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  I don't want to die.

  by paul from cleveland in

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  i've been conditioned since childhood that i'm going to live forever.

  i'm having a hard time contemplating the fact that i'm going to die.

  i'm so afraid of death that i can't enjoy the life i have now.

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  paul from cleveland

  What gives your life meaning? It all seems so pointless. When I was a witness, there was some point to it all. Something greater than myself.
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  I don't want to die.

  by paul from cleveland in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been conditioned since childhood that i'm going to live forever.

  i'm having a hard time contemplating the fact that i'm going to die.

  i'm so afraid of death that i can't enjoy the life i have now.

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  paul from cleveland

  I have a hard time focusing on anything but the death sentence hanging over my head. How can I put it out of my mind and enjoy my life? I miss the idea of a God that looks out for me. I feel alone.
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  I don't want to die.

  by paul from cleveland in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been conditioned since childhood that i'm going to live forever.

  i'm having a hard time contemplating the fact that i'm going to die.

  i'm so afraid of death that i can't enjoy the life i have now.

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  paul from cleveland

  I've been conditioned since childhood that I'm going to live forever. I'm having a hard time contemplating the fact that I'm going to die. I'm so afraid of death that I can't enjoy the life I have now. Is this it? I'm depressed.
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  Mental Illness with Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Hope4Others in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  this presentation goes over jerry bergman's research on mental illness with jehovah's witnesses.

  this includes over 8 different research projects conducted by different doctors.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbxtvuat1g.

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  paul from cleveland

  You can checkout any time you like,
  But you can never leave!
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  I am gay and Jehovah Witness

  by yosisoy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, i am jehovah witness and gay.

  i am from puerto rico.

  i would like to know how hard is to leave the organization.

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  paul from cleveland

  Something to think about: God's first creation was his son... not a wife. He could have created anything or anyone he wanted yet his first creation was so much like himself that Jesus said 'I and the father are one'. Even God desires to be with someone like himself... not his opposite. We were made in God's image. Why would God condemn someone with the same desires as He has? God loves you just the way you are.
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  Is mental illness actualy messages from god?

  by highdose in

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  i don't mean depression or somthing of that nature.

  i used to work with patients who suffered from severe schiofrenia etc, they would claim that they were god, son of god, gods mesanger etc.. of course they were highly medicated and put in a place where they would be taken care of.

  it was a rough section of the hospital to be put, in fact the chances of making it through a shift with uniform undamaged were silm and there was porters ( guards) behind each locked door.

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  paul from cleveland

  It's possible that prophets are considered mentally ill... look at the scripture below:

  Hosea 9:7 Because of your great sin and hostility,

  you say, “The prophets are crazy

  and the inspired men are fools!”
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  Are we saved by WORKS or by FAITH?

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  saved by works or by faith?.

  what does the bible teach?

  and what do jehovah's witnesses teach?

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  paul from cleveland

  everyone is "doing bad"
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  I am gay and Jehovah Witness

  by yosisoy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, i am jehovah witness and gay.

  i am from puerto rico.

  i would like to know how hard is to leave the organization.

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  paul from cleveland

  For starters, read this story. It deeply moved me:

  Growing up a gay Jehovah's Witness (My Life Story)

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/54814/1/Growing-up-a-gay-Jehovahs-Witness-My-Life-Story
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  Are we saved by WORKS or by FAITH?

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  saved by works or by faith?.

  what does the bible teach?

  and what do jehovah's witnesses teach?

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  paul from cleveland

  Neither.

  Isn't having faith in something a kind of work? You're doing something... believing. What if you don't believe? What if you can't believe?

  I believe God's going to save us because he loves us and he's good. Not because we're doing something or believing something.
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  Lets Debate the Trinity

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  come on everyone, let us reason on the trinity doctrine using the bible!.

  you know there has to be at least 3 big long trinity threads on here per month... so i figured i'd go ahead and start one for november.. the bible says that there is only one true god who is god by nature, the only god who deserves our worship and prayer.

  jesus taught that his father is god.

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  paul from cleveland

  It is a salvation issue because the condition is that we must trust in the True Jesus

  I believe the ransom is for everyone not just for those that believe in Jesus. I believe if one man's sin got all of into this mess then Jesus' sacrifice will undo all the results of that sin. (Adam's) I don't believe you have to believe anything more than a baby has to believe to receive his mother's milk.