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Feb 3, 2023 21:43:17 GMT -5 Leaf said:

Feb 3, 2023 21:24:29 GMT -5 ∂σмιиιc🦆 said:

"Hey, I'm a dude, and also sick, so you ought not to tempt me with by your looks"

Okay... ? 😕 And that read like a very poorly constructed pick-up line from a cheesy '80s movie.

I don't know how to properly say and I don't know what to say so you can understand what I'm saying. I didn't intend that to be what you said.

I'll explain, I'll try to be more clear.

Dear Leaf, please post your pictures and do not worry about anything"

there.

If I say "Dear Leaf, please post your pictures but be careful not to post any bikini stuff"

now I'll explain my fear/logic/thought process and it's not a pick up line.

my fear: dominic fears of saying a "restriction" that you (dear ladies) would understand as a "method of controlling you" so since dominic has been burned of being "a control freak" and dominic has been told that he is not kind, dominic is trying to give you what dominic finds not good "to him" but ok for you, so dominic says it that way, like "please post your pics but can you be considerate not to temp me to get aroused" which is a sad thing because dominic is a recovering sex addict already committed to his wife and not trying to cheat on her but at the same time, he knows he's on a women's forum and they can do as they please too,

there is no way to say what I am asking, because my fear is this, worry, and thoughts (intrusive)

Christians are liars and fakes (dominic is a fake)

Dominic is secretly here to seduce women and ask for dates (as your comment suggested) proving my fear to be a more reality which is what I am not about

you can do as you please

there is no standard I understand correctly, because I can't truthfully ask you to 'help me' but I also wonder...how a man can tell a women, hey I know your beautiful can do you have to show your bikini, or cleavage?

you are ok to post whatever, I'm only a guest, I know I"m gonna be beat up for saying what I just did, but that is what my heart is about.

If you want to know the truth, I don't have have profile pictures enabled for me, so I can't see you (on purpose).

so I am also reliazing that asking you to post pictures is kinda hypocritical, but not if I want to support you and offer any comments to your hard work too, there is many aspect of what I am trying to say

Bottom line. "I'm not picking up on no one"

if you must know, I'll tell you, I'm a liar, cheater already, I committted adultery on my wife many times, had porn issues my whole life,

but why is dominic here?

to learn that you are not objects, but souls, with wonder and spiritual, not a 'piece of meat'

I am really trying hard to explain what I am thinking and not mad, not trying to control you or anything, but I am also saying "if you can post your photography work as professional whatever you do, I have no idea, which is why I can't type the works, (like your picture article) I'm open to comment on it. that's it.

I hope I didn't speak down to you, when I speak in third person, it's me trying to explain me to others, it's not a put down and I am also not saying that you thought so either.

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I think you may have went off topic there since a lot of the concern behind that post was expressing the real dangers of corporations going into space (it's happening now) regardless of religion so I am confused as to which part of the article made you think of your faith.

Such dangers are ones concerning everyone regardless of religion. Jesus wasn't entirely the pacifist most make him out to be since even he knew there are times for actions. An example being when he stormed into the temple. Though wishing for universal peace is the dream it is a pretty high expectation to have when trying to picture a potential dysphoric future. Unfortunately, I can no longer call myself a Christian since due to the amount of suffering that religions such as Christianity and Islam have dealt that contradict their message of an ever-loving God. I feel as if calling myself a Christian would place me alongside the Pharisees who stood across from Jesus. I no longer believe in Christ's sacrifice since such a sacrifice has long been in vain due to humanity's actions and outlook toward "the least of these" in society. The way that some, especially those who claim to be Christian and followers of Christ, mistreat members of marginalized groups and those who are deemed outcast to society is what has led me to believe that we're still in the process of crucifying Christ.

Every day a majority of Christians and Muslims prosecute such groups as, but not limited to, the black community, women, the LGBTQ+ community, those dealing with their mental health, those dealing with substance abuse, those who are homeless, and even other religious groups not excluding Muslims and other Christians. Due to a friend of mine who comes from a Muslim household, her descriptions on where she resides has led me to believe that it is the same on the other side. I seriously cannot ever call myself a Christian since doing so feels like I would be spitting in the face of someone who had to pay a large price for stating something that shouldn't have got him killed. I don't believe in Christ's sacrifice since God would have known that humans would only take such a sacrifice in vain. And to me that is the greatest tragedy of the crucifixion. We killed perhaps one of the only true saints in this world and possibly killed God themselves with our stubbornness and refusal to listen. Last year was the first time when Easter caused serve depression in me when arriving to this conclusion.

Now I kind of went off on a tangent when the conversation was about the dangers of space exploration.

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Last Edit: Feb 3, 2023 22:36:22 GMT -5 by Leaf

Matthew 25:40 said:

And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.

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And in case you're wondering, yes, I would have been one of the women who tended to Jesus' body after his departure from this world.

There are also times when I question if I have lost my faith or if I have somehow strengthen my faith in God (and Jesus) with such conclusions.

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Feb 3, 2023 22:19:36 GMT -5 Leaf said:

I think you may have went off topic there since a lot of the concern behind that post was expressing the real dangers of corporations going into space (it's happening now) regardless of religion so I am confused as to which part of the article made you think of your faith.

Such dangers are ones concerning everyone regardless of religion. Jesus wasn't entirely the pacifist most make him out to be since even he knew there are times for actions. An example being when he stormed into the temple. Though wishing for universal peace is the dream it is a pretty high expectation to have when trying to picture a potential dysphoric future. Unfortunately, I can no longer call myself a Christian since due to the amount of suffering that religions such as Christianity and Islam have dealt that contradict their message of an ever-loving God. I feel as if calling myself a Christian would place me alongside the Pharisees who stood across from Jesus. I no longer believe in Christ's sacrifice since such a sacrifice has long been in vain due to humanity's actions and outlook toward "the least of these" in society. The way that we, especially those who claim to be Christian and followers of Christ, mistreat members of marginalized groups and those who are deemed outcast to society is what has led me to believe that we're still in the process of crucifying Christ.

Every day a majority of Christians and Muslims prosecute such groups as, but not limited to, the black community, women, the LGBTQ+ community, those dealing with their mental health, those dealing with substance abuse, those who are homeless, and even other religious groups not excluding Muslims and other Christians. Due to a friend of mine who comes from a Muslim household, her descriptions on where she resides has led me to believe that it is the same on the other side. I seriously cannot ever call myself a Christian since doing so feels like I would be spitting in the face of someone who had to pay a large price for stating something that shouldn't have got him killed. I don't believe in Christ's sacrifice since God would have known that humans would only take such a sacrifice in vain. And to me that is the greatest tragedy of the crucifixion. We killed perhaps one of the only true saints in this world and possibly killed God themselves with our stubbornness and refusal to listen. Last year was the first time when Easter caused serve depression in me when arriving to this conclusion.

Now I kind of went off on a tangent when the conversation was about the dangers of space exploration.

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Hi Leaf, I know I went off topic because it was a deep issue of as you said "being responsible". Now to help with the things you said

I don't think Jesus hates Muslim, LGBT, or anyone and neither do I.

I'm not sure if that helps but I know what your saying how some take name of God and present a hypocritical of God and Christ, and it's because as you said it, we are all hypocrites, no matter what race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. I admit it, not proudly, but sadly. I'm a fake. I am not a match for true holiness and the peace on earth.

I know what your saying.

I also know about Christ's anger when he overturned the tables at the temple, and it was because the 'self-righteous' hypocrites (Pharisee) were those who looked only good on the outside and while inside were "full of dead man's bones" as Christ said. You also agree that this still happens today, which tells me even more that Jesus as telling the truth.

Despite what his followers do.

Now, I can't apologize for how others mistreated you, I sincerely can't, it will have to be healed this wound you are carrying. But that is not my place to tell you how or who to seek, you have free choice and free will, I only hope you will forgive others, no matter what religion, sexual preference, etc, it's gonna hurt you if you carry it,

I feel for you. I have been hurt too by all kinds of people, to include my own brothers and sisters of the faith, but God helped me to heal and I can't force you to believe in or believe how I do, I'm just saying, that it's ok now but I still remember who others hurt me.

Now, I am glad you are talking about your faith. I don't mind talking with you at all. I'm glad we are talking. I"m also not here to convert you.

You already make your decisions. I'm only here to listen, and help if there is anything I can do, I am willing to do it as my willingness and capacity can go, I will try

I don't have all the answers, I don't know why other Christians "hate" or don't help others as you have been hurt by some of us, it's a wrong, and a reason why many do not want anything to do with us. They see us as "self-righteous pricks" and much worse. I also called them 'religeous phonies" for many years, until something changed inside me and again, I am not tring to convert you .

But as I was sick, I saw them (the ones I called religious phonies) sick, as I had fear, so did they, as I had pride, so did they, as I wa sometimes a phonies, so were they (the ones I'm calling Christians" and even in the Bible it says "some blaspheme God because of you (speaking to the church) and it was a harsh rebuke on our religious hypocrisy, because what God in Christ came to do, can't be done now because of us (the religious fakes)...until something happens... to us....

we (the religeous phonies) must become "dead" to our old self (the religious phonie) self included, and alive again, this is part of what is taught of in John chapter 3 called "born again" and this is not something I can ever do, but something God does inside me, and in others.

We (Christians) are taught to 'prove' your repentance "by your deeds" and this tells me that if I have truly turned from bad to good, from darkness to light, then I must now live a new life, worthy of the claim that I am claiming. We (Christians) after all are claiming a great claim that we love, and follow a holy man, but not only a holy man but God Himself, so when others (to include ourselves) see our shame and exposed hypocrisy, we can only cry and admit we are so wrong.

I don't hate you or anyone.

Jesus doesn't either.

those "professing" to be a Christian are to be tested as we are told to "test the spirits" because there are many false prophets, liars, charatans, you see it on the news, abusing women, abusing power, abusing children, they will be exposed, the conviction will stand, and even if they are not caught under the sight of women and men in this life, they will be held accountable either way, despite whatever they did in the darkness, it will come to light.

but..

there are those who are not these professing fakes

there are some willing to die for their believes, and they have and they still do

there are some who are doing good, but it's not a glory unto themselves, it's a glory they will rightfully give back to God, and not claim any self-righteousness,

but there is another kind,

like me, one who envies, who is guilty of enviing those who are living right, and am jealous that I can't do it,

bingo! I can't, I need to give up trying to "live this good life" and just ask God for help and stop doing whatever harmful bad, evil I see inside me, and God will meet all my needs and help me.

that is what I'm saying

I have much more to say too.

I am bitter too sometimes, especially when my own church would not wear a simple mask when covid started and made feel bad when they said "don't stay home, dont' live in fear" they hurt me. do you know what we did? We were hurt, my wife and I. We felt they did not show the light of Christ by considering others better than themselves, and so we stayed home and now have home bible studies.

Eventually, we plan to go back, but not now, now until my wife and I agree to a good one we can find, who is real, genuine and kind and also knowing that sometimes we are also not real genuine and kind too, but we want to and hopefully, we will. Until then we have home bible studies and that is what we do for now.

As for LGBT, I have so much to say on this.

same for muslims and them too.

I hope you will not consider me an enemy.

I am not angry at you or anyone anymore.

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Feb 3, 2023 22:00:08 GMT -5 ∂σмιиιc🦆 said:

because dominic is a recovering sex addict already committed to his wife and not trying to cheat on her but at the same time, he knows he's on a women's forum and they can do as they please too,

Okay, that makes sense now, that honestly sounds rough. Because you're a recovering sex addict, you're afraid of potentially doing psychological, emotional, and perhaps even physical harm to someone, especially someone who is a woman, all while not doing the same to your wife for I'm sure you love dearly.

Feb 3, 2023 22:00:08 GMT -5 ∂σмιиιc🦆 said:

if you must know, I'll tell you, I'm a liar, cheater already, I committted adultery on my wife many times, had porn issues my whole life,

I wouldn't stress too heavily on your past. You have acknowledged the acts you know you shouldn't have done and you only want to get better and improve yourself. I read through your post, but honestly, if you would have told me just the parts that I quoted now I would understand wholeheartedly. It is impossible for me to demonize someone who knows what they did in the past was wrong and are working to better themselves as not to cause such harm in the future. The only time I would really be disappointed in you is if you end up relapsing without any motivation to climb back up to where you were prior. It's good that you are here willing to learn.

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Feb 3, 2023 22:52:29 GMT -5 Leaf said:

Feb 3, 2023 22:00:08 GMT -5 ∂σмιиιc🦆 said:

because dominic is a recovering sex addict already committed to his wife and not trying to cheat on her but at the same time, he knows he's on a women's forum and they can do as they please too,

Okay, that makes sense now, that honestly sounds rough. Because you're a recovering sex addict, you're afraid of potentially doing psychological, emotional, and perhaps even physical harm to someone, especially someone who is a woman, all while not doing the same to your wife for I'm sure you love dearly.

Feb 3, 2023 22:00:08 GMT -5 ∂σмιиιc🦆 said:

if you must know, I'll tell you, I'm a liar, cheater already, I committted adultery on my wife many times, had porn issues my whole life,

I wouldn't stress too heavily on your past. You have acknowledged the acts you know you shouldn't have done and you only want to get better and improve yourself. I read through your post, but honestly, if you would have told me just the parts that I quoted now I would understand wholeheartedly. It is impossible for me to demonize someone who knows what they did in the past was wrong and are working to better themselves as not to cause such harm in the future. The only time I would really be disappointed in you is if you end up relapsing without any motivation to climb back up to where you were prior. It's good that you are here willing to learn.

you got it.

Thank you dear Leaf

I do want to support your writing and photography and such.

I'm getting better.

Not that I'm bragging but

when I see a TV news caster, I'm don't think of her as some object, but a person just working

well, yes, that's all.

I appreciate you. and if you have something and I bother you or would like me to know. please, the door is open, for example, I can talk anyone's ear off on many controversial topics and if you said "please do not tell me anymore of your beliefs" I would totally understand and honor it.

and if I didn't because I'm rude or forgetfully

please slap me in the face

I got to go now...ttyl

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I think there might have been some misinterpretation of my last post. I was never accusing Jesus of anything of the things that Christians have been accused of and are guilty of throughout the complete course of Christian history. If anything I was expressing my need to depart from the "Christian" label for I feel that the majority of voices that contradict Jesus' teachings since in even by association I feel as if I would be a Pharisee who stood against Christ. Such majority voices tend to submerge the minority to a point where they go unnoticed and unaffiliated with the majority. So even if I were to ever call myself Christian that would just feel like going down a path where God is absent.

I also was never directly hurt by religion or anyone who practices it fortunately. But I know so many less lucky than I. (Click on the musical note emojis for a song that feels too fitting for this conversation.) I may have a lot of mental wounds and scarring that require healing, but none of them were caused by religion or Christianity directly.

If I had to summarize my long novels into a single sentence then I think that sentence would be structured similarly to...

I choose to walk with Christ and leave everything behind including those who call themselves his followers by labeling themselves Christians.

Matthew 25:40 said:

And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.

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Feb 3, 2023 10:29:03 GMT -5 Mary said:

I used to go to a few Christian message boards but they're mostly interested in fighting about the biblical details.

I found that as well. What's up with that? I wanted encouragement and stimulating conversation, not fighting!

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Feb 3, 2023 23:03:17 GMT -5 Leaf said:

I choose to walk with Christ and leave everything behind including those who call themselves his followers by labeling themselves Christians.

It's gotten more than a bit messy, hasn't it? There's cultural Christianity, which is basically people just using the label without it having any personal meaning to them. And then there are other people who want it to mean more to them, but they don't know how and they tend to settle for a shallow religion. So there might be a minority of real believers/followers in amongst the big group of those who'd be called Christians. To the world, all of that big group is just the same, though...

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Feb 3, 2023 23:03:17 GMT -5 Leaf said:

I think there might have been some misinterpretation of my last post. I was never accusing Jesus of anything of the things that Christians have been accused of and are guilty of throughout the complete course of Christian history. If anything I was expressing my need to depart from the "Christian" label for I feel that the majority of voices that contradict Jesus' teachings since in even by association I feel as if I would be a Pharisee who stood against Christ. Such majority voices tend to submerge the minority to a point where they go unnoticed and unaffiliated with the majority. So even if I were to ever call myself Christian that would just feel like going down a path where God is absent.

I also was never directly hurt by religion or anyone who practices it fortunately. But I know so many less lucky than I. (Click on the musical note emojis for a song that feels too fitting for this conversation.) I may have a lot of mental wounds and scarring that require healing, but none of them were caused by religion or Christianity directly.

If I had to summarize my long novels into a single sentence then I think that sentence would be structured similarly to...

I choose to walk with Christ and leave everything behind including those who call themselves his followers by labeling themselves Christians.

I understand you better now Leaf. Thank you for explaining your position on these matters

I respect you.

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Feb 4, 2023 0:47:51 GMT -5 heatherly said:

I thought this was a thread about forums? lol back to topic, please!

oops.

yes heatherly you're right. Well, thank you for making this happen for us. I'll be on other threads later

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Feb 4, 2023 0:47:51 GMT -5 heatherly said:

I thought this was a thread about forums? lol back to topic, please!

I feel a bad for derailing the thread to answer his questions, but when I went to message him in private I didn't see an option. Which now I can see clear as day for some reason. Either way, I'm pretty sure the conversation is done anyway.

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Feb 4, 2023 1:54:58 GMT -5 Leaf said:

Feb 4, 2023 0:47:51 GMT -5 heatherly said:

I thought this was a thread about forums? lol back to topic, please!

I feel a bad for derailing the thread to answer his questions, but when I went to message him in private I didn't see an option. Which now I can see clear as day for some reason. Either way, I'm pretty sure the conversation is done anyway.

I like you Leaf

I have been corrected many times here. I'm trying to be better.

I hope you have a great day

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Forums .. Well some might have read that I got an email from a forum I used to frequent years ago inviting old members to check in.

The one person I had hoped might be there ( a fellow dog and animal lover) has passed away,I found a thread in her memory.

As for the rest, well you know how you can walk into a room and feel the air turn cold? Thats exactly how I feel about that place. My answers to threads are being ignored and the conversation is just going on as if I hadnt spoken..

Its reminded me why I left and why many forums dont survive , the core memebrs become so wrapped up in private conversations that they leave no room for anyone else..

Im glad to say that isnt the case here.

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Feb 5, 2023 4:06:50 GMT -5 cassie said:

Forums .. Well some might have read that I got an email from a forum I used to frequent years ago inviting old members to check in.

The one person I had hoped might be there ( a fellow dog and animal lover) has passed away,I found a thread in her memory.

As for the rest, well you know how you can walk into a room and feel the air turn cold? Thats exactly how I feel about that place. My answers to threads are being ignored and the conversation is just going on as if I hadnt spoken..

Its reminded me why I left and why many forums dont survive , the core memebrs become so wrapped up in private conversations that they leave no room for anyone else..

Im glad to say that isnt the case here.

That reminds me of when I joined the old wof. I did about a dozen posts that evening. The following evening I went back and it was as if I had never been there. They had just chatted around me. lol.

Being me, I put in another dozen posts, and hey ho, I was suddenly accepted.

Caution, I am feral.

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Feb 5, 2023 13:01:38 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Feb 5, 2023 4:06:50 GMT -5 cassie said:

Forums .. Well some might have read that I got an email from a forum I used to frequent years ago inviting old members to check in.

The one person I had hoped might be there ( a fellow dog and animal lover) has passed away,I found a thread in her memory.

As for the rest, well you know how you can walk into a room and feel the air turn cold? Thats exactly how I feel about that place. My answers to threads are being ignored and the conversation is just going on as if I hadnt spoken..

Its reminded me why I left and why many forums dont survive , the core memebrs become so wrapped up in private conversations that they leave no room for anyone else..

Im glad to say that isnt the case here.

That reminds me of when I joined the old wof. I did about a dozen posts that evening. The following evening I went back and it was as if I had never been there. They had just chatted around me. lol.

Being me, I put in another dozen posts, and hey ho, I was suddenly accepted.

*hugs*

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Feb 5, 2023 16:09:42 GMT -5 Mary said:

Feb 5, 2023 13:01:38 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

That reminds me of when I joined the old wof. I did about a dozen posts that evening. The following evening I went back and it was as if I had never been there. They had just chatted around me. lol.

Being me, I put in another dozen posts, and hey ho, I was suddenly accepted.

*hugs*

It's a shame there is only really Heather, and I left from so long ago. But they were not any better than you, the people on now, but they would have fitted in just as well.

Of course, neither Heather or I were mods then.

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Feb 5, 2023 13:01:38 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Feb 5, 2023 4:06:50 GMT -5 cassie said:

Forums .. Well some might have read that I got an email from a forum I used to frequent years ago inviting old members to check in.

The one person I had hoped might be there ( a fellow dog and animal lover) has passed away,I found a thread in her memory.

As for the rest, well you know how you can walk into a room and feel the air turn cold? Thats exactly how I feel about that place. My answers to threads are being ignored and the conversation is just going on as if I hadnt spoken..

Its reminded me why I left and why many forums dont survive , the core memebrs become so wrapped up in private conversations that they leave no room for anyone else..

Im glad to say that isnt the case here.

That reminds me of when I joined the old wof. I did about a dozen posts that evening. The following evening I went back and it was as if I had never been there. They had just chatted around me. lol.

Being me, I put in another dozen posts, and hey ho, I was suddenly accepted.

Cherry, I feel the same about another forum I am also on. I post daily, no one every comments.

sigh. But I comment on theirs. I get not much in return too. Not this forum. Seem like it's active and nice too.

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I don't know why people want to be part of a forum if they're just going to ignore people!? Really weird lol

I don't have much experience with forums other than the old WOF... and this one. I know sometimes we get busy, it happens, but we still do our best to make time for anyone who posts... doesn't matter if they're new or old.

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