Don't know if this was posted here when this article was current (2012).
Although I have left JWism far behind me, I still live with very strong, sometimes almost unbearable, fears of catastrophic events leading to complete societal breakdown.
Pyschology reveals the comforts of the apocalypse
by fresh prince of ohio 5 Replies latest jw friends
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cofty
Very interesting thanks
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transhuman68
Sorry to hear you still have those fears, FPoO. I know myself it takes a while for those irrational fears to go away. The fact is though; humans have survived for hundreds of thousands of years through all kinds of chaos, so we have a good record of survival. It seems that the desire for order, stability and peace does win out over the baser desires; which has gradually produced the world as we see it today- with a lot of struggle- but we are the end result at this time. It's all good.
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prologos
If you are a failure, or have made yourself one by buying into end-of the world schemes,
you find comfort in the idea that the end of your predicament is near or imminent, you are freed, vindicated.
You need a new date or overlapping timeline to feed that comforter, and
WT is eager to supply it
next fresh light please.
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Mickey mouse
Marking, thanks.
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Apognophos
I don't accept the suggestion that some people are fatalistic as a reason for anticipating an apocalypse. However, there are no doubt people who look forward to anything that would free them from their mortgage and car payments. The stresses of modern-day living are manifold and it's natural to wish for someone to hit a big Reset button once in a while.