25 Apr 2013, 7:58 pm
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25 Apr 2013, 9:05 pm
Austine wrote:
Tensu wrote:
with me it's more leaving the house for even just a few seconds can cause nervous breakdowns due to my phobia of an extremely noisy and annoying animal commonly kept as a pet.
I liked the church a lot when I was younger, but when I started reading the bible for myself my church didn't really offer much for me anymore.
I liked the church a lot when I was younger, but when I started reading the bible for myself my church didn't really offer much for me anymore.
For me what I really can't tolerate traffic much. Too much noise. Explains why I don't like driving. Church is really the only community I have nowadays. At school I am basically isolated. from the other students (my choice). In all honesty I probably would have been a suicide by the time I reached 17 if I had not discovered faith when I was younger (did not help that my own mother put me down for it but that is besides the point). Church is really the only thing I activally participate in. It allows me to occupy myself, otherwise... well too much time to think.
Don't let the atheists on these forums hear you talk like that. A number of them won't understand that you're talking about having something to keep your mind off stressful thoughts and avoid nervous breakdowns and will begin ranting at you about how you've been brainwashed and blah, blah, blah.
25 Apr 2013, 9:13 pm
Tensu wrote:
Austine wrote:
Tensu wrote:
with me it's more leaving the house for even just a few seconds can cause nervous breakdowns due to my phobia of an extremely noisy and annoying animal commonly kept as a pet.
I liked the church a lot when I was younger, but when I started reading the bible for myself my church didn't really offer much for me anymore.
I liked the church a lot when I was younger, but when I started reading the bible for myself my church didn't really offer much for me anymore.
For me what I really can't tolerate traffic much. Too much noise. Explains why I don't like driving. Church is really the only community I have nowadays. At school I am basically isolated. from the other students (my choice). In all honesty I probably would have been a suicide by the time I reached 17 if I had not discovered faith when I was younger (did not help that my own mother put me down for it but that is besides the point). Church is really the only thing I activally participate in. It allows me to occupy myself, otherwise... well too much time to think.
Don't let the atheists on these forums hear you talk like that. A number of them won't understand that you're talking about having something to keep your mind off stressful thoughts and avoid nervous breakdowns and will begin ranting at you about how you've been brainwashed and blah, blah, blah.
Good point.
That is really why I spend most of my time reading, doing school work or participating in Church activities. It keeps my mind off of the stress I have most days. I'm glad to see someone understands that. A lot of people who I talk to don't really understand.
25 Apr 2013, 9:24 pm
I'm severely obsessive-compulsive and have panic attacks that can last hours first thing in the morning and last thing before going to bed.
I used to play video games to keep my mind off it, but I'm so miserable these days it feels "tainted" somehow. Now I go on these forums.
So when you say "too much time to think", I know exactly what you mean. It's really comforting to know someone else understands. 
25 Apr 2013, 9:34 pm
Tensu wrote:
I'm severely obsessive-compulsive and have panic attacks that can last hours first thing in the morning and last thing before going to bed.
I used to play video games to keep my mind off it, but I'm so miserable these days it feels "tainted" somehow. Now I go on these forums.
So when you say "too much time to think", I know exactly what you mean. It's really comforting to know someone else understands.
I used to play video games to keep my mind off it, but I'm so miserable these days it feels "tainted" somehow. Now I go on these forums.
So when you say "too much time to think", I know exactly what you mean. It's really comforting to know someone else understands.
Same here. I occasionaly do video games but really that only works for me if it is a strategy game, which requires focus and is very time consuming. But I don't have much interest in video games nowadays. Like I said same here on the understanding part. I would probably be a nervous wreck if I did not manage to shift my focus onto something. Really I have too much time on my hands. I did try work at the local animal shelter, I have always been good with animals (much easier to understand and, mostly, get along with then other people, though I prefer cats), but I had to quit about a couple months in. It was very sad work, seeing what could be called cast offs alone and helpless espicially the animals who were abuse, and it only served to remind me of my problems of being a shut in and a social outcast when I tried to interact with others and it served to make me more depressed. It was sad to go but I could just not handle it anymore.
25 Apr 2013, 9:43 pm
Austine wrote:
Tensu wrote:
Austine wrote:
Tensu wrote:
with me it's more leaving the house for even just a few seconds can cause nervous breakdowns due to my phobia of an extremely noisy and annoying animal commonly kept as a pet.
I liked the church a lot when I was younger, but when I started reading the bible for myself my church didn't really offer much for me anymore.
I liked the church a lot when I was younger, but when I started reading the bible for myself my church didn't really offer much for me anymore.
For me what I really can't tolerate traffic much. Too much noise. Explains why I don't like driving. Church is really the only community I have nowadays. At school I am basically isolated. from the other students (my choice). In all honesty I probably would have been a suicide by the time I reached 17 if I had not discovered faith when I was younger (did not help that my own mother put me down for it but that is besides the point). Church is really the only thing I activally participate in. It allows me to occupy myself, otherwise... well too much time to think.
Don't let the atheists on these forums hear you talk like that. A number of them won't understand that you're talking about having something to keep your mind off stressful thoughts and avoid nervous breakdowns and will begin ranting at you about how you've been brainwashed and blah, blah, blah.
Good point.
That is really why I spend most of my time reading, doing school work or participating in Church activities. It keeps my mind off of the stress I have most days. I'm glad to see someone understands that. A lot of people who I talk to don't really understand.Well this atheist only blah blahs when someone questions why I am one
I hope you find many friends who share your interests and make you feel good.
25 Apr 2013, 9:47 pm
Keni wrote:
Austine wrote:
Tensu wrote:
Austine wrote:
Tensu wrote:
with me it's more leaving the house for even just a few seconds can cause nervous breakdowns due to my phobia of an extremely noisy and annoying animal commonly kept as a pet.
I liked the church a lot when I was younger, but when I started reading the bible for myself my church didn't really offer much for me anymore.
I liked the church a lot when I was younger, but when I started reading the bible for myself my church didn't really offer much for me anymore.
For me what I really can't tolerate traffic much. Too much noise. Explains why I don't like driving. Church is really the only community I have nowadays. At school I am basically isolated. from the other students (my choice). In all honesty I probably would have been a suicide by the time I reached 17 if I had not discovered faith when I was younger (did not help that my own mother put me down for it but that is besides the point). Church is really the only thing I activally participate in. It allows me to occupy myself, otherwise... well too much time to think.
Don't let the atheists on these forums hear you talk like that. A number of them won't understand that you're talking about having something to keep your mind off stressful thoughts and avoid nervous breakdowns and will begin ranting at you about how you've been brainwashed and blah, blah, blah.
Good point.
That is really why I spend most of my time reading, doing school work or participating in Church activities. It keeps my mind off of the stress I have most days. I'm glad to see someone understands that. A lot of people who I talk to don't really understand.Well this atheist only blah blahs when someone questions why I am one
I hope you find many friends who share your interests and make you feel good.
You're the first atheist that I have seen actually say that. Most, that I know, just spend their time calling my God a fake to my face. Thank you for that.
25 Apr 2013, 10:30 pm
I thought all of the disciples were supposed to have died out during the first century of the Common Era (or the ten-thousandth century of the Human Era).
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25 Apr 2013, 10:32 pm
25 Apr 2013, 10:36 pm
CSBurks wrote:
No. God is a myth.
No thir, heth a mythter.
25 Apr 2013, 10:37 pm
Austine wrote:
You're the first atheist that I have seen actually say that. Most, that I know, just spend their time calling my God a fake to my face. Thank you for that.
I know for my part I generally adopt the same attitude. I'm an atheist. If you confront me about it, I'll clean your clock. Otherwise, cheers, I'm glad you're comfortable in your faith. The thing is, a lot of the time atheists are so used to being put down or shunned or whatever for their lack of faith that we can adopt a sort of preemptive strike mentality. There's also the fact that a lot of us got royally messed up by a religious upbringing, so certain atheists feel they have to save others from that with the same zeal that Christians try to save people from hell.
It's usually not mean spirited. At least in my experience.
25 Apr 2013, 10:38 pm
Fnord wrote:
I thought all of the apostles were supposed to have died out during the first century of the Common Era (or the ten-thousandth century of the Human Era).
what is the 10,oooth century of the human era.where does the calender come from
