I'm sort of worried about my friend...

[killtrocity]

Because once you give that nagging voice in your head godly status you can forget about bettering yourself or even accepting yourself, everything you do becomes "am I going to hell for this? Am I good enough for God?" He said he watched the 700 club the other night, and it really connected with him. So there's not only the Catholic guilt but also these fucking whack jobs exploiting your guilt, and then you actually go to the evangelical church and they exploit your adrenaline and make you think you're going to hell unless you allow yourself to be saved or whatever. It's creepy and ultimately harmful.

I know there are good Christians who do genuinely good things, but I believe those people have learned to think about and look at the bible rationally. Someone who thinks you're going to hell for breaking Old Testament God's arbitrary rules is not in any position to help himself and especially not anyone else.

Originally Posted by Future Boy

what did he do with Gremlins

You know, just obsessed about the movie and stuff. Like Star Wars nerds who worship the Force. Warning me not to get my mogwais wet after midnight. Another important phase was buying/trying/selling research chemicals from China.

[Future Boy]

Im with Bonnie just take him to a church and tell them he's got the devil in him.

[slunken]

for real tell him to put his money where his mouth is it's high time he shits or gets off the pot

[slunken]

its much easier to convince someone to do something than it is to not do something

[yo soy el mejor]

gotta choose your words carefully.

[slunken]

u gotta unnastan

[slunken]

[slunken]

what is the tone loc / cash car star connection?

[slunken]

i'm gonna ask phphouko if he can mash the two together

[yo soy el mejor]

how drunk are you on a scale of 1 to 10?

[slunken]

50

as in, i need 50 dollas to make you holla i get paid to do the wild thing

[slunken]

SAY WUT

[yo soy el mejor]

50 bucks?! don't be so hard on yourself.

[yo soy el mejor]

i think someone is listening to tone loc.

[slunken]

you said "hard on"

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by killtrocity

Because once you give that nagging voice in your head godly status you can forget about bettering yourself or even accepting yourself, everything you do becomes "am I going to hell for this? Am I good enough for God?"

this doesn't make a lot of sense

most people who don't believe in god are still using some other barometer for self worth so don't act like you're above it

most of the time it's wondering how cool you are or how many people like you or how many women you've fucked or whatever

[rottenugly]

drunk slunken is funny slunken

[pavementtune]

True. Or how much money you make.
But a godless barometer doesn't ******* the fear of getting punished like going to hell.

Pot makes this way worse of course. I'm not a religious person, but 10 years ago I spent 2 weeks on a weed farm in the Netherlands, and eventually started talking to God, seeing signs everywhere and developing what my brother named "the God paranoia". It wasn't funny at all, I was scared shitless.

You better get your friend some professional help.

[Future Boy]

or on gods good side

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by pavementtune

True. Or how much money you make.
But a godless barometer doesn't ******* the fear of getting punished like going to hell.

Pot makes this way worse of course. I'm not a religious person, but 10 years ago I spent 2 weeks on a weed farm in the Netherlands, and eventually started talking to God, seeing signs everywhere and developing what my brother named "the God paranoia". It wasn't funny at all, I was scared shitless.

You better get your friend some professional help.

Maybe not as in going to hell (since it doesn't exist), but you can still believe you deserve punishment (or whatever) without attaching god to it. At least I can.

[pavementtune]

Punishment from whom then? Or like "I did a terrible thing so it (destiny?) serves me right if my friends don't talk to me / I loose my job / I get ill etc."?

[reprise85]

i didn't say it was logical. kinda punishment from self/others/life/everything. physical/emotional pain. like you're just a pathetic piece of shit who deserves a long painful death kinda thing. X person was right, you are [fill in the blank with something horrible]

i still get that in my head not infrequently but i'm not consumed with it and i don't really entertain it in any kind of obvious self destructive way, but i used to

[Future Boy]

you clearly have the devil in you

[slunken]

just something to think about

[reprise85]

clearly

once someone was serious about that and offered to find me someone to do an exorcism. that was around the time i stopped going to group therapy

but anyway

[Future Boy]

you could probably just google it now

[cocksure]

wait so he's catholic and evangelical at the same time??

MY SUPPORT ENDS HERE

[Luke de Spa]

Originally Posted by pavementtune

True. Or how much money you make.
But a godless barometer doesn't ******* the fear of getting punished like going to hell.

Pot makes this way worse of course. I'm not a religious person, but 10 years ago I spent 2 weeks on a weed farm in the Netherlands, and eventually started talking to God, seeing signs everywhere and developing what my brother named "the God paranoia". It wasn't funny at all, I was scared shitless.

You better get your friend some professional help.

your brother seems like a bit of a dude too, even if I don't necessarily agree with his views on polyamory

[pavementtune]

He is actually an associate on that farm; back then my brother kept a very detailed journal on weed behavior. I remember him naming that particual growing "avenging angel".

[pavementtune]

But I think you might be mixing up brothers. Polyamory? Def. not him, maybe D.'s.
Edit : or not. Why the fuck do you post the same shit on every thread?