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The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
(November 7, 2018 at 12:03 pm)Whateverist Wrote:
(November 7, 2018 at 11:36 am)Shell B Wrote: It probably was my fault for engaging. I was actually interested in the story, though, so I gave the videos a try. That's when I got aggravated. I wasted all that time and he didn't even actually want to talk about it.


I'd feel the same way in your shoes.  But I think this news story is something Rob was working through.  I suspect he found it interesting that he get could get hooked by something like this.  If there had been a diary/journal section, something I thought Jenny (?) started, it might have been the best place for it.  But if I watched a bunch of long videos and then realized my interaction wasn't really of interest I'd be at least a little pissed.  But from Rob's side he probably feels like he isn't being given much leeway to work through what obviously has him puzzled.  Sometimes we just got to let people process things in their own way especially if you care about them.

Yeah, I kind of wish he'd warned us he wasn't going to talk about it before we went in there, and I gave him multiple chances to clarify that before I got aggravated. Lesson learned. FWIW, I don't think he should go, and he's definitely not unwelcome here. I just want him to take a step back and realize how he was behaving and maybe adjust according to what a forum is for.
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
(November 7, 2018 at 12:28 pm)Shell B Wrote:
(November 7, 2018 at 12:03 pm)Whateverist Wrote: I'd feel the same way in your shoes.  But I think this news story is something Rob was working through.  I suspect he found it interesting that he get could get hooked by something like this.  If there had been a diary/journal section, something I thought Jenny (?) started, it might have been the best place for it.  But if I watched a bunch of long videos and then realized my interaction wasn't really of interest I'd be at least a little pissed.  But from Rob's side he probably feels like he isn't being given much leeway to work through what obviously has him puzzled.  Sometimes we just got to let people process things in their own way especially if you care about them.

Yeah, I kind of wish he'd warned us he wasn't going to talk about it before we went in there, and I gave him multiple chances to clarify that before I got aggravated. Lesson learned. FWIW, I don't think he should go, and he's definitely not unwelcome here. I just want him to take a step back and realize how he was behaving and maybe adjust according to what a forum is for.


I know.  Well I think we're all getting better at figuring out what kind of signaling is required to communicate through a medium like this.  It hasn't been smooth for me but I thought Rob was light years ahead on that because he is usually so articulate and transparent.  I guess the bottom line is everyone is in progress and no one is a finished product, probably ever.
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
Every moment is different.
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
(November 7, 2018 at 3:11 pm)Shell B Wrote: Every moment movement is different.

That's better. Ahhhhhhhh............... plop!
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
I miss CL
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
I think this place just isn't her flavor.
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
What exactly does a theist think they're going to get when they sign on to ATHEIST FORUMS . ORG ???

No safety nets here for peoples pet fantasies ....sorry ...This is reality central.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
(November 7, 2018 at 8:23 pm)ignoramus Wrote: What exactly does a theist think they're going to get when they sign on to ATHEIST FORUMS . ORG ???

No safety nets here for peoples pet fantasies ....sorry ...This is reality central.

I'll admit to fair a amount of amusement when CL mentioned how the religious fora she belonged had all these important discussions about their faith, but the atheist fora were just for play, and didn't discuss any serious topics. Or something to that effect.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
Idk... she seemed like a sane theist. Wonder what pushed her away.
The word bed actually looks like a bed. 
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
Is that a "thing"?

A Sane Theist?
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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