Posts by Mariusuk.

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California Court Affirms Right To Gay Marriage

by BenV in

jw
friends

just got this email!.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-marriage.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss.

ben (celebratin' with friends).

Mariusuk.

14 pages and neither camp will budge, so what is the end result of this?

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Believer, Agnostic or Atheist?

by lfcviking in

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friends

i am curious, what amount people on this board from their experiences of being a baptised & active jw and their subsequent exit from the jw org (for whatever reason or reasons) are now either agnostic, atheist or do some actually still believe in god?.

your honest answers please.. lfcv.

Mariusuk.

Definately atheist

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Intelligent People on this Forum

by BenV in

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friends

someone had a thread about "smart people" in their congregations.

while i readily admit there were some "good," and "kind" jws in the congregation i grew up in.

and maybe it was the location -- my dad was asked to move there -- but for the most part it was an intellectual sahara.. yet i've noticed that on this forum there are some incredibly "smart" people.

Mariusuk.

awwww this is a right group hug thread isn't it.

My vote goes to JCanon.....that guy is like super intelligent and also the return of the christ in drag

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California Court Affirms Right To Gay Marriage

by BenV in

jw
friends

just got this email!.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-marriage.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss.

ben (celebratin' with friends).

Mariusuk.

Not a chance, look the reply a couple of posts back, bit over the top to be honest but funny nonetheless, he clearly does not mind "mincing" his words *sorry couldn't help myself*

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I believe in a higher being

by Mickey mouse in

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friends

i opened another thread with a similar title and thought it was going to be a discussion about belief in god but it wasn't.

so i started my own.. although i'm not sure of much at the moment (since i had my beliefs whipped out from under me like the floor under my feet) i feel fairly certain about one thing.

there is evidence of intelligent design and beauty in the universe and i don't logically think this is accidental.

Mariusuk.

A "higher being" has so be godlike and separate from the universe otherwise it is just an alien.

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???Do you spank your kids???

by Princess Daisy Boo in

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friends

tell me how you feel about spanking your kids - be honest now!!!

have you ever, and under what circumstances?.

what other methods of discipline do you use?

Mariusuk.

I have never spanked my daughter and doubt I would, the only kinda reason i could consider it would be if she ran out on a road or something. Spanking becomes to easy the de facto punishment. Personally I think if you have got to the point where spanking is your only recourse then you have screwed up somewhere down the line. To put a spanking into perspective try and imagine a 20 stone meathead putting you over his knee and whacking you

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Reasons why i can't worship the God of the bible...

by digderidoo in

the following scriptures given show the reasons why i cannot worship the god of the bible.

call him jehovah, yahweh, yhwh, lord, father, jesus, whatever you will.

the passages are taken from the new world translation, because we are all familiar with it and also it was the only one i really had at hand.. gen 3:16 ... " to the woman he said: 'i shall greatly increase the pain of your pregnancy; in birth pangs you will bring forth children, and your craving will be for your husband, and he will dominate you.

Mariusuk.

Christianity is just a continuation of Judaism which is an ancient religion which like pretty much every religion of it's era liked it's god's bloodthirtsy and killing, that's what god's did thousands of years ago. Unfortunately for christianity because it is built on this very old religion it cannot escape this past so has to invent ways to justify what would otherwise be seen as shocking behaviour.

God is love! hahahaha yeah sure, and I can fly

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One Reason Why I Worship the God of the Bible

by snowbird in

while this may be construed as a rebuttal to nvr's thread re: why i post about atheism, that is not my intent.. it is my intent, however, to show how i developed a belief in and love for the god of the bible.. my paternal grandfather, who died before i was born, was a baptist preacher, so you could say i cut my teeth on the bible.

i loved having it read to me, and once i learned how, reading it for myself.

i'm convinced that spirituality runs deep in my blood.. i've always had such a strong sense of right and wrong that injustices make me literally sick.

Mariusuk.

Sorry that list is loaded, as well as a bit silly

JW's - Believe in God

Christians - Believe in God

Atheists - Don't

JW's believe in a "reward"

Christains - believe in a "reward"

Atheists - don't

These are the fundamental and only real important differences

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Eurovision Song Contest 2008

by GermanXJW in

i am surprised there is no thread yet.

tonight's the night.

i guess greece will be the winner.

Mariusuk.

This competition is a joke, oh well if it makes small crappy countries feel better about themselves by voting for each other then so bet it awwwww bless. It has got to the point where you can pretty accurately predict which counties other countries will vote for. UK joint last?? Come on the song was a not a winer but there were FAR worse songs. I think the the likes of Spain, the UK, Germany and France should just boycott the stupid thing until they introduce a voting system that is not clearly rigged

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Thoughts on Planet X

by Perry in

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=helb1voglc0 .

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u-3rlx_4y5y&nr=1 .

any thoughts on planet x ?.

Mariusuk.

Could someone care to explain why my logic is flawed? Saying it is does not make it so