of course the religion condemns homosexuality but did you know any gay witnesses?
i knew some bethelites that were very effeminate and i remember 4 women who were suspected of being lesbians by many in the congregation.
they eventually moved away and were very vocal against males, especially elders..
Interesting Roger Kirkpatrick. BTW, I recall a football league referee of that name back in to 70's.
If you mean that not performing homosexual acts while still a homosexual at heart is OK biblically, then of course that should the case and must be what was intended in Leviticus.
As a non-religious person I find the endless debating on the matter in the CoE somewhat ludicrous.
of course the religion condemns homosexuality but did you know any gay witnesses?
i knew some bethelites that were very effeminate and i remember 4 women who were suspected of being lesbians by many in the congregation.
they eventually moved away and were very vocal against males, especially elders..
Leviticus 20. 13 “ ‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
is it because we were in the cult watchtower compound that we talk about being ex-jw's when we stop being active?
i have never heard anyone say that i was an ex-catholic or an ex-lutheran or an ex-baptist.
they just stop going to their church and don't talk about it.. years after not stepping inside a kingdom hell, many of us still have to talk about being ex-jw's.
If you've been a dub for any length of time, that's now a part of your identity. People will always talk about major experiences in their lives. Unless they're totally anal or secretive.
back again!.
so as i'm still pimo and living under my parent's roof, how can i get out of service?
cause i really don't want to go and i feel dirty just knowing i could be influencing someone into this garbage..
Got it. Beard fraction. Not beard for action. I thought it must be something sexual that had passed me by.
i have been sadly watching as the number of jws in other countries are decreasing (for the most part), while the numbers in the us are strangely increasing.
while i question the organization's self reporting numbers, i think 2018 may be the year for another mass us exodus.
leah remini's show will be focusing on jws in her show on a&e.
The citizens of the USA are inherently more religious than their European cousins. An American converted to dubbism is probably just switching his religion from one to another. A European becoming a JW is much more likely to have had no religion at all before he became converted. The message now is not so appealing as it used to be. So a European becoming a witness will be making greater life changes than his American counterpart. Therefore the USA is more likely to see an increase in its membership than any country across the pond.
the jist was that we all should sing.
then the first 6 or 8 paragraphs describe how early bible accounts have trained and set aside musicians to do the singing while everyone else listened.. the songs they have put out have no soul, rhythm, or soothing melodies as a whole.
the old hymns are some real music, even if you don't agree with the "teachings".. there is no admission of poetry using archaic language at times for affect or to add to the rhyme, they have to have everything agree with the grey bible.. anyone speak foreign languages?
For example, the word “shall” is not widely used today, so it has been replaced.
Really? I shall try to remember that. Doh.
the jist was that we all should sing.
then the first 6 or 8 paragraphs describe how early bible accounts have trained and set aside musicians to do the singing while everyone else listened.. the songs they have put out have no soul, rhythm, or soothing melodies as a whole.
the old hymns are some real music, even if you don't agree with the "teachings".. there is no admission of poetry using archaic language at times for affect or to add to the rhyme, they have to have everything agree with the grey bible.. anyone speak foreign languages?
The old songs were verging on military.
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No Messianic claims yet?
We farm sit every year in Crocketford near Dumfries.
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That is very, very naughty.
Ha ha ha!
