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  Question for gay people

  by expatbrit in

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  the question is about the term "tolerance" or "tolerating".. when someone says something along the lines of "i'm very tolerant of gay people" or "gay people should be tolerated", how do you feel?.

  the reason i ask is this: doesn't the concept of tolerating something imply a background negative?

  for instance, i can say "i tolerate my brother-in-law".

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  We'll have a gay ol' time

  by riz in

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  i recall having a conversation with a friend about homosexuality not too long ago.

  he put a new spin on the subject that i had never thought of before.

  he said his opinion was that the bible condemns homosexuality for the simple fact that the act of sex between same-sex partners does not produce children.

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  I Think That I Chose My Parents.

  by Englishman in

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  do you believe in reincarnation?.

  i dont think i believe in it in the same way that most believers do, which is that we keep coming back in different fleshly bodies until we have achieved perfection.. i do, however, strongly suspect that we may well be spirit creatures who find it necessary to inhabit a fleshly body from time to time, and that this entails us having to leave behind most of our past memories.. i say most memories, because many people seem to have some vestigal recollections that don`t seem to fit in with earthly experiences.. i`m pretty sure that i chose my parents!

  i have a recollection of being shown a young and kind couple through some form of astral telescope and choosing to become their son.

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  I am materialistic

  by expatbrit in

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  last week i had a phone conversation with my family back in england.

  my parents had figured out that something wasn't usual about my attitude to the "truth", so they started grilling me: have i been to meetings?

  going in field service?

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  Birthday parties- A good idea or not????

  by nogs in

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  i've just recently (today) booked my little girls first birthday party at mcdonalds, she went to a pals birthday party a week ago.

  well since i was brought without having any, and started bringing my daughter up that way, is it ok to do do them now we have left, i suppose now we have left it doesn't matter what we do now is it,are any other parents doing the same, i wonder?????.

  naomi.

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  would you come?

  by rollercoaster in

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  i want to get married.

  he is not in a jw.

  i don't care.

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  memorial: how do you feel?

  by unanswered in

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  2. friends

  this question is mostly for those of you who still believe in the bible to some extent.

  my mother-in-law called the other day to see if rileygurl and i were going to the memorial this year.

  we told her that we wouldn't be attending.

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  natural health

  by rob in

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  i'm a newbie to the forum and also manage a health food store.

  be happy to help out with any health issues and/or dietary questions.

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  Hello

  by rob in

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  2. experiences

  just wanted to say "hello" to all forum members.

  i was a baptized jw for 23 years and was da'd about 18 months ago.

  oh, the feeling of freedom.

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  What would you have done without the WT?

  by expatbrit in

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  imagine that you had never heard of the watchtower.

  imagine that your life and that of your families had never been influenced by wt teachings.. i know for a fact that the wt's philosophy on further education contributed to my not achieving what i should have at school.

  this is not to shirk the responsibility for my grades; ultimately they were my responsibility.

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