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Jesus was gay - says academic
by ISP in
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2. bible
jesus was gay - says academic

jesus was gay and so were at least three of his 12 disciples, according to an australian academic.. .

dr rollan mccleary said jesus's astrological chart, clues in the scriptures and biblical translations, all played a part in his conclusions.. in a forthcoming book, he attempts to present st john's gospel in a new light to back up his claims, reports the herald sun.. dr rollan mccleary, a university of queensland phd graduate who now lives in melbourne, has just been awarded his doctorate for a thesis on gay spirituality.. an anglican and a qualified reader of astrological charts, dr mccleary said the planet uranus figured prominently in jesus's astrological chart, as it did with many gays..
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Did God make the ancient israelites also worship a goddess?
by avishai in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ever heard about the "goddess" the ancient hebrews worshipped?

asherah?

funny, how the jews were'nt supposed to have other gods or graven images, but there it is, right there in exedous , i believe, the israelites were wandering around in the desert & started to get bit by snakes.
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Religions are supposed to breed happiness. Why do they not do that?
by SpannerintheWorks in
1. jw
2. friends
from the jw's to the catholics, happiness is promised!

religions are supposed to breed happiness.

spanner
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Scientology: Who's out?
by Swan in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't usually follow celebrity gossip, but i saw this headline on msn and followed the link.. http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=119692.

scientology shuffle.

nicole kidman and lisa marie differ on the church.
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Dino cancer
by peacefulpete in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been reading about dinosaurs and other contemporaneous animals and have repeatedly encountered examples of physical malformation (diseased or deformed bone and teeth)and evidence of bone cancer over 100 million years ago.

does this not refute the position held by jws that disease resulted from adam's sin?

comments?
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Why Catholics?
by playdrums in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just a question about the vitriol aimed at the catholic church from the wtbs- .

i understand (but disagree) with the "doctrinal" aspect of the attacks leveled at the catholic church by the wtbs - it's the great harlot, etc.

i'm more interested in getting to the bottom of the real reason they target catholics so strongly.
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Is the baby being thrown out with the bath water?
by Chap in
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2. beliefs
if god spoke to a man and told him to write down what he said, how are we to distinguish this writing from other people who say god spoke to them?

we know the human beings can lie about anything for any reason.

if a writing supposedly contains prophesy, some say it wasn't prophesy and was written after the fact.
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JW Parents refuse to have 8yr old back after transfusion
by ISP in
1. jw
2. friends
25 jan 1996 : column 1162to the noble baroness, lady faithfull, if this was a matter with which she had to deal.

i do so because it actually happened in oxford.

the child of two jehovah's witnesses aged eight was knocked down, severely injured and was bleeding to death.
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Hey Happy Easter folks!!! Will you be celebrating?
by ISP in
1. jw
2. friends
will you be celebrating?

do you go for the chocolate eggs!?

i gotta to work out where to hide some for the kids!.
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How many out here.....
by tazmaniac in
1. watchtower
2. medical
how many out here know a loved one or know of someone who suffers from depression and it is from being in the borg and never feel you are doing enough.

my ex wife would always lapse into a few month state of depression right after a visit from the c/o and getting pounded on about f/s hours or not enough studies or not enough pioneers yadda yadda yadda.

i know with my ex that the constant fear of armageddon and feeling inadequate was a depression trigger ready to be pulled at any instant.