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  Can men discuss feminism critically?

  by Paralipomenon in

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  i am currently studying some of the issues of the feminist movement.

  one of my first observations is that men are really not welcome in the discussion.

  all the reference books and topics i have looked at so far are written by women.

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  I've got a couple theories but they wouldn't like them. LOL
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  "The Internet - The Watchtower's Worst Nightmare"

  by Gayle in

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  this is the title of the 18th chapter in don cameron's new book,"captives of a concept" i just got.

  the wts would want us to move on, shut up, be powerless as they control its people to not listen to us.

  well, 'radio free europe' worked with time against the ussr (and actually ussr destroyed itself as it only drastically hurt their own people).

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  QUOTE: Love the the words ..."I have successfully walked away, but I will not be quiet!" <br><br><br><br><br>Somebody here said you can't leave totalitarian borgs without a fight. Those are the terms set by the wt, the man of sin, act II which needs to be exposed. It's one thing for the wt to condemn religions infected with babylonian nonsense. It's quite another for da judge to change what the founder established by legal trickery and establish a new borg patterned after the original apostate borg. <br><br><br><br>http://www.bibletoday.com/V2/volumetwo_S09.htm <PAGE 287-88> <br><br><br><br>"Thus the great falling away from the faith, predicted by the Apostle Paul, is an established fact of history. All historians bear witness to it, even those who approve the assumption of power and eulogize the chief actors in the scheme. We regret that our space limits our quotations to some of the most pointed expressions. The falling away, covering a period of centuries, was so gradual as to be much less noticeable to those who then lived in its midst than to us who see it as a whole; and the more deceiving was it because every step of organization, and every advance toward influence and authority in the Church and over the world, was taken in the name of Christ, and professedly to glorify him and fulfil his plans recorded in Scripture. Thus was the great Antichrist developed--the most dangerous, most subtle and most persistent opponent of true Christianity, and the most fiendish persecutor of the true saints...........The Apostle Paul foretold that this iniquitous principle would work secretly for a time, while some opposing thing stood in the way, until, the hindrance being removed, it could have a free course, and progress rapidly to the development of the Antichrist. He says, "Only he that now hindereth will hinder, until he be taken out of the way." (`2 Thess. 2:7`) What does history have to show in fulfilment of this prediction? It shows that the thing which hindered a rapid development of Antichrist was the fact that the place aspired to was already filled by another."
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  If ever you feel stupid... read this thread... you'll feel better

  by IP_SEC in

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  "whenever i watch tv and see those poor starving kids .

  all over the world, i can't help but cry.

  i mean i'd love .

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  - Speaking of time - LIFE IN THE 1500'S
  
  The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the1500s:
  
  These are interesting...
  
  Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
  
  Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water..
  
  Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying . It's raining cats and dogs.
  
  There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
  
  The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold.
  
  (Getting quite an education, aren't you?)
  
  In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old..
  
  Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat..
  
  Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
  
  Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.
  
  Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.
  
  England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a ..dead ringer..
  
  And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! !
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  Do Muslems and Christains have the same God?

  by Undecided in

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  the koran and the bible says to do the same acts of violence to anyone who worships a different god.. deuteronomy 13:6-8, it reads: "if thy brother, the son of thy mother.

  or thy son, or thy daughter, or thy wife of thy bosom.

  or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, let us go and serve other gods which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; (7) namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth unto the other end of the earth (8) thou shalt not consent unto him, nor harken unto him; neither shalt thou conceal him (9) but thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.

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  Bishop warns that Muslims who convert risk being killed
  
  Jamie Doward, home affairs
  editor The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2170160,00.html
  Sunday September 16, 2007
  
  
  One of the Church of England's most senior bishops is warning that people will die unless Muslim leaders in Britain speak out in defence of the right to change faith.
  
  Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, whose father converted from Islam to Christianity in Pakistan, says he is looking to Muslim leaders in Britain to 'uphold basic civil liberties, including the right for people to believe what they wish to believe and to even change their beliefs if they wish to do so'.
  
  Some Islamic texts brand Muslims who convert to other faiths as 'apostates' and call for them to be punished. Seven of the world's 57 Islamic states - including Iran - impose the death penalty for conversion.
  
  Now Ali, who some see as a potential Archbishop of Canterbury, has told Channel 4's Dispatches programme of his fears about the safety of the estimated 3,000 Muslims who have converted to other faiths in Britain.
  
  'It is very common in the world today, including in this country, for people who have changed their faith, particularly from being Muslim to being Christian, to be ostracised, to lose their job, for their marriages to be dissolved, for children to be taken away,' Ali said. 'And this is why some leadership is necessary from Muslim leaders themselves to say that this is not what Islam teaches.'
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  Do you expect the man in the marriage to be strong.

  by free2beme in

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  my mother-in-law had surgery recently and when ever she does go through medical issues, it brings up something i wonder about.

  you see, i think the man or husband, in the relationship needs to be strong at those moments.

  to be the person who people can look to for updated information, perhaps to be the pillar of strength to keep everyone calm in a rough situation and so on.

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  freyd

  It works for me.
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  Do you expect the man in the marriage to be strong.

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
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  my mother-in-law had surgery recently and when ever she does go through medical issues, it brings up something i wonder about.

  you see, i think the man or husband, in the relationship needs to be strong at those moments.

  to be the person who people can look to for updated information, perhaps to be the pillar of strength to keep everyone calm in a rough situation and so on.

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  And it's going to stay a man's world.
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  Do you expect the man in the marriage to be strong.

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
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  my mother-in-law had surgery recently and when ever she does go through medical issues, it brings up something i wonder about.

  you see, i think the man or husband, in the relationship needs to be strong at those moments.

  to be the person who people can look to for updated information, perhaps to be the pillar of strength to keep everyone calm in a rough situation and so on.

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  LOL
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  Do you expect the man in the marriage to be strong.

  by free2beme in

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  my mother-in-law had surgery recently and when ever she does go through medical issues, it brings up something i wonder about.

  you see, i think the man or husband, in the relationship needs to be strong at those moments.

  to be the person who people can look to for updated information, perhaps to be the pillar of strength to keep everyone calm in a rough situation and so on.

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  Yes, it's getting harder to deal with women since they want to be more like men. You're not our equal, no matter what you've been told. No offense. You were designed for a specific purpose, and it wasn't to be co-boss. You were made to be loved, not respected.
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  Do you expect the man in the marriage to be strong.

  by free2beme in

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  my mother-in-law had surgery recently and when ever she does go through medical issues, it brings up something i wonder about.

  you see, i think the man or husband, in the relationship needs to be strong at those moments.

  to be the person who people can look to for updated information, perhaps to be the pillar of strength to keep everyone calm in a rough situation and so on.

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  Eclipse, is it true that the only thing for a woman worse than being thought of as a sex object is not being thought of as a sex object?
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  Do you expect the man in the marriage to be strong.

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother-in-law had surgery recently and when ever she does go through medical issues, it brings up something i wonder about.

  you see, i think the man or husband, in the relationship needs to be strong at those moments.

  to be the person who people can look to for updated information, perhaps to be the pillar of strength to keep everyone calm in a rough situation and so on.

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  LOL