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  The Small Quiet Voice

  by Satanus in

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  do you hear it?

  not talking about voices.

  i'm talking about that little niggling thing, on the side.

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  “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.”
  ? Peggy O'Mara
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  My Final Goodbye

  by Lady Lee in

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  i want to start by saying i will not participate in discussion here about my resignation as a moderator at jwn.. simon please consider this as my resignation from that position.. i have been posting on this board for almost 12 years.

  i know some of you a lot, others a little and some not very well at all.

  i have remained here for those of you who have needed support as you make the transition out of the wts, who needed someone to listen to your experiences of abuse at the hands of jehovah's witnesses, and to both laugh and cry with you as you progress out of the watchtower society.. we know that we have all experienced the cruelty of abuse of one kind or another.

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  Best wishes Lady Lee
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  Good article on CNN, When religious beliefs become evil. 4 signs

  by wha happened? in

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  http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/28/when-religious-beliefs-becomes-evil-4-signs/?hpt=hp_c1.

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  Well yeah the GB isn't all that charismatic but they have declared themselves to be demi-gods and the rank and file jws reacts to them like they're rock stars.
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  Who has experienced a REAL demonic incident?

  by Monsieur in

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  has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.

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  You too?!
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  Who has experienced a REAL demonic incident?

  by Monsieur in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.

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  Magical thinking is a hard habit to break.
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  Good article on CNN, When religious beliefs become evil. 4 signs

  by wha happened? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/28/when-religious-beliefs-becomes-evil-4-signs/?hpt=hp_c1.

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  My youngest kid woke me up Wha.
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  Good article on CNN, When religious beliefs become evil. 4 signs

  by wha happened? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/28/when-religious-beliefs-becomes-evil-4-signs/?hpt=hp_c1.

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  Great article Wha. Thanks for the link.
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  Who has experienced a REAL demonic incident?

  by Monsieur in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.

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  You didn't look up Occam's Razor.

  "Occam's razor (or Ockham's razor ) is a principle from philosophy . Suppose two explanations are equally likely. In this case the simpler one is usually better. Another way of saying it is that the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation is. Occam's razor applies especially in the philosophy of science , but also more generally,

  Example: Two trees have fallen down during a windy night. Think about these two possible explanations:

  1. The wind has blown them down.
  2. Two meteorites have each taken one tree down, and after that hit each other and removed any trace of themselves. [14]

  Even though both are possible, several other unlikely things would also need to happen for the meteorites to have knocked the trees down (they would have to hit each other and also not leave any marks). In addition, meteorites are fairly rare. Since this second explanation needs several assumptions to all be true, it is probably the wrong answer. Occam's razor tells us that the wind blew the trees down, because that is the simplest answer and therefore probably the right one.

  Occam's razor also often comes up in medicine when there are many explanations for symptoms and the simplest diagnosis usually is the correct one. If a child has a runny nose, they probably have the common cold instead of a rare birth defect. Medical students are often told, "When you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras". [15]
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  The Small Quiet Voice

  by Satanus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you hear it?

  not talking about voices.

  i'm talking about that little niggling thing, on the side.

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  I listened to my small voice the last time I spoke to my mother. My mother accused me of not caring about her and my father. That way she said it was nasty and meant to hurt. After she said it I paused for two seconds and in those seconds decided that a nasty retort wasn't necessary. After I got off the phone with her I really thought about what my mother was actually saying to me. What she actually meant was she was afraid that I didn't care for her the way she wanted me to. And on some level she's right. I cannot love my mother the way she wants me to. I cannot be her doormat. I cannot put her first. I cannot live my life the way she wants me to. I will not leave my husband for her. What I can do is see her for who she really is and listen really listen to my small voice when it tells me that I am not evil selfish person my mother tells everyone else that I am. I don't have to let her push my buttons.
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  The Small Quiet Voice

  by Satanus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you hear it?

  not talking about voices.

  i'm talking about that little niggling thing, on the side.

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  mrsjones5

  Intuition can be wrong if its core is base on ignorance and inexperience.