surely someone who eagerly looks forward to the death of billions of people (including babies and children) is not emotionally healthy?.
yet, that is the key belief "happily" anticipated by witnesses.... food for thought?.
what about all those newborn babies worldwide who would not make it through the Big 'A'? What about all those people in war torn countries?? Or countries who experience great austerity where they can't afford how to even read?
Critical thinking is what it takes sometimes.
like me, you probably also believed that miracles were possible.
but even when we became enlightened, it was likely difficult to shake off that belief that logically impossible things have happened.. a report in science daily, based on research at the chicago discusses this irrational tendency.. the power of magical thinking: why superstitions are hard to shakedate:november 9, 2015source:university of chicago booth school of businesswhen sports fans wear their lucky shirts on game day, they know it is irrational to think clothing can influence a team's performance.
but they do it anyway.even smart, educated, emotionally stable adults believe in superstitions that they recognize are unreasonable.. in a paper from the university of chicago booth school of business, to be published in an upcoming issue ofpsychological review, associate professor jane risen finds that even when people recognize that their belief does not make sense, they can still allow that irrational belief to influence how they think, feel and behave.. in "believing what we don't believe: acquiescence to superstitious beliefs and other powerful intuitions," risen contends that detecting an irrational thought and correcting that error are two separate processes, not one as most dual-system cognitive models assume.
surely someone who eagerly looks forward to the death of billions of people (including babies and children) is not emotionally healthy?.
yet, that is the key belief "happily" anticipated by witnesses.... food for thought?.
i wonder how many of us here hold on to this meeting place out of "loneliness.
could it be that we harbor feelings of "abandonment" and "loneliness" from being left cold and dry by the wt people and our families?
perhaps we do have a need to reach out to people with similar experiences.
dear all,.
my health took a beating over the years with stress from various sources, not a little from the wt; and dangerous areas of work involving fumes and so on.
the arc also took its toll and i have had recently a heart attack.
Zeb,
Best of Luck!! And God Bless!!!!
i live in a town.
there is a watchtower kingdom hall.
they do not pay any local sales tax or property tax.
i was just wondering what the witnesses are saying now about the last days and how they know armageddon is real close, etc.
what is the latest teaching about 1914?
some people point out the subliminal pictures in the wtbts publications but sometimes things are just so obvious, such as the title of the book above.. the person who came up with the title for this book must have had a good old laugh.. interestingly, this book first came out in 1988 and has not been included in the online library but nothing has replaced it.
the org is really going backwards when they ditch old light and cannot come up with anything new.
they are real wankers ;)..
saw this video of a brave woman who gave a da letter and an elder tries to talk with her.
this guy comes across has full of shite, and you know he would be a different person if there were other elders around with him.
kangaroo court jokers is what comes to my mind.
