Posts by Laika

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I came here three years ago for support and to make friends

by KateWild in

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this site is such a great and valuable resource and simon is to be commended for running it for so long.

when i first came i was in such a bad state and really needed support and friendship.

so many posters commented on my threads and showed genuine care some are real life friends, some are facebook friends, some i talk to on the phone and some are forum friends.. i have just realised though that everyone online is not your friend.

Laika

Hi Sam

Thanks for your call! Been great to know you, just had a look at the fixtures, maybe we can go to the game on the 13th August? Your son too?

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Where are the EXJW Feminist Philosophers?

by Luther bertrand in

i am working, more in the planning stages, where i am going to offer a commentary on the caleb and sophia cartoons that the org puts out.

i noticed a heavily patriarchal bent to the narrative that these cartoons offer.

i would really enjoy working with someone who has an academic background in feminist philosophy, or at least someone knowledgeable.

Laika

Whilst I think wealth and career opportunities are good measures to demonstrate that there is still inequality in the West, I think an even more obvious one is the fact that women are not as safe as men, much more likely to suffer violence or harassment in their homes, work place and in general, which are all good reasons for a feminist movement to continue to exist.
I wonder if the JW brand of patriarchy tends to lead to higher rates of domestic violence then the national averages? I'm not sure there's been any studies on that, though I know it's been well documented on here that JWs are very poor at protecting women and children from the abusers who do exist.

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Where are the EXJW Feminist Philosophers?

by Luther bertrand in

i am working, more in the planning stages, where i am going to offer a commentary on the caleb and sophia cartoons that the org puts out.

i noticed a heavily patriarchal bent to the narrative that these cartoons offer.

i would really enjoy working with someone who has an academic background in feminist philosophy, or at least someone knowledgeable.

Laika

I look forward to seeing the results Luther, I think this is an aspect of JWism I'd like to see critiqued more, I think patriarchy has certainly been unhelpful to my father for example, and my parents relationship of course.

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Where are the EXJW Feminist Philosophers?

by Luther bertrand in

i am working, more in the planning stages, where i am going to offer a commentary on the caleb and sophia cartoons that the org puts out.

i noticed a heavily patriarchal bent to the narrative that these cartoons offer.

i would really enjoy working with someone who has an academic background in feminist philosophy, or at least someone knowledgeable.

Laika

Tal - Are you keeping up to date with the feminist movement in the past few years?
If you were you would know my comment is not even controversial.

Hmmm... it is quite controversial really! I've read quite a lot of feminist works and think I'm reasonably up to date. I haven't really picked up on any 'misandry'

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The Pope Tells Trump He's Not A Christian

by minimus in

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this should be fun.

building a wall is unchristian.

i can't understand why the pope is getting involved in american politics.. poor donald..

Laika

I don't want to claim that anyone is not a Christian but I must admit that I don't really get how the Americans who talk about things like 'taking our country back' and 'returning it to Christian values' often seem to think they have to get there by doing the opposite of what Jesus said to do i.e. 'love your enemies' 'welcome the stranger' etc...

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Help to build a "Guide to Your New Faith"

by Defianttruth in

i have seen many people ask the question, "if its not the truth what else is there?

" i imagine that most people want to remain in a christian faith so i want to build a matrix for one to use as a guide in finding a new church if he or she feels a need to worship.

i personally don't attend any church and i will keep my personal beliefs to myself.

Laika

Google a church before you join! Just because there's no negative information it's not a guarantee that it's a good church, but it helps.

Join a church which provides access to its accounts. You have a right to know where your money is going, if you donate any.

Join a church which has good child safety procedures, because children are important.

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The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

by cofty in

yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

Laika

Hi Slim,

I've read that book, this article is basically a short version of the book:

http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2008/05/tsunami-and-theodicy

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Richard Dawkins has had a Stroke

by cofty in

he is back home and making god progress.. he has issued an audio statement here....

Laika

Was sorry to read this but seems likely to make a full recovery which is good news. I still think it would be better for him to stay off twitter and maybe even out of the limelight generally, but not better off dead of course.

I see the church of England got criticised for offering to pray for him, but I doubt Dawkins was bothered by it.

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Evolution is a Fact - Index for Numbers 1 - 20

by cofty in

#1 protein functional redundancycomparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things.. #2 dna functional redundancycomparison of the dna that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy.. #3 ervsendogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins.

#4 smelly geneshundreds of broken genes that used to code for olfactory receptors in our ancestors are still found in our genome.. #5 vitamin cwhy humans can no longer make their own vitamin c and what that tells us about our species' history.. #6 human chromosome 2our second biggest chromosome is made up of two of our ancestors' genes stuck end-to-end.. #7 human egg yolk genehumans and our primate cousins have the genes for making vitellogenin and they are all broken in the same way.

#8 jumping genesbits of parasitic code called alu elements prove our common ancestry with primates.

Laika

Oh, good news! Thank you for taking the time to write these threads, it's very kind.

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Evolution is a Fact - Index for Numbers 1 - 20

by cofty in

#1 protein functional redundancycomparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things.. #2 dna functional redundancycomparison of the dna that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy.. #3 ervsendogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins.

#4 smelly geneshundreds of broken genes that used to code for olfactory receptors in our ancestors are still found in our genome.. #5 vitamin cwhy humans can no longer make their own vitamin c and what that tells us about our species' history.. #6 human chromosome 2our second biggest chromosome is made up of two of our ancestors' genes stuck end-to-end.. #7 human egg yolk genehumans and our primate cousins have the genes for making vitellogenin and they are all broken in the same way.

#8 jumping genesbits of parasitic code called alu elements prove our common ancestry with primates.

Laika

Does this mean you've finished? :(