auth, some studies published in medical journal do indicate that there is a higher incidence of mental illness in the JW populations, with corroborating data in various regions. That said much more would need to be done to have a full on study of the mental state of the J/W, but it seems that there is truth to the statement that they have more incidence of it.

The interesting question raised was whether they had become sick after joining or if the cult was somehow attractive to thee types in the first place, as the data did not show if the patients surveyed were born ins or converts.

I want to end my seasons like I started them ...free!  ~~ Uncle Andy - 98yrs old 2012 ~~

What I believe now is that the WBT$ must be stopped! They have ruined lives and been responsible for the deaths of too many innocent people in the name of delusion._ PUNKOFNICE 2012

As to the existence of a "creator" I say we are all agnostics as a matter of epistemology, Whether you are an atheist, or the Pope. Some people claim to know, and that is fine for them. But why should I believe that they saw what they claim, or that they believe what they say they saw?  I saw nothing and they have shown me nothing _  SE7EN  2012

Because Jehovah's Witnesses believe as little in psychology as they do in philosophy, it tames or numbs the wilderness of the heart by closing valves of inquiry." _Barbara Grizzuti Harrison.