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JamesThomas
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lost
by depressed injust wondering if anyone else feels the same way.. i've been out of the organization for about 4 years, but i still love jehovah and jesus, and i want to serve them the right way.
does anyone here feel a great sense of religious confusion now that you are not attending meetings?.
at the moment, i feel miserable, since i'm going through a divorce.
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God Is Love
by under_believer ina meditation on love, using only scriptures.
from the nwt, for easy readability for any witness readers out there.
1 john 4:8 - he that does not love has not come to know god, because god is love.. .
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JamesThomas
Abr, actually our feelings toward life, are no so different; and ultimately, there is no difference at all.
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by depressed injust wondering if anyone else feels the same way.. i've been out of the organization for about 4 years, but i still love jehovah and jesus, and i want to serve them the right way.
does anyone here feel a great sense of religious confusion now that you are not attending meetings?.
at the moment, i feel miserable, since i'm going through a divorce.
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JamesThomas
You are certainly not alone; and depression, under the circumstances, may be a healthy sign.
The problem with religion is it mistakenly reduces our major significance to an object or deity(s) separate and apart from the reality of our being in this present moment (the only reality there ever is). Such beliefs are inherently depressing, isolating and painful. Good news is, it's all a lie.
Though dedicated deity-worshippers seldom comprehend what I am saying, it may be time for you to stop accepting the religious notion that what you seek is so limited, conditional and tiny as to be absent from the truth of your own immediate existence. Stop giving credence to nameable images formed from the dust of someone else's imagination (the Bible), and look deeper into the truth and actuality of your own intimate sense of being and existing. Spend less time lost in the drama weaved by the mind, and give more silent attention the what it is to breath and be alive, right here, right now.
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Has anyone read any Echart Tolle?
by new boy in"the power of now".
"a new earth".
i must say both books blew me away.......................life changing!
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JamesThomas
In my opinion, The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle, is one of the most enlightening books ever written. That said, there is no truth in it, and Eckhart is up front about that.
Purps, don't feel bad about having to read it again; I read it seven or eight times and still pick it up and read a bit now and then. It never gets stale.
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God Is Love
by under_believer ina meditation on love, using only scriptures.
from the nwt, for easy readability for any witness readers out there.
1 john 4:8 - he that does not love has not come to know god, because god is love.. .
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JamesThomas
Dear Biblereader,
What I feel you are no getting here, is that just because people find the diminutive Bible interpretation of "God" to be inadequate and vile, does not mean they do not have a love for the Divine. In fact the very opposite may be true. I for one stopped reading the Bible because I could not accept it's limited little deity as the true Source of an infinite universe. I knew that our real Source and Sustenance, must be far greater still.
That you find solace in the Bible god, so be it. Just don't think all the rest of us are God-hating fools because we don't.
Peace to you, dear; and again I have no desire to offend you.
j
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Not sure what to do.
by nonamegiven ini talked to my mom yesterday.
she asked how i was doing.
i told her i'm having a hard time with the whole df'ing thing.
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JamesThomas
Dear Given,
She cares for a dissabled husband and I'm sure what keeps her going is the thought of this great reward of life on earth in paradise and on and on. I don't know if I should take that from her.
There really is no problem here, is there. Looking at what you have written, it seems fairly clear that you do know what to do. Trust your heart and listen to your own wisdom. Often times the best action, is no action.
Be patient. Be kind. Don't attempt to take away your dear mothers hope of paradise until you have something better to offer her. Let her be, and focus on your own education and enlightenment.
j
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God Is Love
by under_believer ina meditation on love, using only scriptures.
from the nwt, for easy readability for any witness readers out there.
1 john 4:8 - he that does not love has not come to know god, because god is love.. .
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JamesThomas
Who are we to check the hand of the Most High, we are so finite and dont understand hardly anything in the end, very small minds.
Speaking of "small minds", why can you not see that we are not questioning the true Source of an infinite universe, but rather the extremely small and moronic deity presented within the pages of the Bible. WHO ARE YOU to belittle and shrink God to a foolish little anthropomorphic dirty??????? WHO ARE YOU to unquestionably accept and worship such a retarded concept???? Wake the hell up!!!
No offence meant.
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God Is Love
by under_believer ina meditation on love, using only scriptures.
from the nwt, for easy readability for any witness readers out there.
1 john 4:8 - he that does not love has not come to know god, because god is love.. .
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LOVE is only acheived when you no longer worship a God of ANGER
So true. Great agony to the soul upon placing as "The Most High", a god of war, murder, and anger. Desert tribal gods may have had a valid use at one time, but not today. Not today. j
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coward
by IP_SEC inyou want to destroy me?.
hidden behind the veil?.
like shooting an unarmed man.
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JamesThomas
Sounds like a painful and sincere: ode to Jehovah. If there ever was a healthy reason for a flare-up of angry hatred, it is at awakening to the oppressive and poisonous stone we once had hung around our necks. Bitter elixirs are known to sooth and heal wounds.
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God Is Love
by under_believer ina meditation on love, using only scriptures.
from the nwt, for easy readability for any witness readers out there.
1 john 4:8 - he that does not love has not come to know god, because god is love.. .
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JamesThomas
The Bible refines gross contradiction to a fine art. Fortunately, most of us find in our hearts a far more beautiful definition of love than that found within the madness called: The Bible; as you so clearly presented here.
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