Posts by SPAZnik

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Finally feeling it. Anger.

by SPAZnik in

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anger.

i'm finally feeling it.

yay!!

SPAZnik

Anger. I'm finally feeling it. Yay!! Was starting to wonder.

Anger for lies. Anger for time lost. Anger for compound ripple effects.

It sucks of course. Not fun all the time. But feels like a key part of the process to work through.

I used to have some of my own rationale for demonizing natural emotions like anger.

Now I'm experiencing it as all a part of the healthy human experience.

Each emotion has a gift, I have been recently learning. Here are a few:

Sadness = healing

Fear = wisdom

Resistance = protection

Anger = strength

Shame = humility

Embrace each feeling, even the uncomfortable ones, and get the gifts. :)

There ae only 4 things we can do with feelings. Talk them out (share them), somotize them (turn them in on ourselves which leads to health problems etc), project them onto others (aim them at the wrong person place or thing), or act them out. Only the first is healthy.

Wanted to share. :)

I hope you will benefit.

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Have you ever used the C-word in front of an Elder?

by Think About It in

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have you ever refered to the jw's as a cult in front of an elder?

what was their reaction?.

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SPAZnik

No. But when they asked me when was the last time you had sex with someone you weren't married to, I was honest and said last night. They kicked me out. Like many humans, they are simpletons, lacking self-control, that are incapable of aiming their fear and anger in the appropriate direction, instead finding any excuse they can to shoot the messenger in order to make themselves feel better.

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Help please - my wife wants a divorce

by IMHO in

i've read some old posts and they don't really fit my situation.. my wife just told me she wants a divorce and that's it after nearly 20 years., she doesn't want to try to work on it.. other posts talk about friends and family.

i have no family and no friends (due to a lot of traveling).. i went back to my hometown a year ago (after many years away) and even then old friends treated me as a stranger, like they've moved on.. i've had a lot of emotional / mental problems, basically a breakdown so have found it impossible to fulfill my role as a husband for many years, emotionally and physically and she said she's had enough, although she's never talked about it before.. she went out and had an unplanned one-night-stand.

i forgive me but she says she doesn't love me anymore.. we both find it very difficult to communicate our feelings.

SPAZnik

Go care for yourself for a while.

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NEW GENERATION DEFINED -- April 15, 2010 Watchtower

by Ultimate Reality in

from jw.org, here is the new definition of the generation from the april 15, 2010 watchtower.. .

article: holy spirits role in the outworking of jehovahs purpose.

13 third, holy spirit is at work in bringing bible.

SPAZnik

Also reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Sdh239AII

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NEW GENERATION DEFINED -- April 15, 2010 Watchtower

by Ultimate Reality in

from jw.org, here is the new definition of the generation from the april 15, 2010 watchtower.. .

article: holy spirits role in the outworking of jehovahs purpose.

13 third, holy spirit is at work in bringing bible.

SPAZnik

Reminds me of that script that says not to be exasperating your children. Well the JW version of God exasperates me.

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NEW GENERATION DEFINED -- April 15, 2010 Watchtower

by Ultimate Reality in

from jw.org, here is the new definition of the generation from the april 15, 2010 watchtower.. .

article: holy spirits role in the outworking of jehovahs purpose.

13 third, holy spirit is at work in bringing bible.

SPAZnik

Would anyone even want to worship a God that made it this difficult to understand his words? I mean, what a Bastard the JW God must be.

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That doesn't sound cultish at all...

by Mickey mouse in

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.... "this is an unofficial group for fans of the watchtower.

keep all comments upbuilding and encouraging please.

no debates or questionings or criticisms are allowed.

SPAZnik

Double standards that apply to all power trippers. And remember, it's a monologue, not a dialogue. Submit or die. :o)

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Funerals and Disfellowshipped Individuals

by lepermessiah in

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not to "hijack" dogpatch's recent thread, but the experience he relayed in the above topic struck a nerve and i was curious for more input.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/188715/1/my-aunts-funeral-at-the-kingdom-hall.

if there is ever a time when a shred of human dignity and compassion is deserved, it is at a funeral.. i am appalled by the way disfellowshipped individuals are treated, but especially at witness funerals.. the flesh and blood relatives have the right to be there if they choose.

if you are a witness and you are offended by a disfellowshipped person attending, dont let the door hit you in the @$$ on the way out.

SPAZnik

It boils down to the disfellowshipping policy being men's way of giving up on peace efforts when they themselves are overwhelmed by their own anger fear and incompetence at getting to the root truth of a situation. Too bad they won't acknowledge that. Perhaps it's a pride thing.

I guess in some circles it's okay to venerate the channelings of known murderers as justification for maintaining hyper vigilant bullying practices against others for any excuse from smoking, kissing girls they're not registered to, growing facial hair, or showing up to honour their dead relatives in times of grief.

Who was it that said let he who has not sinned cast the first stone? Jesus told stories about a 'prodigal son' who was met and received back from far away, just like that. Then again, Jesus is dead because of how he power played. But that JWs can't see the difference between their policies and CJs teachings that they claim to follow, boggles.

Compared with ancient spiritual practices that are thousands of years old, the JWs rules and regs and interpretations only have about a hundred years under their belt. Hence the koolaid?

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Funerals and Disfellowshipped Individuals

by lepermessiah in

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not to "hijack" dogpatch's recent thread, but the experience he relayed in the above topic struck a nerve and i was curious for more input.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/188715/1/my-aunts-funeral-at-the-kingdom-hall.

if there is ever a time when a shred of human dignity and compassion is deserved, it is at a funeral.. i am appalled by the way disfellowshipped individuals are treated, but especially at witness funerals.. the flesh and blood relatives have the right to be there if they choose.

if you are a witness and you are offended by a disfellowshipped person attending, dont let the door hit you in the @$$ on the way out.

SPAZnik

Outatlast! you said it perfectly.

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Funerals and Disfellowshipped Individuals

by lepermessiah in

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friends

not to "hijack" dogpatch's recent thread, but the experience he relayed in the above topic struck a nerve and i was curious for more input.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/188715/1/my-aunts-funeral-at-the-kingdom-hall.

if there is ever a time when a shred of human dignity and compassion is deserved, it is at a funeral.. i am appalled by the way disfellowshipped individuals are treated, but especially at witness funerals.. the flesh and blood relatives have the right to be there if they choose.

if you are a witness and you are offended by a disfellowshipped person attending, dont let the door hit you in the @$$ on the way out.

SPAZnik

"Gosh, I wonder why he doesnt ever want to come back?"

No kidding, hey. I can feel for the pain these types of situations cause.

Talk about overkill in usurping the very throne they claim to serve. They convince someone that God is judge and God is the reader of hearts and to forgive not 7 times but 77 times and so on just like JC, but then when that someone appears to stumble over a very emotion based rule or over their extremely irrational premature adjudications, turn around and punish them endlessly and at the worst times possible just because you 'can' then tell them that's because you think you're indignation is 'righteous' and your perspective is the only truth complete with a direct channel to God and they must submit to you or die or fill out form number whatever before you'll let them back in and only after jumping through hoops xyz and vut. Bureaucratic? Sociopathic? Sadistic? Diabolical? Delusional? Take your pick. War is war is war is war is war.

I'm beginning to believe that human beings are little other than walking talking shit-making machines. Every last one of them/us. JWs are no exception no matter how 'special' they seem to need to believe they are in order to deal with their fear. Some groups are just bigger pile-makers of the stuff, frequently BECAUSE of how 'special' they think their name or place is in the grande fear-based schemata. A bully by any other name still stinks to high heaven.

Would they even know an opportunity to pave the way for peace if it sat on their face, once or a hundred times? Certainly not so long as their hearts and minds have been disabled by the feel-good group-think piles of BUNK they greedily ingest like a bunch of mindless addicts.

Indeed there is something to be said for letting 'the dead bury their dead' and dealing with life and death your own way instead of playing their perpetually ritualistic power tripping cowardly small man games in times of grief, which completely misses the point.