Thanks Aunt Fancy. Yes, my JW mother was an exceptional woman. She remained loyal to the organization and we had a mutuality of trust and respect for each other's beliefs and "positions" on different topics. My mother was also very firm in her views on her children and no one dared question her- none of my siblings ever doubted her love for us all. I've tried to explain to myself how it was that my mother, herself raised by Bible Student/JW parents, was so accepting of her children yet was also a devoted Witness and I cannot adequately do so. She would not be the first parent to modify her views because her children helped open her eyes.
This weeks #2 & #3 talk on homosexuality
by granada35 96 Replies latest jw friends
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Heartofaboy
Those men were singing out all that I have told myself over & over again........profoundly moving.
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Vidiot
Separation of Powers - "...the zealot against drinking was a drunk, the zealot against pornography was an Internet freak, and the zealot against all things 'gay' was a closet homosexual."
Best part of that is, by now (the Information Age), anyone with half a brain has finally figured that out.
It's a real paradigm shift in modern social dynamics.
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fulltimestudent
Simon: There used to be a brother in the KH that in hindsight was likely gay and he committed suicide. Why? Why do that to yourself? I just don't understand.
Thought about it a lot, Simon.
A kid in a group, for which I was the study conductor, also killed himself. Tried chemicals one week and failed after hospitalisation. Two weeks later he succeeded, blowing his brains out in the family garage. A problem with homosexuality tendencies, is the most likely explanation also.
How I wish I could turn the clock back.
My thoughts are, that suicide for this reason, has to do with our need for social acceptance on one hand, and on the other, it has to do with a self concept of purity. (which is why I was arguing above against someone else's concept of disgust at two men having sex). Purity laws must have some psychological root, they exist not just in Judeao-Christianity but in a range of other religions, and are most rigid when it comes to sex. It's not until we get to Tantric thought (in Buddhism, anyway) that deviating sexual practise can be pure).
Wish I could post a drawing, preserved in Japanese archives, as a national treasure. But, I suspect it would cause a riot, because in the America of today it would be classified as pornography.
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Island Man
fulltimestudent: (which is why I was arguing above against someone else's concept of disgust at two men having sex)
fulltimestudent, do you think it's bad/wrong that I am repulsed by the thought of having sex with another man? Do you think it's bad/wrong that I'm repulsed by the idea of eating dog, cockroaches or some other bizzare food? Do you think it's impossible for me to respect people who choose to eat bizzare foods or engage in homosexual activity simply because I am repulsed by those practices? Do you think tolerance of others' lifestyles should mean having to give up your own dislikes?
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fulltimestudent
I'm sure you;ll be able to work it all out, Island man.
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skeeter1
Did the Houston Mayor join in the talk?