I find it ironic...
When you get a job, there will almost certainly be some sort of dress code that you’ll be expected to follow. And the more money you make, generally speaking, the more conservatively you’ll be expected to dress.I must say that I find it ironic that people accept all kinds of restrictions relative to their dress on their jobs, but they don’t want the slightest restriction on how they dress when they come to church.(Pastor/Elder D.C. Edmond, South Central Conference, Nashville, TN, in: Should a Parent Say Anything?, pt 2 at Insightmagazine.org)
I QUIT
August 31st, 2007: I quit Christianity, church, Pentecostalism and Seventh-day Adventism, not because I hate them, but 'cos I find them contradictory, ambiguous and 'strangulatory' in, of, and among themselves. There is so much love and beauty out in the world too foolish to back away from.
I don't know much, but I know I must do these things:
1) Meet the needs and desires of my friends
2) Don't belittle people, but find ways to uplift them
3) Solve people's problems, walk into their lives; don't condemn them and leave them to dirt
4) Save people from danger
5) Support medical work to build a safer world, and use natural remedies more often
6) Explore my sexuality and be aware of its potential. Encourage everyone to do the same.
7) Rejoice when people are happy doing things that they love and that aren't harmful or damaging
8) Let children learn lots and lots of things, and teach them to be kind, sweet, gentle and honest
9) Don't hurt or harm people in any way, unless you have to stop them hurting or harming other people
10) Use tact, sweetness and logic in solving conflicts and disputes
11) Be thoughtful, kind and considerate; let love go around and come around. Don't make people hate life.
12) I have loads to learn from others, so I must be humble, teachable and patient. Arrogance and an exuberant ego ain't love.
13) Listen to and follow advice that is meant to sustain you and provide for your own good
14) There is pain and suffering in this world, because we do loads of foolish things, do not love each other enough, do not love the planet enough
15) Science has the answers, but we wield it stupidly. We should be more careful.
16) Sustain life, don't snuff it
17) Work hard, run the economy and take care of the environment so that love and sex can persist
...and last but not least...
18) I have a Maker (a Creator) and I'm here for a purpose: to meet someone else's needs. Each person has this sort of purpose.
19) I'm looking for the true 'God', and
20) I am a sexual being, and so is everyone else, girl and boy.
ARIGATO. ^.^
An it harm none, do as you will; an it cause harm, do as you must.
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