AGuest, N. Drew, & watersprout - Thanks! These things are experiences that have made life worth living and have kept me going when things looked impossible. I'm glad you enjoyed them!
TD & cofty - Far from my disagreeing on your observations, I agree with them. My point is not that something WILL take place in the future, but that we don't have the knowledge to rule out things just because our knowledge at the present time seems to rule them out. To illustrate: if we lived in Salem back in the 1690's and made the mistake of walking across the room and flipping a switch, so that light flooded the room, we would probably have been hung as witches. Witchcraft would have been the only explanation they would have understood back in those days.
Likewise, even 50 years ago the modern forms of communication would have been considered "impossible", and we would have been viewed as crackpots for suggesting that they could be here. However, it seems that the "impossible" has a disturbing habit of becoming possible, if not commonplace, especially in the last couple of hundred years.
So my observation and point is that we should keep an open mind. Yes, we have gained in knowledge, but I think in the long run we will find that our advancement is similar to Einstein's reputed description of his contribution to scientific knowledge, as being about the same as the man who was studying the moon but wanted a closer look at it, so he crawled up on the roof.
This would especially hold true if we are studying God's creations. Now, I'm not implying that God exists in this scenario (I do believe in Jehovah, but I am suspending that for the purpose of dealing with this question), but I am saying that if there is a God and we are examining his creations, then we need to operate from the standpoint of realizing that we would be dealing with intelligences that are superior to ours. That, in turn, should make us realize that some of the things we discover should confound our doubts and skepticism. Those things that seem totally nonsensical now could very easily become quite possible if other factors, ones that we may not even be aware of now, become known later.
After all, even 30 years ago, scientists would have laughed us under the table if we would have suggested that lakes could explode. Now we know they can. (Look up "limnic eruption" in the Wikipedia.) The things they learned from that is what scared the living bejabbers out of N.O.A.A. scientists during the Gulf oil spill. (One of them is a friend of mine, so I have inside information that never hit the news.)
So to illustrate my main point: who is to say that he who created DNA couldn't "tweak" it to change the very things that you bring up, when conditions are right? Ridiculous you say? Perhaps. But how do we rule it out?
Don't get me wrong here: I am not saying that we have to accept anything, including the Bible itself, without examination. I feel that such a demand is the concoction of man-made religion. Instead, if I read the Bible correctly, it recommends that we have a questioning mind on all subjects.
I would also say, though, that the wholesale rejection of whole areas of inquiry like most scientists do, just because they presume it is all superstition and therefore beneath them, is neither wise nor intellectually honest.
Clarity - I understand where you are coming from. True, I wrote the post, although the school report is exactly as he wrote it, including the spelling errors and improper English.
I wrote this a few months ago to be used in another application, and she was interviewed and given a copy of it at that time for her approval. She liked it.
I realize this may seem strange to you, but please keep in mind that how we view things can be quite different depending on the individual and their approach to life. Like I said in my last answer to you, "My life has been different than most for one simple reason: most allow fear to run their lives, and I haven't. The result is that I've gotten into many things that most people wouldn't dream of, and a lot feel are impossible. Danger has been a constant companion, and I like it that way.
Perhaps I should have added that being different like that meant that I received an endless string of condemnation for being "reckless", "irresponsible", etc., etc. However, I have been rewarded beyond all expectations for having the courage to buck the condemnation and proceed on that course. Thankfully, this attitude seems to have rubbed off on her too.
One of the areas this especially applies to is as I wrote in the original post: "The way that women have been reduced to second class citizens and taken advantage of down over the years has always grieved me. Therefore I tried my best to give them not only the knowledge of what they were, but a respect and appreciation for how they were created. That meant giving them a knowledge and understanding of the entire process."
Now how could I have that respect and appreciation, and how could they get it if we are so ashamed of it that we won't speak of it? These things were created by our heavenly father, and did he not say after they were created that they were "very good"? (Gen. 1:31) I tried my best to give them the understanding and strength necessary to resist the influences that would demean them, whether they come from inside the Organization or outside. I wanted them to be able to stand tall and be glad they were women, and to know in their heart that this creation is clean, healthy, and beautiful, and that only corrupted hearts will pretend otherwise. I wanted them to take pride in what they are, not the "I'm better than you!" type of false pride, but the quiet inner peace of knowing that they were exactly what they were meant to be, and that it was "very good".
Do you have any idea of how freeing that knowledge is? And how can such freedom exist if we cannot speak of it?
No, I am not saying that you have a corrupted heart. However, I suspect that the constant putdowns from so-called "authorities" towards womanhood may have had its effect upon you, and that being freed of such indoctrination would make your life far more enjoyable and productive.
Thanks, elderelite! That was an interesting site! As for the "weird" part, keep in mind that this wasn't her idea. It was the fawn's! She went along with it because it caught her by surprise and it was an emergency situation.
Also, I liked the question raised on the site. If we drink cow's milk, then why would it be wrong to feed a fawn people milk?
