my daughter asked if anyone has heard anything about a 'big announcement' being made sometime this week in congregations in canada and possibly beyond... in her words "it's like a biggggg long thing, they cut out part of the book study for it and people heard it was a historical thing"... any ideas?
could it be the mexican branch closing or the theme of the convention?
or something else?
I remember hearing, from a talk by a circuit overseer, that "the society has information available that we are going to be persecuted". He did not go into details. I asked the elder I was studying with what that information was. He did not give me a reply.
Many years later, the same overseer, same talk.
it's no secret that both remaining a jw or leaving the wts can take a toll on mental health.
some will suffer from depression and ultimately some will have thoughts of suicide and a few will succumb to those.. but i don't recall ever seeing any hard stats or studies on it though.
i'm sure we all know of some people who have committed suicide but i don't know if, because you may have loose association with a much larger pool of people through the religion, that this only seems higher or maybe not be actually higher than the general population.. what i mean is, you go to a kh here there maybe 100-150 people, you attend circuit and district conventions with many tens of thousands - if any one person commits suicide then you likely hear about it and it becomes part of the anecdotal 'evidence' that is then put forward as a fact that there is a higher rate ... but is there?.
I remember one of my judicial committee elders tell me that those who were out of the 'Truth' were prone to committing suicide. I really hated him after that.
my first time posting here but i have seen links to this site and clicked when i was doing research about the jw's.
i don't think you want to hear about my long boring story how i was raised a jw in south korea and moved with my family to the usa before i turned 16. like most of us ex-jw's and faders and dis-fellowshiped jw's we all have about the same story.
the only difference is now how i living my life.
Welcome to the forum kpop! Look forward to your posts particularly on atheism.
for those that still care to read the bible of course.
those that don't, please keep the snarky comments to yourselves :-).
i am assuming nwt is not very popular?.
Thanks for the NRSV recommendation NikL and SBF.
I'm partial to using Biblegateway, it's easy to use and provides close to 50 different translations including four different NRSVs!
i'm think with the president having the ability to use nuclear weapons the need for a psychological exam should be a must for world safety because of the very real damage an easily offended narcissist could do if in a narcissistic rage he had access to nuclear weapons.
since he has clearly shown he has all 100% of the signs that he is one,, surely he can be impeached over this even in conservative run house and senate.
i think the united states owes the world that precaution to not let a mad man have access to nuclear weapons.
just fine,
Out of all the things I worry about - this isn't even on the list. I think he talks tough, but is not going to destroy the world.
No just fine things are not going to be just fine.
I'm worried about this nation going down not the rest of the world blowing up.
i'm think with the president having the ability to use nuclear weapons the need for a psychological exam should be a must for world safety because of the very real damage an easily offended narcissist could do if in a narcissistic rage he had access to nuclear weapons.
since he has clearly shown he has all 100% of the signs that he is one,, surely he can be impeached over this even in conservative run house and senate.
i think the united states owes the world that precaution to not let a mad man have access to nuclear weapons.
Finkelstein,
In other words the US Pres. cant decide to launch launch Nuclear weapons completely on their own.
That's not true. I suggest you watch the video above particularly from 1:50 onward where General Hayden said "that the system [for launch] was designed for speed and decisiveness it's not designed to debate the decision".
i'm think with the president having the ability to use nuclear weapons the need for a psychological exam should be a must for world safety because of the very real damage an easily offended narcissist could do if in a narcissistic rage he had access to nuclear weapons.
since he has clearly shown he has all 100% of the signs that he is one,, surely he can be impeached over this even in conservative run house and senate.
i think the united states owes the world that precaution to not let a mad man have access to nuclear weapons.
China has about 250 nuclear weapons. That is not enough to destroy the planet or even provide a credible first strike against thousands of targets. Also, they may keep quiet about them but the U.S. is capable of figuring it out.
I also don't think that a smaller power - like who? - would strike first with just a handful of nukes. No small power is likely to have intercontinental range for its nuke. North Korea is claiming to which is enough reason to fry their asses off.
i'm think with the president having the ability to use nuclear weapons the need for a psychological exam should be a must for world safety because of the very real damage an easily offended narcissist could do if in a narcissistic rage he had access to nuclear weapons.
since he has clearly shown he has all 100% of the signs that he is one,, surely he can be impeached over this even in conservative run house and senate.
i think the united states owes the world that precaution to not let a mad man have access to nuclear weapons.
slimboyfat,
Trump's instability and inconsistency may prompt some other world leader to conclude nuclear weapons are their best option. It could be Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran... who know
It's not likely to be anyone but Russia because it's only them who have sufficient nuclear weapons to take us on.
i'm think with the president having the ability to use nuclear weapons the need for a psychological exam should be a must for world safety because of the very real damage an easily offended narcissist could do if in a narcissistic rage he had access to nuclear weapons.
since he has clearly shown he has all 100% of the signs that he is one,, surely he can be impeached over this even in conservative run house and senate.
i think the united states owes the world that precaution to not let a mad man have access to nuclear weapons.
While I agree with slimboyfat's statements what I'm afraid of isn't that Trump will start a nuclear war but that he would not respond to a Russian nuclear first strike. Like all bullies, he is a coward at heart who has never had to confront someone equal to or superior to him.
If the opportunity presents itself to Putin then he will take advantage of it. He has sized Trump up pretty well.
it's no secret that both remaining a jw or leaving the wts can take a toll on mental health.
some will suffer from depression and ultimately some will have thoughts of suicide and a few will succumb to those.. but i don't recall ever seeing any hard stats or studies on it though.
i'm sure we all know of some people who have committed suicide but i don't know if, because you may have loose association with a much larger pool of people through the religion, that this only seems higher or maybe not be actually higher than the general population.. what i mean is, you go to a kh here there maybe 100-150 people, you attend circuit and district conventions with many tens of thousands - if any one person commits suicide then you likely hear about it and it becomes part of the anecdotal 'evidence' that is then put forward as a fact that there is a higher rate ... but is there?.
It was an attempted suicide by a JW adolescent that provoked me (after my disfellowshipping) to overturn the table holding the emblems at the memorial. I didn't care what they thought of me.
