The whole reason I even got dragged into this JW stuff, and we didn't just become somebody's return visit they never came back on, is because my mom claimed that the demons were talking to her. They told her that the JWs knew the truth about them, so she called the local Kingdom Hall. Bible study was started, and that was that. There the foundation was laid for the beastly, tower-like individual hiding behind a computer known as sd-7.
You know, now that I brought this up, I never did bother to ask her if she was still hearing any voices nowadays. She sometimes said dreams would come back up that I suppose she was implying were somehow connected. Interesting thought. But to my knowledge, my mom is perfectly sane, just had an abusive dad with probably undiagnosed PTSD and a drinking problem, but otherwise, fine.
So, it raises some questions for me about these demons. During that infamous family intervention just a couple of days before my DF'ing announcement in 2010, I think my mom suggested that perhaps you folks are actually demons, typing away on your demonic, wireless keyboards, no doubt with free FiOS...boy am I jealous, by the way.
Now, from what she said, these demons talked to her, made jokes, presumably threatened her, maybe even told her stuff she could not otherwise have known herself or possibly even stuff about the future. I compare that to the story that is often the measuring stick of evil, 'The Exorcist'. I mean, I've never seen it and have no plans of checking it out in the future, some people even claimed the events of the movie happened in our field service territory, and that nobody could build a house there for that reason. (Though the demons apparently allowed a lovely garden with a gazebo for some reason. So they could put their feet up after a long day of plotting ways to make that elder's car break down or make that lovely lady at work finally make her move on him?)
So anyway, a thought came to mind with all this. I mean, how is it that people can hear demons, the worst things in the universe, talking to them, and yet God still won't have a conversation with us? Worse yet, rather than throwing Satan like, halfway across the universe, he manages to aim specifically for the planet Earth and throw millions and millions of demons right down here, with mankind. Was it not enough that we grow old, get sick, and die? What's the deal with that?
Also, now think: there are millions of invisible spirit creatures walking/floating among us right now. Add further that if the JWs were the true religion, and the WTS' words are true, God offers no protection to individual JWs, only to the group as a whole. So...why is it that pioneers don't just get run over by cars, or slip down the stairs and crack their heads open, or touch a rail that has been seeded with a horrible virus and die in 24 hours? These are beings presumably so powerful they can alter the weather. So...why use the Internet, movies, bad association, stuff that often takes YEARS to actually have a chance at working? Knowing they probably don't have that much time left and all, why wouldn't they just start slaughtering individuals who were their enemies? Is there a titanic invisible battle going on right now behind me, with a demon trying to slash my throat open and an angel grappling him for like, weeks at a time? Or the opposite?
Again, so if we have to worry about avoiding horror movies, ouija boards, palm readers, tarot cards, video games with magic in them, etc., for fear that demons will take over our homes or our minds, how is it that reading the Bible and doing all this Christian stuff doesn't result in us hearing a voice from God?
I may be wrong. Or there may be some alternate explanation for all this that I'm just not able to quantify. Clearly, though, the fear of these beings was greatly exaggerated, else we would hear stories every day of demon attacks shutting down the freeway or something. Which would suck.
I know I used to have a recurring dream of a transparent form floating over me, choking me, and then I'd pray to Jehovah and it would float away and I'd wake up. The dream had some variations--one time it tried to show me what I somehow thought were magic spells on a screen with red text and invited me to learn them (I refused), a few times it took the shape of a naked woman and we did some really unmentionable things. One time it took me and started floating into the air, but then it let go and I looked up and saw what might've been stars but were really gold-colored. But mostly it was the choking.
After I awakened about the JWs, I just decided to start fighting this invisible form, and then...it went away and the dreams stopped. I thought maybe I had another one somewhat recently, but I can't even remember it, so... But I figure it was all just a recurring dream. Maybe it meant something to my subconscious, but...why would a being that powerful have any trouble taking over a fragile human mind, right? It'd be easy, no magic words or names would just repel them; it's not like they just can't pronounce the name of God or something (oh wait, maybe they know the correct pronunciation!).
Well, I've certainly started to think maybe they're not real, after all, but...I've no interest in testing that theory in more detail. It does seem like kind of a final frontier of sorts, but...the worst I'll do is read books that might have a wizard in them or something, or play a video game with magic in it. I know the Sparlock trend has come and gone (here's hoping there'll be a real sequel someday), but I kinda wish there was a Sparlock video game. That would be cool. I could see that on the Wii. Tangent...
So, your thoughts?
--sd-7