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I was raised Catholic, and my mom was very involved in the church.  I think she had had a lot of questions earlier in life, and had gotten some smoothed-over answers from a somewhat "cool" priest.  She believed that God was all-loving, and that all of the Bible stories where it seemed that God had told people to do immoral things (like telling Abraham to sacrifice his son), it was simply that Abraham assumed that that was what God would want, because that is what people used to think Gods wanted from them?  Or some crap like that.  Whenever I had questions, I usually went to her, and she would tell me what she was told when she had asked those questions.  When I was 10 or 11 (?), I wanted to be a priest.  I am female.  Naturally, that wasn't going to happen.  I asked my mom who made that rule.  She said the pope.  I asked when we get a new pope.  She said when this pope dies.  I asked if I could be a priest if I killed the pope.  She said probably not.  (lol?)  That was the first serious damper on my relationship with the Catholic church.  I chose to be confirmed as a member of the church (big ceremony, preceded by lots of classes, similar to a bar/bat mitzvah but not quite as intense or expensive of a party) when I was in high school.  Ever since First Communion (at age 7), I was required to go to church every Sunday by my mom.  When I moved into a dorm at 18, I stopped going.  Some might say it was laziness.  (There were a lot of college classes I was skipping as well.)  But I really think it was because I no longer had any interest.  I visited a number of different religious institutions (a different Catholic church, a non-denominational Christian church, a synagogue, a Mormon church) over the next year or two. Some might say it was shopping for a religion or church, but really, I was just kind of doing research into what other people believe.  I already knew I didn't believe in a God of any sort.  I found beauty in some church music (I had enjoyed performing it in church choir, high school choir, and community choir), and was a little bummed to feel I had lost some of the meaning behind it.  But I can still appreciate it the way I appreciate musicals - the music has meaning in a fictional context, as part of an emotional story.  At age 21, a Christian boy I was quite seriously dating broke up with me because his minister told him he was spending too much time with me and not enough time with God.  He later further justified the breakup by bringing up a discussion we had had about raising children together.  He would want to tell them that they would go to hell if they didn't believe in Jesus.  While I might tolerate the teaching of some religious stories (in the context that they may or may not be true), I would never allow anyone to tell my hypothetical future children that.  Next I dated an atheist for a couple years, then a Catholic, and then a Jew.  I am now in a serious relationship with a Christian, and it's not a big deal right now?  When we first started dating, I went to his church with him to see what they said there, and to have an opportunity to discuss it with him afterwards, and get his thoughts and feelings about it.  I felt satisfied with our discussion.  We have very rarely spoken of it since, in almost a year.  (It has not been a major issue in our relationship.)  The only concern I have now is if we were to want children in the future.

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General / Re: Sucker Punch (movie)
« on: April 01, 2011, 11:26:25 AM »
I was curious early in the movie to see the dance scenes, and then at some point I realized they couldn't show them, because they could never make them as epic as they were supposed to be.

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General / Re: Age
« on: February 06, 2011, 07:41:54 PM »

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General / Re: Age
« on: February 03, 2011, 10:59:09 AM »
I am like.... Old and shit today. :(

Hope you had a great birthday!

I'll be old and shit in a little over 12 years.  (That's the plan, at least.)  :)

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The Rubber Room - Not Safe for Work / Re: Is this a dragline?
« on: January 31, 2011, 02:05:17 AM »
no, it's just you freak-boy

It kinda turns me on when you call me "freak-boy".


:)

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The Show / Re: Medical Freedom
« on: January 27, 2011, 12:14:04 AM »
See if you can get a high-deductible "catastrophe"-type plan.  Like car insurance, the higher the deductible, the lower the premiums.  If you have a major emergency (like a heart attack), you would have to pay the deductible before the insurance pays anything, but after that, you would be covered.  You will also get your insurance company's negotiated rate with the provider.  (For example, if a regular doctor visit costs $200 to someone without insurance, but $100 is the negotiated rate with the insurance company, and a person with "normal" full-coverage insurance would pay a $20 copay and their insurance would pay $80, under a high deductible plan you would pay $100, which is still kind of a lot, but much less than $200.)  It was probably cheaper for me (due to age), but I had a plan in Florida when I was 25 that had maybe a $10k deductible, and cost $80/month.  It also covered an annual physical (at no cost to the patient).  When I moved back to Kentucky, the premiums went down to around $35/month.  (!!!)  I believe this was through Humana One (individual plan).  Might not be what you're looking for, but just an idea...

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General / Re: Drama in the Free State
« on: January 12, 2011, 12:35:45 PM »

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General / Re: Drama in the Free State
« on: January 12, 2011, 12:29:27 PM »
So...  This past weekend, I came to visit Keene for the 2nd time.  (The first was in July 2010, after meeting some people at PorcFest.)  One of my friends from the July visit (with whom I had exchanged some dialogue since then) seemed completely uninterested in talking to me while I was there, and removed me as a Facebook friend sometime during or after my visit to Keene.  (I generally try to give people the benefit of the doubt, so I sent him a message asking if he de-friended me, and his response was, "Uh, yeah.")  So...  WTF?

If you are a straight male, over 25, and not involved in performing arts (theater, musical theater, a band, etc.)...  Nobody wants your drama!  (Well, I guess nobody wants anyone's drama, but it tends to be less expected from people who match this description.)

I guess my question is, if I don't intend for this to be my last visit to Keene (which I don't), should I try to probe for why this guy seems to be pissed at me?  I have a few guesses, all of which would be based on misconceptions.  Or should I just let it go, and write him off as not worth my time?  I am really big on accountability and getting to the bottom of things, so I guess it bothers me a little more than it should.  I guess what annoys me the most is that he seemed to value me as a friend at some point, but then wrote me off without even confronting me about whatever it is that now bothers him about me.

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General / Re: Called Paul Krugman a dummy :)
« on: December 20, 2010, 07:23:46 PM »
I was never much of a Nobel-prize-studying type, but after Krugman and Obama got them, I lost a whole lot of respect that I might have improperly attributed to winners since the prize was first awarded.

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General / Re: you ''v'' vendetta people will love this
« on: December 20, 2010, 03:22:25 AM »
Wasn't Brandon Lee killed by a blank, during filming of "The Crow"?

(Off-topic to some degree, sorry...)

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The Polling Pit / Re: Christmas Holliday Sweater Parties
« on: December 17, 2010, 12:28:32 AM »
I hadn't heard of them until I was invited a few weeks ago to one that happened last weekend.  I was happy to be invited to a party with people I liked.  Most of us went out and bought cheap ugly sweaters from Goodwill, Tuesday Morning, etc.  (I would've tried to find one I already had, but I moved two years ago and didn't bring my ugly Christmas sweater(s) with me...)  I had a good time.  It was also fun kind of competing for the ugliest sweater, and it sort of relieved the usual pressure (even if it's only slight) to try to dress well, since we were all trying to dress poorly.  I wouldn't say it's an essential part of the season, but I had fun, and again, I was just happy to be invited to a party.

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General / Re: I have to pay school taxes!
« on: December 11, 2010, 09:25:06 PM »
I imagine a state apologist would say (especially because school taxes seem very geographically localized), that the idea is that the neighborhoods where kids are well educated are likely to have lower crime rates, so by paying higher school taxes, you will better educate the area kids, thus preventing them from turning into hoodlums who would break into your house or steal your car.  Or something like that.  But yeah, it's messed up.

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Episodes & Show Prep / Re: 2010-10-25
« on: November 24, 2010, 01:03:00 PM »
Fair enough.  Sorry if I sound nitpicky and obnoxious sometimes on the BBS...  I'm only on here because I enjoy the show and want to be involved in the ongoing conversation about liberty.  :)

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Episodes & Show Prep / Re: 2010-11-21
« on: November 24, 2010, 12:13:50 PM »
Yeah, that was pretty awesome.  I watched all of it.  I'm trying to figure out if I can get people I care about to watch it...  The beginning (especially with the song) seems more than a little bit corny.  But watching it with an open heart and mind, I feel like I got a lot out of it.  (It met a need of mine.)  :)

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General / Re: soooo, i gots me a $155 speeedo ticket
« on: November 22, 2010, 02:14:59 PM »
Dragline, are you *seriously* bragging about having to get a government license to do your job?   :?

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