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RE: Hello all
August 7, 2019 at 2:23 am
(August 6, 2019 at 11:57 am)Bmanne Wrote: Hi, My name is Carl I go by Bmanne and I'm new to this forum. Hi Carl. Everyone was new here once.
(August 6, 2019 at 11:57 am)Bmanne Wrote: I feel like giving up my beliefs but find it hard to let go completely. I know there are many people who feel this way. Really? You don't say. Colour me shocked. Most of the members here have been that soldier at some point.
(August 6, 2019 at 11:57 am)Bmanne Wrote: I live ,as many do, in a place with christain beliefs, and you are looked down on for not going to church, events,etc. Yes, and? I live in good old holy roman catholic Ireland. The faith is so thick one could stir it like porridge. In fact, it is so thick that people covered up child murder to protect the priests. Now, I am not proud of the cover up, it's true. But I am proud of being a cog in the wheel that exposed that abuse.
Do you want to go to heaven? Really? Fine, but you will be sharing it with folks like this...
![[Image: PL231151FR%20BRENDAN%20SMYTH.jpg]](https://cdn-02.independent.ie/incoming/article31335206.ece/74ff1/AUTOCROP/w620/PL231151FR%20BRENDAN%20SMYTH.jpg)
Are you certain you want to spend eternity with THAT? Or with the deity that condones it?
(August 6, 2019 at 11:57 am)Bmanne Wrote: How did many of you take that big jump to let go completely? Loaded question. Do not do that. As many members are here, that is as many journeys and every one is vastly different. I can speak personally though. As a child, I gave up Santa as a childhood fantasy. But I went one step further. Beardy bloke in the sky, can be everywhere at once, watches you all the time, knows if you have been good or bad? God is just Santa in a better suit. Do you believe in Santa?
(August 6, 2019 at 11:57 am)Bmanne Wrote: It feels good to find a place to talk freely and not be judged. Sure, feel free, but be under no illusion. You are being judged and rightly so. So was I, in turn, as a noob. The problem is the proclivity of the god-botherers to pretend to be angst ridden morons so as to trojan horse their deity du jour. It is so dirt common a tactic that inevitably, people become desensitised to the abject dishonesty.
Your intro is ticking a lot of boxes, so be not surprised that you will get more than one cynical response.
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RE: Hello all
August 7, 2019 at 2:50 am
Welcome.
Don’t believe what the other voices here whisper to you in your sleep...
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August 7, 2019 at 2:51 am
(August 7, 2019 at 2:50 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Welcome.
Don’t believe what the other voices here whisper to you in your sleep...
I see dead people....
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August 7, 2019 at 2:52 am
(August 7, 2019 at 2:51 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: (August 7, 2019 at 2:50 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Welcome.
Don’t believe what the other voices here whisper to you in your sleep...
I see dead people....
That’s my line!
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RE: Hello all
August 7, 2019 at 11:23 am
Welcome.
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RE: Hello all
August 7, 2019 at 12:12 pm
(August 7, 2019 at 2:52 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: (August 7, 2019 at 2:51 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: I see dead people....
That’s my line!
A flat line?
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RE: Hello all
August 7, 2019 at 1:25 pm
(August 7, 2019 at 12:12 pm)LastPoet Wrote: (August 7, 2019 at 2:52 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: That’s my line!
A flat line?
Only at the end...
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August 7, 2019 at 1:26 pm
Welcome aboard.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Hello all
August 7, 2019 at 5:40 pm
Glad you found us!
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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RE: Hello all
August 7, 2019 at 6:07 pm
(August 7, 2019 at 2:19 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: Hmm.
OMG, I've been waiting for that alllllll day!
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