Posts by econaut

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Hell

by ray_omega in

the following is supposedly an actual question given on a university of washington chemistry mid-term.

the answer by one of the students was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well... .

bonus question: is hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

econaut

If I could only be that clever on a test!!

Thanks for sharing,

econaut

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well today is my wonderful husbands' birthday.. when we were first together he didn't want presents, cake, no celebration at all.. last night he was so excited about his gifts he opened one in the middle of the night.

he wants pizza for his birthday dinner and to go out for ice cream instead of a birthday cake.. i just feel happy that he's come so far and doesn't see birthdays as some evil happening.. wg

econaut

It took me a few years before I didn't feel guilty going into the Christmas section at a store. I can now say "Christmas presents" and not think twice. Just give him time.

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small children seeing ghosts and hearing voices

by moanzy in

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does anyone have any experience with this or know what is happening?.

moanzy

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As a kid I was alone in the bathroom and thought that I felt a hand on my neck. At the time, I thought it a demon. Now I chalk it up to an overactive imagination being fueled by the dubs (like the story of the demons coming down to earth to have sex!) and my mother. When I told my mom that I had felt a hand she believed that it was a demon and thought that it must be due to something that she had in the house. I think she found that she had either a cross or a christening gown that my grandma had crocheted that she got rid of because she thought that she had invited the demons into our house.

She would tell my brother and me that if we were scared to just "call out Jehovah's name". My brother and I would be afraid to walk upstairs to our bedroom in the dark so the whole way up we would whisper "Jehovah, Jehovah." I look back and wish my mom would have not been afraid herself and had taught us that there was nothing to fear...or at least turn all the lights on for us!!

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The New Battlestar Galactica

by Yizuman in

what ya'll think of the new show?.

personally i love it.

although the new "reimagined" series is darker than the original show when it premiered in 1978. the new show makes up for better storylines and the characters looks more real and "down to earth", so to speak.. .

econaut

I love it too but I don't get the sci-fi channel anymore!

Question:

So do you think that Adama was really shot or was it just an image in Boomer's mind that we were seeing?

I think that she really didn't shoot him but just had the urge to do it.

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Welcome Econaut!!!

by bavman in

jw
friends

welcome econaut!!!!

i meant to do this earlier but here i go anyway.

a big welcome to a fabulous person!

econaut

Sorry I didn't respond sooner...

I haven't been on the site in a few days (I couldn't get the computer away from peacefulpete!-jk)....now I feel special!

Thanks guys for the welcome...... you made my day!

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Bragging Rights or I'll Try Not To Be Too Obnoxious

by HadEnuf in

jw
friends

dear friends from wi (and i know you're lurking out there in cheesehead land)!

tomorrow night at 7 pm (april 6), my son's band, tree of woe, will have their first single off their new cd played on 95.5 wifc here in central wi.

every week they choose a new song to play and people call in to vote on whether or not they like it.

econaut

Thanks for sharing that, I'll have to try to listen tomorrow night.

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Your Most DREADED Dub Word

by GetBusyLiving in

i wanna hear the word that made you either physically nauseous or burst out in uncontrolable laughter.

please demonstrate it in a sentence as well.

mine was 'enthused' (my fingers were shaking as i typed).

econaut

"Book study"... ok, I don't know why but that one creeps me out as well as all others mentioned!

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WANTING A REVERSALE OF MY DISFWLLOWSHIPPING !!

by orangefatcat in

jw
friends

after much though and prayer i have decided to request a reinstatement.

you are probably think is she nuts.

let me explain my reasoning.

econaut

I don't want to ever be known as a JW. I just want to clear my name. That is all. I want to be able to talk and see my family

I too tried to get my disfellowshipping reversed for the same reason you have stated above. I was disfellowshipped for being offended about the NGO/UN involvement. In fact the elder on the appeal committee said, "I wasn't offended why were you?" ( with great anger in his voice)
My motivation was the same as yours to be able to talk to my family. It didn't work in my case though. The WTS came back with a decision that the disfellowshipping ruling was to be upheld.
I think that the elders have gotten the direction to remove any that question the UN thing so I'm afraid that I don't think your letter will make much difference but you will feel better if you try.
The wanting to clear my name is what I really wanted to do but did not know how to go about it. I've decided to just do it by leading a life where I am an asset to society. I'm going back to college in hopes of getting a career that will fulfill that need in me. As far as my family, they will believe what they want to. I would hope that they know me and know that I am better than the scum that the WT says I am. My saying this doesn't mean that I'm having an easy time feeling this way, in fact the opposite is true.
Good luck to you Orangefatcat!
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Bible Reading Leading to More Doubt Than Faith... :(

by jeanniebeanz in

ok, it?s taken me longer to get my thoughts together on this than i expected, but here is the reason that i have come to have doubts in the divine nature of the bible; its failure to show that the god it describes is abiding by "his" own standards.. for example, according to 2 peter 1:20, the entire bible is inspired of god.

the main attributes of "god" are that "he" is love (1 john 4:8), "he" is just (deuteronomy 32:4), and "he" has all of the power (revelation 7:12).. with that in mind, my first problem with the bibles authenticity is that this ?loving god?

murdered the entire world of men at one point in history by drowning them.

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All I could figure is that he must have doubts as well and that the advice he gave me is how he deals with his doubts.

Oh, also when I told him that I had doubts he just said, "Well, we should talk about those sometime." Well, that sometime never happened. He didn't want to touch them with a ten foot pole, I think.

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Bible Reading Leading to More Doubt Than Faith... :(

by jeanniebeanz in

ok, it?s taken me longer to get my thoughts together on this than i expected, but here is the reason that i have come to have doubts in the divine nature of the bible; its failure to show that the god it describes is abiding by "his" own standards.. for example, according to 2 peter 1:20, the entire bible is inspired of god.

the main attributes of "god" are that "he" is love (1 john 4:8), "he" is just (deuteronomy 32:4), and "he" has all of the power (revelation 7:12).. with that in mind, my first problem with the bibles authenticity is that this ?loving god?

murdered the entire world of men at one point in history by drowning them.

econaut

Jeannie,

I too know exactly what you are going through......

I got baptized when I was 13 and from that day on I was plagued with occasional doubts but it really came to a head when daily Bible reading was constantly emphasied. So like a good little Witness I tried to do that but everytime I did it brought up more questions. Three years ago I confided in an elder that I was feeling this way and his answer was "just read the parts that don't make you feel that way". Well, that turned out to be good advice because I found out that night that there wasn't anything written in that book that didn't make me doubt.

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