A little girl asked her mother, “How did the human race appear?”
What a Legacy!
The mother answered, “God made Adam and Eve and they had children, and so was all mankind made.”
Two days later the girl asked her father the same question. The father answered, “Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved.”
The confused girl returned to her mother and said, “Mom , how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said they developed from monkeys?”
The mother answered, “Well, dear, it is very simple. I told you about my side of the family and your father told you about his.”
“Dear, never let me live in a vegetative state, totally dependent on machines and liquids from a bottle. If you see me in that state I want you to disconnect all the contraptions that are keeping me alive, because the truth is, I’d much rather die”.
Then my wife got up from the sofa with this real look of admiration towards me. She loved me very much, and I could see it in her eyes that she respected my wishes in this sensitive matter.
And then she proceeded to disconnect the TV, the Cable, the Dish, the DVD, the Computer, the Cell Phone, the iPod, and the Xbox, and then went to the fridge and threw away all my beer!!
Well, I’m outta here. I am taking my blog, Ruminations, off the internet completely.
There were several things leading up to this decision which culminated tonight in a private discussion I had with a trusted circle of real life friends. One major factor was a discussion about privacy and anonymity on the internet that is taking place on 2 different Witness boards. It has been noted that people are become more comfortable with their internet activity being tied to their real identity. For awhile, thanks to worthless sites like Facebook, I became too comfortable using my real name on the internet. Having had this domain name for 10 years, I decided to try out blogging software and actually put it to use.
Quite frankly, blogging is just not for me. I struggle to think of things that would make good articles to post, and that did not always center around my faith. This is difficult, since my faith is at the very core of who I am. I think I am too old for this too. I was a Usenet junkie in the mid-90′s which transferred well over to the discussion boards of the early 2000′s. Blogging was a trend from about 2003 to 2007 and I couldn’t get into it then, preferring the topic based discussions of message boards. Then 2008 and 2009 saw the rise of Facebook, which is taking over the world, and destroying people’s attitudes towards privacy on the internet.
If I maintain a wordpress or apologetic site again someday, it will be anonymously. I am also going to try to refrain from participating in Facebook discussion groups, since they also lack anonymity. My private forum will be converted from a real name format to a username format, and I will keep my online discussion activities to message boards, under my usual handles. So if you know me, you know where to find me behind the scenes (as in, not on the debate boards).
From Jesus Christ Superstar…
“Don’t you know that it’s all over
It was nice but now it’s gone
Why are you obsessed with fighting?
Stick to fishing from now on”
This article, recently posted at JWTalk, was published yesterday July 6th, 2010 by the British tabloid called ‘The Mirror’. Keep in mind the type of publication The Mirror is.
Regardless, the question has been popping up recently and a little more frequently whether or not Prince is still an active Jehovah’s Witness. According to this article, yes he is still active.
Now isn’t this just adorable. A black lab playing ball with a deer.
From the video’s author “My brother found this deer alone and malnourished when it was a tiny baby. My family bottle fed the baby, named Theen until he was eating grass. Several months later he’s very socialized with people, our black lab, and our cats. He is free to wander if he likes and we’ve seen him with several herds of whitetail and axis deer. Apparently he fits in just fine with them. He frequently comes back to the house to eat some catfood and play with our dog, Buddy. He doesn’t care much for deer corn.”
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“Dear, never let me live in a vegetative state, totally dependent on machines and liquids from a bottle. If you see me in that state I want you to disconnect all the contraptions that are keeping me alive, because the truth is, I’d much rather die”.
