i searched to see if there was already a thread on this but didnt see one.... .
i was thinking about this weird-a@# struggle we have all found ourselves in and one of the worst things about it is not having a soul in the world to talk to.
we find ourselves isolated from those who know us best, those we've loved dearly and the new people we surround ourselves with could never begin to understand (non-jws).
If you want to be understood as a jw, then your best chances are online, by either post or pm. Not many people in everyday life have an idea or want to know.
In time, your wish to be understood as a former jw will give way to being understood as everyday joe/joanne.Then the former won't matter as much as it does now.
As for some formal method of support aka the buddy system, I dunno. Roll the dice.
0.02
PS Steve2 does make some good points.
well if someone came to you saying they were going to sacrifice one of thier children to god because god spoke to them telling them to do so what would you conclude?
would you tell him to be faithfull to the voice and do it so they can become god's friend like abraham was?.
http://www.voiceofdharma.org/books/pp/ch2.htm.
From the Psych Today article Sizmik linked to, the following are the benefits of one person who hears voices;
My first thoughts here are that everything this woman says her voices "do" for her are things everyone does internally whether be it a decision making thought process, self assurance or matters of conscience. Perhaps such people just have the transmit gain in their head cranked up to 11 and the mind creates a voice where most just think. Perhaps it's really all just the same thing and the diff is just a matter of degree.
It was also interesting to note from the article that the majority experienced their voices after severe trauma. Sounds like a defense mechanism the mind may create to survive/deal with the effects.
well if someone came to you saying they were going to sacrifice one of thier children to god because god spoke to them telling them to do so what would you conclude?
would you tell him to be faithfull to the voice and do it so they can become god's friend like abraham was?.
http://www.voiceofdharma.org/books/pp/ch2.htm.
Who decides if the voice you hear is your own mind or god?
What if there's more than one?
new dex tomorrow night!.
i can't lie, i'm a little bit in love with dexter.
alas, he is not alone on the list of guys that maketh me uber frisky........ dexter.
Gary Oldman as pill popping classical music lover/contract killer Leon in The Professional
Actually that character was Stansfield, played by Oldman. Leon was the assassin he was after, played by Jean Reno.
our friend, oompa, has passed away.
just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.
it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.
Sadness
A voice is gone
RIP OOMPA
has anyone ever thought to send a copy of rutherford's letter to hitler & declaration of facts to the holocaust museum in washington, d.c.?
they have and entire section dedicated to the jehovah's witness in that museum.
i would hate for tourists to visit the museum and not get the whole story.. i would also assume there are jw displays at other holocaust museums around the world.
Leolaia nif nif hummmm
Uh, say what?
some avatars and screen names are pretty self explanatory, but some...i can't figure out.
i just wanted to know why you chose your particular screen name and/or avatar.
mine is easy enough.
My avatar is from M.C. Escher's Three Spheres
The imagination and perspective in his art tickles me brain
My name was my online gaming handle around the time I joined. I preferred first person shooter games, aka "twitch" games
has anyone ever thought to send a copy of rutherford's letter to hitler & declaration of facts to the holocaust museum in washington, d.c.?
they have and entire section dedicated to the jehovah's witness in that museum.
i would hate for tourists to visit the museum and not get the whole story.. i would also assume there are jw displays at other holocaust museums around the world.
He looks like a psychotic accountant.
Which he was, come to think of it...
i can't personally say that i do believe or the even the bible for that matter, but i can't see how someone could believe this.
you don't live the way you are supposed to live and believe in jesus, etc for like 70-80 years, but you have to suffer forever and ever for stuff you did during one short lifetime.i was doing some looking on google and one guy made a bunch of good points against the idea of hell and one being why would god resurrect the righteous from heaven and especiall hell then just throw them back in?
what do you guys think?.
No
But I've felt a bit of heaven and hell now and then. Seen a bit of it out and about as well.
Were I to think I'll live forever in some form, it might seem reasonable to believe in either or both.
As some sort of accounting for deeds done or not done
But I don't and it doesn't
i can't stop playing skyrim.
how did this happen?
i was never into this stuff before and never thought i would be.
Company of Heroes 2 is coming out early next year. Might pre-order a copy of that one
The best was capturing a Nebelwerfer battery or Flak 88 and sending some SS steel back to the Fatherland, lmao
