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Question for science geeks

by rebelfighter in

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friends

do any of you know anything about prescription medications and their reactions?

the doctors cannot explain why but i react to everything they prescribe to the point that now all my doctors are attempting neutral remedies before medication.

tomorrow i am having surgery to drill a hole in my head to put in a titanium rod and we are doing local instead of general simply because it lessens the amount of needed drugs.

Question for science geeks

by rebelfighter in

jw
friends

do any of you know anything about prescription medications and their reactions?

the doctors cannot explain why but i react to everything they prescribe to the point that now all my doctors are attempting neutral remedies before medication.

tomorrow i am having surgery to drill a hole in my head to put in a titanium rod and we are doing local instead of general simply because it lessens the amount of needed drugs.

millie210

Hows your liver? The problem may not be with the medication or with you as a whole.

The problem may be with the way your body processes the ingredients in the medication.

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Ponderings of a Worldly Person

by Nevuela in

35-year-old female in california here.

never a jw, but have had bible studies and attended several meetings and even a convention once.

i've always been agnostic with leanings toward the belief in some deity or other, although the more i learned from the jw's, the more i've learned to doubt, not just their teachings, but the fundamental teachings of all religions.

millie210

Hi Nevuela,

Welcome to the board. It is obvious you have a curious seeking mind.

That is a trait that is sorely missing in todays world amongst many so good for you.

I really like what Wayward said above, that was my thought too.

Your friend sounds like she is very influenced by the power of suggestion. The bunker video at the summer convention was a masterpiece of psychological suggestion. Inferring that the world is about to turn on JWs who will be bravely hiding in basements ready to face the troops down when they storm the door.

Some JWs laughed or snickered and just rolled on.

Most felt a stirring of uneasiness (after all, it could happen, right?) and resolved to do more in meeting attendance and contributing to the world wide work.

A small amount of JWs have been fixating on the video. They think it is a subtle message within a message that only the wisest will see now and others will see later.

Your friend sounds like she might be in the latter group.

The Org was aiming its message at the middle group. They, like most manipulative groups, have little to no concern about the first or the last group - their target audience was the middle and the rest is collateral damage.

Your friend sounds like a good and gentle soul and no doubt she resonates easily to the "twanging of her emotional strings" so to speak. This video would have been fairly powerful in her mind especially if she is highly visual in her learning style.

You say she mentioned a couple of years ago that the Great Trib. might have already started....this is very common among JWs who are very sincere and slightly eccentric. To think they are the first to pick up the scent when the winds of change might be blowing. The Orgs record is one of them getting letters by the thousands stating what your friend thinks.

If it is popular enough, sometimes the Governing Body will put it in print as their own unique revelation. Anyone who thought it ahead of that time is considered "rushing ahead" and anyone who doesnt swallow it in its entirety once in makes print is considered "not accepting new light" and not keeping up with the chariot of God.

See how that works? The Governing Body and only they, keep a firm grip on the flow of information.

Again, welcome and I hope you continue posting. There are lots of nice people here.

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BOE re:Adjusted Process to Accelerate Kingdom Hall Construction

by TTATTelder in

may 12, 2014. to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.

re: adjusted process to accelerate kingdom hall construction.

dear brothers:.

millie210

Looks like an optometrist office.

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Personalities on the forum

by compound complex in

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friends

we've frequently discussed how forums are different from real life, yet many have developed close friendships through this and other boards.

some posters are super friendly and personable and others just state their business and do not interact.

i understand human nature and cannot be friends with everyone.

millie210

Hi stuck! thanks.

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Personalities on the forum

by compound complex in

jw
friends

we've frequently discussed how forums are different from real life, yet many have developed close friendships through this and other boards.

some posters are super friendly and personable and others just state their business and do not interact.

i understand human nature and cannot be friends with everyone.

millie210

Great food for thought CoCo.

I like the anonymity of forums. Instead of being less ones self I think it enables us to be more of ourself. It is a place where you can be truly honest about what you think and feel without running the risk of hurting the feelings of people in your day to day life that may have expectations of you.

Before I felt confident enough to express my displeasure with the Org in person, I came here. I said what I thought. I got validation, my confidence grew, I confided in people I know in my life and they too responded positively.

This forum was a starting point, a leaping off place of new ideas and feelings that were blooming in me. It was a great dress rehearsal in a safe area.

I always assume someone is who they say they are. If they are not, it will show up given time. Some of the finest people I have ever conversed with are here on the site. I love it.

(and of course I love you too CoCo - that seems a given with your gentle soul)

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