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  How are the JW's reacting to the new USA gay marriage laws?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. friends

  personally i think this is wonderful.

  i have nothing against gay people and wish them only the best.. but of course i'm in a minority of one, the jw's around me are posting away on fb the most homophobic vitriol imaginable.

  a lot of them are even saying that it's the start to armageddon!!.

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  Clambake

  I heard this story on CBC radio about these two spinster sister that lived together for like 80 years , basically their entire lives. Like of like Patty and Selma from the Simpsons.

  They both worked at the same job for like 50 years but at different companies. Very loyal employees.

  Then the one sister dies. The surviving sister tries to collect widows benefits from the insurance company. The claim is rejected and of course it should be.

  She later takes it to court and wants the definition of same sex union changed. Of course it doesn’t work but the entire story was just heart breaking. Her relationship with her sister had much more substance in terms of economics and emotions than two dudes having anal sex for 6 months.

  Now where does it stop ?

  I stay just leave it at a union of a man and women.
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  How the new US gay marriage ruling could cause trouble for the WTS

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here are a couple of ways that come to mind:.

  -- suppose a married gay couple, or even one of the partners, starts studying the bible with jws and decides he wants to baptized?

  would the jws require him to get a divorce?

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  Clambake

  Being an UBM the WTS has a get out of jail card for the likes of me. It’s that whole “ Spiritual threatening “ crap and they won’t bat an eye about granting my wife a divorce without getting disfellowed. Hell, they would even encourage it if she went to the elders with any martial problems.

  Hell I think they would be setting her up even before the ink was dry.

  Being gay poses no challenges for the WTS. Homosexual unions are not recognized and you would be booted out.
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  How are the JW's reacting to the new USA gay marriage laws?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  personally i think this is wonderful.

  i have nothing against gay people and wish them only the best.. but of course i'm in a minority of one, the jw's around me are posting away on fb the most homophobic vitriol imaginable.

  a lot of them are even saying that it's the start to armageddon!!.

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  Clambake

  You born in 1982 ?

  You will figure it out go to collect a pension cheque that isn't there in 40 years because we didn't treat unions between men and women any different than any other union.

  Marriage=families=future tax payers.

  Now children aren't in the cards for everyone but that is the expection, not the rule.
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  How are the JW's reacting to the new USA gay marriage laws?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  personally i think this is wonderful.

  i have nothing against gay people and wish them only the best.. but of course i'm in a minority of one, the jw's around me are posting away on fb the most homophobic vitriol imaginable.

  a lot of them are even saying that it's the start to armageddon!!.

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  Clambake

  In Canada you are considered common law if you live together for more than six months and in the eyes of the law you are married.
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  How are the JW's reacting to the new USA gay marriage laws?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  personally i think this is wonderful.

  i have nothing against gay people and wish them only the best.. but of course i'm in a minority of one, the jw's around me are posting away on fb the most homophobic vitriol imaginable.

  a lot of them are even saying that it's the start to armageddon!!.

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  Clambake

  So

  Should two roomates that lived together for a period longer than 6 months get to use each other health insurance ?
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  Watchtower 6/28/2015 on 1st Christian Courage, Have the Courageous Watchtower Leaders Ever Condemned Radical Islam?

  by skepticSam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i read blondie's great summary of today's watchtower lesson and thought about all the christians who died from various deaths for preaching the word and because they really believed what they preached the watchtower asked something of this sort, "if you were a christian in the early centuries, could you boldly stand up to all the exquisite tortures hurled at the first century christians because they were not afraid to take a stand for christ or be cowards to evil!".

  are you aware of any condemnation made by the watchtower against radical islam or any actions showing their courage and being no part of this world?

  they attack patient christian religions but what about others, where is their courage?.

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  Clambake

  The WTS is anti-Christian, not anti-false religion. That is the reason they don't give a shit about muslims, hindus, etc etc.

  I have seen some debates between Christian apologists and Muslims scholars about the deity of Christ. The arguments of the Muslims is striking similar to some of arguments of the WTS. Shave the beard and put on a suit and you really couldn't tell the difference.
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  How are the JW's reacting to the new USA gay marriage laws?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  personally i think this is wonderful.

  i have nothing against gay people and wish them only the best.. but of course i'm in a minority of one, the jw's around me are posting away on fb the most homophobic vitriol imaginable.

  a lot of them are even saying that it's the start to armageddon!!.

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  Clambake

  If you look what is happening in Greece is it pretty scary. An entire first world country is going to go bankrupt and join the ranks of the emerging markets like Mexico or Egypt. The straw that really broke the camels was an unstainable pension system. Nearly 16 % of GDP went to the paying government pensions.

  I don’t care if you want to be known as Mr. and Mr. or Mrs. or Mrs but the union of marriage is for economic benefit between too people for the procreation for the species.

  Now everyone is going to get to use everyone insurance plans and be entitled to each other pensions because they had sex with each other ? Fook that.

  Rant over.
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  WT October 15, 2015 - Don't believe Apostate Lies

  by Designer Stubble in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the last article in this new wt, shows me that the organization is dealing with much information that is damaging them.

  i am sure that the many recent lawsuits are being noticed by the r&f.. here are some gems from that article, titled the naive person believes every word.

  we must be very selective about what we consider worthy of our attention.

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  Clambake

  Is the WTS becoming nuttier and nuttier ?

  I say let em talk about 1914, or shunning, or blood, or GB every freaking week. At least it keeps the converts away. There hasn’t been a convert in my wives cong for years. Of course a few lonely weirdos show some interest till they start attending meeting and see how fucked up it is. The constant villainization of ex-member really show it for what it is.

  It really sucks for the born ins though.
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  One hope for ALL christians - interesting video on heavenly hope

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n7qe6fqac4.

  a short video with proof from the bible that the ones going to "heaven" are not meant to stay there forever, but just to meet jesus there (at the rapture) and be with him forever, on earth, not in heaven!.

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  Clambake

  Now I figured it out.

  These guys ( Spirit and True International )are a splinter group of a cult called “ The Way “ international that kind of had it hayday in the 70s with other groups like the moonies.

  Oh wow, this is all this board needs. Another freakin shunning cult.

  Piss off
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  One hope for ALL christians - interesting video on heavenly hope

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n7qe6fqac4.

  a short video with proof from the bible that the ones going to "heaven" are not meant to stay there forever, but just to meet jesus there (at the rapture) and be with him forever, on earth, not in heaven!.

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  Clambake

  Also I have wasted many, many hours trying to figure out if heaven is the earth, heaven and earth are separate, do heaven and earth come together at the end of the 1000 years.

  Who knows. Trying to crack prophetic bible codes is generally a waste of time. There are things we don’t understand. To a JW that is an impossible concept but it is the true.