this is my first post on here so bear with me.
currently i am still an active jw with serious questions about the jw org.
i was hesitant signing up but really need as much input from the people on this forum to get a clear understanding on things.
JWINQUESTION,
From my experience with friends who are gay I have never actually heard of someone becoming gay. They are born with these feelings and have no choice in the matter. They can only hide it or ignore their feeling which is dangerous in itself. My best friend growing up was a catholic and I found out in later years he was gay. He ate a shot gun at the age of 18 because of the emotional stress. His brother told me he never could get over the guilt he felt.
Speedracer
i walked in about 10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting- i sure looked like an unusual visitor wearing my best jeans a golf shirt and my yarmulke.. the first brother who approached me was an slighly built late middle age guy- he gave me a big hello and extended his hand.
i pulled out my 'end of false religion tract' and showed it to him.
"did you put this in my door?
I find it amazing how you reasoned with him. NICE!
Speedracer
Big day indeed. Congrats and I will toast a brew to your happiness tonight.
Speedracer
my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.
also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .
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Pardon me but I love coming up with destroying questions regarding the Flood.
An elder told me a long time back that Noah didn't take bugs and the lower creatures on the ark. My question is if that were true then did God have another creation day because if you go out and look in my pool you can see that June bugs dont breath under water. Pretty sure most bugs can be drowned. God probably took care of it. Questioned this when I was 10 and it always left me thinking....Huh!
Speedracer
my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.
also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .
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Who maintained the bilge pump? Because I have never been in a totally sealed boat and considering there wasn't a lot of huge boat building skills back then. Hey wait we have these elephants.....
Speedracer
just curious to see how many on here like to carve up roads.
if so what type of bike and where do you ride.. 1987 yamaha fj1200.
1986 yamaha fj1200.
Just curious if anyone is considering going electric and what are your thoughts? A new world record was just set.
my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.
also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .
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How do you reason with someone that uses the blanket statement that God took care of it? God will work his miracle? Fantasy can be manipulated anyway a person wants!
Speedracer
my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.
also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .
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They estimate 6 to 8 million species of bugs. The ark would be overrun with crawling creatures.
No thanks I'll swim,
Speedracer
i am having a discussion at work with the jw's.
should you spank a child to make them understand or do you reason with them.
they both agree with spanking.
The problem, even when spanking seems to "work," is that you've just taught the child to obey based on fear.
I dont think the fear is the problem. Many times when we are out in our daily lives we base our actions on fear. Do I open the throttle of my bike and go between cars at 150 or does the fear of dying keep me from twisting the grip. It is a fear of consequences compared to a fear of the pain and hurt of getting hit. If you think about humans when they are hurt it activates a fight or flight responce. Does this mean when you spank a child he wants to either hit back or run from his supposed protector? Do you want to use pain to get your point across to someone who just doesnt understand?
Im just rambling here
Speedracer
i am having a discussion at work with the jw's.
should you spank a child to make them understand or do you reason with them.
they both agree with spanking.
My youngest didn't respond well to my divorce from his mom. He was always wound up and constantly getting into everything. I raised both boys from the ages 5 and 9 . Michael was always getting his butt warmed up and it never seemed to do any good. You could reason with him all day long and he would go out and find something else to cause trouble. He didn't cause as much trouble later on after he became a teenager but he just wouldnt listen. He wasnt a mean kid just got into things. One Saturday when he was 8 his brother had a little honor society ceremony at his school the day before. They had a little lit candle each that they held up and it was something to remember. Michael on Saturday was out by the apartment pool playing with his brother and friends while I was doing laundry that morning. I walk over to the laundry mat and as I walked by the pool, noticed Michael and asked him if he had his dirty clothes in the wash yet. He said no and that he would get after it. I went to our apartment and was relaxing waiting on the clothes when Michael came in with a look of pure fear on his face.
Dad he said, I did something really bad. Not the word a single father wants to hear. Seems he was playing around the pool with this little candle and lit it. When I walked by he dropped it into the trash can afraid I would see it. The apartment trash cans were raised off the ground on a single pole with wooden slats holding a plastic trash can. He caught it on fire and burnt it to ground. They put it out with a super soaker from the pool.
Now I could have beat him but after seeing the look on his face I decided to play into his fear a little. I asked him if he knew what they called that and he said no. I said of course that is arson and they will have the cops down here to find out who did it. He did not leave his room for a week afraid the cops where going to put him in jail. Everytime the door bell rang he would hide in the closet. He asked me what he could do to stay out of jail and I told hm he needed to take it up wth the office. This little guy by himself walked into the office and confessed. He told them he would pickup the dog crap around the apartment for a month and he actually did. I bet he will never forget and it didnt take a belt. My son Michael has just put himself into his 3rd year of college and has paid all of it himself with help from scholarships. He has made the presidents list all 3 years. I have never seen such a change after he got out of high school and he is the best thing I have ever accomplished along with his older brother. Looking back I wish I had done things a bit differently regarding spanking.
Thanks for all the great comments,
Speedracer
