Posts by deegee

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

Religion = Fear of Death X Fear of Life

Religion and Nimble Duck have made death something to be feared. So people cling on to an afterlife to avoid facing up to their own oblivion.

Chimp DNA is 99 % human, what a difference though that 1% makes. God sent his son to save us, but poor old chimp just missed out he can go to hell. What’s in that extra 1%? Maybe that’s the bit that goes flying off to the afterlife in another universe?

We are mammals with 99% chimp DNA with the same prognosis as far as our eventual destiny is concerned. A wild beast gets eaten by a crocodile, it comes out as sh*t at the other end. Exactly the same happens when the crocodile eats a man.

So what happens to the two consciousnesses now? The wild beast's remains inside the crocodile/it's faeces but the man’s goes flying off to some other dimension?

Ecclesiastes 3:19:
"Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless."

1 Peter 1:24:

"For all flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off."

Psalm 103:15 - 16:

"As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more."

Also Isaiah 40:6-7, 51:12; James 1:10.

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

Finkelstein,

Mark Twain said it best.

It’s pure egotism, a false assessment of ones importance in the cosmos if we should believe otherwise.

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

There, there Nimble Duck, we understand. We know just how important it is for you to believe in the afterlife. And well why not, if it helps you get a good nights sleep.

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

Wow Hairtrigger!

Seems more like "Poettrigger"

That was a great ad lib. Love it.

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

ND,

We understand how scary it is for you to confront & come to terms with your mortality..........it is the curse if consciousness so I know that it must be you who is squirming, squirming, squirming.

Get over your self-importance ND & confront your mortality.

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

Now we see why people believe in religion/God - they can't stand the idea that death is the end of them.

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

ND,

What is your motive/objective?

Are you trying to use the fear of death to scare people into believing in an afterlife?

Has anyone been back from the dead and personally told you about their conversation with God, what he/she said to God and vice versa, and provided you with the details of what the afterlife is like?

I imagine the fear of death is the reason why you believe in an afterlife?

Perhaps our notion of self-importance is what causes us to believe that we shouldn't become nothing at death but we should live on ad infinitum instead?

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My Younger Brother Has Left The Witnesses!! :-D

by pale.emperor in

absolutely thrilled to give you the news that my younger brother, a zealous full-time pioneer has left the witnesses!!.

i haven't seen or spoke to him in a year.

i'd lost all contact with him, no facebook, no mobile number, i didn't even know his address because he'd moved house.

deegee

continuing.............

JWs are conditioned/brainwashed into looking for any evidence of how terrible things are as a sign that the end is nigh. You are made to feel guilty if you find anything praiseworthy about "this system of things"™

This mind set of negativity can only poison you against the world resulting in your feeling depressed.

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My Younger Brother Has Left The Witnesses!! :-D

by pale.emperor in

absolutely thrilled to give you the news that my younger brother, a zealous full-time pioneer has left the witnesses!!.

i haven't seen or spoke to him in a year.

i'd lost all contact with him, no facebook, no mobile number, i didn't even know his address because he'd moved house.

deegee

Pale Emperor,

What your brother said:

I haven't read a Watchtower in months and i feel so much "lighter"

I had the same experience. I felt so much lighter when I stopped reading the publications and attending the meetings.

We are in the world but not of the world. We must put kingdom interests ahead of our interests, detach ourselves from the world, our desires, our loves, and our passions.

Then there is the constant obsession with focusing on how awful things are as evidence that the end of the world is nigh. I remember once saying to an elder how the religion makes out everything to be so bad - he of course made feel that the problem was with me not the WT.

“Depression is a natural result of loss, and if you internalize teachings that poison you against the world, then of course you will become depressed.”
- Dr. Lorin Roche.

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Hearing voices, not always caused by demons.

by lancelink in

jw
friends

my wife and i for the past three months have been caring for a teenage girl who was abused by her parents.

she stole a car to get away, and living in prison was a welcome relief for her.

she was in prison for four years, and the state was going to release her, but she would not go back home.. a co-worker teacher that my wife knows told us the situation, and we agreed o help the girl get back on her feet.. well, she dealt with abuse from all aspects 😔, and is pretty messed up in the head from all of that.. but by being in our home, she was safe and was learning how to deal with her problems.

deegee

lancelink,

I know from personal experience while a JW, that people can be reserved/hesitant about helping someone in crisis, seeing them through, helping them to come out on the other side. So much for that Christian love which you think should move persons to at least point you in the right direction if they themselves cannot or are not prepared to help. So kudos to you for not abandoning this girl.

You may find to be of interest the following presentation by someone who had a similar experience of hearing voices as result of trauma from childhood sexual abuse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syjEN3peCJw

There is even now a hearing voices support group (Hearing Voices Network) – no place for demons there.

https://www.hearing-voices.org/