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  Could remembering what kept us captive in the WBTS prison help us spring our loved ones?

  by Fernando in

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  is it essentially unscriptural fear of death and fear of the big a that keeps wbts/gb followers captive, passive, unthinking, unquestioning and blind?.

  is it the unscriptural promises of organisational salvation and baptismal salvation and works salvation that keeps wbts/gb followers on a treadmill to nowhere?.

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  I was out with some never-JW friends last night, among which only a couple knew of my JW past.

  There was one young and lovely couple there, both of them in their late 20s. They're just a couple of young adults making their way in an uncertain world.

  It suddenly struck me that these two young'ns have never been exposed to the idea that DEATH and SUFFERING are not natural facets of the material world. It made me realize just how out-of-step i was during my cult years with the normal realities that most people are (at least unconsciously) able to accept without experiencing crippling mental distress.

  Life is full of suffering, and suffering to a large extent makes the world what it is. You can't remove it as a feature - nothing makes sense without it. The "living forever" part of the JW belief system is really just "not dying".
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  breakup guilt

  by fresh prince of ohio in

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  i recently broke up with my girlfriend of four years.. she is 40 years old, with health problems, financial problems, little family/friend support, and facing an uncertain future.

  i gave her some money.. the guilt i am experiencing right now is absolutely anguishing.

  she had very, very high hopes about our relationship and loved me very deeply.

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  fresh prince of ohio

  Sorry if i'm dragging this on ad nauseum. Just writing about all of this to get it off my chest as it seems to help.

  Apparently i was just as caught up in being depended on as she was being dependent, as I lay awake in the dark, still, morning hours every day worrying (via very distressing mental imagery) that she won't make it without me. I feel this almost DESPERATE need to run back to her, just so i can know that she's ok and to protect her.

  She had an eating disorder at one time in her life, for which she had to be hospitalized and treated. From what I've read, anorexia often occurs in women who had emotionally absent fathers, which she certainly did (her father is a very low IQ guy with a volcanic, childish temper and little ability to relate to people in normal ways).

  I'm utterly haunted and destroyed at the idea that she will spiral down and give up. And beyond that, that said spiraling will occur partially from a crumbling economy or other circumstances beyond either of our control. I just want to protect her from all suffering. AND I CAN'T. I can't stand that I can't protect her from all suffering.

  It's like she was my child more than my girlfriend.

  And I can't stop worrying about her. I can say to myself all day that "she's an adult", "she'll be okay", "I'm not responsible for her well-being" but it doesn't seem to help much.
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  What JWism taught me

  by fresh prince of ohio in

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  humans, generally speaking, are immoral and corrupt.. death is not natural.

  bad news is good news.. the present life is all for naught.. i cannot trust my own judgment.. the only possible good i can do for another person is to sell them on jwism.. they're out to get me.. humanity will not survive without divine intervention..

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  Humans, generally speaking, are immoral and corrupt.

  Death is not natural

  Bad news is good news.

  The present life is all for naught.

  I cannot trust my own judgment.

  The only possible good I can do for another person is to sell them on JWism.

  They're out to get me.

  Humanity will not survive without divine intervention.
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  Interesting Observation by a Coworker

  by breakfast of champions in

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  over the past couple years, i've confided my whole "apostate experience" to one of my coworkers, everything from 607 and 1914, to disfellowshipping and being raised with the constant fear my worldly family would die in armageddon.

  so he knows the whole witness thing.. anyway, he tells me this experience he had on tuesday:.

  you wouldn't believe this, boc.

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  fresh prince of ohio

  I think your coworker made that up. Seriously.
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  Fukushima

  by molybdenum in

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  2. beliefs

  i was listening to arnie gundersun on fairewinds.org.

  http://fairewinds.org/media/radio/olympic-insanity-gundersen-charge-fukushima.

  explaining the situation at fukushima and how the .

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  fresh prince of ohio

  fukushima means that we're all going to die horribly, and soon.

  fukushima means that we're all going to die horribly, and soon.

  fukushima means that we're all going to die horribly, and soon.

  (just testing out a new method of combatting anxiety that i read about today. seems to kinda work)
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  What Do You Read?

  by minimus in

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  as a jw, i read all the publications and tried to understand all "theocratic" watchtower policy.. i read 3 newspapers a day and rarely read a book or magazine, other than wt.

  stuff.. i read the bible a number of times and still find it a good read.. i love to read the internet news as well as the cherished drudge report.. what's your favorite read??.

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  fresh prince of ohio

  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, currently.
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  breakup guilt

  by fresh prince of ohio in

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  2. relationships

  i recently broke up with my girlfriend of four years.. she is 40 years old, with health problems, financial problems, little family/friend support, and facing an uncertain future.

  i gave her some money.. the guilt i am experiencing right now is absolutely anguishing.

  she had very, very high hopes about our relationship and loved me very deeply.

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  fresh prince of ohio

  Very insightful jgnat, thank you.

  i hope she'll survive all this, learn from it and come away from it a better person. But she may not, and that's the part that really sucks.
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  breakup guilt

  by fresh prince of ohio in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i recently broke up with my girlfriend of four years.. she is 40 years old, with health problems, financial problems, little family/friend support, and facing an uncertain future.

  i gave her some money.. the guilt i am experiencing right now is absolutely anguishing.

  she had very, very high hopes about our relationship and loved me very deeply.

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  fresh prince of ohio

  did I love her enough to make a lifelong commitment to the relationship? No.

  how would I feel if I learned that she had found a new guy and was very happy with him? Ecstatically happy for her, and hugely relieved that my leaving her didnt crush her to the point of no return.

  so why do I keep thinking that I made a big mistake leaving her?

  anguish
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  Pyschology reveals the comforts of the apocalypse

  by fresh prince of ohio in

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  2. friends

  http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/12/18/psychology-reveals-the-comforts-of-the-apocalypse/.

  don't know if this was posted here when this article was current (2012).. .

  although i have left jwism far behind me, i still live with very strong, sometimes almost unbearable, fears of catastrophic events leading to complete societal breakdown..

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  http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/12/18/psychology-reveals-the-comforts-of-the-apocalypse/

  Don't know if this was posted here when this article was current (2012).

  Although I have left JWism far behind me, I still live with very strong, sometimes almost unbearable, fears of catastrophic events leading to complete societal breakdown.
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  Jwtalk: "You can hide the fact that you are gay but you can't hide the color of your skin."

  by The Quiet One in

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  fresh prince of ohio

  These uptight, moralistic rants by jaydubyas just kill me.

  The whole point of JWism is that god is going to kill all non-jaydubs ANY DAY NOW. Right??

  So why get upset?