christian who is no longer a jw i still haven't prayed to jesus.

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  bernadette

  As a christian who is no longer a JW I still haven't prayed to Jesus. I feel I should. I feel I want to. But, the old dread is somehow still in me.

  I have found the above to be true in my own case. I am presently working on simply keeping aware of Jesus and what he portrayed - as a sort of heart thing rather than a mind thing. Thats quite liberating and expansive.

  The talking to rather than a praying to is good analogy. My daughter (she is now fading too) and i were discussing about talking to Jesus rather than praying to him. We both agreed that we found it difficult because trying to articulate is nigh on impossible because of our indoctrination.

  Hope the above makes sense.

  Bernadette
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  NEW BOND - ANYONE

  by tijkmo in

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  i thought he was fine.

  good story too.

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  bernadette

  i know where I'm going on holiday next year
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  Apology to all

  by wozadummy in

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  this is an apology to all for my recent posts, i did'nt mean to upset anyone .

  just coping with leaving the org ,and the past ,and trying to support my wife who, as some know from my prevoius posts has tried to deal with her pedophile elder(past) father for many years now thru the org ,and then being badly treated by them and her large extended family (most are witnesses and are trying to silence her), made me hit rock bottom.

  we are now taking action via the police and court system and she is barely coping ,and me being bi-polar does'nt help matters much and i fell into to an unreal state for a while as we don't have much support of any kind.

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  bernadette

  (((((((((((WELCOME BACK)))))))))))

  Bernadette
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  WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT......???????

  by Terry in

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  what the hell is the point......?.

  1.undeserved kindness.

  ask yourself why you don't deserve kindness.

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  bernadette

  Terry/JamesThomas

  All is well and good with this system until we attempt to step out of the finite, particle, phenomenal, thought world -- into the foundational or Wave reality. The Bible is suppose to be about the ultimate Truth, our Source, the Wave that gives birth to all particles of people places and things. The Bible doesn't do this though. It can't. It instead offers up a grand fictitious drama of particles in the form of isolated characters and events. It's not at all what it presents itself to be. It's a lie. One of the biggest lies ever told. It's a particle pretending to be a wave. A charade.

  Don't want to sidetrack the thread but want to know if there is a sort of dummies guide to wave reality with respect to what we are discussing

  thanks

  bernadette
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  Thanks all now I'm leaving

  by wozadummy in

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  due to funkyderek i have come to the decision to leave this board.

  when i posted on the current gay thread in a way that i thought would stimulate thinking and lighten up the seriosness of the thread and have a laugh, he and others put me down publically labelling me.

  so i find it difficult now to continue posting knowing that someone has influenced others into thinking that i'm not worthy of being here because my phrasing and spelling is bad and that i'm apparently a "hyporite".

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  Steve

  I've borrowed this from a website I've bin reading

  A little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." - THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to James Madison, January

  INHMO a little rebellion on a discussion forum can have a good effect because it enables us to gain new perspective - we bring out half formed ideas, dust them off, look at them in the cold light of day with friends and discard the ones that are not relevant to the life we are living today and in that way then prevent them from doing us harm in the future. The WTS opposes such thinking because they have found that they can control us through our half formed buried fears.

  Gaining new insight is worth the blood sweat and tears of painful reawakening and isn't that what we are all doing here

  If you are not coming back then farewell.

  Bernadette
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  Ex-JW Friends - Learning Who They Really Are

  by Amazing in

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  learning to find friends as an ex-jw.

  i wrote this essay because of what i have observed and experienced in the way of disappointment and reward in the relationships and freinds i have made online.

  i can relate to how you some x-jws feel about leaving online discussion boards.

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  bernadette

  I am now in the process of finding out who my true friends are. Now that I am fading I find that I don't miss anyone particularly from the KH.

  My husband and I have always viewed each other as best friends but our present situation is very challenging - however I am focused on salvaging as much of our relationship as I can.

  Like you though I have rediscovered a friend from the past. That friend went on to become an athiest whereas I, of course a dogmatic fundamentalist. On the rare occasions that we did meet it always ended in an argument so we saw less and less of each other. But now we have so much to share and rediscover, it truly is wonderful.

  Bernadette
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  one year today

  by darth frosty in

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  today is my one year aniversary on jwd.

  what a difference a year can make.

  this time last year i was just mustering the courage to type jehovah into a search engine and view the results (and this after being away from the hall for 2 years.

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  H A P P Y A N N I V E R S A R Y

  D A R T H

  bernadette
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  another surgery for her

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  ok hannah's facing another surgery.. here's the deal:.

  last week they found something behind her right ear drum.

  they did a cat scan while she was in the hospital.

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  bernadette

  Hope everything goes well for Hannah - thinking of you all

  bernadette
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  Sitting Here Crying

  by Undecided in

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  just head that my grandson has a bad kind of cancer.

  it's hard to accept stuff like this.

  i just hope they can do something to help him survive.. ken p..

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  bernadette

  We will be thinking of you and your family and praying for your precious grandson.

  Bernadette
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  Thanks all now I'm leaving

  by wozadummy in

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  due to funkyderek i have come to the decision to leave this board.

  when i posted on the current gay thread in a way that i thought would stimulate thinking and lighten up the seriosness of the thread and have a laugh, he and others put me down publically labelling me.

  so i find it difficult now to continue posting knowing that someone has influenced others into thinking that i'm not worthy of being here because my phrasing and spelling is bad and that i'm apparently a "hyporite".

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  bernadette

  ((((((((((((please stay so that we can get to know you better)))))))))))

  don't know what its all about, but accept that it must be pretty bad to make u feel the way you do

  please reconsider