Path: paganini.bofh.team!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "NightBulb.net" Newsgroups: alt.bible Subject: [ Witch Tower ] Coping with Fear of Armageddon Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 15:11:22 -0600 Organization: Mixmin Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 21:12:26 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.mixmin.net; posting-host="e2990a5f16d1cc870c2cb7047f00c32a7de8decc"; logging-data="1162208"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@mixmin.net" Content-Language: en-US Xref: paganini.bofh.team alt.bible:654280 [quoted from: https://jw.support/coping-with-fear-of-armageddon] From childhood, Jehovah’s Witnesses are subjected to graphic imagery of humans dying at Armageddon. This terrifying image of death is presented as about to occur at any moment. These images become the source of nightmares for children and adults alike. It is common for those that become inactive, or who have been disfellowshipped, to struggle with a fear of Armageddon. Some resign themselves to the belief that they will soon die when Armageddon arrives, others suffer panic attacks or nightmares. Without being addressed, this can continue for decades. The word Armageddon is mentioned only once in the Bible, in Revelation 16:16. Here it discusses an assembling of Kings for battle at a literal place called Armageddon. It is a stretch for Watchtower to interpret this as a global war where Jehovah kills billions of people that did not join one particular sect. Particularly helpful is looking into the history of religion and beliefs, finding that many faiths use threats of destruction or torture as a means of holding onto membership. [full article: https://jw.support/coping-with-fear-of-armageddon] -- Nightbulb | https://blog.nightbulb.net | Flip the night switch. If tacky red hats annoy Pharisees I want to buy hats for the whole town.