Posts by onlycurious

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I got married yesterday!

by Gadget in

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i've been posting on here for four years now, and so much has changed in my life.

everything seemed to be going wrong then, but time has done wonders and things are real good now.

lots of people on the board helped and supported me through that, as well as new non-witness friends that i made.

onlycurious

Congratulations! You make a beautiful couple!

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If Creationism is true explain races.

by DeViL DriVeR 76 in

so the bible speaks of how multiple languages came to be in babylon with the tower of babel, you all know the story.

ok so thats the bibles view on languages but what about races?

how are some people light skin others dark?

I just had dinner with my Uncle this evening. It's really tough to even figure out WHAT race he is. If you didn't see the rest of the family, you might be lead to believe he is 1/2 African American. My mom has olive skin, too. Yet, the other brother is fair with blue eyes. Funny thing, we are all in the same family. But, there's been a lot going on in the gene pool between the great beginning and now.

So, perhaps we have evolved in some way, shape or form. Not from apes.... Survival of the fittest is a bonified fact. It seems those with darker skin are typically closer to the equator. Wait, I just thought about Alaska. That doesn't fit. Not to be a smarty pants

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Creationism hiding in plain sight

by FireNBandits in

a friend pointed out to me that "theistic evolution" is, in essence, no different than intelligent design.

both postulate a creator that is behind creation.

both use the words "creation" and "creator.

onlycurious

I was just in a classroom setting at the National Youth Worker's Convention in Anaheim, CA. The gentleman teaching stated that Christianity can not be supported using scientific reasoning.

Something I had never heard before. Most of the church would probably get upset and call the man a heretic, but what he had to say made complete sense. It truly is a matter of faith, not scientific facts.

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Any Brits fans of COUNTDOWN? Naughty picture, proceed with caution

by needproof in

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onlycurious

Who's Wank? It's Jack in this part of the woods.

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"But he wasn't a REAL Christian!"

by FireNBandits in

jimmy swaggert (a "swaggert" is a swaggering braggart btw), jim and tammy fakker, or any well-known christian that "blows it" big-time in a public way is sure to elicit that response from the fundagelicals around you.

"but he wasn't a real christian!

" what a convenient psychological device to keep ones fantasy image of ones religion intact!

onlycurious

Is it really safe to state this as a blanketing statement? I certainly don't refer to people as "real' Christians. Either they are believers or they aren't. We ALL make mistakes. I'd be the first to admit I'm not perfect. Geez, have you read some of my posts? I have loads of things I struggle with. Oh, and I'm a 'real' Christian....

While there are those out there who would like to make us think they are perfect little Christians and are able to determine who is and who isn't a 'real' Christian, please be more careful to not heap all of us in one of your piles.

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Make up: Love it or loathe it?

by Crumpet in

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i have just gotten around to taking off last nights trowelling and what a relief that is!

i rarely wear make up - maybe once a month, so i probably go over board.

i feel like my skin just suffocated for 24 hrs.. what do you love or loathe about make up?

onlycurious

I love makeup but wear it naturally. I don't like to look like a completely different person without makeup on.

Arbonne has a great product and is great for the skin. I don't sell it or anything, but get the discount. You ladies should check it out if you have sensitive skin and are looking for a product that doesn't do animal testing and contains very few parabens.

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How the Religious View Homosexuality

by serotonin_wraith in

for people who are still religious, what are your views on gays?.

for me (an atheist) it goes against my own morality to think of them as sinners or somehow doing wrong, and yet in the bible it teaches that it is wrong.

it's one of the main reasons i could never go along with the jws.. i'm curious how religious people address this issue.

onlycurious

Perhaps it's wise to compare apples with apples. I don't believe I'm an animal nor do I believe we came from animals. In my estimation, you're comparing apples with oranges.

If you read any of my writings in the beginning, you would see that while I disagree with the act of homosexuality in and of itself, I certainly don't go out of my way to picket, protest or get in anyone's face about the issue either. Others on this site are free to express their opinions, convictions, beliefs....etc.

I believe your original question was to inquire as to what the 'religious view' is of homosexuality.

I've stated my point and while much of what is being stated on this board may be interesting on both sides, I don't know that any of us are going to have a miraculous change of mind from reading these posts.

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How the Religious View Homosexuality

by serotonin_wraith in

for people who are still religious, what are your views on gays?.

for me (an atheist) it goes against my own morality to think of them as sinners or somehow doing wrong, and yet in the bible it teaches that it is wrong.

it's one of the main reasons i could never go along with the jws.. i'm curious how religious people address this issue.

onlycurious

"if sin isn't an issue for animals, then animals being gay is not sinning, which means that God made them to be gay and didn't have a problem with it."

Now, that's deep. I don't know if I can argue with this one. Wow...I think I'll completely abandon all my Bible based principles and rejoice in the fact that a FEW animals get confused and embrace homosexuality. lol

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Had to do it..this is to all the moms..

by Heather in

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tell us storys of all the fun exciting stuff that your kids did when your back was turned.. my most recent finding was yesterday.

i took a shower while my kids were playing(thats what i though) in their room.

after i dressed i went downstairs to notice shinny little footprints all over the new wood floors...hmmmm curious....i follow them......and saw that my 2 year old had found a can of pam cooking spray and was trying to shine up the wood floor with it.

onlycurious

I have 3 girls ages 12, 11 and 9. When my youngest daughter was 8, we had our son. She had a difficult time adjusting to the fact that she was no longer the baby.

Well, she took my Down pillow and began having a pillow fight just for fun. After noticing there was a little hole in it, she decided she didn't want to get feathers all over the house so she took the pillow fight outside.

Mind you, we live in the Pacific NW on the coast and it is soooo windy here! My husband drove across the bridge to our property and he wanted to know why the heck there were feathers flying everywhere!!!???!!! We picked up just about every single little feather as a family while the wind was whipping all those feathers around. They were everywhere!!! We live and work at a resort so we had to clean up the mess. There wasn't an option. :)

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Social Anxiety Disorders

by Thinking of Leaving in

hi everyone, the guy i'm currently dating suffers from social phobia and it's beginning to affect our relationship.

does anyone have any experience dealing with this?

i have to admit this is all new to me, most of the guys i've dated are pretty normal, but this one seems to need some extra care.

onlycurious

FreeFromWTBS ------

GREAT Advice! I imagine there are some very qualified individuals who handle this sort of thing that would be willing to come to his home for therapy.

If it helps any, I do have a friend who suffered from breast cancer and then became so anxious about her illness that she refused to go outside. Her children would travel for HOURS and HOURS to see her and she would refuse to come out of her room. It was 4 years of hell but she is free. She really helped me a lot when I was having anxiety. The key is, people can get better but it takes a person who is willing to do so.