Joel Wideman

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  Does anyone find reading in here dpressing?

  by klinton in

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  sorry to be a downer...but i'm just new here.

  i've been scanning topics and reading people's various stories....and i have to say, a lot of what i'm seeing is just eating me up.

  i've actually teared up a few times.

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  Joel Wideman

  Quite the opposite. As traumatic as my life has been, coming here shows me that I'm not alone. It's very comforting.
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  Holy Crap! Star Trek's Sulu is gay!

  by Elsewhere in

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  looks like lots of people are "coming out" right now.... http://www.cnn.com/2005/showbiz/tv/10/28/people.georgetakei.ap/index.htmlgeorge takei, 'trek's' sulu: i'm gay.

  los angeles, california (ap) -- george takei, who as "star trek's" sulu was part of the starship enterprise crew through three television seasons and six movies, has come out as a homosexual in the current issue of frontiers, a biweekly los angeles magazine covering the gay and lesbian community.. takei told the associated press on thursday that his new onstage role as psychologist martin dysart in "equus," helped inspire him to publicly discuss his sexuality.. takei described the character as a "very contained but turbulently frustrated man.

  " the play opened wednesday at the david henry hwang theater in los angeles, the same day that frontiers magazine featured a story on takei's coming out.. the current social and political climate also motivated takei's disclosure, he said.. "the world has changed from when i was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay," he said.

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  Joel Wideman

  Why is anyone surprised? He's been taking his boyfriend to conventions for years.
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  JW Urban Ledgends - Fact or Fiction?

  by clear2c in

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  growing up as a jehovahs wittness my parents used to rationalize or have a urban ledgends reguarding why we could not do something or why something was evil/bad.

  some of these i have heard in various forms around here in the forums.

  here are some expamples of what i mean.

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  Joel Wideman

  Comic books, video games, and Dungeons & Dragons.
  The idea of demonized items not burning is a variation on the witch test - tie the suspected witch up and throw them in the lake. If she floats, she's a witch.
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  JW Urban Ledgends - Fact or Fiction?

  by clear2c in

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  growing up as a jehovahs wittness my parents used to rationalize or have a urban ledgends reguarding why we could not do something or why something was evil/bad.

  some of these i have heard in various forms around here in the forums.

  here are some expamples of what i mean.

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  Covering Kingdom Music

  by professor in

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  has anyone ever tried to release covers of kingdom music?

  generally, i'm thinking you have to have the artist's permission.

  but what if you change it a little?

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  Joel Wideman

  Parody is protected as "fair use".
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  How many more years before no one believes in God?

  by JH in

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  do you think there will come a time, where no one will believe in god or even talk about him?.

  children at school aren't taught religion any more around here since years.. so, how long do you think it will take before no one talks about god anymore?

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  Qcmbr: aw stop it - most people in the world believe in God. I'm afraid you'll have to put up with the majority of us for a long time yet.
  This isn't even remotely true, unless you lump Christianity in with Judaeism and Islam, and then it's only by a slim margin. Most of the world, if they believe in a personal God at all, do not believe in the Christian God.
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  What is THIS that is stated on official WTBTS site...

  by sf in

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  http://www.watchtower.org/publications/publications_available.htm.

  scrolling down to bottom:.

  jehovah's witnesses provide personal and group instruction in the bible at no charge.

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  Joel Wideman

  Probably sources they are (mis)quoting.
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  Oh My God... Oh my God

  by lola28 in

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  i had a very dear friend that was disfellowshiped over two years ago.

  i just found out she got reinstated should i call her?

  why dosen't hallmark make cards for occasions like these?

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  Joel Wideman

  Hallmark disfellowshipping card:
  On the front: I'm not thinking of you anymore...
  Inside: because you're spiritually dead.
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  If raised JW - or in while young - how strict were your parents?

  by Jamelle in

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  i'm just curious to know where my parents register on the scale of strictness...

  growing up, i felt absolutely smothered by my parents (mostly my mother).

  the things i couldn't do were above and beyond the limitations put on the other young people in our hall.

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  Joel Wideman

  All the usual stuff, plus I wasn't allowed to defend myself. Turn the other cheek, and all that. It made me an easy target, of course, so I just made sure she never heard about it.
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  What did you do to your parents?

  by whyamihere in

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  as kids did you do anything to your parents that was a classic burn or really embarrass them?

  i was just telling a friend of mine what i once did to my mom.

  picture it!

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  Joel Wideman

  My mother was pretty good at embarrassing me, rather than the other way around.