than he that would lay down his wife for his friend.
Sorry, couldn't resist sharing.
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no man has love greater than this
by stillin inthan he that would lay down his wife for his friend.. .
sorry, couldn't resist sharing..
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gimme a break!
by stillin init's persecution, i tell ya!
ok, so i went out in service yesterday, ok, so i went to a meeting today.
i'm not ready to just chunk out everything i've believed even if there's a lot wrong with the picture.
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thanks, Jeff. I agree, it's a two way deal. I was naive about all of it. I was low-hanging fruit. It was survival in spades! But I do owe a debt to others, and that is one of the things I will have to sort out, without losing my own humanity.
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and It's TRUE. So many people keep thier lives churned up simply to avoid that moment of serious reflection...
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gimme a break!
by stillin init's persecution, i tell ya!
ok, so i went out in service yesterday, ok, so i went to a meeting today.
i'm not ready to just chunk out everything i've believed even if there's a lot wrong with the picture.
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it's persecution, I tell ya! OK, so I went out in service yesterday, OK, so I went to a meeting today. I'm not ready to just chunk out everything I've believed even if there's a lot wrong with the picture. I feel like I wouldn't be being fair to my wife, for one thing, if I just quit altogether.
How many vows does a person make in a lifetime? Things HAVE changed a lot since I made the vow to my wife, and things HAVE changed with Jehovah's Witnesses since I dedicated my life to Jehovah's service, but most of you people here also saw real value in being one of Jehovah's Witnesses at one time. Have you totally forgotten the way your own faith, which I'll assume was healthy at one time, made you feel deep inside? Was it all self-deception?
Many of you concede that you had good friends and knew good people in the organization...sincere people...deluded, maybe, but honestly deluded. I know people like that, too. I have friends that know what I'm going through and they hope I will "snap out" of my fade and get back to wholeheartedness. Sure, partly because it validates their own faith, but also because they actually WANT me to be in paradise with them. Isn't that beautiful? In a quaint, innocent way, isn't it?
You all are validating each other here, too, like it or not. You certainly have that right in my book. Now give me the respect I deserve to make my fade on my own terms. I have unfinished business in this organization, dragons to slay, things to say. I'll have no voice at all if I lose my fizz in the congregation.
I'll thank you now for keeping your derogatory remarks to yourselves.
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stillin
I'll pm you a good link. It's worth sharing, but not related to this silly thread
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stillin
there was a song in the sixties by a group called It's a Beautiful Day
white bird
in a golden cage
on a winter day
in the rain
Look it up...pretty song.
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stillin
sorry, I'm new at this. Say, you're not in a golden cage by any chance?
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sorry my sarcasm went over your head. I'll have to be more careful in the future
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got out in service today
by stillin innobody came to the door.
maybe holy spirit was protecting them from me....
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I hope you're right, but if the world is really as dopey as TV wants us to believe, we're in serious trouble
A quote from one I admire:
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
Henry David Thoreau