being born-in and raised as one of jehovah's witnesses i remember a common theme or phrases used by the watchtower in its theory of why things are the way they are -.
jehovah created humans.
jehovah created humans as free moral agents.
We want to think we do... because it feels good to know we are in control.
But our prior experiences determine our present actions.
We all think that the WT is a cult. The jws dont.. because of what we think we know. We act based on what we have in our brains.
"the chemical imbalance theory of depression is still put forward by professionals, and the serotonin theory, in particular, has formed the basis of a considerable research effort over the last few decades.
the general public widely believes that depression has been convincingly demonstrated to be the result of serotonin or other chemical abnormalities, and this belief shapes how people understand their moods, leading to a pessimistic outlook on the outcome of depression and negative expectancies about the possibility of self-regulation of mood""read: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m92v7hb0njm2mnvnu6nv0kpnkzloe-_k4crh_wphpti/edit?usp=sharing.
The study found no difference in the levels of Serotonin on the BLOOD STREAM.. But the assumption is that lack of serotonin is on specific spaces inside the BRAIN. So a study is need for that.
However many people who use anti-depressants do show improvement... Because an increase in serotonin does improve your mood and overall happiness. And new discoveries (10 years) have shown that its in the intestines where the majority of serotonin is produced..
How many of us... cultist and ex-cultist suffer from Depression? What percentage that is? I think its on the upper 90%
I have also noticed that mormons also have high incidence on mental issues.... I guess this idea of flying being and magical convesations with magical people and the living on constant fear do take a toll on us.
I too took anti-depreesants..
And yes exercise and diet DO help... the problem is that when you are depressed you dont want to exercise and you eat bad...but is the same with seeking medical help.. when you are depressed you dont care for mental health.
And Pysolocibin has been shown to help on depression with only one use... I tried it several times now.. and Its wonderful on the awareness you can get... 100% down on everybody eating them..... it has now been discovered that wine in rome was always spiked and very frequently with mushrooms...
movie reviewer chris stuckman himself is an ex-jw and his review is here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t5otvlcnzq.
Thanks for the post... does anybody know how to get in contact with Chris?
september 2022 study watchtower p.16, par.7 .
"the second group consists of the great crowd of other sheep.
are their names now written in the book of life?
Oh the feeling to find out you didnt read the small letters.
DISCLAIMER: Paradise is really only the cleaning period where you get to be work and worship god all day...
But you aint there yet.. is just make believe.
we brainstormed a while back on this forum and pooled our knowledge on how to recognize false religion.
i think the list is worth reviewing and adding to if possible.
please feel free to correct and or add insights of your own to this list:.
here is my list:
1) why should i have a religion?
i officially need glasses.
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this was taken in london yesterday by a twitter user still managing his fade so i can't be more specific than that.
disgusting.
evrybody is sleeping... some stanfing up.. some laying on the floor.
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this was taken in london yesterday by a twitter user still managing his fade so i can't be more specific than that.
disgusting.
the question is: who got there first
- oh look theres a man laying on the street lets stand next to him.. so no one will disturb us.
or
- or theres some jws standing there. im gonna sleep next to him that way no one will disturb me.
in the 80s there was an bethel elder in the mexico branch, he was graduated along with his wife ruth becerril from gilead school.
he was in charge of meps and the whole computer department... he then started had sex with a 14 year girl in his congregation in the city of texcoco mexico.... he was then df and kicked of bethel but his wife stayed.
he then moved to usa took the girl with him and married her and a couple of years later was re appointed an elder again.. i saw a news article that an elder ex bethelite computer consultant from concord ca with the same name was charged on 1999 by the fbi for having sex with a minor in texas.. both from the same city elders jw and computer consultants.... i wonder what happened with his case..
In the 80s there was an Bethel Elder in the Mexico Branch, he was graduated along with his wife Ruth Becerril from Gilead school. He was in charge of MEPS and the whole computer department..
He then started had sex with a 14 year girl in his congregation in the city of Texcoco Mexico...
He was then DF and kicked of bethel but his wife stayed. I think she is still there.
He then moved to USA took the girl with him and married her and a couple of years later was re appointed an elder again.
I saw a news article that an elder ex bethelite computer consultant from concord ca with the same name was charged on 1999 by the fbi for having sex with a minor in texas.. Both from the same city elders JW and computer consultants...
I wonder what happened with his case.
jws believe that today, the time we live in is the worst time ever in history.
i know cause i just had a jw tell me yesterday this was the case.
he pointed to covid, the russian-ukraine war, the high gas prices and the food shortage happening.
you mean a window cleaner did an analysis of world history.... and got that result?
