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Have you ever actually talked to a psychotherapist?

by Lore in

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nobody in my immediate family has, as far as i know.

there seems to be an unwritten rule against them among the witnesses.

(or maybe a written rule i'm not aware of).

Twitch

Yes and it was very helpful

It was a few years after exiting and I had hit a wall in a few ways, lost in others. A skip in a storm. So I saw a behavioral therapist who specialized in addictions and who had some experience with the jws, two of my favorite topics at the time ;) My first real education in critical thinking and analysis and it was good to have an objective and trained professional offer insights and suggestions on complex issues. I saw him for a few years then and a few later on and will always remember the discussions and lessons learned.

RIP Dr. K

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Making Your Lick Clinkable

by watson in

why is it so many of us have a problem making our licks clinkable?.

Twitch

Well played Watson, well played.

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A thought experiment about what it means "to be" GOD

by Terry in

all believers in god begin with the premise that he is the creator.. but-stop!.

go back one step.

what about before god was a creator.. creation is the "beginning" for the created--but--not for god.. .

Twitch

If time were real it would move in more than one direction.

It doesn't.

If you get some time go to Wiki and enter the words: Arrow of Time

Interesting link and ideas.

Kinda reminds me of this youtube video

Imagining the Tenth Dimension

In one part, the author describes one's existence as a "timeline" where our physical self exists not as a single state but as a whole, from birth to death. To paraphrase, all that you were and will be, you are; you're only able to perceive single frames in the movie of your life. It presents some causual paradoxes and philosophical issues, such as that accident which will end your life is unavoidable, with innumerable elements and choices coming together that make it happen and that free will and choice are illusions as well, among others. Interesting though.

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Evidence for God...

by tec in

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life come from the living, and this is a universe of life.

his teachings are truth.

which is why i weight it against the truth of the teachings (and one other thing that i will get to).

Twitch

I saw the Lord on a piece of toast the other day. Evidence to some

To me, it was a better with some homemade honey. It was, after all, just toast.

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A Nut or Criminals Will Always Find A Way To Kill Or Hurt Someone If They Want To

by minimus in

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for the record, i don't think a person should be able to use "assault weapons" or "machine guns" or "rocket launchers".

i do think guns should be allowed.

but certainly not everyone is "qualified" to use a firearm.. even if you legally, rightfully can have a weapon, it doesn't mean that a "kook" wouldn't steal it and use it in a nefarious way.. i am convinced that you could take licenses away from drinkers and they still could get behind the wheel and wreak havoc.. you could ban switchblades and gun silencers and people will still find a way to quickly slice you up or muffle a sound.. you could ban or try to curtail cough medicines and people will still find a way to get high.. we cannot, government cannot---control what people will do.

Twitch

Justin Bieber almost got kidnapped, abused and killed by some nut jobs.

Damn....

If a crazed person sets out to kill or maim, they often will.

True. But in Justin's case, it's expected and precautions are taken. Celebrities are magnets for the ill of mind it seems.

One wouldn't think such threats should exist at a school.

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Why Isn't the USA the Safest Country in the World With All the Guns

by RubaDub in

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we have 9 guns for every 10 people in this country.

since more guns = better protection, i keep asking myself why there is so much gun violence here ???.

i don't see such violence in canada, australia, europe, japan and other so-called "advanced" countries.. what is wrong with us here.

Twitch

Since more guns = better protection, I keep asking myself why there is so much gun violence here ???

Good question.

I don't see such violence in Canada, Australia, Europe, Japan and other so-called "advanced" countries.

The stats presented seem to corroborate this. And it doesn't seem any of them are becoming fascist states because the poplulace isn't armed.

What is wrong with us here. If everyone here had 2 guns instead of 1 would that make us safer? Again, what is wrong with us here in the USA?

Questions that as yet seem unanswered

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A thought experiment about what it means "to be" GOD

by Terry in

all believers in god begin with the premise that he is the creator.. but-stop!.

go back one step.

what about before god was a creator.. creation is the "beginning" for the created--but--not for god.. .

Twitch

Well, it could be said that it is impossible to know what it is to BE god. That which is less than cannot be the whole.

The experiment is futile as it's result will differ with each sample.

It's impossible to know every sample

lol

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Does Anyone View You As A "Prodigal Son" With The Hope You Will Come Back To Jehovah?

by minimus in

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i know some have thought that about me.

my family used to but i think that hope is dwindling now..

Twitch

My family used to but I think that hope is dwindling now

Ditto. For 25+ years the return to the fold was hoped for, and fought over.

However, upon my admission that I'm essentially atheist with the reply that "there's no hope for you then", I doubt that still exists. But I don't care about it as I once did.

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