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Do you have a Phobia?

colton said:
I don't generally have any phobias, but one time I was working on my roof with no one else around except my baby daughter inside the house taking a nap, and I suddenly became petrified of falling. I think I was fearing what would happen to my daughter if I fell off and killed myself, because my wife wouldn't have been back for hours. Weird sensation. I couldn't move from my perch for about 10 minutes.

Speaking of heights, there was another time we were hiking in Zion National Park and my daughter (11) avoided falling off a ~200 foot high ledge by inches. She was running and the plateau we were on abruptly ended. She went skidding to a stop. She claims she wasn't very close, but I was watching the whole thing and if she had gone another foot or so she wouldn't have been able to stop and would have gone straight off the ledge. I still get queasy inside just thinking about it even though it was 6 years ago. Not sure if that qualifies as a phobia though, since it was a very real danger.
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If Colton fell off a roof and died when no one was around, would it make a noise?
 
Major hydrophobia. I can't even swim in a pool by myself. I'm ok if someone is with me, but alone? No way. I can't go into the ocean past my waist, and being in my pontoon boat is a major stretch for me. I honestly blame JAWS.
 
dalamon said:
if you were a proper Christian, you would be among those who mourned his loss the most. I suppose that isn't the case, though.
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Alright, that pretty much ends this discussion.

Stoked said:
Mic drop
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Er, actually, now it's over.






(psssst, kkkarolinajazz, just go copy and paste a scripture or some article written by someone other than yourself and pretend it's an original thought; it's worked wonders for you in the past....!!!)
 
dalamon said:
if you were a proper Christian, you would be among those who mourned his loss the most. I suppose that isn't the case, though.
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So proper christians have to be sad when anyone dies? Even Hitler?




Ho! Godwin's law by page 3. Woot!
 
LogGrad98 said:
So proper christians have to be sad when anyone dies? Even Hitler?




Ho! Godwin's law by page 3. Woot!
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Right, because a) my post definitely said that a Christian should mourn the loss of every man; and b) AKMVP has made a case for himself to be just as bad as Hitler, and fully deserving of CJ's hate.

Impressive straw man, señor.
 
dalamon said:
Right, because a) my post definitely said that a Christian should mourn the loss of every man; and b) AKMVP has made a case for himself to be just as bad as Hitler, and fully deserving of CJ's hate.

Impressive straw man, señor.
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Did you miss the part about Godwin's law?

Oh and your post was unclear on what people christians must morn and which they are allowed not to. Therefore my hyperbolic statement is a reasonable extension of your post.

I also found it kind of funny that you would be telling christians what they are supposed to believe.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Did you miss the part about Godwin's law?
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No-- I just really didn't understand why you were being hyperbolic. Like, at all.

Oh and your post was unclear on what people christians must morn and which they are allowed not to. Therefore my hyperbolic statement is a reasonable extension of your post.
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I don't find that reasonable in any sense.

I also found it kind of funny that you would be telling christians what they are supposed to believe.
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Please point out why this: "if you were a proper Christian, you would be among those who mourned his loss the most" is not in line with Christian theology, and how it points out the fact that I'm mistaken probably because I am not Christian myself.

The notion of 'you have to be one to understand what they believe' is a humorous one.
 
Wow you really need to work on your sense of cynicism and humor. You are just taking things far too seriously.

So to take this absurd conversation even further, christians believe in an afterlife, so why wouldn't they be happy someone has passed on to live with Jesus?

Actually there is little in christian teachings expressing the requirement to mourn anyone. In fact parts of the bible talk about not mourning any more, such as in Revelation, and Ezekial.

So yes, sometimes being part of a group helps you understand the beliefs better. I am sure it is just as good to get my info about muslims from my jewish friend who knows a lot of muslims as it would be to talk to a real muslim, right? And knowing several muslims and reading about their faith on wiki can make me just as much an expert on their faith as living it day in and day out, right?
 
LogGrad98 said:
Wow you really need to work on your sense of cynicism and humor. You are just taking things far too seriously.

So to take this absurd conversation even further, christians believe in an afterlife, so why wouldn't they be happy someone has passed on to live with Jesus?

Actually there is little in christian teachings expressing the requirement to mourn anyone. In fact parts of the bible talk about not mourning any more, such as in Revelation, and Ezekial.

So yes, sometimes being part of a group helps you understand the beliefs better. I am sure it is just as good to get my info about muslims from my jewish friend who knows a lot of muslims as it would be to talk to a real muslim, right? And knowing several muslims and reading about their faith on wiki can make me just as much an expert on their faith as living it day in and day out, right?
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You have a cute knack of taking a statement I make, and applying it in only the most extreme of circumstances. I know Jewish people who know many accurate facts about my faith, and I know Muslims who know an intense amount of Judeo-Christian theology. The world does not operate with extremes.

Instead of looking at the labels administered upon people, look at the statements that they are making. If they are accurate, who cares as to whether the person is a Christian, a Jew, a Taoist, or whatever.
 
Pill swallowing was a big one growing up until about 15 or 16. I had problems swallowing school food for some reason back then too. I remember what a pain in the *** it was to eat a corn dog for me. I don't know what was wrong with me. Now I take Iron pills and multi-vitamins daily just fine, but I'm kind of anti-pill still though for different reasons.
 
Duck Rodgers said:
I remember what a pain in the *** it was to eat a corn dog for me.
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dalamon said:
You have a cute knack of taking a statement I make, and applying it in only the most extreme of circumstances. I know Jewish people who know many accurate facts about my faith, and I know Muslims who know an intense amount of Judeo-Christian theology. The world does not operate with extremes.

Instead of looking at the labels administered upon people, look at the statements that they are making. If they are accurate, who cares as to whether the person is a Christian, a Jew, a Taoist, or whatever.
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Um, aren't those examples the extremes? It seems the people of one group who know a ton about a different group would be a minoriy, i.e. extreme circumstances. Or are you saying that your circle of friends on average contain ordinary folks who just happen to know more about different religious groups on their own than the other group itself? If so then I guess that wouldn't be extreme, but that is extremely unlikely.

Also, how is "knowing many accurate facts" the same as living a religion day in and day out?
 
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