Posts by miseryloveselders

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Since reaching middle aged adulthood, you ever have moments of uncertainty that frightened you?

by miseryloveselders in

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today's been somewhat of a strange day for me, but what concerns me is that i can't provide an explanation why.

i awoke a couple minutes before my alarm clock went off, as i always do.

its rare that the alarm wakes me.

miseryloveselders

Thanks for all of your thoughts.

UC, I'm being honest I just can't imagine being any older than I already am. Call me shortsighted I don't know, maybe its the JW upbringing influencing me. Maybe it is boredom from the job, it is pretty repetative. I never understood the humor in the film Office Space until I started working here.

Hey LostGen, thanks for your thoughts. Maybe it is conscience man, I don't know. I mean with the exception of this forum, the relgion really wasn't on my mind today. I'm glad you said it happens a few times a year to you too. Not that I'm glad you go through that, but glad this isn't rare.

Blondie, I'm trying to get a positive attitude in life. You sound like my father, he says I can be overly negative at times. My outlook can be pretty crappy at times. This is different though, because there's nothing specific on my mind. Its like a void.

Tec, I'll try that. Right now I feel a lot better, but I had to say something to somebody before it passed. I just had to analyze this with somebody elses input.

Syl, whats wrong with brothas wearing khakis? I bet Denzel wears them!!!!

Outlaw, I have to say out of all the comments yours scared me the most. Being honest, it frightens me to see the years go by. I never thought I'd be in my thirties. I just can't fathom it. Now that I'm in my thirties, I don't know where I'm going, where I headed to, if I'm in the right or wrong direction, or what. Life has a sick way of reminding you how little you can be at times.

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Since reaching middle aged adulthood, you ever have moments of uncertainty that frightened you?

by miseryloveselders in

jw
friends

today's been somewhat of a strange day for me, but what concerns me is that i can't provide an explanation why.

i awoke a couple minutes before my alarm clock went off, as i always do.

its rare that the alarm wakes me.

miseryloveselders

30s, huh? Just wait till you get in your late 40s/early 50s...

whippersnapper...

The thought of that just seems unreal. I have more faith in the latest generation than me reaching my 40s and 50s. Got Dang, I just can't fathom being that old man.

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Since reaching middle aged adulthood, you ever have moments of uncertainty that frightened you?

by miseryloveselders in

jw
friends

today's been somewhat of a strange day for me, but what concerns me is that i can't provide an explanation why.

i awoke a couple minutes before my alarm clock went off, as i always do.

its rare that the alarm wakes me.

miseryloveselders

Today's been somewhat of a strange day for me, but what concerns me is that I can't provide an explanation why. I awoke a couple minutes before my alarm clock went off, as I always do. Its rare that the alarm wakes me. I ironed some khakis, a polo shirt. Jumped in the car, minimal traffic. I clocked in on time, sat down and started working. For some reason though, I feel irritated today. I'm a tad aggitated, even slightly angry. I don't have a reason to feel this way though, and it bothers me. I got up to microwave a can of soup for breakfast, and there was this huge line around our office kitchen. The line was for free flu shots. For a brief moment I thought to myself that maybe, maybe I'll get the shot this year. I haven't had a flu shot since middle school if my memory serves me correct. I walked the long way around the line and entered the kitchen through another door. I stirred my soup, placed it in the microwave and nuked it. I turned to the vending machines and got a bottle of water, and some M&Ms. The microwave beeped, and I took the container out, and stirred it. While stirring, I got a weird nervous feeling. All the while I'm feeling awkward, yet stirring my soup, I realized I've done this before. Many times before. It was almost like Deja-vu. I looked at the doorway from the kitchen, and I noticed some newer faces in the line for flu shots. I walked out the back door, and headed back to my desk. I passed a coworker, and she greeted me, and I greeted her back. For some reason though, I felt cold toward her, kinda numb. I'm at my desk now, and even as I'm typing this I feel a kind of dread. Everything just seems all too familiar. Too repetative. I've never felt this way before.

Is this what happens when we reach our thirties or older? Is this whats meant by mid life crisis? I've never had an uncertainty that I couldn't explain. I don't even know if I should label it anxiety as there's nothing concrete thats on my mind or pushing my buttons at this time.

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Do You Think Some Witnesses Are Mentally Ill Or Mentally Impaired....

by minimus in

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and that's why they are in the religion?.

i recall many jws over the years who were what i'll call "weird"---and looking back at it, many witnesses are "odd" and "different"..

miseryloveselders

Taking note of the ingrained social psychology of JW apologetics that come here fighting for their religion ( AIW, MadJw, Reniaa )its easy to see the rationalization of matters are void of sound reasoning.Even when you present something that has strong logic they shun it or dismiss it if goes against Watchtower think.They have really been indoctrinated by acts of coiroern and provocative fear, which reveals a true and unhealthy mental imbalance, a comparative resemblance to the fear, ignorance and superstitions of past ancient civilizations .

This is something that disturbs me. All the JW apologetics that post here have serious mental problems. Alice In Wonderland was truly a nut, in the worst way too. She was nuts. She had different personas(Confearacy) on here, and an unhealthy obsession with dark alchemist or witchlike art. She only communicated by copying and pasting. Her posts reminded me of a serial killer who leaves clues for the cops by pasting different sentences from different articles on a blank sheet of paper.

MadJW is another one who is obviously not right in the head. I knew a White Supremacist who has Aspergers. He'd actually talk with me, even though he knew I was aware of his views. We actually got along and he was very respectful of me. As time went on, it was quite apparent to me that his idealogy was more the result of his illness, than anything else. Somewhere down the line he developed an fixation on white supremacy. His parents are well to do people and from what I understand his father did everything he reasonably could to help his son. I remember him being the type of guy who really needed attention, but really immature in how he'd go about seeking it, but again you could tell something wasn't quite right upstairs. Everytime MADJW posts, it reminds me of this guy. MadJW is messed up in the head, and its obvious. When I think of MadJW, I picture someone very lonely, who's best years at finding a companion are long behind him. I picture someone with only a couple people that he considers friends, even though those couple people don't view him with the same fondness. He's the type of person who if you know him and see him coming down the street, you cross the street and pray he didn't see you. Sorta like Ned from Groundhog Day.

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Hello JWN...excited to be a new member!

by braveheart in

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i stumbled on to this forum about a month ago...and i'm hooked!!

a tremendous amount of knowledge, wisdom, great debate, and lol humor, which is good for the soul.. i am not a jw, but the borg infected my family years ago, many are still trapped, and i have 2 big shot elders.. i became a huge opposer/apostate and had many a battle.

today we have learned to live in peace...live and let live.. recently, i decided to get up to date with everything jw... i often wonder why my family can't see or figure out the real truth.

miseryloveselders

Welcome Braveheart.

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Legend of the Guardians, a movie about friggin owls. Did any of you see this film?

by miseryloveselders in

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i'm reading somewhat positive reviews for this film.

there's a cynical side of me that i just couldn't supress after watching the trailer.

a movie about owls?

miseryloveselders

Ya know something..........the more I think about it, its fitting that some members on this board would find this film appealing. I mean that was the whole carrot on the stick this religion was offering right? You wanted to, "play wid da manimals" for eternity right?

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Name Something Positive About Jehovah's Witnesses

by minimus in

i'll start.. they are a happy joyful group..

miseryloveselders

They won't let you oversleep on the weekends.

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U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey

by leavingwt in

u.s. religious knowledge surveyatheists and agnostics, jews and mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical protestants, mainline protestants and catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions.. on average, americans correctly answer 16 of the 32 religious knowledge questions on the survey by the pew research centers forum on religion & public life.

atheists and agnostics average 20.9 correct answers.

jews and mormons do about as well, averaging 20.5 and 20.3 correct answers, respectively.

miseryloveselders

No, Misery, I really didn't know that... and possibly because I have heard of Christian/Muslim people.

Ya know, that is fascinating. Please forgive me if my question came off elitist or condescending. I'm not remotely looking down on you, so please pardon me if it came off that way. Its just when I read your post I wondered to myself how many others are thinking the same? How much of that contributes to ill relations between this country and the Middle East?

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U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey

by leavingwt in

u.s. religious knowledge surveyatheists and agnostics, jews and mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical protestants, mainline protestants and catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions.. on average, americans correctly answer 16 of the 32 religious knowledge questions on the survey by the pew research centers forum on religion & public life.

atheists and agnostics average 20.9 correct answers.

jews and mormons do about as well, averaging 20.5 and 20.3 correct answers, respectively.

miseryloveselders

Tec, not to put the spotlight on you, but you really didn't know that?

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Do You Think Some Witnesses Are Mentally Ill Or Mentally Impaired....

by minimus in

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friends

and that's why they are in the religion?.

i recall many jws over the years who were what i'll call "weird"---and looking back at it, many witnesses are "odd" and "different"..

miseryloveselders

It goes without saying that there are a tone of nuts amongst JWs. I don't know if its a higher percentage than whats found in churches, but its bad enough. In my congregation, the Service Committee just gave the ok for one our nuts to auxilliary pioneer. When the chairman made the announcement, he started to crack up. He really had to fight the urge not to laugh on the stage. We've got a good handful with serious mental problems, and probably the majority of the congregation is either going through depression, or has been at one time or another.