Posts by larc

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Identity of 'Spiritual Israel'

by Jr in

in order to qualify as spiritual israel there has to be certain fundamental characteristics or basic truths.

these basic truths are revealed in the law covenant given by moses.

and can be traced down from the nation of israel, down through the 1st century congregation, and further down until our day and time.

larc

Logical,

but there is no scriptural support.

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Identity of 'Spiritual Israel'

by Jr in

in order to qualify as spiritual israel there has to be certain fundamental characteristics or basic truths.

these basic truths are revealed in the law covenant given by moses.

and can be traced down from the nation of israel, down through the 1st century congregation, and further down until our day and time.

larc

Coolbreeze,

I'm with you on this one. I don't buy the concept of a "Spiritual" Israel either. It is just another theory put forth by imperpect men. Just another wispy idea with no empirical support.

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Cads!!

by expatbrit in

jw
friends

it would appear that certain dastardly husbands have been making witticisms at the expense of their dear wives.. don't look innocent, we all know who you are....... expatbrit.. husband quotes:.

i just didn't know her first name was always.. i haven't spoken to my wife for 18 months.

i don't like to interrupt her.. marriage is a 3-ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and.

An elderly man and his wife were having breakfast. All of a sudden the man blurted out "You lousy wench, my life has been nothing but miery from the day I married you 40 years ago....Oh.... excuse me that must have been a Freudian slip. I meant to say 'please pass the jam"

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Tales from the Couch

by Seven in

i asked my therapist if it is possible for a patient to be re-traumatized during the course of treatment.

confronting memories over and over again.

painting mental images even more graphic to replace the vague ones i once had-is this a good thing?

larc

Seven,

I wanted to tell you a little bit about Albert Ellis, before you get his book. He was trained in Freudian psychoanalysis as was Trevor, and like Trevor he found out that it didn't work very well. When Ellis realized this, there were no alternatives available, so he had to find a better method, which he did.

I mention this because there are a lot of self books out there, but this man's works are very well respected within his own profession. He was voted as one of the top ten most influencial people in Clinical Psychology by his peers. I have read two of his books. "Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy" which is a classic scholarly work. "A New Guide to Rational Living" is a self help book that preceeds the one I recommended to you. I stated all that to establish credability for the man before you get his book.

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Tales from the Couch

by Seven in

i asked my therapist if it is possible for a patient to be re-traumatized during the course of treatment.

confronting memories over and over again.

painting mental images even more graphic to replace the vague ones i once had-is this a good thing?

larc

Seven,

One phrase you used, brought something back to me, "It wasn't my fault". No indeed it wasn't. I think maybe I have had a different mindset than most people. I remember when I was 8 years old, my father went into a rant about how incompetent I was. Well, I had had enough reinforcement in my life not to believe him. I didn't have the words then for what I thought at the time, but in today's language it would be, "Dad, your full of shit." When I was ten, my mother had her first of several manic-depressive nervous breakdowns. My father in his frustration, said that if my sister and I hadn't quarreled so much our mother wouldn't have gotten sick. I did not buy that either at the age of ten, and I will not buy anyone putting the blame for other people's problems on me, and don't let them do that to you. As the graffitee (sp?) says, on a wall in the city of Pompie buried under volcanic ash and discovered later, "Don't let the bastards wear you down."

"Happy trails to you...until we meet again."

I might be damned fiesty, but I'm still alive and kicking.

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Tales from the Couch

by Seven in

i asked my therapist if it is possible for a patient to be re-traumatized during the course of treatment.

confronting memories over and over again.

painting mental images even more graphic to replace the vague ones i once had-is this a good thing?

larc

Seven,

One other thought: Please go back and reread Trevor's words again, and his own experience with analysis, and what he believes will work for you. I think he and I are saying the same thing in different ways.

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Tales from the Couch

by Seven in

i asked my therapist if it is possible for a patient to be re-traumatized during the course of treatment.

confronting memories over and over again.

painting mental images even more graphic to replace the vague ones i once had-is this a good thing?

larc

Seven,

I have been thinking about you a lot lately. Last week, you were very distressed after your last therapy session. When you received kind words of love from your many friends here, your whole demenor changed. You posted jokes and generaly had a good time.

This makes me wonder if maybe you should discontinue therapy, and leave that part of your life behind you and move on with your friends here. I don't know if that is the answer, but it is something to think about.

In my opinion, therapy is good for awhile, but I also believe that dredging up the past, after a certain point, can do more harm than good.

I don't know if what I am suggesting is the answer for you, but it is something to think about.

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PEDOPHILES are to WTS as flies are to honey?

by Focus in

w73 11/15 703-4 questions from readers ***.

do paul's words at 1 corinthians 6:1-7 mean that under no circumstances should a christian take to court a case involving a fellow believer?

-u.s.a. here paul was showing the corinthian christians the inconsistency of taking disputes between christians before secular tribunals.

larc

JT,

It is good to have you back posting. It's been awhile. I like what you have said on several counts. For one, you were in high places and you know how the BS works. Second, you know how to read between the lines and know what that shit really means, something that people like RidingLikeJehu and Xandit just don't get. (I probably shouldn't have said that, because I have been getting along with them lately). Third, you have savy, or "street smarts" that some peopple just don't have, and is a necessary ingediant in getting the full picture.

After I left, I got my street smarts by hanging out after work at the local neighborhood bar, where I learned how real people lived. They had their own rules, and they temporarily "barred" people, but they were welcome back if they behaved themselves. As a group, they were nice people. I kind of rambled there at the end, but anyway, keep up the good work.

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Been lurking too long

by CoolBreeze in

i must admit i've been lurking on this and other boards for about two years.

one of my favorites used to witnet until they closed their site.

i'm not a jw, but about three years ago i had a jw roomate and because i was going through some tough personal issues i agreed to a book study in our apartment.

larc

Hey Cool,

I did not think that was cheezy at all. In fact, I thought it was ... well ...kinda cool!

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Waiting's Never-ending Joke Thread

by Seven in

happy monday!.

had no price tag.

much to her embarrassment the cashier got on the intercom and boomed out for the entire store to hear: "price check on lane thirteen, tampax, supersize.

larc

RHW,

You gave me the opening. When Jeffrey Dammer went to prison, they put his apartment up for rent. The ad said, Two bedroom apartment, roomate included, some assembly required."

Jeffrey had his mother over for dinner. His mother said, "Jeffrey I don't like any of your friends. " and Jeffrey replied, "Well, then try the vegetables."

Happy trails to you, until we meet again.