Preston
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Were You Really HAPPY in the borg.???
by Latte inwhen you were in the borg.
in all honesty, could you say that you were h.a.p.p.y?
i mean really happy.
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Breaking the Waves - Have You Seen It?
by Preston inbreaking the waves is a beautiful love story/spiritual film about a spiritually devout woman who belongs to a strict religious sect that allows people to comment (although nor freely), where marrying outside of your religion is a problem, and people who committ sins are publicly humiliated and condemned at their funeral (hmmmmm...does all of this sound familiar).
it is a 2hr 20min movie, but for my money it is one of the best films ever made and i want everybody on the board to see it.
it addresses problems that a group of church elders could never comprehend and it refers to the ambiguities of christian faith.
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10 Things That You Never See At Assemblies:
by Englishman ina mexican wave.. cheerleaders.. a streaker.. ice cream / hot dog vendors.. people standing up with their fist raised high saying "yes!".
extra time.. presentation of awards.. autographs.. booing.. the audience waving their lighters as night falls.. there must be more!.
englishman.. ..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.
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A short statement on the long shift
by Preston inas a sit writing this i will say that i am possibly going through one of the toughest times of my life right now.
i have recently told the elders of my congregation that i have identified myself as "queer" and it has been one of the toughest roads i have ever had to walk.
i am not trying to offend anyone on the boards by telling you this but i feel that it's important to live honestly and my decission to "come out" to people in the congregation is one based on trying to live honestly.
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Is this a apostate website
by robertK innothin on this website is positive, its all anti-witness!!
it helps nobody and does no good, and is for breaking down not building up, is there any righteous witnesses out there??
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2 parents in ICU
by Esmeralda inthis is the only way i can get the word out that justin and i. each have a parent in university hospital intensive care units.
at the moment.
one in my home state, one in his.. my father had a brain aneurism 12 days ago and after brain surgery, and many long nights seems to be stable.
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Asembly security questions
by Skimmer ini've been reading the comments on the recent district assemblies and i've got some questions about the wtbts convention security teams.. 1) is it a given that anyone who tries to get in without a convention badge is going to be carefully scrutinized?
questioned?
tailed?.
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On sex, lesbians and gay's - question
by Celtic inthe first time you went to bed or had same gender sex with your partner after leaving the jw experience, how did you feel?
and what led to this event, could you put it into words?.
sunshine and peace.
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The Blood Issue
by dutyfree ini have a question about the infamous blood issue, which i am sure will be very easy for some people to answer.. in the bible, niv, nwt, kj or whatever, the line, '...you should abstain from blood...' is taken literally by the witnesses and they do not take into account other scriptures whilst reading it.. what other scriptures are there in the bible to support the theory that the writer's intended meaning was not to take it literally?
so, in other words, i have argued with jws that it means to not drink blood as there were no iv needles around then to inject the blood into the veins.
but are there any other scriptures to back this up?.
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Coming Out Experiences
by Preston inhi, this is my first post so i would like to get some things off of my chest.
i recently had to leave my congregation after five years after deciding to take a proactive stance regarding my beliefs and the fact that i found it necessary to come out to the congregation regarding my queerness (i usually try to stay away from labels like straight or bi since i think they are deceptive).
i was very active in my congregation: i was a ministerial servant, i handled the accounts, and i performed a lot of other duties.