Posts by KateWild

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No longer an MS! Hooray...finally!

by stuckinarut2 in

jw
friends

well, it's finally happened!.

im no longer an ms.. as many would know from our chats via this forum, i've seen it coming for a while....and while the way it was done stinks, i'm really happy to finally be free!.

(would love to share more details...i will do in time...or perhaps a pm would be best).

KateWild

Sorry to hear it was done in a bad way. They do this to humiliate you as an example so others don't step down or take steps to get removed.

It's one step in the right direction. You're not so stuck in a rut now.

Congratulations

Kate xx

35

Hi! Long time lurker finally signing up!

by LosingMyReligion in

jw
friends

ok, so the time has finally come to register an account on this site.

not that i think i have much to contribute to the discussions here, but more out of a desire to show that yet another person has learned ttatt.

i am a fader, not discussing ttatt with anyone as i know the inevitable outcome it would have.

KateWild

Welcome and thanks for telling us what you're awake moment was.

Kate xx

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I cant seem to look at previous posts, the old system, refer to the previous page ! doesn't work here .

by smiddy in

i know we have teething problems simon , but is it me ?

am i doing something wrong ?

or is it a bug that needs to be ironed out.. the old system i could navigate through and view any previous post i had , and also view the latest posts and go back on previous posts that i dont seem to be able to do today .. at the moment it just seems like pot luck with whatever page i`m on.. smiddy.

KateWild

I can look at all my previous posts just as Xant said it works for me.

How did you get on Smiddy?

Kate xx

9

Is shunning a common religious punishment for reporting sexual abuse (or other crimes)?

by Fernando in

in other words, is it true that the watchtower is just like other religions when it comes to cover-ups?.

from personal experience (with incest and doctrinal/financial fraud) in the watchtower i would say so.. especially when i compare stories like the one i read today:.

"its impossible to know how many women have been raped by jewish men.

KateWild

I was silenced, shunned and df'd for exposing domestic violence in our household.

This type of gagging is common in WT. Rather silence the woman than punish the man.

Kate xx

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Scientists almost created life in a lab?!

by abiather in

the scientists at the scripps research institute, california, have almost succeeded in creating the world's first living organism with artificial dna!.

http://discovermagazine.com/2015/jan-feb/43-first-organism-with-artificial-dna.

http://www.scripps.edu/news/press/2014/20140507romesberg.html.

KateWild

Racemic mixtures formed in the lab with no catalyst remain racemic. No sides win out in this case cofty.

Kate xx

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Scientists almost created life in a lab?!

by abiather in

the scientists at the scripps research institute, california, have almost succeeded in creating the world's first living organism with artificial dna!.

http://discovermagazine.com/2015/jan-feb/43-first-organism-with-artificial-dna.

http://www.scripps.edu/news/press/2014/20140507romesberg.html.

KateWild

Cofty,

Soai showing that natural selection will make it inevitable one side wins outs....is evidence to me the process is guided....it's always the same side in nature. L-enantiomers.

You don't believe it's guided but I do. I havent made up my mind fully yet. If there is new evidence to support this process is unguided I am interested in knowing it and I will change my mind.

Kate xx

18

Circuit Assembly outline

by jdubsnub in

i've been out of the religion for a little while now but my family is still "strong in the truth".

i got a call today asking if i could stop by to have a discussion.

they just had their circuit assembly and this is typically when they decide to talk to me, while they're spiritually energized hah.

KateWild

Sorry I don't have any details of the CA. But I just wanted to post and tell you that it's a good idea to be prepared in advance.

All the best

Kate xx

20

"You are still married, and still happy ?"

by Phizzy in

i met an aging, well, late sixties, pioneer sister a few days back, from a congregation four removes away, and a different circuit to my old congo.

i have known her since i was a kid.. i wasn't quite sure at first if she knew our "status" as we exchanged pleasantries, but it soon became clear she knew exactly our situation, that we walked away a few years ago.. she asked me about my views on life now, and listened respectfully, and said she appreciated my view, but a couple of questions that she threw at me, as in the thread title, showed that she was surprised that mrs phizzy and i had not gone off the rails after we left.. the mind control goes so very deep does it not ?

she was surprised that our marriage hadn't failed, and that we were now happy.. i wonder if she will ever make the connection that the jw org has lied to her about those of us who leave ?.

KateWild

Well good for you phizzy. I, on the other hand, am divorced, df'd and not allowed back in.

All I did to deserve this was expose domestic violence.

So no I am not happily married, but happily dating and enjoying it. Lol xx

Kate xx

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How posting limits now work

by Simon in

anyone who's posted on both the original site and this new one will notice that you no longer get the notice of how many posts you have left.

there are a few reasons for this.. one reason is scalability - every time you viewed a topic and got the reply at the bottom the server needed to look at your account, count the number of posts in the last 24 hours and work out what to display.

caching at various places meant this number would sometimes be wrong and there's nothing worse than posting something and it failing.. i went back to basics and thought about what the limits were for and how they could be improved to still protect the site but also give a better user experience.. limits are there for several reasons: to protect against spammers and blabbermouths.

KateWild

Thanks for explaining Simon.....I was wondering about it and sent you a question on another thread.

I understand now

Take care

Kate xx

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Scientists almost created life in a lab?!

by abiather in

the scientists at the scripps research institute, california, have almost succeeded in creating the world's first living organism with artificial dna!.

http://discovermagazine.com/2015/jan-feb/43-first-organism-with-artificial-dna.

http://www.scripps.edu/news/press/2014/20140507romesberg.html.

KateWild

I can sorta wrap my brain around why you think it might require some intelligence to kick things off, but I can't fathom why you would consider this as evidence (aside from confirmation bias).-one eyed joe

I have explained it. I used terms such as racemic mixture, l-sterio isomer, enantiomer, soai reaction.

If you don't understand what these things are it's easy to look them up and do the research. I will repeat myself for your sake though. In nature most enantiomers are left handed, to form this homochiral mixture is necessary for life.

In a lab the mixture is racemic, there are equal left and right handed molecules. Life cannot form with these molecules.

This has nothing to do with avalanches.

In order for the correct mixture to form a catalyst is required, a catalyst guides the process, in nature there is an autocatalyst. This process is guided.

Kate xx