MerryMagdalene
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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.
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?HADENUF'S BIRTHDAY----SUNDAY?
by MerryMagdalene in.
did i miss hadenuf's birthday on sunday or am i mixed up?.
happy birthday, hadenuf!!!!!!.