BethFromVA

I'll admit I never even read it. I just saw how long it was and chose not to bore myself.

Omg, I was drinking right along with you! The fact that we held our booze and didn't break things, dance on tables, or get nekkid says we did well. I can hardly wait to do it again! My house, Greek theme, more wine, right?

Heh, yeah, but you proved me right.

Neither are your sermons, which I see you followed this statement up with...

As if that matters. No doubt you'll pick up where you left off.

I've come to the conclusion (not recently, but wow...) that the more I hear about or from Oprah, she's a flaming idiot. Herman Rosenblat's Holocaust memoir of love is exposed as a hoax - Times Online That's all.

Ditto, Green. That shit scares me. :confused:

Oooh, another good reason to have them frequently! :confused:

I would say it's a lack of God, but I doubt she'd appreciate that little diddy. :sneaky:

I love a good debate too, but that is not what's going on over there. Debate is verbal sparring. In this case, it's turning into one person punching the other with their words. It's not debate.

I fully understand. I will not be baited into that conversation with that person either. I've learned the hard way that it never gets anywhere. If one was truly questioning to learn or find out what others believe, that is one thing. However, that is not the way this diatribe is going. These are questions simply elicited in order to bash the response or the responder, and I simply won't walk into that. Smarter people than her have tried it and failed, and it just turns into a pissing match.

LOL, hopefully not at me. I think it's time I bow out too. Being diplomatic isn't getting me anywhere. :confused:

I don't bellieve you would like to understand. Your questions aren't so much questions as they are inquisitions. There's a huge difference between somebody who truly wants to understand and somebody else who wants us to answer questions just so that they can bash the responses. You have your mind set. You don't believe. That is your prerogative and your choice. It means nothing to anybody else and really doesn't matter.

Seriously, wasa, you are the only one here who is making it an issue. Your game is tired and old and has been played much better by people who are more adept at it than you. Forced? Okay, maybe a bad choice of words. But if I politely choose not to take the bait, you try to bait me further by saying I am running from the tough questions -- which you have said over and over ad nauseaum all day. I guess when one battles others as much as you appear to, you can't fathom that not everybody takes this path. This is a thread about prostitution. If I wanted to be sermonized to -- by either PattyGreen or yourself (and don't for a minute think that you are not sermonizing because you are, even if it is anti-God) -- I would be on the proper boards for that. I'm not rising to your bait -- not because I don't have the answers, but because people such as yourself will only further distort what is being said and turn it into more argument. I choose not to debate religion with anybody. Been there, done that, to no good purpose. What do you want, to be convinced of something? Or are you just bored today? :confused:

It's not a matter of what value there is in prayer before a football game. It's more about what harm is there in having prayer before a football game if the majority of the people want it? One sucky person can ruin it for everybody else, and I don't recall that America was founded on those principles. It's the mere fact that people can't live and let live. I have to tolerate all sorts of things in my everyday life that I wouldn't necessarily choose to if I was queen, but the same fairness or fair play can't be given by the other side. It just baffles me. Also, I know your perception is that when the questions get tough, Christians go running. But maybe many believe as I do. It's just not a worthwhile fight. As for listening to sermons, I'm guessing you mean PattyGreen. The only thing I can suggest is to unsubscribe from the thread. :confused:

Omg, too funny! :w00t:

I would think a closed gate would have been enough. :w00t:

And as I wrote, I choose not to wrestle with pigs. Figuratively speaking, that is. That is my choice, no? Otherwise, aren't you forcing this on me? :thumbup: I never got into this as a religious debate anyway.

Seriously, I have been down this road with harder nuts to crack than you. It's not a matter of redirecting anything, it's a matter of picking one's battles. It's like trying to describe colors to a blind person. They can't get what you're saying anyway. Nothing personal towards you, but I find when one wrestles with pigs, you end up all dirty and the pig likes it. So what's the point? You have your reasons for not believing in God, and I have a my reasons for believing in Him. Faith cannot be defined or described. You either have it or you don't.

Why would I want to? I believe in God and you don't. That pretty much sums it up, doesn't it? I don't need to make my point with people who don't believe. It's rather fruitless and silly.

I can see my point was completely lost on you.

Wha...?? Omg, tell him you ought to run around nekkid because that's how God made ya. :w00t:

Welcome back, Susan! Long time no see!

Make that three. I guess I can do Richard twice to combat all the wine I drank at Colorado Chick's house last night at dinner! :w00t: