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My Story
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Thanks for sharing your story Tabby, and welcome to AF! ^_^
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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Welcome Enjoy the forums
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(December 26, 2013 at 7:03 am)Tonus Wrote: Sorry about the loss of your brother, Tabby.
(December 25, 2013 at 10:49 pm)LalalaTabby Wrote: Since then, I've gone back and forth between being neo-pagan and atheist.
I think that once you let go of the "ultimate outcome" type of religion (heaven or hell, forever and ever) there is far less stress involved in figuring things out. It becomes more about the journey and less about reaching some final truth. Go back and forth as much as you need, and always keep something from each trip. Even if you never settle on one or the other, you will eventually understand that you weren't ever trying to learn one thing, you were learning a lot of little things. Life is pretty cool.

Welcome to the forums.

Thanks Smile Honestly, I don't think it's about the ultimate outcome, but rather a personal, emotional attachment. Killing loneliness and all.

To everyone else, thanks for the warm welcome! (I personally like introductory posts :3)
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Welcome,Tabby!
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Welcome, sorry to hear your brother died so young.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK

The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK


"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
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