I love Autumn because for me it represents a period of reflection and change - I have always felt the season shift between Summer and Autumn, its extremely meaningful and powerful.
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diamondblue1974
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When autumn leaves . .
by Lady Lee inthe colors of the autumn leaves is spectacular this year.
some years half the trees are bare by the time the real color show starts.
this year everything is happening at the ssame time giving us a unbelievable show.
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How has your 2007 been? A summary...
by wanderlustguy inmy year so farwonder if anyone else had as sucky of a 2007 as i did?
aka for all of you worldly non witness folk who want to know how it is being with an ex jwhere you go, a little sample, unfiltered.. .
january just got done taking the gf to see the familyfeeling good because the experience made us closer, finally sharing a piece of what i came from.
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This last year has been full of change and emotional upheaval but 2007 has also been a period of growth and I have learned to embrace the change for what it is with all its ups and downs.
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Send prayers ,good vibes for TRev.Linda's gone
by mouthy into a better place he needs out love more than ever now
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diamondblue1974
So sorry for your loss.
Whilst you will undoubtedly feel the loss and the heartache associated with it, take comfort from the fact that with every passing comes rebirth and that the wheel of life forever turns. We send all our prayers and positive energy your way.
So sorry!
Gary
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My Belief in a Higher Power But Not in any Organized Religion
by flipper inhello folks.
i feel i've been out of the witness organization long enough to have developed some pretty good idea of what my beliefs are now in regards to a higher power and organized religion that i felt comfortable to share it with you , my friends here on jwd.
i respect you all have your takes, religious and non- religious, but just wanted to share a little of myself with you folks , wondering if any of you have felt what i feel.
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diamondblue1974
I too dislike destructive organised religions and I classify these religions as those tied up in Dogma and Intolerance for others individual spiritualities. My belief in a higher power as such has developed and continues to develop throughout my life but I cannot see divinity as something seperate from us.
I have real difficulty imagining a 'God' type figure watching over us and being omnipresent and all knowing - it doesnt wash with me at all.
Instead I see divinity in everything - the macrocosm and the microcosm; every living thing and every aspect of Creation is divine and an aspect of divinity. To coin the phrase taken from Heinleins, Stranger in a Strange Land - 'thou art God'.
I see 'God, Goddess, or Great Spirit' in everything and everything in 'God, Goddess or Great Spirit'. We are all interconnected in other words whatever we do to each other will ultimately effect us and return back to us in one form or another. This central belief focus is all I need - there is no need for a saviour, a redeemer or mediator between ourself and divinity and when we allow another to act in this capacity we allow them to take control and ultimately to dictate our spirituality.
Just my ramblings!
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Hi all - Newbie from Yorks, UK
by JayAre ini've been lurking for a while, but have finally decided to post.
this is a fantastic site with some really cool people (i feel like i know some of you already).
circumstances forced me to start my fade about 10 years ago, and pretty much start my life from scratch (socially, at least - family have always been great).
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diamondblue1974
Hey...we are the other side of the pennines from you in Lancashire!
Welcome to the forum.
Hope to see you round
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Christmas...pagan? or non-pagan?
by FreedomFrog ini just read a thread where one of the posters was saying christmas is not pagan.
from my research and what i remember reading up on it, it was taken from the pagans.. let me explain.
first, i apologize because i researched this about 4 years ago and i don't have all of my research material at hand.
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diamondblue1974
Christmas is originally a pagan celebration of what used to be Yule and the Winter Solstice - in mythology it is where the sun god is reborn to begin life again. (Note the distinct similarities).
A great book to read on modern customs and their pagan origins is Ronald Huttons, Stations of the Sun - its quite in depth and scholarly but a fantastic read nonetheless. Ive given a link to the online searchable version.
Hope you find it useful!
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Blood Transfusion V Abortion!
by Gill inwhich 'crime' does the wtbts consider to be the most serious?.
does it consider abortion to be more serious an offence than accepting a blood transfusion?.
i ask this because my understanding is that in certain circumstances, ie an ectopic pregnancy etc where the mother would die if the pregnancy continued, the wt does not condemn removing the embryo.
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diamondblue1974
If I was on a committee at Bethel I would submit that question to the governing body for consideration - it would keep em busy in a conundrum for at least a decade! lol
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Could we have stumbled onto the reason behind the higher education thing ?
by Forscher inin the mid 1990s the wtbts backed-off just a little bit on its stance about higher education publically while it was still discouraged unofficially.
now, all of a sudden they are publically clamping back down.
and coincidentally they are clamping back down just as ben schroeder was entering his final year or years at columbia law school.
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diamondblue1974
What do I have to show for it except for multiple nervous breakdowns for the last thirty years apparantly all caused by the mental anxiety of being a JW? Not very much!
((Hugs))
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Would You Be Disturbed If A Strip Club Opened Up In Your Area???
by undercover inkeeping in the vein of minimus' question about casinos...how would you feel about a strip club in your neighborhood or adjacent to it?.
me personally, i have no objection.
just means a shorter drive....
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diamondblue1974
If such a club were to open near me and mine, I would be worried about the sort of people who might need or feel the need to attend such a place.
They're not all 'safe' to be around.
I totally agree Gill.
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