Oh Sab. Sab Sab Sab. What you see as jealousy is actually more along the lines of pity. Not condescending pity, just a sadness and frustration that otherwise very intelligent people still feel the need to cling to superstition and make believe spirits. Coming to the realization that those spirits actually don't exist after all is extremely freeing and makes a person realize that they don't need to cling to those beliefs in order to be loving, kind and generous to other fellow humans. Calling it jealousy is exactly what it's not. Nobody who challenged Shelby is in any way jealous of her and the discussions that started out (way way back) as reasonable and measured using logic and critical thinking were spurned and things got ugly. She's only human, you know and as such should have apologized and been accountable for some things she said instead of falling back on the voices in her head as justification. I actually like Shelby very much and I'm sorry to see her go, but it got to the point where she had backed herself into a serious corner and desperately needed a break. A break can be very healthy and I think we could all use one at times. Forest and trees and all of that...
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To the Household of God, Israel, and Those Who God With...
by AGuest inthe greatest of love and peace to you all.
on another thread i posted what i stated was my last post.
that wasn't true; this is my last post on jwn.
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Dragons? What Dragons?
by AGuest into the household of god, israel, and those who go with... may you all have peace!
to try and perhaps help "calm" some of the rhetoric and propaganda on the board lately regarding what i've posted as to the apperance of spirit being, the following are links to threads/posts that contain some information regarding their appearance and nature.
for those who haven't read of such before, they are not "men", as in human... nor do they appear as human unless they put on the appearance of an "able-bodied" (vs. disabled) man.
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How do I hear/feel God?
by doinmypart inthis is a serious question.. i know people that hear/feel god (and see postings about people's experiences), but i have not experienced this.
i have never heard anything audibly (or otherwise) nor "felt" anything inwardly.. i've prayed, read, quieted my thoughts, etc...but still nothing..
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RIP Nora Ephron
by Farkel inthank you for your remarkable contributions, awesome humor, wit and sensitivity in the cinema.
you were a ground-breaking female director, and intuitively knew as a writer how to entertain people, make people laugh, make people cry and give people joy.
no one but you could make guys love "chick movies" when they really aren't wired to do that!.
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When Harry Met Sally is a cornerstone of my life...
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How do I hear/feel God?
by doinmypart inthis is a serious question.. i know people that hear/feel god (and see postings about people's experiences), but i have not experienced this.
i have never heard anything audibly (or otherwise) nor "felt" anything inwardly.. i've prayed, read, quieted my thoughts, etc...but still nothing..
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It's ALL about the buttah. That's how I roll darlings.
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How do I hear/feel God?
by doinmypart inthis is a serious question.. i know people that hear/feel god (and see postings about people's experiences), but i have not experienced this.
i have never heard anything audibly (or otherwise) nor "felt" anything inwardly.. i've prayed, read, quieted my thoughts, etc...but still nothing..
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It's delish, MrsJ. Lotsa buttah.
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How do I hear/feel God?
by doinmypart inthis is a serious question.. i know people that hear/feel god (and see postings about people's experiences), but i have not experienced this.
i have never heard anything audibly (or otherwise) nor "felt" anything inwardly.. i've prayed, read, quieted my thoughts, etc...but still nothing..
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What is with abusive atheists?
by Fernando insorry folks, i know the "candace conti case" is where all our time attention should be for now.
i just had this much less important issue on my heart and wanted to make a quick note of it, as i am struggling with remembering all the details as clearly afterward.. although i am a non-religious believer and simple follower of jesus, i have had some constructive interaction with atheists and agnostics on jwn.
i do enjoy learning more about their perspective.
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Why did Lazarus Pay for his sins twice?
by criticalwitness inaccording to j dub doc the wages sins pays is death meaning to them death covers your debt of sin when lazarus died did he not pay his debt?
so when jesus resctd him why did he die again?
when jesus brought him back did he creat or recreat an imperfect being on the sinful road to destruction?
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It took me a long time to write this...i'm staying.
by MsGrowingGirl20 init took me a long time to write this....i'm being brutally honest...i am still a reg pioneer...three sundays ago,i was praying and asking god for a sign or something because i was so confused...i told him exactly what i needed to see for me to believe.i was feeling terrible--crying and feeling sick because i was so confused.ten minutes after, i walked into the kingdom hall and to my surprise--my prayer was answered!
i soooo wasn't expecting it, even though i prayed.
so this is where almighty god wants me to be,ii've reasoned.
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Reading what GrowingGirl wrote made me kinda sad, but I think I understand where she's coming from. She obviously has a very good social network at the KH, and chances are she's never seen with her own eyes the level of hypocrisy that exists in this religion - not every congregation is a cesspool of dirty dealings. Knowing that you have to give up all of the social contact you know and are familiar with in order to leave this religion can be truly frightening, and this fear can make someone retreat into what's comfortable and then be forced to defend it. Ignorance can be bliss, but what's been seen cannot be unseen. Everything she's learned here will clap away at the back of her mind and she'll find it very hard to be truly happy. It's a sad thing to see happen, but arguing doctrine over social comfort is futile in a situation like this.
