Odd sect or denomination

[ShaMan]

A while back I saw a woman on the tram I haven't seen for many years. She didn't recognize me. She looked absolutely miserable, like she was on her way to jump from a bridge or something.

Did you try to talk to her - ask if she was ok? People need to know that others care, even if we're not in a good spot to be the one to help at the time. I hope she's ok

[BrokenQuill92]

Sweetie they sound like the Amish or maybe Menonites. They live here in the US all over the Midwest.

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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish

[sven]

A while back I saw a woman on the tram I haven't seen for many years. She didn't recognize me. She looked absolutely miserable, like she was on her way to jump from a bridge or something.

Did you try to talk to her - ask if she was ok? People need to know that others care, even if we're not in a good spot to be the one to help at the time. I hope she's ok

No I didn't. I feel a little bad now that you say that. We have not spoken for more than 20 years. I only recognized her because an old friend of mine showed me her Facebook page and said 'that's x'. At least her having a Facebook page suggests she isn't in that strange sect anymore.

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

Mmm yeah things that are odd = sexy. Please say more things about things that are odd. Please? Pretty please?

You like that? You LIKE that HUH!?

Then check this out.

DAFUQ even was that?

It was SEXY. LOL.

[ShaMan]

Did you try to talk to her - ask if she was ok?

No I didn't. I feel a little bad now that you say that.

It's cool - no need to feel bad at all. Would it be appropriate for you to fb her and say you think you may have seen her (or whatever) - ask how she's doing etc? You said she looked desperate (my paraphrase). People with sight for compassion can actually affect great change for good in a very practical way without feeling all 'spiritual'

[sven]

You like that? You LIKE that HUH!?

Then check this out.

DAFUQ even was that?

It was SEXY. LOL.

I knew that would turn you on. I know nothing makes me hard like a Romanian nuclear power plant.

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

[sven]

No I didn't. I feel a little bad now that you say that.

It's cool - no need to feel bad at all. Would it be appropriate for you to fb her and say you think you may have seen her (or whatever) - ask how she's doing etc? You said she looked desperate (my paraphrase). People with sight for compassion can actually affect great change for good in a very practical way without feeling all 'spiritual'

I don't know... Maybe I'll do that. A bit awkward, though. This will also mean I will have to join the cult of the Accursed Book of Faces, blah.

[archangle]

Since I started coming here, there's something I've been thinking about.
A while back I saw a woman on the tram I haven't seen for many years. She didn't recognize me. She looked absolutely miserable, like she was on her way to jump from a bridge or something.

This woman was the elder of two sisters I used to play with sometimes when I was a kid. Me and my friends were nearly always happy and carefree. But those two girls, they were scared, anxious and worried about almost everything. Whatever you wanted to do, like play in the forest, fish for salamanders in the dam, or go to the playground, you always had to spend a long time nagging/luring them with you, even though they clearly wanted to come. My other friends thought they were bummers. They were, honestly, by I had a childhood crush on the younger sister -- she was an absolutely beautiful girl.
The family of the two sisters belonged to some christian congregation that seemed to be unusually strict. Almost draconic, even. The sisters were absolutely forbidden to do certain things, like participating in some school subjects, reading comics, watching TV, and having any physical contact with boys whatsoever.
Sometimes I used to invite the younger sister to play with me at home. She was of course not allowed to do this either, but she did it anyway. We sometimes watched TV together and I could tell she was absolutely entranced. But afterwards she always flew into a panic and started washing her eyes in the bathroom. Her mother had told her that she could tell if she had been watching TV, since it made her eyes dirty. She was trying to wash the dirt away.
The church of this congregation wasn't that far away from my childhood home. It was all very mysterious and no outsiders knew much about these people. When they went to church they wore clothes that I can only describe as 'old timey'. Like people would wear before the turn of the last century. The women and girls wore what I believe is called bonnets, and all their clothing was black.
Anyway -- besides from telling you this story, I'd like to ask if anyone here knows what kind of congregation this was. The two sisters once hinted that their family had somehow come from America.

let evolution (god method) do its thing. Free the rest of us from the bandage of liberalism. I hope she lands in water or the lawn ... helps with cleanup

god rest her soul.
Into the heart of the holy spirit she goes.

[Alex K]

let evolution (god method) do its thing. Free the rest of us from the bandage of liberalism. I hope she lands in water or the lawn ... helps with cleanup

god rest her soul.
Into the heart of the holy spirit she goes.

What's wrong with you? Stop giving atheists a bad name pls.