i feel the need to express how i feel and felt about my life as a gay man.
i was brought up from birth as a jehovahs witness.
this has played a major part in my life and it has been a real struggle to get past.
monkey : after your last comments ... I rest my case.
How do you not understand that you hurt him very badly by what you said? Surely you have some compassion. Do you not care that you took an obviously painful topic and caused further pain by what you said?
It's true that the Bible seems to condemn homosexuality. It's also true that, when the Bible conflicts with common sense, decency and compassion, the Bible should be thrown out the window and ignored. That's what I did with mine.
i feel the need to express how i feel and felt about my life as a gay man.
i was brought up from birth as a jehovahs witness.
this has played a major part in my life and it has been a real struggle to get past.
I deliberately had my tubes tied because I don't want children.
Dang, girl, you and I have so much in common it's scary. To quote my brother, "Is this some kinda pagan thing???"
Now if sex is only supposed to be between male and female--why? To reproduce of course. So now if I have sex with my mate and I have deliberately chosen not to reproduce it is as much a 'sin' as same gender sex or masturbation. Why would it be ok for me and my mate to have sex for pure enjoyment just because we happen to be different genders when it is not ok to enjoy sex alone or with someone of the same gender?
I've used the exact same example. Also, homosexual behavior is not unknown in the animal kingdom. Simply seems to be a part of the natural world.
you ever have one of those things that happen to you that just leaves you speechless.
well the other day one of my best friends (someone i have known for years) told me that they might have cancer.
they have a tumor in their leg that just changed size as well as a small lump in their arm.
You ever have one of those things that happen to you that just leaves you speechless.
Yes. This morning. My office mates were discussing a news bulletin about the interstate near here being closed down because a woman had been killed by someone dropping a brick off an overpass.
Then I got an email from a friend, saying it was someone I knew. I didn't know her really well. She was a friend of a friend. Actually, she was close to several of my friends. She was always happy and so nice. She was getting married in April and she and her fiance had just put a deposit down on an apartment yesterday. They'd begun to discuss having a baby. They were on their way to work (they work together and he was driving) when a landscaping brick was thrown off the overpass and came through the windshield and hit her in the face. He drove to the hospital immediately but she was pronounced dead.
What can you say when you find out something like that??
.....has been changed for the third (!!!!!
) time to friday 11th july.
apparently, there were no elders available on the previous days so i just have to fit in.. wish me luck!.
Hey! That's my anniversary!
Whatever you decide, good luck!!
homer set to pip abraham lincoln as greatest american
homer simpson looks likely to beat abraham lincoln to the title of the greatest ever american.. .
the head of the simpsons clan has taken almost a fifth of the votes in an internet poll.. the 16th president of the us managed just over 16%.. the poll has been held to tie in with a bbc2 debate called what the world thinks of america to be screened on tuesday at 9pm.. civil rights leader martin luther king is in third position, ahead of former presidents such as george washington.. other quirky choices to have made the top ten include mr t, famed for his role in tv's the a team, and bob dylan.. the 90-minute debate will be presented by bbc political editor andrew marr and will look at opinions about the us's position in the world.. it will bring together national broadcasters from around the world in a live satellite link-up.
Does anybody remember the Buck Rogers tv series from the...oh, late 70's early 80's?? The thing that I have always remembered about that show, was that the one Dr. was always telling Buck what his theories were about what the artifacts he found from Buck's original time were used for...and he was always wayyyyyy wrong. Buck eventually started telling him he was right because it was too much trouble to explain.
That's always colored my perspective on archaeology. The idea that we can somehow, with our culture and mindset that is so totally different, figure out what people used things for and what it meant to them...seems kind of a stretch.
ummm..."It had religious significance." Yeah. That's it.
i can't believe no-one's posted this yet!!
how's this for 'tough love'?
in a disturbing article for the observer, decca aitken gets unprecedented access to the privately run tranquility bay camp in jamaica where us parents send their troubled teenaged offspring to be shown the error of their errors, paying up to $40,000 per year for the privilege.
God. How awful.
I can see a BIG Lawsuit coming down the pike in a few years.
is harry potter promoting occultism, in your opinion?
i haven't read any of the books, but i saw the first movie.
i do some stuff that would be laballed occult by the wt, yet i didn't see any of that there.
It's a subtle promotion of a new religion emphasizing magic and ritual and learning
I realize you were making a joke, but even though the Christians who are anti-Potter accuse it of being that, but it's not even remotely a promotion of any religion...much less Wicca. The magic and witchcraft in Potter is standard, stereotypical fictional magic and witchcraft (not remotely Wiccan magic).
Just in case there's anyone around who doesn't understand this yet, let me repeat:
The characters in the Potter series...yes, even the wizards and witches, are culturally Christian.
Not Wiccan, Pagan or any other religion. They celebrate Christmas and Easter...although they seem to do so as cultural holidays rather than as religious holidays (in other words, the same way most of the world really celebrates Christmas and Easter). THere is absolutely no reference to any religious belief or item that is Wiccan.
Magic works for the characters in the book like science works for people. They study it like science (especially Chemistry). It's not religious magic.
Now if we could just explain that to the fundamentalist Christians, we could all take a break.
Actually, those religious leaders who are making the most noise about the Potter series probably do know the difference, and are probably at least aware that there's something wrong with their argument, but as long as it gets them publicity, support and money, they don't care. (Have I meantioned how cynical I am??)
Edited to add: If there are religious values the series promotes, I'd say it was secular humanism, which the fundies don't like either but doesn't get them nearly as much press as witchcraft.
i feel the need to express how i feel and felt about my life as a gay man.
i was brought up from birth as a jehovahs witness.
this has played a major part in my life and it has been a real struggle to get past.
Josh,
I cannot begin to imagine how awful it must have been for you. (hugs)
I can only say that, if nothing else, you will be prepared to face whatever happens in the rest of your life - having gone through the crucible at such a young age! Having been through hell and come out the other side a bit scorched, but stronger, you'll be able to tell yourself, "I've survived that, I can survive this."
Too bad you had to, though...too bad you couldn't have skipped trying to sacrifice yourself on the cold altar of an unfeeling, uncaring god. Hearing stories like yours strengthens my determination to have no respect for him or his followers.
If you're ever up this way, give me a holler and we'll go out oggling cute guys and making rude remarks about people.
Liz
as many of you know, i just got married for a second time about two weeks ago.
i noticed a sharp distinction in the marriage vows as read to us by a justice of the peace when compared to the vows written by the wt society for jw weddings.. the traditional vow, as read by the jop, included the phrase "i take (insert name), (insert good and bad circumstances), until death do us part".. the jw vow says something to this effect: "i take (insert name), (insert other stuff), as long as we both shall live together under (or "according to") god's marital arrangement.".
the traditional vow sounds quite permanent to me.
...a way out if one of them "leaves Jehovah's organization", yes...
Regarding the JWs spying on me.... I don't care. If they want to park a car outside my house and watch my comings and goings, that is up to them. Obviously they have nothing better to do. If I ever catch them doing that, I will walk right up to them and ask them "Why aren't you out in service? Don't you have lives to save?"
Damn straight, Scully! I may not be so rough on the 'average' JW who happens to come to my door (the last 2 were an older sister and a teenage girl, the teenager told my husband she liked his beard, after he told them we used to be JWs...bet she got chewed...he said he kinda had hope for her), but so help me, I pity the fool elder who thinks I'm going to be intimidated at the thought of them trying to get dirt on me.
Wonder if they'd even get the reference if I said, "I divorce thee, I divorce thee, I divorce thee!" ?? Probably not.
