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  Is Pokemon Demonic?

  by Saename in

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  [spoiler: pokemon is an invitation to communication with or possession by demons because... well... pokemon comes from demons.

  so... i was looking through different questions on quora, and i noticed one that read, "is pokemon demonic?

  " i was interested in seeing what people have to say, especially that not so long ago there was a thread (or a post in a thread?

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  Crabby

  No, it's a money making scam as once you get to a certain level you have to pay. There is anecdotal evidence that it is better than smoking.

  However to a schizophrenic JW, anything can be demonic, including the manger at Christmas
  
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  "But WHY??"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  a thought struck me.

  as young children we were known for often asking the question "but why?

  " to anything and everything that we were told and presented with in life.

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  Crabby

  JW's are not allowed to ask why, in fact they are not allowed to think it. If they do they are executed from the Cult.

  Can you imagine a World where Thomas Edison never ask why?
  
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  Will Jehovah...

  by watson in

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  when jehovah brings armageddon, will he let me live long enough to witness the deaths of my children and grand children because they didn't believe in him?

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  since i've faded and i don't promote worshiping him anymore, i am just wondering.. at least i'd know for sure what kind of god he is?.

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  Is it moral to pray for 7.4 billion people to die?
  
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  Paranormal Warning

  by Cold Steel in

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  2. beliefs

  i've heard some weird stories coming from jws about the paranormal.

  i know about the warnings about items that come from unbelievers -- those don't interest me as much.

  what i am interested in are actual experiences in stories of the paranormal you've heard or experienced yourself.

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  Crabby

  So you believe in paranormal demons telling you things and chasing you in the night..............

  Catholics generally no longer do exorcisms, not at least since schizophrenia was discovered

  http://www.caic.org.au/jws/medical/mental.htm

  The Scientific Research

  Especially since the 1975 date (which was predicted to usher in God's kingdom on earth) failed, the numerous problems in the Watchtower congregations have received much mass media and scholarly attention. Most intensively studied problems include disfellowshipping, doctrinal disputes, and their recurring prophetic speculation failures. [4] Witness mental health issues have also been examined by many investigators.[5]

  The writer, as a former Witness for over twenty years, was extensively involved in various administrative levels of the organization. This gave him first hand access to information relating to most social and bureaucratic aspects of the Watchtower. He has also used his decade of extensive clinical experience with Witnesses and an extensive literature review as a basis for his evaluation. Outsiders have limited access to inside information, and for this reason are forced to rely on official publications, all of which are viewed by Witnesses as quasi-inspired.[6] The literature reveals eight academic studies which explored the problem of Witness mental illness. These will be briefly reviewed by year, the oldest first.

  The Rylander Study

  Swedish psychiatrist Dr. Rylander investigated a sample of conscientious objectors imprisoned in Sweden. Of the 135 randomly selected cases, fully 126 were Witnesses. Of these 126, Rylander diagnosed 51 as neurotic, 42 psychotic, 32 as mentally retarded, and 5 as brain-damaged (some overlap exists because some cases were in two or more categories).[7] Diagnosis was made solely on the basis of behavior that was clearly pathological, such as irrational paranoia or severe long term depression, and not behavior that resulted from following Watchtower doctrine as non-social involvement with the non-Witnesses. Rylander also concluded from the subjects' medical records and his interviews that their pathological state was not uncommonly evident before conversion, but that the Watchtower's' influence was often detrimental to mental health, sometimes severely so.

  About four percent of the eligible armed service Swedish population were judged psychologically "unfit" for military services. The corresponding figure for Witnesses was twenty-one percent, or a rate five times greater. This was very close to the same ratio found by Spencer [8] whose diagnosis of "psychotic" or "neurotic" was made on the basis of mental hospital admission screening. Few of the cases in Rylander's study were marginal Witnesses, and most were actively involved in the Watchtower. Rylander concluded that many of those he studied lacked an education, job skills, emotional stability, and quality social relations. Unsatisfactory employment records often existed because of psychological deficiencies, lack of ability or immaturity. Rylander found that Witnesses committed "...a relatively large number of small crimes and other misdemeanors which generally resulted only in a fine...three [Witnesses] have been imprisoned for stealing or harboring of stolen property, and 36 have been fined for various offenses (traffic violations, drunkenness, unlawful selling of alcohol, poaching, unlawful entering, etc.)" [9]

  Neurotic symptoms commonly found in his sample included "feelings of discomfort, general anxiety, poor sleep habits, times of brooding over what they see as the meaninglessness of life, the wrongs they have suffered and the mistakes they have made." [10] Rylander noted that the Watchtower doctrine helped some adherents to explain "all of their problems in life, and has given them a satisfaction and calmness which has brought a measure of stability to their lives." [11]

  He also concluded that individual Witnesses tended to be burdened with a variety of serious concerns and often joined the sect in an effort to solve their many problems. Although the results of this study are not fully applicable to today's situation, many of his conclusions are still largely true. [12] A major difference between his sample and today is that the Witnesses are now more middle-class and less socially rejected. Many Witnesses, though, especially those living in developing nations, still experience many of the same problems that Rylander reported.

  
  
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  Paranormal Warning

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
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  i've heard some weird stories coming from jws about the paranormal.

  i know about the warnings about items that come from unbelievers -- those don't interest me as much.

  what i am interested in are actual experiences in stories of the paranormal you've heard or experienced yourself.

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  25 percent of the people hat fall for the JW cartoons are adults with schizophrenia or some related serious metal disease. This explains all thoughts, voices and visions. The watchtower also selects as many of these people as they can, because they are easier to sucker out of their savings.
  
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  Exit therapist

  by Beachlover in

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  2. friends

  i am having quite a bit of trouble leaving and fading.

  does anyone have recommendations of an exit therapist?

  it doesn't matter where they are located, i need to get out physically, mentally, and emotionally.

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  The best therapist is Jesus and his people, remember you have been brainwashed by Satans people. Find a church and explain to the Priest, Minister or Pastor what has happened and let Jesus find you
  
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  Need advice

  by Drwho in

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  i'm a middle aged man.

  i dated a jw lady for 3 months ., we never had sex, just made out , half naked , well everything except underwear .

  she has been a jw for 40 years ., was married to a jw but he committed adultery 13 years ago so they divorced .

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  Tell her to accept that Jesus is the Son of God who came to the Earth to cure the sick and feed the poor and that he was risen on the third day in the flesh...........See if she believes any of this, or will she maintain that Jesus was not the son of God, but Michael, the brother of Lucifer.....

  Tell her she can come to Church with you, or play with herself in her underwear some more.

  God forgives, he does not kill children, only Satan does that in a gods name.

  Run
  
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  Need advice

  by Drwho in

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  i'm a middle aged man.

  i dated a jw lady for 3 months ., we never had sex, just made out , half naked , well everything except underwear .

  she has been a jw for 40 years ., was married to a jw but he committed adultery 13 years ago so they divorced .

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  Crabby

  Jehovah is the Devil, the same one that Catholics used to Exorcize. Are you willing to pray to a God that is promising to kill all of your Catholic relatives and all of the Worlds Mothers with their newborn children. Are you willing to drive the car that the watchtower tells you that you can drive? never vote again, never sing the national anthem, only screw in the missionary position and have this chick tell the grand poobah if you do it any other way?

  Are you willing to attend 5 meetings a week donating at every one, then beg at doors for more morons to donate more to the grand poobah. Are you willing to have NO friends that are not JW retards?

  http://truthrundown.net/jehovah-witness/141-things-jehova-witnesses-cant-do/

  Run like hell, to a Priest and beg forgiveness from your flaunt with Satan
  
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  My Refurbished Web Page

  by NeonMadman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know that many here are no longer believers, but i also know that there are still some participating in this forum who consider themselves christians.

  i recently refurbished my web site extensively, and thought some of you might enjoy browsing it.

  some of my articles are aimed at exposing unbiblical teachings of the watchtower, and my video presentations on "darkness in the watchtower" and "the watchtower's mad science and bad medicine" have been particularly well received.

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  You are just pissed the Jehoovas have the lowest rate of college attendance of any religion...................
  
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  My Refurbished Web Page

  by NeonMadman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know that many here are no longer believers, but i also know that there are still some participating in this forum who consider themselves christians.

  i recently refurbished my web site extensively, and thought some of you might enjoy browsing it.

  some of my articles are aimed at exposing unbiblical teachings of the watchtower, and my video presentations on "darkness in the watchtower" and "the watchtower's mad science and bad medicine" have been particularly well received.

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  Crabby

  Sorry Landy, mocking Jesus is not what Jehovah's are supposed to do, but this is exactly what you are doing here. The Moody Bible Institute is a fully accredited school that no JW can attend not only because they do not teach the watchtower but because JW's have the lowest rate of higher education of all religions. So try again kid http://www.moody.edu/BAMA/