Justtickled, thanks for the reply and I hear what you are saying loud and clear and follow your reasoning. I guess (and I am working from memory here I could be way wrong) the only thing that still troubles me was didn't Jesus list men who lie with men as ones not inheriting the kingdom? Or do I have that wrong.
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Men who lie with men.....
by cindykp in1corinthians 6:9 men who lie with men will not inherit gods kingdom.
so i guess its ok for women to lie with women cause we're not mentioned in there!
lol
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Men who lie with men.....
by cindykp in1corinthians 6:9 men who lie with men will not inherit gods kingdom.
so i guess its ok for women to lie with women cause we're not mentioned in there!
lol
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You know though, this has always made me wonder, what with all the religions out there embracing homosexuals (and I want to state that this is a purely academic question, I have no problem with homosexuals, zero problem with homosexuals) how do they get around the scriptures that from what I can see pretty much condemn the practice. To restate, if most of these denominations that claim to be bible based embrace homosexuals, how do they get around what appears to be a pretty unambiguous prohibition on the practice.
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CoC and Search of Christian Freedom came yesterday in the mail
by ithinkisee intime to swallow the red pill.. right now both books remain unopened - sealed in the amazon.com box buried in a backpack in the trunk of my car.
i feel like i'm smuggling drugs or something.. i'll be starting coc tomorrow ... .
this is more of a vanity post than anything.
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ithinkisee, though I left long before I knew anything about those books, or maybe even before they existed, they were still important in once and for all putting any possible lingering doubts or ghosts to rest. To bastardize the Phantom of the Opera, Open up your mind, and let your doubts unwind.
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The GB: evil manipulators or misguided fools
by New Worldly Translation ini've been pondering this question for a while now and i haven't come to a conclusion yet.
on the one hand there is evidence of psychological manipulation in their publications.
they discourage questioning of their authority or even their fallability and try to whitewash past mistakes.
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I have often wondered that. Neo makes a good point and the only thing I would add is I think they are products of the WBTS system. It takes a long time to get to the top of the org, by that time they have been well and truly indoctrinated.
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Tough day -- my mom died today
by cruzanheart inpoor thing, she's had alzheimer's for about 10 years and the last year she's been on hospice care because she's been so close to death.
the past few months she's been slowly filling up with water -- they gave her lasix (not sure of the spelling) to relieve the edema and it worked, sort of.
last weekend she actually looked a little better.
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Nina,
You seem like a wonderful person. You have my deepest sympathies. May God (if you so believe in him) keep you and hold you in his hand.
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Tell us about you
by kls inso many posters and most communicate either on this site or have the pleasure to meet in person and know much of some posters lives ,but for thos who don't ( like me ) let's share some of our lives with others,,, .
are you married or single?
= me married .
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Mad, bad, and dangerous to know.
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1975??????
by whyamihere ini have a question....what did you all think dec 31st 1975 right before 1976 hit?
then after it turned 1976 what did you all think after that?
i never asked that question before.
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First I was relieved, then I was bent. Even at 11 I was like, I just lived in terror for a year and nothing happened, I wanted to put a beat down on someone. In retrospect I sort of feel bad for my folks, really good hearted people that really tried to follow what they thought was right, I remember asking them what the heck and they were sort of bewildered, but who did they seek guidance from? You guessed it.
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Two great quotes!
by mkr32208 ini contend that we are both atheists, i just believe in one less god than you do.
when you understand why you dismiss all other possible gods, then you will know why i dismiss yours.
- stephen f. roberts.
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With fiends like this (WTBS), who needs enemas?
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There was a guy that I grew up with at the hall and was as close as a brother to, I mean we were as tight as two straight guys could get. He was always adhered more to the faith than I did but it never came between us. As teenagers when I really started pulling away he was okay with it but his family had a problem with it and tried to limit our time together. At that time he fell in love with a girl from high school, they dated for like 5 years and to this day he says she was the love of his life. But he wanted to remain in the borg so he forced himself to fall in love with a girl from the hall. At this point our paths really started to diverge, I was headed to college and he was as the cliche goes starting a career in the service industry as a janitor. The girl friend came from a really flaky family, the mother and father were serially df'd for screwing around. They got married and the new wife hated me and pretty much shut us down for years. Fast forward about 5 years and we get back in touch, JW or not I really missed the guy. His zeal it seemed had cooled a little and the wife no longer thought I was Satan incarnate. So we start the friendship back up though it was never quite the same and certainly not as frequent, we would get together once every couple of months. About two years ago he comes home from work and she is gone. Three weeks later he gets a letter from California, she met another and thppppt she was gone. Then she proceeds to just torque him through out the divorce. He was just sick about it, 15 years he gave it, and at the cost of the woman he said he still thought about all for the sake of the Borg. He just couldn't get past the divorce, it haunted him, his blood pressure got out of control though otherwise he was in excellent shape. Two weeks ago he has a stroke, 41 years old, semi paralyzed and in rehab now. He had been a good athlete and serious weightlifter. It just makes me sick. And of course given my view points, I lay that one at the Borg's doorstep, or at least a good part of it. JW or not, he was and is a friend, and whether or not he stays in the Borg is unimportant to me, I am just going to try and help him get back on his feet (literally) and be a friend. A bit windy and I'm sorry but I just needed to get that one out. The short answer, missed him like hell, glad to be seeing him again.
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What I remember from 1975
by Big Dog insince i am sort of late to the party this has probably been beaten to death and if it has just kick this thread to the curb.
i was 11 years old in 1975 and i remember being scared silly the whole year.
i mean there was so much hype about it and the tension in the air was so thick it was unreal.
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Liberty II, you summarized it perfectly, absolutely perfectly. I just love these people that say, oh it was no big deal, I was there, it was a big freaking deal.