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  Implications of gay marriage ruling

  by Rattigan350 in

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  while many think that the ruling is good for the gays and their response is: how does that affect your marriage; then on the other side the religious people cry god and sinners.

  but both are missing the forest through the trees.. the problem with the ruling is that which is discussed here so many times.

  five unelected federal officials decided on policy for the whole country, running roughshod over every democratic principle.

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  Junction-Guy:

  "The Bible says to hate "what" is bad, it doesn't say hate "who is bad" I don't hate JW's (as a people) but I do hate the Watchtower Society"

  Do you love the sinner after they're sent to hell (or annihilated at Armageddon)?
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  Today's Special Day Assembly Expenses and the $10,499 Deficit. Silent Majority?

  by Tenacious in

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  today i attended a one-day assembly in my hometown.

  i knew when it came time to read the afternoon expenses that it would be an incredibly high and ridiculous amount that was nowhere near the real expenses for that day.

  sure enough, after lunch came the announcement.

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  Village Idiot

  I think that putting a single penny into their contribution box might get the message across.
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  Implications of gay marriage ruling

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. social
  2. current

  while many think that the ruling is good for the gays and their response is: how does that affect your marriage; then on the other side the religious people cry god and sinners.

  but both are missing the forest through the trees.. the problem with the ruling is that which is discussed here so many times.

  five unelected federal officials decided on policy for the whole country, running roughshod over every democratic principle.

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  TakeOffTheCrown:

  Viviane

  Who are you?

  Hasn't she said enough on other threads to make her recognizable?
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  Implications of gay marriage ruling

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. social
  2. current

  while many think that the ruling is good for the gays and their response is: how does that affect your marriage; then on the other side the religious people cry god and sinners.

  but both are missing the forest through the trees.. the problem with the ruling is that which is discussed here so many times.

  five unelected federal officials decided on policy for the whole country, running roughshod over every democratic principle.

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  TakeOffTheCrown, marriage is a human institution and humans can do with it anything they want.
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  New light!, says JW-Archive. The inspired word can have mistranslations, says Dec 2015 WT

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  sorry, i know i posted this earlier but i believe the title did not gather enough attention.

  i think is a topic worth discussing.. http://www.jw-archive.org/post/127866869178/new-light-the-inspired-word-of-god-can.

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  Aroq: "All this WT article states is that the Septuagint is the faulty text not the Hebrew scriptures."

  But if the New Testament writers are supposed to be writing "inspired" literature why should God allow them to get something wrong?
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  Another Kim Davis inspired self-invented "gay issue"

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is it about some of these self proclaimed "christians" who go seeking persecution when it don't exist?.

  we've had a case locally in calgary where the initial reports sounded like the person had a legitimate claim: a bus driver didn't want to drive the bus in a gay pride parade and said he'd resign if they made him and that the local transit company was threatening him to force him to do it.. except it was all invented ... by him !.

  they already proactively told him that there was no danger that he would be asked to drive that bus in the parade (i.e.

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  Dumplin: "I agree Vidiot..."

  Naughty doggie, I think you were referring to Village Idiot.

  I've only had association with a few Liberal Christians and one too many with Conservative/Fundamentalist Christians but I can tell you that Liberals are more kickback and relaxed than the others who despise them for being such.

  This is how high up this mentality is:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDE8Fo86W1w&feature=player_detailpage#t=17

  Republican U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert.
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  Another Kim Davis inspired self-invented "gay issue"

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is it about some of these self proclaimed "christians" who go seeking persecution when it don't exist?.

  we've had a case locally in calgary where the initial reports sounded like the person had a legitimate claim: a bus driver didn't want to drive the bus in a gay pride parade and said he'd resign if they made him and that the local transit company was threatening him to force him to do it.. except it was all invented ... by him !.

  they already proactively told him that there was no danger that he would be asked to drive that bus in the parade (i.e.

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  One thing that needs to be realized is that we are dealing with an issue set forth by Fundamentalist Christians which are a minority of all those who self identify as Christian. Liberal Christians, their Bible notwithstanding, have no dog in this fight. Many of them support Gay rights and some even have Gay clergy.

  We are doing the Fundamentalist a favor by calling them "Christians" as if they represent the others who are in the 85% of the US Christian population. Fundamentalists despise them (in private) and refer to them as not "the right type of Christian". They should be referred to as Fundamentalist Christians by everybody else in order to emphasize that they are a minority in this nation. That will dull some of their self righteous halo.
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  Implications of gay marriage ruling

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. social
  2. current

  while many think that the ruling is good for the gays and their response is: how does that affect your marriage; then on the other side the religious people cry god and sinners.

  but both are missing the forest through the trees.. the problem with the ruling is that which is discussed here so many times.

  five unelected federal officials decided on policy for the whole country, running roughshod over every democratic principle.

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  cappytan:

  "I'm of the opinion that the government should have absolutely nothing to say about marriage between consenting adults at all.

  "its none of their damn business"

  Who would decide child custody cases and divorce disputes over property?
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  "Wanted Jehovah Witness Publications Before 1940" Want Ads, I wonder why?

  by The UFO Cult in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you all might find this craig's list ad interesting, i have publications "studies in the scriptures" plus others, how can i valuate my inheritance grandma left me?

  grandma was poor, she was third-generation witness who spoke boldly without fear of men.

  what do you think they want these books for, i have lots of books dated pre-1950s,, if i was to part with my treasure how much do i charge?.

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  Calebs Airplane:

  
  

  "I bet the WT places ads for older pubs every so often so they can get as much of these off the streets as possible."

  I went to a used bookstore once in search of wt literature and they told me that men from the religion would occasionally come by and take the older books while donating newer ones.

  
  
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  Arctic Ice Increasing

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  arctic has gained hundreds of miles of ice the last three years.

  red shows the september 2012 minimum extent.

  green shows the current extent, which is likely the minimum for 2015. the arctic has gained hundreds of miles of ice over the past three years, much of which is thick, multi-year ice.. article.

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  Here is a temperature map from February 2015 courtesy of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies which shows how the temperatures were distributed. 97% were temperatures that were as warm, warmer or much hotter than average.

  The graph at the bottom of the map is measured in degrees Celsius (1Celsius = 1.8 Fahrenheit). On the map you will find Alaska and Siberia were 7.2 - 15.48F warmer than in the past. Ironically the temperatures for that month were colder than average for 3% of the globe which included 1/3 of the United States.