during the long debate on the question of gay marriage, there have been many competing answers to the question of, "how many people are gay?".
a very anti-gay christian minister in sydney, the reverend fred nile, (who is also a member of the state parliament) claims that the percentage is as low as 1%.. some university (u.of new south wales) research in sydney has suggested 5%, but the authors of the study cautioned that there was a problem in the fact that an unknown number of respondents would likely not admit to being gay.. there are other problems in asking the question.
for example, what does being gay mean?
sparrow-Just a question, with no malice or sarcasm intended, would you find it very interesting and touching if a hetro married couple had one member having sex with a member of the opposite sex or would you call it adultery? I saw the same documentary and wondered if the women would've stayed if the person their husband was attracted to was another woman.
fulltime-This is an interesting topic, I just searched for the same info yesterday. It must be on a lot of minds right now.
it will be interesting to see what will happen with the "beloved" 501c3 tax exempt status which the churches hold so dearly onto.
the first-century christians met in homes.
they did not have exemption from taxes to the governments.
The JW's don't need to worry about the Gay Marriage issue. For them it is a non-issue. They merely need to require anyone who is being married in a KH to be a baptized witness. End of problem. It was already in the rule book that both parties need to be either baptized witnesses or a progressive bible study with both parties who wished to become baptized, but their living situation was at odds with JW teachings.
not sure if this video has been posted before here or not, but it is a powerful scene.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx7irfn2gdi.
i haven't watched the entire movie yet, but from this scene alone, i will be..
I showed this to Hubby last night. He watched it to the end, which surprised me. He had no objections to what was said. After it was over, he held my hand and said something to the effect of 'I asked my dad about why the Israelites were sent into Egypt in the first place'. This clip really, really made him THINK. Something he is uncomfortable with.
I was eager to have him watch this, as today is his RC. He was racing around getting ready, but at the same time, seemed reluctant to leave. When our 7 y.o. asked him to stay for breakfast, he did. He didn't leave home until about 11:00. making him late. I think that if he wouldn't of seen this clip, he would've been much more eager to leave and wouldn't have stayed when being asked by our child.
haven't been on this site since fall of last year.
i was very active in spreading awareness and getting information to help me cope with the fact that my mother cut off complete communication with me as of jan 2014, but i guess too much of a good thing was too much for me to handle.
i ended up getting panic/anxiety attacks.
bsand20-8 years ago I was pregnant and having panic attacks and was told 'no anxiety meds'. It was so bad, I asked them if they could take the baby early-no they could not-you will just have to deal with it they said. And so I did. The panic and anxiety attacks are very frightening. Has your therapist given you any coping strategies? Can your ob/gyn suggest anyone else that you can be referred to, such as a psychiatrist? You may need someone more that a therapist to get you through this stage. Try not to watch any kind of news, avoid places where JW's are, including this site if it is going to upset you. Try reading Jim Rohn, Darren Hardy, some of the other self-help gurus, they may help you get your emotions into check.
Hope this helps. May you have a healthy pregnancy.
and or dresses?
just what is wrong with a smart pair of trousers?
i'm sure that the women would not start behaving like men or imagining that they have a dick!.
why i left scientology.
i was a scientologist for eight years.
although i identified as one i didnt really understand what actually being a scientologist fully entailed until after a couple of years of being heavily indoctrinated.
Super creepy read. Especially have your private conversations bugging and talked about openly, moments after you had them.!
if you had any doubts about the pitifully poor mental prowess of watchtower and jws in general then i'm sure this week's watchtower study (week of june 15-21, 2015) completely obliterated such doubts.
the study article (watchtower april 15, 2015, page 19: how real is your relationship with jehovah?
) was filled with blatantly fallacious reasoning that were outdone only by the more fallacious reasoning on the part of commenting jws.. the article, in paragraph 2, says this about a relationship with jehovah:.
he kind of invited me to a barbecue or something, and asked if my parents wanted to come along as well.
it felt really awkard, i mean i am 20++.
i was sceptic, so he told me he would send me a sms about an other fitting day instead.i probably didnt look too happy about that either, so he told me that maybe he could invite some other in the group.
i just got a call from a friend who informed me that a brother whom i've known for a while and is an elder, just found out last night that his wife of 20+ years declared she was gay, and left him..
i still need to confirm but my friend is very reliable and was close friends with the family.
heres the thing, she spent 20+ years with this man, has children with him and now decides she wants to follow her heart.
At the risk of offending gay people who say they are born that way, not made that way:
I wonder if she was always left alone with the kids while he played super elder, with all the field service, meeting parts, shepherding calls, quick builds, hall cleaning, elder meetings and so on. If so, maybe she found a friend(s) who helped her get through her loneliness and realized she loved that friend who cared more about her than her husband did.
I've said that to JW's, I understand why a woman would leave a man in the organization (or any absentee man) for a woman, the companionship and mutual affection. Needless to say, I would get the evil eye.
When my kid was that age 3 years ago and asked the same question, my answer was "Because they are boring." Kids can definitely relate to that one.
