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  Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

  by minimus in

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  so much is said regarding men , in a negative way.

  shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.

  men should be less masculine.

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  I'm not sure who invented the term 'toxic masculinity' but everybody who uses it should be embarrassed by their own stupidity.

  It deliberately conflates negative and positive characteristics. Every intelligent man knows that bullying, unprovoked aggression, sexual assault and misogyny are unacceptable. On the other hand there are a whole spectrum of positive traits that are typically male. Men and women are not the same above the neck. Being a responsible man is not synonymous with becoming more like a woman.

  Women who push this misguided doctrine on a generation of boys are hypocrites. Study after study demonstrates that women ultimately choose men with typically masculine physical and psychological traits.
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  Old Goat

  by vienne in

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  2. beliefs

  some of you may remember old goat who used to post here.

  he died last night in his sleep.

  he was 92 years old.

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  I'm sorry to hear that, He was a gentleman. I respected him, his posts were always really interesting. Thank you for letting us know vienne,
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  Just wanted to share my little bit of good news.

  by nicolaou in

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  i haven't been posting here much lately, i think i only created one topic in 2018!

  but this is worth it.. i am a grandfather 😊.

  it happens all the time but damn, it feels good.

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  Congratulations Nic!
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  Did you actually read the bible end to end?

  by Ultimate Axiom in

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  2. bible

  in my ten years as a witness i never read the whole bible end to end, what with four magazines a month, the book study, meetings and talk preparations, there just wasn’t the time.

  i knew all the important references to ‘prove’ the various jw doctrines, and the cherry picked chapters that help foster the idea that it’s a good book, but that’s not reading it.

  well after nearly forty years out, i decided i would do it.

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  cofty

  Yes read it a few times.

  To be fair it's not all bad. There is some profound stuff in there. You don't have to ridicule the entire thing just to prove your credentials as a secualist. Ecclesiastes, Ruth, Lamentations, some of the Psalms and Job (minus the later intro and ending) are all good examples of ancient literature. Parts of the Gospels are fascinating.

  It is clearly not the work of a supernatural being and it reflects the ethics of Iron Age tribal society.

  Imagine you admired a painting hanging on your friend's wall. He replied that it was a genuine Rembrandt original. Now all you can do is fixate on all its flaws to disprove your dumb friend's lies. That's a pity because previously it had a certain appeal.
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  Neighbor teens selling drugs

  by Bad_Wolf in

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  not too long ago had a lady and her two teen sons move nearby.

  she had mentioned awhile back how they came from a rough ghetto neighborhood.

  this lady is always screaming and fighting with her sons, so loud, homes away hear it.

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  Depends. If you are saying that previously you had a nice quiet neighbourhood and now you have drug addicts coming and going then report it. Otherwise ask yourself what you are hoping to achieve.
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  Should calling someone 'Nazi' be made illegal?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  2. current

  a rabble-rouser called james goddard and a crowd of pro-brexit people called anna soubry 'nazi' recently.. the same crowd also called owen jones a few names.. i don't know these people but they seem to be unsavory people - they were certainly not behaving themselves.. the met police are looking into the matter, to see if the crowd did anything illegal.

  a journalist asked the police officer if calling someone 'nazi' is illegal.

  the officer said 'that's what we're looking into'.. first, this crowd behaved badly, no question.. what i find fascinating, though, is the speed of response from authorities.. calling people fascist or nazi has been going on for decades.

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  Owen Jones is pathetic.
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  Flawed Website

  by pinkpizza in

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  when i first seen this website i actually thought it was a jw website hence the home page and not an ex jw website and i posted a topic thinking people were real witnesses then i quickly discovered it was not and all these people were commenting and embarrassing me and i couldn’t even delete the thread.

  then i asked the admin to delete it and i said it was very misleading saying it’s a jw page and he’s like are you serious i deleted your topic and now you are attacking me and it clearly says ex jw page.

  he was very rude and btw no where does it say ex jw and you should be able to delete your own threads you start.

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  all these people were commenting and embarrassing me

  Your previous thread has zero replies.You posted it while most of the world is asleep.
  
  
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  A Brexit Glossary

  by snugglebunny in

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  "i" news, jan 10, 2019:.

  a brexit glossary: .

  people’s vote – a second referendum.

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  cofty

  It was a big turnout by normal standards.

  Remoaners have been very resourceful in trying to discredit the legitimacy of the vote.
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  The stuff JWs get right

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since today there is a post about jws and science i thought it right to throw them a bone and see if they have anything right:.

  1. round earth (lol).

  2. old universe (13.7 billion years).

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  cofty

  I can’t give them any credit for number 5.

  Actually they always conflate the origin of life with the origin of species — but then so do most creationists.
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  Flat Earth and Jw. Not possible?

  by Earthmeasured in

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  2. beliefs

  sorry for my poor english, i hope to make not too many mistakes.

  im a jw and in the last three years i have studied a lot the topic of the earth being flat.

  i have a good scientific background so im not stupid or crazy.

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  I know. We have access to GPS with an accuracy of a few metres. I use it when hillwalking. It doesn't ask me to buy in to any global conspiracy.

  The military can access better data giving accuracy of a few centimetres. Both sets of data depend on precise measurements of the curvature of the earth.

  Do you have a point?