...severely emotionally injured witness suffering from bi-polar illness as well as a severe dissociative disorder (multiple personalities) whose husband left her and has no friends in the congregation, who starts smoking?.
disfellowship her.. just thought you'd like to know.. .
beryl
Hi Beryl-
My mother's name is Beryl too. When I saw your name, I thought for a second you might be her (until I read the thread) due to the rarity of the name.
Yes, the WTS is an emotionally abusive group. It brings out the worst in people, and encourages them to continue to act that way.
most elements on this earth were made inside stars.
stars fuse the lighter elements into heavier ones.
stars, in turn, are born from hydrogen clouds, generally called nebulae.
hojon..I read somewhere years ago that they found large deposit of encapsulated exceptionally pure uranium in Africa and there was evidence of self catalysing or whatever the word is. In other words the large mass of very pure uranium 2?? had begun a fission cascade right in the ground many thousands of years earlier. This of course left tell tale evidence in the surrounding rock and the body itself. The odds against this happening are astronomical according to the article. What do you think did aliens bury it there to nuke us off the planet? (joking)
Yes this it true. 3 million or so years ago, the ratio of U235 to U238 (?? It's been a while, I believe "normal" Uranium is 238 right?) was right at about the same ratio that we shoot for when we enrich it for our reactors today. Something like 3%, it's at less than 1% naturally today. Add some water and it's basically a reactor set up like we have now.
Note: My numbers above may be off, it's been a while.
Xander- what I was getting at is that fission is easier to make in the sense that the amounts of materials required and the technology to build a small fission bomb is within the grasp of many third world countries. To build a fusion bomb requires a little more engineering and precision. Essentially a fission bomb can be built to much lower tolerances than a fusion bomb.
most elements on this earth were made inside stars.
stars fuse the lighter elements into heavier ones.
stars, in turn, are born from hydrogen clouds, generally called nebulae.
Fusion bombs are quite a bit harder to make. A country like Iraq probably doesn't have quite the technology to build one, but N Korea might. Fission bombs ("atom bombs") are easier to make as they are sort of a naturally occuring event. Just put enough material in one spot (or compact it together enough) and it just kind of happens.
Fusion bombs take a little more engineering to put together and HOPEFULLY Iraq and NK aren't quite there yet.
ok, there's this (supposedly married but sometimes that doesn't mean much)guy at work that the girls are sooo into, they just fall at his feet.
and yes, he is very good looking, one in a thousand maybe.
you should have seen the way they did up his work area for his birthday today.
Why on EARTH would you want that, though? If the female had doubts that offspring from an illicit relationship would be cared for, they would not occur.Evidence to date is that such pairing are fairly necessary for our genetic good. A large number of children from the same genetic pairing is a very bad thing for a local gene pool (unless, of course, the resulting offpsring all take off to different parts of the world - which usually is not the case).
That's exactly the reason I would want to do that. If those numbers are right (and I think they are too high) then men have a right to know that the kid is theirs. Not only that, if women knew that they would be caught, then I suspect it would not happen as much, or they would get an abortion.
I do NOT want to raise another man's child, talk about a slap in the face. Not only is your wife stepping out on you, but you are forced to look at the result of that infidelity every day.
Genetically you are right, which was my point above. However, that doesn't mean I have to accept it or like it. I got married, despite my belief that we are not biologically driven to mate for life. We humans have culture and social norms that at times override our biology, nothing wrong with that.
In general, though, I think the point stands, that most people end up with someone who's about as good as they can get. It's usually more than just looks, and in our life choices, we are not completely restricted by our genes, so it's not a hard-and-fast rule.
Yup. There are several things that go into it, but in general we get about the best that we can.
Edited by - Hojon on 12 February 2003 13:55:57
ok, there's this (supposedly married but sometimes that doesn't mean much)guy at work that the girls are sooo into, they just fall at his feet.
and yes, he is very good looking, one in a thousand maybe.
you should have seen the way they did up his work area for his birthday today.
Derek-
The one exception I'd say to your point about "10s with 10s, etc" is in the case of money. Frequently women that are 10s will marry/reproduce with men that are, at most, a 4 but have a ton of money.
I'm not saying all women are like this, but enough of them are that it needs to be factored in. Of course, this could easily be explained in evolutionary terms of needed a provider while they are pregnant.
I've seen stats that claim as many as 1 in 10 children are not related to their "dad" and that they are the product of one of your illicit meetings with an alpha male. I have no idea how accurate that is, but DNA testing should be standard on all live births IMO.
i was reading in the queer as folk thread and it was mentioned about how women can be oppressed sexually.
well this play is about how women should not be oppressed and how we should be comfortable with all parts of our bodies.
i recommend that every woman see this play.
I think that the double standard is as much from women as from men. I know way more women that talk shit about other women, than men. Hardly ever do I hear a guy say that some woman is a slut, or if he does it doesn't really mean anything very negative, just that she likes to have sex. However, when a woman calls another woman a slut it's usually much more hateful than when a man does it and the women means to slander the person she is talking about.
This could in part be the crowds I run in, I don't hang out with fundy types and most of my friends tend to be fairly progressive about sex (they have no problem with gays, they don't mind sexually aggressive women, etc).
ok, there's this (supposedly married but sometimes that doesn't mean much)guy at work that the girls are sooo into, they just fall at his feet.
and yes, he is very good looking, one in a thousand maybe.
you should have seen the way they did up his work area for his birthday today.
Heh. No, we're very open about this sort of thing. We don't actually do anything about it, but admitting that marriages sometimes take work to keep going is not bad. I mean, if we were biologically programmed to mate for life we would.
ok, there's this (supposedly married but sometimes that doesn't mean much)guy at work that the girls are sooo into, they just fall at his feet.
and yes, he is very good looking, one in a thousand maybe.
you should have seen the way they did up his work area for his birthday today.
There are several biological items that make me believe that we are not "supposed" to pair up for life. These include
Had a conversation with the wife about this last night as a matter of fact.
do we all (x-dubs) have this?
i sometimes get this 'spidey sense' like warning when jws are around.
sorry if it has been discussed before.
Hmm, I think you're right. It was at least 10 years ago so I must have forgotten. They were folded the long way, correct?
do we all (x-dubs) have this?
i sometimes get this 'spidey sense' like warning when jws are around.
sorry if it has been discussed before.
LOL, Spidey-sense. I totally have it. It's pretty easy to spot them if you have been one I think, especially when they are just getting done with service (about when I'm in town having my lunch).
Spotted an Awake on a co-worker's desk the other day, it didn't have the tell tale "three-fold" look (that they get when they are mailed) to it so I'm not sure if he's a witness or not, but I've been trying to test my JWDar and on him.
Do they even mail the mags out anymore? I used to remeber in the hall it was a mark of shame if you didn't have a thrice-folded magazine, it meant you really weren't studying. What a joke!
