diamond said:
I do know for a good portion of my life I was a hedonistic phalander, hurt many many people and know now that lifestyle would be offensible in the sight of God, and after some spiritual experiences, which are too sacred to discuss in a public fourm, I knew it was time for me make a major change in my own lifestyle.
And I did make those changes and glad I did.
So let me get this straight. I'm supposed to be taking morality lessons from a "hedonistic phalander"
(sic.) who probably "found Jesus" after having taken too many drugs, drank himself into near cirrhosis, and/or got dumped one too many times?
Since we've pretty much established that we can now create any thread we want in FYM, as long as the subject matter is not illegal, and that it's "okay" to "disagree" with things that "objectively" exist, let's make some things clear here. "Born-again Christianity," in any form, has been nothing but a malignant tumor on our society. There is nothing more that I find appalling than to have society's fuck-ups screw their lives up for the first 20-30 years of their life and then has the fucking gall to start telling ME--a straight-A overachieving student with 13 years of Catholic education, a B.A., and an M.A. all done at great personal and financial sacrifice--that I need to "make changes in my lifestyle."
Let me let you in on a little secret:
Some of us have actually been "Christian" since we were little children, and we have no need to be "born again," because we actually bothered to do it right
the first time around. Secondly, just because you screwed up your own life doesn't mean you should project your own regrets onto others. Because you know what? I can't relate. I paid attention in school. I did my homework, instead of drinking and fucking around in high school. Same with college. I'm 26, and have been in a four year monogamous relationship--more commitment than many heteros are willing to take on, and longer than many "Christian" marriages before they head to divorce court.
So you know what? I flat out don't care what you "believe" or "disagree" with. You and the rest of your "born-again" fuck-ups clearly have no grip on reality as it is.
So carry on everybody, but please do civilly.
Oh please. You should have thought about that before you even posted this thread. "Civility" went out the window a long time ago here.
(To the moderators: I apologize in advance if this post is more "vicious" than what you'd expect. But this thread and all the other hate and ignorance-filled ones like it that I've responded to over the last seven years have had it coming!)