Wasblind: While it was very nice and generous and extremely giving of Zid to give me her books, she was not someone that I connected to emotionally. I don't know why I have to tell you this, but that is the fact. Zid and I are 2 very different people with 2 very different viewpoints. She is a polytheist, and that is fine by me. But it's not my world view. We don't have much in common. She didn't reach out to me after I left. There were only a few people that had my personal email address. One of those VERY few people was Ding.
The extreme militant atheism on this site really did discourage me, to the point that I felt it was unhealthy to keep being a part of the site. It did not have to do with any PERSON on the site, but just the overall attitude that I saw. So I did not return to this site, even to check my PMs except in rare cases. I have had so much going on in my life that I was just trying to keep my head above water. It's what I am still trying to do. There are alot of people that I care about on the site, and think about every day. Sadly, some of those same people have belittled me and said some pretty hurtful things about me here. But I understand that too... I also believe that I must have deserved it.
Like I've said, I don't want to sound like I think I have no blame here. I do. I am strong in my opinions, especially about the Bible. I know the way that most people want to hear about Christianity. They want to pretend that it is not exclusive and that as long as you are sincere and live a good life, you will experience salvation. But as far as I have gotten in my own studies, the Bible shows Christianity to be EXTREMELY exclusive. It says that Jesus is the only way, truth, and life. So if you don't accept Jesus, you don't have life. And that includes Ghandi. Is that my own opinion? I don't think so. If someone can point me to a part of the Bible that says that you can believe anything, but still show love and be saved, then I'd LOVE to see it. But so far I have not found that.
That being said, while I believe this, I don't believe in judging specific people and saying, "Gee Sab or Zid, you guys are going to be punished because of what you believe." That is not for me to say. If I've ever said anything like that in the past, then I apologize whole heartedly.
But I do believe that the Bible is God's Word.
Anyway, I digress. But I have not had the opportunity to keep in touch with everyone that I care about here. Laverite is a very special person to me, and I think he's a great guy. I also have really enjoyed talking to people like Mad Sweeny, miserloveselders, Hadit, Darth Plugis (even after your prior comments on this thread), and others.
