Posts by forsharry

17

Lost

by youcanhaveago in

jw
friends

haven't been on here for months and months .. .

completely lost and screwed up.. please don't be offended but some stuff on here does my head in .... .

.

forsharry

breathe.

take it day by day...or minute by minute if the larger incriments become too much.

there's a lot of mental downloading that goes on and a lot of it doesn't make sense...just take care of yourself...the answers come in time.

::BIG HUG::

17

Logos

by Schism in

jw
friends

i have figured out why i never log on anymore.

once i come in here and start chatting, i become addicted and can't get off.

i end up spending 3 days straight in here and never getting anything done in my real life!!.

forsharry

the problem is that all your artistry means bunk when it comes to the computer programs out there.

I've been working with photoshop, illustrator, quarkxpress, indesign, freehand, etc. as a graphic designer, and I am pretty good artist...but it's hard to translate it over to these programs because of the learning curve behind them.

If you want to draw something using a program...i'd suggest illustrator because you can use a pen tool and create curves and them manipulate the line over your drawing.

15

Adam's Error and the Butterfly Effect

by jgnat in

in 1962 meterologist lorenz simulated weather patterns with some simple mathematical formulas on his computer.

for a while the results were predictable.

but then, with very minor changes, the results went wildly erratic.

forsharry

I always felt it was a cruel joke against us.

Here, I'll make you perfect, but in essence, you'll have no free will cause if you do anything i don't like I'll punish you big time.

Now you've gone and done it. No eternal life for you...and since you ruined it for everyone...no perfection for them either. I hope you're happy with yourself!

Oh, hello new baby...sorry but you gotta die. Oh, and by the way, you have to live up to all of the rules of perfections which would be no problem if you were perfect, but since you aren't you'll struggle with it for you entire 'grief' filled life and then you'll die. tee hee!

I mean, you buy into all of that, God's got a wicked evil sense of humor here!

47

Classical music anyone?

by zagor in

lately i've been listening more and more to classical music.

went to several concerts, opera and a ballet..

just wondering if anyone else loves classical music or maybe modern incarnations like styles of vanessa mae, maxim mrvica, bond, amici and alike.

forsharry

Debussy''s Claire de Lune is my alltime favorite...

it brings tears to my eyes every single time i listen to it without fail.

41

wow, what a response!

by Matt_fs in

i simply asked a friend of mine to explain to me deut 20:20-22 and he wrote this:.

"its really quite simple what i think about deut.18:20-22. i don't.

the hebrew scriptures describing aspects of the original law convenent ended when the new convenent came into place by means of christ's death.

forsharry

yeah, what they all said before me.

I just wanted to say that i broke out in a cold sweat when i read that response. It's simply chilling just how closely the response mirrored the ones I received when I questioned the cracks in the leaking dyke.

I would love to read your response back to your 'friend'...but I'm sure you know your ticket's been punched. :}

30

I'm in Wisconsin

by JH in

jw
friends

i decided to take a car ride to see my good friend buttlight, who lives in wisconsin.

the first thing i did was to go in her basement .

then, to feel right at home, i ate a home made poutine .

forsharry

Poutine - french fries with cheese curds and gravy on top. :)
it's a very HEALTHY traditional Canadian dish. ;)

20

THE BIG SWINDLE

by Terry in

http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/070323-sowell-swindle.php.

i try to give both sides of issues a fair read.. all of you who have been convinced by scientific evidence that global warming has been caused by man and can be stopped by man should read the above.. how about specific comments pertaining to the above for a change rather than simply policy wank rants??.

global warming swindleopinion editorial by thomas sowell - mar 23, 2007britains channel 4 has produced a devastating documentary titled the great global warming swindle.

forsharry

hmmm...

I'm of the theory that it can't hurt to be a little more eco-conscious.

legano, nil legano...is grey area.

30

I'm in Wisconsin

by JH in

jw
friends

i decided to take a car ride to see my good friend buttlight, who lives in wisconsin.

the first thing i did was to go in her basement .

then, to feel right at home, i ate a home made poutine .

forsharry

mmmmm...poutine....

yum. :)

25

Did You Feel "Good" When You Were Being Persecuted?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i know that as a youngster, i felt pretty good about myself because i remained "faithful" and didn't eat birthday cake while everyone else was enjoying it.......i know of wives that came into the hall with a black eye "for jehovah" and were almost deified because of their "stand".

were you persecuted for righteousness sake?

how did it make you feel????

forsharry

Oh yeah I felt sooo good be persecuted and put down and picked on and beat up that now, the lexapro and abilify and trazadone, and buspar helps me to feel good too in the sight of persecution. :)

it was a complete social disconnect, that I'm sure many of us lived with. Once out, how did one relate to anything after being outside of the norms of society (and reality) for so long.

Funny thing is? Now when anyone's critical of me, in any capacity, I have a very hard time putting it all into perspective and have a tendency to react in a hostile manner.

All of this "loving christian upbringing."...and my merry-go-round broke down.

17

I need some help....I don't understand

by confusedCatholic8 in

i recently started dating a woman that has stopped practicing the religion of jehovahs witness.

i am very confused on so many things that this religion believes.

i would like some input from anyone out therer that can help me...i am a catholic and i have certain things about my religion i don't believe but i dont understand the whole idea that if you leave the jehovahs witness and have been baptized you are no longer allowed to talk to your family and friends of this religion.

forsharry

She's at a loss and feeling the pain of being shunned...

My only advice is this..."Friends are the family you make for yourself." - Anonymous

I know that sounds really general and it glosses over a lot of the nuances of being shunned...but this isn't her problem. It's her family's problem. Does it hurt? God yes, it hurts...but it's all about building a support system that doesn't rely upon conditions for it to function. I now have friends and 'family' in my life that love me unconditionally, and that won't change (well not unless I destroy one of their garden gnomes or something...)

I've been on the receiving end of the shunning stick...and once I started reaching out to others and building a network for myself that was free from conditionality, that was when the pain lessened a little...do I miss them? Yeah...but would I be willing to sacrifice my own personal beliefs and code to regain their 'conditional' love? No way!

Not sure if that helps at all or if I just typed a pile of nonsense. I do that from time to time. Best of luck to ya...just be there for her. That's all any of us can do with one another.