Posts by Fernando

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"We're calling on your neighbours to promote a website"

by Simon in

wow, it's true - they don't call to 'promote god's kingdom' anymore but just their website!.

we just had an old lady call and tell us that was exactly what they were doing and it has "lots of good things on their for children".

yeah, right ... sparlock?.

Fernando

JWs - Knock, knock.

HH - Good day, would you like to learn how to use your own website?

JWs - enter and sit down

HH - Let's go to wol.jw.org and count how many times your Bible uses the phrase "Good News" and how many of these are by Paul.

JWs - The phrase "Good News" appears 152 times in our Bible. 85 of these are by Paul.

HH - Why then is the "Good News" according to Paul not in your hearts or on your lips?

JWs - We are only the drones, and will need to go find one of our Sanhedrin's Pharisees to answer your question.

HH - The Pharisees hate the "Good News" according to Paul. I invite you instead to make a personal study of the "Good News" according to Paul, and return to me when it is in your hearts and on your lips.

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pros and cons of anti depessants?

by Crazyguy in

jw
friends

obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.

i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.

anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.

Fernando

cchr.org is considered by some to be a front for Scientology.

From http://www.szasz.com/enemies.html :

The following statement is intended as response to requests for clarification regarding Dr. Szasz's co-founding of the Citizens Commission for Human Rights (CCHR). Thomas Szasz is not now nor has he ever been a Scientologist or a member of the Church of Scientology.

Dr. Szasz co-founded CCHR in the same spirit as he had co-founded -- with sociologist Erving Goffman and law professor George Alexander -- The American Association for the Abolition for Involuntary Mental Hospitalization (AAAIMH; see http://www.szasz.com/abolitionist.html)

Scientologists have joined Szasz's battle against institutional psychiatry. Dr. Szasz welcomes the support of Jews, Christians, Muslims, and any other religious or atheist group committed to the struggle against the Therapeutic State. Sharing this battle does not mean that Dr. Szasz supports the unrelated principles and causes of any religious or non-religious organization. This is explicit and implicit in Dr. Szasz's work. Everyone and anyone is welcome to join in the struggle for individual liberty and personal responsibility -- especially as these values are threatened by psychiatric ideas and interventions.

Jeffrey A. Schaler, Ph.D.
Owner and producer of www.szasz.com
[email protected]
February 11, 2003

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pros and cons of anti depessants?

by Crazyguy in

jw
friends

obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.

i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.

anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.

Fernando

This great hope filled article by Psychiatrist Courtenay M Harding, titled "Beautiful minds can be recovered" may also be of interest:

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/opinion/beautiful-minds-can-be-reclaimed.html

http://mifellowship.org/sites/default/files/Wellways/Pdfs/Beautiful%20Minds%202013.pdf

If the links don't work they can be found by Googling:

beautiful minds courtenay harding

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pros and cons of anti depessants?

by Crazyguy in

jw
friends

obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.

i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.

anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.

Fernando

An interesting book by Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz has been brought to my attention via PM:

http://www.bookdepository.com/Antipsychiatry-Thomas-Szasz/9780815609438

This exchange of letters between Karl Menninger (of the famous Menninger Institute in Topeka Kansas) and Thomas Szasz may also be of interest:

http://www.szasz.com/menninger.html

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pros and cons of anti depessants?

by Crazyguy in

jw
friends

obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.

i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.

anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.

Fernando

Here's video 5:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7OPWRqjaSQ

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pros and cons of anti depessants?

by Crazyguy in

jw
friends

obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.

i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.

anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.

Fernando

This seems to be video 4 in a series. It mentions the 5th video in the series which apparently talks about depression...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=0F_kLbtnWWM

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pros and cons of anti depessants?

by Crazyguy in

jw
friends

obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.

i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.

anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.

Fernando

There are several Psychiatrists who are/were to varying degrees involved with anti-psychiatry, that will give you all the cons of taking addictive and synthetic medicines.

Some names that come to mind: Peter Breggin, Thomas Szasz, Ronald Laing, Al Siebert, and Courtenay Harding.

Some of their books may also be useful.

Depression is serious enough to demand pro-active and professional attention.

Professionals that may be able to help with alternative therapies and medicines: Psychologist, Naturopath, Exercise Physiologist, and so on...

Integrative Medicine recognises that there are multiple dimensions to health and illness, along with many different types of medicine. This is reflected in the body-mind-spirit-social model.

Exercise is medicine (aerobic more so than anaerobic), laughing is medicine, sex is medicine, fruit and vegetables are medicine, quality sleep is medicine, and so on...

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For those of you that LEFT.....

by DocHouse in

...did you also toss your faith as well?.

Fernando

No, it was receiving the free gift of faith (a higher level of consciousness) that allowed me to see the wilful blindness of the Pharisees and to reject their claimed authority.

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Contradictory geneology of Jesus

by rebel8 in

jw
friends

so i'm reading another carl sagan book and he seems to invariably find a way to slam j-dubs in each one.

(i can't say i blame him.).

anyway, in this one he discusses the fact that the gospels give contradictory geneologies of jesus--differing lines back to david from joseph, and a different number of generations.

Fernando

Carl Sagan: one of the brightest minds and greatest communicators ever - I just love his Cosmos series.

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Is God evil, just because he fails to prevent suffering?

by defender of truth in

a poster on another thread made the following comment, that really made me think.. it is about god: .

"imo i would say [god is] not evil but just indifferent.

apathy allows it.

Fernando

Designs, I accept that our views of Paul's message are opposite.

For me his position against any and all religion is clear in his expounding law vs grace, and faith vs works, especially in Romans and Galatians.

The introduction to Galatians, and Galatians itself, makes for interesting reading in the Message Bible for those so inclined.