I hate this subject but this is really worth commenting on. I recently saw the movie The Bridge. It shocked the crap right outta me. In 2004 about 24 ppl used the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fran. to kill themselves. The director of this film captured the goings on of the GGB for a whole yr and included ppl jumping to their deaths in his documentary. Friends and family were interviewed and discussed the mental aguish and mental state these ppl were in at the time. I started to get a real sense that anyone could transform themselves into a depression and put themselves in a position where they cant recover. (Im not going to comment on the moral decisions of the director to include what he did in his film..or that the Bridge authority said he misrepresented himself ect..ect...) I think I have probably had the thought cross my mind in my life. But to actually give up on breathing ? What? That never crossed my mind. The one guy in the film named Gene is someone portrayed who has friends who have heard him say "Im going kill myself" over and over to the point that it became just "something Gene says"....this person is portrayed as someone too lazy to find a job, and so disconnected to everything that he pictures himself dead in ever sentence he says. He is later shown to climb on the guard rail, stand up erect and fall "gracefully" backwards. Another young man about 19 yrs old had jumped to his death but had changed his mind deciding he wanted to live. So while he was falling he was contemplating how he would survive. He says he tried to go in feet first. He went about 30-40 feet and could feel what he thought were sharks beneath him keeping him afloat when he was able to reach air. He later came to believe they were seals he felt under his feet helping him stay afloat! I gotta say its bad enough that we only live as short a time as we live. Suicide isnt an option. But I am left wondering how much good can mental health professionals do If someone is hell bent on suicide? It's such a touchy subject for good reason. Most ppl want to keep breathing until nature takes it course and yet since the late 1930's about 1,200 ppl have jumped off that bridge. At my last job an plant manager had driven past security first thing in the morning and as soon as he got out of his car he went to his trunk took out a shot gun and pointed it at his face.... I knew him from seeing him every other day or so. When i heard of what happened the first thing i thought was WHY? Why why why? Others called him a F***ing coward. I can t help but think anyone in that position is unrecoverable,- unimaginable mental distress until the thought of your loved ones missing you no longer is a valid reason to live. When this mans family did come back to the property they weren't crying out loud. His children were quiet. But no tears just quietly standing at the spot it happened. As if they expected it maybe..i dont know. (Incredibly Gene from the docu. had given up on searching for work but at about the same time he died he recieved a managerial job offer left on his answering machine!...) I dont know much about this subject and I hate this subject but its worth discussing. Thanks for asking the question.
Frank.L
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Never Thought About Suicide. Why not?
by Nosferatu ini was doing some thinking this morning about my mother, when she said she wanted to "work on our bond" over a pizza, and i pretty much didn't bother with the offer.
i was thinking about how i'd confronted her before my boy was born about all the physical abuse which she denied.
i started thinking back to that time in my life, when i would shake uncontrollably thinking about school, let alone actually going to school.
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any former elders have an answer for me?
by helricha inso i was df'd for living with/having sex with my boyfriend for 3 years and then not ending the relationship and moving out within the week between the first meeting of confession and the second meeting where they tell me what their decision was.
i did move out 3 months later with the intent of being reinstated over a period of time.
well i couldn't cut off the relationship with my bf even though i did move out, so i married him after a year and then 2 weeks after that i slept with someone else.
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I see that I am required to confess this to my husband if I'm a member of the congregation but it doesn't say that I have to if I'm disfellowshipped
Listen...if you really want to be one of JWs then ADJUST your thinking and confess EVERYTHING. Confess if you have cheated , if you gamble, confess if you like Christmas, confess if you have a sexual addiction ...confess any addiction ..confess and cry and cry and the elders will work with you to reinstate your mind . Doesnt matter. All it takes is for them to see that you are genuinley repentant and to prove it. So go ahead and Confess. Spill your beans to them and if you really want assimilation into the ORG then it will happen. They will look for lies. So simply do not lie about anything. Be honest and all your dreams will be fullfilled.
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movie "THE MIST" delivers with a religious edge...
by Frank.L ini really enjoyed this one.
it quickly becomes an apocalyptic type movie when the unknown conquers mankind.
town residents are hold up in a grocery store when a strange mist or fog kills anyone who enters it.
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I really enjoyed this one. It quickly becomes an apocalyptic type movie when the unknown conquers mankind. Town residents are hold up in a grocery store when a strange mist or fog kills anyone who enters it. When they see what happens a Bible thumping end times lady convinces a fair share of those inside the store that the God of the Israelites demands vengence for what we've done and now HE is pissed. ...The charachters are well developed. ..I was hoping theyd put a JW in the store but ....lol...anyways well worth the time i think....The end of the movie is Superb.
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And now for something different
by Frank.L ini havent laughed this hard since........ www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6wiixur3xm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=blacla4042o&feature=related.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=of65s63eekk&feature=related.
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Internet TV
by AudeSapere inminimus' thread recent inspired me... to start a thread of my own~!!.
i'm working out of town and keeping unnecessary expenses to a minimum.
the problem is: i miss television.
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I use this to watch all my ppv's for free..it has a lot of news channels ..so you simply need to download the tvnetworks player and then ...enjoy all the channels...
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Possibly best "Sc.Fiction" movie I've ever seen..."Man From Earth" 10/10
by Frank.L ina movie i would like to recommend to all....its not full of blood and gore,or even any action, but it is full of emotion and a "trigger" for the brain.
i almost hate to write anything about it so i dont give anything away...in a few words..imagine if a caveman(cromagnam man) survived 14,000 yrs.no one would know about his existence.
he just happened to be born with the ability not to die.
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A movie I would like to recommend to all....Its not full of blood and gore,or even any action, but it is full of emotion and a "trigger" for the brain. I almost hate to write anything about it so I dont give anything away...In a few words..imagine if a caveman(cromagnam man) survived 14,000 yrs.No one would know about his existence. He just happened to be born with the ability Not to die. ...Imagine the time he would have to learn.....Now imagine taking the time to watch this movie ...Fantastic See it.10/10
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Jehovah's Witnesses are not a cult and here's why I think so
by B_Deserter inwhen most people think of "cult" they think of the people's temple, the branch davidians, or heaven's gate.
many also want to put jehovah's witnesses, mormons, and scientologists into this group.
i don't agree with that because there is one main difference between true cults and high-control groups like jws:.
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Jim Penton said it best, IMO, when he described the JWs as the early Puritans who did everything they could to live a clean life and abide by Christianity but then they turned on their own, even killing them when they disagreed with them......cult like to be sure!
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Toddler born with 8 legs seen as reincarnation of a GOD
by Frank.L inwww.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23419627-details/toddler+with+eight+limbs+branded+'reincarnation+of+hindu+god'+to+undergo+life-saving+operation/article.do.
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poor thing...jesus h christ!
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CNN "wasting" yet another hour on UFO subject tonight on Larry King
by Frank.L incredible witnesses from the military are being interviewed by king tonight at 9 pm.
not long ago a group of astronauts were interviewed on his show and now this.....it begs the question..is full disclosure closing in on private government files....?
do you care?
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Hummm..what about national security? If trigger happy aliens wana blow us up...then its a matter of runing for ur life...LOL...THeyre here! Serously some very high up in the military make extraordinary claims. ...Makes you think.
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CNN "wasting" yet another hour on UFO subject tonight on Larry King
by Frank.L incredible witnesses from the military are being interviewed by king tonight at 9 pm.
not long ago a group of astronauts were interviewed on his show and now this.....it begs the question..is full disclosure closing in on private government files....?
do you care?
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Credible witnesses from the military are being interviewed by King tonight at 9 pm. Not long ago a group of astronauts were interviewed on his show and now this.....It begs the question..Is full disclosure closing in on private government files....? Do you care?