Ah, well, I was looking here but didn't pay attention to the date: http://www.odysseyscoop.com/forum/viewt ... f=12&t=802 Still. :| Wait, WHAT past experience? :oBlitz wrote:Well currently we have no active nine year olds or the like. Our youngest active user is 12. Yeah the admins do frown on any inappropriate things, trust me from past experience.
Feel free. ;)Blitz wrote:I really need to get around to pming you.
Maybe a day when I was very young. Not more than probably an hour since I've been a teenager. You?Blitz wrote:How long is the longest you have gone without power?
It makes-a me saddd! Also makes me curious what your writing is like. ADJECTIVES ARE GOOD YOU KNOW.Blitz wrote:What is your opinion on my curt way of spreaking?
Avoid at all costs.Blitz wrote:Do you like or avoid politics?
See above. :DBlitz wrote:Who is your favorite in the election season?
Tsk tsk. Was it worth it?Blitz wrote:Oh I've been in trouble with the admins oh three times.
I figured so.Blitz wrote:Haha, I'm the opposite. I love them.
I think it's great! For other people. =| I hate sweating. I always want to take a shower afterwards, and WHO HAS TIME?Blitz wrote:What is your opinion on exercise?
I'm really limber, but not what anyone would call "fit". Because you know it's all about that bass.Blitz wrote:Would you consider yourself fit?
Food? Homemade mashed potatoes and gravy. It's to die for.Blitz wrote:What is your favorite kind of foo?
Because I'm the bomb! ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.Mandy wrote:How come you hit it off so well with my best friends? (MF and Blitz). Does that mean we are going to hit off too?
Favorite thing is how curious everyone is. Least favorite thing is just technical irritation with some of the way the board functions.Mandy wrote:What is your favorite thing about the SS? Least favorite thing?
Coming home from work early to people I love.Mandy wrote:Favorite thing about today?
All the self-hate I'm feeling right now.Mandy wrote:Least favorite thing about today?
Now you have me so curious...Blitz wrote:Well, depends on what you mean by was it worth it. Generally, we should have just gone to pm in those cases. Then also there was that time when we.... nevermind.
Countess told me about it on the chat the other day. I hadn't even heard of it before. I've known about The ToO for years but never joined that one.Blitz wrote:How did you find the SS?
Not anymore. Used to be extremely active on some.Blitz wrote:Are you on other internet forums?
Enforce an minimum age of something like 13 or 15. Have more board viewing style choices. Moving off-topic responses out of threads would be nice. Way more smilie faces, there's like an 8th of my smilie vocabulary on this board so I'm SUFFERING, man, just suffering.Blitz wrote:How do you think SS could be better?
Get what back, Facebook? No. And no, it didn't help. It was very unhealthy.Miss Friendship wrote:Did you ever get it back? Did it help?
*bows and swishes cape* Why thank you. And yes, I've looked into that one, too. I like things being categorized nicely, so I would like to find the right name for what I am. Not in too big a hurry though, for now.Miss Friendship wrote:Hmm, maybe agnostic? Anyway... you are you. Completely unique and special in your own way.
Yes I think the closeness was imaginary. I think all I felt was peace. Many things can make one feel at peace. A quiet evening...a loving embrace...a meal with a lot of carbs.Miss Friendship wrote:So are you saying the "closeness" was just imaginary?
Correct, my beliefs now are based entirely on life experience, I have never read an atheistic book or researched it at all. The only research I've done was after the fact, just looking at various short descriptions of different thought processes, so I could put myself in a category.Miss Friendship wrote:it was more based on personal experiences than sitting down and reading books written by atheists with "facts" that convinced you there was no God?
I don't think it's an innate understanding at all. It's two decades of brainwashing. People pray because they are terrified...this goes straight back to "rock bottom", again. They don't pray because they suddenly realize everything they ever believed was a lie... They pray because they're about to die and they're scared out of their minds. Desperation, yet again.Miss Friendship wrote:I would account this to that innate understanding placed in us that sort of tells us that God exists. ... It's natural. I mean even atheists pray seconds before they die. It happens.
I disagree. I grew up thinking that morals are something tied directly to God. I don't think they are anymore, whatsoever. Morals are about right and wrong. God is about an afterlife. Among many other things, but to simplify it, yeah. One can be absolutely moral and yet have ZERO belief in any kind of god. Just as someone who believes in God and Heaven can still do horrific things. I couldn't wrap my mind around this for a long time, but it's true. I have friends who have never believed in God, but act more respectfully, treat people more lovingly, and have better values and ethics than most Christians I've known. Morals and religion are entirely separate.Miss Friendship wrote:Just like we feel "bad" after wounding/hurting someone else. Bad isn't a thing unless God exists.
I've never seen any Christian with perfect joy. You hear it talked about all the time. That light that's supposed to be shining out of them. It's not there. I have never seen it. Christians have been some of the most selfish, cruel, and hateful people I have met. On the flipside, some of the absolute sweetest people in my life have not believed in God. It comes down to personality, not religion.Miss Friendship wrote:I couldn't just give myself a perfectly inward joy when terrible things around me happen.
I think most alcoholics would be offended by that. Careful!Miss Friendship wrote:Drunkards don't just "quit" their addiction. They are going to go back... unless they have a higher power.
Either we have free will and what happens on earth is due to our choices, or else we are puppets of God. You can't have it both ways. Either He has no control over the end of their rope, or else it's all in His hands, which again, makes Him sadistic. Which is it?Miss Friendship wrote:I even think to some extent God lets people get to the end of their rope, so they will finally come to Him.
That's pretty much right. I guess in a perfect world, I wouldn't want to discuss religion or God at all. Doing so is utterly pointless. You can't prove He exists, I can't prove He doesn't. It's laughable when looked at from that point of view. I do it anyway sometimes because like I said...20 years of living it. It doesn't just disappear from your mind. I also wish someone would have opened my eyes years earlier. I'm sure it's pointless to try to open your eyes because you think they're wide open, however. Which is the case with most religious people. And was the case with me. *shrug* People have to come to it on their own, I guess.Miss Friendship wrote:As for being brainwashed, well then you could say everyone is brainwashed to a certain extent. I mean, what is Absolute Truth? From your point of view, it's kind of whatever you feel is right. So teaching a child anything is brainwashing. If there is no absolute truth, we have no idea if God exists, or if He doesn't. We don't know how we got here, there is no way to tell.
He tried to get me to talk to him. But he broke my mom's heart and I would never forgive him for that.Miss Friendship wrote:Is he not OK with you talking with him... or you just would rather not?
I prefer Skype. PM's and e-mails get to be quite bulky and I like a freer flow of discussion.Miss Friendship wrote:Do you do email?
It's kind of a military thing.Miss Friendship wrote:Why is your best friend in Afghanistan?
Sapphire blue (my birthstone), hot pink, electric purple, and turquoise.Miss Friendship wrote:What's your favorite color?
The boards trailed off slowly, one closed and the other just died.Blitz wrote:Why did you get un-active?
Seeing as I don't know what that is, I'm gonna say...nope.Blitz wrote:Where you ever on RAF?
I wanted to make someone laugh.Blitz wrote:Why did you get on the ToO chat that fateful day?
I don't consider myself an atheist. Haven't figured out what I am yet.Blitz wrote:I've always wondered why MF decides to drill each new atheist...
Now you understand me. I'll answer the "spiritual" stuff as soon as I can. *blinks* I drill everyone.Blitz wrote:I've always wondered why MF decides to drill each new atheist...
Yeah, this morning, when I kept answering everyone else before you. Or maybe I just wanted to put you in your place.Miss Friendship wrote:Have you ever been soooo busy you couldn't respond to Q and A questions for awhile? Great.
December. Snow and Christmas.Miss Friendship wrote:What's your favorite month?
We did a decent-sized church from when I was probably three years old, to six or seven. Then we did house church for quite some time, maybe until I was eleven or twelve. Then we went to a really big non-denominational church until I was sixteen or seventeen. After my parents divorced, I tried four or five churches with my mom; my brother had long-since taken off from joining such ventures. I never found one that made me feel close to God, after the one prior to the divorce. They were just empty buildings.Miss Friendship wrote:Did you only ever attend the same church?
My foster sister's death.Miss Friendship wrote:If you could change one thing in the world, what would that be?
Introvert. Someone who enjoys being around people, but expends energy to do so, who must return home to recharge their batteries.Miss Friendship wrote:Introvert or Extrovert?
OK, so I should blame anyone who has the means to share for all the starving in the world? Just because God doesn't stop something from happening, doesn't mean He is guilty of it. Satan is the one responsible for all the suffering going on. God allows it to happen, but He is a good God and this will not go on forever. See, its a war. God uses His Kingdom (Christians) to go and feed the hungry, to help the hurting, to help the suffering cease. This is one of the biggest focuses of Christianity. Love. So to accuse God of standing idly by just because he does have power, is absolutely silly. If he erased all the suffering out of the world, you would go to, because you are part of the cause of that suffering. It's His mercy and kindness and overwhelming love that we are not all consumed, because we are wicked creatures and transgress His laws everyday.Dom wrote:As for the God I grew up believing in, I don't think it really matters if he was portrayed correctly or not...the fact is, if ANYONE was ever in control of giving free will to humans, and they did so, I believe they share the blood on the hands of every murderer and rapist. Whether that may be a Christian God or any other concept of a god, doesn't really matter. If someone is control, and the world we live in is what they allowed, fully knowing what would happen, they are guilty of every sick and evil thing that has been committed in it.
Just because you haven't seen it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.Dom wrote:I've never seen any Christian with perfect joy. You hear it talked about all the time. That light that's supposed to be shining out of them. It's not there. I have never seen it.
We have free will. But in the same time God uses our poor choices to direct him back to us. He does have power in our lives. It's like a child. They have free will to do whatever. But the parent is going to intervene in some cases and use their power to control things.Dom wrote:Either we have free will and what happens on earth is due to our choices, or else we are puppets of God. You can't have it both ways. Either He has no control over the end of their rope, or else it's all in His hands, which again, makes Him sadistic. Which is it?
How do your parents (and you) feel about that?Blitz wrote:My brother is an atheist.
I have tons of favorites, and have quite an extensive log of them. One quote I like a lot comes in a few various forms, from a few various sources, but generally it goes like this: "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision to carry on in spite of fear."Blitz wrote:What is your favorite quote?
I think it's pretty legit. I'm definitely obsessed with the past, but that is more to explain my present, than to determine my future.Blitz wrote:What do you think of the quote in my signature?
I love the X-Men movies. I love The Punisher. Iron Man is pretty sweet. Back in the day I was a fan of Daredevil and Ghost Rider. I did a Marvel marathon this year with some big fans and I enjoyed it, but I would have much rather done X-Men than Avengers stuff.Blitz wrote:Are you are marvel movie fan?
Wolverine!!!Blitz wrote:Who is your favorite marvel superhero?
V!!!Blitz wrote:DC superhero?
I don't think just one thing stands out as the epitome of my life. Like I mentioned earlier on, I have lots of shallow and deep "best days" or memories. Some of those would be... Sitting in the tree with my little friends when I was four or five years old; swinging on the swingset in our backyard as a kid; playing in the snow with my brother and building tunnels, forts, and snowmen; going to my grandma's house and her calling me Babydoll; watching my grandpa play solitaire; riding my bike through the pouring rain on the way to the house I grew up in; playing with Lion King action figures with my best friend Kayla when we were little; going sledding with my first dog running after and trying to jump into my sled; going to an amusement park with my Great Aunt Barb; taking Christmas baking to all the neighbors; roller blading anywhere; my first real concert; meeting Michael W. Smith for the first time; wandering the foothills and canyon with my dog; drag racing in the streets with my brother; going out on the deck that overlooked the valley on a gorgeous cool morning; staying up late to talk to my friends; going to another state with my friend for a concert and having dinner with the band; feeling so peaceful and close to God in my last church; talking on the phone for hours with my DJ friend in between him talking on the radio; all the flirtation at my first job; receiving letters from my friend in Tennessee (envelopes, stamps, THE WHOLE DEAL); spending time with my best friend right before he shipped out for boot camp; Paulie defending my choice not to drink at parties, despite his checkered past and present; seeing The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables on stage for the first time; staying up until I could no longer keep my eyes open, because of loveMiss Friendship wrote:Favorite memory?
; going to New York with my aunt/cousin/mom; being held for the first time after my first date; unexpected visits, hugs and "I love you's" from Jorden; all the special moments with my customers...them bringing me back souvenirs from their trips, cards, and just getting to know them and their families; goofing around with Taylor and Callie at work; the utter quiet of 3:30 in the morning; watching my brother walk out cradling my niece in his arms at the hospital; Build-a-Bear traditions; horseback rides with my cousins; cuddling with my aunt after grandma passed away; listening to the crickets at night; that first neverending hug with Dano on the side of the highway; watching my boss play the piano; finally deciding I could and would move out on my own; buying my first SUV; being alone in the mountains with just my music and my camera; watching lunar events "together", 900 miles apart; hour-long car trips just to get my spicy Mexican craving satisfied; watching that herd of horses run through the river.I haven't forgotten, young sir, I'm behind on a few of them. I ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME, GOSH.Blitz wrote:You forgot my questions...
No. You can't blame every individual for a worldwide problem. Guess who you blame? The God who supposedly created the world...and allowed the worldwide problem. The one in control. The one who looked at the numbers, and let it happen anyway.Miss Friendship wrote:OK, so I should blame anyone who has the means to share for all the starving in the world?
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Nope. God created Satan. God is in control. God created an evil being. And God created man, who He allowed the choice to be evil. It all points back to God, my dear. There's no way to argue this.Miss Friendship wrote:Satan is the one responsible for all the suffering going on.
Yes, we all sin. And if me being wiped out would allow for the rapists to be wiped out as well, I would agree in one second flat. That's where I differ from this God you inexplicably serve. If I could save innocent people from pain and suffering, I would. But I can't. He could...and He did not.Miss Friendship wrote:If he erased all the suffering out of the world, you would go to, because you are part of the cause of that suffering. It's His mercy and kindness and overwhelming love that we are not all consumed, because we are wicked creatures and transgress His laws everyday.
No, it's like a mad scientist who created monsters and then didn't want to be blamed for the havoc he allowed them to wreak.Miss Friendship wrote:It's like a kind Landlord who lets someone for free move into a home. But he does set up certain rules so that the home is cared for. What happens when that person completely destroys the home, and ruins everything and then turns around and blames the Landlord when he does not fix it back up?
No, if He did everything in His power to rescue us, He wouldn't have put us in this situation. He allows the pain to show us it hurts to live without Him? So again, God sat down and thought, "Well, this little girl will be raped, but that's worth it to me because it might show her rapist that life without Me sucks." Don't even go there. The God you are describing sounds like a despicably selfish being.Miss Friendship wrote:And in reality, He is doing everything in His power to rescue us from ourselves. He allows the pain and suffering in our life to show us that it hurts to live without Him.
No. But we haven't done much for Christmas the past several years.Miss Friendship wrote:So did you change the way you celebrate Christmas after you gave up God?
Precious little. Perhaps nothing.Miss Friendship wrote:What gives you peace?
I live for spicy foods, child.Miss Friendship wrote:Do you like spicy foods?
I've been to Canada just to see Niagara Falls, and have been to Mexico twice on missions trips.Miss Friendship wrote:Have you been to any other countries?
Yes, mostly if I love that person, it makes me extremely happy to do little things for them, buy little things for them, describe why I love them, and generally try to make them feel as amazing as I believe them to be.Miss Friendship wrote:Does it make you happy when you do special things for others?
No?Blitz wrote:Are you exited for Civil War?
I'm gonna say yes, seeing as I've done it about 800 times since joining this board. =| But it makes it infinitely more clear to read for the other person. AND I'M SWEET AND SELFLESS SO I ENDURE.Blitz wrote:Do you know how hard it is to work with mutiple quote?
Yes, kindergarten through graduation.Blitz wrote:Did you ever do homeschooling?
I do not ever want to have kids, so I can't answer that.Blitz wrote:If you ever get kids would you at least partially homeschool them?
