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149Watchtower Observer site goes down
by Norm inhey folks,.
an era in the ex-jw history is over.
kent steinhaug's site http://watchtower.observer.org is being shut down.. it was the first of it's kind, and to this day probably still the largest anti wt site on the net.
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INCUBUS
by sistaintheback ini have been dealing with one for the past few years.
not constantly, but about once every three months.
for those that don't know, an incubus is a demonic presence that only bothers women when they sleep.
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In frozen shock, my head reflexively prayed "Jesus save me!" And there was such an immediate, dramatic change... I can't find words to explain or express it.
Not to say that didn't work for you, just voicing another experience. With me, nothing ever stops it, it's just a thing, it runs its course and then it's done, over, until next time.
No matter how many times u call out God's name it will not help b/c it is not the demons, it is a medical condition and u need to see a doc
This is my view also. From my life of experience. When I was a JW I would say Jehovah's name (as you are taught that it will scare demons away), but it made no difference, Jehovah didn't even register.
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I can also testify to it feeling evil and conscious, like it knows what it's doing, I can testify to waking up and thinking I see dark figures in the darkness, to feeling as though I am being touched on my face, the weight of something on top of me touching my head, on my chest etc.
I make light of it, both because it is normal for me, and because the rational explanation is more sensible than mystifying it. The dark figures are just my eyes adjusting to the room. The thing on my head is my pillow, and the thing on my chest is my sheets. The mind translates your senses into your sleep in interesting ways. That is why you sometimes hear your phone ring in your dream right before it rings in real life.
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INCUBUS
by sistaintheback ini have been dealing with one for the past few years.
not constantly, but about once every three months.
for those that don't know, an incubus is a demonic presence that only bothers women when they sleep.
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Sleep Paralysis The characteristics of sleep paralysis are as follows:
- Inability to move or speak for 30 seconds - 3 minutes
- Speech is difficult or almost impossible
- Happens before falling asleep or just after waking up
- Can be hereditary
- Can be brought on by stress
I've had all of this all of my life, since being a little kid and even now, I can even induce it (make it happen). Growing up I always thought it was something weird, even demonic, it definitely felt like something conscious was attacking me, even now when it happens it feels like something conscious is attacking me, but around a year ago I first read about sleep paralysis, and the shoe fitted. I'd made my peace with it long before I found out what it was, so even thought it still happens, it really doesn't bother me.
Edited to add:
Night Terrors Symptoms: Sudden awakening from sleep, persistent fear or terror that occurs at night, screaming, sweating, confusion, rapid heart rate, inability to explain what happened, usually no recall of "bad dreams" or nightmares, may have a vague sense of frightening images. Many people see spiders, snakes, animals or people in the room, are unable to fully awake, difficult to comfort, with no memory of the event on awakening the next day.
I also have this, a lot, being woken up from deep sleep as if by some shock, but the only thing I can think that triggers it is a sound that I sometimes hear in my head when I am sleeping, sometimes like a whisper, sometimes like a scream. When this happens I wake straight up in shock, is usually accompanied by my shouting or lashing out at the darkness. Never heard of 'Night Terror' before, but I think I have that too. LOL
muuuhahahha
Edited to add further stuff:
They make you feel completely paralyzed. You can't move a muscle or scream out. It is a terrifying situation.
This happens to me, almost every night if I sleep in a certain position. If I lay on my back with my head rolled back, it happens. Always, I can wait and monitor myself, and then feel it happen. It's a freak out and really used to terrify me, I wrote my experiences down so many times just as a personal record, because though paralysed, the mind is still conscious of its surroundings and you can still think, because even though you are frozen, you are not sleeping. When this happens I also hear screaming, but it only ever happens when I sleep on my back (when I am most open & relaxed), so most of the time I don't.
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waiting in line at the district convention to use the womens bathroom...
Yeah, what was that all about, there were always queues outside the women's bathroom!
For me the longest hour was waiting for my dad to finish doing the congregation accounts after thursday meetings... we never got home much before 10.30pm.
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How did you feel about "apostates" when you were a devout JW?
by booker-t inwhen i was a devout jw i would literally look at "apostates" picketing the assemblies and want to spit at them because i hated them that much and felt that they were of satan.
i remember one time i saw an "apostate" walking from the assembly and a friend of mine an myself were actually talking about confronting him and telling him off.
i just cannot believe how much i hated "apostates" when i was a jw.
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a thing to be looked down on with supreme theocratic arrogance.
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Favorite Cartoons as a Kid
by prophecor inone of my stellar favorites was the flintstones and a close 2nd the jetsons.
their appeal to family values are things i have ascribed to in my adulthood.
willllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!
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and of course, Transformers!
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Favorite Cartoons as a Kid
by prophecor inone of my stellar favorites was the flintstones and a close 2nd the jetsons.
their appeal to family values are things i have ascribed to in my adulthood.
willllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!
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Warner Brothers for sure, mostly Wile Coyote & Sylvester.
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How many of us show real pictures of ourself in the forum?
by PinTail in.
me not afraid at all of the big bad wolf:
shane
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<---yes this is me
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How long before wireless internet is everywhere?
by dh infor you people interested in the internet and technology, how long do you think it will be before we have wireless internet everywhere?
when the net is as freely & readily available as air, all you need do is log on, from anywhere... how long do you think... five years?
ten years?
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For you people interested in the internet and technology, how long do you think it will be before we have wireless internet everywhere? When the net is as freely & readily available as air, all you need do is log on, from anywhere... How long do you think... Five years? Ten years? 20 Years? Never? Anyone any thoughts or expansions on this, what will the world be like then, compared to now?
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Watchtower "Ambulance" Service!
by Voyager inhttp://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/ems/counties/putnam.htm .
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/ems/counties/putnam.htm .
**********************************************************************************************************ambulance services.
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Because both the WTS facilities at Wallkill and Patterson are in counties with stretched budgets, the WTS maintains ambulance service and traned WT staff as well as a fire department. It makes for good relations with the local people knowing that their tax money is not supporting services for the WTS which pays no taxes.
I wonder how they would deal with an accident victim who needed blood.