Posts by Windchaser

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YYYYYUUUUMMMMMYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

by ugg in

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qiuck,,,easy and delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!

easy snacks.

12 ounce bag of butterscotch chips.

Windchaser

I don't know why, but that picture of (((Grace))) and the cute Satan (holding his little trick or treat jack-o-lantern full of ugg's recipe, no doubt) is the funniest picture ever! I still chuckle when I look at it which is all the time, now that it's my pc's wallpaper. ehehehe

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Onacruse and Bikerchic do Las Vegas

by onacruse in

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well, i put up a valiant struggle, but katie finally dragged me onto the plane on our way to las vegas for our wedding.. .

we got to our hotel (the flamingo), and as we walked into our room we saw the message light flashing on the phone.

" it was room service, said they had something for us, would we be in the room for the next hour?

Windchaser

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! I'm so happy for you two that I'm sitting here at my desk at work with tears running down my cheek! I wish I could hug you in real life. ((((((((Katie and Craig)))))))

Love you,
Dottie

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Do you have a favorite work of art?

by Aztec in

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this is mine:.

it's by georgia o'keefe, one of my favorite artists.

my signature pic is also one of my favorites by giger.

Windchaser

What awesome art, you guys! Beautiful stuff. I would love a print of the Indian...it touched my heart.

Vincent Van Gogh (the irises and sunflowers are wonderful - my favorite is the one of his bedroom in Arles) and Georgia O'Keefe (her big poppy stands out in my mind right now, but I really enjoy looking at a lot of her work) are my favorite artists. I have a love for the Impressionists, but Hans Holbein the Younger's portraits of Henry VIII's court are stunning and the portraits of Edward (Henry's son) and Anne of Cleves have always been favorites.

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The Garden of Eden

by JNS2 in

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when i started studying with the jws, the matter of whether the genesis account should be taken literally was glossed over quickly.

i think it was one of those "it'll be clearer later on, so let's continue with the study at hand".

it really was an issue for me even from the beginning because my work has always been in the science field.

Windchaser

Hi (((Danny)))

I'm thinking that if the Bible has any merit, if it was in fact written to be a lesson as it claims, then the things mentioned in it have a bigger meaning than the stories. Was there an actual Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel? I dunno. But, maybe the things written about Eden happened in Heaven, too. Maybe God was showing how much he gave to Satan, how much he cared about him and how Satan didn't care at all about him, was jealous and would have killed him if he could. The account is a simple way of defining Good and Evil for us.

It's interesting that you picked out that one sentence. It wasn't anything that my friend and I had discussed the other night. It was my after thought.

Edited by - windchaser on 10 January 2003 9:5:3

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The Garden of Eden

by JNS2 in

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when i started studying with the jws, the matter of whether the genesis account should be taken literally was glossed over quickly.

i think it was one of those "it'll be clearer later on, so let's continue with the study at hand".

it really was an issue for me even from the beginning because my work has always been in the science field.

Windchaser

It's interesting that you bring this up today. Last night I was talking with a close friend...I'll probably not do it justice, but maybe if I write about it...

When I was a witness, I took the story about the Garden of Eden literally, no questions asked. My friend was talking about how there are Cains and Abels in this world. How Abel constantly took care of Cain and yet, Cain killed Abel. How we can't trust everyone. How the smooth-talking Cains in this world will take and take from you and not care about you. And how you can be like Abel and just let Cain kill you. Or, you can realize that this person is taking from you and doesn't care about you and you have a choice of speaking the truth to him and getting him out of your life or you can just go along with and let him kill you, fast or slow. It's up to you.

I've had lots of relationships like this, where I really cared about someone and they took and took from me. I don't mind that part. What bothers me is the fact that they didn't care about me. They would leave me in a split second when they found someone else they could use.

I'm now of the persuasion that the Garden of Eden story is an allegory. That these were the things that happened in Heaven and are happening now. It's a lesson in life. You can let people who don't care about you use you and hurt you for their own egos. You can keep them in your life until they even kill you. Or, you can see things for what they really are and let them know you know what's going on and tell them to pass you by because you won't allow them to hurt you.

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