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Theme Changer

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  • School Prayer
     Reply #60 - October 12, 2013, 07:33 PM
    Quote from: three on October 12, 2013, 06:15 PM
    Equidistant between 35 and 40.


    Thirties are the new teens.  Afro

    Late teens, of course.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #61 - October 12, 2013, 07:48 PM
    Quote from: Quod Sum Eris on October 12, 2013, 07:21 PM
    Believe what? Can you be more specific?


    May I ask why you don't believe in the existence of a deity or more specific, God?
  • School Prayer
     Reply #62 - October 12, 2013, 07:49 PM
    A god is a deity Huh?
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • School Prayer
     Reply #63 - October 12, 2013, 11:25 PM
    Quote from: three on October 12, 2013, 06:15 PM
    Equidistant between 35 and 40.


    Lol 3. Some people/females still reticent of telling their age. In one number. So you were born 75-76. 77 would have been better, better memory of what happened - brother dying - Manchester united beating Liverpool in FA Cup and it is my favourite double digit number, on account of my first branded t-shirt being an Adidas white/red/blue with the number 77 on it.

    76 - fucking hot summer
    75 - nothing interesting happened when I was six, unless you count yourself being born.
    I am my own worst enemy and best friend, itsa bit of a squeeze in a three-quarter bed, tho. Unhinged!? If I was a dog I would be having kittens, that is unhinged. Footloose n fancy free, forced to fit, fated to fly. One or 2 words, 3 and 3/thirds, looking comely but lonely, till I made them homely.D
  • School Prayer
     Reply #64 - October 13, 2013, 12:58 AM
    Quote from: Quod Sum Eris on October 12, 2013, 07:49 PM
    A god is a deity Huh?


    Deity is a supernatural being. Google it.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #65 - October 13, 2013, 01:06 AM
    Deity -

    Noun
    1.A god or goddess.
    2.Divine status, quality, or nature: "a ruler driven by delusions of deity".

    Synonyms
    divinity - godhead - god


    Deity - god.
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • School Prayer
     Reply #66 - October 13, 2013, 02:18 AM
    Quote from: happymurtad on October 12, 2013, 07:33 PM
    Thirties are the new teens.  Afro

    Late teens, of course.


    I like that. I will say, since leaving Purdah, I feel like I am eighteen every single time I slam the door after getting behind the wheel. By rights, from the rush I get, I should be wearing leather, hairspray, eyeliner, and there ought to be a housefire somewhere behind me to flick a cigarette at.
    I think it's because I don't have "permission" to drive anywhere. If only I had a CD player, I could put on theme music. This could, however, set me up for a crash.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #67 - October 13, 2013, 02:22 AM
     Cheesy Go for it. Get a iPod.
    Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West. bunny
  • School Prayer
     Reply #68 - October 13, 2013, 02:22 AM
    So how exactly did you embrace islam anyway? I mean how did you rationalise everything to the point you're arguing for islam with a buddhist?
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • School Prayer
     Reply #69 - October 13, 2013, 02:36 AM
    Quote from: Quod Sum Eris on October 12, 2013, 07:07 PM
    Lol it's not that old.


    We could fight about it. But then there would have to be evidence submitted, and I am not sure how to go about that for this topic. Maybe I will remember you said that, and not feel self conscious the next time the children and I are running madly away from Doctor Octopus at the park.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #70 - October 13, 2013, 02:39 AM
    Doctor Octopus is currently possessing Spider-Man. Really Marvel? Seriously?
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • School Prayer
     Reply #71 - October 13, 2013, 02:41 AM
    Quote from: Quod Sum Eris on October 13, 2013, 02:22 AM
    So how exactly did you embrace islam anyway? I mean how did you rationalise everything to the point you're arguing for islam with a buddhist?


    I had a ridiculous mystical experience and it set me up for faith. Everything I had available to me, literature- wise, was apologist or pandering to Islam. My husband at the time was very nice. He was not practicing, but he believed. So I was already in the community. I had an unorthodox and difficult childhood, with no parental guidance. Islam is the ultimate parent. It most likely filled a vacuum within me. There are instructions for every little thing.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #72 - October 13, 2013, 02:43 AM
    Quote from: Quod Sum Eris on October 13, 2013, 02:39 AM
    Doctor Octopus is currently possessing Spider-Man. Really Marvel? Seriously?


    Oh sorry, much as I wish it, the children are not yet reading comics. I think my oldest can read about five words. This is from books that are probably based on the movie, which I would let them watch, if it didn't give them nightmares.
    We spent a long stretch with no possessions, no books, no toys. I spun out stories with villains and heroes and Thomas the Tank Engine. I used Doctor Octopus a lot to teach the children about mental illness. Now I mostly use him and the Decepticons to get the kids in the car when they are reluctant.
    That's messed up that SpiderMan is in his possession. I am not going to tell the kids. It will crush them.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #73 - October 13, 2013, 02:45 AM
    Fair enough. It'd have the opposite effect on me, if I had instructions for everything and felt I had to do it, I'd go insane. After you found out the sugar-coating was bollocks, was their no attempts to leave? By the way, if this is to personal feel free to tell me it's none of my business. Smiley
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • School Prayer
     Reply #74 - October 13, 2013, 02:47 AM
    No, like, he's POSSESSING Spider-Man. He was dying, managed to get this thing where he puts his consciousness in Spider-Man's brain.

    Bloody hell, I can't believe I'm so up to date on this... Embarrassed
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • School Prayer
     Reply #75 - October 13, 2013, 02:50 AM
    Quote from: three on October 13, 2013, 02:36 AM
    We could fight about it. But then there would have to be evidence submitted, and I am not sure how to go about that for this topic. Maybe I will remember you said that, and not feel self conscious the next time the children and I are running madly away from Doctor Octopus at the park.


    The ages of your kids do make one feel older than norm. Equidistant between 35-40 and twelve year old kid means equidistant of 20-30 when with first child. In reality you have your whole life ahead of you, for better or worse.

    A couple of years back a old amn knocked on the door. He was looking for people who listen to the radio and were willing to fill a form telling them what/when you listened to in a typical seven day period. I looked at him, all oldish and tired and little pleading, thought he is not going to get much luck round here and invited him in.

    Cu a short story even shorter, he asks my age, 42 (ahh, I was that young) I say. I'm old I say. He says 'You got your whole life ahead of you'. I was taken aback - he says - yeah, you got a 'lifetime' yet, me on the other hand my time is done, I am 65. I thought wait till a 87 year old guy talk to ya.

    Helps looking young, full head of hair, no wrinkles (babyface gene and baby lotion, the pink one, for forty years on face, no change in overall body shape since teenage, and no 'hard' work to keep hands the same size. My best friend born same day as me look 10 years older than his real age lol.

    Looking older makes you mature quicker imo.
    I am my own worst enemy and best friend, itsa bit of a squeeze in a three-quarter bed, tho. Unhinged!? If I was a dog I would be having kittens, that is unhinged. Footloose n fancy free, forced to fit, fated to fly. One or 2 words, 3 and 3/thirds, looking comely but lonely, till I made them homely.D
  • School Prayer
     Reply #76 - October 13, 2013, 02:52 AM
    Quote from: devilsadvokat on October 13, 2013, 02:50 AM
    The ages of your kids do make one feel older than norm. Equidistant between 35-40 and twelve year old kid means equidistant of 20-30 when with first child. In reality you have your whole life ahead of you, for better or worse.


    Every day is the first day of the rest of your life Smiley
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • School Prayer
     Reply #77 - October 13, 2013, 02:56 AM
    Quote from: three on October 13, 2013, 02:41 AM
    I had a ridiculous mystical experience and it set me up for faith. Everything I had available to me, literature- wise, was apologist or pandering to Islam. My husband at the time was very nice. He was not practicing, but he believed. So I was already in the community. I had an unorthodox and difficult childhood, with no parental guidance. Islam is the ultimate parent. It most likely filled a vacuum within me. There are instructions for every little thing.


    A mystical experience?
  • School Prayer
     Reply #78 - October 13, 2013, 02:58 AM
    I don't mind. I left so gradually, that I did not notice I had left until I got in front of a judge and removed my scarf out of respect, without any prompting. It was heart felt.
    I think the final straw was realizing (belatedly) that I had been living in hell, and every Muslim who knew my situation agreed with it, because "It's her duty", and etc. Whereas every non-Muslim I met in the aftermath told me otherwise. Islam and Muslims told me, for years, so many bad things about Kaffirs. I still don't know what they were talking about. Monsters have no religion, and it was monsters they were referring to, not non-Muslims.
    But the cultural things, I am still trying to leave behind. It's easy enough to finally say that there is no proof to keep me in Islam, it's another to show my ankles or look a man in the eye for no good reason. The shame is in my bones. But that could be from abuse, too. Points tend to sink in well when people are screaming at you incessantly.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #79 - October 13, 2013, 02:59 AM
    Quote from: C1981 on October 13, 2013, 02:56 AM
    A mystical experience?


    Yes. Mystical experiences are common in all cultures, all religions, and even occurs to those who have no religion at all.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #80 - October 13, 2013, 03:00 AM
    Quote from: Quod Sum Eris on October 13, 2013, 02:52 AM
    Every day is the first day of the rest of your life Smiley


    That's not just a saying. It's true.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #81 - October 13, 2013, 03:01 AM
    Quote from: three on October 13, 2013, 02:58 AM
    Points tend to sink in well when people are screaming at you incessantly.


    That part really resonated with me.
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • School Prayer
     Reply #82 - October 13, 2013, 03:03 AM
    Quote from: devilsadvokat on October 13, 2013, 02:50 AM
    The ages of your kids do make one feel older than norm. Equidistant between 35-40 and twelve year old kid means equidistant of 20-30 when with first child. In reality you have your whole life ahead of you, for better or worse.

    A couple of years back a old amn knocked on the door. He was looking for people who listen to the radio and were willing to fill a form telling them what/when you listened to in a typical seven day period. I looked at him, all oldish and tired and little pleading, thought he is not going to get much luck round here and invited him in.

    Cu a short story even shorter, he asks my age, 42 (ahh, I was that young) I say. I'm old I say. He says 'You got your whole life ahead of you'. I was taken aback - he says - yeah, you got a 'lifetime' yet, me on the other hand my time is done, I am 65. I thought wait till a 87 year old guy talk to ya.

    Helps looking young, full head of hair, no wrinkles (babyface gene and baby lotion, the pink one, for forty years on face, no change in overall body shape since teenage, and no 'hard' work to keep hands the same size. My best friend born same day as me look 10 years older than his real age lol.

    Looking older makes you mature quicker imo.


    I look older. My first job was digging holes for trees. I cannot watch television, because I cannot sit still. I am always moving unless I am writing or reading. I force myself to sit down so the kids don't see me always in motion. It makes them hyper.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #83 - October 13, 2013, 03:04 AM
    Quote from: Quod Sum Eris on October 13, 2013, 03:01 AM
    That part really resonated with me.


    Stuff like that is harder to clear out of the psyche. It's work.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #84 - October 13, 2013, 03:05 AM
    Been there.
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • School Prayer
     Reply #85 - October 13, 2013, 03:08 AM
    Quote from: osmanthus on October 13, 2013, 02:22 AM
    Cheesy Go for it. Get a iPod.


    That would be so daring.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #86 - October 13, 2013, 03:10 AM
    Quote from: Quod Sum Eris on October 13, 2013, 03:05 AM
    Been there.


    I am supposed to "talk back" in my head at it. I try. Any other tips? Every professional tells me "it takes time" and I nod and smile and I think "they want more money.."
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #87 - October 13, 2013, 03:12 AM
    One day I looked in the mirror and mentally thought/felt something that amounted to "You will not beat me. I am the fucking man". I won't be controlled, not even by my own conditioning.
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • School Prayer
     Reply #88 - October 13, 2013, 03:16 AM
    Well, I have lately been working on looking into mirrors. Maybe I should make fierce faces, without laughing at myself.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • School Prayer
     Reply #89 - October 13, 2013, 03:18 AM
    Quote from: C1981 on October 12, 2013, 07:48 PM
    May I ask why you don't believe in the existence of a deity or more specific, God?

    May I ask why you don't believe in the existence of flying green elephants in Ohio? parrot
    Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West. bunny
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