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Elena, you read one word and automatically assumed I'm enjoying this in a not so healthy way? Stop reading between lines that don't exist. This is my favorite thread based on the level of intelligence and terrifically variant opinions but it was getting too heated so I diverted the topic. You don't have to be here if it's upsetting.

Tick tock.. I wonder what will happen now!

Okay, in order to cool things down a bit, I only have one word to say: MORMONS

For the record, I also take issue to people like Eminem who try to act like something they aren't. People keep asking what white vs. black sounds like even though we all know exactly what the person who wrote that means. Some black people have a distinct way of speeking that you can hear over the phone or on the radio but it's certainly not the sound of a color! My next door neighbors are black as coal, but their children are on the honor roll and they make us look like white trash next to their immaculate home and educated speech. They're better groomed than I'll ever be, and I sound like a moron mumbling with words like uhhuh, gotta, spoze to, shoulda, etc.

quote If you have to have Oprah or any other celebrity tell you who to vote for, then IMO, you shouldn't be voting because you aren't voting for the right reasons. endquote The entire reason I started this thread is because there's a radio poll asking people if they're going to vote just based on what Oprah says, and a shocking number of people who never voted before plan to vote for Obama just because Oprah said so. Even the radio personalies tried talking the woman out of voting, then other callers tried talking her out of voting. Soon calls were flooding in with people defending the woman who also plan to vote for the first time to support Oprah. SUPPORT OPRAH? Call me a racist, I don't really care because this is sick, and it's even sicker that people are defending Oprah. We're talking about someone running our country here, and that job shouldn't be based on celebrity votes!

TommyO, that made my night. Peace out!

Skyblu, I don't think the thread is racist but perhaps some of what's being said in response? It's about pretending to be something you're not, whether white or black. Regardless of skin color, Oprah's voice and mannerisms change depending on the color of people SHE is around. I'm not making a racist statent but rather pointing out how Oprah herself is playing her Race card to gain political momentum. Saying she's pumping up Obama just because he's black would be the stame if she was pumping up Hilary just because Hilary is a woman. This wasn't started as a racist thread but maybe some of the comments are.

"It is all about guilt." I was raised on placing blame and instilling guilt. Just an coinkydinkle observation!

Oh my gosh, this thread is exhausting, in a really good way! I'm seriously blown away by the level of intelligence here. Nearly every post changes my mind, then the next changes it back. Maybe by the time the Grim Reaper knocks on my door I'll have it figured out. Wait... what or who is the Grim Reaper, and do I believe in him/it/her? (Sorry, tired & losing my fire.)

Anything that says, "Forward this to all your friends, or else..." I don't do e-religion, either. Nothing bad will happen if you don't forward it, and nothing miraculous will happen within 24 hours if you do!

There's just no end to your stupidity, is there? I don't know Lizrbit; perhaps she's one of those skanky evil people that you insult across the Internet. Maybe those skanks are trying to make a living to feed their babies just like traffic cops, bill collectors and car salesman, and the nurse that shoves a big painful needle in your arm. How vicious and nasty you are to play Private Eye (very badly, get another job) to come up with nonfactual garbage in order to spread lies around a message board. I suppose the person who replied to my Private Message might be me, but I'm pretty sure she's a woman who goes by the name Lizrbit. You can try to back peddle again but it's useless because you've made it a point to publicly humiliate yourself, and it appears you're even starting to scare your friends away. Maybe you were a bubble butt but now you're just a plain big ass.

Both; my original thread was indeed serious but I also appreciate a controversial thread. I do not deny there's a God, but I can't bring myself to buy into Man's interpretation. I like seeing people's passion and reading conflicting views to paint a better picture. I don't enjoy being indecisive at all! Others who were born with this fickle, analytical mind will understand how difficult it can be getting a good night's sleep, because this is just one of the concerns that often flies through my mind at 3:00 a.m. I pray, just not the way most people do. I pray for God's will for me, not what I think I want. To me, God is a place in my heart, not in a book.

The skeptical side.

Perhaps my favorite hypocrisy is getting on your knees to pray to cement statues and wooden crosses while wringing glass rosary beads in your hands while the 2nd Commandment prohibits the construction or fashioning of "idols" in the likeness of created things (beasts, fish, birds, people) and worshiping them.

I say it deserves repeating!