Posts by daystar

Complete & conscious mental control of spacetime and be able to order all forms of matter, known and unknown, to suit me. To have my consciousness contain all that exists. All under my complete control if I so desire. To be all knowledge, all information...

Hmmm... I suppose that would make me God, huh? I'm probably forgetting something...

Then again, perhaps that would be boring after a time and I'd incarnate myself in the flesh just to play with my creations. Hmm... that would be broing after a time as well. Where would the challenge be?

Eh, overthinking as usual.

I guess being Superman would be adequate.

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Curiosity dictates a question like this...

by Juniper in

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have any of you out there ever taken the "opposite route" and studied paganism or wicca?.

i know of some that practice that.

but i've been thinking about what a strange irony that would be, right?

daystar

From my point of view, theoretically, it is very difficult to tell whether an action will ultimately be harmful to another or not. Even actions which seem good initially could end badly and vice versa.

I'll give an example. You see a homeless person on the corner and hand him a $20. Seems like a good thing to do to some. He takes that $20 and either buys or cooks up some crystal meth, perhaps increasing the feel of parasites upon his skin, perhaps ODing.

Was your action for good or bad? How much responsibility should you take?

Another example: I have a friend who moved to NY state to be with a guy who said he loved her. She got pregnant. He turned out to be a useless drug addict and so she moved back to TX. She had very few friends she could trust, no friends she could live with who she felt comfortable eventually having a child around.

At one point she was even facing homelessness. She was not doing drugs or alcohol. She actually was quite responsible other than her bad choices.

I was one of the first people she called when she got back into town. She never asked for anything. A part of me wanted to help her out, wanted to give her a safe, comfortable place to stay to prepare for her child being born.

I didn't. Why didn't you, Daystar? OMG!! A new mother, all alone, with not even family to help...

Well, sometimes we need to struggle through the situations we get ourselves into. If I had let myself be overly sentimental about things in this case, how would she ever progress? She needed to deal with the situation rather than be coddled.

It was the right decision. She now has a house of her own living down the street from her grandparents, has a good paying job in a dentist's office and is on her way. And she did it on her own. And she thanks me profusely for being a friend to her, for being emotionally supportive and someone to lean upon while she was trying to work through this.

Her character, with little doubt, has been strengthened.

Very grey...

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Single dads...

by avishai in

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ladies?

how do you react?

first thought?

daystar

I'm also the primary custodian for my son. We've been apart from his mother for nearly three years now (he's five).

My experience with women's reactions is a lot of respect, for all the reasons mentioned by others here. If you're a single dad, primary custodian, it indicates to many the sort of strength of character you have. (At least, that's what I tell myself. LOL!)

Why are you asking, avishai?

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No Tag At My Son's School....

by Why Georgia in

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perhaps some of you have seen this on the news.

my son's school has gotten national attention because the ban on tag.

i went to the pto meeting and spoke with the principal.

daystar

http://www.saljournal.com/blogs/?p=530

Collectively, in the West especially, we are raising a bunch of wimps.

I wish I could say it's the fault of the public school systems, but I'm sure they're trying to protect themselves from what I might consider ot be frivolous lawsuits.

In elementary school, I broke my arm during "Olympic Day" hopping through tires. If something like that had happened today, I'm sure the school would fear having a suit brought against them and perhaps decide to no longer hold "Olympic Day".

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There are no atheists in a foxhole

by The wanderer in

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"there are no atheists in a foxhole"old soliders' adage this discussion was brought about by curiosity as to why in-.

dividuals have become atheists seeing that at one time they.

professed a belief in god.. the intent is not to argue, debate, or incite to riot.

daystar

In times of extreme stress and when faced with certain or almost certain death, most people will revert to very childish exhortations.

I recall reading that the number one thing people will say just before dying suddenly is "oh $h!1!". One of the others is "oh mommy".

if you did profess a belief in God at one time or
another was it the Watchtower Society in part, that
made you reconsider your position regarding there
being a God or no God?

Certainly.

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Subliminal Messages

by Butters in

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hey guys, uh, well, i was kinda hoping maybe you guys could share some of those scans of the old wt articles that have all the subliminal messages i heard so much about.

i have one download that shows the pentagram in the chair and so on, but is this real?

did they really try and deceive people?

daystar

Butters, the One Way Windowpane or Blotter you took may have enhanced your ability to detect such patterns, or to create them in your mind where they do not exist.

I can still pretty much make the walls wave on command.

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Curiosity dictates a question like this...

by Juniper in

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have any of you out there ever taken the "opposite route" and studied paganism or wicca?.

i know of some that practice that.

but i've been thinking about what a strange irony that would be, right?

daystar

Juniper, if you're interested in the Wiccan rede "an' it harm none, do what thou Wilt", you should also know that the last part of that is the primary basis for Thelemic thought and practice.

http://www.thelemapedia.org/

Gerald Gardner primarily creating this re-imagination of Witchcraft was a loose associate of Aleister Crowley, who was the primary contributor to current Thelemic thought and practice, and indeed is among the most influential magicians of the last century.

So, basically, Gardner took Thelema, "Do what thou Wilt shall be the whole of the Law; Love is the Law, Love under Will", and added a humanistic restriction on to what extent a person should follow their Will, whereas Crowley did not.

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Subliminal Messages

by Butters in

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hey guys, uh, well, i was kinda hoping maybe you guys could share some of those scans of the old wt articles that have all the subliminal messages i heard so much about.

i have one download that shows the pentagram in the chair and so on, but is this real?

did they really try and deceive people?

daystar

Oh dear gods...

Butters, if you perform a google search on the terms "watchtower, subliminal messages" you will find some sites that make such claims, with scans. C'mon Butters...

There is also this recently rediscovered thread on JWD - http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/119846/1.ashx

I admit the possibility that WBTS artists are consciously inserting subliminal imagery. I'm just not convinced that they are. I feel much the way Bizzy Bee does on this.

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Interesting statistics

by fairchild in

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i was doing a search for the ranking on a web server and while i was there i though about comparing the jwd page view to the watchtower.org page view.. quite interesting.

edited to take out the link, it didn't work.

i'll post a screen shot instead..

daystar

I'm betting the spike this month is due to the new tract.

Last year... hmm... I can't recall...