Posts by Borgellia

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Do You Struggle With Depression???

by minimus in

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i know more persons that are depressed than i know that are not.

whether a person was a witness or not, so many are affected with depression.

i've read here that many jw's were on either regular medication or silently accepted their depression with much prayer and tears.

Borgellia

Hello Everyone,

I haver never met a Jdub that was not depressed on some level. (they hide it well) I started having depression as a Jdub in 1974. I was 14. I refused to believe Jehovah was creating babies in 1974 only to plan on killing them in 1975. This depression was different from my chronic clinical depression that keeps me on the anti depressant merry go round now. This depression is a side effect of other medical illnesses. Now that I know that the nature of God was misrepresented to me, I am not hopeless like I was as a Jdub. There is a difference in these two types however I do wonder if living under the Jdub rule screwed with the chemical makeup of our brain cells.

((((((((((((((((((((HUG)))))))))))))))))) for Billygoat and all suffering from the big D

Borgellia

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A question for those churchgoing ones...forgiveness

by ashitaka in

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this is in reference to the comments that kgb made on the thread i started yesterday about the molester who was crushed underneath a car.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/54218/1.ashx.

he talked of forgiveness of murderers, molesters, rapists, etc.

i know that many churchgoes feel the same way about this.. my question is, if god can forgive murderers, rapists, etc., then what about those who don't believe in god, who don't have 'faith'?

Borgellia

woooooohoooooooo!

Hello everybody I am a newbie this is my first post. (how did I make this red?) Will somebody tell me how to put a cool picture next to my name? The Skull & Rose makes such a statement!

On the serious side; one thing I have learned about forgivness is that it is very demensional. One aspect of forgivness is how we "get over it" as Dr Phill would say. That means for some like me can no longer hate the perpetrator, I no longer plan devious revenge, I no longer wonder what exactly rat poison tastes like in tea with lemon. I threw away the "100 Ways To Screw With Your Ex" book. We learn to let it go and heal. That is one way of forgivness. Does that mean I forgive someone who has hurt me and is not sorry for it? NO. Of course not. That person if they are not sorry will do it again. That is where the "repentance" comes in. If a person is truly sorry for the crime whatever it is, it will show in their acts. Untill then I forgive in my heart, but don't even consider going back for more abuse.

I never try to know the mind of God when it comes to such matters. (wow, how did this change back to normal) From what the Borg does with it's over 23,000 alleged pedophiles in it's secret database, it is clear there is no repentance there. I trust God with their futures. Yes, I do believe there is a special place for them. Satan may end up with some new babes. They are rotten fruit from rotten trees.

I know that we all have one thing in common-The Borg. I know that we should all be tolerant of the fact that we all suffered in some way because of it. I know that we all didn't follow the same path afterwards, but we still are bound by what we experienced together, and should be tolerant of that fact. (where's the spell check)