Gday there Pommy,
What the good qualities of a Bloke here in Australia I recall we made a movie titled 'The good Bloke'
Posts by barry
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12Blokeyness And How Do I Get It?.
by Englishman inher ladyship has gone away for the weekend, so i'm home alone, on me tod.
now, i'm quite a domesticated geezer really, house trained so that i don't pee on the carpet and quite capable of hoovering afore she comes back.
however, yesterday i decided to try out what it would be like to be a single bloke, a la me ole mate trucker gb.
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Did I challenge my JW husband too much?
by wordlywife inin case all of you don't know, i'm married to a wonderful jw man, for a few years now.
he was reinstated ater we were married.
anyway, i have children from a previous marriage and at times disagree with my husband on discipline, how things are explained, etc.
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barry
Just a comment about that 'one ' or 'ones' talk. Ever heard the queen talk well she uses those terms I just thought they may be teaching the "Queens english at the KH now.
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Conscientious objection was it a factor in attracting you to the JWs
by barry inwell it was with my first wife athough she never joined or was baptised she allways had a soft spot for the witnesses and their stand on war.. i pointed out to her other denominations dont beleive in war who does.
in my own church many take a non combatancy or a concientious objector stand.
some go in as full combat though, but it is a concience issue.
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barry
Well it was with my first wife athough she never joined or was baptised she allways had a soft spot for the witnesses and their stand on war.
I pointed out to her other denominations dont beleive in war who does. In my own church many take a non combatancy or a concientious objector stand. Some go in as full combat though, but it is a concience issue. At present in the US military an SDA took a stand and is now in the brig. http://www.spectrummagazine.org/conversationcafe/columns/050112tyner.html
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Christian Fundamentalists and Adam and Eve
by glitter inhow do people who believe a "day" of creation is a literal 24-hour day ("because the plants would have died") get around adam and eve not dying the same literal 24-hour day as eating from the tree?
jws say that the "day" didn't equal 24 hours and that adam died within a thousand years and a day=1000 years.... but then you have the plants with no light!
it's almost like it's made up or something!
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barry
The Bible tells us how to go to heaven not how the heavens go.
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Children still traumatized one year after viewing exposed breast on TV
by IronGland inwashington, dc?as the nation approaches the one-year anniversary of the super bowl xxxviii tragedy, an fcc study shows that millions of u.s. children were severely traumatized by the exposure to a partially nude female breast during the feb. 1, 2004 halftime show.. .
"no one who lived through that day is likely to forget the horror," said noted child therapist dr. eli wasserbaum.
""but it was especially hard on the children.".
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barry
I am just so upset we only saw one breast
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Would Jesus shun anyone?
by JH ini can't imagine jesus shunning anyone.
on the contrary, he went towards those who needed help the most.
if the jw's followed jesus footsteps, they wouldn't shun.
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barry
Jesus went out of his way to assist comfort and encourage those whome others despised. Those who did the despising were the religious people of the day they were good people and they felt ethically compelled to do so.
They were mistaken.
The most offensive sins in Gods sight are pride arrogance and a spirit of condemnation. The religious people in christs time said' this man receives sinners'
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Female elders
by glitter inwhen did you first realise the society wouldn't allow women to be an ms or an elder?
i remember being seven or eight and playing dolls with an elder's daughter in her bedroom.
my doll was meeting up with her doll at the convention after not seeing each other for a long time.
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barry
Many churches now have even women as pastors or priests. The church I go to has a women elder but they havent seen the light on haveing a women pastor.
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Gene simmons comments and Australian "vilification laws"
by avishai indoes australia have freedom of speech?
what are vilification laws?.
my question is, what is wrong with his comments?
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barry
We should make sure they apply the laws evenly.
There was a conference on terror held recently in Indonesia and many Islamic and Christian leaders attended. The head muffi of Sydney if thats what he is called was not invited because of his stand on Jihad according to Alexander Downer. So these Muslim fanatics are given all opportunities. I beleive Australian people are just naive.
We have unarmed solders in Arche helping with the relief effort and Islamic fundamentalists wanting to blow them up. This is not the free Arche movement these are genuine nut cases followers of Abu baka bashia. Barry
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WHEN DID APOSTACY SET IN?
by badboy in.
the jws claim to be a restoration of 1st century christianity,when did apostacy set in in theeir mindset?
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barry
Dont forget about the revival in the fourth century when Arius presbyter of Alexandria first said that only the Father is true God. Arius was supported by Eusebius of Caesarea and then the matter led to the first church council held at Nicea in 325. Barry
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Unity vs. Uniformity
by confusedjw inwasn't the thought that we were so unified a comforting one when you were in the congregation?
only to realize that kicking everyone out that disagrees or forcing people to act a certain way "in the name of god and the wt" produces uniformity and not unity.. there is a difference, which of course are worlds apart.. did you notice this while in?
what value do you place on unity now?
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barry
LT I think that is 'in non essentials liberty'