Posts by Oubliette

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Mental Disorders among JW's

by Blackfalcon98 in

hi everyone, im begining to notice patterns of mental issues in the congregations and among the witnesses as a group.

do you think this is a trend in the entire world or is it exagerated in this organization?.

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Oubliette

Talesin, thanks for the kind words about teaching. I appreciate it.

I don't know if this will be surprising to you our not, but one of the things that really helps me stay enthusiastic about my teaching is by continuing to learn myself. I am currently working on a Masters in Education. The coursework considers a number of different subjects that are almost always immediately applicable to my teaching and my students.

The last course dealt with At-Risk students. Needeless to say, I have a few. Even thought I've been a teacher for a couple of decades, I find that there is so much I can still learn which helps me be more effective with my kids.

I even have a few JW students. It is very interesting to work with them considering where I am in my own personal journey. Of course, none of them know my opinions about the WTBTS. I just focus on teaching them how to think clearly and for themselves. Hey, it's what the Common Core State Standards are all about!

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Mental Disorders among JW's

by Blackfalcon98 in

hi everyone, im begining to notice patterns of mental issues in the congregations and among the witnesses as a group.

do you think this is a trend in the entire world or is it exagerated in this organization?.

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Oubliette

talesin: The depression that can be caused by cognitive dissonance (CD) is widespread among the JW community.

Good point. I appreciate the way you explained this.

The battle between what we SEE and what we are/were told to BELIEVE is really powerful, particularly is the individual is observant and tries to be even remotely thoughtful.

Nice explanation of how cognitive dissonance works in the mind of a typical JW.

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How to make the most of wife not going to service meeting?

by FadeToBlack in

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out of the blue, my wife told me that after this week's service meeting on friday (co visit) she is not going to anymore meetings during the week at night.

only sunday (am) meetings.

she explained that it is difficult and not safe for her to drive after dark (vision issues: i have the same problem so i couldn't help her if i wanted to).

Oubliette

FTB: Buy some wine and rent her favorite movies to make Friday 'our night'?

I like this plan!

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Mental Disorders among JW's

by Blackfalcon98 in

hi everyone, im begining to notice patterns of mental issues in the congregations and among the witnesses as a group.

do you think this is a trend in the entire world or is it exagerated in this organization?.

.

Oubliette

Enzo, are you going to answer my direct question? What "manipulated information" do you believe I presented?

What is your justification for believing any of the data I posted has been manipulated? Please provide proof for this assertion.

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new assembly experience... what do you reckon to this one?

by purrpurr in

ok so aparently there was this young girl who wanted to study with the jw's because she loved the bible so much.

she asked her fathers permission but he refused, after much nagging though he said she could have a study if she was prepared to have one of her fingers chopped off.

he thought the is would stop her but she was willing so he got a knife and cut off one of her fingers... a little while later she wanted to attend the meetings and he said no and again when nagged said she could attend meetings if she had another finger chopped off so she agreed and he chopped off a second finger.

Oubliette

blondie: I have heard of the meetings compared to the five fingers on our hand...which one can you do without.

In situations like this with the WTBTS, here's the one we all really need:

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new assembly experience... what do you reckon to this one?

by purrpurr in

ok so aparently there was this young girl who wanted to study with the jw's because she loved the bible so much.

she asked her fathers permission but he refused, after much nagging though he said she could have a study if she was prepared to have one of her fingers chopped off.

he thought the is would stop her but she was willing so he got a knife and cut off one of her fingers... a little while later she wanted to attend the meetings and he said no and again when nagged said she could attend meetings if she had another finger chopped off so she agreed and he chopped off a second finger.

Oubliette

purrpurr: OK so aparently there was this young girl ...

I've heard this bullshit story for years. There is absolutely no proof it is true.

Like so many WT/JW "stories" they are always 3rd+ hand. No one ever saw it first hand.

It's really not much different from stories that start, "Once upon a time ..."

What kind of father would mutilate his daughter like this? What kind of religion would tell a messed up story like this as if it proved anything good?

Let's review: It's a cult!

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Finally Free!!!

by ADJUSTMENTS in

my wife and i are finally free of this horrible cult we will be leaving the south east for the north western part of the us to start anew!!!

our friends and family have no idea of our new beliefs and feelings on the cult so it should be a nice clean break!

hope to connect with some in that area pm me if you'd like.. .

Oubliette

Congratulations and welcome to the rest of your life!

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Mental Disorders among JW's

by Blackfalcon98 in

hi everyone, im begining to notice patterns of mental issues in the congregations and among the witnesses as a group.

do you think this is a trend in the entire world or is it exagerated in this organization?.

.

Oubliette

Enzo: And by the way if my post are incomprehensible for you, than it is not a great efford, to ask for more clarification

You have a long history of not answering direct questions. This goes back to the thread you started about Steven Hassan.

Enzo: you are from the same category of Cedars.. like to criticize, but don't like to be criticised

Uh, what are you doing right now? And what's with the comparison to Cedars? He hasn't posted here in like a year and you only just joined less than 2 months ago. Comments like that are why some people here think you're a troll.

Enzo: when manipulated information is presented...and that's the case of your opinions presented here about Religion being the dominant factor why JW's has PD's..

So which is it? "Manipulated information" or my opinion? And if you believe the information I posted from WHO, the NIMH, the researchers Jacobi Wittchen and Alonso Angermeyer are alll "manipulated," what is your evidence? That's a pretty grand conspiracy theory you're painting there!

Finally, you are completey off your rocker when you make statements misconstruing my words. I never said that religion was the "dominant factor" concerning JWs and mental illness. I still can't figure out if your an annoying troll or just have trouble understanding English.

Also, I never used the term PD or personality disorder. You introduced it into our discussion. I cited the NIMH's date which used the term "any mental illness." They are different. If you don't or can't understand that then further dialog with you is pointless.

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WT Study 26th Oct. '14

by BluesBrother in

i could find another thread so i thought i might add a few comments here - not a full critique though.

"hear jehovah's voice wherever you are".

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140815/hear-jehovahs-voice/.

Oubliette

88JM: Yes - because a night at home spent beating your bongosis so much better than a nice evening out with a good looking workmate who actually might be interested to get to know you personally.

You made me laugh!

Nothin' like beating your bongos to keep you safe from Satan's world.

BTW, the guy's playing a conga.

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Mental Disorders among JW's

by Blackfalcon98 in

hi everyone, im begining to notice patterns of mental issues in the congregations and among the witnesses as a group.

do you think this is a trend in the entire world or is it exagerated in this organization?.

.

Oubliette

Enzo: Oubliette: your gues was wrong: PS means Psychiatric orders

I had to guess because you didn't say.

You're really a piece of work.

Most of your last post is completely incomprehensible.

Get a clue!