years and years ago, i had read something in a book that clinically examined joan of arc and gave a hypothesis regarding her visions, using her own descriptions of the episodes and using what she experienced as symptoms.
i can't remember if they had said it was epilepsy or a brain tumor.. i saw this article today and it got me thinking again.
i also started thinking about how in the past, gb has talked about visions/divine inspiration/whatever... russell even endorsed a woman's book where she supposedly spoke to a "fallen angel".. kinda made me wonder....
I've become very interested in the brain since learning TTAT, I made those connections very early and applied it to the bible it's accounts and writers.
Religious conviction and mental illness are a poor combination.
Hallucinations are another matter though and may well expalin quite a lot of it. Oliver Sacks has done a lot of work in this field.
is that i was born into this cult, taught and believed that i was going to live forever, , that i was never going to have to die.
now i am in my mid 30's realizing that this life is all there is and that after that i am dead forever and i am terrified.
i don't want this to be all there is, , i don't want to just live a few years on this beautiful planet and then become non existent forever!
Man that read almost exactly like me except i am mid 40s.
Do you know (i mean KNOW) where your heart is exactly?
This was a helpful leasson for me to learn so that all the pains in my left hand chest area could be dismissed as muscle / intestinal and nothing to do with the heart. I'd spent years worrying about my heart, chest pains and palpitations when most of the time it wasnt anything to do with my heart. My dad died of a heart attack at 58.
Get it checked out of course, but if your heart comes up as normal on the ecg then believe it. Worrying about your heart does nothing at all to help it. Get it checked then learn to relax if all clear.
i really enjoy making memes from the my book of bible stories..
Thanks for the laughs.
during my eight month long study with "elder bob" (moms husband) we have batted around many subjects to say the least.
but the one that really stands out is the dreaded date of 607 bc.
im sorry i just will not let up with this date, and him having to prove it can stand.
Thanks for the laughs..
Scholar, what tool.
as i've been chatting with a jw neighbour he has said, "heck, some people think we are a cult!
" and scoffs at very idea.
how ludicrous (he thinks)!
They give their own meanings to words to suit their agenda, so of course a negative term like cult could never be seen to apply to them under their definition.
Use the BITE model and they have no wiggle room.
i was speaking with my brother who lives in the nyc area.
his congregation is assigned to the convention at metlife (pro football stadium) in nj.
his congregation is hosting delegates.
As long as it's missionaries or other elites and it could be used for cult propaganda then it's fine, any one else is just classed as riff raff and given the finger.
matthew 1:1 is called "the book of the generation" - everything in matthew refers to this same generation.. similar terminology can be seen in genesis 5:1 " this is the book of the generations of adam.
when god created man, he made him in the likeness of god.
" all of the descendants mentioned in genesis 5 cover a time period of 1656 years.. another example of this type of generation, reference can be seen in genesis 37 "v.2 these are the generations of jacob.".
let's just keep this simple ....
Jesus believed in the flood, we now know there was no flood, ergo jesus was a flawed human like the rest of us, so whatever he did or did not mean by anything he is ever puported to have said or done becomes pointless.
gotta love the internet... you can find out the watchtower deception in minutes.
this is an awesome example of cherrypicking:.
*** w79 2/15 p. 13 insight on the news ***.
Good find thanks...
this week is the "special week", co is back.. he phone called me this morning asking to meet together.. i replied "i don't refuse people who want talking to me, but my condition is that you must be alone, and we meet in public space.".
he agreed and we will meet tomorrow in a cafe.. .
this week he already met with my wife in the kh, and he told her "i believe your housband is apostate !!
he has already stated his agenda in talking to your wife, ...He will record the conversation even if you are alone and no one is listening in, so why bother?
comstock sign systems .
http://www.comstocksigns.com/files/kingdom-hall-signs.pdf .
.. petra.
It's a cult and a scam!
