"This is in fact, one of the issues I have with Christianity. The dogma
is designed to be a ball and chain of guilt."

Kinda picking and choosing just a tad there, aren't ya? I certainly
don't live my life riddled with guilt, and I've been a Christian since I
was five years old.

"How disgusting is it for a religion to have to stoop so low that if it
can’t win people’s hearts with the love of god it must resort to trying
to entrap them with a guilt complex."

Like I said, you sure make it a point to take things out of context. You
sound like you have some major, deep-seated issues that go beyond just
being unhappy with what the Bible teaches, IMO.

"That’s thoroughly despicable."

Picking apart the Word of God to try to twist it into something it's not
is what's despicable.

I have no feelings of guilt. You’re barking up the wrong tree here.

Well, you've certainly made that crystal. The Bible teaches that guilt
is not a good thing, and I certainly don't think we should wallow in it,
but the sense I get from you is that you think you are above being a
sinner. I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but you are, in fact,
guilty of some kind of wrongdoing. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt,
yanno.

homemade chicken quesadillas

I think me and "you" are the only two sane people in the forums. And I'm
not so sure about "you."

Spider's posts make perfect sense.

Abra, I think you are the voice of your own God.

Nothing like lack of accountability, I always say.

Yes, Meeshap she was...good thing was ..no stretchmarks! woohoo!

She is now 31 and you'd never know she was a preemie. I guess Similac is
sort of the Miracle Gro of the infant formula industry. LOL.

I'd say the situation is likely not as bad as it seems. Or, if it is,
and I were truly concerned, oh, I'd push the issue, all right. I'd hound
some sense into her head. I'd certainly not walk away from it...not
until I exhausted a fair amount of energy trying to help remove her from
the situation.

People who are going through tough times need emotional support; they
don't need people who care about them to abandon them.

If, after you've done "everything" you can to help and she still refuses
to leave, then at that point, I'd just sit by the sidelines and let her
know you'll be there for her if she needs emotional (or other) help.

Gemini!






That 'bout sums it up.

LOL, Meeshep...well, she really didn't look like a basketball..more like
a football resting on its side diagonally. LOL.

She was only 3-12 at birth, though. And when I had her I lost a total of
13 pounds during the birth. I was only 17.5 and weighed 110 pounds when
I got pregnant and only gained up to 140 right before she was born.

Oh, I was bad. I just fast-fooded it today. Too busy working in the yard
all weekend, and today.

Sausage and cheese biscuit for breakfast.

Cheeseburger for lunch.

And spinach artichoke dip with crackers for supper.

well, of course it could be..if she was ovulating when they had sex.

Noooo, not necessarily. Like I said, I didn't show until I was five
months along.

what, meeshep?

Did I say something funny and miss it?

lol

OH...and I was underweight at the time, too.

A bump? LOL...

I was 5 months before I even started showing at all and she was born at
7.25 months.

I realize that. but I think of "force" as making someone think as you
think or do as you do. Even as impudently persistent as the JWs are,
they still don't "force" themselves upon you.

This post should have come with a warning. Do you know how much coca
cola burns when it comes flying out your nose at a very high velocity?

Oh, hell...don't even get me started. Obey. Ha!

9:22 pm CST.

First time I looked at Luis's was cuz I knew a hell of a body just had
to go with that face!