Posts by Mindchild

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Tapestry

by teejay in

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i've kept in touch with a man who no longer posts here.

in a recent email, after exchanging the ways that we were both deprived of a healthy childhood/adolescence since we were both raised in the truth, he made the statement that anything done differently back then would have produced a different him now; and since he likes the person he is now, not all of what happened in his past was for no good.

i've thought (and said) the same thing myself.

Mindchild

Commander Teejay...please report to the bridge!

Dude, this was a cool post. I remember this episode as well and caught the moral of the story as well. It is an uphill fight for a lot of us recovering from our assimilation in the Borg because our self esteem was shot to hell and well you know the drill. We can't undo our past but we can learn from it and accept ourselves, faults and all.

After I read your post, I was thinking of another Star Trek movie based on the original series where Spock's brother is playing the wannabe Messiah and he wants to cure Captain Kirk of his pain. Kirk declines his offer because he recognized that pain was a part of him, made him who he was and he used it to get where he was now. He needed that pain! Well, after thinking about that way back when this movie came out, I recognized that I needed to make my own pain work for me instead of trying to pretend it wasn't there or keep locking it up in a mental closet. Hey, when you expend all your energy locking up your pain and anger you don't have any energy left for doing anything but just existing. I don't want to be in that fucking boat again.

So, I'm making my anger and pain work for me. I'm hoping the wisdom of Star Trek pays off.

Kind Regards,

Skipper

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Anyone form Orlando Florida

by exodus in

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i'm planning to travel to orlando florida this week along with my buddy patriot on a business trip.

is there anyone form orlando florida who will like to meet us while we're visiting orlando?

please email me.

Mindchild

Well I can take a day off and besides my new place I rented is only an hour south of Orlando. Venice needs to meet on a weekend day because of her work schedule and I can do a weekend day as well. Having some fun at Disney or Epcot would be cool. Count me in.

Skipper

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Anyone form Orlando Florida

by exodus in

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i'm planning to travel to orlando florida this week along with my buddy patriot on a business trip.

is there anyone form orlando florida who will like to meet us while we're visiting orlando?

please email me.

Mindchild

Dana said:

If it works out, Skipper and I could act as chaperones for you and Ven. We want things to "take place decently and by arrangement", doncha know!

But Dana, who is going to chaperone us?

Yeah, Cello it is a done deal, word has it that you and Ven are already engaged and your supposed to pop the question while you and Ven are going through the "Tunnel of Love" in Disney World. Just your luck though dude as when you are in the dark, Ven is going to jump ship and trade places with Fred Hall and when you reach daylight again that cat will be coughing up fur balls.

Skipper

It's all about numbers this time...

by Mindchild in

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your odds of dying from.... armageddon: zero .

catastrophic asteroid strike: 1 in 1,960,000,000. anthrax: 1 in 55,052,999. pneumonic plague: 1 in 54,059,705. venomous snakes, lizards, and spiders: 1 in 54,049,600. falling after collision or shoving: 1 in 45,041,33. cleaners and paints: 1 in 27,024,800. domestic hijacking: 1 in 16,817,784. salmonella: 1 in 10,587,115. execution by the us government: 1 in 3,622,270. lightning strike: 1 in 3,106,880. flesh-eating bacteria: 1 in 1,252,488. airplane crash: 1 in 659,779. railway accident: 1 in 524,753. poison gases or vapor: 1 in 494,960. electrical current: 1 in 493,153. falling object: 1 in 373,787. bad medical care: 1 in 83,720. residential fire: 1 in 83,720. gun shot: 1 in 8,802. motor vehicle accident: 1 in 6,585. flu and pneumonia: 1 in 4,107. diabetes: 1 in 4,000. unintentional injuries: 1 in 2,941. asthma: 1 in 2,228. stroke: 1 in 1,658. cancer: 1 in 499. heart disease: 1 in 388.

--source (except for the top item, the remaining information appeared in the march 2002 wired.

Mindchild

Your odds of dying from...

Armageddon: Zero
Catastrophic asteroid strike: 1 in 1,960,000,000
Anthrax: 1 in 55,052,999
Pneumonic plague: 1 in 54,059,705
Venomous snakes, lizards, and spiders: 1 in 54,049,600
Falling after collision or shoving: 1 in 45,041,33
Cleaners and paints: 1 in 27,024,800
Domestic Hijacking: 1 in 16,817,784
Salmonella: 1 in 10,587,115
Execution by the US government: 1 in 3,622,270
Lightning strike: 1 in 3,106,880
Flesh-eating bacteria: 1 in 1,252,488
Airplane crash: 1 in 659,779
Railway accident: 1 in 524,753
Poison gases or vapor: 1 in 494,960
Electrical current: 1 in 493,153
Falling object: 1 in 373,787
Bad medical care: 1 in 83,720
Residential fire: 1 in 83,720
Gun shot: 1 in 8,802
Motor vehicle accident: 1 in 6,585
Flu and pneumonia: 1 in 4,107
Diabetes: 1 in 4,000
Unintentional injuries: 1 in 2,941
Asthma: 1 in 2,228
Stroke: 1 in 1,658
Cancer: 1 in 499
Heart Disease: 1 in 388

--Source (except for the top item, the remaining information appeared in the March 2002 WIRED

Now, to get take full advantage of my two threads today, I'm piggy-backing another article on this one:

Ananova:

British over-40s lag behind Latin lovers

A worldwide sex survey among the over-40s reveals Brazilians and Italians are the randiest nationalities.

More than half of Britons over 40 have sex once a week, but three-quarters of Brazilians and Italians manage it.

The French, Germans, Canadians and Turks also have more sex than the Brits.

Middle-aged Japanese had the least sex, with only 21% making love once a week, reports The Sun.

The survey questioned 26,000 people in 29 countries and was presented to a sexual health summit at the Royal College of Physicians in London.

Professor Edward Laumann, of the University of Chicago, said: "It's refreshing that there's no clear end to the need for intimacy in later life and men and women around the world remain sexually active into their 70s."

Story filed: 09:31 Thursday 21st February 2002

Skipper

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NOT A BORING DAY!

by BritBoy in

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i did not have a boring day and here is why:.

i had sex with someone to become a jw, but the reason why i left the organization is the same reason why i'm in the organization.

now some may be confused by that, but was joseph rutherford really a judge?

Mindchild

Dammit will you make up your mind? You are confusing me.

Skipper

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What is you occupation

by Beans in

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im a liceinced electrician now working in wireless communication installations.i love the electrical industry,there is so much to learn and so many different things do work with and technology is always changing.never a boaring day especially when we are working in the office buildings downtown,chicks everywhere!.

beans.

Mindchild

Right now, I’m doing unglamorous work as a professional book scout (I purchase books for major book wholesalers) and I’m only doing it because it pays obscenely well. When I don’t need to make as much money, I enjoy doing scientific research in geophysics and astrobiology. A year or so down the road, I intend to get into writing nonfiction books, developing several cool inventions of mine, being a mad scientist, doing research on human sexuality (building the orgasmatron) and if I have any time left become a social activist and occasionally make the headlines for doing the right thing in the socially unacceptable wrong way.

Skipper

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WHEN THE FECAL MATTER HITS THE FAN

by You Know in

------------------- when the fecal matter hits the fan!

the book of malachi is addressed to the priests of israel after the time of judgment when the babylonians destroyed the nation.

but, in reality, the prophecy applies to the anointed priests of the christian era who are similarly in a legally binding covenant relationship with jehovah god.

Mindchild

You Know I really think you should change your picture to reflect your self image...

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Do you think Jerry & Pat should go to Bethel?

by Mindchild in

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i read something a bit shocking and wanted to pass it on to you to view for yourself.. doctor jerry falwell and pat robertson had a exchange on the 700 club that implyied that terrorist attacks against the us were deserved, and the result of divine judgment.

when i went on to read what they had to say, i just couldn't help but think that these guys should be working for the watchtower.. the entire transcript of the 13 sep 2001 conversation between falwell and robertson can be found on the people for the american way web site: http://www.pfaw.org/issues/liberty/robertson_falwell.shtml i quoted part of it here:.

falwell: ....and i agree totally with you that the lord has protected us so wonderfully these 225 years.

Mindchild

I read something a bit shocking and wanted to pass it on to you to view for yourself.

Doctor Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson had a exchange on the 700 Club that implyied that terrorist attacks against the US were deserved, and the result of divine judgment. When I went on to read what they had to say, I just couldn't help but think that these guys should be working for the Watchtower.

The entire transcript of the 13 Sep 2001 conversation between Falwell and Robertson can be found on the People For The American Way web site: http://www.pfaw.org/issues/liberty/robertson_falwell.shtml I quoted part of it here:

FALWELL: ....And I agree totally with you that the Lord has protected us so wonderfully these 225 years. And since 1812, this is the first time that we've been attacked on our soil, first time, and by far the worst results. And I fear, as Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense said yesterday, that this is only the beginning. And with biological warfare available to these monsters; the Husseins, the Bin Ladens, the Arafats, what we saw on Tuesday, as terrible as it is, could be miniscule if, in fact, if in fact God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve.

ROBERTSON: Jerry, that's my feeling. I think we've just seen the antechamber to terror. We haven't even begun to see what they can do to the major population.

FALWELL: The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for this.

ROBERTSON: Well, yes.

FALWELL: And, I know that I'll hear from them for this. But, throwing God out successfully with the help of the federal court system, throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools. The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen'.

ROBERTSON: Well, I totally concur, and the problem is we have adopted that agenda at the highest levels of our government. And so we're responsible as a free society for what the top people do. And, the top people, of course, is the court system.

FALWELL: Amen. Pat, did you notice yesterday? The ACLU, and all the Christ-haters, the People For the American Way, NOW, etc. were totally disregarded by the Democrats and the Republicans in both houses of Congress as they went out on the steps and called out on to God in prayer and sang 'God Bless America' and said 'let the ACLU be hanged'. In other words, when the nation is on its knees, the only normal and natural and spiritual thing to do is what we ought to be doing all the time- calling upon God.

ROBERTSON: Amen....

Hmmm, anyone have any Bethel applications left laying around for these two guys to enlist with?

Skipper

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A Young Girl Lives, Thanks to Ceasar

by messenger in

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http://www.thestar.com/nasapp/cs/contentserver?pagename=thestar/layout/article_type1&c=article&cid=1014203908594&call_page=ts_world&call_pageid=968332188854&call_pagepath=news/world.

feb. 20, 06:06 edt .

court denies teen's religious objection to transfusion .

Mindchild

Thanks Messenger...here is another link to a similar article:

http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-02-20-0005.html

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Is this world ruled by Demons and are we?

by Mindchild in

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to me, one of the most pathetic and lamest of all watchtower teachings is the fantasy that satan and the demons rule the world.

the witnesses are terrified of these demons getting into their minds through everything from wearing old clothes bought at the thrift store to smoking cigarettes (remember all drugs give demons easy access to your mind.).

they would have you believe that each country on earth is controlled by really big mean and tough demons (hey demons cant be nice you know) and they are actively controlling the minds of the political leaders in a global chess game because they have nothing better to do.. i was wondering then if anyone can show me a single itsy bitsy tiny amount of evidence to show any credible physical evidence or logical/metaphysical reasoning to back the jw ideological boogey men.

Mindchild

Sean asked me:

Mindchild,you started this thread to provide some entertainment, right?

...damn busted again!

I'm fully aware of the near impossibility of actually "reasoning" with someone who is locked into a conceptual reality, such as You Know. It does get boring in here at times though and I like to provoke a good conversation now and then and keep You Know and others busy typing away trying to prove the unprovable.

On the bright side though, it is good to have their circular logic and looping reality tunnel exposed for everyone to see. I doubt if anyone will change their paradigms from what they read in this thread but maybe it will help someone already trying to get out of the mental quicksand.

Skipper