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Why I'll never see 'Brokeback Mountain'

by yaddayadda in

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yep, i'm 'homophobic' and damn proud of it!

http://www.rense.com/general69/prop.htm

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Your loss!! Ang Lee is one of the "maestros" in cinema today, probably one of the BEST directors in cinema history. To offer opinions without having seen the movie is just pure nonsense! This movie is not a "gay" movie, it brings to life a beautiful human love story about two people who happen to discover they are gay, portrayed by a very talented cast, with minimal emphasis on sex. Some people have mentioned how it grosses them out to think about two men or two women having sex, well this movie is not graphic by any stretch of the imagination, actually the scenes of "intimate" contact are very tastefully carried out, but of course, it's ANG LEE directing! So if your mind goes into the gutter while watching the movie, it's your own fault.

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The Gay Elder

by Mastodon in

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i just heard from back home (puerto rico), about this elder i know (i was good friends with his daughter), that just got df'd for homosexuality.

this is how the story goes:

he was an elder for over 20 years and he even claimed to be of the "annointed class'.

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Well put Rabbit!

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Disassociation Letter

by reneeisorym in

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january 30, 2006

renee xxxxxxxx.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

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Renee- You wrote an EXCELLENT letter!! Anyone who reads this letter cannot doubt for an instant your pure, honest and sincere motives in your service to God! May I make a suggestion? You might want to send a cc of your letter addressed to the GB attention: T. Jaracz. Just a suggestion.

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Babylon the Great Alive and Well

by rekless in

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merry christmas all on christmas eve my partner and i visited her mom for christmas and for the first time in 5 years i went to a religious service.

it was at peace lutherin church in sioux falls, south dakota.

keeping to topic, the marqee stated four service arrangments starting at 3:30pm, 5pm (which we went to had 400 +/_ in attendance), 6:30, and 10pm.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

I went to my first ever Christmas Eve Mass yesterday with someone who at this point in my life, I consider to be one of my best friends. What a beautiful church!! I must admit that upon entering the church and taking my seat, I pondered on all the beautiful artwork, statues and stained glass windows and a very peacful and tranquil feeling came over me. I thought the services were absolutely beautiful! CONTRARY to Watchtower propaganda, Catholics DO KNOW their Bibles and their religious services are based in the Bible. There was a reading from Isaiah, Titus and Luke, and guess what? The reverend actually was able to give very concise, practical counsel on how Christians can benefit from Christ's teachings. I thoroughly enjoyed listening and singing along with the choir to my favorite Christmas Caroles, "Come All Ye Faithful", "Silent Night" and "Joy to the World". After all these years of having to be alone in my car, or taking a seat in a mall during the Christmas season in order to enjoy hearing these masterpieces, I was able to enjoy them with a live orchestra and truly angelic voices from the choir. Although Im still in this God forsaken organization for the same reasons as others in this community, I look forward to the time, hopefully in the near future, when I can explore freely, without having to look over my shoulder, all that is out there in this world's marvelous variety of religous cultures which thank God, will not be going away anytime soon!

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RE: blood issue and media.

by avishai in

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please send letters to stephen bates requesting an article on this issue.

many of you may not see immediately how important this matter is.

beyond the other legal ramifications, i.e, the wts lying about secular info., intentional deception, etc., the blood issue is a huge one.

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Approximately 5 years ago a JW mother in my congregation died at age 38 while giving birth to her 2nd child because of complications arising out of volumous blood loss. She would have been saved with a transfusion. She left her 3 yr old and newborn without their mother because of an erroneous interpretation of scripture by the FDS. Approximately 11 years ago, a JW in one of my former congregations died at the age of 14. He was born with hemophilia, he died because his parents adhered to the erroneous interpretation of scripture by the FDS.

God bless Barbara Anderson!

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THREE CHEERS FOR BARBARA !!!!!!!!!

by yesidid in

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all who would like barbara to know that we are very appreciative of what she is doing and realize that the delays

must be more difficult for her than anyone else, please raise your hands.

those who disagree with these sentiments, please have the good manners to stay out of this thread.

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I concur!!! From the information available about Barbara I have concluded that she is a very sincere and honest christian. I applaud her boldness in standing up for what is right and just, eventhough it cost her her relationship with her son. I have not been able to acquire the fortitude to make my stand public yet. I have relatives who are currentlly serving in branches in other countries as well as parents who are VERY active, dad is PO, mom a regular pioneer for over 25 yrs etc...I too continue to serve as an elder eventhough at this point I have lost ALL faith in the validity of The Watchtower with it's numerous corporations, being The Way. I hope to soon, very soon be able to finally make my exit without regrets.

God bless you Barbara!!

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How does one find out if the Watchtower has holdings in weapons companies?

by Quandary in

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this is a sincere question.

recently i was told that the society has major holdings in companies such as northrup grumman, rayetheon and lockhead martin.

i know rumors are rampant, but how does one get legitimate stats on holdings?

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This is a sincere question. Recently I was told that the Society has major holdings in companies such as Northrup Grumman, Rayetheon and Lockhead Martin. I know rumors are rampant, but how does one get legitimate stats on holdings? Does anyone know?

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Catholics Smell Like TED JARACZ

by Nathan Natas in

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yeah, the roman catholic church leadership in virginia smells just like the spirit-anointed "boss" at the watchtower bible & tract society.... a priest who exposed sexual misconduct by fellow priests in northern virginia faces unspecified charges within the roman catholic church that supporters fear could lead to his defrocking.. in a court deposition, the reverend james haley exposed the affair that another priest had with a married woman.

he accused two other priests of hoarding gay pornography and one of them of stealing from collection plates.. the three accused priests resigned, but haley's supporters say he's been on involuntary leave for a year and faces further disciplinary action by arlington bishop paul loverde.. in his deposition, haley said he was overwhelmed by the amount of homosexual activity in the priesthood, but was stonewalled by loverde when he provided evidence of impropriety.. news stories follow.... link: http://fredericksburg.com/news/fls/2002/122002/12022002/1038872022 .

whistle-blower priest in trouble with diocese.

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Nathan:

I certainly agree with your commentary about the similarities between the Catholic Church and the WTBS.

On a different yet slightly related note- What has really bothered me as of late; is some information that I have gleaned over the past year or so as I visit this site occasionally and read some of the posts. Although I am still an active witness, in fact an elder, it is ONLY because of my family ties. I have already come to the conclusion that this organization does NOT have 'the truth', I have been able to detach God from any man made organization and maintain, in fact, strengthen my personal relationship with Him even more. Anyway, the information that has especially bothered me is rumors about members of the GB, ie Greenlees, Sydlik, and Jaracz having allegations against them of pedophilia. I don't have the time to really investigate the validity of these accusations, nonetheless I am not quick to discard these allegations as just spurts from disgruntled xjws. If the GB could be responsible for so many injustices as are mentioned in Ray Franz's book COC, (I have not read the book completely, just excerpts here and there) what's to stop them from committing gross sexual sins and even worse ,continue to display such a "holier than thou" attitude? If in the end these allegations are proven, I have a strong feeling it will disenchant so many, it might really be the one card that brings the "whole" house down.

Just a few of my personal thoughts-

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Thinking about Bill Bowen...

by Pathofthorns in

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i was looking over the thread... "should i support bill bowen?".

i realize i am one of the few people that gave bill somewhat of a difficult time pretty much from the beginning when it was not "fashionable" to do so.

it was never my hope to see the man reduced to what he has, but rather to gain a better understanding of the issues involved, the intents and goals of silentlambs and to see reasonableness govern everyone's actions in the whole affair.. imo, i don't think there is any other single person in the last while that has done so much to help address the issue of child abuse among jw's while at the same time exposing them for what they really are.

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Can someone elaborate about the allegation against a member of the GB molesting a young girl? While reading the posts on this topic Nancee Park mentioned it. I realize it is only an ALLEGATION, but I would be interested to find out any details. If I recall correctly, this brings the total members of the GB being implicated in molestation issues to three. Of course an allegation is NOT fact uless proven in a court of law, nonetheless, the fact that three members of the GB have had their names connected to this issue is disturbing to say the least.

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Is the Society selling any Brooklyn properties??

by Quandary in

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i have heard some rumors that the society is selling some of the properties in brooklyn.

specifically the furman st bldg was mentioned.

has anyone else heard this?

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Tom T:

Thanks for the link. Ill keep checking up to see what is reported regarding the Society's property sales.

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