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  A PUZZLING QUESTION...????...????...????

  by Terry in

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  the "sacred secret" of god that creation was yearing to glimpse for so long was jehovah's plan of salvation and righteous government rescue operation.. yet, pagans, heathens and various crackpot primitives all came up with the same plan long before jehovah's was "revealed".

  something smells bad about this!!.

  i find it puzzling.. child sacrifice to appease wrathful deities is a disgusting solution to crop failure.

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  Insomniac

  Terry-

  Pouty and wounded? Try disgusted and annoyed.

  Yes, my faith is within me, and you can't touch it. You can attempt to hurt my sense of self worth by taking a mocking, condescending tone with me when I ask you nicely to stop insulting my religion. However, my self worth is another thing that you are unable to touch. I wonder what's next, though; do you plan on making fun of my ethnic group or my gender?

  Just because you work with Pagans, Witches, and Wiccans, and have flipped through some books while on break, does not make you an authority on their habits, beliefs, or principals; neither does it give you a free pass on rudeness. My business partner is African-American, and I've read Roots, but that still doesn't give me the right to use the N-word.

  You asked me, why aren't you enough? When did I say I wasn't? Why do you presume to know exactly what role my religion plays in my life? What makes you think there's some sort of void I'm trying to fill? You can't know, because I haven't chosen to discuss my inner life with you; you'd do well to stop speculating on my private thoughts.
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  A PUZZLING QUESTION...????...????...????

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the "sacred secret" of god that creation was yearing to glimpse for so long was jehovah's plan of salvation and righteous government rescue operation.. yet, pagans, heathens and various crackpot primitives all came up with the same plan long before jehovah's was "revealed".

  something smells bad about this!!.

  i find it puzzling.. child sacrifice to appease wrathful deities is a disgusting solution to crop failure.

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  Please re-read my original post, writetoknow. My point, which I thought I had expressed quite clearly, was that my religion (Paganism, which is properly capitalized just like the name of any other religion) was referred to in a highly disrespectful manner. If we were to substitute "Jews" or "Buddhists" or "women" or "Italians" for the word "Pagan" in the first post on this thread, do you think any members of those groups would have appreciated it, or allowed it to pass without comment?

  I mentioned two of the more shocking stories found in the Bible to illustrate the fact that Christianity has its "brutal" aspects that can be very puzzling to non-Christians, yet we're expected to accord your faith a respect you refuse to show us. I lived my life as a Christian for 30 years, and I continue to have a deep respect for those who follow that path. However, this respect is too often one-sided. All I ask is that the name-calling and insults stop. Fair enough?
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  Ok, What celebrity gets your blood pumping?

  by Dragonlady76 in

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  i have been inspired by the what do the jwd posters look like thread....my avatar picture is jude law, he's my dream guy..... so who's your heart throb?.

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  Wayne Coyne (lead singer of Flaming Lips) and William Petersen (the hot guy in To Live And Die In LA.)

  My partner looks like a blending of these guys, like if they'd somehow produced a child together. I am one lucky lady, *sigh*.
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  Should I apologize for anything???

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  let me know now or forever hold your piece ... pipe.

  edit: if so, for what?.

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  Not sure, WAC. Something you want to tell us about? Has your conscience been eating away at you since, like, February? Maybe apologizing would make you feel a bit better.
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  A PUZZLING QUESTION...????...????...????

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the "sacred secret" of god that creation was yearing to glimpse for so long was jehovah's plan of salvation and righteous government rescue operation.. yet, pagans, heathens and various crackpot primitives all came up with the same plan long before jehovah's was "revealed".

  something smells bad about this!!.

  i find it puzzling.. child sacrifice to appease wrathful deities is a disgusting solution to crop failure.

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  Thank you for the fascinating lesson in etymology. It entirely makes up for the denigration of my faith.
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  Do you ever wonder what people on here look like?

  by changeling in

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  i'm influenced by the avatars too.

  like, i think purple sofa looks like audrey hepburn, and willyloman is a "burnin hunk'a love" and nvrgnbk looks like a sufer dude.

  the wanderer is a skinny guy with glasses who never looks you in the eye.. how do you picture fellow posters?.

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  In my dreams, I look like one of the "Call on Me" dancers. In reality, like Pola Negri.
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  Ok, What celebrity gets your blood pumping?

  by Dragonlady76 in

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  i have been inspired by the what do the jwd posters look like thread....my avatar picture is jude law, he's my dream guy..... so who's your heart throb?.

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  Ray Stevenson, the guy who plays Titus Pullo on Rome (HBO series.)
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  quick question

  by Missanna in

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  if you got married while a witness... did any of the elders come to you and talk to you about the right and wrong sexual acts you can perform??

  just curious.

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  Lola, they never talked to me about that before baptism. I was only 11 while preparing, though. Maybe if I'd been older they would have.
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  quick question

  by Missanna in

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  if you got married while a witness... did any of the elders come to you and talk to you about the right and wrong sexual acts you can perform??

  just curious.

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  When my friend got married, she and hubby-to-be got this talk. Apparently, everything but missionary position, for procreative purposes only, is wrong. And get this- foreplay is ok, as long as it leads to sex; otherwise it's just fooling around and being lewd. They really gave this girl a complex. She was shy and virginal before, but now her guilt feelings are off the chart. I feel really badly for her (and her hubby) because a good sex life is such a beautiful thing; I hate that they're missing out.
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  A PUZZLING QUESTION...????...????...????

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the "sacred secret" of god that creation was yearing to glimpse for so long was jehovah's plan of salvation and righteous government rescue operation.. yet, pagans, heathens and various crackpot primitives all came up with the same plan long before jehovah's was "revealed".

  something smells bad about this!!.

  i find it puzzling.. child sacrifice to appease wrathful deities is a disgusting solution to crop failure.

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  writetoknow- In point of fact, members of the Pagan religion do believe in a Deity. Many of us are polytheists, worshipping multiple gods and goddesses. Many of us are quite devout in our practices. While it is true that many pagans through history have practiced blood sacrifices, this is extremely rare today. When I pray, I have an offering bowl, which is usually fruit, honey, grain, that sort of thing-never flesh. This offering is given to the deity to whom I'm praying; after prayers, it's put outside for the birds to eat.

  I think when you people think of Pagans, you imagine we are some sort of primitive cave-dwelling brutes who sacrifice virgins on granite altars. Actually, I am college educated, own my own business, and regularly attend a non-denominational church. I pray daily, I vote, I pay taxes. Pretty normal and boring. It just bothers me to see my faith slandered and misunderstood. Please people, do a bit of research before you make these statements.