I would love to see Quotes put this section up on his website. In fact, I think all JWs should present this list of questions to everyone they ever place a mag with! After looking at that list, I do not understand how they continue to acquire converts! (Except for those poor kids brainwashed since birth)
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Analyze this: The newly revised questions for baptism
by ezekiel3 inthe following is quoted in it's entirety (excepting cited scriptures after each question) from the new release organized to do jehovah's will, pages 182-218.. .
questions for those desiring to be baptized.
part 1 elementary bible teachings.
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Jesse Jackson thinks Michael is a traditional Christian and a good JW
by Dogpatch inhttp://msnbc.msn.com/id/7231414/
'scarborough country' for march 17 .
read the transcript to the thursday show
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Yeah and after they got his autograph, people told him to BEAT IT! Ha ha! (bad joke)
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Jesse Jackson thinks Michael is a traditional Christian and a good JW
by Dogpatch inhttp://msnbc.msn.com/id/7231414/
'scarborough country' for march 17 .
read the transcript to the thursday show
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Well if Jesse Jackson said it, it MUST be true!!!!!!!!
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Dr. Picchioni .... In Texas
by Wild_Thing inanybody ever heard of him?
how about david sublet?
just wondering ....
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I'm sorry Valis! I think we might be related! My family is all crazy too! My dad was also very abusive and an elder. He got away with it for a long time. The elders did nothing. One of the times my mother spoke to an elder about it in ONE of the congregations we were in, he commended her for not bringing reproach upon Jehovah's name by making it public, since my dad was a leader! It still makes me mad! And Dr. P and all that therapy absolutely did not help anyone in my family, as they are still in the org and still crazy! But it got us out of a very bad situation, after he messed up his wife and three girls! That is more than anyone in the congo was willing to do, once our situation could no longer be hidden anymore.
Now my dad is still somewhere in Texas hiding from the witnesses, and I am safe and sound up here in the Midwest! There were some guys in chat the other night talking about practicing their Kung Fu. If they are still interested, I think I can hook you up! (And go for the throat! )
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If the governing body members all had children, would they deny them blood?
by hubert inif they any of them had or have children that needed a blood transfusion to live, i wonder if they would deny their children blood and watch them die for the watchtower society?.
or would you see a quick change of doctrine?
ie: new light?.
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Nope! Don't think so! I think they would let them die in a heartbeat! So sad, but I think they would.
Crazy old bastards ...
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Dr. Picchioni .... In Texas
by Wild_Thing inanybody ever heard of him?
how about david sublet?
just wondering ....
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LOL @ Valis! Come on! Tell us! What do you know about Dr. P?
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Dr. Picchioni .... In Texas
by Wild_Thing inanybody ever heard of him?
how about david sublet?
just wondering ....
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Sounds like that whacked out JW doctor down in Houston: Dr. Riggle. He diagnosed everyone as paranoid schizophrenic, put them on Mellaril, read them Bible scriptures and had them buy fifty different jars of Bronson vitamins (cheap grocery store variety) at jacked up prices!
Actually, I don't think Dr. P was that whacked. He was never a JW and he never prescribed pills, though I think he worked closely with psychiatrists who did. Anyway, he was just a psychologist who served more as a counselor, for good or bad, as you have heard already!
How sad they put you in the care of a JW whacko! I think it's kinda funny that everyone was diagnosed as schizophrenic, though! LOL! I have been in some congregations where I would not be surprised!
Seriously, I am glad you got out of that mess! A JW doctor practicing psychiatry is like ... well I don't what its like.... but its not right! LOL! Like a butcher performing heart surgery, maybe?
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Dr. Picchioni .... In Texas
by Wild_Thing inanybody ever heard of him?
how about david sublet?
just wondering ....
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It does sound familiar to me, but not from Dr Picchioni... I think you'll find that breakdown in just about any book on codependency. I don't know who it's originally credited to.
Right! This is definitely not from Dr. Picchioni. He just relayed this model to his patients. I thought this was the model that Bradshaw came up with, but I could be wrong. I think it is nothing short of a miracle that witnesses were allowed to hear about it at all. After all, there is no such thing as a dysfunctional JW family, is there?
I'm glad Dr P brought it to Witnesses, however. Too many Witnesses with mental illnesses seem to be looking for anti-depressants to cure everything, and not looking at actually making changes in their lives.
I believe when this program was in existence, the society was just loosening up about obtaining mental health care. I see the opposite happening again now, where it is strongly discouraged, but oddly enough it is okay to medicate it! What is the message? It is okay to drug the problem, but not okay to deal with it!
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Jehovah's Witnesses and mental illness
by seattleniceguy ini just read an excellent article on the issue of mental illness and jehovah's witnesses by psychologist named jerry bergman.
the link is:.
http://www.premier1.net/~raines/mental.html.
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Reading this thread got me thinking about a psychologist in Texas that catered to the witnesses and had a "witness program" for a while. I started a separate thread about it here if you are interested:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/87256/1.ashx
But I thought I would add over here that I think it would be interesting for the Doctor in Texas (Dr. Picchioni) to publish his experiences when working with witnesses. I would think it would be far less biased than Jerry Bergman's since Dr. P was never a witness.
I have read a lot of Jerry Bergman's stuff, though, and I think he is right on the money! I just think it would be great to have it also published by a non-witness. Being raised as one can make you so bitter!
Wild_Thing (of the "still bitter" class)
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Dr. Picchioni .... In Texas
by Wild_Thing inanybody ever heard of him?
how about david sublet?
just wondering ....
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LOL! You're welcome for the refresher course! Isn't it sad I remember that?!? I remember it making so much sense at the time and I guess it just sorta stuck!