Do you believe in the afterlife?

[walksalone11]

Ya kno, I have met many many people in the real that I had first known online, and the vast majority of them I could hardly recognize them in person. After years of online forums it has become obvious that most folks invent online personas that reflect what they wish they were.

I'm with you there, Walks. 

***looks over left shoulder....looks over right shoulder.....under the table...***

Really? Want some dinner?

[amyrouse]

Falconer, you are officially my favorite person of the day.

[jcribb16]

Quote from Walks:
If I had to make a wager, Id say Annella is just some old kook that wishes she was some kind of an authority figure.


I don't really want to argue this.  I would just like to point out that if posters are going to scold Annella for name-calling (which she apologized for towards qon) then why should someone else not get scolded for name-calling her?  No one in here is "some old kook."

[Annella]

You removed me from your friends list, dear, several times on accident and re-friended me, among others.  Doesn't mean I was blocked.  I have blocked people from my facebook, and I work in IT.  I know how its done.  Until your account was "deactivated" (which I guarantee you it wasn't, since as long as you go to a facebook supported website, they will keep your profile active in case you change your mind), I was able to look at your profile if I wanted.  And, no, I'm not a hacker; I just have a brain. 

So...I was "blocked" on facebook because of ID Theft, I didn't have your real email address, and yet you invited me to your home?  Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds?

Ya kno, I have met many many people in the real that I had first known online, and the vast majority of them I could hardly recognize them in person. After years of online forums it has become obvious that most folks invent online personas that reflect what they wish they were.

I'm with you there, Walks.  Makes the real deal that much greater to find!  And it also makes you wonder about those that go to such pains to hide everything about who they are regardless of what social networking site they happened to be on.   

You removed me from your friends list, dear, several times on accident and re-friended me, among others.  Doesn't mean I was blocked.  I have blocked people from my facebook, and I work in IT.  I know how its done.  Until your account was "deactivated" (which I guarantee you it wasn't, since as long as you go to a facebook supported website, they will keep your profile active in case you change your mind), I was able to look at your profile if I wanted.  And, no, I'm not a hacker; I just have a brain. 

So...I was "blocked" on facebook because of ID Theft, I didn't have your real email address, and yet you invited me to your home?  Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds?

Ya kno, I have met many many people in the real that I had first known online, and the vast majority of them I could hardly recognize them in person. After years of online forums it has become obvious that most folks invent online personas that reflect what they wish they were.

I'm with you there, Walks.  Makes the real deal that much greater to find!  And it also makes you wonder about those that go to such pains to hide everything about who they are regardless of what social networking site they happened to be on.   

You removed me from your friends list, dear, several times on accident and re-friended me, among others.  Doesn't mean I was blocked.  I have blocked people from my facebook, and I work in IT.  I know how its done.  Until your account was "deactivated" (which I guarantee you it wasn't, since as long as you go to a facebook supported website, they will keep your profile active in case you change your mind), I was able to look at your profile if I wanted.  And, no, I'm not a hacker; I just have a brain. 

So...I was "blocked" on facebook because of ID Theft, I didn't have your real email address, and yet you invited me to your home?  Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds?

Ya kno, I have met many many people in the real that I had first known online, and the vast majority of them I could hardly recognize them in person. After years of online forums it has become obvious that most folks invent online personas that reflect what they wish they were.

I'm with you there, Walks.  Makes the real deal that much greater to find!  And it also makes you wonder about those that go to such pains to hide everything about who they are regardless of what social networking site they happened to be on.   

They only keep your profile active for 2 weeks in case you change your mind.  My friends list was completely deleted and could not be viewed.  Everybody got an email from me explaining why I was deleting my account.

No Amy, you were blocked on my email site, and the Facebook site.  What you need to ask yourself is how long ago was it that we even conversed at all...email or otherwise?  A very long time.  There was a reason for that.

This is petty Amy, even for you.

[Annella]

Quote from Walks:
If I had to make a wager, Id say Annella is just some old kook that wishes she was some kind of an authority figure.


I don't really want to argue this.  I would just like to point out that if posters are going to scold Annella for name-calling (which she apologized for towards qon) then why should someone else not get scolded for name-calling her?  No one in here is "some old kook."

Jcribb, it doesn't matter what they think.  Time will unfold all.  Don't have to prove a thing.  God's got my back and will declare what is what....lol

[Annella]

Ya kno, I have met many many people in the real that I had first known online, and the vast majority of them I could hardly recognize them in person. After years of online forums it has become obvious that most folks invent online personas that reflect what they wish they were.

If I had to make a wager, Id say Annella is just some old kook that wishes she was some kind of an authority figure.

I think there are lessons in all things.
Mommas and Daddys......give your Babies the attention they need for their emotional growth so they don't grow up attempting to deceive others with their fantastical fantasies.

I'll take that wager Walksalone, and will collect one day in the future.

[amyrouse]

They only keep your profile active for 2 weeks in case you change your mind.  My friends list was completely deleted and could not be viewed.  Everybody got an email from me explaining why I was deleting my account.

No Amy, you were blocked on my email site, and the Facebook site.  What you need to ask yourself is how long ago was it that we even conversed at all...email or otherwise?  A very long time.  There was a reason for that.

This is petty Amy, even for you.

Anyone who has saved your old url from facebook can still access your profile, Annella.  I know you don't believe me, and it is no skin off my back.

Plus, anything that anyone has said about you in any, say forums, on facebook is still there.  All anyone has to do is a simple google search of your name and it will pop up.  Looks like the FC forum isn't the only one where you've irritated some people.

OK, you blocked me, I give.  Whatev.  I'm the petty one. 

Cool.

[amyrouse]

Sheryl as a moral authority?  I'll take that deal as long as you add a Sherene.  Both of them have demonstrated time and again through their words on here, no matter how vexed or slighted (I've been on a Jane Austen kick lately... so sue me, lol) they may have felt that they have a good moral compass.

 I don't & won't claim to be a "moral authority".  I simply tell others what is (or what isn't) in the Bible.  I do try to explain Biblical things to make it easier for people to understand.  I try to live my life the best I can according to the Scriptures but living a "perfect" life is possible for any human.  I won't sit idly by and let someone tell someone else that something is in the Bible when it clearly isn't and pretend I didn't notice.  I've always encouraged people to KNOW their sources from which they are basing their life answers on because "it's your life, choose smart".  I won't "beat down" someone because they don't believe exactly as I do but I won't hold their hand and pretend the wrong things they are doing is ok with me either---people always know where they stand with me.  I love them but not the wrong when they KNOW they are doing wrong.  I am not so "superior" that I can't take advice from  someone that doesn't believe as I do.  Some of the best advice I have ever gotten has come from "non-believers".  One example would be the "eye opener" I got from Falconer & qon when I hadn't been on the forum that long.  At the time I posted with the purpose of "defending God", I thought I was in the right too.  Prayer revealed to me that I was most definitely in the wrong and I did what I could do to try and make things right rather than simply say "God will be my judge" and just take that whole superior route like I've seen alot of christians do (it's quite common). Someday God WILL be my judge but God is also my judge in the here and now and He let me know that what was in my heart was wrong.  Who knows, someone "warning a newbie" about qon & falconer might be to "rob" them of something they need...a Christian needs to KNOW how to defend what they believe in, without bashing or being rude to others for not believing the same way.  I don't think it's up to a Christian to wonder how another Christian can defend a person(s) "outside the faith", God works in mysterious ways & His ways are NOT our ways.  I can honestly say, I get in the forum sometimes (d&d) and I fell like I have been to hell and back.  I don't enjoy the "blasphemy" posted, the crude remarks and foul language.  But it's a small price to pay if it means just one more person will enjoy God because someone decided to take God there.   I would hope that noone could deny the person I was back then (when I began in the FC forum) compared to now...has changed.  Back then, I didn't have much love in my heart for people...in fact, most of them I couldn't stand and I remember posting so to marieelissa after she had said the same.  I have made it a personal goal to work on that commandment of "loving they neighbor" for quite awhile now and it's led me to a "service job" (as in doing things for others) I can make a difference in helping others and hopefully brighten their day/lives.  I NEVER was a "people person"...I absolutely love them now.  God has been the change made in me.  I would always hope that people look to God rather than to me for their spiritual authority.  People will ALWAYS disappoint---God NEVER does.  

Sheryl, you have no need to claim to be a moral authority.  Your actions speak it for you.  I feel lucky to know you on here because you live your example (as far as I can see from where I sit behind this computer).  I feel the same way about Sherene.

[queenofnines]

I would just like to point out that if posters are going to scold Annella for name-calling (which she apologized for towards qon)

Uh, she never apologized directly to me.    It was a case of, "Gee golly!  More people than just qon are calling me on my crap!!"

I, of course, do not desire any insincere "face saving" on her part.  I can, and will always be able to see through the lies.

[walksalone11]

Quote from Walks:
If I had to make a wager, Id say Annella is just some old kook that wishes she was some kind of an authority figure.


I don't really want to argue this.  I would just like to point out that if posters are going to scold Annella for name-calling (which she apologized for towards qon) then why should someone else not get scolded for name-calling her?  No one in here is "some old kook."

Naa, I didn't scold her for calling anyone names, I couldn't care less. I was simply pointing out that she lied when she made the claim that she doesn't call people names. Just as she did when she continually lied about insinuating QON was a "swine" in the past.

If one doesn't like being called a liar, well....they probably shouldn't lie so much, dontcha think?

I don't care who calls others names, I don't care who uses rough language, hell I don't even care if someone isn't a perfect speller (GASP!!!) as long as the information gets out, the importance of the rest is very low to me.

[tdsantiago1]

the afterlife is a myth for people to have something to hold on to a fantasy

[walksalone11]

the afterlife is a myth for people to have something to hold on to a fantasy

For real?

well damn......

[jordandog]

This thread became hilariously insane while I was at work last night! Now that I am on 'Ignore' from Annella tells me another huge clue into how she works. The fact that others, who never have in the past, have finally called her out on not reading posts, turning words into what she wants them to be, and her insincere 'apologies' because she is caught holding the bag shows how right my gut was about her. She is 'ignoring' me because she doesn't have the ability to answer my accusations with anything other than more pettiness and superiority. She can't bring herself to ignore QON because then she would be unable to WARN OTHERS, what a joke. Just because a person doesn't curse, it makes their very unchristian remarks 'okey-dokey'? Nope, not now, not ever. Take this anyway you want to - (the "Purveyor of Pentecostal Poison" would accuse me of trying to divide her from her sisters in the Lord, have only heard that one umpteen times) - but I am SO glad to see Amy and Sheryl finally speaking up fully about what has been done to them on here!

I would love to have a way, off of FC, to communicate with QON, Amy, Falconer, Walks, Sheryly, and Sherene. Not to talk about FC, just to be able to get to know you all more. I realize none of you may want to talk to ME away from here, but that's okay too. I have broad shoulders and thick skin, trust that.

I'll end this with a very appropriate quote IMO:
"You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do."  ~Anne Lamott~

[Annella]

I need to do this before I leave.

Amy, This apology is for you.  I felt it was in my best interest to delete certain people a little bit at a time because I knew that my Facebook page was going away.  I also deleted my whole YouTube account also.  My ID has been compromised twice.  They have my SSI number, mother's maiden name, everything. It's been a nightmare. I've changed banks twice, credit cards, etc. I still get credit cards in the mail I never applied for, calls asking me if I'm buying something online, etc.  Two weeks before Christmas, someone in Illinois got my (new) debit card number and wiped out any extra money I had in my account.  I had to scramble around and call people that I had written checks to, to not cash them.........it was embarrassing.  It got cleared up.....after Christmas.

I'm a bit paranoid because it keeps happening again and again, and I can't seem to plug the leak.  I'm not saying that you are one of the people, but I deleted people without contact that I knew better than you, so don't take it personally.  The fraud detective I'm working with has advised me to do what I have done.  A lot of ID theft happens online.  I've even thought about deleting this account.

Yes, we were friends. I'm sorry for whatever my offense has hurt you. I have went back and read over some of my previous posts to you, and tried to put myself in your place and see how you would have read it. I understand how you have taken some as a negative stance, I'm sorry.  Last night you hurt me too, and it's never a good thing to retaliate with the same hurt as being dished out. 

I was wrong....absolutely.  Forgive me. I would have written you privately, but you deserve a public apology.

[Annella]

qon, there is no apology for you except that I used words I shouldn't have.  Everything I wrote to you is the absolute truth!  Only should have used better words.