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  RELIGION AND MENTAL ILLNESS!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

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  2. friends

  i have have come to realize most "rank and file" jw's are mentally unstable-to-ill and here is why.... http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/mental-issues.php.

  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/religious_delusion.

  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/religion_and_schizophrenia.

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  most "RANK AND FILE" JW's are mentally unstable

  Mental illness is a medical condition, diagnosed by professionals using specific medical criteria.

  Believing in something that isn't true doesn't by itself mean someone is mentally ill. If that were true, most kids would be mentally ill because they believe in Santa Claus. Or people who are superstitious about the number 13. etc.

  I don't doubt mental illness is common among dubs, as it's common among the general population and dubs have additional risk factors. But I'm having trouble with the word "most" in the OP, in absence of evidence.
  
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  Reason why God wanted/made humans write the scriptures

  by looter in

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  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses believe that god sent humans to write the bible because his servants can relate better to humans since they are humans.

  i heard that at a meeting two weeks ago.

  it does not make sense to me at all but i do not know how to explain it.

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  [In biblical mythology,] God sent humans to write the bible because his servants can relate better to humans since they are humans. [Unfortunately, this literary work fell far short of helping humans relate better to the concept of the xian god, due to advocating violence, hatred, and intolerance. The numerous errors didn't help either, because it proves the books were not inspired by the creator (for example, bats are birds, Earth is flat and stationary).]

  FTFY
  
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  Why I like Jehovah's Witnesses

  by undercover witness in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i keep reading that jehovah's witnesses are in effect monsters.

  i keep reading that they kinda leave chaos and distrust in their wake.

  so i simply wondered if anyone had anything nice to say about them?.

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  Jws Nice people - utterly deluded.

  Many of the dubs I know are evil, immoral bullies--a much higher proportion of those types within dubbery than outside of it.

  As to the OP....None of that is true, but whatevah floats ya boat.
  
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  LDS version of Simon?

  by cappytan in

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  2. friends

  mormon leaders have moved to excommunicate the prominent founder of an online forum for questioning mormons, charging him with apostasy for publicly supporting same-sex marriage and the ordination of women, and for challenging church teaching.. .

  http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/us/john-dehlin-mormon-critic-facing-excommunication.html?_r=0&referrer=

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  The thing is, shunning rituals in these cults is not newsworthy. I wonder if people realize how widespread this is. It's great it's making the national news, I just hope people aren't thinking it's unusual.
  
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  Proof for the IMMORTAL soul triggered my doubt on JW teachings!

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  once i was talking to myself: religions are all about sacrifices (and rituals), viewing god as a means to get forgiveness of sins and material benefits, and bible is no exception.

  yet the foundation of the universe is on the never-failing principle of cause and consequences, something which god will never violate.

  forgiveness of sins is a violation of principle of cause and consequencessomething that bible itself ironically upholds in galatians 6:7 and in many other verses!

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI
  
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  NEW LIGHT FROM SLO CIRCUIT OVERSEER "Warning, Blood on Doorposts", "The Couple who Missed One Meeting Died With Their Kids, Don't Miss Any!

  by Trailer Park Pioneer in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  sorry, i messed up before i could put the right title on this new light from our circuit overseer, his visit show's a great desperation in the organization's mindset, adding more anxiety and guilt to jws who already feel they don't measure up!.

  hi, i attended the circuit overseers visit and got really angry because our c.o.

  gave information coming from the governing body's chief apologists regarding "meeting attendance" and "the couple who missed one meeting and lost their entire family because they did not get the "411" when armageddon was coming!

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  The Israelites had meetings on Wednesdays and Sundays? lol.

  That message works. For a moment, while reading the OP, I was back in the day, thinking I had to attend every single meeting in case the Big A came. And then I snapped out of it. But yeah it's an effective message.

  miss the day when Jehovah's Faithful Slave tell's them "its time to go in the secret room
  

  Repeating for emphasis: They are still talking about hiding out. Preppers.
  
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  Dottie Thomas Sept 18, 1922 - Jan 9, 2015

  by JeffT in

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  i was in the house with her for all of the last week of her life.

  she went quietly and peacefully and had people that cared a lot for her around at the end.

  she and dad touched a lot of lives in very positive ways.

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  Rasputin and Serums and Herbs--Oh My!

  by rebel8 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i have written a blog post about the dubs and their scorn of modern medicine and rasputin, while simultaneously touting unproven, dangerous cures.. i wonder what it is about a fake remedy that makes jws believe in it or scorn it?.

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  I just remembered something about my Rasputin conversation in the kh ladies' room--I wondered why the demons could heal something through a false religious figure but jehovah's only plan was to let me die and be resurrected later.
  
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  JW Broadcasting Party

  by The Searcher in

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  2. beliefs

  just heard of a congregation who has announced a saturday afternoon get-together at an elder's home - to let those who don't have the internet watch the jw tv monthly shows!!!!.

  words fail me..

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  Sad.
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  Bono rocks! (U2 frontman talks about 50% decline in global poverty @ TED)

  by Fernando in

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  2. current

  http://video.ted.com/talk/podcast/2013/none/bono_2013-480p.mp4 (download - right click, save file as)http://www.ted.com/talks/bono_the_good_news_on_poverty_yes_there_s_good_news.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bddkf0lw-ag.

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  Wasn't that 50% reduction all B.S. because they changed the poverty line from a dollar a day to $1.25 a day?

  Wouldn't that increase who is considered poor, if the income threshold was raised?