MerryMagdalene
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Request for Words of Love and Encouragement...
by MerryMagdalene in...for tijkmo please as he is having a rough day..... i'll start:.
we're all in this together... and whatever each of us is going through on our own we'll get through it together and never have to struggle on alone ever again cos we've found each other and accepted each other unconditionally.
we're here for you just like you are here for us (and wishin' to be there for you more than here, but thems the breaks, i guess...).
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Whoa...that snuck up on me...
by MerryMagdalene in.
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(thanks mostly to sixofnine's base appeal thread, i am sure, but don't tell him...i think he has had enough attention and validation lately.
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Dedicate a Song...
by MerryMagdalene in...to your friends at jwd...or...?.
here's my dedication (such a beautiful song and i've only just discovered it...better late than never i guess...):.
why worry.
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seperated at birth?...
by MerryMagdalene inlovely crumpet lovely es.
anybody know of any other jwd "twins"?
please post here.... .
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Prognosis
by MerryMagdalene inwhen i read this poem, i couldn't help but think of the governing body and the watchtower society and those who have left them...
prognosis by theodore roethke.
diffuse the outpourings of the spiritual coward,.
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The Pain & Devastation of Learning the Truth about "the Truth"
by MerryMagdalene ina while back i posted my experience about running into an old jw friend who revealed to me he had left the "borg" and told me all about why he had.
today he e-mailed me something he had written and i want to share it for the sake of those who are going thru something similar.
i think it helps to know that we're not alone in our turmoil.
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mid-week opinion poll
by MerryMagdalene in.
question: do you find "forum flirtations" to be.... a) mostly harmless.
b) potentially dangerous.
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unforgivable sin
by MerryMagdalene intijkmo's post on watson's "hypothetical" thread got me wondering again...just what the heck is it to sin against the holy spirit according to jw beliefs/teachings?
for something so important as to be "unforgivable" it has always seemed awfully vague to me (so vague that i was sure as a kid that it must be masturbation and for years i felt the great weight of ultimate doom heavily upon me).
is it intentionally vague, do you think, just to keep everyone on their toes and hyper-paranoid or am i missing something?
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Startling Revelation Today...
by MerryMagdalene inwords cannot describe what i am feeling right now, but what else have i got?.
so let's start with euphoric.. today i ran into an old jw friend.
we were teens in the troof together, neighboring congregations.
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April 8----Hanamatsuri
by MerryMagdalene inin honor of hanamatsuri, the birth of the buddha (563 years before christ), here is a favorite quote from siddartha by hermann hesse in which the title character, siddartha, addresses the buddha:.
"....you have learned nothing through teachings, and so i think, o illustrious one, that nobody finds salvation through teachings.
to nobody, o illustrious one, can you communicate in words and teachings what happened to you in the hour of your enlightenment.