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  Mormonism vs. the Bible and Mormonism vs. early Mormonism

  by hooberus in

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  occasionally the subject of mormonism comes up here, and there may be those who have family in the lds church.

  mormonism vs. the bible

  conference of the church, april, 1844 (continued)?the king follett sermon?the character of god?religious freedom?god an exalted man?eternal life to know god and jesus christ?everlasting burnings?meaning of the hebrew scriptures?a council of the gods?meaning of the word create?the immortal intelligence?the relation of man to god?our greatest responsibility?the unpardonable sin?the forgiveness of sin?the second death.

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  Snapdragon

  Half my family is LDS....what are you comparing?

  Outta curiosity.

  ~Snapdragon
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  silly lines in the bible

  by stillajwexelder in

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  even if one accepts that the bible is the word of god - one of the most stupid lines is "you must make her pregnant with semen" err what the hell else can a woman be made pregnant with ?

  milk?.

  have you all any stupid lines in the bible that come to mind?

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  You've got a great point there Stilla, any time the bible starts to get all romantic like....its just bizarre and uncomfortable. Almost like listening to your grandparents talk about all the hot sex they had/have. They don't even use the right words for stuff......"necking", "petting", "make her pregnant with semen"....
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  Are women more beautiful than men?

  by Vita Nuova in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  all things being being equal, is the feminine gender endowed with more trancendent beauty than the masculine?

  before sending any stock replies like, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," let me just say that i acknowledge some degree of relative beauty insofar as man and woman bear their own distinctive perfections.

  but consider specifically which sex seems to bear more inherent grace to the end that it inspires our sense of harmony and desire to be more perfect ourselves.

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  Snapdragon

  I've wondered about your question many times. I am completely hetersexual, however, I find many, many women amazingly beautiful. I am very comfortable openly admiring a woman's form. I guess being an artist I've always had a preference for the fluid, curving forms. Cubism is IMO one of the ugliest things I've ever seen. Now,allow me to say, that there are many mighty fine morsels of maleness out there. But that form is more hard and angular, not my favorite visual.

  Think of your favorite form of architecture: Mine always revolves around ones with circular and curving structures. Moscow, India, Morocco.....to name a few.

  ~Snapdragon
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  Field Service Book Bag

  by Pinned Blouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those that no longer go to the kh --i was curious as to what you have done with your field service bookbag?.

  for a long time i could not look at it without feeling guilty, then a couple of times i looked at with contempt.... after awhile it mysteriously ended up in the dumpster including... the books, tracts, wt's, awakes, and return visits slips that was in it.. where is your bookbag right now?.

  pb

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  Snapdragon

  It is crazy to me that you posted this thread just this morning. I was contemplating starting an identical one. The reason being is that I burned almost all of my remaining books and tracts last night.

  I was cleaning out my hobby room and there were my two extremely dusty book bags. I sat down and started filing through them.....My "Young People Ask", "The Greatest Man Whoever Lived", my highly inspirational "Praises to Jehovah", and uncomfortably enough my first NWT. My girlfriend called me while I was outside starting the fire with the tracts. I told her what I was doing and she asked me if I was okay. While she was never a Witness, she knows that it was my life for so long. She is such a wonderful friend.

  I can't really tell you how I feel about what I've done. I do not harbor any malice towards them so I don't feel "TRUIMPHANT" by any means. I just feel quiet and confused. The day my burden was lifted was long ago. It was the day Harley got up on stage and announced that I was an unapproved association. I felt physically free. Thank god I never got baptised!

  So now I don't feel free, because I've been free for a long time. So maybe I'm not going to feel anything about what I've done???

  Anyway, thanks for asking. I really needed to spill.

  ~Snapdragon
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  my husband is my step brother

  by Mulan in

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  does anyone else have unusual family connections?

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  Snapdragon

  Okay this isn't blood related, but really cool in the soap opera sense....

  My second father (1st stepdad) moved in with my aunt (Mom's baby sister) about 9 months into his stint as my dad. Then he divorced Mom and married my aunt. So my dad became my uncle. Ooops.

  That has lead to beautiful family relations! No one talks to eachother.

  ~Snapdragon
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  Iraqi group threatens to kill militant al-Zarqawi

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm amazed this is not all over the papers!

  this is great news for the coalition forces!.

  http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woiraq0707,0,5220149.story?coll=ny-top-headlines.

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  Hurray!

  My brother is in the Army and has been in Iraq for over a year. He was supposed to come home in April, but was caught in the stop loss. Anyway he's been saying this needed to happen for months. I am sooo happy to hear that the Iraqi's are losing some of their fear. I think that they'd been oppressed for so long they'd forgotten how to defend their own rights. Only extremists like that jack-@ss al-Zarqawi were motivated.

  I'm also glad to say that "supposedly" my baby bro SFC. Matt Johnson will be coming home on August 1st. I hate this war, but I am honored that my brother was able to join a long line of brave American soldiers. You can't be proud of a lot of things the American military has done, but there has been too much noble blood spilled in the name of tolerance and freedom to shun our boys and girls in the forces. I proud to say my brother is in the same ranks as our grandfathers/mothers from the world wars. Here's to you Matt.

  Thanks for letting me blather. I miss my bro so much. I just want the world to know that I love him.

  ~Snapdragon

  *stepping off her soapbox*

  ps. anyone else lose it when they heard the John Michael Montgomery song "Letters to a soldier" ?? Just me, huh.
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  Experience with a so called "worldy" person

  by mbn36 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just wanna share an experience of mine, i hope it will help anyone with a related issue.

  im 20 years old, i still live with my parents and go to school full-time.

  for 17 years i was a jw on and off.

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  Snapdragon

  Welcome mbn36 and anuva,

  I hope that you both find some answers and some good friends here. I certainly have. mbn, I am pleased that you didn't let go of you love for the girl. If my husband had given up on me before I left, I would have missed one of the largest blessings I've ever had in my life. I hope that your new religion makes you happy.

  anuva, hang in there buddy. It ain't easy, but perhaps your girl will see that it is you that truely loves her, not the elders in her congregation.

  See you both around,

  ~Snapdragon
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  jw speak, I'm just maintaining. ever here this ?

  by johnny cip in

  1. jw
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  i know a bunch of jw's for over 30 years , and most of them aviod me , they hate getting twisted into a pretzel.

  but some of them do talk with me .

  and i allways ask them how are you doing?

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  Snapdragon

  Agreed Johnny, I do see sadness when I run across them. However, knowing what we know about the ones who "went off the deep end"....I'm pretty sure the sadness is for my lost salvation. There is definately a depression issue with the witnesses, but I'd bet its the same for all fundamentalist religions. Living by someone else's standards, and under such rigid controls, we all know how that is.

  But I'd have to say, I don't see much difference now than from 7 years ago, when I was still active. Same old rhetoric.

  ~Snap
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  Coca Cola C2

  by desib77 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have you tried the new low-carb, low-sugar, low-cal coke?

  i personally like it but i'm not an avid coke drinker.

  i personally don't see a diff.

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  Snapdragon

  Ha ha. Funny stuff 40.

  I've wondered the same, myself.

  My opinion on C2: pretty good stuff. Original Coke is still my naughty habit, but if I can cut that darned ole high fructose in half, the better for me. But one of you said it best when you said it had to pass the rum test.

  C2 and Cap'n for me, please.

  ~Snapdragon
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  The Craptacular Pain Of Jealousy

  by Obviously Secret in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  heh, i try and i try and i try, but, i just can't get over my jealousy problem.

  when i read stories, even on this website, about people finding love and having great experiences in life i just can't help but get terribly jealous over it and start to think about it for hours.

  you guys got any tips on how i can stop being so jealous?

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  Snapdragon

  Sorry all, gotta agree with Jared & Desi on this one. Sex doesn't make jealousy go away....at all. You just want to feel something, with someone who returns those feeling. I know because I remember that, from myself. Well it came to me and was worth waiting for.

  So call her OS. Haven't we already had this discussion? Honestly young one!

  Affectionately,

  ~Snap