i'm sorry too, ~aztec, as i have certainly come to care about you.
best wishes and hugs,
nowisee
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I feel like feeling sorry for myself
by Aztec ini want to vent and feel sorry for myself for a sec okay?.
if you don't like these sort of threads then please ignore.... i had/have a sucky father who abused me mentally and physically and a mother who looked the other way.
my grandfather was the p.o.
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nowisee
oh puh-leeeze!
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Are You Unwittingly Brain Washing Yourself?
by Englishman init always surprises me just how many long - departed ex's refer to their life in the witnesses as being time spent "in the truth".. imho, every time we use that particular phrase, we are just re-imprinting ourselves with an old belief system that triggers off negative feelings about ourselves?.
when we talk about our past experiences, isn't it better to refer to them simply as being "when i was a jehovah's witness"?.
after all, isn't it an incredibly stupid action to leave "the truth"?.
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nowisee
i have not called it "the truth" for many years. i just refer to it as "the jws".
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There is No Conclusion.
by Blueblades in.
what has concluded that we might conclude in regard to it?
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nowisee
sending love to all, especially you, dj.
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Need Reference
by chappy inhi folks, been quite a while since i've posted on the board but visit regularly.
i need a reference/link on john 1:1. i've been told that the addition of "a" (word was "a" god) is incorrect in it's context from a greek lanquage point of view.
i need some kind of reference(s) explaining how this is a gramatical error.. later,.
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nowisee
hooberus, i just found this. thank you.
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Now this..... is freaky !
by gumby intry this one.....its freaky
have you ever wondered if your mind is normal?
well, do this little mind
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nowisee
me too, tomato!!
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God, where are you?
by onacruse ini haven't seen you posting here lately, and i just wondered if everything is ok?.
i've always considered you my best friend.
but lately i've been thinking about a lot of things, and it occurred to me: you've never said one word to me in my entire life, even though i've sent you thousands of messages; not exactly what friends do to each other.
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gopher, why the delay?
"the Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."--2 peter 3:9
larc, i appreciate your questions to me. i think that the questions you raised are all answered in romans chapter 5, and so would refer you and any others with the same questions there. to my mind and heart these queries are answered powerfully, eloquently and sufficiently. but you should read it yourself and form your own conclusions. read with an open mind -- at least try to see why i feel satisfied with the answers given.
the book of romans answers many of the questions raised in this thread.
very best wishes, nowisee
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God, where are you?
by onacruse ini haven't seen you posting here lately, and i just wondered if everything is ok?.
i've always considered you my best friend.
but lately i've been thinking about a lot of things, and it occurred to me: you've never said one word to me in my entire life, even though i've sent you thousands of messages; not exactly what friends do to each other.
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shakita,
i will echo big tex. i, too, am inadequate to answer your questions about why God seems to answer some and not others, and indeed, why He seems to answer some prayers and not others. romans 9 immediately came to mind. "therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden." it does seem arbitrary. the whole chapter is pertinent and may shed some light but i won't quote the whole thing! lol
i try to keep in mind the big picture. of course there are many unanswered questions. but this existence is barely a blip on the radar screen when considering eternity. consider that we humans, as adam's children, deserve nothing at all, nothing but death. consider that we are the ones who turned away from God, we are the ones who screwed up. God owes us nothing. yet He will have mercy on those who turn back to Him. perhaps He is using everything that happens for the ultimate good of all, and it is we who are blind and shortsighted. "for our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all."--2 cor. 4:17.
well, maybe it is food for thought. it has been for me.
best wishes, nowisee
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Poll- Did you have sex while unmarried when you were a JW?
by FreeofGuilt ini probably was the biggest slut in the kh- sex before baptized @ 13- sex after baptism when i was 17. oral sex about 5 times w/ different guys from the kh-- what can i say, i loved being a rebel, & love sex- i think the elders liked it to because i had to tell them the details (some guy always told), & they would probably get off later- never was disfellowshipped-- i am a good actress, but i thought the "holy spirit" guided them, well not because they believed my sobbing- --:-) kristine
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nowisee
well i actually had bill clinton running through my mind when i posted....
but no, it's me, nowisee!
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Do You Love Yourself???
by minimus ini believe that before you can love another, you must love yourself first.
some seem to loathe themselves.
others seem to adore themselves.
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nowisee
one of the two greatest commandments is to love your neighbor as yourself. loving onself is implicit in this command.
i have been thinking a lot about this lately as i do indeed fall short in loving myself. i am so aware of my flaws, shortcomings and deficiencies. i need to work on this.