so, what type of person are you going to say in your profile that you are?
what leads you to say that some of the things you do aren't really good? because other people tell you they're not good? because you think they're not, or because you think they break your ethical principles, like lying or cheating or something?
what can be described as Christian covers a lot of ground, and there's no one definitive answer. and just the same way, what can be described as "normal" by people who call themselves Christians varies a whole lot, and most of all what is actually normal among people who call themselves Christians, that is, what they actually do even if they don't advertise it, varies hugely. i've been learning this myself more and more over the last few years as i've got to know people and discovered some surprising things about their private lives, and it was the most beautiful revelation to me that they found no conflict between these things and loving Jesus
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I posted my profile... I'm kind of a nervous person when it comes to actually telling people in wide range so if you don't particularly mind... I finished my profile... or the bulk of it really.
I'm kind of OCD so I'll end up making a layout later... X3
But no... I'm not torturing puppies... ; ;
Actually I just got a bunch of pet chickens. I'm so not into killing animals, even if we end up having to like get rid of the roosters...
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I really dread the idea of having to even kill our chickens.
(do you mind if i reply here, given your profile's public? if so, i'll delete this comment)
well, if reading and writing and thinking about gay smut is a bad thing, join the club :) it takes up enough of *my* life. do you think same-sex relationships are a bad thing? if not, stories about them are a wonderful thing. heck, the bible's got David and Jonathan (and, some would say, Jesus and John). and as for smut there's the Song of Songs (did you know i read that a few thousand years ago people weren't allowed to read the Song of Songs until they were thirty, because it was so erotic?) so i can't think God minds the existence of smut. i mean, he made us to like it for a reason.
and i know what you mean about killing things. i've had to kill mice and i could hardly manage; i don't know how i'd manage with chickens (let alone pigs and cows and things!)
My Mother would kill me if she knew I was thinking about such things like 99.9% of the time!
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And I've never had a problem with it really... I just get nervous with sexual stuff in general cause I was quite well yelled at once for being caught on a dirty website...
And I've never had a problem with it really... I just get nervous with sexual stuff in general cause I was quite well yelled at once for being caught on a dirty website...
no, good grief, i know what you mean. it seems so sad to me that people punish their kids or shout at them or shame them for showing any interest in sexual things, because the message they'll come away with is that sex, and in particular *their* sexuality, is something to be ashamed of. but it's worse than just that, because people are made as sexual beings: it's not something people *do*, it's part of what they *are*, part of *them*, and so for the rest of their life until they realise it there'll not only be a nervousness and shame attached to what ought to be one of the best things there is, but they'll even feel as though they were a bad person for enjoying it. (and so, of course, controlling a person's sexuality is a way of controlling them, which is something that's often exploited by the church and other organisations.)
I've probably just worried over nothing, but still...
I've been beat over the head with stereotypes, even in religion. I think my biggest fear is becoming a conservative pain that treats people badly because they aren't in their image of perfect...
*nods* i know what you mean, i think. (especially now i have a daughter of my own. you wouldn't believe how scary the thought is that you'll turn into your own parents.)
i read something a while back by Robert Anton Wilson where he said that it only took twenty years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single one of their ideas. i think one advantage i have, though, is that i'm *aware* of the danger of expecting people to conform to some kind of ideal, and even though i'll probably slip into it fairly often, being aware of the danger means there's a chance i might listen if someone's good enough to call me on it.
so, what type of person are you going to say in your profile that you are?
what leads you to say that some of the things you do aren't really good? because other people tell you they're not good? because you think they're not, or because you think they break your ethical principles, like lying or cheating or something?
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It's maybe not a big deal to me, might not be a big deal to you for all I know...
But it'd probably be a big deal to my Grandma or my Mother...
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I posted my profile... I'm kind of a nervous person when it comes to actually telling people in wide range so if you don't particularly mind... I finished my profile... or the bulk of it really.
I'm kind of OCD so I'll end up making a layout later... X3
But no... I'm not torturing puppies... ; ;
Actually I just got a bunch of pet chickens. I'm so not into killing animals, even if we end up having to like get rid of the roosters...
><;;;
I really dread the idea of having to even kill our chickens.
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well, if reading and writing and thinking about gay smut is a bad thing, join the club :) it takes up enough of *my* life. do you think same-sex relationships are a bad thing? if not, stories about them are a wonderful thing. heck, the bible's got David and Jonathan (and, some would say, Jesus and John). and as for smut there's the Song of Songs (did you know i read that a few thousand years ago people weren't allowed to read the Song of Songs until they were thirty, because it was so erotic?) so i can't think God minds the existence of smut. i mean, he made us to like it for a reason.
and i know what you mean about killing things. i've had to kill mice and i could hardly manage; i don't know how i'd manage with chickens (let alone pigs and cows and things!)
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My Mother would kill me if she knew I was thinking about such things like 99.9% of the time!
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And I've never had a problem with it really... I just get nervous with sexual stuff in general cause I was quite well yelled at once for being caught on a dirty website...
Ano... friend me?
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no, good grief, i know what you mean. it seems so sad to me that people punish their kids or shout at them or shame them for showing any interest in sexual things, because the message they'll come away with is that sex, and in particular *their* sexuality, is something to be ashamed of. but it's worse than just that, because people are made as sexual beings: it's not something people *do*, it's part of what they *are*, part of *them*, and so for the rest of their life until they realise it there'll not only be a nervousness and shame attached to what ought to be one of the best things there is, but they'll even feel as though they were a bad person for enjoying it. (and so, of course, controlling a person's sexuality is a way of controlling them, which is something that's often exploited by the church and other organisations.)
Ano... friend me?sure, hi, nice to ( ... )
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...to rather irritating points.
I leave my posts F-locked if they're like... not really something I feel comfy with tons of random... Christian people seeing... if that makes sense.
But everything else is like free reign.
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I've been beat over the head with stereotypes, even in religion. I think my biggest fear is becoming a conservative pain that treats people badly because they aren't in their image of perfect...
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i read something a while back by Robert Anton Wilson where he said that it only took twenty years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single one of their ideas. i think one advantage i have, though, is that i'm *aware* of the danger of expecting people to conform to some kind of ideal, and even though i'll probably slip into it fairly often, being aware of the danger means there's a chance i might listen if someone's good enough to call me on it.
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