Sailor Ripley

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  Big Question

  by choosing life in

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  i know there may not be an answer to this question, but i am truly interested in other's views.

  i know many are of various beliefs and some do not believe in god at all.. the question is: why does god not stop the suffering?

  i watch so many suffer for no reason and no matter how i try to figure it out, i always come back to the fact that a loving parent would not allow their child to suffer needlessly.

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  I watch so many suffer for no reason

  How do you know it's for no reason? Getting away from god as I don't believe, can't I learn from my own and others mistakes? Now what I do with that data is a different question. What if someone gets it right, using all the learnings from before and makes everything great. Great to whom? Some people enjoy despair and being the victim. Maybe they are great in what you'd call suffering.

  Wait, what if it never gets great for me? Then I lose. What if it gets great to me? Then I win. I am the driver of my own destiny. This makes it extremely easy for me. If I do well, I did well; if I don't then I didn't. No blaming, praying, waiting, wondering.

  Run Rudy Run!
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  A SIMPLE EXPLANATION of why TIME TRAVEL doesn't work

  by Terry in

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  energy and matter are neither created nor destroyed.. consequently, the building blocks of existence are actually finite parts.. to create things in "tomorrow" which are new, something has to be dismantled to leave spare parts for the new thing.. the old thing deteriorates, (dies) and the parts become the new thing.. time travel requires going to a place where all of today's parts are completely dismanteled and are being used (or not) to maintain yesterday/tomorrow.. ever see the film primer?.

  said slightly differently...... you go into a room.

  on the table is a box of dominoes.

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  Check out the movie "What the Bleep do We Know."

  Be careful... I got lamb basted for bringing up that movie a couple of months ago. I thought it was interesting but it was written by kooks and parts fabricated and simply made up. The whole "being dirty, mean and nasty to water will cause it to form oddly shaped crystals when frozen" convinced me.

  Speaking of time travel reminded me of traveling at the speed of light. Has anyone ever seen the engineers prediction of what would happen if Santa were actually to attempt to visit all houses in one 24-hour-period? I'll see if I can find it. I thought it was pretty funny.
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  Do you like SPAM? (The food, not the junk mail)

  by free2beme in

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  i know, it is america's most hated food.

  people hear the name, and instantly they say, "that stuff is so sick!

  " yet in the state of hawaii, it is the most popular food, bare none!

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  YES! Thinly sliced, fried with tomatoes and Miracle Whip on wheat.
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  If it wasn't for religion, there would be no atheists.

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  clyde and i were discussing all the atrocities and wars that were fought in the name of religion, and he made an interesting comment, "if it wasn't for religion, there would be no atheists.

  " i've been thinking about that for several days.

  i was once a true believer, but my faith has been so shaken that i am on the verge of questioning his very existence.

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  You're right. If it wasn't for [insert noun here], there would be no [insert anti-noun here]. You don't need something to describe nothing. I'm sure there is some cool term for this sort of reasoning but I had a little drink about an hour and it's gone straight to my head.
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  Should I leave the WTS?

  by HamiltonPeppers in

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  after hearing the coverups and scandals, im thinking about leaving the wts for good.

  while reading all of these coverups, i felt like my wife just cheated on me with my brother.

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  Run! Run away as fast as you can! Run away as far as you can! Get out of that freakin' freak show. I met up with an old buddy who's still in the Borg. It made me physically ill all the bullshit he endures.
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  Gosh this is so Stupid!

  by roflcopter in

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  so my wife just got a job at a huge company where a witness friend works.

  we only have 1 car... well my friend cant carpool with my wife to work because it would be imporoper for a man and a woman to be in the car alone.

  grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr im so frustrated.

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  free2beme,

  It's early here. Just sat down with my first cup of joe. Thanks for making me spit it out my nose. Not sure why your post was so funny... but it was to me. I'm not even sure, after re-reading, that you meant it to be. Thanks for the laugh and clean-up.

  What a kookie religion. We'll kill ya' and let the birds eat your eyes but we won't share a ride to work with you.
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  Voting today

  by Junction-Guy in

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  well election day this year seemed to have a heavy turnout.

  they had new voting machines and the process seemed to take much longer than usual.

  the language in many of these issues seems so obscure, you would think they would put ballot language in the common mans terms, instead of alot of legalese.

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  Voting is one of the things that I cherish for many reasons; one is that always reminds me that I ain't a Jehobie any more! Wahoo!

  I love the USA! I love that I get to live and rear my kiddos in such a great country!

  Go GOP!
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  Hunters look at this DEER:WOW "Warning dead deer"

  by skyking in

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  scores 295 net boone and croket

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  Wow! I'd have fallen out of the tree before I got off a shot. Marinate with Stubb's Wicked Wing Sauce overnight your venison before you put it on the grill. My neighbors and I really like it. http://www.buystubbs.com/wicchicwin.html

  Quick question? If you don't like death, guns, pics of dead animals, whatever, why would you click on a topic that clearly reads, "Warning Dead Deer"?
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  celebration of life thread

  by darth frosty in

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  while the dubs were so looking forward to telling the world how false religion was going to end ( wonder how that went for them) i got to thinking, what special event are we looking forward to in the next 3 months.. so right here, right now, what special event do you look forward to in the next 3 months.

  for me its going snowboarding and when its really miserble here heading down to warmer climate for a nice lil holiday..

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  Christmas! Christmas! Christmas! We're hoping that at 2, our older kid will know more what's going on this year!

  Good luck, KatieKitten.
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  Raising well rounded and balanced kids...what have you done right?

  by My MILs worst nightmare, a nonJW in

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  parenting is one of the most difficult yet rewarding things there is.

  doesn't every parent want their children to have a good moral compass, to have good manners, to be socially adept, to be compassionate, to reach their potential and even overachieve in terms of school and career, to appreciate and understand history, science, the arts and the world as a whole, to play team sports when they are younger so they can benefit from physical activity and the comraderie of a team sport, and above all to be a critical thinkers who are strong and independent so that they will not become easy prey to abusive organizations and/or abusive people?.

  as a parent i have many times felt like a real failure and at other times like i am actually helping them to reach their potential.. what do you feel that you have done right in raising well rounded and balanced kids?

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  Sailor Ripley

  My kiddos are too young to say if I'm right or wrong, but I'm trying my best to do exactly what my mom and step-dad did... sans all the Jehobie Poop.

  Ripley Strategy to Rear Kids to be Happy Adults

  *Everybody works. No free ride, starting at a young age, e.g., cleaing rooms, garbage detail up to working after school and Saturdays. You will buy your own ride and pay for your own insurance.

  *Life ain't fair and it's never been fair, get over it. If you want something go and earn it. The only reason you get something is because you worked for it. If you got it for some other way it won't be worth having.

  *Sir and Ma'am to adults/elders. You'll give respect because you have respect for yourself.

  *No adulation. If you've gone above and beyond we'll tell you what an awesome job you've done; if you've done what you were supposed to do, okay. You don't get a pat on the back for just doing your job. Do better next time.

  *No, you're not perfect, you will make mistakes and I will let you make them. Hopefully you'll learn from them. If you don't then you'll make them again.

  *The rod will not be spared. You'll know exactly why you're being spanked. It will be swift and commensurate to your bad action

  *You will get self-esteem by earning it through hard, difficult challenges, not from a bunch of sissies telling you that "you're the best/you're great." That works for a while then you figure out that everyone is "great" which means that everyone is the same. You are not the same.

  I don't know if it'll work or not but it sure worked for me. I love my life and all that I've learned. Thanks, Mom and Ol' Man.