Posts by poopsiecakes

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Something I never realized or thought of before: Discreet vs Discrete

by poopsiecakes in

so my whole life i heard the phrase 'faithful and discrete slave' and never paid attention to the real meaning of "discrete".

which is weird, because i'm a bit of a word junkie.

i guess the familiarity of the expression made me mentally gloss over it somehow.

poopsiecakes

LOL Beks - I wasn't even drunk when I started this thread.

Woods, it's wibble au gratin. :)

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Something I never realized or thought of before: Discreet vs Discrete

by poopsiecakes in

so my whole life i heard the phrase 'faithful and discrete slave' and never paid attention to the real meaning of "discrete".

which is weird, because i'm a bit of a word junkie.

i guess the familiarity of the expression made me mentally gloss over it somehow.

poopsiecakes

Actually "discrete" would be a more appropriate word to describe the GB since they've separated and elevated themselves above the R&F. They really aren't "discreet" at all.

Well hell, ain't this the truth.

Thanks everyone, for not making too much fun of me. It must have been awfully tempting.

And thanks for the hug, Tec. I kinda needed that! :)

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Jesus Vs Horus

by Christ Alone in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apmy1f9_d3m&feature=related.

poopsiecakes

What Christian demoninations support connecting the Bible to Numerology? I really don't know, but there can't be many.

There's the OBVES one...

I had a thread going about the Pagan Christ documentary a while back...

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/190860/1/The-Pagan-Christ

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Something I never realized or thought of before: Discreet vs Discrete

by poopsiecakes in

so my whole life i heard the phrase 'faithful and discrete slave' and never paid attention to the real meaning of "discrete".

which is weird, because i'm a bit of a word junkie.

i guess the familiarity of the expression made me mentally gloss over it somehow.

Does this reek of CULT to you?

by Blind_Of_Lies in

jw
friends

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/big-deal-jehovahs-witnesses-list-prime-properties/.

so this story was discussed earlier in another thread.

a line from the story has really been bugging me since reading it:.

poopsiecakes

Blondie, that's like the Bermuda Triangle!!

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Ides of March

by JRK in

jw
friends

et tu brute?.

poopsiecakes

Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare

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Something I never realized or thought of before: Discreet vs Discrete

by poopsiecakes in

so my whole life i heard the phrase 'faithful and discrete slave' and never paid attention to the real meaning of "discrete".

which is weird, because i'm a bit of a word junkie.

i guess the familiarity of the expression made me mentally gloss over it somehow.

poopsiecakes

Well, in case anyone was wondering - I've officially lost my mind and here's PROOF!!

Thanks, Ynot

*major facepalm* lol - please ignore me

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Something I never realized or thought of before: Discreet vs Discrete

by poopsiecakes in

so my whole life i heard the phrase 'faithful and discrete slave' and never paid attention to the real meaning of "discrete".

which is weird, because i'm a bit of a word junkie.

i guess the familiarity of the expression made me mentally gloss over it somehow.

So my whole life I heard the phrase 'faithful and discrete slave' and never paid attention to the real meaning of "discrete". Which is weird, because I'm a bit of a word junkie. I guess the familiarity of the expression made me mentally gloss over it somehow. *facepalm*

discreet adj. Showing discernment or judgement in the guidance of one’s own speech and action; judicious, prudent, circumspect, cautious; often esp. that can be silent when speech would be inconvenient.

discrete adj. Separate, detached from others, individually distinct. Opposed to continuous.

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-difference-between-discreet-and-discrete/

So where this online dictionary says 'opposed to continuous', another one says 'consisting of disctinct or unconnected elements; noncontinuous'.
Had I realized the distinction between the two words before, I think I would have wondered why the 'slave class' is noncontinuous and unconnected as opposed to being prudent and cautious - which was what I thought the 'slave class' was supposed to be.

Does anyone else think this is weird or is it just me?

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Are major earthquakes on the increase??

by Vanderhoven7 in

a jw writes as proof that 1914 is key.... the newencyclopdiabritannica (1987) lists 63 major historical earthquakes spanning the past 1,700 years.

of this total, 27, or 43 percent, have struck since 1914. the book terranonfirma, by professors gere and shah, has a list covering a longer period.

of the total significant earthquakes in that list, 54 percent have taken place since 1914. even granting that records from past centuries are incomplete, we cannot escape the conclusion that in our time mankind has been greatly affected by earthquakes.. does anyone have access to the the newencyclopdiabritannica (1987) or info that would either support or refute the above allegations.. .

poopsiecakes

*pinches Yan*

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Why I Hate Religion

by Christ Alone in

i know this is a few months old.

but i think it's profound to people that still think like the wt trained them to think.

even after coming out of the wt, they still feel that all christians believe that they alone have the true religion or denomination.

poopsiecakes

But when you come out of darkness in accepting Jesus as your personal savior then the Holy Spirit Himself begins to teach you.

Savior from what?

PS - Nancy, I never thought you were Alice either. You're the good kind of crazy.