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    Inquirers not allowed in Church

    :doh: I thought everyone knew by now. If I'd known I wasn't going to be able to stay away, I would have just kept the old account. Maybe I'll change my title to reflect this.
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    Invitation to a mosque

    You have done that abundantly in this thread. In fact, this last post of yours has been the only one that didn't seem sarcastic and combative. Regarding the numbers and touching on an earlier analogy, if I knew that 12% of Blacks felt the way Khalid Abdul Muhammed did about Whites, I would be...
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    Inquirers not allowed in Church

    Slambo is a sock I made when I was too weak to stay away from this forum. The post in question was in the Questions by non-Christians forum and I was posting as forgivensinner001/Dust and Ashes and it was from well over a year ago. I sabotaged the old account because I find it easier to...
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    Inquirers not allowed in Church

    I'm glad you didn't. I'm afraid my posts might be viewed as an attack on repentant but they aren't. I love repentant and have a great deal of respect and admiration for his zeal and integrity. I wouldn't be saying these things to him openly if I didn't think he demonstrated the spiritual...
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    Inquirers not allowed in Church

    No worries, I have no intention of digging it up. :)
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    Having a pessimistic outlook on the world

    I guess if I had to describe myself, I'd say I'm a bit of a cynical optimist but sometimes I swing to the hopeful pessimist side. Hope for the best, expect the worst and you won't be dissappointed and all that jazz.
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    Farewell

    I have always been blessed by your posts and the love that you show in them. Safe journey. :hug:
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    Steven King: Tommyknockers

    :D Yeah, that's almost as frustrating as reading 8-10 pages of intro (with political opinions) on a character just so that character can step into the actual plot and immediately die with no further mention other than a possible reference to their corpse later. Regarding the OP, I read it...
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    I Invited Demons

    That is very similar to my experience though I didn't suffer from night terrors. With me, it was constant bombardment with images that were either lascivious or extremely violent. I was Christian and had been for 12 years but when I conciously made the decision to convert to Orthodoxy, the...
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    Invitation to a mosque

    I was thinking about this as well. I'd be worried he might get you into the mosque then try to convert you or even tell others you did convert. I would visit a mosque if invited just out of curiosity to observe how they worship but I'm here in America. If I were in a foreign country, I most...
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    Inquirers not allowed in Church

    No confusion, it was you. But I don't doubt that you don't remember it because you were so caught up in the discussion that you "rebutted" me even though I wasn't disagreeing with you. I further stated my point to clarify and you told everyone I didn't know anything about Islam at which point...
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    I Invited Demons

    This sounds ridiculous, but I tried it. LOL :P I injected live HIV into my mind, body, and soul last night before bed. I even took off my cross in case that would deter them. :P Nothing happened overnight and nothing has happened today. And I said it in my min and I even injected them with...
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    I Invited Demons

    Yes it is fascinating. Much like a pitcher plant is fascinating to flies. I spent 12 years as a Christian with heavy demonic oppression that was directly related to my pre-Christian involvement with the occult. It wasn't until I made the decision to become Orthodox that it broke and was gone.
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    Inquirers not allowed in Church

    If I'm quick to judge, it's only based on your tendency to "swing wild" when you are caught up in a debate. You lash out at people who aren't opposing you because they may be trying to make a related point and you seem to take anything other than full agreement as an attack on your position...
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    The big 01!

    Thanks! I think the cake came from Walmart.
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    The big 01!

    Simple but elegant with a fine Wisconsin vintage 2%. Yeah, it's a nice outfit, mom. Now where's the button that makes this thing light up and play music? Yeah, tires look good, all fluids check out, battery...
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    The big 01!

    Wow, I can't believe my little boy is 1 year old. Where does the time go? It was a great time with family and friends and an amazing time watching my son grow. Anyway, here are a couple of pics. What? I'm openin' gifts here. This is just the tip of the iceberg! Stick with...
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    Best MMO!

    Of all of them that I have played, EQ was the best, the one that kept my attention the longest. I like WoW but it's a lot less challenging than EQ, though that is changing as they continue to dumb down EQ. I'm currently in the middle of a DDO trial and I really like it because you have to pay...
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    Emergency prayer request

    Lord have mercy.
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    Inquirers not allowed in Church

    Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing some more restriction in Church as it might help prepare visitors for closed communion. If visitors are allowed seemingly full participation in the services, it might blindside them when they are not allowed to commune. This happened with some friends who...