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  Cause of Mass Shootings Mental Health?

  by blondie in

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  i have been sad to see so many groups and individuals say that the cause of these events are the mental status of the shooters.

  i have looked over the backgrounds of these shooters, and few had medically identified mental health issues.

  it is too easy to think that people shoot or kill other people because they are mentally ill.. actually, many or most people with real mental illnesses are most likely to be the victims of others.. i have been a volunteer with the organization called nami (national alliance of mental lillness) for 25 years now.

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  I happened to read this article I thought it was interesting. Not political either which is rare when discussing mass shootings.

  https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-04/el-paso-dayton-gilroy-mass-shooters-data

  4 commonalities were found:

  1. Childhood trauma and exposure to violence.

  2. They had reached an identifiable crisis in the weeks or months before, like a change in job status.

  3. Most had studied other shooters.

  4. All had the means to carry out their plans.

  Worth a read I think.
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  Reddit Post: Watchtower Appeals to Supreme Court

  by APieceOfShitNamedTate in

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  from john redwood.... a preview of upcoming news:.

  jehovah's witnesses are appealing to the supreme court of the united states, but this time it has nothing to do with preaching or saluting the flag.. it's all about child abuse.. specifically, the protection (or cover-up) of information, documents, and testimony of persons involved in cases of child abuse.. i will be covering this story in the coming weeks and months, but i thought i would share some of this news and try to distill it down as simply as i can.. i'd like to point out first that watchower has appealed to the supreme court in connection with their loss of yet another california child abuse case.

  the chance that watchtower's appeal being will be heard by the supreme court is slim, but anything is possible.. what brought this about?.

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  I hope the supreme court refuses the watchtower appeal, the lower court got this right.
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  607 date of Jerusalems destruction

  by benny in

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  i am confused about the time scale regarding the year of the destruction of jerusalem.

  in the 1st october 2011 watchtower an argument is presented to back up 607 bc but there are so many conflicting arguments that this happened 20 years later according to secular sources.

  your thoughts please..

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  Oh I understand that Finkelstein, I'm just wondering how the defense of 607 will hold up when the society changes its understanding of the weeks and 1914 and all that.

  Time continues to move on, It will be interesting to see how they wiggle out of that one.
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  607 date of Jerusalems destruction

  by benny in

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  i am confused about the time scale regarding the year of the destruction of jerusalem.

  in the 1st october 2011 watchtower an argument is presented to back up 607 bc but there are so many conflicting arguments that this happened 20 years later according to secular sources.

  your thoughts please..

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  Scholar why does it matter that Jerusalem was destroyed in 607, compared to 587?
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  Went to the KH a few days ago.

  by nowawake14 in

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  i actually visited the kh a few days ago.

  i just needed to see some friends.

  i hadn't been in months.

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  I have not be to a kh in probably 6 years or so, I will not be going back.

  At the same time, there are alot of people I miss, friends who would have done anything to help me. They obviously do not feel the same way anymore, but I do miss them, I hope they wake up, i hope they see what is going on.

  I hate what I was taught, but at the same time, certain qualities that were stressed since i was young have benefitted me with my friends and professionally. I think I might be rambling, but I think most people in life are good, and that includes alot of jws, I just wish they could see the big picture.

  I know those who have left jws have happiness and freedom, I know I do, but I would absolutely be lying if I said I didn't miss my old friends.
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  Belief in God

  by jdash in

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  when did you guys start to doubt your faith in god?'.

  what made you doubt your faith in god?.

  thanks !.

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  When my brother died leaving a 5 and 3 year old fatherless.
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  Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

  by _Morpheus in

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  so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

  rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

  q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

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  Fisherman I am pretty sure there is no guarantee for privacy in a first time pm. Anything we put on the Internet has the possibility of getting out.

  I can understand why morph would post those questions because it seems like you were interrogating him. Alot of people here have had bad experiences with being interrogated by a group of men, I don't know about morph, but I can understand him getting defensive.

  I hope you enjoy your time here there are some interesting individuals and some good discussions to be had by all.
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  The Watchtower 3/15/2015 Parables! New Understanding! plus More!

  by wifibandit in

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  http://imgur.com/a/e6dos.

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  Yeah this WT read like a bad joke. There are no types or anti types, we can't force complex understandings of simple parables, oh and btw we are the faithful and discreet slave since 1919 and we are becoming "more discreet" then before. it's getting pretty sad.

  I think they are just putting random ideas on a board and they take turns throwing darts to see what to print next.
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  Do Jws even need Jesus?

  by TTWSYF in

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  just thinking out loud becauseof some things my elder brother has said in the past.

  how his works help ensure his future w/the great crowd on earth.. .

  well, i need jesus for my salvation,but perhaps some of you do not.. just asking.

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  Shirley, thank you for the proclaimers quote. the watchtowers own words provide more damaging testimony against itself, then anything it's staunchest detractors could write.

  i will have these quotes saved for a long time thank you.
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  so, what ARE society 'approved' jobs anyway?

  by sowhatnow in

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  obviously they feel a window washer job is a job anyone can do anywhere in he world .

  and makes great money, yea right.. so what are all those 'approved jobs?'.

  add to the list of any and all building skills, cleaning type jobs.

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  i sense a lot of disdain for labor intensive jobs on this site, which I can understand because there are so many here that regret not getting a college education.

  With that said a skilled carpenter, electrician, or any other skilled tradesman can make a good living and support a family. I wish I would have gone to college, but that was not an option for me, fortuantely I was able to find work in a unique field, unfortunately it is labor intensive. We really should not be knocking these trades jobs, we need to respect all people that work hard for a living.