Posts by hibiscusfire

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What do you see when you look in the mirror?

by findingmyway in

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when i look at myself in the mirror i see a different person than i saw a few years ago.

also, when i look at photos of myself from a few years back, i don't even know myself.

not that i look that much different physically -- it has something to do with the eyes.

Christianity on the threat of DEATH..

by GetBusyLiving in

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if someone held a gun to your head and threatened to blow your brains out unless you worshiped jesus and went to church, which christian church would you choose?

no pansy churches like the unitarians though.

it has to be a fundamentalist denomination.

hibiscusfire

It might be fun to be a Pentecostal for while. I'd speak in tongues at every service and slip little swear words in amongst my unintelligible rants.

GBL

Being a Christian is fun GBL. I tell you soooo.

Hibiscusfire

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Christianity on the threat of DEATH..

by GetBusyLiving in

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if someone held a gun to your head and threatened to blow your brains out unless you worshiped jesus and went to church, which christian church would you choose?

no pansy churches like the unitarians though.

it has to be a fundamentalist denomination.

What are you listening to right now....

by desbah in

for me i got into nirvanva again...listening to "lithium" chills me out

hibiscusfire

Im listening to magic Numbers (very west coast mamas and papas...and very phat apparently)

Also im revising Oasis,kaiser chiefs,polyphonic spree and all the other Bands im gonna be watching at the V fest this Wekend!

What’s that fleaman? You’re in a band?

Hibiscusfire

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What's Your View of Spanking (Children)?

by minimus in

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have you done it?

would you still?

is it ever acceptable?

hibiscusfire

Hibiscusfire - What are you going to do if I don't shut up - spank me with your Bible?!

Regards

Gill

If you think you’re being funny you’re not!! You just ain’t Sophia from the Golden Girls!!! Hibiscusfire

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Climate: Natural disasters

by hibiscusfire in

i live in the tropics so we experience hot and rainy weather.

where i live the sun is very hot at this time that your skin feel as though it's on fire.

i have never experienced snow.

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Satellite Images of Hole in Ozone Layer Above Antarctica

The hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica is seen in a series of satellite images over a 21-year time span.

The hole may actually close within 50 years as the level of destructive ozone-depleting CFCs in the atmosphere is now declining, one of the world's leading atmospheric scientist Paul Fraser from the Australian government's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) said on September 17, 2002.

Fraser said he had measured a decline in ozone-destroying gases since 2000.

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What's Your View of Spanking (Children)?

by minimus in

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have you done it?

would you still?

is it ever acceptable?

hibiscusfire

Stevenyc - That sure is one NASTY book, that Bible!

Pity it doesn't take into account the fact that there are a lot of BAD mothers and fathers out there! I wonder what we're supposed to do with them. Let's look at our Bibles at....what....no scripture telling us how to treat parents who mistreat, abuse, brutalize their children. Dear me

GILL SHUT UP!!!! YOU ARE TOO IGNORANT FOR WORDS!

Hibiscusfire

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What's Your View of Spanking (Children)?

by minimus in

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friends

have you done it?

would you still?

is it ever acceptable?

hibiscusfire

Mary: I saw a great example of the debate on spanking on CNN a while ago, when the teachers in an Atlanta public school had to call the police because a grade 6 kid was acting up so bad and wouldn't behave (no she wasn't mental---just an undisciplined brat) and of course the teachers aren't allowed to touch the kids anymore. So the cops came and the student continued to act out her tantrum so the cop finally handcuffed her. Naturally the parents are going to sue the school and the cops and everyone else under the sun.

One guy emailed CNN and said: "...One time when I misbehaved in school, the teacher walloped me and sent me to the Principal's Office who called my father who came down and walloped me again. Guess who never misbehaved in school again?"

While there are other forms of discipline, I think spanking is necessary in some cases. I see kids throwing a soul-piercing screaming tantrum in the middle of the Mall while the parents stand there with a stunned look on their face and do nothing. We would have never dreamed of throwing a tantrum anywhere, because we would've been walloped right then and there.

Equating spanking with beating a child is like equating kissing with intercourse. Yes there are other methods of discipline and parents should definitely use them, but when that doesn't work, a spanking usually will