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JimmyPage
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Hello!
by factfinder ini'm new here, this is my first post.
have been reading so many comments from you guys over the past few months and now i can finally comment too!.
it is amazing how long it took me to see that jw's are not god's organization and that their teachings do not really find support in the bible.. now i'm not really sure what i believe.
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Alice
by Quillsky inalice, i have a sense that you've dug yourself a hole on this forum and don't know how to get out of it.. you would probably like to engage and share your stories as most of us do here, and as you've done in your child abuse thread, but you've created an antagonistic persona that makes it difficult for many to empathize with your real life concerns and experiences.. i suggest that you retire your "alice in wonderland" moniker and return as a normal poster, a jw with doubts.
many will understand, and you may make some friends..
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JimmyPage
Good advice, Q.
I think it's fascinating how people who can initially be so antagonistic to "apostates" soon realize how human we are, how fun we are, and how addicting and refreshing our company can be.
Perhaps it comes from having our real personalities suppressed for so long and now the opportunity to express ourselves fully is finally open.
They may fight us for a while, but they sure don't want to leave the board, and are often eventually won over to reality.
Here's to a future time "welcome back", Alice, whoever you may yet become.
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JimmyPage
I've missed his blunt honesty.
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Zen Living Part Twelve (summarized): Eating, Moving, Breathing- Maintaining a Zen Lifestyle
by JimmyPage inmaintain your meditation by committing to very short periods twice a day, then gradually working up to longer periods.. alternate sitting meditation with walking meditation to train yourself to meditate under different circumstances.. you don't have to be a vegetarian, eat brown rice, or be anyone you aren't already to live zen in your daily life.. you know you should exercise.
zen can help you cut through all the dread, pride, and other things you attach to exercise so you can "just do it".. every day, indulge in microzazen moments and stop what you are doing, breathe, and pay attention to the present moment..
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JimmyPage
Maintain your meditation by committing to very short periods twice a day, then gradually working up to longer periods.
Alternate sitting meditation with walking meditation to train yourself to meditate under different circumstances.
You don't have to be a vegetarian, eat brown rice, or be anyone you aren't already to live Zen in your daily life.
You know you should exercise. Zen can help you cut through all the dread, pride, and other things you attach to exercise so you can "just do it".
Every day, indulge in microzazen moments and stop what you are doing, breathe, and pay attention to the present moment.
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Do you smoke anything?
by asilentone ini was very disappointed in one of my friends near here.
he is df'd.
he started smoking cigs.
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JimmyPage
I think being addicted to anything is bad. But I will smoke the occasional social cigarette or cigar. If the timing is right, I will also partake of left-handed cigarettes. They're great for outdoor music festivals!
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Suggest a JW year text for 2011
by JimmyPage inhow about this one?
: "we are of all men most to be pitied.
" -1 cor.
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JimmyPage
Matthew 17:21, NWT
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My Lord spoke and told me to post
by watersprout inmy lord spoke to me for the first time yesterday and this morning he told me to post my experience.. i know there are going to be ones who will call me names and thats ok. i will accept whatever you feel you need to say.. here goes.
i heard a voice calling ''my child'', this happened while at the zoo so i was taken off guard!
i replied ''who is this?
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JimmyPage
All I know is that "Jaheshua Mischajah's Witnesses'' is going to be an even bigger mouthful than "Jehovah's Witnesses".
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1975 - Lest We Forget
by GetBusyLiving ini find the topic of the 1975 end of the world scenario facinating, especially since i never lived through it.
do you old schoolers ever feel concerned that people will one day forget about what really went down?
with whitewashed tripe like the 'proclaimers' book informing dubs that it was just the false expectations of over enthusiastic apostates, are you at all concerned that the legacy of bullshit that is 1975 will be a forgotten moment in history blamed on you instead where the blame really belongs?
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JimmyPage
What they claimed at a recent assembly was that it was just evidence that they were on the watch and not sleeping as Christendom does.
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Suggest a JW year text for 2011
by JimmyPage inhow about this one?
: "we are of all men most to be pitied.
" -1 cor.
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JimmyPage
How about this one?: "We are of all men most to be pitied." -1 Cor. 15:19.
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Sex before marriage. feeling guilty
by frigginconfused inheres the situation.... met a girl i am tottally infatuated with.
i could just hang out with her and not have sex but she has not been in a relationship in a year and shes pretty horny.
im a normal dude so i dont want to refuse her.. i cant decide if im rationalizing my feelings.
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JimmyPage
All I know is that I was once as indoctrinated as you. Eventually I got over it, but if I could go back in time I would tell my younger self not to pass up any opportunities. Just be safe about it.