A random thread of absolute randomness...

[Ostria]

1 hour ago, LeolaRootStew said:

 

They would only have belly buttons if Jehovah had decided to create them with belly buttons - so we don't know.

 

They would only have seen Cain's belly button after the umbilical cord dried up enough to reveal it. They would have realized that the two things were connected and not thought it was weird.

Yeah, seems legit

[dljbsp]

3 hours ago, Ostria said:

(Deep sigh) Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons? And if not, what do you think their reactions were when they saw Cain's?

 

😄 Fun question, Ostria! But yeah, thinking it through—Adam and Eve would have already seen animals reproducing, including birth and umbilical cords, long before Cain was born. So the whole belly button situation probably wasn’t a shocker.

 

Still, it makes you wonder if they ever looked down and thought, “Huh… we’re missing something.” 😂 Whether Jehovah chose to include navels for symmetry or left them out, it’s one of those little mysteries that won’t affect our salvation—but sure makes for a good chuckle!

[Tortuga]

1 minute ago, dljbsp said:

Whether Jehovah chose to include navels for symmetry

Yup, they matched the man nipples that Adam didn't use...

[Cool.As.Ice]

All I know is, is that “both of them continued to be naked…yet they were not ashamed.”

[Tortuga]

12 minutes ago, Cool.As.Ice said:

All I know is, is that “both of them continued to be naked…yet they were not ashamed.”

Does that mean they had 'innies' or 'outties'?

[Ostria]

1 hour ago, Tortuga said:

Does that mean they had 'innies' or 'outties'?

Asking the real questions.... Now i wonder what happened the first time someone saw a belly button hernia. My son had one and we didnt tell my sister in law when she baby sat him for the first time. She called us in panic due to not knowing what was going on 🤣

[Ostria]

Song 37 "Serving Jehovah Whole-Souled" https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=E&prefer=lang&docid=1102025246

 

The chorus part "O Jehovah, you are worthy;" this part has the same melody as another song that we sing..... Does anyone know what it is?

[Katty]

I think they would have seen the umbilical cord first. A part of the cord stays on a newborn for the first week or two and then it falls off, so they probably would have seen that it was a natural consequence of that happening. 

I think I still have the piece of my daughter's cord with the clamp still on it, somewhere in a box. 

Edited April 5 by Katty

[Cool.As.Ice]

They say that circumcision has health benefits

[Ostria]

15 hours ago, Cool.As.Ice said:

They say that circumcision has health benefits

 One of my grandma's husbands (She married three times due to deaths), wasn't circumcised and it caused a lot of issues for him later on in life (infections and other things), apparently at that time the family made a pact to circumcise all males in the family so they wont have to deal with it as well. I mean some people could say "Oh thats a hygine issue." etc etc etc, but when you get up in age or you're extremely ill and don't have anyone to take care of you, your hygine kinda dies

Edit: Though i've learned that the younger generation is starting a push in considering circumcision (outside of religious beliefs) as a form of child abuse, but thats a whole nother can of worms

Edited April 7 by Ostria

[dljbsp]

 

Why Mushrooms Are So Light

A Moment of Wonder

Mushrooms are 90% water, but they feel so light. How is that possible?

 

The secret lies in their design. Unlike dense fruits or roots, mushrooms are built on a delicate mycelial scaffold—a network of threadlike cells with air pockets and sponge-like softness. Their cell walls are made of chitin, strong yet lightweight, giving structure without bulk.

 

This allows the mushroom to hold moisture while remaining feather-light, rising swiftly from the soil after rain. It’s not waterless—it’s wisely structured.

 

A beautiful reminder: even when we carry weight—emotionally, spiritually—Jehovah can structure us to rise lightly. We don’t have to be crushed by the burdens we bear. We were never meant to carry them alone.

 

For more reflections like this, visit the full collection at Glimpses of Wonder on JWtalk.net.

[dljbsp]

I Guess It’s About Tools

(A Conversation I Had with Myself While Staring at a Blank Screen and Feeling Things)

 

So here’s the thing. I’m a writer.

 

Or at least, I was a writer until I started using AI, and now—depending on who you ask—I’m either a genius with a robot sidekick or a fraud with a fancy autocomplete. It’s weird. Nobody accuses a guy of cheating when he uses a digital watch to tell the time, but apparently when I use a tool that helps me string thoughts into paragraphs, I’ve “sold out.”

 

Which is funny, because AI has been around longer than most of our attention spans. It started with spellcheck. You remember spellcheck? That gentle, red-underlined whisper that told you “accomodate” had too many M’s? That was AI. GPS? AI. The microwave that knows when to stop before your soup becomes lava? Also AI. And don’t even get me started on calculators—machines literally built to do math so you don’t have to.

 

But now, now that AI can talk, suddenly everyone’s nervous. Like the paintbrush just stood up and started asking what color you’d like next.

 

Look, I get it. There’s this idea that if a tool helps too much, it somehow stops being you. That writing with assistance is like lip-syncing your feelings.

 

But I’m still here. Still thinking. Still choosing every word, every tone. Still feeling that strange ache when a sentence lands just right, or when a closing line makes you want to cry a little for reasons you can’t explain. (And then you cry about crying because you’re also tired and maybe out of coffee.)

 

Here’s the truth: the brush never painted the masterpiece. The camera didn’t decide where to point. The tool never had the vision. You did. And maybe your hand used a different kind of pen this time—but your heart still signed the page.

 

So yeah, I use AI. But I also use oxygen, chairs, and caffeine. Nobody’s calling me a fraud for breathing or sitting down to write. (Okay, maybe for the caffeine.)

 

Because at the end of the day—digital or not—it’s still about timing, truth, and that impossible-to-define moment when something you wrote makes someone else whisper…

 

“It’s about time.”