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  Scientific basis for the belief that prayer helps!

  by exWTslave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dear reader,millions of americans believe prayer works.

  yet the mainstream media tends to avoid the subject altogether.but our mind health report team at newsmax health wanted answers to questions like these:can modern science explain prayer?does praying strengthen your brain and prevent mental decline?what benefits, if any, does prayer offer you physically, mentally, and emotionally?to this end, the team went out to the scientific and medical community to learn the potential benefits of prayer and what they found both surprised and excited all of us here at the mind health report.the results were so startling, in fact, we created a free video presentation to share with you exactly what we discovered.when you watch this free video, youll discover how prayer actually changes four distinct areas of your brain.

  in fact, youll see exactly how prayer or other spiritual practices increase activity in the areas of your brain that are most helpful to you, and diminish activity in areas that are less helpful or even harmful.youll also see:how a specific amount of prayer time per day can help prevent memory loss, mental decline, and even dementia or alzheimers .

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  exWTslave wrote: Prayer and meditation reveals your trust in God, which means you seek harmony with God.

  I disagree with this statement and consider myself Agnostic. I'd be more inclined to agree if the word 'universe' replaced the word 'god', though.

  Prayer, in my opinion, is a quick way to dump a person's problems on a diety. Or request a diety's favorable intervention on a human condition or circumstance.

  Meditation, to me, focuses on realigning my sense of self and placement within the universe. And sometimes a simple series of deep breathing is all I do. Mostly I stare at the mountain outside my back door.

  During cancer treatment in the late 90's, I participated in 'Guided Imagery' sessions as a support of my conventional treatment. I am uncertain if it actually helped balance my blood chemistry, but it absolutely helped me with my mental outlook and lowered my stress levels. I attended once a week and it was way more profound than *any* prayer I ever heard. It was a beneficial supplement to chemo and radiation - no doubt about it.

  -Aude.
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  Any Suggestions on what to say if elders ask why you stopped going in FS?

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was curious what might be some good things to say if i am questioned by the elduurs about my decline in fs.

  anything too honest may get me a jc (although that would be for the best in the end..) the co visit is this week so they may be getting more agressive than usual.

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  You got some really good suggestions.

  Anxiety, depression, stress, exhaustion are classics. Sort of like the plague in JW-land.

  -Aude.
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  Scientific basis for the belief that prayer helps!

  by exWTslave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dear reader,millions of americans believe prayer works.

  yet the mainstream media tends to avoid the subject altogether.but our mind health report team at newsmax health wanted answers to questions like these:can modern science explain prayer?does praying strengthen your brain and prevent mental decline?what benefits, if any, does prayer offer you physically, mentally, and emotionally?to this end, the team went out to the scientific and medical community to learn the potential benefits of prayer and what they found both surprised and excited all of us here at the mind health report.the results were so startling, in fact, we created a free video presentation to share with you exactly what we discovered.when you watch this free video, youll discover how prayer actually changes four distinct areas of your brain.

  in fact, youll see exactly how prayer or other spiritual practices increase activity in the areas of your brain that are most helpful to you, and diminish activity in areas that are less helpful or even harmful.youll also see:how a specific amount of prayer time per day can help prevent memory loss, mental decline, and even dementia or alzheimers .

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  I do not believe that a diety listens to human prayer.

  However I have long believed that there is benefit to the person who sincerely participates in prayer. But the benefit is not so much in the words/messages conveyed to their god who may or may not respond to the petitioner's liking, rather, it's more the shift of consciousness. That mindful, meditative process provides healthful benefit to the person praying.

  As does meditation.

  Prayer vs meditation. I believe they can have the same exact result.

  -Aude.
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  Who Here Play Words With Friends Or Scrabble?

  by minimus in

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  it's addictive!.

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  I play Words with Friends on my Kindle at night. It locks up on me often.

  But I still play!

  -Aude.
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  Background Checks - Any Recommendations??

  by AudeSapere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i will be renting out some property and want to run background checks before lease signing.. at the application stage i always get permission to run credit and background checks but i rarely ran them.. does anyone have suggestion for a good and reasonably-priced site to run the checks?

  what experiences do you have with credit and background checks?

  are they thorough and accurate?.

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  No one has suggestion?
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  Background Checks - Any Recommendations??

  by AudeSapere in

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  i will be renting out some property and want to run background checks before lease signing.. at the application stage i always get permission to run credit and background checks but i rarely ran them.. does anyone have suggestion for a good and reasonably-priced site to run the checks?

  what experiences do you have with credit and background checks?

  are they thorough and accurate?.

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  I will be renting out some property and want to run background checks before lease signing.

  At the application stage I always get permission to run credit and background checks but I rarely ran them.

  Does anyone have suggestion for a good and reasonably-priced site to run the checks?

  What experiences do you have with credit and background checks? Are they thorough and accurate?

  Any interesting history show up?

  Mostly I'm looking for reputable sites to use. But always like a little side-story to go with it.

  -Aude.
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  I am DF'd now... Decisions, decisions...

  by Comatose in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i was df'd a couple weeks ago.

  i live in a place where i didn't really have new friends at the kh, so my day to day life isn't changing.

  i'm just me living life like i was 2 weeks ago and 2 years ago.

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  Jesus taught love.

  Jesus did not shun.

  Shunning is not a Christian trait.

  You are welcoming your parents to your home. That is showing love and acceptance - even though you have different beliefs.

  They choose to view you as dead and yet want your very live mouth and conscience to grant access to your daughter while they disrespect you in front of her. That is not love. It's twisted. And it's a perversion of Jesus' message. [Maybe not so much if they put Paul's words above Jesus, but then - WTF - it just opens more twisted perversions of 'truth'.]

  We all know that JWs are usually under the misconception that any and all who DA or get DF'd, are rebellious and still believe that WTS/jw.org teaches truth. What do they *really* expect us to do when our own bible-trained consciences tell us that the WTS is *not* teaching the truth about Jesus? If we find the WTS is wrong, seriously... what are we supposed to do? We've already prayed, increased our service, increased our participation, researched - then restricted our research because old books are old light. When we've run ourselves ragged trying to reconcile unchristian teachings and beliefs withing in the org... *WHAT* would our active family members have us do? Live what we believe to be a lie? Fake it so it makes their lives easier?? Jehovah alone is the reader of hearts. Not man. Not elders. Not mom or dad. Jehovah. So let Jehovah himself work it out. If we, as thoughtful, responsible, adults are willing to trust that Jehovah will read our hearts and set things right, why can't our individual and respective family members?

  [To be clear, I no longer believe in Jehovah, but when talking to my 2 active family members, I speak as if I do.]

  It's a sad, sad situation. And it's getting more and more absurd.

  -Aude. (with a nod to Elton John...)
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  Being asked to Open or Save a file

  by Heaven in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  hi guys... even from the google link for this site, i have been receiving this pop up:.

  am cancelling out but wasn't sure why this was happening.

  thought you should know..

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  Same thing happened to me last night when I clicked on page 5 or 6 of an active topic.

  Happened three times on the same thread. Rather than 'open' or 'save', I closed my browser and went to bed.

  I use Firefox.

  -Aude.
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  FYI, links to photos of jw.org signs on top of WT buildings

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday, on the thread i started on 4/15/14, http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/279088/1/essay-by-barbara-anderson-whats-in-a-name#.u1e98jao7l9 that introduces a recent article i wrote which is posted on www.watchtowerdocuments.org , i thought i made an inaccurate statement in one of my posts about wt having a sign, jw.org, on the top of one of their buildings.

  i was sure i had seen a photo of such a sign but couldn't prove it until last night when proof was sent to me in an email and the proof is to be found in the form of links to photos of the sign.

  i was wrong in thinking the sign was on a wt factory building.

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  @jamiebowers - There was a good thread about that about a month or two ago. I'm pretty sure that jwfacts and besty both made comments on it. Also some other savvy internet search optimization experts.

  Their collective answer is that a strong weight on google search is your own personal search history. It's not necessarily the primary factor, but it is very strong.

  Also, a few people mentioned that from the platform, they heard that the org is pushing the *dot* as important in the search. "jw *DOT* org" is more likely to yield the wts at the top of list and jwn much further down.

  -Aude.

  Edit to add:Here are links to discussion about search results for JW.org

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/275601/1/Bizarre-comment-about-jw-org-at-SAD#.U1GrKc4UHQI

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/269185/1/jw-org-slipping-down-the-search-engine-rankings#.U1GqCs4UHQI

  Here's an old thread on same topic of google search results:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/243083/1/A-quick-experiment-what-do-you-get-if-you-Google-JW-org#.U1Gqu84UHQJ
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  I am DF'd now... Decisions, decisions...

  by Comatose in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i was df'd a couple weeks ago.

  i live in a place where i didn't really have new friends at the kh, so my day to day life isn't changing.

  i'm just me living life like i was 2 weeks ago and 2 years ago.

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  Comatose - You were so very helpful to me when I had a family issue last year. I wish I could return the favor with splendid insight that would make your current situation easy.

  Sadly, I cannot.

  I tend agree with those that say it is more damaging a child to see their own parent treated with disdain - or worse, treated as if non-existent/dead.

  I can tell you, though that some JW grandparents (even some that are prominent in the org) find a way to be civil to their DF siblings and have/maintain relationships with their grandchildren.

  Sometimes it might lead to elders stepping 'aside'. Sometimes not.

  Either way, it's a crappy deal for all involved. Damn Cult.

  -Aude.