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i witnessed the cleansing of the heavens in the year 2004, like the birth pains of a women, or nine years........ an increase of lawlessness, the economic downfall, the trials and tribulations of the faithful and discreet are being fulfilled as we speak.......prepare for the return of jesus christ........and every eye shall see him........ the slave of jah and of christ....... estephan.

Twitch

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - H.S. Thompson

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How God treated his own prophets

by Dismissing servant in

i came to think of thin when talking about ezekiel in another thread.

i recommeny you reading the chapters 3-4 in ezekiel.

but have a look at this from chapter 4 , it is just disguisting:.

Twitch

I'm going with Ancient Policies and Procedures for a Moral Life for $1000, Alex...

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Argo

by TD in

so, who liked it?

--or not?.

Twitch

Good movie. Some drama added no doubt. Based on a true story...;)

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The Seeker Speaks

by Farkel in

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"when a person does what he always does, he will get what he always gets.".

wise words, those.

i have discovered after six-and-a-half decades that those who say they have found the truth, the way, the path for themselves and for all mankind, they are full of shit.

Twitch

The more I learn, the less that I know for sure. There are so few absolutes in life.

Agreed. Paradoxes and uncertainty seem to be the only absolutes

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Dinosaurs Of Eden

by TD in

i saw this at the visiting nurse book sale in february and it was too macabre to pass up.. .

the book is written by ken ham, an australian born, young earth creationist.

briefly, two children go back in time using the bible as their "time machine" and discover that dinosaurs of the entire mesozoic era coexisted with adam and eve:.

Twitch

"We can't stop here, this is bat country" - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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Why you CAN'T make sense of it.

by baltar447 in

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going through an dealing with a mentally ill spouse (living hell, long story, pm me if you want details), and talking to others who have dealt with the mentally ill, i've come to an epiphany.. you cannot make sense of "crazy".

that's why, when you get out of the wt, get out of the mind control, and try to reason with your loved ones or friends, it will not work.

we are dealing with people under mind control and i believe that is a close cousin of mental illness.

Twitch

I hear ya.

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Jehovahs Witnesses and psychiatric diagnoses?

by Marvin Shilmer in

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jehovahs witnesses and psychiatric diagnoses?.

today i added a new article to my blog sharing information from a 1983 study published in the journal for the scientific study of religion addressing religious affiliation and psychiatric diagnoses.

this article pulls information from an excellent academic study that is often misunderstood and therefore underutilized for its value.

Twitch

In some ways this is good. I saw a lot of mentally abnormal people get a lot of love and acceptance in my own former religion and I often wondered what would have become of them without the church. Many of these people were fully functioning but socially reclusive and church gave them hope , purpose and structure. This is one area where I think religion can excel and I would expect to see a higher incidence of mental issues in the same way I would expect to find more sick people in a hospital.

Agreed. In some ways.

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For anyone unsure as to whether JW's are a cult..please read...

by lostinnj83 in

if the informaiton i am posting is redundant or has been posted, please forgive me.. i know we are all at different stages of this journey.

for me i am still "in" but working towards being out and leaving.

any one in this position or who has been here knows how diffucult of a time this can be.

Twitch

Lifton's points broke the dam for me