MerryMagdalene
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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!!!!!!.
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social retard
by MerryMagdalene ini finally figured out why i'm so socially retarded...it just hit me.. here i was sitting and wondering why i have such a hard time meeting new people, making friends, thinking of relevent things to say, and so on.
it really is painful and scary for me.
i was told who i could talk to, who i couldn't talk to, what i could say, what i couldn't say.
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You Too Can Be A Writer for the WTBTS
by MerryMagdalene inbrothers (sisters need not apply), the writing department is looking for a few good, albeit undereducated, writers of excellent theocratic standing to contribute to our monthly publications.
no need to come to bethel.
just keep working half time to support the society, preaching double time to bring in new members, and, in your spare time, you can write for us.
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Yellow Bird Blues
by MerryMagdalene inhere's a song i wrote a few years back for a canary i met in a petshop who really seemed to want me to take him home but i didn't have the $... not sure why i'm posting it here except maybe others have experienced these feelings at one time or another.... shifty little eyes.
shifty little feet.
whistles to himself.
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to everyone who posted/is posting/will post a photo of self...
by MerryMagdalene in...a favorite quote of mine from marianne williamson: .
"our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
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Which DEADLY SIN are you?
by MerryMagdalene in.
http://quizilla.com/users/kazerin/quizzes/which%20deadly%20sin%20do%20you%20represent%3f%20(angel%20sanctuary%20pics)/
yikes!
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What Love Really Is (or What Is Wrong with JW-type Love)
by MerryMagdalene injust a quote i recently stumbled on and wanted to share.... "...how few understand what love really is, and how it arises in the human heart.love.
love springs from awareness.
love them.