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  Narcissistic personality disorder and the dubs

  by purrpurr in

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  i've recently started to research npd.

  having identified several of my family members as having it ( no wonder we're such a ¿***#@**!!!!

  up family)there's huge similarities between the borg and individual members of the cong as well i've noticed.the over whelming love of self, the need to believe in a grandiose fictional version of themselves, always striving for more power and wealth, being unable to stand any criticism, and then there's the manipulation of the victims too.i could be wrong i guess but what thoughts do you guys have about it?

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  millie210 - good point. It's certainly, like all things, not a black-and-white issue where all JWS are stamped with a label. I think that the religion allows those with narcissistic tendencies, a place to practice them. The victim/ martyr complex is a good example. What is more controlling than someone who is always sick? Poor Sister so-and-so, does get a lot of attention. There's always a new crisis.

  Wanting our children to be little carbon copies (not exclusively JW, think about the super-rich. Their kids have an expected path to follow, and straying from it could mean disinheritance and expulsion from the family unit) is a narcissistic trait that JWS fosters. So they are, in fact, teaching these traits to the R&F. It's one of many factors to consider. Being aware and informed of the traits, makes a narcissist easier to spot and avoid (if possible).
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  Where are the EXJW Feminist Philosophers?

  by Luther bertrand in

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  i am working, more in the planning stages, where i am going to offer a commentary on the caleb and sophia cartoons that the org puts out.

  i noticed a heavily patriarchal bent to the narrative that these cartoons offer.

  i would really enjoy working with someone who has an academic background in feminist philosophy, or at least someone knowledgeable.

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  Bohm, I have someone picking me up in a few minutes, so for brevity, I will point-form.

  1. The 'joike' was a passive-aggressive slur, evidenced by the disclaimer, as I explained.

  2. I don't see Twitter as a valid form of journalistic communication.

  3. Academia is full of hypocrisy and politics - as I said, he may be talking out of turn far too much, or has a fat complaint file back at the University.
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  Narcissistic personality disorder and the dubs

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've recently started to research npd.

  having identified several of my family members as having it ( no wonder we're such a ¿***#@**!!!!

  up family)there's huge similarities between the borg and individual members of the cong as well i've noticed.the over whelming love of self, the need to believe in a grandiose fictional version of themselves, always striving for more power and wealth, being unable to stand any criticism, and then there's the manipulation of the victims too.i could be wrong i guess but what thoughts do you guys have about it?

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  I think you are spot-on. I was reading about narcissism, thought of family members, too. The more we learn, the more we know is true. So right, That's a good piece of reasoning, purrpurr. The sly tool of passive-aggression is spread to the R&F as well.
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  BEWARE - More force adding on FB

  by JRK in

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  they are doing it again.. a new group trying to boost membership is adding people without permission.. "ex-jehovah's witnesses aka behind the veil of jw.org" added me this afternoon.

  they were bragging about how quickly they grew to over 2000 members.

  i quickly exited the group.

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  What they do, is take the friends' list from their individual members, and 'force-add' those friends.

  If you want to prevent this from happening, set your security and your updates to "Friends Only" instead of "Friends of Friends".

  Now that I think of that, not worried about anyone adding me to a group (my friends know better).

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  What do you think is the source of your consciousness? Can it be copied or transferred?

  by EndofMysteries in

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  this seems to be a question that even scientifically is still in the air.

  right now your consciousness, is it the physical part of the brain?

  the electrical signals in the brain?

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  Question for Cart-Watchers

  by berrygerry in

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  2. beliefs

  q. what is more important, the bible teach book or the bible itself?.

  a. the bible, of course.. q. then why do you only display these books, and not the bible?.

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  I've never seen that book. Maybe I could ask "Bible Teach, what is that?" And whip out my own weird translation* of that tome from my knapsack. Could always pretend to be taking religious studies. hmm, I have yet to find an angle that I'm comfortable with (being too much of a smartypants, I confess). But this might work.

  Thanks, bg

  * picked up a rare and strange translation last summer, freebie

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  EDIT: If I wheel up in my chair, will I be able to guilt them into listening? will I be considered an 'easier mark'?
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  What Happens To You When You Die?

  by minimus in

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  are our dead loved ones watching over us at all or are they really just gone now?

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSRAhebMb5Q
  

  The Worm Song

  ~ The Pogues (traditional)

  The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out.

  The ones that crawl in are lean and thin,

  The ones that crawl out are fat and stout.

  Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out

  Your brains come tumbling down your snout

  Be merry, my friends, be merry
  
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  BEWARE - More force adding on FB

  by JRK in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  they are doing it again.. a new group trying to boost membership is adding people without permission.. "ex-jehovah's witnesses aka behind the veil of jw.org" added me this afternoon.

  they were bragging about how quickly they grew to over 2000 members.

  i quickly exited the group.

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  talesin

  i can't get onto my facebook - long story short, I cleaned a virus, but some code is messed up, and facebook fails.

  If you see my name in any groups, could you PM me here? ATM, I don't belong to any, but a few of my f/b friends do. I would SO appreciate it.

  and be eternally grateful.
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  What do you think is the source of your consciousness? Can it be copied or transferred?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this seems to be a question that even scientifically is still in the air.

  right now your consciousness, is it the physical part of the brain?

  the electrical signals in the brain?

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  talesin

  The life that died was dead.
  If you died, but your brain was preserved and many years later implanted or reactivated, would it be you? What if information on the brain was moved to another, would you wake up or would it be a new life thinking it was you?

  ** SPOILER ALERT **

  i've already watched this particular episode of The Outer Limits. The brain transfer doesn't work out well.

  (and yes, this was the premise of an episode in the revival series)
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  What is your "INTUITION" about THE SECRET "law of attraction"?

  by Terry in

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  ever hear somebody say, "trust your gut..."?.

  or, like obe wan kenobe: "trust your feelings...."?.

  have you ever followed that "little voice" that whispers to you that you should or should not do something?.

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  If you live in the wild, and ignore your intuition, you're a dead man.

  
  This thread is about your personal view of intuition and how it relates to that new age garbage book, The Secret. Don't seek to redefine the universal meaning of intuition. It's too grandiose.

  And yes, of course 'women's intuition' is a myth. Duh.