Posts by GetBusyLiving

from silent lambs, and have apparently contacted 'local jw representatives'.. so , tune in to the supper/evening news, folks, if you are in atlantic canada.

GetBusyLiving

Go Kwin!!! Tali would you be able to record a copy of the broadcast and post it?

GBL

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so, i will be down and out for awhile after a little surgery this week and i am trying to get a few books to keep myself amused and i am looking for suggestions on something you may have read recently and enjoyed.

i prefer non-fiction, but will consider reading anything highly recommended, as long as it contains at least a spark of truth.

well, i will recommend a book to you alla few days ago, i finished reading into the wild by jon krakauera biographical story about a young man who, after graduating college, got rid of all of his belongings and hitch-hiked across the country in search of jack london-esque adventures.

GetBusyLiving

I just finished "Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Society". What a great read, seriously. A terrific run down of the generally accepted ideas of human pre-history and the evolution of civilization. Awesome!

GBL

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Catholicism

by Chia in

i went to a catholic church this weekend with my boyfriend.

he was raised catholic and was thinking about going back to church, but after the service decided that his belief system was now too different for him to attend services anymore.

as for myself, it stirred an unexpected reaction in me.

GetBusyLiving

Hey Chia, I'm very down with the UU's (or the double U's, or.. dubs (?) NOOOO). I really like that church a lot, no pressure at all and no real doctrines either. Kind of pointless in a way.. but its a nice little group of freethinkers to have coffee with and chat.

GBL

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What Would YOU Do?

by GetBusyLiving in

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friends

this is an email forward i got from a friend.

interesting.

you make the choice don't look for a punch line.

GetBusyLiving

This is an email forward I got from a friend. Interesting.

What would you do? You make the choice Don't look for a punch line. There isn't one. Read it anyway. My question to all of you is: Would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question. "When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?" The audience was stilled by the query. The father continued. "I believe, that when a child like Shay comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes, in the way other people treat that child." Then he told the following story: Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let me play?" Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging. Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and, getting none, he took matters into his own hands and said, "We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning." In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the outfield. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat. At this juncture, let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible 'cause Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball. However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game. Instead, the pitcher took the ball and turned and threw the ball on a high arc to right field, far beyond the reach of the first baseman. Everyone started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!" Never in his life had Shay ever made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" By the time Shay rounded first base, the right fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions and intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases toward home. Shay reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third!" As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams were screaming, "Shay, run home!" Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the "grand slam" and won the game for his team. "That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world." AND, NOW A LITTLE FOOTNOTE TO THIS STORY: We all send thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending messages about life choices, people think twice about sharing. The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces. If you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you're probably sorting out the people on your address list that aren't the "appropriate" ones to receive this type of message. Well, the person who sent you this believes that we all can make a difference. We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the "natural order of things." So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice: Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up that opportunity, and leave the world a little bit colder in the process?

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Question for agnostics and/or atheists

by sonnyboy in

jw
friends

i've just recently declared my agnosticism to myself and to one other person in my life.

i don't necessarily consider myself an atheist because i believe there very well may be some higher power or non carbon based entities in existence with 'godlike' abilities.

my question is, do you still find yourself secretly believing in god?

GetBusyLiving

I know what you mean sonnyboy. That type of irrational stuff wears off somewhat over time though. For me the biggest thing is taking the time to be grateful for what I have and realizing that if there is a God or God's, its simply outside of the realm of our understanding to box it in. If its there and it wanted us to know, it would present itself. Keeping things positive and setting goals was the biggest thing for me in getting over the conditioning.

GBL

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So, what exactly makes Jehovah's Witnesses wrong? I need a list.

by sonnyboy in

jw
friends

ok, i'm attempting to collect a list of jw wrongs in this thread so i can give it to my parents.

i haven't been here long enough to know some of the inside information that you guys have, so any contributions would be welcomed.

GetBusyLiving

Could be best to just ask yourself what the dubs have right. Absolutely nothing. Nothing anywhere near any trace of truth.

GBL

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DC IN Kansas City -120 years stressed

by stillajwexelder in

yet again because it was in the days text gen 6 vs 3 was discussed at the dc.

it -the talk -was started by stating that god puts a time limit on things and that in noahs day it was 120 years.

we are now 9w1 years into the time of the end since 1914. now 2034 was not directly mentioned but hell it was strongly implied and a gb member was present gerritt losch- so it looks as though statements like this have the wtbts approval.

GetBusyLiving

:So what do we do with "this generation shall by no means pass away".

It was said regarding the present generation of Jesus' day. He lied.

Now for God's sake lets move on.

GBL