for people who are still religious, what are your views on gays?.
for me (an atheist) it goes against my own morality to think of them as sinners or somehow doing wrong, and yet in the bible it teaches that it is wrong.
it's one of the main reasons i could never go along with the jws.. i'm curious how religious people address this issue.
XJW4EVR:
Do you consider homosexuality a condition or an act? Since I am gay, am I only a homosexual when I am having sexual relations with another man and "normal" when I am not? and if homosexuality is just a condition, like having a certain color of eyes or being born blind, and thus nothing I can do about it, even if I am celebate and do not commit fornication of any kind, is my mere existence as a homosexual a sin?
i don't know how you feel but i am pleased to be part of a community that cares about fellow members.
although we may not know individuals in person, we get a "sense" of many of our fellow posters especially if we have been here for any length of time.. several of our fellow posters have experienced terrible tragedies that result in financial nightmares.
i don't know how all of you feel, but i would rather give directly to someone in need than through a charity.
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. Margaret Cho
i kind of understand the "never made the real commitment" part, but isn't learning the "truth" for 15 to 20 years, and going out into the "world" as opposed to committing,... the same as choosing to not accept jehover's (aka wts) ways and be with the brothers and sisters in union?.
why is the shunning treated different?
is it because, there's always hope by the parents, that they will come around?, etc.. .
Before I was baptized in the mid 80s I was what they called back then an approved associate in which I was a publisher and was on the school and if I would have done something to get DF'd I would have been formally announced as disassociated from the platform and treated as if I were baptized anyway and shunned so back then not being baptized would still divide people
i want to add this to my research tools, if you know somewhere i can get it, buy it, or whatever, let me know...thanks!
There is a link here somewhere where you could download it and then burn it to a CD; I downloaded it
i want to add this to my research tools, if you know somewhere i can get it, buy it, or whatever, let me know...thanks!
There is a link here somewhere where you could download it and then burn it to a CD; I downloaded it
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p2 or pleaser2000.
we have p2, with my kids, myself and arrowstar to start!.
Crumpet, you are more than welcome at my fabulous pad any time; there is plenty of space; I don't know what you would think of Little Rock, Arkansas; You would probably think "what the hell is Littlerockguy still doing in a place like this rotting his lifeway", LOL
you big city people, have your big, high class newspapers.
you small town uppity people have your little local goody-two shoe articles, in your papers.
but my town, has heart.
It's hard to say unless you know as Paul Harvey would say "the rest of the story". Has been been reproved by the elders in his congregation and if so this may be a way he is demonstrating his real remorse for having done things that would "bring reproach upon Jehovah's name and his organization". If the elders and "the friends" in the congregation believe that he will be love bombed by those in the congregation and he wouldnt be looking for any other help ftom anybody on the outside.
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p2 or pleaser2000.
we have p2, with my kids, myself and arrowstar to start!.
Dearest Crumpet:
The thought of relocating to europe sounds exciting! I need to look into it and see if it is something I can plan. I'm so tired of Arkansas! But until I can move to europe I shall be planning on at least traveling there!
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p2 or pleaser2000.
we have p2, with my kids, myself and arrowstar to start!.
Sparkplug, these pics are the best I've ever seen; they capture so much of last weekend and it was truly an event I will never forget and will talk about for years to come. I feel so blessed to have been part of it.
LRG
Religion is a snare and a racket.
