Tiktaalik

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  Are homosexuals born that way? The March 15 Watchtower seems to say so.

  by matt2414 in

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  15 one brother who was raised in a christian household wrote that for as long as he could remember, he struggled with homosexual tendencies.

  he said: i always felt awkward.

  it seemed that i didnt fit in anywhere.

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  Tiktaalik

  Ok, thanks for the clarification Bella.
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  Another scripture that has questionable language with regard to satan

  by cptkirk in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  of course even people with novice level bible understanding know that paul had a "thorn in the flesh", what they may not know, or not have bothered to also observe is the bizarre language with which was used to convey this thought.. "turn with me in your bibles please to 2corinthians 12:7" <----lol.

  an "angel of satan" was sent to paul.......hmmm, were the writers of the bible apostates?

  they called satan's minion an angel?

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  @ Phizzy: >>> Maladies of all sorts were attributed to the person having a "demon".

  Righto, that'd be "Kingdom Maladies" then.
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  Are homosexuals born that way? The March 15 Watchtower seems to say so.

  by matt2414 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  15 one brother who was raised in a christian household wrote that for as long as he could remember, he struggled with homosexual tendencies.

  he said: i always felt awkward.

  it seemed that i didnt fit in anywhere.

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  @ Heartofaboy: Thanks for sharing that. I think you rock.
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  Are homosexuals born that way? The March 15 Watchtower seems to say so.

  by matt2414 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  15 one brother who was raised in a christian household wrote that for as long as he could remember, he struggled with homosexual tendencies.

  he said: i always felt awkward.

  it seemed that i didnt fit in anywhere.

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  Who cares what the watchtower says about homosexuality. They have zero credibility on this issue.

  Gay people are the way they are in the same way that straight people are who they are.

  Seriously, who cares? I have never understood why people get so worked up by who other adults choose to love and share intimacy with. Why do some people presume they have the right (Bella - I'm looking at you) to tell others how they should live their lives??
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  Two questions for you.

  by AMO in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jonno12225 posted earlier that god was resposable for some 25 million deaths of men women children and babys in the bible.. my first question is how many innocent deaths is satan responsible for, in the bible ?..

  my second question is in genisis 8 21 god said "never again shall i call down evil upon the ground on mans account".. seems to me this god is capable of great evil, by his own admission, blatantly lies, (whats this big a all about) and is sooooo hypocritical, what makes some one devote there whole life to such a god ?????..

  from the outside looking in.. amo.

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  Neither god nor Satan exist. So, obviously, they aren't responsible for any deaths.

  However, fanatical humans who think that god and Satan exist, are responsible for billions of deaths.
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  Deepest undersea vents discovered by UK team

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have just read the book, life ascending by nick lane, which discusses the possibility of luca originating in alkaline hydrothermal vents.

  then this morning i heard about this story.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21520404.

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  Very interesting. Those deep water smoker ecosystems are so alien as to be almost beyond our comprehension. Life at these abyssal depths is so different to all other life on the planet.

  At the base of the food chain are bacteria who obtain their energy from the chemicals in the super heated water that is discharging from the smokers. They have evolved methods of breaking apart chemical bonds and utilising the resultant energy for growth and reproduction. This is known as chemoautotrophism. All other life (nearly all anyway) is founded on photoautotrophism. That is energy is obtained from sunlight.

  It it so true that we know more about deepest regions of space than we do about what is happening beneath the ocean.

  Thanks for sharing cl.
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  Since You Were In A Cult Do You Consider Yourself Still Dysfunctional?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  yes, i said "still"..

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  Yep I rank pretty highly on the disfunctional scale. No friends, no family, living alone. Suicidal thinking. And I left in 1995.
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  WTS: Why Some Conspiracy Theories Are Important

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  it may seem that some popular conspiracy theories have nothing to do with ending watchtower oppressions.

  the matter is otherwise.. i would judge that most experienced posters here grow tired ( been there, done that) waiting for the watchtower to implode.

  it seems as if, despite evidence of its decline, it manages to endure, however pathetically and will continue to do so, somehow.. maybe not.. besides certain legal issues (that could push it over a financial cliff), there are other matters, not in mainstream belief, that could quickly end it.

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  I can't see it Metatron. A lot of people have an infantile attachment to religion that proves impossible to break. Scientific facts and tangible evidence that are contrary to their beliefs are summarily dismissed.

  People cling to religion for a whole range of reasons. The sense of belonging to something; cultural identity and an innate inability to grasp the wonder of the sheer meaninglessness of existence are just some.

  If aliens landed their space ships tomorrow, and appeared on tv for an interview, religious people would find a way to ignore it, denigrate it, or simply incorporate it into their dogma. Religion itself would continue.
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  jw's view of wordly people - hipocrisy

  by spirituk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was wondering how a baptised jw see wordly people?

  i mean what do they think of people who arent jw ?

  do they think we will die forever and that we are controlled by satan?

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  Tiktaalik

  Hey no worries, CA.

  You're one up on me: my Spanish is non-existent!
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  Who Is The Biggest Control Freak On The Governing Body, Anthony Morris III, Gets My Vote

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  due to lack of any intimacy with these guys it is hard to say for sure, but listening to the talks on the internet i think anthony morris is the biggest with gerrit losch second runner-up.. .

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xml-u6-kkj8.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b7drwti-h4.

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  Tiktaalik

  What ever happened to

  - Lloyd Barry

  - Jack Barr

  - Dan Sydlik(sp?)