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to whom it may concern
acomplishedartis:
''If you’re not paying for it, YOU are the product''
This site (the bt forum) is way better, good choice. And this site is a nonprofit organization.
Years ago, 'I have been there and done that...'
Now I stay in touch with friends and family trough old fashion emails... when I give news directly to them, it feels more personal, even so I don't get such quick responses.
Cypress:
I was reading your last post when something happened and when I went back on fb, you were gone. Glad we can still keep in touch here! I think you're awesome and will miss you!
:) Elaine
Duane:
No Laurie? At first I panicked knowing how busy your were at this time on the ranch and knowing the silly puns I wrote in response like "the TRACTOR is PULLING for you!" and A letter from "John Dear!" I "figgured" OH, NO! DUANE ya done it agin with ur stupid "huumer" when THEY were in a serious PICKLE! So I rushed into Betty to see if SHE got "de-friended" as she isn't as "whatever" as I am --then RELIEF--Betty, too, got the same message! DUANE was "off da hook"! Happy/sad!
Then Betty axed if you were a "B-T'er" and I said YES! And she sed: "WHY don't you see if Laurie is still on "F of R". No Laurie. Relief BUT now --WHAT HAPPENED? So I sez to me-self: "Self? W-h-o knows EVERYTHING about EVERYBODY--ax them! So I reached Brian Weismuller and Kathy Anderson and inquired of them (we ALL knew you were SUPER BUSY) BUT was there ANYTHING ELSE that caused this --maybe PRAYER WAS THE ANSWER to a situational "thingy".
Kathy wrote back tonight and sed that your explanation wuz on B-T FORUM (GREAT CHOICE!) and to read about it there.
SOOO to "make a SHORT story-LOOONG" Betty and I will miss you (as well as HUNDREDS of others) and we hope this is resolved. BUT also remember that "B-T" reading and INTERNAL CONFLICT was affecting ME a couple years ago and I, TOO, had to SIGN OFF the same way-- for my own MENTAL HEALTH and MY marriage. (I REALLY STRUGGLED and I COULDN'T let the new teachings of B-T and Ray "go" and they DIRECTLY CONFLICTED WITH 65 years of FUNDAMENTALISM and HOME RAISING --and I just about had a "nervous breakdown" over the internal conflict. )I GUESS the whole world knows now!)
Six months passed and I had Ray's writing on "hard copy (so I cheated) but God TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS RIGHT and I couldn't GO BACK TO THE OLD FUNDAMENTAL THINKING --even though it cost ALL my family and "friends" (who are STILL praying that I get out of "Ray's Cult") so it will be life-long! Back to YOU--so WE understand, as well as ALL THOSE (who themselves) had to take spiritual respite. Ya DONE the right thing-putting your family FIRST AND keeping with GOD on the FORUM! But, maybe someday you will return to OPEN ARMS to where you left from. With facebook behind you-NOW YOU CAN HAVE A LIFE!! (Facebook is really: "bubble gum for the brain"!)
In Christ,
Duane and Betty Gevert
:-) & :-(
Shawn Fainn:
I understand exactly how you feel. Anyway, I enjoyed reading your posts there :)
acomplishedartis:
Even so, nobody has asked my opinion... Since this is a subject that I have give a deep thought on the past years, I am going to give it.
From the positive side... In the bigest social Network of the world today, you can be able to try to use it carefully and cleverly. As long as you don't use it for your most personal relations, the network can be useful to make some necessary presence on the web. But you have to be very cautious on how do you represent your self and about each activity that you make on the site (since being misunderstood and make false assumptions is easy), you must give not too much information, and try to don't interact in there too much.
Because when the head quarter's of the company are close and you finally get ''offline''...Did we used the network ''freely'', or did the network used us? (based on the WSJ article: “Spending on data from online sources is set to more than double, to $840 million in 2012 from $410 million in 2009.” ) --Writers for The Wall Street Journal found in 2010 that Facebook apps was transmitting identifying information to "dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies". (I am glad there are no 'dislike buttons' around here!--I would have a fine collection).
Is it just about time for another bigest social network to arise?, or is it too late and there will be food for glutton marketers for a life time? Honestly. I don't care. And I don't care if they keep on growing and growing, making more and more money... I just wish that the brothers who got to know each other here on the bt forum, would come back and share back again on this wonderful platform.
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