The Dark Lord

Well I really can't talk much about jeans except that I like them unisex and tight. Anywaaaay.... I bought some black faded jeans for 50% off the other day for $25 and they basically have embroidered designs on the buttocks pockets and are intentionally frayed at the bottoms. They also have a distressed look. Got these from Burlington's Coat Factory. Went to American Eagle and bought some $50 brown plaid shorts, generic plaid shoes (resemble Converse All-Star lowtops, but only American Eagle brand), and a white AE t-shirt. Ended up spending $125 on those three items alone. Then I went to Aeropostale and got a brown shirt and a golden yellow shirt off of the clearance rack. Spent $30 there. Basically that's just a small starting kit for school. I'll be in my junior year in high school. Not exactly thrilled, but I just want to get HS over once and for all. Anyway hope that satisfied your clothing obsession. lol

1. Being in the area of the tornado that hit downtown Fort Worth during the late 90s. Don't know if many people will remember about the story, it was a big tornado and did loads of damage to the buildings, and many buildings were built with a lot of windows, so it literally demolished the buildings. 2. Probably when I was playing on a playground and a group of kids come up (I was on a merry-go-round) and then they all started spinning it. I thought they were going to spin it a little and then jump on it and just play, but they had mean intentions. They kept spinning it and spinning it. Very quickly it got up to a speed that I couldn't get off it. Literally. The speed of it created a force that started pulling me down and I kept sliding everywhere and I literally thought it would eventually fling me off. I felt myself lift off of the merry-go-round by about an inch or so and I started grabbing the bars. The kids were just [wagon] holes and luckily a teacher found out and stopped them. The first one just made me scared because I didn't fully understand what was going on, except that sirens were going off and we had our door open and the suction literally slammed the door and probably cracked it. I don't remember much about it since I was little then. The second one just kind of made me cry because I was so scared of getting hurt. Other than that, my life isn't scary at all. Unless you count the fact that I was talking to a Scientologist on Facebook the other day and he freaked out when I said something negative about Tom Cruise and he threatened to hurt me. I just reported it though and was like "Ok, whatever... BYE!" I'm glad I changed my Facebook screen name before talking to him though. I'm also glad I have bogus personal details on my Facebook, incase he was able to access it somehow. Another one would be when I got a death threat by someone calling my cellphone. Apparently a "friend" gave someone my phone number and they wanted to call me and threaten to hurt me just because I was too effeminate or whatever. They wanted to "teach me a lesson." Just a bunch of hicks. I moved since then anyway, so GL to whoever the hell got my number in finding me.

Okay, about hat jaw surgery, you just scared the hell out of me. I have an overbite, but my orthodontist said it can be corrected with braces...

MCR also causes suicide and depression just by reading their lyrics, let alone by listening to their music.

That sucks. Do you have to clear everything on the hard drive and reinstall the OS or something?

You can't do that anymore because the terrorists supposedly ruined it for us by mixing different chemicals together during the flight and made a bomb... Darn terrorists! They're EVERYWHEEEREE! Especially the Muslimbs! [/hillbilly accent] :roll:

Did you lick it off of a strawberry shortcake?

The image I got was of a troll with arms dangling three inches above the ground and short legs and a tall torso... Please, oh please don't ruin that image!

Isn't Christianity the state religion there?

Emo people are hot. They should totally take over the Kremlin.

*Makes sure this is modern thread.* Um well I've only been on an airplane once. I was like 6 then. Anyway we went through a storm and there was a lot of turbulence. I was asleep the entire time, but my Dad freaked out and spilled Coca-Cola all over me. That's all I really remember though.

This is one of those questions with an "obviously right" answer. I will never try to harm a friend or anything sadistic in nature, as in I would never hurt a friend's feelings on purpose or try to do them wrong. Here's an example. I'm currently part of an organization known as the Order of Demolay, which is an affiliate with the Freemasons. The chapter that I'm part of has become religiously intolerant (going against their code of religious tolerance) and one of our "Dads" or adult supervisors has confronted me about a rumor that I was dating this certain boy. He asked if the boy was gay. I was honest and admitted that the kid was openly gay. He then made a comment about how he thought being gay was immoral and then he decided to decline the kid's application into our organization. Since my religion promotes equal rights, religious tolerance, and gay rights and marriage, of course I was greatly offended by the man's homophobia. The boy was very popular among the other boys in my group, but the supervisor thought the gay boy would "prey" on the other boys. Well let's just say that I won't be in the organization for long. I thought about waiting until I was closer to 18 and then "surprising" them with the fact that I'm not a Christian (they are all biased towards Christianity) and then declaring in front of them that I'm a Unitarian Universalist and not a Christian. I will then most likely be kicked out immediately and then I'll just go my own separate way. I'll just get involved with college and helping out my church during my free time. That will fill in the "void" from where I left OoD. I've never had any true desire to become a Freemason anyway. I don't believe they are subversive, which is what most people believe the Freemasons are: a subversive Mafia-like cult. My father is one and he greatly desires me to be one, but like I said, no desire whatsoever. It would also eat up my time as you have to remember an insane amount of material before giving "lectures" infront of other Masons in order to achieve different levels. Also I would never have joined Demolay if they told me sooner that by saying that I must at least believe in God, I must also believe in the "Christian God." If they told me this sooner, I would have recognized it as religious bias and intolerance to other beliefs. I guess that's the closest thing I would do that would "backstab" any friends. But it's not really backstabbing. If the friends I've made while in that organization disown me, that's their own problem. Sorry for the messiness, but I'm kind of in a hurry. Sorry if it isn't coherent enough to understand.

My head hurts now. Thanks a lot. That made me laugh too hard.

That's why he's in terrible health! Surgery kills! Ruuuun! I knew I could totally take that one out of context. :lol:

Sorry but coming from an American perspective, it's just so odd that those words are used so close together... It'll be a cold day in hell before the Republican party in the United States will even support social equality. Most Republicans in my country are ignorant and spurt out hate speech and say things that aren't true, such as the homosexuals trying to take over the world and spreading AIDS like wildfire bullcrap that FOX talks about a lot or some random legislator in a conservative state ranting on about homosexuals. It would be a good laugh if it weren't so mean. Anyway I've noticed that the UK seems to be more liberal than the United States. They are so much more ahead socially and economically. You have gay rights in that country. I've heard that some people were successful in helping schools pass zero-tolerance on homophobia. The United States should swallow their pride and actually emulate the UK, which is a better country in my opinion. The only problem that I have with America is their epidemic of ignorance and bigotry, their poor economy, and their pride. It will be their downfall if they don't change and change soon. As for me, I'll be gone before that happens. If I see the US won't improve, I'll just save up money and start a new life in the UK. EDIT: I completely misread Snipersas' posts. Feel free to quote this post and laugh at me. :oops:

It would be even worse if you didn't get this done and when you sat down by your friends and stood up, the chair was soaking wet... Going to that wikipedia page was kind of gross... It was all drippy and pale and hairy...

So in the rest of the world, Democrats basically are conservative? So that means they are homophobic as the Republicans in the US are conservative and homophobic? The politics of the UK and rest of the world has kind of thrown me off. I know the Democrats in the US are liberals and are generally more towards social equality and the like, at least in my country.

I support whichever seems better and more along my views. If a candidate is homophobic, a war-monger, and forces religion on someone and/or is intolerant towards any religion, they aren't likely to get my vote. So in this election, I would choose Democrat. I think it's stupid as hell to be loyal to any particular party. Things change over time. I am liberal in thought if that was what you were asking.

Someone lit the spark? Oh no! We're all gonna burn! Someone get the fire extinguisher! Hurry! *clap* *clap* Make it snappy! We NEED to extinguish this flame before it results in a flame war! Well then that's your opinion.

That's basically what mine teaches. We believe we can find meaning and truth from all sources, religious or non-religious. We may draw from many sources, such as Hindu scriptures, Buddhist teachings, the Bible, the Torah, the Qu'ran, Chinese philosophy, Greek philosophy, a science textbook, etc. It doesn't mean we believe everything from all the sources, especially if taken literally. We just believe there is some truth found in everything. For example, we may teach the story of Krishna and Arjuna from Hindu texts, parables that Jesus taught in the New Testament, or just tell stories of actual things that have taken place, such as the story of Stefania. The story of Krishna and Arjuna talk about the morality of war. Parables that Jesus taught in the Bible can serve as common sense type of things or as life lessons. The story of Stefania talks about a girl that moves to a new school. She's Unitarian and at a playground she meets a girl that is alone and doesn't play with the other kids. When she asks why she doesn't play with them, the kids say "Oh she's a Unitarian. We don't play with her kind." Stefania felt sorry for the girl and immediately replied "Well I'm Unitarian also, so I guess you can't play with me either!" and she goes to the lonely girl and they become close friends. They all have very good things to offer. You shouldn't throw away these priceless stories just because you're biased towards a particular religion or lack thereof.

To be honest, I remember there being a lot of adults around us. The drinking of juice and the hymns are mostly what I remember. I do remember us saying a blessing before the juice was consumed. The hymns were all sung in Hebrew. Since my family didn't know Hebrew, we were given the option of singing the hymns in English as they provided a translation alongside the hymn. We also wore caps as a symbol of humility.

1. Yes, I was raised as a fundamental Christian. 2. Yes, they taught that the World was inherently evil and anyone who existed in the realm of the world was outside of Christ and would spend an eternity in hell. They also taught me that God predestines everyone and determines their fate before the foundations of the world were even created. Thus, God makes some people to go to heaven, and some to go to hell. Those who go to hell are throw-aways and they serve only to glorify God by going to hell to spend an eternity in torment. 3. Of course. I was born with the ability to have free thought. I would often question the stories that I was taught about Jesus and his disciples and stories about creation and Noah's Ark. I would also wonder if God was just by allowing his followers to take over a land and kill everyone in it. I would also wonder why gay people were considered sinners and why God would say something about hating sinners, yet why my Sunday school teacher always told me God was love and only hated sin, but not the sinners. I would wonder why God in the Old Testament seemed differently than what he was in the New Testament. Why was God more wrathful in the Old Testament, but less strict in the New? Also I do admit I eventually all-out parroted these views. I would push them on people because I honestly believed I could save them from hell. I eventually escaped those views, however. I even changed faiths and identified as Agnostic. My views of God literally went from "a big man on a cloud" to something that manifests itself in nature and all aspects of life. Today, I'm a Unitarian Universalist. UU is a liberal faith and lacks a formal creed. It promotes religious tolerance and diversity. We believe that every person has worth and dignity and that everyone has some good in them. We affirm homosexuals and transgenders and gladly welcome them into our congregations. We are influenced by many religious traditions, so it's no surprise if someone finds aspects of Buddhism alongside Judaism and Christianity. Everyone is free to believe what they want as we believe in salvation by deeds, not creeds. Some of our members are atheist and believe in no deity, while some are theist or agnostic. Like I said, we respect diversity. We also support Science. If you asked if we believed in God or heaven, our answer would be 'yes' or 'no.' Many of us believe in God, but it's not necessarily the traditional concept of God. Some are polytheistic and some even believe in Goddess. We focus on this life and doing social justice, mostly along the lines of equality. We take a more of a "We'd rather be surprised." attitude as to what happens after death, if anything does happen. Our religion has made an impact in the area of religious liberalism and during the Civil Rights Era. We are also major voices during the feminist and Gay Rights movements. Our symbol is the flaming chalice with two circles surrounding it. One circle represents Unitarianism and the other represents Universalism, which were liberal movements of the 1700s and 1800s. In 1961, they eventually merged and created the UUA. Six of the first presidents had something to do with our movement, in one way or another. Thomas Jefferson was a Unitarian. We have a very rich and interesting culture of promoting equal rights. That being said, I wouldn't necessarily say that I'm a 'religious' person, but rather more of a spiritual person. I'm in UUism for the loving community that it provides and the social work that we can do as members. It matches my beliefs like a glove and I enjoy it. =) By the way, I'm not sure if I misread your post or not, but isn't this something to do with a school project you've had/you're having?

So Jews have more of the "How can an all-loving G-d send anyone to an infinite amount of time in hell for only committing a finite amount of sin on Earth" mentality, right? EDIT: By the way, I'm an unofficial member of a UU congregation. When I get to go back to the church again, I get to celebrate Jewish holidays with them. I honestly think it's going to be a very fun and enriching experience to celebrate Jewish and Christian and possibly other religious holidays instead of only the Christian holidays my family celebrates. (My family = bunch of orthodox Christians. I'm kind of the black sheep of the family because I'm a Unitarian Universalist. =\ Just thought to throw in that interesting fact about that I'm going to start celebrating all Jewish holidays soon. Anyway my dad took me to a Jewish synagogue when I was little, I enjoyed the worship, but didn't understand any of the symbolism at the time. They passed around some apple juice during the middle of the service. What did the drinking of the juice represent?)

I am a member of a major and well-respected transgender site. On their forums, I help transgender teenagers and adults get through some issues. You don't have to be transgender to be a part of that site. I'm just an ally that's there to offer advice. Okay. 60 percent of the entire forums are dedicated to suicide, depression, homophobia/transphobia, eating disorders, drug abuse, alcoholism, spouse problems, abuse, etc. It is no laughing matter. Many transgenders "come out of the closet" to their spouses and their spouses abandon them. Many resort to substance abuse and go through depression, usually suicidal in nature. Many also kill themselves simply because of being targets for hate and being disowned by society. Also there are some who are murdered or denied medical treatment when someone finds out they are transgender. It's a disturbing reality. On Soulforce, which is mainly geared towards homosexuals, people talk about abuse and losing jobs just because of their sexual orientation. Just homophobia alone is dangerous enough to get people killed, lose jobs, or even lose their families. Transphobia is much, much more severe in nature and as a result, most transgenders kill themselves. It's so disturbing that I don't see how people can throw around their right-wing propaganda and still consider themselves humans.

Do Jews believe in hell? Do they believe that God would send someone to hell? Just a question I decided to raise since pretty much the whole "Egyptian sun-worship" debate is over.