Posts by Twitch

14

Is there anyone on this site who live in Winnipeg Manitoba?

by Vienna Angelika in

jw
friends

i live in winnipeg and would like to meet up with some people here..

Twitch

yea, i live there. rather chilly these days, no?

There was a meetup.com group here about 8-10 yrs ago; it's how I met a few other xjws initially, Lady Lee and Nosferatu. LL moved down east but has a Best Of section here worth a look. The local meetup group kinda faltered. Not sure if there's another one around.

headisspinning is from around here but haven't seen much posting from her lately

Stick around this place; there's a wealth of knowledge and wisdom here going back quite some time. And many posters who can offer some really good advice. Make you think. Change stuff around. Etc.

BTW, welcome :)

51

Does an "all knowing" God have the leisure of choosing not to know something?

by wannabefree in

this concept just always caused a conflict in my mind.

i can remove the idea of predestination with knowing something in advance, why would the watch tower insist that god chooses not to know something?

is that even possible for god?

Twitch

Does an "all knowing" God have the leisure of choosing not to know something?

You wouldn't think so. A god who isn't omniscient or chooses ignorance really isn't much of a god IMO

184

A picture so outrageous, it deserves its own thread...

by cedars in

i mean no disrespect to sd-7 or his fine thread on which this picture has already featured, but i think it is just so ridiculous that it deserves a thread all of its own.. lurkers and apologists, this is how your precious organization views itself.... behold the madness.... .

.

cedars.

Twitch

Jesus is there, he's just invisible

182

Please share a quote that you enjoy...

by nvrgnbk in

jw
friends

nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose--.

a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.. mary shelley.

Twitch

"We can't stop here, this is bat country"

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

50

Are you now ashamed of how gullible you were as a JW?

by biometrics in

now that you realise how idiotic some of the jw beliefs are/were, do you feel ashamed of how gullible you were to believe them?.

if anything my past as an adult jw makes me understand how easily manipulated people are by the people and environment around them.

and that even intelligent people can be influenced beyond what is rational..

Twitch

It's not a bad thing to feel as such necessarily. A catalyst for change.

Forgiving oneself and moving on. Such simple and sublime words, seemingly elusive but dynamic and attainable.

184

A picture so outrageous, it deserves its own thread...

by cedars in

i mean no disrespect to sd-7 or his fine thread on which this picture has already featured, but i think it is just so ridiculous that it deserves a thread all of its own.. lurkers and apologists, this is how your precious organization views itself.... behold the madness.... .

.

cedars.

Twitch

Behold the madness...

Roy Batty: Gosh, you've... really got some nice toys here.

12

Have you ever actually talked to a psychotherapist?

by Lore in

jw
friends

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

I always thought therapists were like mechanics; You just keep going back for the rest of your life so you don't fall apart.

Not so much. More like a repair when things don't work and maybe a tune up if needed. The idea is to get you back on your feet and give you the tools to maintain your own conveyance, as it were. It's not and shouldn't be a crutch.

I'm not speaking of those who've severe psych disorders. Just everyday people who need some fixin' with something they can't fix on their own.

12

Have you ever actually talked to a psychotherapist?

by Lore in

jw
friends

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

12

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.

143

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.