to combat rape, a condom with 'teeth' is launched in south africa, a country with the highest rape rates in the world, according to human rights watch.
it is also believed that 16 percent of the population is living with hiv.
here is how it works.
But how would a woman have a normal sex life??
The condom only attaches to men, it's easily inserted and removed from the woman. And until it's so widespread that you find one on almost every girl, the rapist will for sure not be looking for it. There's still the problem of the brutality after the precious part of the man was bitten by one of these...
it's true because it happened to me last night.
i knew it was trouble when she started looking at my kindle.
once she got to the short stories i wrote 3 years ago, autobiographical, some of it involving her, i knew i wouldn't be going to bed before 1:00 (it was 11:40 p.m. by then).
I feel your pain sd-7, I hope you will see better days.
You read part of my story in my other thread, so I'll be short: Lady Lee's thread 'Til death do us part' contains some good advices. I always felt the wedding wows contain much more than the regular 'don't screw around', in fact I feel one can be unfaithful without ever sleeping with someone, or even the other way around: there can be cases where sleeping with someone doesn't make you unfaithful to your spouse. 'Faithful' as a word tells of a story of intimacy, sharing, caring for the other, and it's not constrained to sexuality.
For some time past I felt somewhat like my wife cheated on me, not with a person, but with an organization. Some people can live with an unfaithful wife, some people don't see it as unfaithful, all is up to you and your conscience. I felt my wife was much more the WTS's wife than mine, and it seems you are in a very similar position.
Try to understand your feelings first, to know what would be the best course.
"jesus did not die on the cross" .
a new doctoral dissertation in theology from gothenburg university claims that the bible has been misinterpreted when it comes to how jesus died.
gunnar samuelsson who wrote the dissertation has studied the original texts and sees no explicit references to crucifiction.
Separation Keyser. JWs go to extreme lengths to prove they're very different from any other christian denomination. There was a talk? or article? that discussed how JWs are not neo-protestants, which is quite silly, because they are, no matter how they protest against it. It's probably the same symptom as for the emo or goth kids, they want to be nonconformist in every way, so they get noticed.
At least this is my view; because it's true there's no logical reason to fight against the cross - it really doesn't matter what they don't wear in their necks symbolizing Jesus' death.
remeber the blue book studied just before baptism?
the new revised version came out in 2002 with two major chapters being deleted..... 1980 - united in worship.
chapter 19 - what does the mosaic law mean to you?.
To cover their behinds in courts. They never told anyone not to get transfusion, everyone came to that conclusion by themselves...
so as you da'd, were df'd, faded, or just mentally let go of everything you believed for so long, did you experience this weird transition phase of an "identitylessness"?
i think this might only apply to people who were "strong" in the faith.
as a strong witness, im sure those of us who were really took to heart and mind the things that we learned and counsel that the society produced.
As for morals, well, even when I was a JW, I never understood the concept that people would only be good if they were afraid that God was watching, waiting to swoop down and punish them. I can be a good person by myself, without the threat of imminent death!
In my eyes it's simple: if you can't be a good person by yourself, then you are not a moral person. This is a very big mistake of any high-control cult - they don't make persons more moral, they only coerce him to conform.
There was that joke: "I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't sleep around with women, I wake up every morning at 6 am, and generally I lead a clean moral life. But all this will change as soon as I get out of the jail!"
Kurtbethel just by looking at that picture makes me feel drunk. Sort of like this one:
@Bane: Are you saying Israel NEVER claimed they were with God?
Sorry I didn't answer you before, I see others did. About this particular question: I didn't meant that Israel didn't claim they're God's people, I meant that was secondary. First and foremost Jehovah himself said that "this is my people" in a most direct way, no roundabouts and uhms, and difficult to understand explanations.
The JWs on the other hand only claim that they are Jehovah's people, and they quote some Bible passages proving this - the same exact Bible passages that other hundreds of christian denomination use to prove they are God's people.
This is what I meant: Israel didn't only claim, but God himself pointed to them and said You are my people. JWs only claim it. This is not a point of argument, it was only the opening to my main point.
Edit: never mind, I just read the whole topic in the meantime, and there's no logical argumenting with Bane. Shame, logical thinking apologists bring new color to this forum.
"peter faces a dilemma.
his parents have taught him that god created the earth and all life on it.
they say that the bible's account of creation is trustworthy and that evolution is simply a theory-one not supported by the evidence.
God_Delusion, you've got mail, clicky here: 
two elders were just here an hour ago.
i'm afraid i lost my temper with them, and even my neighbours heard me .
let me just take it from the top.
Yan Bibiyan: I am almost 32 now, my first 12 years were under the communist regime. I was still too young to leave a lasting impression on me, but it's easier to understand how the high-control environment works on a nationwide level.
I was thinking maybe communist oppression made it even more easy for some to accept the cult, because of the familiarity. The communists had the power for about 40 years, so after democracy came, even the youngest persons who knew from experience what liberty was, were 50-60 years old. Most of the persons only ever knew the high control. Not surprisingly at all, JWs after the revolution had a huge increase here - also thanks to the fact that the people were not afraid to join a religion. I remember one elder told me he saw two big waves: after '89 (the revolution), and just before 2000. He also added the majority of both of these waves left the organization.
It seems I'm hijacking my own thread; by my heart I would like to just forget this whole deal, and start over my life - I got angry countless time at myself that I made that wrong choice back then when my wife (girlfriend back then) told me we have to break up because I'm a "wordly". There was a mild anecdote there, she quoted me the verse "you can't be friends with God and friends with the world too". So I asked her "Am I the world?" She never managed to explain her choice well, because back then she wasn't so "strong" either - another word for "indoctrinated". If only I would have made the right choice - but I knew she loved me, and I loved her. I'm afraid I was too yielding - she didn't make one step to accomodate our differences, and I went all the way to her. That's not a good way to start a marriage.
Well, but that is over now. I'm partly glad I'm finally out, I just feel the price I paid was not proportional to my thoughtless act back then 10 years ago.
Anyone knows if I can change that sign on my topic? I put that by mistake, and edited it quickly after posting to switch to , but when viewing Active Topics it still shows the original thumbs up, and there's nothing to be thumbing up about here.
two elders were just here an hour ago.
i'm afraid i lost my temper with them, and even my neighbours heard me .
let me just take it from the top.
sd-7 - I know your story, I watched it unfold exactly because I saw parallels between our lives. And let me tell you - I deeply respect you, and truly wish I had your integrity. You did so much for your marriage, your wife should fall before you and worship you (pun intended here).
dgp - I live in Romania (if your question was about geographical location) - not much point fighting to cover my identity now, is it?
not a captive - deep thoughts, thanks
