Posts by Dark Knight

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Bethel's feeling the heat!

by ozziepost in

jw
friends

it's now 1:30am at bethel in australia and all is quiet but awaiting the new day when the forecast temperature for this late spring day is: .

updated metropolitan forecast.

australian government bureau of meteorology.

Dark Knight

OMG Ozzie... I was expecting some good goss!!

Gawd, i love this heat!

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How did you feel when you learned it was all a lie?

by what_Truth? in

bit of background.

i grew up as a jw i left the church when i was 14 because a ministerial servant who was conducting a one on one baptism study with me said that i couldn't ballance my dreams of being a professional singer with the so called "truth".

i stopped the study and told my mom i no longer wanted to be a witness.

Dark Knight

I felt really hurt, and then really empty...

21

What's ABBA song(s) you like ?

by jwsons in

for me, it is "the day before you come" and sometimes when i am very lonely "fernando.

" what's yours ?

jwsons

Dark Knight

Although there are so many classic ABBA songs i think Dancing Queen has to be the stand out!

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Eastern WA

by Dawn in

anyone here from eastern washington?

Dark Knight

I thought you were gonna ask about eastern Western Australia...

34

The Passion of the Christ (Movie)

by Golf in

jw
friends

after hearing the pro's and con's about the movie, i went to see it this afternoon.

i know we all have differing views, but i'm interested in knowing what impression it left you.

for me, i went in with a critical eye and i was emotionally detached from the movie.

Dark Knight

Jesus would get whipped by a balrog and gandalf impaled to a staff.

21

Gender Lines

by Mysterygirl in

i have just finished reading a book called gender outlaw.

in this book the righter has an opion that gender is based on "moden life" rather then the "human form", ie do you look, act, talk and have the package of a male or female in your current state and even life upbringing - or were we born male or female and that is that.. if we look, act and talk and even have the package of the gender that we insist that we are, does that mean we are male or female ( i say that i am a woman, i have the package of a woman, i look like a woman and i talk like a woman, my drives licence and birth certificate say that im a woman) so what am i ???.

the reason that i am asking this is, i had a visit from a elder (that i have never meet before)and he was talking about my transexuality and the reason i was dfs.

Dark Knight

Hi Mystery,

It's good to hear from you.

I personally believe that gender is a function of biology although gender roles do tend to be definied by the society we live in.

I also believe we are a combination of both genders to a degree. Although in most people one of the genders is more dominant. So the gender we usually assoicate with is the more dominant one within us.

Do you associate with one gender more than another, i.e. you feel like a woman, or you feel like a man??

Cheers D.K.

33

Tree of life

by BluesBrother in

lets face it, the bible does not say and so any explanation is little more than speculation.

those of us here that believe the bible has value can only reason on it as we see fit.

personally, i do accept the scripures but i do not see the need to take all of genesis quite as literally as the wt does.

Dark Knight

I don't think the concept of sin applies to angels and spirit creatures in general. Probably only applies to humans. Can an animal sin?? I don't think so.

I don't really believe that according to the bible human's have free will. Maybe the angels do, but definitely not humans. According to the bible god's exact's a price for our actions, especially if they are not according to his desires. So it's definitely not free.

And to make things worse he doesn't accept Visa, Mastercard, Diners or even American Express. Only currency he's interested in dealing with is death. Death of animals (e.g. sacrifices) & death of humans (e.g. flood and Jesus)

Just seems so petty and morbid.

DK

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The Gaia hypothesis is simply that idea that the Earth is a living organism

by frankiespeakin in

interesting c&p plus link:

this, however, lead to lovelock perceiving the earth as a complete whole.

while on a walk in the countryside in england, lovelock described his hypothesis to his neighbor william golding (author of lord of the flies), and asked advice concerning a suitable name for it.