I had never tried to teach my father how children are to be made. Maybe that is my greatest fault. Do I really need to be human for to post here? Is that not an animal discrimination?

Insights About Life Life runs in pairs. There are pefect pairs: we got two eyes, two ears, two legs (animals have four-two pairs) and two arms. There are also complimentary pairs: male & female, sun and moon, life and death, night and day, happines & sadness, sweet & sour, light & darkness, left & right, up and down, construction & destruction, positive and negative. But sometimes life isn't always perfect at all. We may have those perfect pairs in life but we may not have our share of the good elements of life's complimentary pairs. Sometimes, we're all alone, it's always dark, we don't see the sun, we're sad, relationships are sour, we're right but we're down, there's a lot of negativity. When things like these happens to us inevitably by chance, by accident, by carelessness or by environmental and social induction, we should picture ourselves as a mirror that reflects images of objects in the other direction. Mirror the negative to make it positive. Mirror downs to make it ups. Reflect your inner light to make it shine around you. Think of happy moments and happy thoughts when feeling sad. Look at your brighter side to see the sun by neglecting your dark side. When this happens, capture those reflected images and make it your own. Life would be better, I suppose. We decide our own fate. I did it!

Baseball is like opera. Its the same every time but for the differences in performance.

Life is quite vague to sum up, so maybe going smaller is the key. A day is a wonderful thing. Filling a day with culture (positive culture, not culture for the sake of culture), happy moments, grafting through work for the rewards at the end (but if you work at what you enjoy, it's more effort than work). Being kind, enjoying cheering someone else up. All the little things - drinking an ice cold glass of water, reading a chapter of Lord of the Rings. If I were to sum up life, I'd say that it is not short, but it is precious.

if god created man in his image does that mean everything man creates (i.e. nuclear weapons and mass destruction weapons) god created himself? and if so why would god want to kill or persecute humans?

I think at a certain age we realize that the world is corrupt. But there's no use in dwelling on the fact. Sometimes I only read the headlines in gruesome news stories. I don't even want to know the details because they just serve as further examples of how messed up we really are. (Variations on a theme)

lol hey whats. a trail of dribble and nonsense has led me somewhat of the way but i mainly see this is others. egoism and bignoting yourself seems to be the go of society. but the people who promote themselves are only a selection of mankind whos stupidity is seen. mainly because for some reason, they have managed to generate themselves a spotlight on a big or small scale, in their piece of society. but thats only a slice of what stupidity there is. then there's the half socially retard who get excited over stupid shit and like all kinds of people, mesh together in wonderful little social collection. naturally making them feel normal. but thats just another example stupidity. there is plenty more that could summed up in a few pouncey sentences. writing this and looking around at the dumbass dogshit that goes on around i guess somewhat in a semi-subconcious way makes me feel superior. my thoughts of the people around me and the way i percept them follow along the following lines: everybody is becomes more of a scumbag as they become more and more sucked into the trap of becoming an utter toolbag and just plain ugly on the inside. although the people i consider to be the most level headed, which are the selection of friends (selection because "yeh i pick my friends") i have chosen, have there flaws and are somewhat sucked into the bullshit cycle. but i guess i am a little too. its too hard to calculate and judge exactly how good, bad, fantastic, stupid or idiotic someone is according to my view. i just work from what ive seen adding on a day at a time. i also have to consider what is true stupidity. is stupidity what i view it? i like to think i have pretty good judgement of what's going on. most of the time anyways. my point of view doesn't mean shit, really. neither does yours. unless your base your opinion on mainstream threads and become a sheep and think what the majority thinks. because in the end majority rules. wait no that's wrong majority doesn't rule. because the majority are fucking stupid. the control is in the hands of those that enter and control the minds of the majority. which isn't too hard once you get the slightest grip. this isn't my real name but: -by Cobolt Kensignton

Raising Point:by-Dr.Ilham Qattan When I speak about women, about mothers, sisters, daughters, teachers and educators, I look into those pioneering women who strive to raise their young children. When I speak in particular about women in my homeland, Saudi Arabia, I have to explain briefly the miserable status they went through, how much they suffered, and then how they are living now, what they have attained so far, and what they are aiming for. To speak about those women, I should describe the sufferings of the people who were, and are still, restrained by strict cultural traditions, which are not impossible to amend and rectify under our present concepts, and in consideration of the attitude of the world around us. I should outline the graduate phases that Saudi women went through from the period before the unification of the kingdom until now, and what we are looking for at the moment. Let me outline these details in a story that my mother passed on to me from my granny and great granny, say around 150 years ago. My mother’s granny used to perform the duties of doing house work, collecting firewood, having and raising babies etc. and other duties which no one can deny were the duties of a woman at all times, and in all peoples on Earth. But how about her status within the family? Did she have a say on her rights and even on her destiny? The answer is obviously “no”, although our religion’s teachings are to give her freedom of choice. So, it was not a matter of religious beliefs, but rather of harsh traditions and domination by fathers in the past. Before unification of Saudi Arabia by the late King Abdul Aziz, our community suffered a lot from wrongful and unjust cultural traditions. I cannot deny that Saudi women are still suffering now, but the burden has been much lighter after unifying the Peninsula , establishing the Saudi State , and extending links with other cultures. However, is that enough!! to provide them with intellectual freedom and stability? King Abdul Aziz, together with his sons Saud, Faisal, Khaled, Fahad and the present King Abdullah have all strived to establish and consolidate the State Rules. Nobody can say that they ignored women’s rights, as they provided women with education and freedom within the framework of the Saudi culture. However, with the recent world developments, a further change has become inevitable, a change that can only happen on the intellectual level, because some unjust traditions do not even comply with our religious teachings. In my homeland, there are many stories told about unfair conduct by men, and laws which are unjust to women. In general, Arab men and not only Saudi men neglect the rights of women and see them as mere containers of stress relief. In my view, God created women to complement men and please them. So a man and a woman complement each other, and no one can be happy without the other. A new generation of good children would emerge from women who are caring, learned, and intellectually free from unjustified restrictions. I should pose some questions and invite your answers to them, knowing that my answers would not be welcomed by most of you. If a woman drives a car in my homeland, does this give an impression of a highly civilized country? Well, if she is allowed to drive a car, and even an aeroplane etc. what comes next? Does mixing male and female staff in offices, factories, hospitals etc. make us feel free and make our country look more civilized? If I uncover my hair and go out with full make-up and cosmetics, do I look more free or civilized? What difference does it make if a woman wears or doesn’t wear a headscarf, as long as her mind is not intellectually free?. I believe that we should strive for intellectual freedom in conformity with our religious belief, and not by bowing to harsh unjustified traditions. Our religion is a temperate belief, not a fundamentalist, Wahhabi or terrorist one. We should follow our Shariah and Sunnah which, when applied properly, would give us full intellectual freedom. This means that we should not over-react or exceed all boundaries by exercising chaotic freedom. We should take pride in being Saudi citizens, because in spite of all negative aspects, we are still much better than others. Our government needs all our efforts to overcome any problematic issues, and we should do our best to gain merit in our history and our civilization.

Today as a friend and I were driving back home from ATL, we hit a small patch of rain. Having nothing else to do i stared at the raid droplets rolling off the windows. I began to look at it in a different way. I noticed as the drops started some were very small while others were larger, and they all rolled towards the window seal on the car. Well as they rolled some would move slower, some faster, and some would grow larger by picking up other droplets on the window. I started looking at the water dropletes as if they were people heading towards a goal or something along that line. The larger ones where faster and normally hit their "goal", I looked at them as if they were the ones with the most determination. I viewed the ones that grew larger as the ones that had the most supporters and people to help them. Some took longer than others and i viewed them as the ones that took their time or just did it very casually. Some didn't make it all and i viewed them as the ones that didn't have the support or will to work towards their goals. I just figured I would share this with some people..maybe someone will enjoy it.