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  The INTJ Personality Type, (and those close to it)

  by done4good in

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  2. friends

  i am compelled to write a bit about this at this late hour here in the us, because it is keeping me up.. the recent four year old thread on the briggs myers personality type test that was dug up, produced an interesting finding.

  many here, (at least tested informally for), the intj personality type.

  intjs also do not understand irrational behavior particularly well at all.. why does this matter?

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  @rebel8 I learned about MBTI through an old post from you.
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  Is This Not Blaspheme?

  by Pinku in

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  is this not blaspheme?.

  there three broad views on (the purpose of) life:.

  1) life arose out of nothing and will return to it.

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  1) Life arose out of nothing and will return to it

  This is the purest truth I know.

  It makes me responsible to myself and to life itself, because it's a very rare and ethereal thing.

  God is a collateral effect from primitive minds.
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  What do Baptists believe?

  by quellycatface in

  1. jw
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  i'm thinking about going to church again because i'm really interested in god (today)!!.

  sometimes i'm so confused and feel like there is no god, other days i do and want to try and get to know him.. i guess i'm scared because of all the bs that went on in the kh.. there is a local baptist church near me that seems nice.

  i'm in the uk.

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  If you really really need a religion try buddhism.
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  The INTJ Personality Type, (and those close to it)

  by done4good in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am compelled to write a bit about this at this late hour here in the us, because it is keeping me up.. the recent four year old thread on the briggs myers personality type test that was dug up, produced an interesting finding.

  many here, (at least tested informally for), the intj personality type.

  intjs also do not understand irrational behavior particularly well at all.. why does this matter?

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  John_Mann

  You can't change your type.

  But you can fake for short periods of time. It demands lots of mental energy, it literally gives you headaches.

  Type is a complex mix between nature and nurture (before 5 or 6 yo).

  You can't reset your early childhood and your genome, YET.
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  Your thoughts on demons, ghosts and spirits

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as a jw were taught all about demons but i never had an incident.

  my wife believes wholeheartedly says her family including her has had problems with them.

  i have met people that even non religious people that say they have experienced a ghost or a spirit.

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  John_Mann

  I play chess with demons.

  I'm still waiting for a game with Satan.
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  jw.org getting out of hand

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems the watchtower staff have made a runaway train with the introduction of the mark jw.org.. the combination of using a gadget driven platform and the fact that the common jw is low educated and easely influenced.

  by new occurrings in their religion makes the situation getting out of hand.. proof: gb members wearing jw.org buttons during their speech, gifts with jw.org are given away, umbrellas with the jw.org are available.

  jw.org is more important then god, his son and the gospel.. it's the gadget and the jw.org mark that counts.. i am so happy my grandparents are not confronted with these idiots.. it's a runaway train heading to the end of the track.. gorby .

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  They still don't decided which line the dot stays...

  I see a theocratical split in this: the JW dotters and the Dot orggers.

  Which side you will choose? LOL
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  The INTJ Personality Type, (and those close to it)

  by done4good in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am compelled to write a bit about this at this late hour here in the us, because it is keeping me up.. the recent four year old thread on the briggs myers personality type test that was dug up, produced an interesting finding.

  many here, (at least tested informally for), the intj personality type.

  intjs also do not understand irrational behavior particularly well at all.. why does this matter?

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  John_Mann

  INTP here. I'm fascinated with MBTI, and I'll explain the INTJ type a little bit:

  I= Introversion. The best and most interesting people you know, dwells inside your head.

  Ni= Introverted Intuition. Dominant function in INTJ's. It's a subconscious function, gives you a sense of focus and probability in an abstract way. "This shit WILL happen".

  Te= Extroverted Thinking. Secondary function, it's a conscious function, gives you the ability to invent things related to your environment.

  Fi= Introverted Feeling. Conscious function, gives you the sense of a strong internal conviction based on very personal values.

  Se= Extroverted Sensing. The shadow function in INTJ's. It's a subconscious function, is repressed by the Ni, and enables you to catch instant concrete details from the environment.

  J= Judging. Narrow your decisions to small options and drives you to act upon the environment.

  Ni, Fi and J makes an INTJ a very very focused person, a person who cannot procrastinate, it's a person who needs to action. Sometimes INTJ's can be very paranoid.

  A good example of a fictional INTJ is the Ozymandias from Watchmen. Dr. Manhatan is an INTP.

  Batman is an INTJ too. Spider-man is an INTP.

  Issac Newton was an INTJ. Eistein is the quintessential INTP.

  This world is the best place for ESFJ's and ESFP's. They are the vast majority of people.

  INTJ's and INFJ's are the rarest, followed by INTP's. The 3 together made aprox. 5% of the world population.

  INTJ's are super strategists and INTP's deeper analysts.
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  Expressions on faces at DC/RC

  by BU2B in

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  2. friends

  i have become more observant at the last couple district conventions of jws faces and enthusiasm and it seems to be very somber.

  i remember a couple of years ago i was an attendant at one of the upper sections at the blue cross arena in rochester, ny and in afternoon session at least half were curled up with their eyes closed, some with blankets.

  the applause seems very forced and mechanical.

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  ("Every JW event I can recall, the bathrooms always smell like one giant fart. I don't know what it is, but that's always the case."

  These arenas are typically designed for events that last 2-4 hours. The discrap crapventions are 3 consecutive 8 hr. days or so. It can easily overload the ventilation and plumbing systems.)

  Best explanation for an old doubt.

  Too much crap, a simple explanation for everything related to WT.
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  Something I need to clear up about the bible - It is not a BRONZE AGE BOOK!

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  let's be technical.

  the bronze age ended in 1200 bce in devoloped places and later ... aroun 900-800 in other places.

  indeed read 1 samuel 13's ending.. the bible was produced not one tiny bit in the bronze age.

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  But the stuff is from the stone age.
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  jw.org getting out of hand

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems the watchtower staff have made a runaway train with the introduction of the mark jw.org.. the combination of using a gadget driven platform and the fact that the common jw is low educated and easely influenced.

  by new occurrings in their religion makes the situation getting out of hand.. proof: gb members wearing jw.org buttons during their speech, gifts with jw.org are given away, umbrellas with the jw.org are available.

  jw.org is more important then god, his son and the gospel.. it's the gadget and the jw.org mark that counts.. i am so happy my grandparents are not confronted with these idiots.. it's a runaway train heading to the end of the track.. gorby .

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  John_Mann

  (Proof: GB members wearing jw.org buttons during their speech, gifts with jw.org are given away, umbrellas with the jw.org are available.)

  Really???