Posts by Ravyn

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I am friggen huge, (trying a new style diet)

by jelly in

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whether this is going to work out or flop, i am not sure.

the goal however is to make my eating habits public in an attempt to prevent myself from straying off my diet.

i have not always been overweight but currently i am friggen huge.

Ravyn

if one single thing helped me lose 100 pounds I would have to say it was my recumbent bike. I recommend speding the money and getting one. It takes the pressure off your back--which is essential when you start out heavy and out of shape. I started doing it for 3 minutes a day! It was all i could do! I was thrilled when i worked up to 5 minutes! And i used music to time myself--I did not pay attention the dials and meters....I would pedal thru one song. Then two songs. Then I would pedal thru one LONG song....or one whole commercial break.....and every time I was hungry or bored or depressed--I got on the bike and FORCED myself to pedal for one song...or two songs...get the idea? I replaced my addiction and escapism with something healthier...it got to the point that I CRAVED my time on the bike..endorphins and all that good stuff. The pounds dropped away. It took 18 months, but I lost 100 pounds and I kept it off for 7 yrs now. I still use the bike, but I am not now doing the 15 miles a day that it worked into by the end of the diet...and I am strong and healthy.

Ravyn

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Do NOT PRAY for the Astronauts families!!!!!!!!!!

by JT in

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that is right-- do not pray for thier families!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they had no business being up in the heavens anyway, the earth is what jehovah created for mankind,

man has continued since the days of nimrod to reach into the heavens.

Ravyn

My husband recalled when Challenger exploded and how shocked and grief stricken everyone was....I barely remember it. I watched today as they replayed the old footage to compare with the new disaster and I was struck with the grief I was not allowed to feel the first time. Osmeone on tv said it was one of those things you would always remember where you were when you heard....I was in Pioneer School and did not hear until the next day becoz I was too busy doing my 'homework' to turn on the tv that night--being the obedient, heartless, arrogant, loser that I was(they told us no tv during PSS)...

I was ashamed for not grieving back then. But I was also ashamed that I still fall into that trap of thinking of myself...it was not about me and my shame today...it was about some real heroes and role models and people who had a life to be proud of and a death in honor. And the ones they left behind.

Ravyn

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Holiday Today for Pagans

by gsx1138 in

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imbolc starts today!

february eve, norns, disir and valkyries.

today is the beginning of the festival of imbolc, or brigantia.

Ravyn

http://www.facade.com/runes/

talk to the Norns yourself!

Ravyn

28

Help - how to reason from 'best out there'?

by Xander in

okay, another discussion with the brother.

he did mention i was a bad influence, but, feh, he still talks and listens a little, so i'm not too worried.. i've got him whittled down to - "if nothing else, at least this org tries to follow the bible the closest, every other religion has serious flaws.".

this is kind of a hard one to beat, as, in the end, what the society says is generally quite good and positive.

Ravyn

I was just where your friend is. I saw corruption for 30 yrs. I thot emotion was weakness and the heart untrustworthy, but when I found this I no longer had any excuses. This is from a letter I wrote my father last yr:

<<<If there was one single thing that took me out, it was a careful study(with no ulterior motive--as it was something I just came upon accidentally) of Revelation 7: 9 and 11 in the WTBS' own Kingdom Interlinear. Briefly, in verse 9 it is talking about the Great Crowd, and in verse 11 it is talking about the angels. Now unless the angels are going to be on the Earth, the Great Crowd is in Heaven. The Greek word that identifies where these two groups are is exactly the same. There is not degrees of 'before the throne' indicated here, nor does the Greek word used support that stretch of a theory(for this I spoke with a professor of ancient languages at Harvard). There are other Greek words that could have been used to differentiate a different place, but that is not how the inspired writer wrote it. It says that the angels, in the circle of throne-Heaven, will worship in the same place as the Great Crowd-who came OUT of the Earth--and that place is before the throne. This is not talking about the 144,000. Verse 14 reiterates the place where the Great Crowd are, using the phrase again-and adds the phrase 'in the divine habitation of him'---so now WTBS would have us believe that not only do the angels come down to the Earth to worship but that God himself lives here? I know they explain it that his tent will spread over the Earth---but that is not what the SCRIPTURE says. The scripture says that the Great Crowd will join him in his tent. No where does it indicate that this tent will be on Earth. No where. And the logic that they use to say that his tent will be extended to the Earth is flawed logic, making scripture fit WTBS' own dogma. THAT is criminal. To manipulate the Word of God in order to cover your own butts! It sickens me.>>>

Ravyn

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Do You Still Believe In Some Of The JW Religion?

by SpannerintheWorks in

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which beliefs do you hold on to that you may have previously rejected as a non-jw?.

spanner

Ravyn

I do not believe anything that had to do with the religion. But I was raised in it, and I have had the rare experiences of meeting some genuinely spiritual people who have taught me a few things. Had nothing to do with the religion, except that they happened to be a part of it at the time.

Ravyn

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Are You A Happy "Apostate"?

by minimus in

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since you've left the "truth", are you now, finally, happy?

Ravyn

I am a happy and proud sexy demonized apostate witch!

Ravyn

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If You Never Were A JW, Would You Believe In God?

by minimus in

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so many here do not believe in god, now.

some are not sure he exists.

if you never had been a jehovah's witness, do you think that you might still believe in a creator, in god?

Ravyn

I would probably believe in some kind of god, but I would not be christian. which is how I believe after being raised as a JW anyway...so not much diff, except maybe a lot sooner.

Ravyn

23

Do all Italians act like the Soprano's

by El Kabong in

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i am a full blooded italian.

actually, i'm sicilian.

to boot, i was born and raised in new jersey.

Ravyn

I grew up in New Jersey too, and I married a Boston Giuliani. personally I am glad they think we have mob connections down here in rednecked Tennessee. Only thing that has kept em from lynching us.

I hate it here.

Ravyn

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what kingdom melody is still stuck in you head??

by christopherceo in

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i find myself whistling several when working and when i catch up with what's going on i stop.

anybody else?

Ravyn

But as for me....

Determined I shall be...

To walk eternally...

In my integrity.

That's why I left.

Ravyn

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Assembly memories

by freedom96 in

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i remember baking in the hot sun, with the outdoor district conventions.

the only thing i liked about them was lunch time.

back in the day, then i could grab the little coupons, ten to a page, each worth 10 cents.

Ravyn

hey Mike!

I was in Forest Park Cong(outside of Atlanta) from 1977-1979 and Warner Robins Cong(outside of Macon) from 1979-1980. If you were in the state of Georgia at that time you probably knew my father, and if you were between the ages of 15-30, you probably knew me... :: wink wink ::

Ravyn