Joel Wideman

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  I can't decide what graduate program

  by Soledad in

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  i recently decided that i want to get my master's degree.

  but i can't decide between the 2 programs that i am most interested in:.

  social work or secondary education?.

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  Joel Wideman

  I'm not sure what to tell you, but consider the reasons NYC is desperate for HS teachers.
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  Good God! Is my mother really anointed or skitzso?

  by plmkrzy in

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  2. friends

  is my mother really anointed or skitzso?

  ive been gone a long time without much internet access.

  a good thing or notdont know, but!

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  Joel Wideman

  My mother became a JW in 72, when I was 2. I can't be sure when it started, but looking back I can point out a few things that could have indicated schizophrenia. It wasn't until she was refusing to eat, because her demonized JW friends were trying to poison her, that she got help. It's likely she was always crazy, but the JW demon paranoia didn't help any.
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  Good God! Is my mother really anointed or skitzso?

  by plmkrzy in

  1. jw
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  is my mother really anointed or skitzso?

  ive been gone a long time without much internet access.

  a good thing or notdont know, but!

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  Joel Wideman

  Sounds exactly - except for the annointed bit - like my mother before she was put on medication. As far as I know, she did not voluntarily go for help either.
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  I have joined ex gay seminar

  by joelbear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, i'm tired of being gay, its time for me to be heterosexual.. among the seminars i have signed up for are:.

  1. breasts are not that icky.. 2. how to keep things out of your butt.. 3. butchness starts with a hammer.. i will keep you up to date on my progress.. hey, check out that babe!

  i wonder if she has a hot boyfriend.. oh darn, well, i'm not there yet.

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  Joel Wideman

  The teenage years are a time for discovering sexual identity. This can become more confusing if the teenager is influenced to believe that their natural sexual urges are wrong. Although I never thought I was gay, I did indeed go through a difficult time regarding sex.
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  Reveal something "weird" or "unusual" about yourself

  by JH in

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  2. friends

  whatever i drink from the fridge, i put it into the microwave for 10 seconds so that it won't be too cold to drink.. .

  whenever i drink ice cold liquids, it irritates my tongue/mouth and often triggers a sore throat.

  now you have additional proof that i'm weird .

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  Joel Wideman

  Mulan, that is not unusual. We tend to expect certain outcomes based on experience and situations. If you apply for a job, you expect them to call you. We don't notice all the times it wasn't HR, just the time it was. If your friend tends to call at 4pm, you will expect it to be your friend. If it isn't, you will be surprised - but will soon forget this inaccurate prediction. If you think about something, you have an expectation - and that expectation will be fullfilled when they contact you.
  An interesting experiment: Keep a pen and paper next to the phone. Whenever the phone rings, think about who it might be, and after you answer, write down whether you were right or not. After you get enough calls, you'll be able to see just how "often" you are right. :D
  Extra credit: Write down your prediction, the time, and who it turns out to be.
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  How do you explain bible prophecies?

  by ithinkisee in

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  2. beliefs

  you know the ones ... how alexander the great was supposedly predicted in advance .... how daniel interpreted dreams and foretold bablyons destruction ..... how cyrus was named years in advance .... how jesus fulfilled so many hebrew scriptures prophecies ...... how do you explain this?

  conspiracy by the early church?

  conspiracy by the 70 scholars of the lxx?.

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  Joel Wideman

  Qcmbr, on July 14, 1832, Congress passed a tariff act that South Carolina declared null and void. President Andrew Jackson put the U.S. army on alert and the United States expected war in 1832. D. & C. 87 (where the prophecy is made) is dated December 25, 1832. Almost 20 years later, there were again rumors of a civil war brewing, and the LDS Church revived this prophecy. Anybody living in that time period, if told a civil war was coming, would not have been impressed.
  Further, it was prophecied "And the time will come that war will be poured out upon all nations, beginning at this place. For behold, the Southern States shall be divided against the Northern States, and the Southern States will call on other nations, even the nation of Great Britain, as it is called, and they shall also call upon other nations, in order to defend themselves against other nations; and then war shall be poured out upon all nations." But war did NOT "pour out upon all nations".
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  When/Where did the society ban birthday observances?

  by Buck in

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  i know it was probably during the change over from russell to rutherford.

  is there a specific wt article that i can point to when reviewing this topic.

  ive been reading reasoning from the scriptures and i cant find nothing banning birthdays.

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  Joel Wideman

  I haven't been able to narrow it down, but it had to occur between 1907 and the 1930s.
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  psychology does it work?

  by cranwood in

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  2. medical

  hi back again .has any body here been helped by shrinks?

  i have seen psycholgists and psychiatrists off and for over 20 years and it .

  hasnt helped me.

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  Joel Wideman

  To say it works, or doesn't work, would be misleading. The problems people have that lead them to seek help are not usually ones that can be cured, but rather they can be treated. If you don't feel you are making progress with your therapy, bring this up to your therapist.
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  Oh my goodness...it's my birthday!

  by TresHappy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well actually it's thursday - but i will be off the board for a day or two while i am celebrating!

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  Joel Wideman

  Happy Birthday!
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  Try this short honest Quiz :)

  by JH in

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  this quiz takes about 1 minute to do, and the results are honest.... .

  http://www.dr-joe.net/quiz.html

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  Joel Wideman

  At least my wish came true. "I wish that this will amuse me." It did. :P