during the depression people committed suicide because everything they had invested in was gone overnight in an instant.
many people are very fragile creatures.
if by some freaking chance, (like enron, tiger woods, or the morning of august 1945 in hiroshima) the wts gets caught in a humongous scandal, say like links to human sex trafficking, (i can fantasize right) and the government steps in to investigate and finds them guilty and legally shuts them down permanently, will there be tons of suicides?
Just from speaking to many super in people, they talk about their whole life being a waste if its not the truth.
Now if it all crashed down to the point of nonexistent people ARE going to kill themselves, who and how many, not sure.
I liken it to the Matrix and waking people up, some people just couldn't handle it if they are not prepared, even for us who were prepared, we often go through a great deal of psychological distress, imagine those that are no where near that.
this article is basically about how watchtower is going to put the kibosh on some taxes for this rural area of upstate new york, but to me that is not what i find most interesting.
thinking of it from the psychology standpoint of north american witnesses far removed from ny, first, they hear lett "not" begging for money, then they see an article like this that calls them "luxury" apartments.
now... i know they are probably not really the height of luxury in fishkill ny, however most witnesses in the country don't know that, they just hear "we need money" & "witnesses obtain luxury apartments".. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2015/05/12/jehovahs-witnesses-fishkill-tax-exemption/27206609/.
This article is basically about how Watchtower is going to put the kibosh on some taxes for this rural area of upstate New York, but to me that is not what I find most interesting. Thinking of it from the psychology standpoint of North American witnesses far removed from NY, first, they hear Lett "not" begging for money, then they see an article like this that calls them "Luxury" Apartments. Now... I know they are probably not really the height of luxury in Fishkill NY, however most witnesses in the country don't know that, they just hear "we need money" & "witnesses obtain luxury apartments".
hey everybody, been here lurking for years now... i tired of all the gb 2.0 shit and need to fade successfullydo we have a guide, i am very tempted to go out with a bang, but i want my wife with me, she aint a strong witness and would happily trust me ... i love her a lot.
status as of now,,, read coc isocf, been through jw facts and am convinced this religion is bs, also a ms now :( damn.
hey everybody, been here lurking for years now... i tired of all the gb 2.0 shit and need to fade successfullydo we have a guide, i am very tempted to go out with a bang, but i want my wife with me, she aint a strong witness and would happily trust me ... i love her a lot.
status as of now,,, read coc isocf, been through jw facts and am convinced this religion is bs, also a ms now :( damn.
all that i can say is....what a shame!
It's shitty. But you have one life to live and be happy so you have to not live in the past because no one is going in that direction.
If you live in the past, you're depressed. If you live in the future your anxious. If you live in the present you can be happy.
heyo!.
i'm quite interested in knowing the average age of those of us who use this forum.
i made a quick strawpoll that you can find at the following link: http://strawpoll.me/4340636 just pick an age and click "vote" if you wish to participate.. admins: if this breaks any rules, i apologize in advance..
35, 36 in july curious what the results will be
ok again i would like to apologise as i did come across preachy.
i am not going to debate whether or not i am a bk as you have your opinions either way.
what i was trying to write though was my thoughts and feelings which i hope don't offend anyone on this forum.
Only by accident...
I think i was for a while and it's why i hated and abandoned religion, because spiritual does not jive with religion, especially witlesses. I feel similar to Cappy. My spiritual side is still and atheist, but always looks to higher wisdom, growth, and the physical side of what seems metaphysical at this time. Your thoughts, your positive actions, your wonder and ability to learn and experience all you can, that's spiritual to me.
now i have always kept to myself discussing and speculating about this with any witness.
i am speaking of the very talented musician prince.
i remember watching the naacp awards one year ages ago and hearing him thank the one true god jehovah and falling off my couch.
and humility
now i have always kept to myself discussing and speculating about this with any witness.
i am speaking of the very talented musician prince.
i remember watching the naacp awards one year ages ago and hearing him thank the one true god jehovah and falling off my couch.
that is what my professor of philosophy asked us last night at class.. he said that pontius pilate asked jesus that question and that it was a hard one that jesus couldn't answer.. what do you think about this question?
what is the truth?
does the gb has any truth?
Truth has many meanings.
It should be an absolute fact free from interpretation, like 1+1=2. Which is rarely the case with most things in our lives, and this is why the word shouldnt be used as lightly as it is.
Then there is just what you believe to be true. This is much fuzier. Which is why "belief" and "truth" should not be treated the way they are. What's true? What do you believe? If they are not absolute facts your individual answers should not be regarded and stated in typical dogmatic ways
