Posts by GrreatTeacher

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The Real History of Mormonism - Outstanding Lecture

by cofty in

if you think the mormon church is off-the-scale crazy you probably don't know the half of it.. the historical information in this talk by david fitzgerald is fascinating.

the good news is that, just like the watchtower, their growth is being stunted by the internet.. grab a coffee and be amazed at just how gullible millions of people can be.. lucy harris has become my new heroine.

don't miss the section from 8:50.

GrreatTeacher

I loved the T-shirt that said, "Former Mormon, Ask Me How!"

Could we get an Ex JW T-shirt like that?

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More on Punctuation

by compound complex in

jd souther ... is most widely known for his part in writing somber, elegiac songs that the eagles and linda ronstadt made famous, such as "new kid in town," heartache tonight," and "faithless love.

" the new yorker, february 13 & 20, 2012, troubadour, page 36.. .

"i've never made a record in new york, start to finish," he went on.

GrreatTeacher

I don't know where I read about hypothetical situations and the subjunctive; likely in some online rabbit hole.

Thanks for the resource. I'll check it out.

GT

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More on Punctuation

by compound complex in

jd souther ... is most widely known for his part in writing somber, elegiac songs that the eagles and linda ronstadt made famous, such as "new kid in town," heartache tonight," and "faithless love.

" the new yorker, february 13 & 20, 2012, troubadour, page 36.. .

"i've never made a record in new york, start to finish," he went on.

GrreatTeacher

the subjunctive

"If that were the case..." vs. " If that was the case..."

I understand the first usage is correct.

But yet I read that you don't use the subjunctive for hypothetical scenarios. Yet, isn't the above a hypothetical scenario?

I have trouble with this.

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Describe Your Favorite Breakfast

by minimus in

jw
friends

i am very hungry this morning and i want ideas..

GrreatTeacher

Scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, and pancakes with butter and maple syrup. Washed down with coffee, cream and sugar.

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Advice needed on Crisis of Conscience

by cappytan in

so, some of you may have seen my thread from yesterday about my wife waking up.. we had further discussion yesterday evening after i sent her the pbs video on the abuse scandals plaguing the watchtower.

she was so furious and pissed off at wt hq.

apparently a close relative of her's was abused by an elder and the only reason he was reproved and removed as an elder was because he confessed.

GrreatTeacher

I would email her the PDF and just tell her to not read it until she's ready.

That puts her in the driver's seat. She'll go there when she's ready, but she'll have it constantly available.

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For Sale: Magic Sandwich

by Coded Logic in

i am happy to report to everyone on this site that i have discovered a magic sandwichtm that cures cancer.

for a small one-time payment of your entire life of thursday nights, sunday afternoons, and recruitment work on saturday mornings - it can be yours!

for your peace of mind, i have provided answers to some commonly asked questions:.

GrreatTeacher

I am gluten intolerant. Is there a Magic Sandwich for an honest-hearted person like myself?

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Connections between blood transfusion and sexual repression in the Victorian Age.

by dropoffyourkeylee in

here is an interesting essay (seems to have been written by a college student) which explores the topics of sexual repression and its relationship to blood and blood transfusions featured in the 1897 book dracula:.

the importance of blood during the victorian era: blood as a sexual signifier in bram stokers dracula by by nilifer pektas.

http://sh.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:16204/fulltext01.pdf.

GrreatTeacher

I actually read the whole thing, and despite some awkward phrasing (the author not a native English speaker?), there appears to be a good argument for blood being a literary surrogate for sex in the Victorian era.

Dracula was written in 1897. I don't know when Fred Franz was born, but this equivalency might have stuck in the popular imagination for several more decades.

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

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Introducing myself! Come say hi!

by Sparlocks_Apprentice in

hello all you wonderful people on the "evil" interwebs.

i'm joining this site once again because i forgot my old username and such.

i like the new layout!.

GrreatTeacher

Welcome! I got out at 19. I have always lived my adult life exactly as I wanted. I found a great "worldly" guy and we've been married for 22 years! Can you imagine dating a Witness? *shudders*

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would it have been different if we knew why?

by sowhatnow in

i always took issue with the idea of no one knowing why a person got df.. i know im not alone.. i complained to my mother about this when i was younger, explaining that how do we know what it is that gets a person df if no one knows what they did?

my moms answer was , .

'if people knew a persons personal faults and what they did , others would not be so forgiving when they were reinstated, because we'd always view them with that view, so in other words, if when so n so, committed fornication, and the whole cong would know it, if they announced from the platform then his/her reputation would be permanently stained' .

GrreatTeacher

But I do remember when they used to give the reason back in the '70s. Does no one else remember that?

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People calling me... >.<

by Garrett in

jw
friends

oh my god!.

it is currently almost midnight where i live and i have now been spammed 3 times in a row by an unknown number.

first my home phone and then my cell phone.

GrreatTeacher

My father in law used to answer unwanted calls with, "City Morgue. You stab 'em, we slab 'em!"