Friends getting religious

Lori, in the response to Jdawg, you show tendencies towards 'stream of consciousness' in your writing style. IE, no punctuation, paragraphs, and the overuse of 'I'. Your world is you-centric, have you not noticed that?

Why don't you try objectivity for a change?

The fact remains;

A, You met God.
B, You suffer mental aberrations.

I think it's obvious which, but then I'm not living a delusion.

 

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There is a "C" option, Phlog--she could be making it all up. I think far too often we underestimate people's ability to fib.

 

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you should either stop using your phone to post .. or realize no one is going to read shit like this :shrug:

 

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I skipped right over it.

To the op,

If your friends start pushing religion on you, I'd suggest bringing it up in conversation. You'll get more talking to the friends pursuing religion than by coming here and asking people to speculate.

 

Well, yeah, but if she's lying, it sounds like she's also lying to herself, so I count that as 'B' too.

I think 'C' is reserved for televangelists, who _know_ they are lying just to make money.

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Attention can serve as a motivator for being dishonest, too. Think of how children lie. I'm sure there are people who never outgrow that.

 

It's a hard read, but if you do wade through it, it tells you a lot about Lori. She prides herself on a lot of things, but she appears single. Is religion filling a void in her life? Sounds like it.

On a rough count, 35 references to 'I', 17 'me', and 9 'my' uses. IE, Lori, lives on planet 'Lori'.

 

Maybe you are right. She mentions her parents, and friends, but not a life partner. Maybe she is still a child, and incapable of an adult relationship.

 

It's a hard read, but if you do wade through it

Yeah ... right? ... I would kind of like to but.....

 

Well, I'm not going to go that far. I'm just offering up an option. I don't know if that would necessarily mean she's incapable of having a relationship.

 

omnipotence...

well, he could have chosen to create nothing. and he created the laws under which we exist and face the consequence of. for example, you are familiar with the law of gravity. the fact that this law exists does not stop you from jumping off the roof of a 10 story building if that's in fact what you want to do. how about biology? we, as humans, need water to live. it's a vital part of our composition. but if you want to, you can choose to cease from drinking water and die. nobody's stopping you. in regards to evil, it's a case of duality. like i said, he could have created nothing. in order for law to exist, the possibility of transgression must also exist. in order for life to exist, the possibility of death must also exist. in order for light to exist, the possibility of darkness must also exist. love, hate...good, evil...and so on, and so on. neither one of these things must be perpetuated, but if nothing is ever perpetuated, then nothing exists.

omniscience...

once i received an answer. can't remember what the question was specifically, but the answer i received was, "there is no time here." god is not under the constraint of time as we are here in the material world. therefore he can see the past, present, and future, all at once. because of that, he knows what choices you will make before you make them. that does not mean that he makes those choices for you. if you could see into the future life of a person, you could see the choices they make before they actually make them. that does not mean you have made those choices for them. if you do not use your knowledge of the future to influence them or it's outcome, then the person's freewill is intact, even though you know their future. this is really quite an easy concept, and i never have understood why people have such a difficult time with it. i guess it's because a lot of people are so close minded that they think there are no other possibilities other than what they are aware of in their own small existence and world.

 

jdawg and phlog,

do you have to be so pathetic, really? i mean, don't you find it a bit embarrassing? i'm almost embarrassed for you here...

 

so you're criticizing my grammar? really? that's pretty desperate. i didn't capitalize anything either. are you really incapable of reading what i've written? it's really that difficult huh?

 

therefore he can see the past, present, and future, all at once.


does he know which one is which though?

Time,having no meaning to him ....would cause confusion

there would be no past, present, future to him.

 

no bonehead... it's the massive paragraph... didn't I make that clear?

 

well since i was writing about my experiences, beliefs, opinions, and life, the words "I", "me", and "my" are pretty appropriate don't you think? or did i misunderstand your inquiries and you were actually expecting me to speak for someone else. what i spoke of is exactly what is going on in my life. you accuse me of being crazy and delusional, so i offered up evidence that is contrary to that, and it is the truth. the fact that you are speculating about the "void in my life" is pathetic and hilarious. you guys are really obviously desperate...and hateful. all of these criticisms (unfounded except for the grammar) are in direct response to the fact that you don't like the idea of what i am testifying to. period. well, wah, wah, wah. you may as well suck your thumb to make yourself feel better. i think that might be a more mature way to appease yourselves.

 

who got to the grammar? I could get past the paragraph

that's pretty desperate........... Drama Queen on something else !

 

bonehead?

the rules regarding the structure of writing is called grammar isn't it?

 

it might cause confusion for you if you were to see everything at once, but you're not god are you? do you think he's just like you?

 

If you're going to mudsling, at least make it clear what you're referring to.

Also, I wasn't taking any personal shots at you. I actually said I would not take it as far as that, if you read my latest post. And again, it's very telling that the second someone doubts you, your initial reaction is to criticize that person.