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  Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  By definition an ultra-flamboyant drag queen is not manly.
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  THIS IS IT Tony Morris Identifies King of Norht

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is the announcement we have heard “about” but now it has been released to the whole world.

  its in the 2nd of a three part serries about the jw annual meeting (oct 2018).

  to minute 52. .

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  Thank you Scotoma.

  I wonder what they mean exactly by Russia's allies?
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  The Brexit pantomime continues!

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. social
  2. current

  the undeniable truth is that there in no consensus amongst the uk's politicians for any single outcome.. labour mp hilary benn has today joined the ranks of countless others who apparently have very severe hearing & sight problems - by submitting an amendment which suggests the following:.

  1) reconsider mrs. may's deal .

  2) leave the eu with no deal, .

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  We voted to leave.

  If we can leave with a reasonable deal then great. If we can’t then we leave and default to WTO rules. We also save ourselves £39 billion which the EU badly needs.

  Don’t give up on the possibility of the EU blinking at the last minute.

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  Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  Xant - Were you really suggesting that any man has ever — in the history of humankind — been considered 'unmanly' for holding his child?

  I'm cooking, yes that is also 'manly'.
  
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  Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  Xant - Were you really suggesting that anybody in the history of humankind it has ever been thought 'unmanly' for a father to hold his child?
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  Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  Nevuela — You misrepresented my point entirely. I'm not going to waste time explaining in detail and getting accused of 'mansplaining'.

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  Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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

  1. watchtower
  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

  1. social
  2. family

  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

  1. watchtower
  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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  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.