scout575
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Please advise - Counter-Cult Ministry Ideas
by AK - Jeff ini feel a desire - no, perhaps more than that, a calling.
i have been 'out' for 3 years.
i have better perception and have shed the delusions of watchtower theology.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by scout575 in"the lord says...israel, you are my dearest son, the child i love best.
whenever i mention your name, i think of you with love.
my heart goes out to you; i will be merciful.
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"I Have Found A More Real Meaning In My Life."
by scout575 in"finally church politics in the episcopal church, which i joined in 2001, became too much for me to handle early in 2004. i began studying christian apologetics more intensely, debating doctrine and looking to sources outside the church.
my christian peers' response to my questions was for me to read more books by christian authors.
as i looked at the hypocrisy and backstabbing that was going on in the church, i stopped going to church after 2 1/2 years of near perfect attendance...".
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
by scout575 in"respect your father and your mother, as i, the lord your god, command you, so that all may go well with you and so that you may live a long time in the land that i am giving to you.
" ( deuteronomy 5:16 ).
"when you are living in the towns that the lord your god gives you, you may hear that some worthless men of your nation have misled the people of their town to worship gods that you have never worshipped before...then kill all the people in that town and all their livestock too.
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"I Have Regained My Health, My Dignity And My Mind."
by scout575 in"i am ashamed of my hateful beliefs...i never missed an opportunity to try to spread the word; in fact, it had become my sole mission in life.
unlike most christians nowadays, i didn't pick and choose what parts of the bible i was going to follow.
i truly took all those hateful verses in the bible to heart and applied them in my life...".
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by scout575 in"do not be afraid - i am with you!
i am your god - let nothing terrify you!
i will make you strong and help you; i will protect you and help you.
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"Massive Depression from Waste of Many, Many Years."
by scout575 in"at my conversion i became the typical zealot.
within a couple of months i had read the bible in its entirety.
i could quote substantially on any subject.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by scout575 in"so then, show love for those foreigners who live with our people, because you were foreigners in egypt.
" ( deuteronomy 10:19 ).
"even your brother or your son or your daughter or the wife you love or your closest friend may secretly encourage you to worship other gods...show him no mercy or pity and do not protect him.
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"How Could I Have Believed the Garbage for so Long?"
by scout575 in"i went through the same thing when i started my deconversion process.
when i began to think rationally about life i was in shock.
i would ask myself, "how could i have believed the garbage for so long?
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
by scout575 in"the lord says, when israel was a child, i loved him...i drew them to me with affection and love.
i picked them up and held them to my cheek; i bent down and fed them.
" ( hosea 11:1,4 ).