My personal opinion, having seen young male children with extremely flamboyant personalities, grow up to be gay men, leads me to believe that homosexually is probably there at birth. However, just like any form of fornication, it's not to be practiced. You cannot avoid if you have sexual tendencies towards people of the same sex, just like you have them for the opposite sex, BUT you do not have to practice homosexuality or fornication, that's where you get into the sin. There was this great topic on the radio about a pastor who couldn't decide whether he should baptize these two gay men in his congregation. My opinion was, why not baptize them? Who is he or anyone else to say if they can be baptized if they have repented and no longer practice the sin of homosexuality. In the end God is the ultimate judge regardless of what anyone else thinks.
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Can being gay live in harmony with being a christian?
by digderidoo ini have looked at the thread about gay marriages in california and thought about asking this question there, but instead of hi-jacking that one i thought i would ask it here.
there seems to be quite a few gay people on this site and i wonder how many class themselves as christian?
if so, can being gay live in harmony with being a christian?.
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GetOverIt
I am definitely a snob, but really, really working on not being one. But I can't help it if I'm better than everyone else.
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When you were a Jw did you have a relationship with God?
by Fisherman indifficult to understand how even heavys that taught about having a relatinship with god now proclaim that it was imagined after leaving the truth.
puts into question appointments and people serving.
i can understand if some one new leaves the org.
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GetOverIt
There was a time when I was a witness that I had a wonderful relationship with Jehovah, and I think it had more to do with my prayer life and the way I lived my life in accordance with the Bible then from being a "witness." I know he protected me in certain instances. I can say this, and I hope it doesn't make me sound crazy , but one day I was with my two daughers, they were about 11 and 7 at the time and we were late for the meeting. The KH was not in the very best neighborhood, and we had to park down the street from the hall, and it was a dark street. While walking up the street, this dog comes running out barking viciously at us from across the street. I told the girls to get behind me 'cause I didnt' want them to run and have the dog chase one of them.
I put my book bag in front of me, hoping to slam him with it and I just say softly, "Oh Jehovah", and he gets about 10 feet from us and all of the sudden he's running and the next minute he's screeching to a stop pushing backwards with his paws away from us (his body was in a forward momentum, so he was literally skidding trying to go back). Then he just turns and walks away. That to me spoke volume of Jehovah's love. For me, it was divine intervention. You had to see the way the dog looked. I don't know what he saw in front of me that I didn't see, but it wasn't my book bag that made him do that. With that being said, now that I'm no longer a witness I still, when I'm on top of my spiritual game, feel deeply connected to Jehovah God.
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How do the elders know if you are truly repentent?
by jetery inthe reason why i ask is because whenever u are df and u are trying to get reinstated they are always tellling u that u have to produce fruits befitting repentenace like attending the meetings,etc.
they always make it seem that since they are gods spirit-directed org.
that he will know whether or not if a person is repentent.
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GetOverIt
I wonder this too 'cause when I got pregnant with my daughter as a teenager, and I had my JC meeting. They just publicly reproved me (not before asking me if "It felt good" in reference to sex). Can you believe that? And my mother just sat there crying while 3 grown men waited for her teenage daughter to respond to that. Sickening. Now she says, "I must have not heard that." Yeah right. Anyway, back on topic. So the next day my husband (boyfriend at the time) was just coming back in town from military leave, and when I went to go see him...guess what we did? LOL! So if they knew if I were really repentent or not, I should have been disfellowshipped. So to answer your question.
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Why does guilt often remain so long with those who've left the JWs?
by And He Ran ini would be interested in getting people's input in why so many jws - including me from time to time, though less so now - seem to be burdened by guilt after they've left, even after they've successfully faded and aren't being hassled by family or elders.
is it a residual leftover of the indoctrination over the years?
i welcome your comments.
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GetOverIt
I don't feel guilty at all. I feel free. Though it hurts because friend and family have distanced themselves, but that's what Jesus said he came here to do, so it's to be expected (Matthew 10:34).
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Any Stephen King Readers?
by White Dove inso far, i like needful things, secret window/hidden garden, and langoliers best.. guy at the bookstore said the stand was the best.. i just bought the shining and pet cemetary (book's in the other room.
can't spell).
what's your favorite?.
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GetOverIt
Hi, I've introduced myself a while ago and lurk more often than not. Had to chime in on this topic.
I was a diehard Stephen King fan for many years while a teenager. I used to be afraid demons would come so I kept them in my garage at night and would read them during the day. However, after I read IT, or should I say partially read IT. I was done with Stephen King. That one scared me really bad. I'm a very visual person so the things I conjured up in my mind while reading that book freaked me out. However, I've been tempted to read him again. He's a great writer. Although I wonder what really goes on in the mind of someone who can think and write books the way he does.
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How many liked "V for Vendetta" ?
by frankiespeakin inhttp://vforvendetta.warnerbros.com/index2.html.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8222063231829676102&q=v+for+vendetta&total=10203&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3237043034856135114&q=the+best+of+v+for+vendetta&total=209&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0.
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GetOverIt
I liked it.
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GetOverIt
I hope he's not an athetist (sp).
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The Gift of Speaking in Tongues?
by Maddie inwith the increase in evangelical churches there seems to be a lot more emphasis on the practise of "speaking in tongues".
i quite like the way these churches conduct services, with live music and great singing.
it is so different to the kh meetings and like fresh air.
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GetOverIt
I have a friend who was Chruch of the Nazarene and she would speak in tongues, but only when she was alone would it happen. She said it was the most beautiful language she had every heard and it had an Asian dialect to it. It would happen when she was praying alone. However, what threw me was now that she's converted to Chruch of Christ, she doesn't believe in speaking in tongues. And I'm like, wow you had such a wonderful gift and now you act like it was wrong. Go figure.
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I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO GROW UP IN THIS "SYSTEM"
by rache31 inoh, how many of us heard that we wouldn't make it to graduation or get married in this system?
i thought i wouldn't grow up.
no one talked about preparing for the future.
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GetOverIt
I never thought my two daughters now 18 and 22 would grow up in this system. Now I'm about to be a grandmother this year. Go figure.