Posts by ziddina

robert, i've given you my contact information and i'm going to pm it again - please please please pass it along to whomever has the cat right now.. i have pets, and it would kill me to think that, if i were dreadfully sick or lay dying, that my beloved pets were going to be dumped into an animal pound or put down, just because no one would take them..... to you, perhaps, it's just a cat, but the cat was oompa's 'friend', and i'd like to try to save him.. as to 'biting' - heck, i've two cats right now who are - actually, were - 'biters'.

they both stopped biting after they'd been here in a loving, stable environment for a while - well, that, and when they bit me, i grabbed 'em by the scruff and told them in no uncertain terms that that sort of behavior would not be tolerated.... both have stopped biting - well, chomper [guess how he got his name?

] still gives me little 'love nips', but nothing like he used to.... so please, let's not write off oompa's cat yet!!!.

ziddina

No information forthcoming.

And that's why I'm worried.

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I am currently reading " The GOD delusion" by Richard Dawkins and would appreciate comments from those who have read it,pro &con.

by smiddy in

i`m only halfway through chapter 4 and enjoying what i have read so far .so why am i asking for peoples comments now ?

the reason i have is this : i wish i had done something like this when i first was approached by the witnesses ,i beleive i would have been more informed to make some enlightened decisisions that would eventually shape my future .. whereas not doing so i spent the next 33 years a slave of the watchtower , and not just me but my wife and children , not that i`m suggesting i would be a slave of richard dawkins , but i can weigh up the pros and cons as i progress through his book ,then hopefully i can draw the right conclusions , if their are any.. smiddy.

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ziddina

"Yes isn't agnosticism so far apart and away from atheism. ..." Finkelstein, page #2

It's always been my impression that theists are on a "bell-shaped" curve - you've got the fanatics at one end, and the flexible, tolerant ones at the other end...

And THAT "bell-shaped" curve slowly graduates into ANOTHER "bell-shaped" curve of agnostics/deists, with those who still basically believe at one end, and those who have pretty much left belief behind at the other end...

And still again, THAT "bell-shaped" curve slowly graduates into the LAST "bell-shaped" curve of atheists, with those who are sceptical agnostics who still think that there may be a possibility of a "god" - if one were able to PRODUCE such evidence, to the very last part of the curve, those who are thoroughly and firmly convinced that there is no god.

I need to do some artwork for my concept...

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Robert7, please do NOT allow SPARKY to be "PUT DOWN"!!!!!!

by ziddina in

jw
friends

robert, i've given you my contact information and i'm going to pm it again - please please please pass it along to whomever has the cat right now.. i have pets, and it would kill me to think that, if i were dreadfully sick or lay dying, that my beloved pets were going to be dumped into an animal pound or put down, just because no one would take them..... to you, perhaps, it's just a cat, but the cat was oompa's 'friend', and i'd like to try to save him.. as to 'biting' - heck, i've two cats right now who are - actually, were - 'biters'.

they both stopped biting after they'd been here in a loving, stable environment for a while - well, that, and when they bit me, i grabbed 'em by the scruff and told them in no uncertain terms that that sort of behavior would not be tolerated.... both have stopped biting - well, chomper [guess how he got his name?

] still gives me little 'love nips', but nothing like he used to.... so please, let's not write off oompa's cat yet!!!.

ziddina

Yes, we've already heard that...

But why didn't they take the cat in the first place???

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Robert7, please do NOT allow SPARKY to be "PUT DOWN"!!!!!!

by ziddina in

jw
friends

robert, i've given you my contact information and i'm going to pm it again - please please please pass it along to whomever has the cat right now.. i have pets, and it would kill me to think that, if i were dreadfully sick or lay dying, that my beloved pets were going to be dumped into an animal pound or put down, just because no one would take them..... to you, perhaps, it's just a cat, but the cat was oompa's 'friend', and i'd like to try to save him.. as to 'biting' - heck, i've two cats right now who are - actually, were - 'biters'.

they both stopped biting after they'd been here in a loving, stable environment for a while - well, that, and when they bit me, i grabbed 'em by the scruff and told them in no uncertain terms that that sort of behavior would not be tolerated.... both have stopped biting - well, chomper [guess how he got his name?

] still gives me little 'love nips', but nothing like he used to.... so please, let's not write off oompa's cat yet!!!.

ziddina

I just don't know...

I don't understand why the sons didn't take Sparky in the first place - why farm him out to some other person???

That is what worries me...

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Are Atheists Wrong? Great Popular Youtube Video

by DubR in

awesome youtuber by the name of nonstampcollector has some great cartoon videos about religion and the bible.

so "atheists, what if you are wrong?

" no, im confident im not wrong .

ziddina

Ooooo, I love his videos...

I'm 'subscribed'!!

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Robert7, please do NOT allow SPARKY to be "PUT DOWN"!!!!!!

by ziddina in

jw
friends

robert, i've given you my contact information and i'm going to pm it again - please please please pass it along to whomever has the cat right now.. i have pets, and it would kill me to think that, if i were dreadfully sick or lay dying, that my beloved pets were going to be dumped into an animal pound or put down, just because no one would take them..... to you, perhaps, it's just a cat, but the cat was oompa's 'friend', and i'd like to try to save him.. as to 'biting' - heck, i've two cats right now who are - actually, were - 'biters'.

they both stopped biting after they'd been here in a loving, stable environment for a while - well, that, and when they bit me, i grabbed 'em by the scruff and told them in no uncertain terms that that sort of behavior would not be tolerated.... both have stopped biting - well, chomper [guess how he got his name?

] still gives me little 'love nips', but nothing like he used to.... so please, let's not write off oompa's cat yet!!!.

ziddina

I'm getting various versions of a very confused story...

First Robert7 posted his thread:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/242509/8/Who-wants-to-keep-Oompas-legacy-alive-by-adopting-his-cat

which stated that the cat bit someone and therefore couldn't remain in his current location... A VERY worrisome post, by the way - animals have been put down for less.

Then we didn't hear from Robert7 for 6 days... Despite two very REAL offers of assistance from both Flipper/Mrs. Flipper and myself...

Then we hear that the cat had been given back to Oompa's sons....

I finally got desperate and called the place of business, leaving messages for the sons and the widow, letting them know that I - and Flipper/Mrs. Flipper - are VERY interested in helping this cat.

So far - nada. No response, no information.

But after the nut-job idiocy by certain "Jeheshuaites" towards poor Oompa's family, I guess I'm not too surprised if they've written us off as nutjobs... But I just hope that the poor cat will be all right.

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Robert7, please do NOT allow SPARKY to be "PUT DOWN"!!!!!!

by ziddina in

jw
friends

robert, i've given you my contact information and i'm going to pm it again - please please please pass it along to whomever has the cat right now.. i have pets, and it would kill me to think that, if i were dreadfully sick or lay dying, that my beloved pets were going to be dumped into an animal pound or put down, just because no one would take them..... to you, perhaps, it's just a cat, but the cat was oompa's 'friend', and i'd like to try to save him.. as to 'biting' - heck, i've two cats right now who are - actually, were - 'biters'.

they both stopped biting after they'd been here in a loving, stable environment for a while - well, that, and when they bit me, i grabbed 'em by the scruff and told them in no uncertain terms that that sort of behavior would not be tolerated.... both have stopped biting - well, chomper [guess how he got his name?

] still gives me little 'love nips', but nothing like he used to.... so please, let's not write off oompa's cat yet!!!.

ziddina

Thanks, Mickey Mouse!!

?? ?? What the heck is a "whip round"???

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Robert7, please do NOT allow SPARKY to be "PUT DOWN"!!!!!!

by ziddina in

jw
friends

robert, i've given you my contact information and i'm going to pm it again - please please please pass it along to whomever has the cat right now.. i have pets, and it would kill me to think that, if i were dreadfully sick or lay dying, that my beloved pets were going to be dumped into an animal pound or put down, just because no one would take them..... to you, perhaps, it's just a cat, but the cat was oompa's 'friend', and i'd like to try to save him.. as to 'biting' - heck, i've two cats right now who are - actually, were - 'biters'.

they both stopped biting after they'd been here in a loving, stable environment for a while - well, that, and when they bit me, i grabbed 'em by the scruff and told them in no uncertain terms that that sort of behavior would not be tolerated.... both have stopped biting - well, chomper [guess how he got his name?

] still gives me little 'love nips', but nothing like he used to.... so please, let's not write off oompa's cat yet!!!.

ziddina

Me too!!!