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  WAS ANYONE IN YOUR CONGREGATION CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME?

  by badboy in

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  any takers?.

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  doofdaddy

  As above, some should have been if the elders didn't cover their crimes, molestation.
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  Mental Illness with Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Hope4Others in

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  this presentation goes over jerry bergman's research on mental illness with jehovah's witnesses.

  this includes over 8 different research projects conducted by different doctors.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbxtvuat1g.

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  doofdaddy

  I look at it this way. The fire brigade is on continual alert for emergency action. You never know when a catastrophie may happen. That is their job but they work in shifts.

  There are no fire men/women in the world who work 24/7, as the alertness would lead to anxiety and ultimately exhaustion and depression.

  jws have been living in this state of imminent destruction for over 100 yrs. Those who take these "prophecies" seriously must suffer from some form of the above.
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  Jehovahs Witnesses and mental illness

  by missellie in

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  hi, i was wondering if any of you have any statistics when it comes to the percentage of jws or ex witnesses reporting to suffer from mental illnesses?

  i have tried to google this but not got very far..

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  doofdaddy

  I gotta be honest and say that alcohol was my "medication" as jw (hardly drink at all now). It numbed the nagging questions and as Nath says, that "stomach feeling", that this wasn't the truth at all.

  And yes repressed sexuality...Man those halls are seething with pent up unexpressed sexuality. Funny looking back at it now with eyes open.

  Didn't Freud say sex and power are our base drives?
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  Jehovahs Witnesses and mental illness

  by missellie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, i was wondering if any of you have any statistics when it comes to the percentage of jws or ex witnesses reporting to suffer from mental illnesses?

  i have tried to google this but not got very far..

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  doofdaddy

  I have never known a group that has more hypochondria.

  Constant searching for health professionals to cure what I now can see are the physical effects of anxiety and depression, or at least a dissatisfaction with their lives.

  Especially the women.
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  This is pretty neat...

  by TheSilence in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he7ge7sogrk&feature=fvst.

  jackie.

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  doofdaddy

  This place is near Chiang Mai in north Thailand. They take in elephants that have been mistreated or are no longer employed (used to be working in logging). At least they are well kept and are still working, which seems is important for their wellbeing.

  I stayed in CM for a number of weeks but never went, thinking at the time it was exploitation but have since mellowed and will visit next time...lol

  Kinda made me think about eating meat when I watched that. How smart and sentient are animals???
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  explain the inexplicable?

  by highdose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  over the past few weeks there have been some werid things happening in my life, several times in fact.. what has happened ( without having to explain every situ) is that i have been lets say person a looking for situation b, and suddenly and without trying i have met situation b who is looking for person a. this has happened very ramdomly and i couldn't say that there was any serious intent behind it except that i had a desire to find somthing at the same time as someone else and somehow we ended up finding eachother... but we met without trying in a utterly ramdom way???.

  theories?

  and don't say its god becuase i've spent night after night in my past in tears begging, pleading with god to do somthing, and nothing nothing has happened!.

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  doofdaddy

  Google "synchronicity"
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  Ouija Board Hysteria

  by Megachusen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i always wondered why jw's were always so afraid of ouija(pronounced as "wee-yaw" not "wee-gee") boards.

  does anyone have any speculation about who started these jw myths?.

  anyone who has actually tried the board and would like to give their opinions are welcome.

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  doofdaddy

  I don't want to take over the thread but in my opinion, dreaming is where many answers are.

  Australian aboriginies call their "religion" the Dreamtime. I too have powerful dreams that at times, have had profound effects on my outlook and life.

  Actually, there was a Swedish man who came to Australia in the early 20th century and took artifacts and bones from Aboriginal sacred sites. He was a non believer in the spirit world but was sung to death and he acknowledged that before the end. He was being driven insane by the droaning of the didjeridoo and singing. Strangely, he wrote his dreams/nightmares into paintings (which is now a book) which were Dreaming stories he couldn't have known... I saw the documentary of his daughter bringing the artifacts back to give peace to her father's memory and of course the rest of the family.

  Sorry for the long post.
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  Ouija Board Hysteria

  by Megachusen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i always wondered why jw's were always so afraid of ouija(pronounced as "wee-yaw" not "wee-gee") boards.

  does anyone have any speculation about who started these jw myths?.

  anyone who has actually tried the board and would like to give their opinions are welcome.

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  doofdaddy

  Sorry, what I meant was what avenues but I guess you answered that further in on your comment.

  I don't believe in gods demons etc either but I have experienced enough in my travels to know that there is something more to existence than being born, procreating and dying.

  There is a subconscious world, which I believe, science is starting to explore seriously. This is anecdotal, but I was told that psychiatrists are now researching shamanism, as it has an uncanny ability to treat schizophrenia.

  Actually I visited a shaman that was famous for treating this very illness but did not discuss it with her.

  The human brain and will are very powerful tools and like it or not, we spend a large part of our very lives in the subconscious world.

  Its called sleep (and dreaming).
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  Ouija Board Hysteria

  by Megachusen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i always wondered why jw's were always so afraid of ouija(pronounced as "wee-yaw" not "wee-gee") boards.

  does anyone have any speculation about who started these jw myths?.

  anyone who has actually tried the board and would like to give their opinions are welcome.

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  doofdaddy

  "I have so many times tried to get in contact with the occult."

  Where have you tried?
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  How much age difference

  by John Doe in

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  is socially acceptable for dating people?

  is there a double standard?.

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  doofdaddy

  The only ED I have faced is first time nerves, which plagued me from the teen years!

  One change for me over the years is a greater appreciation for the power of women's sexuality. Once the fire is really lit, your'e gonna burn!! LOL