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Obie sports a new look

by mikepence in

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check it out (sheesh!):.

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=obiefernandez&itemid=23408&view=9072#t9072

JWZone Thread on Bill Bowen - UPDATED!

by SYN in

yes i know you're all getting p*d off with my jwzone threads, but i couldn't let this one go by!!!!!!

so, i'm just going to embed the thread here and let you guys comment...hehe...some jwzoners are going to get their heads bitten off in this thread!

edited by - syn on 8 august 2002 13:43:36.

Prisca...Calm down!!! Dave was only saying all this animosity didn't start on this thread and we all need to look at ourselves. And you know very well it started some time ago and not here on this thread. *shesh*

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JWZone Thread on Bill Bowen - UPDATED!

by SYN in

yes i know you're all getting p*d off with my jwzone threads, but i couldn't let this one go by!!!!!!

so, i'm just going to embed the thread here and let you guys comment...hehe...some jwzoners are going to get their heads bitten off in this thread!

edited by - syn on 8 august 2002 13:43:36.

Imbue

You maybe referring to remarks such as this one made by Prika. When this was posted I hadn't hadn't yet interacted with Prika. It's comments such as these that have endeared her to me, so...Please read my responses to her and note how she responds.

bytheway..It is Prika, Teejay and Refiners that taught me to post old posts and make remarks. It is their second hobby. Teejay even demanded that I bring up old posts to prove my point. So, I'm only playing by their rules.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=26650&site=3

Imbue
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Since: Feb 23, 2002

Re: Norwegians: Stick With What You Are Good At.

Apr 29, 2002 13:25

Atreyu says:

Personally, instead of picturing USA as a nation of JWs, I think that the lifestyle of modern Norway is a copy of the American lifestyle. Norway is flooded with American films, TV soap, games, toys, sigarettes, soft drinks, hamburgers, sports equipment and clothing. Young Norwegians include American words and slang in their vocabulary and don't even know the Norwegian equivalents.

I've never been to Norway but I've known a few Norwegians here in the US. My experience leads me to believe this statement. Some of them speak English better than Americans and a couple I've known have no accent at all. They sounded American and could bond with American youth through their shared media experience. I thought they were American when I first meet them.

I don't have a problem with Norm's views. Some Americans have difficulty with foreigners criticizing their government. However, the US government acts as a terrorist and has effected everyone. So, in my opinion anyone has a right to voice their opinions about the US government.

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Since: Dec 16, 2000

Re: Norwegians: Stick With What You Are Good At.	Apr 29, 2002 18:57
Imbue defending the Norwegians... what a surprise....

Edited by - Imbue on 9 August 2002 6:33:43

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Is it really so? Is there an inner circle here?

by Celtic in

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before some of you jump down my throat thinking i'm stirring muddied waters, i'm not, but, a question has been on my mind here more often than not, who exactly is the membership made up of here, within this community, of an inner circle so to speak?

you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours etc pile of poo.. personally, i've had enough of clicky groups and cliches to last me a lifetime, so, who are these guys that try to keep others excluded from their small brained 'in club'?.

celtic mark - cornwall uk

Imbue

Hey (((Celty)))

Ask Larc to explain who is in the inner cirlce since he is the one that mentioned the idea.

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Even Worse Day

by Sirona in

thanks for your support on my thread "bad day".. it seems things don't want to get better.

sorry for moaning, but i thought i'd update you all too.... firstly i saw the dental specialist today (remember, infected wisdom tooth?).

he said (after thorough examination, xray etc).

Imbue

Sirona, many persons have survived with their lymph nodes removed. It's a very common for breast cancer patients to have nodes removed. Don't panic until you're diagnosed. Swollen lymph nodes could just mean your immune system is working. It may not be cancer. Your fears sound perfectly normal so get yourself to a support group soon. Take Care

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Starting Over

by noidea in

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this is it!

!..i start my new job tomorrow (in a different city) and i signed the lease on my apartment today..wish me luck

Imbue

Paula Wow!!! That's so cool! Are you scared?

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Mental illness forget the statistics count who you

by rekless in

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satistics can be flexed to represent anything you want.. personally i know of out of a congregation of 89 .

my daughter & son in law who is an elder, three elders wives , publishers 4. another daughter that refused to accept the witness life style.

my wife just before she died had to be on prozac.

Imbue

rekless: My department has 20 employees and at least 7 of them have taken antidepressants at one time or another. That's about 28% of the people I work with that have taken these medications. Physicians are prescribing antidepressants more readily these days without a psych eval. bytheway... none of these people have ever been Dubs.

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JW's and mental illness...stats?

by mikepence in

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does anyone know of any actual studies or published statistics about jw's and mental illness?.

thanks,.

mike pence

Imbue

Nancy says:

Larc is dead wrong, Bergman correct. 20% of the general population may have mental problems of some sort but here we're talking about it being so serious their is a need to lock them away. That percentage is lower than the 20%, maybe 5% which would mean, if so, that up to 20% of JWs have extremely serious mental problems that may require institutionalization. Get your facts straight, Larky.

Edited by - Imbue on 7 August 2002 19:29:8

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JW's and mental illness...stats?

by mikepence in

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does anyone know of any actual studies or published statistics about jw's and mental illness?.

thanks,.

mike pence

Imbue

LOL...S o, 5% of the population requires being institutionalized? LOL...Your assertion that 14 mil people in the US would required being institutionalized for mental illness is extreme. Then, your saying that about 312 mil world wide would need to be locked up, as you phrased it. I'm not aware of the real st atistics but your statistics don't seem realistic. LOL...Your saying that 20% o f all JWs need to be institutionalized? Well, maybe these statistics are your personal experience. My observations wouldn't support your claim that 20 % of all JWs need to be locked up for mental illness. Then, this thread wasn't about personal experience but statistics. How could anyone do statistical research on a group of people that would refuse to cooperate with such research? W ho provided these statistics? Larc please explain more about how these statistics are gathered. Then a re these stats considered scientific research? btw..Nancy your asserting that 20% of JWs would required being institutionalized for mental illness. Does this assertion also apply to ex-jws?

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Religion Explained

by JanH in

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this is about the most ambitious book title i can remember.

religious studies have been able to collect and present millions of facts about the world's religions, and made a lot of fascinating general theories about belief, myth and rituals, but it would be stretching the truth a lot to say that any general theory of religions stand out as totally convincing.. so far, nobody has even been able to produce a totally convincing defintion of the word "religion".. but if anyone can produce a book actually explaining religion in a credible way, it must be pascal boyer.

i read his book the naturalness of religious ideas: a cognitive theory of religion for my master's exam, and it was really an eye opener in many ways.

Imbue

Pommie is big brutha your lover? Well, your an adorable couple.