Comments on: Meet me tonight in Atlantic City. http://www.teamdaria.com/2006/07/30/meet-me-tonight-in-atlantic-city/ Geeky, but not [i]that[/i] geeky. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:32:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: thredd http://www.teamdaria.com/2006/07/30/meet-me-tonight-in-atlantic-city/#comment-42 thredd Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:09:56 +0000 http://www.teamdaria.com/2006/07/30/meet-me-tonight-in-atlantic-city/#comment-42 oh: for the record: [in case the fox wants to jump into my coop..] .. the measure of faith that has so graciously been given to me: by the Big J.:throught the H.S. : .. has: by no means: made my life: easy. .. it : in fact: has made my life : feel almost like : a living hell: .. but i certainly wouldn't wear that on a t-shirt, now, would i? .. ! .. promotion is a loud gong .. love is everything oh:
for the record:
[in case the fox wants to jump into my coop..]
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the measure of faith that has so graciously been given to me: by the Big J.:throught the H.S. :
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has: by no means: made my life: easy.
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it : in fact: has made my life : feel almost like : a living hell:
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but i certainly wouldn’t wear that on a t-shirt, now, would i?
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promotion is a loud gong
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love is everything

]]> By: thredd http://www.teamdaria.com/2006/07/30/meet-me-tonight-in-atlantic-city/#comment-41 thredd Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:03:30 +0000 http://www.teamdaria.com/2006/07/30/meet-me-tonight-in-atlantic-city/#comment-41 i would wear the following religious t-shirt: .. "please don't waste your time witnessing to me, just because i smoke: my fate is sealed." .. I am a Sovereignist: or an "easy believism-er" so: the hypothetical "witnesser" might be "losing" another soul whilst trying to save one that is already Eternally Secure. .. This is definitely something J. W. Not. D. .. I think He's more time and task efficient than this. .. rant on, Mac Duff. there are so many strands to this virus : we may not even have the time to diagnose it before the Dawning of The Son. i would wear the following religious t-shirt:
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“please don’t waste your time witnessing to me, just because i smoke: my fate is sealed.”
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I am a Sovereignist: or an “easy believism-er”
so: the hypothetical “witnesser” might be “losing” another soul whilst trying to save one that is already Eternally Secure.
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This is definitely something J. W. Not. D.
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I think He’s more time and task efficient than this.
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rant on, Mac Duff.
there are so many strands to this virus : we may not even have the time to diagnose it before the Dawning of The Son.

]]> By: Ben http://www.teamdaria.com/2006/07/30/meet-me-tonight-in-atlantic-city/#comment-40 Ben Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:16:54 +0000 http://www.teamdaria.com/2006/07/30/meet-me-tonight-in-atlantic-city/#comment-40 Hoping you’re still in rant/ramble mode. Almost every person I've met that claims, to be an atheist, on the fence, or without a religion of some kind, has had a bad experience with a Christian at some point. They tell me their tales......oh how they tell them. My response is always, "That really shows you the love of God doesn't it?" My favorite story is that of the best friends...who became best friends no-more after one decided to convert to Christianity and lecture the other non-believer continually about their sinful ways. Since someone who has just had a bad experience with a believer would probably not be interested in hearing why the bad behavior of the individual should be excused, and does not reflect upon their beliefs; I would conclude that sending a bad message is worse than sending no message at all. Since a lot of people associate drinking, secular music, violent video games, PG+ movies, cross-dressing, drive-by shootings and the like with non-Christian behavior; I don't go out of my way to proclaim my beliefs. I don't wear any Christian apparel, but I do want a t-shirt that reads, "Warning, the views expressed, actions performed, and words said do not necessarily reflect those of Jesus Christ, God, The Church, and/or their teachings." That's a little too wordy for a t-shirt though. (Insert mental image of a cross-dressing gangsta wearing one of those while doing a drive-by) When the subject does come up though, I am usually more than willing to share my beliefs and such. However I am more inclined to show God’s love through good works, than words. (Mathew 5:14-16) I refuse to see/read/hear about people in need and do nothing about it, if I am at all able to. (James 2:14-16) For the record, when I have bad service at a restaurant (I had a laughably bad server recently) I remain polite and simply leave a tip that is more insulting than any words might be. Sure it’s not exactly what Jesus would do……..but it’s slightly better than making a scene and insulting the server in public. On the other hand, if the server is rude/whatever to whomever I might be dining with….they will immediately regret such actions (unless whomever I was dining with provoked them to it). Working in retail for a year makes you generally more patient with people. Hoping you’re still in rant/ramble mode.
Almost every person I’ve met that claims, to be an atheist, on the fence, or without a religion of some kind, has had a bad experience with a Christian at some point. They tell me their tales……oh how they tell them. My response is always, “That really shows you the love of God doesn’t it?” My favorite story is that of the best friends…who became best friends no-more after one decided to convert to Christianity and lecture the other non-believer continually about their sinful ways.

Since someone who has just had a bad experience with a believer would probably not be interested in hearing why the bad behavior of the individual should be excused, and does not reflect upon their beliefs; I would conclude that sending a bad message is worse than sending no message at all.
Since a lot of people associate drinking, secular music, violent video games, PG+ movies, cross-dressing, drive-by shootings and the like with non-Christian behavior; I don’t go out of my way to proclaim my beliefs. I don’t wear any Christian apparel, but I do want a t-shirt that reads, “Warning, the views expressed, actions performed, and words said do not necessarily reflect those of Jesus Christ, God, The Church, and/or their teachings.” That’s a little too wordy for a t-shirt though.
(Insert mental image of a cross-dressing gangsta wearing one of those while doing a drive-by)
When the subject does come up though, I am usually more than willing to share my beliefs and such. However I am more inclined to show God’s love through good works, than words. (Mathew 5:14-16)
I refuse to see/read/hear about people in need and do nothing about it, if I am at all able to. (James 2:14-16)

For the record, when I have bad service at a restaurant (I had a laughably bad server recently) I remain polite and simply leave a tip that is more insulting than any words might be. Sure it’s not exactly what Jesus would do……..but it’s slightly better than making a scene and insulting the server in public. On the other hand, if the server is rude/whatever to whomever I might be dining with….they will immediately regret such actions (unless whomever I was dining with provoked them to it). Working in retail for a year makes you generally more patient with people.

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