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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => Straight, Inc. and Derivatives => Topic started by: Tampa survivor on April 07, 2003, 10:57:00 PM

Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on April 07, 2003, 10:57:00 PM
SAFETYNET=Such A Futile Effort Yet No Evident Transitions

ISAC's=Intrepid Straightlings Arrogantly Controlling Speech

FART= Furious Assholes Really Traumatized,

SPERM= Straightlings Pissed; Eating Raw Meat

or my fav...NEWTON=Naughty Evil Women;Turn-on Nightly.  Can ya picture V. Miller in a bustierre? Sorta like Burt Reynolds in that movie...

Well, this place has gone bonkers again and it only took 2 months.  
Last time it was a lawyer who was in the Seed.  He did not have a message of love for ISAC.  He told them the truth about statutes of limitations, etc.  OH MY, that was not popular at all. Being that I was in the thick of the argument, I decided to hammer point with counterpoint. I picked the "WRONG" side of the arguement according to some.  I was called names. You are against US if you tell us we are wrong.  You are program.  SAY WHAT??? Fuelaw was told he was not a lawyer!! I was called a DFAF agent or some such shit.
The attacks now are similar. Personal.  Ugly. LOUD. Just not against me.
Lovers of COMPLIANCE welcome you until you tell them something they dont like.  Then you are a troll.
I rag the occasional overt moron , or religous fanatic of whatever stripe now or then, but this shit between some decent people has gone too far.  
Less than a year ago, people were logging in with real names and discussing the merits of cultivation and distribution of KIND BUDS on the board!!!!
Now we hear talk of DEA rattiness.  Restraining orders.  Stolen documents.  People who share a common bond shredding each other, JUST LIKE Gandy Bl, Austell Rd, Backlick, or whatever Straight you were in.
I sure as hell would watch my mouth if I was new and reading this stuff.
No wonder anon wrote what he did today.  Read it:

"As I read this board, it has occured to me that I have not seen any "slamming" or accusations under the name of Safetynet. I seems that the only anger and personal attacks I have seen is under the name of ISAC. I have just found this board in my looking for straight related sites. Based on what I have seen, I would not ask anyone for help. I'd just go see my psychologist."

People who are organizing should have unified postions on things.  Personal attacks have no place being mentioned ANYWHERE near the organization's good name.  It takes away the point of organizing.  Slash and burn posts under anon names leads to lack of trust.  I don't give my money to anons.Hell, I only give money to people I like.  After 2 years of Miller Newton's version of  Straight I am a little funny about trust, ya know.
I have been cornered and bitten publicly by people who didn't like what I say, and I see it again with new players.  
People are saying SEE YA.
Is that what organization was supposed to do?
Bill Hadley
St Pete & Atlanta
12/80-12/82
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: LeighBright on April 07, 2003, 11:31:00 PM
Bill, have you ever given me your e-mail? Because, you know, I'd like to get all the Miller Newton stories that I can get. How about you share your experience in the program with me for my book? I like to think I have an open mind. Interviewees have told me that people who were abused in the program deserved it and all I did was listen. So no matter what you say, I won't argue with you. (Of course if you criticize me, you know - I'm prone to defend myself!)  :lol: Anyway - e-mail me: [email protected]
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on April 08, 2003, 12:04:00 AM
...Arrives in Atlanta:
After Atlanta spun off from St pete in late 1981, Many of us held the opinion that they were some lucky folks to not have to deal with the Newtons.  Ah, should they be so lucky.  
Fast forward 6 months or so.  I have been sent from Fl to ATL for playing run from school, run from home a few too many times.  Misbehaving in group, but quietly doing so in the Atlanta way.  The rap is ongoing and the bitch leading it almost falls off her stool when a man with a grey beard and red face from wildly high blood pressure starts screaming at the back of the group at EVERYBODY.  He went flat the freak off axis for about 5 minutes...on the staff too!!
For me it was like being at home with that wild nutcase uncle every family has. "Well I'll be dipped in shit and kicked by a billygoat, ITS MY FAVORITE CONTROL FREAK". I thought This may be interesting. For those poor Atlanta kids who had joined since the move,and never met the legend from St Pete, it was like simultaneously hitting the Raid AND the lights on a roachy kitchen.  Oh baby, I had not heard anyone scream like that the entire time I was at Austell road.  Soft spoken Atlanta girl was confronting a guy too weakly, and by god, Miller's gonna show ya Po Folk's eating hicks how it's done.
I chuckled.  Got stood up too.  I guess he had to for old times sake.
That was so Virgil Miller Newton; to walk in,say nothing and quietly just walk to the back of group, and interupt whatever, screaming.  Didn't even raise his hand to respect the kid staff sometimes.
Bill H
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Powerful Attitude on April 08, 2003, 12:55:00 AM
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On 2003-04-07 19:57:00, Tampa survivor wrote:

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I rag the occasional overt moron , or religous fanatic of whatever stripe now or then, but this shit between some decent people has gone too far.


Survivor I thought you were going to meet me in a separate post. I understand some of your ideas considering some of the stuff going around. But you have made two comments that I am willed to respond.  First question though, are you directing these towards specific people, or is this the real you? It is o.k for you to deny Christ, that is your choice. So be it. So shall it be written. But when you drag others into the denial and publicly announce it, you lack knowledge. Let them speak when it comes to their faith. Thanks. It is offensive to attack someone's beleifs, such as me attacking your direction. Surely you would respond in defense! Not today though because I liked what I saw. It sounds to me you've tried to make a difference, and it has been a tough battle. We all need to rest sometimes. It helps cleanse the spirit, it helps to see things clearer.

Helps to see who are your enemies and who are your Brothers.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ClayL on April 08, 2003, 09:39:00 AM
I think I remember Newton being in ATL once. I thought "what an ass" and was grateful to see him go. I think most of OUR staff was also. I've said it to others, but for straight ATL was incredibly laid back and not quite so abusive. Perhaps why they lasted longest. Both a curse and a blessing I guess.

You know what I really hate about Christians? It is the egotistical way in which they pronounce that if you don't believe in God my way you are going ot burn! Not only burn, but you are a Godless heathen and should be pitied for your lack of knowledge and understanding. Christ did not do this to people. I have studied, I mean really studied most of the popular religions and have come to the conclusion that they are all correct. It is kind of like ice cream, there may be 31 flavors, but they are all ice cream and most of them are quite tasty. To say some one is doomed because they believe in God differently is taking God's job. Another thing, having a child I know I would never do anything to cause harm to him. If we are God's children, how could He willfully harm us? I choose not to believe is this kind of God as I consider this to be the definition of evil. To willfully cause harm to another. Hmmm, a God in Miller Newtons image.....

I have found one thing that really helps with touchy issues. If I talk about myself and my beliefs people have a tough time taking issue to them. I am only talking about myself. (I know, I know, It cme from straight. It is about the only thing from there that works in the real world.)

Lastly, I am every bit as guilty as Bill for stating my opinion. I do so somtime knowing it will be unpopular. It is still my opinion. It took me a really long time after straight to believe that my own belief structure had merit. It took me much effort to discard a lot of the straight moralistic nonsense and replace them. These were some really fearful times. When I step on a land mine, it has amazed and humbled me to see people come to my defense. Even some of the lurkers. I am entitled to my opinion as are others, I am also entitled to disagree with your opinion as you are mine. I can state why I disagree as can you. I cannot call you names bacause you differ, other can call me names, but in so doing I count your arguements a failure and declare myself the winner. Personal attacks are just that, they prove no point and make no case. They only redirect energy to phony issues and waste time.

CL
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ehm on April 08, 2003, 10:38:00 AM
It is kind of like ice cream, there may be 31 flavors, but they are all ice cream and most of them are quite tasty. To say some one is doomed because they believe in God differently is taking God's job.



Thank you!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on April 08, 2003, 07:07:00 PM
I was asked 2 questions about who I was directing my above comments to.  Hmm, read my 3oo+ posts stored on the hard drive at fornits and figure that one out yourself.  What ya see is what you get baby..
...and POEWERFUL Attitude, I guess the frenzy of your religous talking got you going well enough to forget to ask the SECOND one.
In the name of Jesus,
Jihad!!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Powerful Attitude on April 08, 2003, 08:33:00 PM
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On 2003-04-08 16:07:00, Tampa survivor wrote:

"I was asked 2 questions about who I was directing my above comments to.  Hmm, read my 3oo+ posts stored on the hard drive at fornits and figure that one out yourself.  What ya see is what you get baby..

...and POEWERFUL Attitude, I guess the frenzy of your religous talking got you going well enough to forget to ask the SECOND one.

Well Survivor,
If you looked closely you would have realized I didn't say, "Respond to". I said, "I am willed to respond". But I did make one type-o. It should have said "First "A" question".  Now that we got that resolved don't you feel stupid ranting like the devil's advocate.  I think you were the one on the frenzy that you didn't read what I wrote twice, or you are blind. Post all you want about being an Anti-Christ I believe it speaks load enough. I don't feel I even need to respond.  

Oh Clay,
Have all the 31 flavors you want no wonder you're so confused. The real reason why you hate so much is because you hear the Word talking about you. Yes. He is the only one who can see right into your soul. Other than that you can tell everyone that you are an Anti as well. I will just sit back and laugh. You have said enough for both of us. Thanks

P.A.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on April 08, 2003, 09:38:00 PM
I am so glad you have peace in your heart and freedom for your soul.  It just sounds so weird to see the words you write not matching the harmonious freedom Jesus CAN bestow upon people who live by HIS teachings.  
I will pray for you tonight.
Bill
PS hey Clay, lets smoke one and eat some Ben & Jerry's!!!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Powerful Attitude on April 08, 2003, 10:03:00 PM
They killed Christ and his Apostle's because of their righteousness.  Is this the Harmonious Freedom you are mentioning? I don't now who you pray to since you don't worship Christ, that is kind of eerie. No thanks. But I will pray for us in Jesus Christ's name.

Maybe, next time TAMPA.

P.A.

You're such a rebel.Yah.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 09, 2003, 12:27:00 AM
On 2003-04-08 19:03:00, Powerful Attitude wrote:
"I don't now who you pray to since you don't worship Christ, that is kind of eerie. No thanks. But I will pray for us in Jesus Christ's name."


So, you speak for Jesus. BTW, I though that GOD said that we should not forsake him and woship others. Since Christ is the son of God and not God himself, are you forsaking God for Christs sake?


In the name of Jesus,
Jihad!! ::armed::
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Powerful Attitude on April 09, 2003, 01:27:00 AM
That is a great question and yes, you are correct.  However, I did write IN the name of Jesus Christ, not to Him directly.  Jesus Christ is a signant to Our Father.  When people talk of God, unless they say Jesus Christ, you know not what God they speak of.  So when we say, in the name of Jesus Christ, it gives thanks and glory to Our Father.

And whatever you do, whether in word or in deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.  C
olossians 3:17

I speak OF Jesus.  I AM BY NO MEANS His intrepreter.  I enjoy His Truth and wisdom, that He is willing to give to all of us.  He has opened my eyes and given a different direction for me and my family.

He does not speak His word to destroy people or when The Word is spoken, it is not meant to damage anyone.  It is just The Truth.  The book of Proverbs is an excellent display of wisdom, knowledge, truth and power.  The goal is to be more and more Christ-like.

I still have good times with old friends, and I  can't be perfect.

P.A.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ClayL on April 09, 2003, 09:12:00 AM
PA, you are Such a good Christian! I can't recall in all of Jesus ministries where he ever told someone they were wrong. Except maybe where he opened the can of whoop-ass on the rabbi's selling stuff in the temple. All He would do would be to tell a story and maybe write some things in the dirt or perhaps go have dinner at your house.

I would like to point out that by throwing your morals and beliefs and then couching them in terms of Christ's word, yes you are acting as His intrepter. With you so convinced of your own righteousness I am skeptical that you have room for any God other than yourself. I think you do nothing "in the name of Lord Jesus." I think you do what you do in your own name and for your own agrandizement. Thus PRIDE. Look at me, I am so good, so deserving of salvation!

Grace. It in only through Grace that one is "saved." Do you know what Grace is? I have heard it defined this way. Grace- Receiving a gift undeserved and without merit.

Lastly, who the heck says I am confused? I have some concrete beliefs about God and about "salvation." These are my beliefs and are quite private. I have no need spew them forth and beat others over the head with them. I have no need for public displays so others can say, "look how righteous Clay is!" If you want to hear my beliefs, look at the way I live my life. See what I do. It's like that old joke:

How can you tell when an addict is lying?
His lips are moving.

PA, I don't believe you and I think you are at the least dishonest in your Righteousness. I generally don't have time for people who play games and intentionally mess with peoples heads. I no longer have time for you. I hope you really do have such a "wonderful" relationship with your Higher Power; it sounds to me like that is all you have.

Clay

PS E. G. O. = Edging God Out
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: chinrse23 on April 09, 2003, 09:47:00 AM
ClayL i agree with you--my beliefs are private too. I dont feel like i have to spout them off to anyone either.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: wayeast on April 09, 2003, 12:21:00 PM
Bill,

I remember that time in Atlanta. GEEZ, the guy just about made me jump out of my skin.  I had no idea who the man was, or even that he was there, and the next thing I knew this RED-faced bastard was yelling from the back of the room, "that's BULLS**T!" and starting a rant.  I have never seen someone's face so red. Even though I was cooperating, I found that I wanted to charge the guy and pummel him.  

I've thought since then that he just really got off on being angry.  There was no other explanation for his behavior.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on April 09, 2003, 07:15:00 PM
PA,
I feel badly that you have had difficulty in life which may be making you so angry.  
Your "religious" words just can't cover your angry, hurt soul up can they?
Jesus's teachings have changed many lives for the better.  Mohammad spread many  good words, unified people of a tribal area, and has also led, through his legacy, people to a better way of life through religious belief. My Muslim friends are amongst the most HONORABLE people I know. The Jews, tough spirited but gently wise in so many things.  Knowing many good Jewish people has enriched my life, and taught me to grow as a human.  So many wise proverbs, parables, and philisopical writtings over the thousands of years...
You talk as if you know my beliefs.  How could you?  I poke at any fanatic I see using God for his own purposes.  
Like Osama.  Islam's most radical idiots taking some words of a book and taking shit to extremes.  Really it is about wealth distribution, democracy and bigtime politics.  Damned Muslims we say...
Like The Pope sending crusaders around the world to use war to evangilize nations and people. Once again, wealth distribution, democracy and politics.  Damned Christians....
If we read the ancient Hebrew texts where armies are ordered to plunder and enslave, the "bring me your gold and your virgins" stuff, we could say, Damned Jews.
But that is just the same old thing....politics, and wealth distribution.
Most religions are highjacked for some reason or the other from time to time, and can be twisted to justify damned near anything.  See Hitler, the Christian, if you doubt me on that one. When people believe the hijackers are right, anything can happen.
Usually, a religion is taken by one person, to quell a deap seated need set.  When a very unhealthy person finds religion and wraps it around thier persona like you do PA, it has been HIJACKED.
You are an embarressment to real Christians.
Bill
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 09, 2003, 09:41:00 PM
Bill,
  You are an ass!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 09, 2003, 11:48:00 PM
System Lord: You are mistaken when you say that the son of God is not God himself. Jesus is the WORD of God so He and the Father are one. God created (everything/anything) by speaking it into existence and the voice that spoke was the Messiah's. He was, He is, and He shall be. So the answer to your question to the other poster (because I think they needed me to jump in on this part), is: "No." We do not forsake God for Christ's sake because they are one in the same God. And here's a bit of news: God introduced himself to man as "I Am." So, there you have it. God in a crash course. :smile:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Powerful Attitude on April 10, 2003, 01:45:00 AM
:silly:


I must say Survivor that was a valiant effort as always.  I had a great day today because God gave me some insight to explore a certain avenue.  I have been praying for a while for ways to take care of my children and wife.  She stays home with our nurtured kids while I hit the streets. As we all know the economy has been tough and doesn?t look too good for the rest of this year.  Anyway, he has provided in the most amazing way. Thank you Jesus.  

So you see your venom doesn?t hurt me.  You speak as one who knows all, even though you are blind.  Once again, go have your ?31 flavors? too.  No religion can tolerate someone who is not loyal, someone who is lukewarm.  You can?t even be a team player in here. Can you survivor?  The Jews are the chosen but they will first have to face their ways.  They deny Christ now but they will see him soon.  Then what will you have to say about your Jewish friends.  By the way there are no more prophets to come and teach the world as you say.  They know not the truth.  Compare Proverbs to any written book by MAN.  There is no Comparison.  And if you did read the word you would know that these Christians you talk about are not Christian. I will just give ?Two? examples.  Church and State is considered spiritual fornication to God.  Do you think they want to hear that? You cannot worship two gods; you will esteem one higher than the other.  You cannot worship the mammon of unrighteousness (money) and God. If you knew his word you would not look as a blind man to me ranting what you do not know.

I actually agree with some things that you wrote, so I guess it wasn?t a total loss. Anyway, I?m feeling to good to put much into this Survivor.  I would rather praise Jesus? name.  Got to enjoy this, later.  Ts

I have been working until now and have just read a few more posts and laughed at what you had to say ClayL ABOUT ME PERSONALLY. You seem to know some of the Word and I assume you have read. But you Deny.  Lets talk about your God.  Now that would be ?FREAK?-Y.  Not being able to speak of your God, unless you don?t have one.  Then you would have to worship yourself. Now wouldn?t you?  You quote what the world wants to hear and as a defense.  You can?t handle the meat of the word.  

Keep posting your anti and I will always meet you there.  Poor little Clay & tiny tampa.
Just having fun.  Got a big day tomorrow.  See you then. And to everyone else, I don?t claim to be perfect; interpreter. Or prophet, I just enjoy the Word of Truth.  I deny myself and give it all to Jesus Christ.


P.A.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: hedwigfan on April 10, 2003, 05:53:00 AM
The Bible was also written by man, was it not? At least a couple of centuries after Jesus died. I think most of the stories were passed down in the oral tradition prior to that. The written word is man's interpretation of the word of God. Many wonderful books have been written by man! Ever read Stephen Hawking or Hermann Hesse?
   In general, people who've been thru an experience like Straight (or, anyone who's ever studied the Crusades or the Spanish Inquisition) are going to be wary of organized religion. I think you can be religious, religious and spiritual, or just spiritual. Like Clay L, I think actions speak much louder than words. Whether you serve "God" by fishing, meditating on a mountaintop while elk hunting, creating works of art, caring for the sick, or attending church/synagogue/mosque services, you can't lose by being true to yourself.That's the beauty of free will.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: MyPeacefrog on April 10, 2003, 12:08:00 PM
This is the reason that I do not attend any church.  I feel no need to abuse myself by being around arrogant judgemental people who go around saying if you don't do it their way then you are going to hell.  There is no man that I need to prove anything to (wow, I wish I was confident enough to really feel that way)

-C
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on April 10, 2003, 02:17:00 PM
Amen on the judgemental thing Peacefrog.
Bill
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Powerful Attitude on April 11, 2003, 11:23:00 PM
On 2003-04-10 11:17:00, Tampa survivor wrote:
"Amen on the judgemental thing Peacefrog.
Bill"


I do recall the fact that I am the one who asked you and your buddy to quit posting all your anti-Christian crap. The focused has changed because no one is aware of this.  Not wanting any Jesus freaks around with your little pagan party. And your tiny clay had to join in the fun.  I knew you were looking to get a reaction, so I helped out. Your defense is that I am a Christian and I should be as Christ.  Then you say " You aren't Jesus."  I know you don't know what the hell your talking about. Then all ya'll want to post is what ya'll want to hear. All the nice things that are said to those who can't handle the meat.  You can bash a Christian because you think I won't defend my Savior?  Ya'll are pathetic and deceived. I have said it once that I get tired of forgiving assholes like yourselves. It is time maybe that you forgive me.  If you don?t want the word I?ll give it to you whether you like it or not. You speak your mouth whether I like it or Not.  I know what the word says and the other end of the spectrum.  I simply asked you to shut your f____ mouth.  That's all. But you wanted to play as if I wouldn't.  You were wrong again. Then ya'll talk as if you know the word, and use it to defend your anti-faith.  Who uses the word falsely? I give you verses and in return you give me your lying heart. Ya'll all wanted to defend the one who plays with his tongue and speaks to provoke the other side.  Ya'll telling me I'm not a Christian example is fine with me. But if you want me not to tell you how it is, then I recommend you think twice before you openly post your shit. Boy. You attack all Christians as though they can't defend themselves. You are the arrogant one. I will jump ya'lls asses every time now cause I hate the evil one that speaks through you.  I hope I will stand against him in that day, and today I will focus on you for the things you say.  I know you do this to others who won?t or can't defend themselves because of their faith. I stand here and I am going to give you some meat. I look forward to talking to you again because I know you can't be truthful and admit to your game.  You pulled others in to defend the one who talks shit and then cowers about being challenged. Look, look, look everyone it's a Christian and he's misbehaving.  Help poor little tampa and clay because of this bad Christian who has stood up to us like never before. I have no pity on you. I see your game and like before I'm here to play with you.  Keep talking your shit about what you know not and run and hide behind the forum. Next time I will not be as nice.  I will give you some meat, not 31 flavors of lies. You can't hide.  I'm starring right between your eyes this time. Can you feel it?

P.A.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 11, 2003, 11:28:00 PM
HEDWIGFAN: Although, true, the Bible is written by man, it is the inspired work of God. It is God's Word to humans. That's how a prophet, 400 years before Christ was even born, could tell you from what lineage He would come, the circumstances and location of his birth, how He would live, and even the details of how He would die. No other religion in the world can say that. And as far as stories being passed down orally, recent archaeological digs have proven that the Word of God is exactly translated and exactly as old as it says. So to dismiss it as mere writings of man is no longer factual when faced with the knowledge that it is a proven historical document. I see you allowing your opinions of what you call "organized religion" from keeping you from finding out about the topic yourself. I clearly understand your hesitation in getting involved in what you fear may be another cult. But that shouldn't stop you from reading the Bible yourself. It IS God's Word, and all He really wants from you is a relationship. He just wants you to think about Him, and pray to Him, and try to get to know Him. He loves you very much and He just wants you to develop a relationship with Him. Church is for fellowship and for getting fed the Word. But you can work up to that. Start by finding out who God is and then decide if you want to pursue a relationship with Him. But don't let ignorance decide for you. Find out what it is you are dismissing before you dismiss it. Don't let whatever biases you have formed about religion be a barrier to discovering the truth. Find out for yourself what the Bible says. Because, as I said, the prophecies of Jesus were written four centuries before He was born. If a "mere man" was able to get even the most minute details about Jesus correct, aren't you curious about the prophecies yet to be fulfilled? Utilize that free will to investigate the matter.  :smile:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 11, 2003, 11:45:00 PM
Powerful Attitude: Don't let them push your buttons to the point of cursing in anger, my brother! You're supposed to PRAY for the jerks. Greater is He that is within you. Next time you get mad, spew Scripture at them, not profanity. And hey, post anonymously! That way they don't know who to get mad at and it's really, really funny. :lol:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 12, 2003, 12:05:00 AM
Thank you for that Leigh Bright!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 12, 2003, 12:12:00 AM
YUCKY!  You guys give Faith a bad name.  Why kind of DUMBASS posts a bunch of religious blow and then curses at the people they are preachin at?

I'll pray for your soul you dumb bitch!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 12, 2003, 02:10:00 AM
I'll pray for your soul you dumb bitch!"
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Wrong person you dumb "Bitch".  :wave:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Majiktrvls on April 12, 2003, 01:32:00 PM
True Spirituality should have the result of making a person calmer, happier and more peaceful. Have you been successful in bringing about a trained, disciplined state of mind and then translating that state of mind into your daily actions? All of the virtuous states of mind-compassion, tolerance, forgiveness, caring and so on-these mental qualities are genuine Dharma, or genuine spiritual qualities, because all of these internal mental qualities CANNOT coexist with ill feelings or negative states of mind.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 12, 2003, 08:09:00 PM
PA
Pack a bowl and get over it mon.  Preachin the word shouldnt involve stress, curses and claims of being bashed and attacked when it just is not there.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: wayeast on April 13, 2003, 11:51:00 AM
I skim these pages rather than reading every post, so I'm not clear on all of the inter-relationships.  Am I correct in understanding that Powerful Attitude was a Straightling at one time?

Having taken that route myself, I'm curious to know whether he feels any cognitive dissonance over his point of view: that anyone who disagrees with him disagrees with God.  P.A. isn't able to see the arrogance of this, because he's let himself be convinced that he's being loyal to a higher power. He might humbly state that he knows very little in the grand scheme of things, but he knows Jesus, and that's all he needs to know.  

It's disturbing that he can't see the similarity between his own attitude and that of the Straight founders, but is it really surprising?  When we're under stress, we go to the things with which we are familiar. An abused child will want to stay with the abusive parent because they are familiar.  Maybe this is why so many of us leave one cult for another.  

I personally think P.A. *has* to keep sharing his faith, because if he ever stops, he'll see that it is based on fear and whipped air. Only by converting others can he comfort himself that he's got the Truth.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Powerful Attitude on April 18, 2003, 12:56:00 PM

On 2003-04-13 08:51:00, wayeast wrote:

"I skim these pages rather than reading every post, so I'm not clear on all of the inter-relationships.  Am I correct in understanding that Powerful Attitude was a Straightling at one time?

Having taken that route myself, I'm curious to know whether he feels any cognitive dissonance over his point of view: that anyone who disagrees with him disagrees with God.  P.A. isn't able to see the arrogance of this, because he's let himself be convinced that he's being loyal to a higher power. He might humbly state that he knows very little in the grand scheme of things, but he knows Jesus, and that's all he needs to know.  

It's disturbing that he can't see the similarity between his own attitude and that of the Straight founders, but is it really surprising?  When we're under stress, we go to the things with which we are familiar. An abused child will want to stay with the abusive parent because they are familiar.  Maybe this is why so many of us leave one cult for another.  

I personally think P.A. *has* to keep sharing his faith, because if he ever stops, he'll see that it is based on fear and whipped air. Only by converting others can he comfort himself that he's got the Truth.
"


Oh, Really.

As it is written "there are the WEAK and there are the strong. I have no doubt about the truth and it is pointless to talk to those with no ears. Just like this forum we didn't have it for seventeen years until recently. "We were given eyes to see and ears that hear and given a heart to understand the Truth". This is the way Jesus works. Not until his time and only if you?re looking or until it is given.  If they do not listen it is because I am not in them.  It makes since to me. I know not ya'll.

Anyone good at math? When I was 25 I had my own construction business and I was studying blue prints to figure out how to build a perfect house. I noticed that the slash marks (measurements) on the south side of the print 45% to the west. The west side to the north, the north to the east, the east to the south. What does that spell, a square, and then a square within a square and so on. To keep it short it was gravity, the laws of gravity that is. Anyway, I kept working with the angles for days and days until I came out of a trance and said for it is "equal". That is what God said so I have found God. Oh I forget to say that my friend and I could feel a strange presence in the air, we were searching for forgotten knowledge. We found a book the next day on 4th dimensions. It said, " This book will help you to obtain forgotten knowledge. Anyway, I made this little box, a square within a square, within a square. The numbers worked really well within the box so I liked to show it off.

Anyway, it is a very long story but the point I am making is this. One day the sky was red and that presence we had felt got very ugly indeed and the presence of demons had come upon us. I ran around for three days like this fighting the fucking demons and screaming about the fire, pure fucking hell brothers. So on the fourth day a bible was delivered into my hands and it began to speak " the parable of the sower". Then it said, "you do not worship those things made by your own hands nor do we burn incense unto it". I used to love that stuff (incense). Then it said, " I will throw you in the furnace to test you to see if you will worship them or me", "They are taken in their angle", "Disobedient children".

I could go on but I think you get the picture. One day we will all get to fight for our souls. Good luck. Have you heard that He will baptize you with fire?

So any of my fans out there, oh I mean my personal straight trainers. It is funny to see all the psychologists in here. Do you believe ya'll can really HELP anyone? There are the lost and there are the found. :rofl:

P.A.

[ This Message was edited by: Powerful Attitude on 2003-04-18 09:57 ]
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 18, 2003, 06:38:00 PM
Put that last one here.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 21, 2003, 07:26:00 AM
Powerful Attitude

All you have is belief and no facts.  Have you died lately?  Been to the other side?  NO

You can believe what you want.  But you don't KNOW what happens when you die.  Only what you have read or been told.  

Acting like you know when you don't just shows how typical religious nuts can be.  You think you got it all figured out.  

I don't think it's that simple.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on April 21, 2003, 11:19:00 AM
Normally, I try and stay off of religious discussions because they can get positively rabid in no time flat.  However, Id like to add here that although I do not profess to be a Christian, I have an extensive background in it and have come to the following conclusions (personally)....

I believe that Spirituality is very basic, and a relationship with "God" is within each one of us, and not to be gained from attending church 5 nights a week or donating 10% of our income to Him every month.

I believe that if Jesus were alive today, he would be rather ashamed of what has become of his teachings and the way people have lost the true meanings of love, understanding, compassion and openess....and replaced them with pride, greed, and judgement.

There is corruption in each and every religion, its not Christianity alone, however I still believe that there are people of each faith who posses within them the true spirituality that "God" intended for us all.

When we claim to know the "Truth", and judge others for not sharing in our personal version of the Truth,  that is intolerance.  I do not claim to be privy to the ultimate "Truth" because I do not speak directly to "God".  However, I recognize peace and harmony within my soul which tells me that "God" is communing with me at His pace and at His leisure.  I do not assume to be so arrogant that what is real and meanigful to me, should be the same for all those around me or they are lost.  I also do not assume that my spiritual growth is anywhere near complete or at a point of enlightenment.

Finally,

Life is a very beautiful gift, we were meant to use this time to learn as imperfect beings, to experience sin and righteousness and learn the lessons that each of these will teach us.  We must not strive to perfection, as much as we should strive to fulfill "God's" wish to take this gift we have been given and experience it to the fullest.

I burn incense everyday, and not to worship false idols or any such thing.  I do it because I take pleasure in my own senses, of which were given to me as part of my gift of life.  I think it is insulting to "God" to pretend that we are less than human and more like the divine in the hopes that we may someday share in that divinity.  In doing so we are missing the point entirely.

Just my thoughts.  







[ This Message was edited by: Carmel on 2003-04-21 08:22 ]
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 21, 2003, 12:28:00 PM
NAG CHAMPA?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: not a fuckhead on April 21, 2003, 01:55:00 PM
Free thinking is the rejection of religious influence in human life.  You merely have to realize that priests, ministers and other religious con artists give no justification for their views, which are typically manipulative and degrading.  Some may also reject all superstitious or supernatural beliefs, while others believe there may be something supernatural out there. All  should reject claims that we must believe in, appease, or establish a "relationship" with such forces in order to be "saved" or benefited in some way. We see that humans are vulnerable to these beliefs, and believe it is up to us to speak out against them. Thus ?free thinking? can be thought of as living without superstitious attitudes and behaviors.  ,
But isn't it arrogant to think that we are so great that we can do it all without God?
Yes, it is. Would that make you feel guilty for thinking that way? Why? Did your minister tell you it's bad to be arrogant? Is there a difference between a little arrogance (maybe really only confidence) and more extreme, self-centered arrogance? Must we always be at one extreme to avoid the opposite extreme? A little arrogance won't hurt you. Try it.
 You can do your life all by yourself, with a little help from your friends.
 Religion provides simple answers to questions great and small (usually the same simple answer). Free thought promotes Wonder instead. We should accept the lack of absolute purpose in living and see our responsibility as humans to search for the answers to all our questions, and create our own moral principles (for example, in the US Constitution.)
 These principles are based on what we have left without gods; instincts and environment. Nature and nurture. Contrary to religious teaching, humans are not born bad. We are born complex. We do have selfish impulses, but we also want approval and acceptance from parents and others around us. The complex (and somewhat unknown) interactions between our impulses and our upbringing are what guides our morality, not original sin and covenants.
 Nor do we need to be purified, cleansed, or in any way made perfect. We do not need to apologize for who we are or for the things we've done. Bad deeds can only be atoned for by trying our best to make up for them; no amount of apologizing to holy ghosts ought to make us feel any better.
 Psychologists overwhelmingly reject religious models of human morality, and with good reason.  
Geneticists overwhelmingly reject biblical creation theories. They find that we have a strong family relationship with primates, particularly the chimpanzee. The fact that our genes are almost identical with the chimps is confirmed by numerous labs using far more reliable tests than even a creationist judge would need to conclusively prove a paternity case in court.
 For those who accept evolution: Is it likely that a creator would use an evolutionary process to create humans over hundreds of millions of years, and then fawn over us as his little hatchlings, only to sternly judge us based on how much we worship him?
 When ministers make claims like these, and then add that it's sinful even to doubt these claims, it's your responsibility to stand up for yourself and doubt them anyway. Can anyone convince you of nonsense just by telling you your afterlife depends on you believing it?
 Religions abuse your mind and your heart. You must have the courage to doubt yours.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: METALGOD8 on April 21, 2003, 02:07:00 PM
Just for the record, I was picking up a free car as part of one of my charity functions, for a noble cause and as a gesture of kindness to a friend. The tow truck driver I was riding with is a church goer and a couple houses down neighbor. I asked him flat out..." Do you believe I am going to Hell for not going to church and believing all that religious stuff?"
his reply:

"YES"

UH OH, I guess he thinks I am going to hell, hmm, For some reason that does not really bother me all that much. I would have to believe that there is a h e double toothpicks somewhere to be afraid of it. Oh well, just a thought, not a sermon.
 
MG8 :smokin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 21, 2003, 02:41:00 PM
Try learning something every once in a while
*Warning* May involve reading.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on April 21, 2003, 09:02:00 PM
Richard,
Well, whoever you are, I like ya already.
Wonderfully stated your personal position without ranting or sounding like a preacher/salesman.
Well, lets see how the evangelizers counter.
It always gets personal for them.  How sad.
 
Hmm, I can't wait to see how PA deals with our Jewish friends' statements too....
Bill
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 22, 2003, 11:13:00 AM
The sower soweth the Word. And these are they by the wayside where the Word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan comes immediately and takes away the Word that was sown in their hearts. And these are are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the Word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time; afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the Word's sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the Word, and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,and the lusts of other things entering in choke the Word and it becomes unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the Word and receive it and bring forth fruit...take heed what you hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you! Mark 4:14-24
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: not a fuckhead on April 22, 2003, 12:02:00 PM
How do we know religion is false?
   
If a religion is false one would expect it to have certain self-serving characteristics.  

You will find that most religions have at least some of these traits.  

For example:  

God wants you to believe in and worship Him?  
Why?  How does your belief benefit God or "His plan"?  Why does he care whether you worship Him, another god, or no god.  A false religion would be likely to teach that God wants you to believe that religion.  At the extreme they teach that you must establish a "personal relationship" with God, which translates into a total control of everything you think.  This prevents any freedom of thought that might allow you to consider otherwise.  

Through God you can live forever?  
Humans have a basic fear of death.  False religions are likely to capitalize on this by offering what they cannot deliver: the pie in the sky promise of everlasting life.  Even if this were real, so what? Free thinkers must come to terms with death and accept it as a part of reality.  Accomplish as much as you can in this life.  It's the life you know you have!  It's a good life.  A bird in the hand is worth two in the burning bush.  

Without God you'll burn forever?  
When the everlasting life ploy doesn't work, religion resorts to threats.  Simple death isn't really so bad, but everlasting pain is, so this belief is very effective.  Fortunately religion pays a price for this nonsense.  Notice that God is becoming more and more insane as the beliefs get more extreme.  Clearly a loving God wouldn't allow such a thing.  To support this kind of belief they must add what might be called the "Shut Up Clause":  

Whatever the religion says about God is absolutely the word of God and to question either it or Him is sin?  
Here they are asking you to deliberately shut your very mind itself from wondering about the truth of God and your religion.  Those who have succeeded best at this have closed off their doubting, questioning minds. They believe their holy gospel is more real than reality itself. Any evidence countering their holy word must be wrong.  They are like a train that can only run on the tracks laid out for it.  They are afraid that any straying will cost them their precious afterlife. Free thinkers don't make themselves subservient to the claims of others.  Don't fear your own thoughts!  

Everyone I know is religious; why rock the boat?  
Because your beliefs should be as accurate as you can make them.  Because your thoughts and your actions are all there is to you!  And your actions depend on your thoughts!  So it's important not to hold beliefs for any reason other than that they are true, to the best of your ability to tell.  And it's your responsibility to find out those facts as best you can.

[ This Message was edited by: Richard Simmons on 2003-04-22 09:07 ]
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ClayL on April 22, 2003, 03:33:00 PM
Richard, while I'm not going to defend our reigious fruitcakes I have to say, I have a personal relationship with my wife and she doesn't have total control of my thoughts.

I kind of agree with number 2 but, in number 3 I find the idea of spending enternity telling someone how great they are to be non-appealing. I completely cannot believe a loving God would submit His children to eternal torment. Sounds more like a sadistic bastard to me.

Number 4..., Even Peter, "The Rock" doubted the word of Christ, and he could even get a direct answer.

Number 5 Reminds me of something my mother used to tell me. "If everyone was jumping off a bridge, would you?"

In short, around here 4 out of 5 ain't bad.

CL
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: not a fuckhead on April 22, 2003, 04:23:00 PM
Clarification,

At the extreme they teach that you must establish a "personal relationship" with God.

Not a person.


On 2003-04-22 12:33:00, ClayL wrote:
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"Richard, while I'm not going to defend our reigious fruitcakes I have to say, I have a personal relationship with my wife and she doesn't have total control of my thoughts."
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: wayeast on April 22, 2003, 07:33:00 PM
Richard,

I liked your last two posts. I'll try to be there with a fire extinguisher when John Ashcroft and Tom Delay have you burned at the stake for heresy.

I have one disagreement. I don't equate free thinking with arrogance.  Arrogance is, by definition, not caring about the truth.  That doesn't really fit free thinkers, who are less afraid to question their own assumptions about life than most others are.  

The religious right acts as if atheists, agnostics, and free-thinkers were casting off all rules and restrictions, as if this was a great rebellion.  In my experience, free thinkers are the ones who really put thought into what is the right thing to do and the right way to relate to the rest of the human race.  That's why free thinkers protect the rights of people like P.A. to preach at us so obnoxiously.

It it arrogant to recognize that you are just one life on one planet in one galaxy at the edge of the universe? Or is it maybe arrogant to believe that anyone who argues with you is just intimidated by your righteousness, because the holy spirit is on you?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 22, 2003, 09:25:00 PM
We wont have to wait for Ashcroft and Delay to burn him at the stake, keep that fire extinguisher handy for the likes of P.A. and a few other zealots around here!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ClayL on April 23, 2003, 09:00:00 AM
I'm certain this is what you are saying, but...

Wouldn't a relationship where one person demands the partner in the relationship follow their every whim upon pain of severe punishment be equal to slavery?

The God I happen to believe in gave me the ability to think for myself and free will. I also believe that God gave me these things because I was intended to use them.

That will be 2 cents please....

CL

[ This Message was edited by: ClayL on 2003-04-23 06:01 ]
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ehm on April 23, 2003, 11:45:00 AM
If the God you worship, is not a God of a certain religion, then that statement wouldn't apply to you.  

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"a relationship where one person demands the partner in the relationship follow their every whim upon pain of severe punishment be equal to slavery?"


I think that would equal a person who was choosing slavery over free thinking or freedom.
 
Morli
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: METALGOD8 on April 23, 2003, 11:46:00 AM
Does free will include the act of fornication? I believe that if someone is married, like me, that they should save their sexual organs for their own spouse. How all these people, both private and public do the tube snake boogie with other people than spouses and claim to be religious is beyond me. Can't be both can you? I think it is rather hypocritical. If you're married, it seems like you chose to be with that person and none other. Free will has nothing to do with that now does it? How can you fear god and be an adulterer? If you are having sex with people outside your marriage, then you will surely go to hell, unless of course, god forgives you. But you won't know if he will do that until you die, so whatever... LOL.. BTW...Not tryin to be a zealot, unless those who make rules to suit themselves believe it. What is worse?... A non-believer in god or allah and a law abiding citizen, or a god fearing adulterer  :question:
MG8 :smokin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: 85 Day Jerk on April 23, 2003, 02:52:00 PM
My religion (Southern Baptist) teaches that as long as you repent, you are forgiven.  Now the act
of repentance is not simply throwing a 20 in the offering plate, or hitting the confessional booth or any of that crap, it is the actual act of being PENTATENT, which is no longer taking part of whatever act of sin you are currently doing.  I am all for Lawyers, Adulterers, Car Salesmen, SUV owners, and Ambassadors to Italy making it to heaven.  That way I'll have someone to call on when my toilet backs up.  I do believe that heaven will have it's own LOW RENT DISTRICT and that is where these people will end up eventually.

[ This Message was edited by: 85 Day Jerk on 2003-04-23 11:53 ]
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: not a fuckhead on April 23, 2003, 03:15:00 PM
Arrogance, pride.( I?m talking about not choosing religion here.)
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"a little arrogance (maybe really only confidence) and more extreme, self-centered arrogance? Must we always be at one extreme to avoid the opposite extreme? A little arrogance won't hurt you. Try it."


Meaning exactly that. I?m not talking about the worst extreme of arrogance.
I have seen an enormous amount of arrogance from certain people on this board. That is not the variety of arrogance I meant.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 23, 2003, 04:59:00 PM
You know, for people who don't believe in God, you sure are spending a lot of time talking about Him!! So here's a suggestion: instead of speculating on what you think a loving God would or would not do, and instead of debating on how you think a believer should and should not conduct themselves, how about you read the Bible and find out for yourselves?

Because, whether you want to believe in hell or not, God tells us that His "people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Either you believe and are saved or you don't and spend eternity the way you've spent it on earth, apart from God. There is no third choice. Like it or lump it, it is what it is. But, instead of taking my opinion, pick up a Bible and form your own.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 23, 2003, 05:22:00 PM
Which one?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 23, 2003, 07:59:00 PM
So, I am so very curious of all of these Jesus Freaks (those who would thrust their religious belief upon others). If you could simply answer me this simple question:

John 6:35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty."

Do any of you drink or eat? If so Why? Is it just for pleasure or for necessity of life?


Until you can sustain eternal life without ever being thirsty or hungry you should look harder for your own beliefs, and let the rest of us alone to find our own path.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: wayeast on April 23, 2003, 09:33:00 PM
<<"You know, for people who don't believe in God, you sure are spending a lot of time talking about Him!! So here's a suggestion:...But, instead of taking my opinion, pick up a Bible and form your own.
"

I've heard this pitch before, and it would be funny if so many people didn't fall for it. I haven't seen anyone here criticize god in any way: it's evangelicals that are taking the heat. The only thing is, the evangelicals can't believe it's really about them. So they come up with this theory that everybody who has a problem with certain Christians is resisting god's will.

This is the "heads I win, tails you lose" approach. If you believe as they do, it's a sign of god's majesty, because you've seen the light. If you don't believe as they do, then god must be real, because otherwise you wouldn't be resisting his will by not becoming a Christian.

I do agree with one thing, though. Read the Bible. Read it all the way through, not just the most-quoted parts. Study it. Compare verses. If you spend enough time with it, you'll begin to see it for what it really is. A fascinating historical document that is self-contradictory at many levels. If more evangelical Christians read the Bible, there would be fewer evangelical Christians.

This is not an endorsement of the post talking about bread of life and not being hungry, by the way. The bread of life is a metaphor not intended to be taken literally.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 23, 2003, 11:51:00 PM
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On 2003-04-23 18:33:00, wayeast wrote:

"I've heard this pitch before, and it would be funny if so many people didn't fall for it. I haven't seen anyone here criticize god in any way: it's evangelicals that are taking the heat. The only thing is, the evangelicals can't believe it's really about them. So they come up with this theory that everybody who has a problem with certain Christians is resisting god's will."

Well Said ::rocker::

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On 2003-04-23 18:33:00, wayeast wrote:

"This is not an endorsement of the post talking about bread of life and not being hungry, by the way. The bread of life is a metaphor not intended to be taken literally."


Which is my point EXACTLY. Anyone of any religion can pick up a bible, read it, then interpret in their own way. There is no single religion which has the right to claim that their interpretation is correct. But my statement still stands.

If you are out there preaching forcibly about your religion and how great it is, you yourself must have doubts. You are eagerly using others to question what you fear, for religion in of it's self breeds fear, for anyone who questions the word will be going to hell.

The lover of life's not a sinner
The ending is just a beginner
The closer you get to the meaning
The sooner you'll know that you're dreaming

It's all Heaven And Hell ::nod::
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 24, 2003, 10:02:00 AM
Put it this way, if a wine drinker found an old bottle in the cellar, they would want to share the joy they had found.

That's what a believer does.

So here's a clue, if a "believer" incites you to anger they are misguided and uninformed. You focus on those who, although they may be believers, have personal issues still to be worked out. These people, of course, are not examples but then, you never know where they were before you encountered them. God is still working on them.

But from my point of view, none of you are debating Buddha, or Muhammed, or any other religion. Just Christianity. And it seems to me, that whenever a believer speaks of their faith, there is zero tolerance for that person's expression on this board.

Take for example FL Bill, why does he feel compelled to make a derogatory comment when someone expresses their faith? Why is it acceptable for him to express his opinion, but not for the person of faith? Am I making sense?

Or take for example VA Bill who says it doesn't matter if his neighbor thinks he is going to hell because he doesn't believe in it. And that's so sad. But what could I do? Preach to him on the board? No. Instead, I just pray that you take an open mind and find your own answers.

But so far, all I see is people discussing an issue they really don't know about, but for whatever reason, they loathe. So let go of whatever bad examples you've encountered, and take a look at THE example: Jesus. That's who a Christian is supposed to be like and if they aren't, then tell them they aren't! Not everyone can see their own weaknesses, you know.

And I'm sorry if my response offends you in any way but it's true, you are letting your biases get in the way of educating yourselves on the matter. God held you in His hands and beautifully and wonderfully created you. There is no other human on earth just like you, there never has been, nor shall their ever be! You are unique and special and God loves you so much that He gave you His Word, and His son, just so you would never be seperated from Him. And yet, you are, because you won't let go of whatever idiot turned you off in the first place. Again, that is so sad! You've let some fool rob you.

I found healing through developing a relationship with the Creator. I used to loathe myself, but now I have self-esteem which developed when I found out how God looks at me and feels about me. He doesn't think I'm a druggie or a loser or a sinner or whatever label you think. He loves you exactly as you are. And don't let any religion tell you any differently, no matter what your lifestyle is! God hates sin, but He loves you! Listen to what God has to tell you, not to what a religion says.

I don't feel compelled to save your soul, however, when I see you questioning, I have to respond. I don't see anyone on the board forcing their religion on you, but sometimes it feels like you are forcing your anti-religion on US. So we speak up. See? It goes round and round. I see you struggling for answers, so I respond. No disrespect intended it's just the American way for all of us to express our own opinions.

And last, yes, you can interpret the Bible in your own way. But you can't misinterpret the basics: hell exists, God exists, prophecy has been fulfilled, and these ARE the last days. And you are incorrect when you say no single religion has a right to say that is the only way. Jesus Christ claimed that right when He died and rose again. Don't believe the Bible? Then read what the Romans had to say in Josephus's book (in the public library) about Jesus.

And finally, speaking for myself, I have absolutely no doubts about my Lord whatsoever. I discuss Him because he is so freaking awesome that I just can't help myself. My God is an awesome God and everyone should know how marvellous and wonderful He is!!!!!!!!! I just want to share the joy. And hey, with discussions like this, I get to!  :grin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: METALGOD8 on April 24, 2003, 11:09:00 AM
AND ON THE 8th DAY, god CREATED MEL SEMBLER
AND SAID, "HMMMMM, HE WILL BE MY SHINER OF 12,000 LIGHTS"
 :nworthy:  :nworthy:  :nworthy:  :nworthy:

MG8 :smokin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 24, 2003, 12:37:00 PM
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On 2003-04-24 07:02:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Put it this way, if a wine drinker found an old bottle in the cellar, they would want to share the joy they had found.That's what a believer does.

If a wine drinker offered some whine, but the person refused, the wine drinker would not continue on about the merits of his wine and how bad things would happen if you did not partake.

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On 2003-04-24 07:02:00, Anonymous wrote:

But from my point of view, none of you are debating Buddha, or Mohammed, or any other religion. Just Christianity. And it seems to me, that whenever a believer speaks of their faith, there is zero tolerance for that person's expression on this board.

Oddly enough, I don't see anyone here trying to quote me versus from the Koran, or telling me that I should become a Buddhist because that is the only way I will be saved or be able to find any peace. I don't see any of these religious faction "preaching" there religion here, do you? I guess if they did, people would eventual tire as then have with Christians knocking on their door and 7:00AM on a Saturday morning.

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On 2003-04-24 07:02:00, Anonymous wrote:
But so far, all I see is people discussing an issue they really don't know about, but for whatever reason, they loathe. So let go of whatever bad examples you've encountered, and take a look at THE example: Jesus. That's who a Christian is supposed to be like and if they aren't, then tell them they aren't! Not everyone can see their own weaknesses, you know.

So, again you point out that everyone who is not in agreement with your personal religious practices ignorant and angry. Then you go on to "PREACH" some more. Further destroying your own credibility.

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On 2003-04-24 07:02:00, Anonymous wrote:
I found healing through developing a relationship with the Creator. I used to loathe myself, but now I have self-esteem which developed when I found out how God looks at me and feels about me. He doesn't think I'm a druggie or a loser or a sinner or whatever label you think.

And here is my point. If you or anyone feel the need for religion in order to feel good about yourself, the more power to ya, but don't preach to me. I am fine with myself and my life. I lead a good life, I love myself and my family. I do not need organized religion, prozack, or zoloft to feel good about myself.

It is a shame that you people feel the need to attempt to fill a void which only you see within other people who are perfectly happy with them selves.

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On 2003-04-24 07:02:00, Anonymous wrote:
I don't feel compelled to save your soul, however, when I see you questioning, I have to respond. I don't see anyone on the board forcing their religion on you, but sometimes it feels like you are forcing your anti-religion on US. So we speak up.

It was your speaking up, your wearing of religion on your sleave in order to be able to more readily point at it at every single opportunity that comes along.

Tell me, did some anti-religious people come knocking on your door and preach to you about how you should not love god, or that Jesus was a false prophet? Are there anti-religious people hanging out in the street handing out pamphlets that are intended to "destroy" the word of God or to convert people to non-religon? Do you see anti-religious people sign their posts with "Down with God".

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On 2003-04-24 07:02:00, Anonymous wrote:
I see you struggling for answers, so I respond.

Struggling, are we? I don't think so. You are so easily bated, and are so willing to put down any interpretation other then your own.

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On 2003-04-24 07:02:00, Anonymous wrote:
And last, yes, you can interpret the Bible in your own way. But you can't misinterpret the basics: hell exists, God exists, prophecy has been fulfilled, and these ARE the last days.

If you read the bible as so many here are saying we should, you would know that Jesus said EXACTLY the same thing. Man has been saying the exact same thing for thousands of years. I guess you will eventually be right. One day our sun will go supernova, or we may be hit by yet another meteorite of proportion to wipe out our existence, or some sick bastard may just push that button. But then you will juyst say that God did it won't you. You will then look back and re-twist the passages within revelation and history to mesh to your idea of the end.

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On 2003-04-24 07:02:00, Anonymous wrote:
And you are incorrect when you say no single religion has a right to say that is the only way. Jesus Christ claimed that right when He died and rose again. Don't believe the Bible? Then read what the Romans had to say in Josephus's book (in the public library) about Jesus.


Again, here you are touting that your religion is better then all others.

Now, let me state openly that I am not a Muslim. That being said, since Jesus came and his teachings surpass that of which cam before him such as Moses, then surly the teachings of Mohammed must take precedence over that of Jesus.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on April 24, 2003, 01:06:00 PM
Well, I have to say here...that the issue really isnt about whether or not God or Jesus or Heaven or Hell exists....the issue is whether or not people have enough respect to acknowledge that people who dont share their beliefs, no matter what they are, should not be related to in a way that minimizes their point of view.  

Even though your post Anon, is very unassuming in its delivery, its still seems to contain the very aspects of "preaching" for lack of a better term, which turns people like me off to it.  There is a tone of pity expressed on those who do not believe as you do...and in essence, conveys a general air of superiority that is mildly offensive to some who dont share your particluar spiritual path.  Many people feel just as strongly and deeply about their own belief just as you do, and to make a statement that you feel sad or sorry for someone who is "lost" can be interpreted as an insult.  We should all have the opportunity to SHARE our thoughts and feelings about our own PERSONAL spiritual relationships,how we percieve them for ourselves and how they have affected OUR lives, however, its probably better to refrain from making a generalization concerning someone elses lack of agreement with your perception, at least in the way of religion and personal beliefs.  It is my understanding that this, from the Christian point of view, is truly "witnessing". Relating ones own personal experience in the hopes that others may see hope and attempt to make the journey themselves.  I think its when we cross the line from speaking of ourselves, to encompass others and demand their acknowledgement of our own perceptions, that we become offensive.  We should be able to convey our story, and be just as accepting of a negative response as we are of a positive one.  If "God" needs that person to be a believer, then "God" will make them one.....no matter how much or for how long we flap our tounges at them!

I love to share my meaningful experiences regarding my beliefs, but I would be wrong in assuming that because others have not shared my particular experience, that they are missing out.  I have to respect that their own personal path has been just as profound for them as mine has for me.  And that "God" (my way of saying Higher Power - whatever that or they may be to whomever) is big enough, and wise enough to understand the differences and accept them all among everyone.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ClayL on April 24, 2003, 01:46:00 PM
No, no, no. On the 8th day God created sweet tea and, once again, saw that it was good.

CL
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 24, 2003, 01:54:00 PM
Sorry, but you are both wrong. On the 8th day he dropped acid and saw God. :rofl:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ClayL on April 24, 2003, 01:55:00 PM
Carmel-
Nicely said.

CL
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 24, 2003, 03:20:00 PM
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on April 24, 2003, 03:58:00 PM
You know, I am no atheist and resent being grouped as such.  

If you would care to read ANY of my last post, you will see that I have no intention of converting anyone to see my point of view....in fact, my post is decidedly AGAINST forcing people to believe as I do. I strive for mutual respect, nothing more.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 24, 2003, 05:47:00 PM
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On 2003-04-24 12:58:00, Carmel wrote:
"You know, I am no atheist and resent being grouped as such."
That's funny, I didn't hear your name mentioned.  

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Many people feel just as strongly and deeply about their own belief just as you do, and to make a statement that you feel sad or sorry for someone who is "lost" can be interpreted as an insult.
Oh, now it can, sense you say so. Have you been here? Or is there more than one Carmel?  

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I think its when we cross the line from speaking of ourselves, to encompass others and demand their acknowledgement of our own perceptions, that we become offensive. We should be able to convey our story, and be just as accepting of a negative response as we are of a positive one.

Wow! What knowledge! Why don't you practice what you preach  I've been following this board for a while. You sound like a hot-headed hypocrite who likes to start arguments. (Or just plain tactless) I don't care how pretty you are on the outside, it should match the inside. Yours doesn't. Which makes you ugly through and through.
You are hot, (so are some strippers)  but you lack diplomacy. You sound selfish and self-obsessed.  This is not meant to sound insulting, or like an attack.  I just call them like I see them.

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" I strive for mutual respect, nothing more. "


Except when you are insulting others, or disregarding their feelings, right?
 
I?d love to meet you, maybe you could change my mind, or maybe not.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 24, 2003, 05:58:00 PM
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"While at the same time I have no respect for the atheist that believes that way in order to try and cheat their own consciousness. A desperate and futile attempt to hide from the truth in themselves."


Or does that sound familiar to you?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on April 24, 2003, 06:07:00 PM
Well, that reply CERTAINLY had diplomacy AND tact!  

Maybe you can teach me?  

I may be worthless, ugly, self-obsessed, and a hypocrite....but I can learn....promise.  Oh, and I didnt take that as an attack....who would?  Silly!  :lol:

I must know though....what does what I look like have ANYTHING to do with ANYTHING?  

[ This Message was edited by: Carmel on 2003-04-24 15:12 ]

[ This Message was edited by: Carmel on 2003-04-24 15:15 ]
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 24, 2003, 06:11:00 PM
So it's a date?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on April 24, 2003, 06:31:00 PM
Im not afraid of hell,  I have already been there.

Well, abush thankfully went back to my original post.
I spoke of goodwill lost between friends on this board.
I spoke of threatening behavior towards divergent opinions.
I spoke of the fact that a year ago people would admit smoking weed or whatever with a logged in name.
That trust was lost before I posted this last one.  Reading about ONE EX STRAIGHTLING RATTING OUT< OR THREATENING TO DO SO TO ANOTHER EX STRAIGHTLING for being pissed about something ELSE.....
Oh my f***ing god, we did THAT 22 years ago in my case. It made me sad. Sorry if stating the above items pissed anybody off.

I threw in the words "ragging the occasional religious fanatic"
This simple statement made a few people post multiple times that I am some kind of "anti-preacher"
Wrong.  I am a father with high morals, teaching my children as well as I can.  I reward excellence. I give my best to the broken people I help everyday at my job, and hold the hands of those I cannot help to save.
If that makes me a bad man to the zealots around here, so be it.
Bill
St Pete & Atlanta
12-80/12-82
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on April 24, 2003, 06:37:00 PM
BTW...
Mosta yall are cool...
ALex 'sup man
Carmel
ANTIGEN and God
clay and jeff and on and on.
Bill
ps  I have gotten private messages which I cannot open...
do I need to turn on everything or just java or Ax or what?  SYSGod?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 24, 2003, 06:52:00 PM
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On 2003-04-24 15:37:00, Tampa survivor wrote:

ps  I have gotten private messages which I cannot open...
do I need to turn on everything or just java or Ax or what?  SYSGod?
"


There is no JAVA or ActiveHex going on there

I took a look and found that you had (I have since fixed it) to have cookies enabled. I am assuming that you keep getting thrown back to the login prompt, even if you entered correct information to login.

It should be working fine now so if it still gives you a problem let me know.

BTW, there is very little Javascript within the forum. I used Javascript to insert the emotocons and choose your avatar (both of which can be done without the java for those that dont do javascript).  Other then that, the BBS by default uses cookies in order to remain logged, but if you don't doo cookies, you just have to enter uid/pwd when you post or attempt to look at/send  private mail.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 24, 2003, 07:09:00 PM
Is there a pecking order here?

"Levels" one must go through to become an "old member?" (as apposed to, "gold") ha ha ha ha...
 
Where the hell is everyone else now?

They got run off!

Nice job jerks! (you know who you are)

Why the hell would anyone even want to register.

Ruthless ass-holes.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: 85 Day Jerk on April 24, 2003, 07:49:00 PM
Maybe because they are all in a state of insulin shock from gobbling up all that Easter candy and chocolate bunnies while celebrating the ressurection of Jesus in the typical "heathen" fashion that is so prevalent today?

I also cannot believe this particular thread has gotten 77 hits.  Blindly following along a particular topic is the same way DISCO got a foothold in this sick and twisted land we call America, now that's something to think about.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Froderik on April 24, 2003, 08:08:00 PM
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I also cannot believe this particular thread has gotten 77 hits. Blindly following along a particular topic is the same way DISCO got a foothold in this sick and twisted land we call America, now that's something to think about."

Yeah, this thread gets four Z's from me...ZZZZ. I've popped in now and again to check it out, and all the religious debate is (yawn) kinda tiresome...of course this is coming from someone who posted as Satan on good Friday...(on the Yahoo board). Yes I agree, DISCO SUCKS, but Funk and Soul are another story entirely...(I guess that kinda goes w/out saying, doesn't it) (?) Eight pages...Jah-heez-ius Christ!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Antigen on April 24, 2003, 08:17:00 PM
Since everyone's posting to this and I don't want to be untrendy, I guess I should throw something in.

As regards religion, I don't profess any. I do use it for context, though, since I was raised Orthodox Presby with a heavy dose of Catholic culture on both sides of the family. What can I say, we are all products of our experience.

That said, I don't find religious arguments to be compelling proof or evidence of any fact. Saying something like "X is true because the Bible says _____" doesn't make a compelling argument. You might just as well say "X is true because I believe it.", which amounts to saying absolutely nothing. I already understood that you believed it the first time you said it.

 I do find religious discussion useful in understanding the context in which a discussion takes place. All of the religions that I know of focus on the same basic, cave-man realities of life on this planet as a human. I view them all as attempts to explain or describe or illustrate those realities. Nothing more and no less.

As for threatening legal action against each other, please don't. That's all I can say. I can't stop you if you're intent on doing that. But I can and will beg you not to engage in that kind of psyche violence. It's not nice and doesn't really help anyone at all that I can tell. In my opinion, force of law is about as bad, and sometimes worse, than killing force and should only be used in self defense and as a means of last resort. Just my opinion.

He that will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not, is a slave.
--William Drummond (1585-1640)

Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: METALGOD8 on April 25, 2003, 12:03:00 AM
So what do you god fearin folks think god was thinking when he created humans anyway? I would think that it was a noble idea at some point, but then again, according to the scriptures, the very first child was a murderer and had to have had an incest based relationship at least once to make Adam and Eve's grandkids right? This isn't the chicken and the egg is it?
I know, it's hard thinking about the reality of the situation here, but, according to the bible, ahem, I suppose we are all related by blood, some of which is probably boiling right now. :smokin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Antigen on April 25, 2003, 12:46:00 AM
If there's one thing I'm pretty sure of about the return of Christ, it's not that it hasn't happened or that it has or what the Anointed One would make of any creed or cause.

It is this. I don't think he's going to like the crosses everywhere. Think about it. Those had to be absolutely, without question, the worst three days of that mortal man's 33 years! How would you like it if, for example, you were mauled by a bear, barely survived, came out of a coma a couple thousand years later and everywhere you look people are cheering and screaming your name, brandishing pictures and jewelry and statues and all sorts of other reminders of you being mauled by a bear?!

Seriously, though, I don't think God was thinking about anything when people came to be or came to be self aware or came to apreciate the value of the written word and recorded history. I really don't think we're that big a deal. Dogs, now. Dogs are pretty cool. I have a year old pup who never spent a month with her pack. And yet, she has this compulsion to bury bones. I'm sure I didn't teach her that, so where'd she learn it?

Bible teachers used to tell me that the complexity and eloquence of the universe is proof of a sentient, concious and intelligent creator. But then, who created the creator? It's just as circular as anything else. I really think it all just happened, is still happening and we create gods to try and make sense of it all. But it's beyond our understanding and, therefore, not worth arguing about much less killing for.

If quitting drugs means joining the war on terrorism, does this portend the fire bombing of Amsterdamn ?

Felton Manifestation

Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on April 25, 2003, 09:52:00 AM
No thanks Abush...one was enough for me!  Im sorry if I came off wrong to you.  Indeed you did not refer to anyone in particular.....I interpreted it as a generalization, as I stated, and I took that badly.

Anyway, I dont want to give you reason to think that I have a problem with you, I just reacted to the idea of wanting to "egg things on". As you can see, I have some rabid individual tailing me around this board and at the very least sign of defensiveness I get a blizzard of personal insult hurled at me.  The words fanatic, zealot, and jesus freak have all been used on this thread...none of these by me, however, I seem to be the criminal around here! They can have it, but I have no beef with you.  Deal?   ::cheers::

 



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Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: chinrse23 on April 25, 2003, 12:49:00 PM
Oh NO!  This isn't going to turn into a PETA/vegetarian debate is it?
 :grin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 25, 2003, 02:49:00 PM
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On 2003-04-25 06:52:00, Carmel wrote:

"Anyway, I dont want to give you reason to think that I have a problem with you, I just reacted to the idea of wanting to "egg things on". As you can see, I have some rabid individual tailing me around this board and at the very least sign of defensiveness I get a blizzard of personal insult hurled at me.'





 You are not innocent of hurling insults little Miss Carmel,
That is the first thing you did to one girl when she came to these boards.(BTW this is not her) [Quote: "her views are fucked up, she's a communist" I can't believe no-one else has spoken out about it. But I guess I'm guilty of that too. I've been watching you do it. For a while you ?took a step back,? so you put it, even though I didn't notice much difference. Then you started hi-jacking every post that girl tried to make. Try to deny it. It is in the hard drive of this web-site. Read um. I?m amazed you didn?t drive her away. What amazes me the most about you is your entire ?crusade? was to defend an anon who?s views were about people like yourself. And Jesus.

 If something makes you sick to read, the respectable thing to do is to not comment, isn't that correct? You were "egging" In the FAVORITE THINGS post, (I mean please!) And insulting comments made in an apology post that you didn't belong in to begin with, ?bigmouse? I think it was. Not to mention others. So you DO egg. What the heck is your problem with that girl anyway? All I?ve seen her do to you is tell you to leave her alone each time you attack her. And she chose the words "fuck off," the last time, so what?
Tell me you?ve never told someone to fuck off that deserved it before? Harass someone until they break, then laugh at them for it. That is just super, where did you learn to do that from? What gives you the right to treat someone else with such disregard? I just don't get some people. Grow up already.

 Meanwhile, I have seen others come and go.  Arrive, get made fun of or not accepted, get put down, put off, attacked and they leave. I wonder about those people. What happens to these way wards when they disappear? The one?s YOU don?t seem to care about. I will admit, you are not the only one that does this on these boards. But I have not seen any other person take it to the extreme of tactlessness that you have. Nag. With the exception of what went on recently with Ms Bright. Not on the Straight board anyway. People who post here reaching out for help is common. Why don't you take the time to care? Instead if turning a blind eye or ripping on others who try to give positive or helpful feedback. Try reading all of BIGfrank?s posts sometime. The ENTIRE threads. Aren't we are all sensitive enough to embarrassment and humiliation? Are you really such an ice queen? I sincerely hope not.

There's no "rabid individual" here, just one guy that's sick of people that don't care who they step on or hurt to get where they want to be. Like I said, I would love to meet you. Prove me wrong.  

A 'not-so-silent' observer
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on April 25, 2003, 03:33:00 PM
hmmmm.....okay, taking into account your point of view...how about this.

How about I use phrases like ugly, bitch, twisted, psychotic, narcissistic, self absorbed?

How about I compare people to strippers, insult them with statements about their own children, use the words fuck off repeatedly.....shall I continue?

Would that be better?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 25, 2003, 03:44:00 PM
Taken out of context those may sound bad, but that is how you actually act. You miss the point completely.
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Post by: Anonymous on April 25, 2003, 04:01:00 PM
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On 2003-04-25 12:44:00, Anonymous wrote:

"Taken out of context those may sound bad, but that is how you actually act. You miss the point completely. "


Sometimes I :idea:  "Should I take and stick a dick in the Anon icon's mouth". For the most part, it would seem that it's just apropos.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on April 25, 2003, 04:06:00 PM
Please explain to me how bitch and psycho can be taken out of context to "actually sound bad".....I am intrigued.

You know, forget it, you think I am Satan..fine, thats great.  We are never going to agree on this.  The bottom line is, I dont talk to people like that, not here not in reality.  I do use diplomacy and I try to have as much tact as possible.  I do not make underhanded insults about people's children or the way they look.  Thats bottom feeder material....if you find that to be acceptable,  well then we have marked exactly where it is that you and I differ, and there is no reason to argue further.  I owe you proof of nothing, my exchanges on this board have never contained that kind of insult.  (Here is where you come back with the witty reply of what OTHER kind of insult I HAVE used).

My whole situation with Morli started because I stood up for someone who was just trying to be honest, they were cut down like no one I had ever seen be cut down before.  She went and deleted the post, obviously because she saw something wrong with it and then still proceeded to jump all over me about it. When she came back with her apology to Anon, I thought it was too much, and instead of calling her every name in the book and insulting her family...I made a sarcastic statement that reflected what I thought.  Sue me for thinking.  

If you dont like what I have to say, dont read it, take your own advice, I left Morli alone and she is still prodding me every now and then....go take it up with her if it matters.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 25, 2003, 04:32:00 PM
You are mistaken and still missing the point completely. You misunderstood that girl, and still do. How can you be so blind to the fact that it was you that started this with her in the first place? I believe some one has the right to delete their post. She did, AND apoligised, why relentlessly contine to harass with sarcasm and insults? You don't give a shit. That's why! That is sad. And you come across mean. You didn't care about a new person finding this board. You just want to be right. You are cold as ice.

Read Bigfrank's posts. The ENTIRE Threads.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 25, 2003, 05:26:00 PM
I think the point is not that it is okay to name call. I think the point is CARING enough to not act like a sarcastic "*****" in the first place. Because sarcasm hurts just as much as foul language does. People cuss when they get angry, it's not unheard of. But when people say things that hurt others and never look back or even think it was wrong to begin with, that is horrible isn't it? Why is that okay?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 25, 2003, 05:30:00 PM
You know what you two need? The forgiveness and love of Jesus!

 :grin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: 85 Day Jerk on April 25, 2003, 05:56:00 PM
I don't care if it rains or freezes,
long as I got my plastic Jesus,
sitting on the dashboard of my car.

Comes in colors pink and pleasant,
glows in the dark, cuz it's irridescent,
carry one for when you travel far.

Get yourself a sweet Madonna,
comes with rhinestones sitting onna
pedestal of abalone shell.
Going ninety I aint scary,
cuz I've got the Virgin Mary,
assurin' me that I won't go to hell............
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ehm on April 25, 2003, 06:20:00 PM
I have tried to explain that the post you keep mentioning was not written by me. I still apologised for my own post and admitted what it said in the apology. I did not insult your children, I insulted you. That was however, after you insulted me mind you, in a thread that wasto the anon anyway. At that point you had been "prodding" me for almost two months. I did not call you a "stripper" or say anything about the way your children look. I did not call you psychotic. I said, "the F word" and used the word bitch to address you. I was fed up.Sue me.  You were picking on me! You think that is okay to do? What is your problem with me? I found this place and boom! You're on me. Why? What did I do to you? I over reacted and apologized. (No-one else got raked over the coals for their comments to the anon.) You make fun of me with sarcasm, and ridicule and I'm just supposed to take it or ignore it? You seem to try to provoke a response from me. I don't want to fight. I've said that before. I don't. So what is it that is your problem with me? You don't know me. Maybe we would realize we have things in common if given a chance. I don't fight with my girlfriends ever. That is absolutely wrong! Jonathan and I have had some bad arguments, but we always end up talking and working them out and are closer for it. Stop treating me like I don't matter. Everyone matters. There is no reason in the world we should be enemies. Truce? I'm serious, this is ridiculous isn't it? Wouldn't it be nicer if we got along?
Morli
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Antigen on April 25, 2003, 06:49:00 PM
One night, Sysadmin and I went down to the Ft. Lauderdale strip with a friend of his. Once we were out of money, about 10 minutes, and we'd already walked the beach and laughed at the naked drunk people, it got a little boring. So we decided to take a walk down the sidewalk before getting back to the car and starting home.

Well my darling boyfriend, love of my life, apple of my eye and eventual husband, thought he'd have a little fun. So he puts himself between and behind me and his friend, waits for just the right moment when a good lookin' chick is walking the other way escorted by a tough lookin' guy. He reaches out around our ever so trusting and long-suffering friend and grabs the girl's ass.

 :rofl:  Maybe you had to be there. Maybe you had to be a little drunk, too. I don't think it would have been so funny if the guy had actually hurt our ever so clueless and frightened friend. But, as it turned out, Sysadmin and I were the only ones who know wtf was going on and no one was actually hurt, so it was funny. Well, the other guy didn't think so....

for nothing can keep it right but their own vigilant and distrustful superintendence.

--Thomas Jefferson

Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 25, 2003, 10:44:00 PM
Look the same to me, the Anonymous who is pretending to not be Morli. The Morli who continues to misspell apologize. Look to be the same to me.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 26, 2003, 03:37:00 AM
Quote

On 2003-04-25 13:06:00, Carmel wrote:

"Please explain to me how bitch and psycho can be taken out of context to "actually sound bad"...I am intrigued. You know, forget it, you think I am Satan. Fine, that?s great.  We are never going to agree on this.  

I am intrigued. You know, forget it, you think I am Satan. Fine,


Woooow Carmel.

I've been away a little time so I took a look.


Holy Fucking Shit people, CHILL. All of you go take a trip.  

LEAVE EACH OTHER ALONE.

Take care of the wounded.

STOP THE CAOUS.

Brothers & Sisters?

Yes we are.


CHILL::bigsmilebounce::
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on April 26, 2003, 08:00:00 PM
Not anymore, she fixed that.

I am out of this conversation.  Please drop the poor me act.   You talk like I go after you so much, all the while backhanding me anonymously.  At least I own what I say.  I have left you alone and you continue to pull this stealthy little act, just ignore me if you want me to "fuck off".

Until shown otherwise, I assume that all of the anon stuff is from the same person, and the duplicity is quite transparent.

I dont owe anyone proof of anything, especially if they have to hide.  I dont need anyone to make ME feel like I "matter".  This is a message board, a place to express thoughts and feelings, not  a place to gauge self-worth.

Now anyone else can feel free to dog me about how Morli was so gracious to offer truce and grant forgiveness to the Ice Queen, and I stayed true to form.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 26, 2003, 08:21:00 PM
Carmel wrote:
Quote
"Please explain to me how bitch and psycho can be taken out of context"


When you act like such  a ______ for as long as you have, people start to think,"______."



And no those were not Morli.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Antigen on April 26, 2003, 09:32:00 PM
Look, you don't know who Anonymous is. There are literally hundreds of different posts under the Anonymous username from different IP addresses that resolve to hosts all over the country and even, sometimes, outside the country. You may be very convinced and sure enough to bet the house on it, but you don't know who posted any anonymous message. You can assume or even believe with all your heart that all a certin anonymous post was written by a particular person. But that won't make it so.

I have somewhat of an advantage here. At least I can see the IP address of a post and make an educated guess. I'll tell you this much. More than half the time that people have accused one or another of authoring an anon post, they've been wrong.

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary,
categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.

--Abbie Hoffman

Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: METALGOD8 on April 26, 2003, 10:09:00 PM
Weeel, I know we aint all perfect out here in cyberspace or anywhere else for that matter. The last couple months is proof of that. But, I will say that I can appreciate what both of these people say, Morli and Carmel, that is... many times in posts etc...
Morli made a helluva T-Shirt that I proudly wear when I go out socializing or runnin errands. It has a picture of a hand flippin a bird on the front and "motivate this" under it, and straight inc survivor on the back. Thank you Morli, it would be nice if all of us wore one,  :smokin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 27, 2003, 12:15:00 AM
Well, I have been walkin' this earth for a great many years now, and I a full repertoire of insults, and from what I have seen here, not all of them have been used. So I say, "Let the barbs, insults, and degradation continue until there is noting new left to say".

Hell, at least it's better then beating each others brains out right (unless we all had webcams could get the two of ya into pool of mud :eek: )? Besides, where else can the rest of us get such great entertainment, Reality TV is just to contrived and censored for me.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 27, 2003, 02:21:00 AM
I'm the IP man, stop me when I'm passin by,
I'm the IP man, I don't even have to lie...
I got all the numbers, come on give me a try,
I'm the IP man, ask me if you wanna know why,  cuz I'm eee yee yeee yeee yeee eeetin a slice of your pie...
 :rofl:
hey sys, bet you never heard that one b4
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 27, 2003, 12:51:00 PM
I'm IP as your ISP as you are me
and we all ping together
See their machine see how they ping
see what they hide
I'm pryin'

Sitting in the backorifice
waiting for the files to come
Statepenn T-shirt, stupid kiddy porn
Man you've been a naughty boy
you left your ports wide open

I am the hackman
you are my targets
I'll send the virus
gaa gaa g' hack
gaa gaa g' hack
g' hack
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 28, 2003, 06:39:00 AM
Many days ago metalgod8 asked some questions. Here are the answers.

First, the very first child was not a murderer. We know that because Cain was worried that "any finding" him would "slay" him. Cain & Abel were mentioned first because it was the first murder.

Incest, yes, I suppose, although Adam & Eve were only related by a rib, but yes, that's how they populated the earth.

We are supposed to coexist peacefully without evil through LOVE. God is love. Yes, it is the hardest thing to do, especially when you've been altered in a POW camp for children, but it is possible.

The "earliest ones" were not violent, perverted, or devious. Eve was deceived by the Evil One, Satan. Before that she was designed to live forever. That's why God sealed the Tree of Life, lest they eat of that too and have no way out of the pit they put themselves into. God gave them only one rule in the garden and they screwed up. But they weren't the things you say they were. They were tempted by something as stupid as a piece of fruit. And Satan to this day still beguiles us with our physical appetites.

Noah did not save us all. He did, however, begin God's idea of blood-atonement and set the stage for Jesus to become the sacrificial lamb by obeying God and sacrificing animals. Incidentally, that is when they claim the animals began to eat one another and no longer communed with man, although I suspect after the garden incident they broke away from man. But hey, that's something to look up on your own and come to your own conclusions about.

The carpenter that you mentioned was the creative force that said, "Let there be light" when the world was created. I believe he will return because he rose from the grave. I know what I know because he revealled it to me. Read the Bible. Find out for yourself.

If you ask for wisdom before you read, you won't get confused. And hey, don't start with Revelation, which, yes, is full of ambiguity and metaphor. Start with one of the gospels or Corinthians or Romans or Hebrews. These all speak of love and interacting with others and how to walk by faith and love. These will show you how to be different.

But, as always, I will be praying for you.

In all your getting, get understanding. (That's in the Bible).

I hope my answers have helped you.  :smokin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on April 28, 2003, 11:14:00 AM
Quote
On 2003-04-28 03:39:00, Anonymous wrote:

"Many days ago metalgod8 asked some questions. Here are the answers."


Once again, The self righteous shows that they are so self absorbed within their religion they do not seem to reconise a rhetorical question. Instead they go on and on with yet another Bible lesson.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: METALGOD8 on April 28, 2003, 11:29:00 AM
who was adam and eve's daughter and who conceived her? Or did god pull some ribs for them somewhere else? Now, how would ANYBODY even know how all this started? Was there a piece of paper left by god that stated all these as some sort of hint as to what happened? I believe that cameras didnt come around till the 1800's.
Incest is what it means when a blood relative makes woopie, like what had to have happened in order to continue the human population based on the bible's ideas that life started with adam and eve and thats it, nothing else! DAMN! That is sick if you ask me, I dont have to be a former pow of any drug warriors to understand that! How can you justify that? That has nothing to do with a rib, it's common sense. That is the book of genesis, not revelations.
I suppose god's plan was that those WTC, PA and Pentagon people needed to die that day too, what the hell was he thinking then? Personally I think he was out to lunch or on vacation, or not even around for that matter.
There is too much to pick apart, disseminate, debate, etc to justify any more of my time on this particular subject at this point, maybe later though.
 I will leave it at where we can all believe whatever we want. Whatever floats our boats, etc etc... I help others whenever I can, and save animals too. Me and my wife and kids relocated a possum, EEEEEWWWWW last winter, trapped it in a moving blanket, drove 2 miles away and let it go. Most humans would run from it, the rest would have shot it or something. This does not make me some religious follower. I like being kind to others, ::hehehmm:: :smokin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2003, 02:34:00 AM
>Incest is what it means when a blood relative makes woopie, like what had to have happened in order to continue the human population based on the bible's ideas that life started with adam and eve and thats it, nothing else! DAMN! That is sick if you ask me, I dont have to be a former pow of any drug warriors to understand that! How can you justify that? That has nothing to do with a rib, it's common sense. That is the book of genesis, not revelations.
<


I guess we evolved.  That makes sense now.  YOU'RE the spook monkey.  And I'm the fucking Gorilla. That fucked your moma.  Who was my Niece. What does that make you?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: METALGOD8 on May 28, 2003, 03:33:00 AM
Logically, I believe it would make me whatever you would think it is.

MG8 :smokin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on May 28, 2003, 10:21:00 PM
Can I get a Darwin Fish as an avitar???
Bill
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Froderik on May 28, 2003, 10:26:00 PM
How about one with 3 eyes? :rofl:
 - A mutant, get it?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on May 28, 2003, 11:03:00 PM
That was me...
Oh, BTFW, I think my family line began with an incestuous amoeba fucking himself to pieces in the primordial goop.  
Well, at least that gives me more time to have evolved, eh?
The funniest pile'o shit is that people BELIEVE Genesis.  Uh, some even still propose Moses and Noah were hundreds of years old when they hit the bigtime, and earth is 6 thousand years old.  
Hmmm.  
I need those live-to-500 pills those old Jews were eatin'.
Love ya guys!!!


[ This Message was edited by: Tampa survivor on 2003-05-28 20:04 ]
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on May 31, 2003, 11:33:00 AM
Oh, Bill, I couldn't resist!

Here's one for you and Sysgod too, for I know you will both appreciate this:  :silly: .

But just you wait. One day you'll see it happen! And you'll remember me and that I predicted it would occur. Only I didn't predict it, but rather, am just repeating what a prophet foretold thousands of years ago.

Because the Jesus you loathe hearing about will have just completed the very thing you now want Him to do: He will have removed Himself and those who trusted in Him from YOUR world completely!

Just imagine, a world without me!  :cool:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on May 31, 2003, 12:11:00 PM
You are SO rude. Whether these are your beliefs or not. You can't even argue religion in an intelligent manner? It's such a crime/joke to have idiots like you preaching scripture. It's people like YOU that turn others off to religion or God. Learn how to teach, not condom. You're going by the Bible? What religion? You are just as brainwashed as a Straightling. The only difference is that now, you live your life in fear of God instead of Straight. You are not capable of thinking for yourself? Everything that you preach of your God can be applied to life without needing to fear eternal damnation. Learn to teach. Otherwise, you just sound like someone spouting off a bunch of hot air. Oh yeah, and you think that "non-believers" are SUPPOSED to say that right? Just like every difference of opinion in Straight was considered  a "Druggie" one right?
Get a life. Not an afterlife, try for a REAL one first.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: mithygato on May 31, 2003, 07:06:00 PM
Wayeast,

That is one of the best responses I've seen.
Well written.

That Powerful Attitude is a nutcase, and needs mental health NOW :???:  :???:  :???: .
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on May 31, 2003, 09:10:00 PM
Quote
On 2003-05-31 09:11:00, Anonymous wrote:

"You are SO rude. Whether these are your beliefs or not. You can't even argue religion in an intelligent manner? It's such a crime/joke to have idiots like you preaching scripture. It's people like YOU that turn others off to religion or God. Learn how to teach, not condom. You're going by the Bible? What religion? You are just as brainwashed as a Straightling. The only difference is that now, you live your life in fear of God instead of Straight. You are not capable of thinking for yourself? Everything that you preach of your God can be applied to life without needing to fear eternal damnation. Learn to teach. Otherwise, you just sound like someone spouting off a bunch of hot air. Oh yeah, and you think that "non-believers" are SUPPOSED to say that right? Just like every difference of opinion in Straight was considered  a "Druggie" one right?

Get a life. Not an afterlife, try for a REAL one first.

OOPS
Condem not Condom!
That's what I get for being an anon!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Froderik on May 31, 2003, 10:59:00 PM
Yeah, noticed that error last night. Didn't bother to goof on it. So that's what I'm doing now.

Cheers, Mr./Miss Anon y muss... :wstupid:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on May 31, 2003, 11:14:00 PM
sank u!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on May 31, 2003, 11:24:00 PM
I pity you spouters of religious fear.  My father-out-law (X's dad) is a Baptist minister, runs a 200 year old church in Virginia.  I have had so many wise, insightful conversations with him on the subject of religeon.  He believes.  I can feel it in his words, softly spoken with power and humility.  The comments about teachers versus ranters were so true.  True men of God don't need to slam others, as the peace they feel comes from love of a good thing, not fear of retribution.
Oh, you wish you made my blood boil.  I laugh at you, and fear only for any children you may have influence over.
My blood boils at coercion.
My blood sometimes boils over ignorance.
I rage over nothing.  It serves no purpose.
Powerful atitude and those like him are lost humans, raging on and on that we won't believe like them.  Sad they need that confirmation.
A respected minister with poise, conviction, and a gentle ability to hear others and find common ground much more closely represents Christianity to me.
And he laughs about the old testament stuff too!!
Can't be TOO literal with a text written by men, translated by men, and probably embellished for effect.
His point:  the messages are Powerfull enough to not need an Attitude.
Bill
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: mithygato on June 01, 2003, 01:10:00 PM
Powerful Attitude I pity you.
You are a self-proclaimed prophet, Huh?
Good luck with that bud.

I don't know what Spiritual Fornication is, but I do know that you're a certified nutcase.

Go someplace else - this place is for people who suffered emotional and physical torment thanks to people like you I'm sure.

NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE!
Go spew your frightening dogma someplace else. :wstupid:  :wstupid:  :wstupid:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: mithygato on June 01, 2003, 01:10:00 PM
Powerful Attitude I pity you.
You are a self-proclaimed prophet, Huh?
Good luck with that bud.

I don't know what Spiritual Fornication is, but I do know that you're a certified nutcase.

Go someplace else - this place is for people who suffered emotional and physical torment thanks to people like you I'm sure.

NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE!
Go spew your frightening dogma someplace else. :wstupid:  :wstupid:  :wstupid:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on June 12, 2003, 01:09:00 AM
"Powerful Attitude I pity you."

 "I do know that you're a certified nutcase."

"Go someplace else - this place is for people who suffered emotional and physical torment thanks to people like you I'm sure.

NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE!"

How kind of you, friend.  I did not realize that healing was only for some and not others.  I suppose only survivors that agree with you are welcome?  It seems as though Powerful Attitude sparked some serious conversation that got a lot of people talking.  We all heal in different ways and see things in different ways.  I suppose Powerful Attitude DESERVED Straight, right?  Since you are ready with the diagnosis, you sound certain that in his lifetime, he did not undergo any emotional and physical torment like the rest of the survivors here, right?  Amazing that a guy that hasn't even posted since mid-April is still stirring so many things up for you all.  Maybe he actually had something interesting to say after all.  :question:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: richardbradbury on June 13, 2003, 09:58:00 PM
I have read your post and would like to speak to you.  You may contact me directly at [email protected], thank you Rich
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on June 17, 2003, 10:02:00 PM
Hey Rich,
ya talkin' to me?  I ignored this post, thought it had died, but it keeps coming back.  Im at [email protected]
Bill
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on July 02, 2003, 02:56:00 AM
Quote
On 2003-06-01 10:10:00, mithygato wrote:

"Powerful Attitude I pity you.

You are a self-proclaimed prophet, Huh?

Good luck with that bud.



I don't know what Spiritual Fornication is, but I do know that you're a certified nutcase.



Go someplace else - this place is for people who suffered emotional and physical torment thanks to people like you I'm sure.



NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE!

Go spew your frightening dogma someplace else. :wstupid:  :wstupid:  :wstupid: "



YOU'RE LUCKY TO EVEN BEEN TALKED TO, PUNK, YOU ARE THE BOY, DON'T GET CONFUSED. TALK YOUR SHIT AND ONE DAY YOU WILL BE MINE. HOW DEVINE, NOW YOU'RE MINE. PLAY WITH THOSE YOU DON'T KNOW. STUPID AS SHE GOES, NOBODY CAN STAND THAT CRIME.
PLAYING THOSE TAPES AND I'M SEEING YOUR DISQUISE.  BEEN AWAY FOR A LITTLE TIME, LUCKY FOR YOU TO BE HERE ALL THIS TIME, DESPISE YOUR KIND. A LITTLE HERE AND A LITTLE THERE, TRYING TO SURVIVE. TELLING A STORY FOR ALL THOSE PITTYING LIES. YOU LACK WHAT YOU STOLE BOY. DON'T ACT LIKE ME, I GET THE JOY OF LAUGHING AT THE. IF I FIND WHAT I THINK I WILL, I'LL BE SEEING YOU. NOT TO FAR AWAY. I'M COMING YOUR WAY. BUT FOR NOW I'M WATCHING THAT TAPE FUCKING YOU ALL UP. CAN'T TRIP ME I'V BEEN WATCHING YOU PLAY. SKIP ALONG NOW SON IT'S YOUR TIME IN THIS GAME. PLAY PLAY PLAY. CAN YOU FEEL IT. IT MIGHT BE COMING YOUR WAY.  I WILL WATCH FOR NOW AS YOU SKIP AND PLAY. WATCH YOUR STEP, MIGHT SEE YA ONE DAY.  SURE WOULD HATE TO FEEL ALL THAT SHAME, I'D JUST HAVE TO ROLL THAT TAPE.

YOUR CAUSE WAS LOST. SHOW ME SOME BALLS.  Hey,  and fuck you too Tampa Ass Bitch.  Come and play.  I BELIEVE and I ain?t looking to save. Just want to play.  I haven?t even looked at this place for three months and that?s all you got to say.  You?re not even a challenge.. So I will wait three more.  Just so you can practice your game.  


P.A.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ClayL on July 02, 2003, 09:14:00 AM
Hey PA

Two words...

Grow Up!

CL

Ginger - Can we Please lock this topic? Pleeeeease!? I promise I'll be good! -CL
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on July 02, 2003, 10:10:00 AM
WOW.

Four words to you P.A....What would Jesus do?

Im pretty sure it resembles NOTHNG like that.  

This thing is so old...however, I re-read your initial posts, and taking into account your firm belief in Christ.....well, here is a perfect example of why I get creeped out when I deal with religious people.  One day its all love and forgiveness, the next its all hate and anger.  I am certain that this perception of mine speaks for itself in this thread.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on July 02, 2003, 02:25:00 PM
I still think you're schizophrenic PA, I really do. This was never said before to be a jab, I was serious. I know, I put it in the wrong thread, but I meant it. My husband is a psychiatrist. I should know after 12 years how to spot this mental disorder. Please look into getting some help. You sound very unhappy.


What are its symptoms?

Schizophrenia is characterized by a constellation of distinctive and predictable symptoms. The symptoms that are most commonly associated with the disease are called positive symptoms, that denote the presence of grossly abnormal behavior. These include thought disorder, delusions, and hallucinations. Thought disorder is the diminished ability to think clearly and logically. Often it is manifested by disconnected and nonsensical language that renders the person with schizophrenia incapable of participating in conversation, contributing to his alienation from his family, friends, and society. Delusions are common among individuals with schizophrenia. An affected person may believe that he is being conspired against (called "paranoid delusion"). "Broadcasting" describes a type of delusion in which the individual with this illness believes that his thoughts can be heard by others. *Hallucinations can be heard, seen, or even felt; most often they take the form of voices heard only by the afflicted person. Such voices may describe the person's actions, warn him of danger or tell him what to do. At times the individual may hear several voices carrying on a conversation. Less obvious than the "positive symptoms" but equally serious are the deficit or negative symptoms that represent the absence of normal behavior. These include flat or blunted affect (i.e. lack of emotional expression), apathy, and social withdrawal).

*Like the box that was talking to you?

Taken from:
http://www.schizophrenia.com/newsletter ... intro.html (http://www.schizophrenia.com/newsletter/buckets/family/schizintro.html)

Best wishes.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: mcadaret on July 02, 2003, 06:14:00 PM
Ginger,

Clay has a great idea.

Lock this topic. We are beating a dead horse.

My selfish motivation - this topic makes many Christians look horrible by association. I am greatly pained by PA's rants in the name of God. I am also greatly pained by the response PA's rants have recieved - as if PA speaks for Christians when he rages the way he does.

I know many here are skeptical/suspicious (those are kind adjectives) towards Christians. There are those who say that we are incapable of free thought(as I have been told on this forum, bluntly - "mindless followers" I think was the moniker given). There are those who see Christians as judgmental and hateful. I can't argue with this - some are - but certainly not all.

So often these conversations are ones I make an absolute effort to avoid, because no one here is going to take my faith seriously. Not to sound like a wimp - they hurt me because the insults directed at Christians are directed AT ME by association. I have never proselytized on this forum, nor will I. That's not why I read and (occasionaly) post. I'm here because I spent 18 months getting the shit kicked out of me in a stupid blue chair, all the while being taught how to hate myself. But I am a Christian - IS THAT FUCKING OKAY WITH YOU PEOPLE. YOU GIVE CHRISTIANS SO MUCH SHIT ABOUT BEING HATEFUL AND JUDGMENTAL- HOW ABOUT YOU ALL FUCKING THINKING ABOUT THE UGLY JUDGMENTAL SHIT YOU SPEW ALL OVER CHRISTIANS - EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER SAID A CONDEMNING THING TO/ABOUT ANY OF YOU.

AAIIGGHH!!!!

Please Ginger, lock this topic - I hate losing my temper.

your brother (though none of you fucking believe that because I'm A CHRISTIAN),
Michael    

Age is mind over matter. If you don't mind...it doesn't matter!
--  Chuck Gauran

Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on July 02, 2003, 06:30:00 PM
And stifling something does not fix it, somethings it makes it worse...SOMETIMES PEOPLE GO INSANE BECAUSE OF IT!!!!!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: mithygato on July 02, 2003, 09:20:00 PM
Here we go again,

 ::argue::

"A piece of knowledge is never false of true - but only more or less biologically and evolutionly useful.  All dogmatic creeds are approximations:  these approximations form a humus from which better approximations grow."
- Ernst Mach
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Powerful Attitude on July 25, 2003, 02:10:00 AM
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On 2003-07-02 11:25:00, Anonymous wrote:

"I still think you're schizophrenic PA, I really do. This was never said before to be a jab, I was serious. I know, I put it in the wrong thread, but I meant it. My husband is a psychiatrist. I should know after 12 years how to spot this mental disorder. Please look into getting some help. You sound very unhappy. :scared:


I'M CURED; GOSH WITHOUT THIS I WOULD HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LIGHT.  I'M SO GLAD YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR TWELVE YR'S I JUST KNEW YOU WERE RIGHT. IM SO THANKFUL, YA'LL REALLY HURT, PLEASE STOP, I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE, NO, PLEASE, THE TRUTH IS UNBEARABLE, DON'T EXPOSE ME, I'M SCARED.
LOVE YA!

I SEE THE CULT STILL LIVES ON, ALL IN YOUR MINDS, ALL IN YOUR HOMES, ALL WITHIN YOUR FINGERTIPS, ALL DOCTORS, ALL ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY, STICKING TOGETHER TO CONSOLE THOSE COMING IN OFF THE STREETS, WE WERE ONCE LIKE THAT, WE KNOW, WE CAN SHOW YOU, THE STRAIGHT WAY, IT'S A WAY OF LIFE.

JUST A THOUGHT, YA'LL HAVE FUN BUT PLEASE LEAVE ME BE. I CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH,  NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, "STRAIGHT LIVES ON".


LOVE YA........PA
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on July 25, 2003, 03:53:00 AM
Regardless of our experiences, or rather because of them, it is pertinent that we maintain self-control. This forum works better when it is focused on it's purpose. It cannot unify around another purpose. I understand PA, what you said about the fourth dimension. I've read Cho's book years ago. So, I know where you are coming from and that you are not crazy. But rather than stirring up a hornets'nest and upsetting people here with the "I'm right, and you're wrong" powerful attitude, try to recognize that it's not about proving that you are "right". If you know people here won't believe when you preach Jesus to them, then why are you preaching Jesus to them?

I guess what I am saying is, what you are doing is offensive to some. Jesus is a gentleman. He never forces Himself onto people with threats and intimidation. He draws them by love. So, by acting in agreement with I Cor 13, you will go much farther than preaching "the bad news". Perhaps you feel called to preach about hell, but I remind you that it was the Pharisees who got the most preaching about that. The Pharisees are not here. You will find them in churches.

Use a little common sense. The people here have been through Straight, a psedo-religious cult, and have little patience with anyone telling them what to do about anything. If you really want to reach people for God. Love them. Love never fails. People like the love. I don't agree with the atheist's views here. But I'm not distraught, dismayed, disgusted, disoriented, disturbed, disemboweled or dismal, because they are everywhere. There may be people here who are genuinely hostile to you simply because you are a Christian, well you signed up for a little hostility (whether you knew it or not) when you found God (He doesn't always tell us up front, but it's in the Bible).

So, you can try the wise approach of love, or you can go off on people here because of their unbelief and get clobbered in return. The choice is yours. But to go back to my original point, this forum is not set up as a place for religious discussions. There may be more appropriate forums where people want to discuss this stuff. But if they don't hear here, then move on to where do people DO want to hear what you have to say. But if you are wanting to grieve people who don't currently believe the way you do...then I don't know what to tell you, because that's not right or cool. I am not trying to "tell you what to do". I am not your conscience. These are suggestions and I hope you will prayerfully consider what I tell you.

Now, for my benevolent benediction, memorized from my old catholic schoolboy days. "The mass has ended, go in peace to love and to serve your Lord, (and all the people said "Thanks be to God!" (Then the patter of running footsteps to get the best doughnuts in the hayouuuse).

And look, mom, no cussing.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Antigen on July 25, 2003, 07:11:00 AM
I didn't realize this thread was 14 pages long???. Even though I have it set as a 'watched' thread, because I must have posted to it at one point, I hadn't read it lately.

Folks, I haven't been in the business of telling anyone what they may or may not or even what they should or should not talk about in over 20 years. I quit that gig with finality and have not regretted it for a moment since.

The only types of communication that I discourage in these forums are spam, flooding and anything inconsistant with my cop-free lifestyle.

The one thing I know for sure about Jesus is that he hasn't been saying much of anything for right about 2000 years, give or take, depending on which chronology you believe. He didn't write a single page of the New Testament, the authors of the Gospels can't all be right because their stories don'g jive and there's serious contention over whether or not Paul was a complete scammer; dining out as an apostle but having never actually met the radical, rebellious and controversial anointed one in question.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, can possibly speak from a position of authority on what Jesus said or did or wanted or thought. Therefore, it's not worth fighting about. You'll never have proof one way or another till you're beyond gloating.


That which does not kill you can make you stronger, but I really never needed to be this strong.



Scott Wagner

Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: 2dogs on July 25, 2003, 11:21:00 AM
How cool would it be if there was just a few seconds of life after death just so all the dip-shits could have that moment of realization that all the years they spent torturing themselves was meaningless and now it is time to fertilize some dirt.  Jesus was a pretty cool guy , and I aspire to be like him, but he was only a man and his mama fooled around and ol' Joey bought her bullshit because he was in denile. No one really wants there old lady stoned to death for cheating , they just want it to go away and what better way than to let all those kooky old prophets have there little gig. Poor old board cuttin' saw-dust -in-his-sandles Joe. He never saw how many millions and millions would suffer and be murdered in order to keep the faith. He must have really loved ol' Mary. It's good for him that there is no God or heaven to look down from and see the devistating toll the Joke has taken. What if this is it? This is all you get? Are you in heaven or hell? I am God but I would piss on your prayers if I knew where to aim. But I listen to my own prayers and since I am God I pretty much anwser them. As long as they aren't too lame or of course impossible.  Take the leap and free your self.  And then repent as you are dying just in case....2dog(ma)s
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2003, 05:54:00 AM
It doesn't really bother me that people write off the Bible, saying it cannot be inspired, or if they say things like no one can have any authoritative understanding about God. Because what is at work in such statements is usually fear. People are afraid that He MIGHT be real and that we MIGHT have to give an account for our lives at some point and so they develop protective barriers against the most wonderful person in the whole world.

To say of the apostle Paul, for example, that he was somewhat phony because he didn't actually rub elbows with Jesus while he walked earth in a human body is absurd. Anyone who is willing to die a martyr's death preaching that Jesus, the Messiah, rose from the dead has credibility in my book. All of the "apostles of the Lamb" died a martyr's death (except Judas) and John who was reportedly dumped in scalding hot oil and wouldn't burn. These testified to the fact that Jesus did indeed rise from the dead and loved not their own lives even unto death. Even the secular records of history record the miracle working Jesus, and mention that many people saw him after his death.

But such "proof" is irrelevant to anyone who doesn't want to believe, to obey Jesus.

I trust Him. I know what He has done for me. All He does is good. I know Him very well and He knows me. Just because you don't know Him, or choose not to know Him, does not mean I therefore can't know Him. He is quite knowable, if you would know it.

And if "organized" Christianity ceases to be potent in society, the grassroots Christians who are outside that system will flourish due to the lack of the self-imposed rules and burdens of that system.

Indeed, there are all sorts of problems in the churches. The people in churches often act the same way that everyone else does. They commit the same sins. The "church" is probably a "remnant" or a cross-section of people who go to buildings on Sundays, called "churches", so you can't always look to the present structure. I think the structure IS often the problem. Most Christians balk at that and won't agree because of a hardline "you gotta be in submission, brother".

Faith is a matter of trust. But human beings don't trust God up front. They almost persistently don't trust Him. I'm talking about people who are Christians also. They don't really trust Him, because they think He's out to "get them". They forget that we are "easy to get" if we needed to be "gotten" and that if "getting us" or harming us was what He wanted, He would have done it a long time ago and zapped us and gotten it over with.

Faith is a loving relationship with God. We can make "faith" a "tool" for getting stuff we want, or view faith as our own ability to "consider it done". But faith is a revelation of God's love for us. It is an experience of the heart foundationally. Until you have the experience of faith, faith is a foreign concept. You may think of "faith" in terms of agreement with doctrinal systems. You could quote Hebrews: "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen", but until you have a faith experience with God, you are clueless as to what that all means.

Now to tie it all in: Straight taught us that our worth came from our behavior. It was up to us to "be good" to "earn talk" etc. What we learned there and internalized was that we were were unworthy until we behaved. A standard of behavior, based on the fear of punishment, became the quest. This has made most of us very insecure. It made me very insecure at one moment, overconfident at the next. Love was to be earned for us, never freely given to us. Now we are broken people, trying to put the pieces of lives back together. Is not a correct view of God at this point of our lives crucial to our emotional well beings?  

Some of us need answers that lie beyond reasoning and human sympathy. I know I do. Criticize me if you want. I don't care. It is the truth.

We are suspicious. About everybody. Even God is up to no good in our demented minds. (There's just something about that Jesus being all bright and shiny and happy. He's got to have an alterior motive for all that light of His!)Perhaps the good news is hard to believe because it is "too good to be true?" Perhaps abandonment issues surface whenever we hear about Jesus. Just food for thought.

P.S. Please don't kill me. Thank you.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: wayeast on July 27, 2003, 02:16:00 AM
"It doesn't really bother me that people write off the Bible, saying it cannot be inspired, or if they say things like no one can have any authoritative understanding about God. Because what is at work in such statements is usually fear."

Who's really afraid here, buddy?  Those of us who've actually read and studied the Bible or you?

"Anyone who is willing to die a martyr's death preaching that Jesus, the Messiah, rose from the dead has credibility in my book."

The Branch Davidians would LOVE you. They died martyrs' deaths, too. As did the Nike fans at Heaven's Gate, the inhabitants of Jonestown, the folks at Ruby Ridge, the 9/11 attackers, the Hamas suide bombers, the PLO, the and those gentle folks in Uganda a couple years ago.  You're right: anyone willing to die for their beliefs HAS to be right.

"All of the "apostles of the Lamb" died a martyr's death (except Judas) and John who was reportedly dumped in scalding hot oil and wouldn't burn. These testified to the fact that Jesus did indeed rise from the dead and loved not their own lives even unto death. Even the secular records of history record the miracle working Jesus, and mention that many people saw him after his death"

No, actually, the only "secular" reference to Jesus was an obscure and meaningless mention by Josephus. Otherwise, there's no evidence he even existed.  The only references we have to the deaths of the "saints" was from those whose power be increased if there was "evidence" that Jesus was God. Where are you getting this stuff? From "Evidence That Demands a Verdict?"

"Some of us need answers that lie beyond reasoning and human sympathy. I know I do. Criticize me if you want. I don't care. It is the truth."

Once again we see the "heads I win, tails you're spiritually deceived" approach to faith.  If we point out your flawed logic, you're right because we're "rebelling against God."  If we agree with you, that's God's grace at work.

"We are suspicious. About everybody. Even God is up to no good in our demented minds."

Sorry, but this has nothing to do with God. It has to do with Evangelical Christianity. Evangelical Christians HAVE to believe that disagreement with them is disagreement with god, and the rest of us are wrong until we hand you a certificate, written in Jehovah's handwriting, saying He doesn't exist.

"P.S. Please don't kill me. Thank you."

Bless you child. Poor thing. Poor persecuted Christian. Tom Delay, Bill Pryor, Roy Moore, and Pat Robertson will salute you in your courageous stand for the faith. Maybe James Dobson will even have you on his radio show.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ehm on July 28, 2003, 11:54:00 PM
:???:

(what would joan jett do?)
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Froderik on July 29, 2003, 10:48:00 AM
She'd probably sentence him (Tom Delay) to be pilloried for 30 days in the Castro district of San Francisco...  :lol: Good enough?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ehm on July 29, 2003, 12:37:00 PM
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On 2003-07-29 07:48:00, Froderik13 wrote:

"She'd probably sentence him (Tom Delay) to be pilloried for 30 days in the Castro district of San Francisco...  ::boohoo:: )
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Antigen on July 29, 2003, 02:53:00 PM
But the really burning question is this; what would Jenna drink?

For something that has spread with all the forethought of kudzu, the Internet isn't half bad."
-- Newsweek, 2/27/95

Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ehm on July 29, 2003, 03:30:00 PM
what would joan & jenna drink?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on July 29, 2003, 10:51:00 PM
What would Jilted Jesuits do?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on July 30, 2003, 09:36:00 AM
What Would Jenna Jameson Do?
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ClayL on July 30, 2003, 10:22:00 AM
I am sure it's on video somewhere. Why are you so interested?  : :grin:  

CL
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ehm on July 30, 2003, 03:07:00 PM
carmel,

confession time:

i ran a search on jenna jamison

now it know

ew.

WWJJD?

it all seems so clear now...

(actually not really)

::hehehmm::

i'm so not with it!!!!!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ehm on July 30, 2003, 03:08:00 PM
but it should still be "drink?"
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Froderik on July 30, 2003, 10:29:00 PM
I like how this thread (hell, it's only 15 pages long now, why not keep it going?) went from religious banter to Jenna Jameson being denied her daily dose of jissom down her gullet...(if I infer correctly)  :grin:

[ This Message was edited by: Froderik13 on 2003-07-30 19:31 ]
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Tampa survivor on July 30, 2003, 10:46:00 PM
I wrote this post...I never meant it to grow and consume its readers.  Maybe we can fish PA out of its jaws...

Nice shot on the virgin birth 2 dogs.  Fucking intensely sung atheist's anthem..
Smokin'''''
Nice return volleys from the FROZEN CHOOSEN but I must blame the post itself, like the tentacles of SATAN, rearing it's ugly self..
ARGGGHHHH
All together we can kill the beast.
KILL THE BEAST  KILL THE BEAST (chanting crowd grows louder.  SOmeone adds pitchforks and torchs...)
KILL THE BEAST.
Meanwhile, allow me to go back to my previously scheduled medications.
Bill
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on July 31, 2003, 02:00:00 AM
What is evident, Wayeast, in your speech is a hatred for the truth, calling me "satan" because I do believe is like the pot calling the kettle black.

You said this:
"Who's really afraid here, buddy? Those of us who've actually read and studied the Bible or you?"

I've read and reread the Bible through from cover to cover way more times than you have. And why in the world would you assume that I have not?

My motivation in reading it was not because I had an ax to grind and sought to discredit others with my knowledge as you enjoy doing with knowledge. But rather I choose to give people hope. Something you cannot do the way I can.

You wrote this:
"The Branch Davidians would LOVE you. They died martyrs' deaths, too. As did the Nike fans at Heaven's Gate, the inhabitants of Jonestown, the folks at Ruby Ridge, the 9/11 attackers, the Hamas suide bombers, the PLO, the and those gentle folks in Uganda a couple years ago. You're right: anyone willing to die for their beliefs HAS to be right."

"...anyone willing to die for their beliefs HAS to be right." When did I say this? Oh, I see that I didn't!

The groups of people you named weren't witnesses to the resurrection of Jesus Christ and didn't claim to be.

I don't agree with the Branch Davidians religious views, but they did not need Janet Reno to "kill them to save them". You were probably rooting for Janet Reno's nazi slaugher of these people because of their unorthodox views? Interesting.

The Heaven's Gate followers were not martyrs. They killed themselves.

As far as Ruby Ridge, the 3 million dollar settlement with Randy Weaver sometime in 1996 answers the question of who was vindicated in that case regardless if we agreed with his separatist views.

I don't consider "suicide bombers" or "homicide bombers" fit the true definition of a "martyr" though they are told they will be one. These people who murder are going straight to hell. No concubines, no heaven, just a lake of fire and endless torment.

I believe there was a reference from someone other that Josephus, but I admit I don't know the historians name, so, I suppose you "got me" there until I can prove otherwise.

You said this too:
"Once again we see the "heads I win, tails you're spiritually deceived" approach to faith."

What? This statement has made us ALL dumber. No one could understand what you are saying here.
Unless you are saying that I believe the exclusive claim of Jesus Christ to the exclusion of other religions? Sure I do today, but the coin flipping analogy doesn't work for you, but against you.

If we point out your flawed logic, you're right because we're "rebelling against God." If we agree with you, that's God's grace at work."

I never said you or anybody were in "rebellion", you brought this up. You haven't pointed out flaws in my logic. Rather you have sought to discredit me by linking me to already discredited groups of which I would NEVER have any sort of affiliation with whatsoever. Your approach is to blindly discredit anything I say because I believe. Isn't that whole approach undeniably flawed and bigoted?

You also said:
"Sorry, but this has nothing to do with God. It has to do with Evangelical Christianity. Evangelical Christians HAVE to believe that disagreement with them is disagreement with god, and the rest of us are wrong until we hand you a certificate, written in Jehovah's handwriting, saying He doesn't exist."

To seperate "God" from "Evangelical Christianity" is a lame attempt to muddy the waters. So don't be sorry.

The existence of God may not be "proveable" but it is "evident", and neither can you "prove" God does not exist.

I can't speak for all evangelical Christians. I can speak for myself though. It is possible that by disagreeing with me you may be disagreeing with God. But I am not on some ego trip nor am I desiring to exercise authority over people here just because it may be that I represent God every now and then. I am simply sharing my faith with those who will hear it. I am not ashamed of Jesus Christ. But I recognize that many people here are weary of the feuding that comes over religious discussions and so I generally avoid talking Jesus here the majority of the time. Your response to my post warranted a response from me. Otherwise I would have posted about something else instead.

The fact that you are worked up about my post to the point of calling me "satan" is an evidence that you have no peace in your soul and that you are indeed hellbound, and willing to draw people into your own cowardice through means of deliberate deception. I wouldn't want to be someone who does that.

My light-hearted quip about "please don't kill me. thank you." was humor. But seriously, murdering me with speech is no different than killing a man according to God of the Bible whom you evidently hate.

It's one thing to disagree and have different views on subjects. It's quite another to speak evil of me personally. Though I am a man who is flawed and errant as all men are, I am a man whom God, the Lord Jesus Christ, does speak through at times. And at the times that He does, I am representing Him. To be hateful, even in blindness, is not the right thing to do at these times. I know you don't believe, but that doesn't matter because I've now reluctantly told you that you could be fighting against God when you fight against me.

If some people here do want to consider Jesus, what is that to you? It is pointless to discourage the Jesus freakies here, and you never know when you might need one these days. So, learning to love the Jesus freaky people is the lesson of the day, neighbor. Can you say "freaky"? I knew you could.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: mithygato on August 01, 2003, 10:51:00 PM
Not again,

Anon -

Please stop posting your dogma here.
Nobody cares.

You really need to find a job or a hobby to occupy your time.

It is amazing to me that you take such an effort to post your rantings to people on this post who are just laughing at you.

I truly do feel sorry for you, because it is very obvious that you are a sad individual.

People here want to discuss their experiences (good or bad) in drug rehab. probrams.
Go start a religious post elswhere, and deal with your demons there.
Please. :scared:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: METALGOD8 on August 01, 2003, 10:59:00 PM
:smokin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Anonymous on August 01, 2003, 11:26:00 PM
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
You hang on high
In the hanging sky
Upon a cross
That you expel
From your womb bright
From your bladder and your brain
Like a silver tear
From an ancient flood
Of alien blood
That we must drink to bathe

Daniel (of the Pupils), 2001

 :skull:  :grin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: 85 Day Jerk on August 02, 2003, 12:22:00 AM
I don't care if it rains or freezes

as long as I got my Plastic Jesus
 
sitting on the dashboard of my car

comes in colors pink and pleasant

glows in the dark cuz it's irridescent

get you one for when you travel far.

Goin' ninety, I aint scary

cuz I got the Virgin Mary

assurin' me that I won't go to hell.

Get yourself a Sweet Madonna

dressed in rhinestones 'n sitting onna

pedestal of Abolone' shell

goin' ninety I aint scary

cuz I got the Virgin Mary

assuring me that I won't go to hell!!!!!
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ehm on August 02, 2003, 01:21:00 AM
Well, I never really understood religions,

Except it seems a good reason to kill.

Everybody?s got their own conceptions,

And you know, they always will.

These days are needles under my skin.

Jesus shootin? heroin.

If there are priests at your party,

And you?re playing cards that are numbered,

And you got no reason to think it,

Until your chances are uncovered.

Tell me that I got to believe in,

Jesus shootin? heroin.

The police in new york city,

Chased a boy, right through the park.

In a case of mistaken identities,

They put a bullet through his heart.

I met mary, on the corner with the streetlights.

She asked me if I?d come up to her room.

I told her that I didn?t have no money.

She said she had to leave pretty soon.

I decided that I would go in.

Jesus shootin? heroin.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on August 02, 2003, 11:39:00 AM
Anonymous
Posted: 2003-07-30 23:00:00 

"The fact that you are worked up about my post to the point of calling me "satan" is an evidence that you have no peace in your soul and that you are indeed hellbound, and willing to draw people into your own cowardice through means of deliberate deception. I wouldn't want to be someone who does that."

And then IMMEDIATELY said:

"It's one thing to disagree and have different views on subjects. It's quite another to speak evil of me personally."

Please define who is the pot and who is the kettle Anon.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Froderik on August 02, 2003, 11:47:00 AM
Quote
The police in new york city,

Chased a boy, right through the park.

In a case of mistaken identities,

They put a bullet through his heart.


They stole this from the song "Heartbreaker" by the Rolling Stones. But you probably already knew this...  :grin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: ehm on August 02, 2003, 01:38:00 PM
yes.......

wayne does a lot of covers.

recently he got in a little trouble because his song 'fight test'

was compared to cat stevens, 'father and son'

he loves his influences, he's so gracious and good

to bad cat stevens' record label doesn't thing so.

i propose, that wayne coyne is god!

btw - i don't think carmel is satan.  ::heart::

(the eyes are all wrong)

jdavid might be satan though...
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Froderik on August 02, 2003, 02:02:00 PM
- ACHTÜNG -

Now, just because JDavid is Jewish doesn't make him the devil!  :grin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: wayeast on August 03, 2003, 12:54:00 PM
Anon, I didn't call you Satan. I was joking about Satan having inspired you. He doesn't exist, so it's not much of an insult, but I shouldn't suggested you were in league with Tom Delay.

(Somebody asked who Delay is: he's second in charge of the Republicans in the House. He's responsible for several ongoing attempts by ultraconservatives within the Republican Party to seize absolute control of the party-- and the government of Texas. He's a religious right candidate who believes there should be no separation of church and state, and that the Bible should override the constitution.)

I realize looking back over this, that I over-reacted.  I tend to cut conservative Christians less slack these days, not because of their religious views, but because so many of them seem to believe they are called to push people of other faiths out of government. You didn't specifically state that view, though, and I shouldn't have let you have it with both barrels.

Regarding your study of the Bible, I may be mistaken. I had thought you believed in the inerrancy of the Bible.  If you don't believe that, I apologize for saying you haven't studied it.

BTW, where did the cowardice accusation come from?  I can see your the Biblical reference equating my verbal response with murder (bizarre though that is), but cowardice?  

For the record, I would defend your right to believe I'm going to hell, to tell me about it, and even to enjoy the thought of my being an eternal crispy critter.  I also defend your right to evangelize.  

But if I want to point out an area where I think you're way off base, then I will. I'm not promising to challenge you on every point you make, and it isn't my mission to prevent others from becoming Christians. But you don't get a free pass just because you think you're saying this stuff in the name of God.
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: LeighBright on August 04, 2003, 02:31:00 PM
Oh my, yes! I SO agree with Mithy. Let's BAN the Christians from this site! And while we're at it, I have a few more people we ought to ban:

Anyone with an emotional or psychological disorder - GET OUT! Anyone who drinks alcohol, uses illegal drugs, or doctor-prescribed medication - GET OUT! Anyone who is Jewish or Muslim or Wiccan - or possesses any spirituality or belief in a higher power of any nature - GET OUT! Anyone in A.A. or N.A. - GET OUT! Anyone who owns a pet - GET OUT! Anyone who is Asian, Latino, white, or black, or of a mixed race - GET OUT! Anyone who is heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual - or not even sexual at all - GET OUT! Anyone who wears clothing with diagrams, pictures, or words - GET OUT! Anyone who speaks with an accent - GET OUT! Anyone who is angry or depressed - GET OUT! Anyone who feels they need help or prayer - GET OUT! Anyone over thirty - GET OUT! Anyone with a criminal history - GET OUT! And anyone who can't get with the program and talk about exactly what we want you to discuss in the way that we want you to discuss it absolutely MUST - GET THE HELL OUT!!!!!!!!!

 :rofl:   :rofl:   :rofl:

  :grin:
Title: ACRONYM SOUP, or how to run everyone off...
Post by: Carmel on August 04, 2003, 04:53:00 PM
Heehee...you forgot those of us who are ugly and have smelly feet. :wave:
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Post by: Carmel on August 04, 2003, 04:57:00 PM
Oh, and would also like to give a special shout out to SATAN here....if it wasnt for him, we all might truly have to be responsible for the evil that we perpetuate in the world.

But hey....no worries, THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT! :evil:  :evil:  :evil:
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Post by: ehm on August 04, 2003, 06:31:00 PM
leigh bright you've heard of PAAPSMEAR right?

people against all people seeming moral, emotional, aggressive or rational

(very hush-hush)

instead of a cross they worship the S.P.E.C.U.L.U.M.

suspended penguins experimenting curiously under large useless machinery

it's a magnificent sight to see

(glory be)

 :nworthy:
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Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2003, 08:44:00 PM
And glory be! ::cheers::
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Post by: LeighBright on August 05, 2003, 10:30:00 AM
That's funny, Carmel! My ex used to say this wierd thing to people - I think to make them laugh when they were going off about something he did [ooh, program statement! "Going off"] and he'd say, "Oh yeah? Well I heard your feet stink and you don't love Jesus." He was quite insane and I don't really know what in the hell that meant, but it was a brilliant way of avoiding confrontation - and man, it's really funny when delivered at the right moment.
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Post by: LeighBright on August 05, 2003, 10:33:00 AM
Hhhmm. You just reminded me, Morli - there's an appointment I need to make.  :grin:
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Post by: exsafecounselor on January 05, 2004, 06:20:00 PM
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
--- Anon
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Post by: Anonymous on January 05, 2004, 09:43:00 PM
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On 2004-01-05 15:20:00, exsafecounselor wrote:

" Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.

--- Anon "


What the heck does that mean?

??
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Post by: Froderik on January 05, 2004, 09:48:00 PM
While this is at the top, I'd like to say this to you, E.S.C.: Please quit spamming the board with repetitive stuff. It's getting quite old by now. Kind of immature for an ex-staff member, I must say.
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Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2004, 10:46:00 AM
hello pot... :roll:
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Post by: Froderik on January 06, 2004, 10:50:00 AM
Yeah, I know..I'm not entirely innocent of that kind of thing, but I'm trying to turn over a new leaf..  :smile:
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Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2004, 10:57:00 AM
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On 2004-01-06 07:50:00, Froderik13 wrote:

"Yeah, I know..I'm not entirely innocent of that kind of thing, but I'm trying to turn over a new leaf..  ::cheers::
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Post by: ClayL on January 06, 2004, 11:05:00 AM
Over a new leaf or some new leaf?

CL
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Post by: Anonymous on January 06, 2004, 11:48:00 AM
sweet leaf... ALRIGHT NOW!!!!!!! :smokin:
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Post by: kaydeejaded on January 06, 2004, 05:05:00 PM
I have not even thought about sweet leaf in YEARS OMG!!!!!!

I love you sweetleaf........... ::heart::

Laws are like spider webs. If some poor weak creature comes up against them - it is caught. But the bigger one can break through and get away.
-- Solon; Greek philosopher - c.630-c.555 BC

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Post by: The Butcher on April 05, 2004, 12:19:00 PM
You know that your days are numbered and that it's only a matter of time until you become food for worms, flames, fish or flies. Life seems so precious when you consider that once you die, that's it. No more ANYTHING.You're gone! Some of you more foolish life forms maintain the belief in some sort of payoff, or "afterlife." Well trust me, there is NO SUCH THING! If you think otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. You simply will cease to exist. Period. GONE. No choir of angels, no group of virgins sucking you off, no NOTHING. One day you will die, and then you could say that all goes black, but there's nothing left of you to see the black with, and no divine light either. Just the VOID.
 
Is this sinking in? Kill your idols now! There will be no eternal salvation or damnation. Life is a carnival, and on your planet, you could say that in the end it's a DARK carnival.

 
Rest in Peace,
Bill the Butcher