Mad Irishman

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  After Death Communications in the JW community

  by jack2312 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my name is jack and i'm looking for after death communications from the jehovah witness community.

  an after death communication (or adc) is when a loved one sends a kind of message to this side of life after their death.

  it can be a dream or smell (like perfume or roses that would be attached to them in memory) or a feeling of their presence.

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  Mad Irishman

  Sorry, but this is insulting to people with a brain or people who have lost someone.

  co·in·ci·dence

  Look it up!
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  A note on the Watchtowers property investments

  by Saintbertholdt in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  about a year ago there was a thread regarding the 2008 watchtower bible and tract society of new yorks tax return.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/287098/2008-watchtower-income-tax-return?page=1.

  a reference was made to the provictor property fund iv which was listed as their primary alternate business activity.. turns out that at that time 75% of the chrysler building was owned by the provictor property fund iv until it was sold during that year.. http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/09/news/international/chrysler_building/?postversion=2008070913.

  just thought you should know :).

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  Mad Irishman

  Do you know how funds work? There are thousands of investors and if that fund makes a 2% or 3% or a gaudy 10% each investor gets a small percentage of a profit. It's like a high-end CD.

  I fail to see the story here on this one?
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  Im always afraid

  by BlackWolf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  people tell me all sorts of different opinions.

  i seem to feel a constant feeling of dread and anxiety.

  the possibility of god existing scares me but so does the possibility of him not.

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  Mad Irishman

  It sounds like you are suffering from depression, which is nothing to be embarrassed about. If you don't have depression in this messed up world that wouldn't be normal.

  You're depression might not even have anything to do with your upbringing or religion. It may be something you've inherited, so you need to have it treated no matter what you do. Being mentally ill can make you feel things that are not real and feelings and emotions that are not normal. It is simply a chemical imbalance. Certain chemicals in your brain don't get released enough and it makes you feel down, depressed, and even suicidal.

  You need to try and see a therapist. They can give you medications that can balance these feelings out.

  Don't try and fix this yourself. You need to ask for help!
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  Does Jehovah control the weather? (Pharaoh's dream - 7 years of famine)

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  according to the scriptures, jehovah makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous.

  - matthew 5:45. in that case, if we look at the account in genesis, god is shown to give pharaoh a dream that he will cause seven years of famine.. genesis 41: pharaohs dreams.

  25 then joseph said to pharaoh, the dreams of pharaoh are one and the same.

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  Mad Irishman

  They believe that Jehovah is not interfering in mankind's affairs after the death of Jesus and the Apostles so whether you believe in God or not he is not controlling the weather.
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  Need advice: Intimacy with my wife almost non existint because she considers me an apostate

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just on of the perks of being an apostate who is married to a branwashed, blinded jw woman.

  you know, we have been married for ~27 years....most of which we had nothing to do with the piece of shite cult.

  up till the begining of 2014 was when i woke up.

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  Mad Irishman

  Hey, this has to do with trust and intimacy. If you're wife has lost her trust in you she is not going to want to be intimate. That is how most women work. If she came home and told you she was joining ISIS you might have the same reaction. To her that is what she is feeling (not that the two are the same; just using that as an example). You've got to be able to understand that and have some empathy for her. Her world has just been turned upside down. How would you feel if you were her?

  It sucks, but it certainly is understandable, especially if you've been married a while.
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  When you read this Richard Glossip will probably be dead.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how do i feel about this?.

  too much doubt.. shame on you people who are responsible for putting richard to death.. richard is scheduled to be put to death in oklahoma at 3pm on september 16th by lethal injection.

  i have followed this case and feel like so many people very bad about this.

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  Mad Irishman

  They halted his execution. Hopefully, they can give him a new trial to get to the bottom of this. If any case speaks for someone having a new trial it is this one.
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  Meandering thoughts of a recent JW funeral experience

  by undercover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i went to the kh a couple of weeks ago.

  for a funeral.

  i haven't been in a kh, except for funerals, for several years.

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  Mad Irishman

  It seems to me it depends solely on the family how much a person is talked about in a funeral talk. I've seen some families ask that a person's whole life history be detailed. And I've seen other families basically tell the brother: have at it; say anything you want.

  The latter is where you basically get a talk instead of a funeral talk.
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  Trolley Cart effectiveness

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone here who goes to meetings know of anyone who comes to their meetings after being contacted on the trolleys?

  anyone hear of a real bible study from these carts?.

  exaggerations from the assembly platform or jw urban myths do not count!.

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  Mad Irishman

  I've heard of three people locally who began studying via the trolley carts outside of supermarkets. One was an ex-Witness and two came up and said they wanted to study the bible. Outside of that I haven't heard anything.
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  Three Elders with Same Victim - Is Poland Next?

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  from reddit:.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3iipt9/its_happening_a_big_news_story_in_one_of_the/.

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  Mad Irishman

  Just a little emotionless comment here:

  There is child molestation in every land with JW's. It's frequency is very low compared to every country they are in compared to the national average and it is by far not even close to be anything out of the ordinary. If anything their rates of child molestation are shockingly low. Do you know what the molestation rates are by country for society in general? I think some of you should look this up and maybe you'll stop being surprised so much on these posts.
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  Killer raised a JW

  by ducatijoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  shooter in virginia of live news crew was raised a jw.

  wonder if the borg will post anything about that?

  doubt it

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  Mad Irishman

  I don't see the connection. If he was an active member of the JW's that would be one thing, but saying he was raised a JW would mean that everyone here on this website is mentally deranged and a potential murderer because most of them were raised JW's or are ex-JW's.

  If he had been raised a Catholic or raised a Jew what would that have to do with anything? Especially, if that person isn't connected to that faith anymore. Aside from being interesting it's meaningless. The guy obviously was mentally ill. Mental illness attacks everyone from every sector.

  Humans are humans with human failings, and sometimes we connect dots where there is no connection.