Good bye answerbank

[mibn2cweus]

Since Naomi will not give me the ****ing key I have decided to follow Jesus and be a Christian just like Theland. I am ashamed of my past history here so I'm going to devote the time I used to spend on ab to reading the Bible. No question really because I no longer care about what people think. I'll get all my answers from God from now on thank you.

[naomi24]

And where the blinking heck have you been? You swan in without a by your leave as though you were only here yesterday (oops, you were - but you know what I mean). Are you ok, Theland? Welcome back. You've been missed.

I'm rather pleased that Mr Hitchins has talked about acknowledgement of sin, and I am rather hoping his book will be in my Christmas stocking. I detest that word - sin. Sin makes no allowances for human frailty, and burdens the weak and naive with senseless and unnecessary guilt. What a wicked word that is.

I don't exist in an ethical vacuum, and I'm not devoid of a moral anchor, but it isn't due to religion, so where does that leave your deliberations? Oh, it's good to have you back, Theland. Have a custard pie. Mwah! x

[mibn2cweus]

It is with the hell we experience in our daily lives we pay for the sins of our ignorance. There is no shame or guilt in working hard to pay off this debt for which armed with a little more knowledge we might never have transgressed.

Life is not a gift, it is only an opportunity to meet its demands and thereby find appreciation for it and enjoy the rewards one obtains in doing so.

And so with that said I am off to meet said demands . . .

[naomi24]

Starman off to meet the demands of life? What can that mean? Visions of him tramping up a hill, shovel over shoulder, with a jolly and melodious 'Hi Hoooooooo', on his lips, spring to mind - or on the other hand .......... no, I don't even want to go there!

Theland, where have you gone again?

'Allo Luna.

Starman, I saw your post in science - you beat me to it. I didn't know you were into astronomy. Well, we live and learn. I've been looking at Venus and Jupiter through my trusty telescope too. Fab!!

[naomi24]

Good idea Luna. Go for it. That's what I call being positive!! Good on you!!

[naomi24]

Luna, I spoke to a friend yesterday whom I've known for many years. She has mental health issues and has had for a very long time. She said that she felt she wasn't like any of her large family. They are all outgoing, but she's a thinker, and a worrier, and there's a little of the square peg in a round hole about her, which of course, I can very much relate to since I'm the original!! What I'm trying to say is we all have our little foibles, if we can call them that. Even people who seem to be ultra-confident are often very different on the inside and just show the world the face they want the world to see. But who's to say who any of us 'ought' to be? Who are we trying to please, or impress? And are these people worth the angst? Very doubtful in my opinion, but then I don't think much of the human race in general! The best person to be is yourself - and as long as you don't intentionally cause harm to anyone, there's nothing wrong with being who you are, whoever that may be. You see, few of us are really what we appear to be, and we all have aspects to our personalities that we think might be perceived as odd by others, so the chances are there isn�t as much wrong with you as you imagine.

Is this the friend you were upset about a week or so back?

[mibn2cweus]

Naomi, 'Starman' is indeed a star man, but astronomy is not the means by which I maintain my livelihood. And although I do find examining the �heavens� spiritually uplifting, neither do I have an interest in astrology, although the mythology associated with historical sky-watching is understandably fascinating as well.

I find backyard astronomy far more entertaining than the modern equivalent, television and among my favorite programmes are those that pertain to astronomy.

My greater inclusive interest is in cosmology, the evolution of the universe, and the physics, understanding how it all works. But at the centre of it all is understanding my and our relationship as sentient conceptual beings to the big picture. It all seems such a big waste if in the vastness of the universe there did not exist an entity with the ability to grasp and appreciate its existence and complexity and to comprehend the beauty of its underlying simplicity. It is at once glorious and humbling to realise we are a byproduct of our mother universe which gave us life. How appropriate we should pay it homage by honoring the opportunity provided to us to recognise its most remarkable contribution in the manifestation of our mutual self-awareness. I hope that makes some sense to you because perhaps even more than what I do that enables me to be what I am, that describes who I am.

Meanwhile back at the ranch I do have a correction to make . . . ~o�>

[naomi24]

Luna, well, you obviously met someone who inspired you, but I'm sorry to hear that you ever felt forced to do anything just to fit in. Can you tell us what your issues with these natural elements are, and what social skills she thought you were lacking? What I'm trying to say is we all think differently, and one person's ideas may not be the same as another's, so are you sure she's right about it? Perhaps if you run it past us, we can add our two-pennorth. You never know, it might help to clarify things in your mind.

Starman, Does it make sense to me? This is I can truly relate to. Although few seem to understand me and my wonky brain, this describes precisely what I mean when I blab on about the irrelevance of the manufactured 'God', and the magnificence, the magnitude, the might, the beauty, and the spirit of the universe. I could have written it myself - although nowhere near as eloquently. Starman, I think I love you. Mwah! :o)

[mibn2cweus]

Funny how in obtaining in life what we would hope to possess in death we find reason more to live on . . . even at the risk of loosing it yet again. I think at this point the logical thing for me to do would be to just shut my yap, if only for just a little while, and relish this moment, the realisation of which I would not have had the courage to wager on at any odds nor even dared to conjure up in my wildest dreams. But alas even I am not invariably logical . . . ~o">


Chinadoll, where the hell are you? . . . Dam, I can't even remember how to write her name?

[China Doll]

You called honey?

I'm still stupidly busy dealing with all the various mens bits of the UK that I am paid to do... Before anyone starts, a brief reminder may be needed with regards to me working for the NHS rather than the corner of Kings Cross! However my co-PA has just returned from her jollies so I'm slightly less frantic than I was hence the chance to pop in and prove I'm still breathing.

Updates include that I've moved in to hospital accomodation... which strangely I'm enjoying... which has taken the stress out of me finding a place in the near future and that's it really... Oh, and office eye candy is rather in the bad books and staying there, which in reality means he will have noticed no difference but still, he's there anyway!

I've finally brought a laptop! But I don't have it yet... or internet access.... but when I do I'm sure I'll be around a lot more.

[mibn2cweus]

That's wonderful news China. If you will all excuse me for a moment there's something I feel I must do

[naomi24]

Good news, China - and good to see you back.

Now where's Luna gone - and where's that mysterious disappearing man, Theland, gone again?!!

[naomi24]

Ah, right-o, Luna. You're not taking part in the school's Christmas play are you? To be, or not to be ...... or maybe not. :o)

[mibn2cweus]

I take it I can rule out a standing ovation then? ;o(

Alas, romance is dead . . . ~o">