fifi40
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Harry Potter and the exasperated mum........help
by fifi40 inmy ex is a jw (as previously mentioned) and is against our son going to see the new movie, despite admitting that he has witness friends who will happily go and see it........oh and he also has witness friends that would dob their brother into the elders for going to see it.. i have just had a bit of a heated debate about it with him (our son is 14, nearly 15) and i just wondered if any of you have good sound reasoning for what is a 'matter of conscience' for these brainwashedd poo brains!!!!!.
help.........warlock can you just wave a magic wand or something............ a mother doing battle with the force...............a brain numbing, mind control force at that.
seriously folks though any gems you have would be greatly appreciated.
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Extremists........Should we follow Australia's lead
by fifi40 injust received an email concerning this news item................... http://headlines.sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13924046.
so do you agree with australia's stand and would you welcome the same in your own country.
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A MORAL SOCIETY WITHOUT GOD OR RELIGION
by fifi40 inreligion has taught that without a belief in god and in absolute standards there is no genuine moral conduct.
but for many alive today who do not hold a belief in god, is a moral and good life possible?.
not to be confused with sin, which is essentially a religous idea defined as disobedience to god, morality concerns itself with observed consequences, so a wrong act can be determined by the effect or harm it causes to others.. for example religion teaches that in the eyes of god homosexuality is wrong.
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A mother's story
by fifi40 ini bore you in pain.
the ultimate moment of my life.
a perfect moment; the best history of my mind.
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD THE TIME AGAIN????
by fifi40 inare there things you regret doing or not having done?
are there people you wish you had ditched earlier or ones that you wished you had pursued?
if you were to sum up your personal 'words of wisdom' what would they be?.
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If you started your own 'brand of religion'......
by fifi40 inwhat would you include?.
it occured to me that there are a lot of thinking, intelligent and good people that use this board..........our views may differ.........some may believe in a god, others definitely dont and some sit firmly on the fence.......but what if we removed god from the equation....... what if we as members of this board had to suggest and formalise a 'way of living' that would be beneficial to all of mankind; what would your ideas be?.
i know some people may be offended to use the term religion as this immediately denotes gods involvement.......so lets call it the 'experience'........
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Advice needed.......
by fifi40 ini recently wrote a thread about my son who is being brought up in the jw religion by his dad, his dad and i share custody, so 4 or 5 nights of the week he stays with us............tonight i was taking him over to his dads (tuesday night meeting routine) and he was telling me about a school trip he is due to go on at then end of term..............he said his dad had filled in the medical consent form but had put no to the blood transfusion question...................i have been away for a couple of days and i usually get these forms first and i fill them in according to my beliefs not the governing body's...........anyway i said to him that if the school refused to allow him on the trip because of his dad saying no to blood i would do another form for him.............to which he replied that he wouldnt want me to and that his dad had said he would take him to alton towers (the theme park his year are going to) if the school declined to take him........ so where do i stand with this, does anyone know..............if my son required blood (he is a minor, 14) would my wishes over rule his fathers, would my wishes over rule my own son's (he is not baptised)???.
i also spoke with him about several other things, briefly summarised as.
1. just because you are taught something from birth does not mean it is right.. 2. i want him to check out things for himself thoroughly before he commits himself to the jws and i spoke to him about the consequences of getting baptised in relation to me and to any future thought changes he might make in the future.. 3. i told him jesus was not baptised until he was 30ish and that getting baptised in your late teens is probably not always the best idea.
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A Prayer for the Stressed
by fifi40 ingrant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change.
the courage to change the things i cannot accept.
and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those i have killed today, because they got on my nerves.. and also help me to be caerful of the toe's i tread on today, as they maybe connected to the feet i have to kiss tomorrow.. help me to always give 100% at work.
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Women and Men....Can they be 'just good friends'........
by fifi40 ini regularly talk to a poster on this board via the pm system...............mainly because i like his mind.......today he suggested in reply to something i had said that basically men and women dont do friendship.........he asked the question 'why do people even bother with each other if they dont fancy each others intimacy?
'...............not that he was suggesting this about us.........but i am just wondering what you lot think.. it has been my experience to have some wonderful men friends...........i love mens company and their conversation..........now i am wondering if all those 'mates' were/are after something else............well not really........i am pretty sure at least some of them arent.. so whats your view/experience.........can men and women just be good friends.. oh and to my friend who i pm.........this is not a criticism of you.........i am interested in what others experiences are..........and i will give you a big kiss (on the cheek) one day when i see ya to make up for it.......... fi.
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Westboro Baptist Church.............
by fifi40 inwow.............caught a programme about them today...........now there is a normal bunch..........not.........what a bunch of loon's.. these people wear t shirts with 'god hates fags' written across them.................. they were enough to put you off god and religion forever.. anybody else come across them?.