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Right on with Komm Susser Tod...That song...I'm sorry to say I understand it... Also most anythign by the Beatles is going to reach me on some level. I also like alot of U2, mostly of Joshua Tree.

hehe, yeah, I alughed at that oral fixation thing, that's why I put the Sig. Freaud quote...hehe...You could actualy probably beat that with a whole lot of willpower (but only if it is a learned behavior).

Heh...so much potential to offende people here (I could say GoKents or Justin, lol). Who do I click with on OB, gok...I really haven't clicked with anyone. I am just here to vent and rant, and if I connect with someone, great, hasn't happened yet.

Just relax and have fun with it. Try and see the humor and absurdity in it. I had friends in marching band for 4 years. They say they really didn't do it for the music, they did it for the friendships and the people, for having fun. So just chill and let things work themselves out.

Like a scilenced Walther PPK?

Actulay everyone has a bit of OCD in them. It may just be about one thing, but it is there.

I would get myself an Irsralie Military Industired Jericho 941. This is the imfamous Spike Spiegel gun from cowboy bebop. Heh, now if I knew how to fire a gun and do some Jeet Kune Do, and get a few inches, and my hair turned brown green...

Dying alone would be bad, but don't let fear consume you.

Wow, that must have been scarey...I wanna see some pics in a few months...

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"-Sigmond Freaud. (heh) I actualy have no major illnesses mental or phyiscal. However, I have genticly prone to diebities. I also am a pretty depressed guy, but it is not chemical (i dont think). It's more like a bitter ennui, but there is nothing major about it...My brother though is probably chlinicaly depressed, so I have to deal with that alot...

It's sorrta like the movie Dogma...It's better to have an idea than a riddged code... And HC, a lot of my relatives were from Missouri, and are die hard Souther Baptists (kinda scary folks), so I sympathize. So I have another questions. When a chick says let's be friends, that meens "Let be friends in a few days/weeks/months/years/centuries?"

No DeathKnight, most people who follow the Bible in my experiances have lived by the letter of the law, as opposed to living by the spirit of the law. Where do your morals come from? Are they personal values that you see as practical? Or are they comming from the writings of a poor wandering sheep raping desert tribe (granted, may of their values still hold some water). Is the book telling you how to belive, or what to belive? There is no black and white in this world, only shades of grey. Devote...Hummmm...Observe/worship/respect/follow teachings Live...Wait for him to hit you over the head and make the choices for you or something like that...

I would say that any gun is good, because after all, "Happyiness is a Wamn Gun." It only takes one bullet to kill.

I see marrige only as a financial arrangement. I really don't buy into ritual too much...If two people love eachother in this increadibly crazy world, who am I to judge? Heh...Beatles Quote-"All you need is love".

I dunno, the titel just came to me...Right now I am sorrta between.. A bitter exestential A half assed Christian A really decent person Someone who can never reach conclusion because it meens I have stopped growing. It just sorrta fell into place... How many of you Christians out there observe the Sabbath as instructed? Would you follow God's law and kill those who do not observe it?

What scares me...Well, mechanical failure. And conservatives...they just don't get it. I do think it's funny that they tried to market themselves as compassionate, when what they really want to say is "my way or the highway"

I'm talking about the Israelites, and don't you think that they didn't!!! Heh, who else did all those nasty animal desieases spread to humanity. Just because it wan't written down, does not meen that it did not take place. Edit: Maybe the title should have been "Bushwackked with Jesus, and exestential fender bennder, like fighting Charlie in the Juggle, it popped out like a jack in the box"

Just make sure you preach the other way (heh), most of us like to do searching on our own. You are right in saying words have little meaning. God preaches love, compassion, and understanding; to many people just pick and chose and find a lable. So how would God look upon you for gay bashing, for refusing to understand what the world presents to you as reality. Walk the path before you preach it I say. I lived an increadibly moral life before I even began to look into spirituality. I walked the walk, before I talked the talk... "Living generally meens living in imitaion and therefore in fear."-Bruce Lee

Hmmm...She said that she asked God what to do about me for two months. Then she couldn't handel it anymore and she got the "dump the guy" vibe...Who knows... I'm also going to throw out a link here to something that pertains to this discussion. [url]http://freenet.msp.mn.us/org/mythos/mythos.www/TENCOM.HTML[/url] Yes, I see Christianity as a relationship, but I also see it as a set of constraints established to guide. I do not see the Bible as the word of God, but as the message. I basicaly see it as "intended." I find that too many Christians chose to see the entire Bible as the end all be all Religieous experiance. I also find that most Christian lack true understanding of the world arround them, and they seek to view the modern world through the eyes of a 4000 year old group of wandering, sheep raping, desert nomads. One must understand cultural influences on texts...It's like driving in a car and not looking at the road where you are going, you are just looking back in the rearview mirror...

Look at it this way if you lack true understanding of the Bible and take it as the word of God instead of the message of God. It only says that it forbids two men to lay together. So if they do it standing it's all good (heh). I really have no problem with Gay marrige. I don't see it happening as a Religious activity, but really what marrige is (and always will be in this country), is a financial arrangemnt. And I don't this that anyone choses to by Gay, so dare I say?! God made them Gay?! It is not their choice, and I refuse to tollerate them. To tollerate is to insult. I understand where they come are comming from, and I see no reason to deny a homosexual there rights that every other American is entitled to.

Whew, back from hiatus! Good to be here again. (Yes, I still remember that I'm not allowed to post the generic "I have retuned" Threads, thank God this is nothing like this). This is actually a relationship story (I know you folk love those), and I hope that it is as entertaining for you as it is for me. Well, A few weeks before high school ended I told Shy that I had officially given up on high school in looking for a relationship with someone. I was washing my hands of the whole experience, the place was a cultural and emotional waste land. I started hanging out in my Junior English teacher's classroom in the mornings, talking about books and music among other things. I also took notice of a very attractive Junior, who was on the volleyball team (very dreamy, just my type). So, I decided to strike up a conversation with her, and she was just wonderful to talk to, full of personality and very in tune with things. So we get to know each other for a month or so, and she actually comes after a volleyball practice to play tennis with me in the scorching sun o_0. So, I knew she was not there for the tennis, so we dinked the ball back and forth across the net, and basically just talked. I left with her cell phone/home phone/e-mail/AIM. That day she asked me out (w00tage). We go on a stellar first date, saw Bruce Almighty and went to a nice Italian restaurant. HOWEVER, I made sure to cover my *** and ask three big questions...Religion? Politics? and Music? I basically got Christian-lite, don't care, and 80's stuff. Wow...Three for three...So, we keep going out...She knows that I am going to college, and I made sure to ask her if it bothered her and she said that it didn't...(too good to be true)...So, she seems to really like me which is good, cause I reciprocate...I celebrate my graduation with her, we dance in a deserted parking lot to "Hard Day's Night," and I close with a goodnight kiss. Then she is busy for the next week with stuff and all I see from her is an e-mail with this line included..."I have stuff on my mind"...I'm no relationship guru, but I know that means **** has hit the fan...So, I finally do get to see her, and yeah, she is distant o_0...(sheisse)...She says that she doesn't think that this will work out. She then breaks to me that she is super-Christian and that she "LIVES FOR GOD." (DANGER! DANGER! DANGER!). I, being the cool, calm, and collected guy that I am, said, "ok, that's no problem here. I have no problem learning about what you believe in." I got the cold response, do what you will on your own, be we can still be friends (which has yet to materialize, cause I think she is angry with me or something I said). I spammed her some e-mail, she told me some truths later. So basically I was led like a lamb to slaughter and bushwhacked by Jesus, which I find really funny... So, I came to the conclusion, that while on the surface she appeared as her own person, she was not. She didn't have a clue what she wanted. She was messes up on several level, but most of all she was to immature to handle a relationship. She was looking for "the One" at 17. She derived her morals from the Bible and not personal values. Oh well, she was still a good person. But I still get a laugh out of my reaction to it all and the absurdity herein. So, let's get to where I want this topic to go... 1. Why live for God? To devote yourself to him I understand, but to live for him...I don't think that is even what he wants, after all, he sent his son to die for you... 2. Why codify spirituality in Religion? Do you look at the words, or the message? Why? 3. Did you like the title of this thread (I thought it was kind of funny)? 4. Also, feel free to bring up anything about Mythology in general, and how the stories speak to you. So, I leave you with a quote that I have become fond of. "Truth cannot be structured or confined."-Bruce Lee

AP Bio is a great class. I passed the test with a 5, really didn't even have to try :P

But did Jackie Chan write volumes or notes on his own concepts of martial art? No Way! This automaticly makes Bruce Lee better.

Name: Dylan Age: Seventeen DOB: October 30, 1985 Location: CA One Word: Frustrated No, seriously. Describe yourself in one word: Debonair Occupation: Student Color: Blue Food: Japenese Beverage: Coffee, or Sperement Tea Alter Ego: Change Dream Job: Dr. or Evil Self-Proclaimed: Nerd Ethnicity: If it comes from Europe, and then some... Extracurricular: Tennis, TFC, HL2 soon, Doom III soon Hobby: Tennis Dessert: Anything Musician: John Lennon Group: Beatles, Zeppilin, Doors Mac or PC? PC Nics: Change Blog: No Home Page: None Religion: Athiest Book: Currently too many to count (Shakespear, Ellison, Joyce, Conrad) Collections: Scars of stupidity Sport: Tennis Won't Eat: Not sure... TV Show: MXC, Futurama, Simpsons, Sealab 2020, Anime Words to live by: "Say you want a revolution..." Addicted to: Gum, Mints, Adult Film SOund Tracks Comic: Doonsbury, The Boondocks, Bloom County, Outland, Dilbert Movie: Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop My Worrying and Love the Bomb

We haven't had out prom yet...I'm not going, for a multitude of reasons. 1. The girl I would take is already "taken" 2. I've conviced myself that this is now an anti-establishent, anti-high school statement, sorrta like protesting Republicans 3. I have no one else to take... 4. It's expensive and I would rather enjoy some tennis lessons (tickets are $100, tux $60, dinner $40, gas $5, flowers $20) (explicit cost>implicit, negative utils, go AP Micro!) 5. I'm an Atheist, boy is it hard to find a nonreligious person who I can hold a conversation with 6. AP tests anyone? 7. (Insert more lame answers here)...