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I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
#21
RE: I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
(February 6, 2012 at 3:13 pm)Loading Please Wait Wrote:
(February 6, 2012 at 2:21 pm)Vaeolet Lilly Blossom Wrote: I don't understand how a joke is taken seriously enough for two people to respond seriously.

This is the internet.

Yes and as such we have nothing better to do. Big Grin
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#22
RE: I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
(February 6, 2012 at 3:13 pm)Loading Please Wait Wrote:
(February 6, 2012 at 2:21 pm)Vaeolet Lilly Blossom Wrote: I don't understand how a joke is taken seriously enough for two people to respond seriously.

This is the internet.

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A picture is worth 1000 words.

Here's 3 pictures.

Altogether: here is 3039 words.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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#23
RE: I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
(February 6, 2012 at 11:23 am)SophiaGrace Wrote: I don't understand why you felt the need to write that letter. You left the church, why bother telling them why and suffering their attempts to evangelize you back into the fold and their possible ire? They will never understand, so why tell them? What in the world did you owe them? Your wasted time from all the years you spent believing something that wasn't true?

I consider these people my friends, I don't think it's right to leave without reason. As for the church, they acutally care about church membership, and they actually try to minister to their members (even those who aren't major financial contributors.) This is why I felt I owed them something.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise

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#24
RE: I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
(February 7, 2012 at 1:00 am)Ziploc Surprise Wrote: I consider these people my friends, I don't think it's right to leave without reason. As for the church, they acutally care about church membership, and they actually try to minister to their members (even those who aren't major financial contributors.) This is why I felt I owed them something.

I understand.... Tiger
So how is it gong so far Ziploc??
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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#25
RE: I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
(February 6, 2012 at 2:21 pm)Vaeolet Lilly Blossom Wrote: I don't understand how a joke is taken seriously enough for two people to respond seriously.

Especially when I was the one who said it.

Atheism is not a big deal though Smile

Oh, when the second comment came along I figured I must have missed something there. There is a generation gap to consider. Even though I have teenagers in the house, and their job is to keep me updated on the latest trends in language, they do a poor job. Such is the case with a household of nerds.
(February 7, 2012 at 1:04 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote:
(February 7, 2012 at 1:00 am)Ziploc Surprise Wrote: I consider these people my friends, I don't think it's right to leave without reason. As for the church, they acutally care about church membership, and they actually try to minister to their members (even those who aren't major financial contributors.) This is why I felt I owed them something.

I understand.... Tiger
So how is it gong so far Ziploc??

So far one response: -Thanks for letting us know. Folks were asking about you yesterday during the Super Bowl party. I'll pass your message on to the others. Good luck w/ whatever you find.....

And I didn't even think this person liked me all that much. I can't argue with this.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise

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#26
RE: I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
Did you expect protests outside your front door?
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post

always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
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#27
RE: I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
(February 7, 2012 at 1:06 am)Ziploc Surprise Wrote:


This is encouraging. Tiger
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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#28
RE: I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
(February 7, 2012 at 5:01 am)tackattack Wrote: Did you expect protests outside your front door?

I actually didn't know what to expect. It's situations like these where character, good or bad, comes out. I was afraid to say anything about my apostasy for quite some time but after a while you kind of need to do something.

As for the comment "protests outside your front door" though I know that this is an exaggeration, for some it feel like its not so far from the truth. Apostasy can be really upsetting for some people. They feel betrayed. Not just because you have gone over to the enemy side but because you have willingly left the group. I have a few friends of mine who are going through a very rough bit. It's what happens when most of your friends and family are fundies of the insane kind.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise

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#29
RE: I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
You're a lot braver than I am, but I live in the bible belt where such a revelation on my part may have a lot more negative consequences, especially on our small business.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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#30
RE: I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
I hope it all continues to go relatively smooth for you. It gets frustrating once you start having people that have known you for decades telling you it would have been better if you'd never been born.
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