ECF Refugee Thread All welcome

[The Cromwell]

But not always true -- I love tea, I love garlic, I love blueberries, and I'm quite fond of chocolate... which all turn out to be good for you, in one way or another. But yeah some very beneficial things taste pretty awful -- everytime I open the bottle of B complex vitamins I'm reminded of that; the smell alone is enough to knock a vulture off a shit wagon.

But I daresay you'll never find me eating algae.

Andria

Awww come on that slimy stuff growing around the lake shore is quite tasty.
to some fish and snails that is.

 

[The Cromwell]

A CLR coil.

Ahh those 'rebuildable' factory coil thingys.

or something to clean your toilet bowl with?

 

[AndriaD]

Awww come on that slimy stuff growing around the lake shore is quite tasty.
to some fish and snails that is.

I'd just eat the fish and snails. They can have the algae!

Andria

 

[Atchafalaya]

Ahh the old 'if it tastes good spit it out' thing.
Medicine must taste bad, etc...

Must be something started by Pentecostals?

Everything fun is a sin to them.

It shouldn't bother you if you're not one of them. Just sayin.

 

[AndriaD]

It shouldn't bother you if you're not one of them. Just sayin.

Actually it's the puritan mentality, brought to North America all the way back in 1620, and which has persisted ever since, despite modern attitudes to pleasure and pleasurable things -- y'know, like the baptists who won't make love standing up, it's too much like dancing.

I really wish england had burned those joyless bastards at the stake instead of letting them out to pollute north america and then most of the world with their joyless life-sucking attitudes.

Andria

 

[The Cromwell]

It shouldn't bother you if you're not one of them. Just sayin.

But they get laws passed and such. Remember the Sunday closing laws?
And tax breaks for a Noah's Ark theme park, etc...

Remember I live in the Bible Belt. Non believers are demons here and a bit persecuted.

 

[The Cromwell]

An event I remember from childhood.

On asking why Jesus drank wine and it is a sin.

"Ohh they did not have safe drinking water there."

Well then why did he turn water into wine?

"I told you their water was unsafe to drink"

Jesus could not just purify the water?

"go stand in the corner"

 

[Atchafalaya]

Ahh those 'rebuildable' factory coil thingys.

or something to clean your toilet bowl with?

lol! 'rebuildable' factory coil thingy

 

[Atchafalaya]

An event I remember from childhood.

On asking why Jesus drank wine and it is a sin.

"Ohh they did not have safe drinking water there."

Well then why did he turn water into wine?

"I told you their water was unsafe to drink"

Jesus could not just purify the water?

"go stand in the corner"

Man. Sounds like whoever answered your questions was an idiot.

 

[The Cromwell]

Man. Sounds like whoever answered your questions was an idiot.

Religion does that to one if it is successful.

Questions are punished, Obedience is rewarded.

 

[The Cromwell]

Never tried directly in the mouth, just the smell told me not to.....

Yep that is what our nose is for.

 

[JuicyLucy]

An event I remember from childhood.

On asking why Jesus drank wine and it is a sin.

"Ohh they did not have safe drinking water there."

Well then why did he turn water into wine?

"I told you their water was unsafe to drink"

Jesus could not just purify the water?

"go stand in the corner"

The punishment for questioning was a lot harsher than that so I quit asking - and quit believing as a pretty young kid

 

[The Cromwell]

The punishment for questioning was a lot harsher than that so I quit asking - and quit believing as a pretty young kid

yeah same here.
One can only stand so much hypocrisy.

I did however learn to see a longer and bigger picture than most.
My mind never stopped questioning although my mouth did.

 

[Atchafalaya]

Religion does that to one if it is successful.

Questions are punished, Obedience is rewarded.

This Thread should be renamed to the Christian haters Club

 

[Atchafalaya]

And since I am one I guess I'm not wanted.

 

[The Cromwell]

And since I am one I guess I'm not wanted.

ahh but the difference is you are not trying to force your religion on us.
Those are the ones we are talking about.

You are both liked and wanted.

real Christians are fine people.
Unfortunately there are not nearly enough of them.
Religion is the problem not the faith.

 

[JuicyLucy]

This Thread should be renamed to the Christian haters Club

You know we love you - and none of my comments were aimed at you or Christianity

I dislike organized religion of every stripe but have never attacked anyone's personal beliefs period, only shared personal experience

 

[Atchafalaya]

You know we love you - and none of my comments were aimed at you or Christianity

I dislike organized religion of every stripe but have never attacked anyone's personal beliefs period, only shared personal experience

Yea I know. I get emo easily lately. Just going through some stuff. Sorry I ran off like a crybaby.

 

[Atchafalaya]

ahh but the difference is you are not trying to force your religion on us.
Those are the ones we are talking about.

You are both liked and wanted.

real Christians are fine people.
Unfortunately there are not nearly enough of them.
Religion is the problem not the faith.

You know we love you - and none of my comments were aimed at you or Christianity

I dislike organized religion of every stripe but have never attacked anyone's personal beliefs period, only shared personal experience

 

[Atchafalaya]

I just noticed this emoji. It's cute! Perfect for Halloween time.
Why can't witches have babies?
Because warlocks have Hollow-Weenies. hehehehehe

 

[Atchafalaya]

OMG the zombie is gone!

 

[The Cromwell]

 

[JuicyLucy]

I just noticed this emoji. It's cute! Perfect for Halloween time.
Why can't witches have babies?
Because warlocks have Hollow-Weenies. hehehehehe

That's almost as bad as Bush 1's David Cop-a-feel joke

 

[The Cromwell]

That's almost as bad as Bush 1's David Cop-a-feel joke

Watch out! Now you're talking politics which is pretty much a religion as well

 

[JuicyLucy]

Watch out! Now you're talking politics which is pretty much a religion as well

Man, this thread is suddenly riddled with minefields!

How about those Astros?

 

[Atchafalaya]

Man, this thread is suddenly riddled with minefields!

How about those Astros?

Oh man you guys!!!!!! Say what you want!!!! Really. Sorry I was sooooooooooooooooooo.............uh........................... pitiful?

 

[AndriaD]

Religion does that to one if it is successful.

Questions are punished, Obedience is rewarded.

This exactly. Small wonder that I began to follow a teaching which started with "Question everything."

Andria

 

[The Cromwell]

Man, this thread is suddenly riddled with minefields!

How about those Astros?

Sports is a religious thing as well

I think they had to go thru excommunication rites to fire Pitino.

 

[The Cromwell]

Oh man you guys!!!!!! Say what you want!!!! Really. Sorry I was sooooooooooooooooooo.............uh........................... pitiful?

No worries. We love ya.

 

[Atchafalaya]

No worries. We love ya.

Thanks. I really am sorry. You guys need to vent about this without me getting all whiny and crap on you. I was not raised the way you guys were. If I had a question about God or anything else in the Bible, my family or church members answered it kindly. No one said I couldn't dance. Or be happy. Just obey the Ten Commandments the best you can. And accept Jesus as your savior. And if you fail that's fine because it doesn't matter as long as you are trying to do your best. Everyone fails and it's expected. People built me up.... not tore me down.

 

[Atchafalaya]

I grew up in a loving family although my mother did go nuts when my father died. We went from going on vacations every summer and having money to being almost destitute. I can remember waiting tables and an old, so-called rich friend of mine was with all his friends. I gave him the wrong spoon for his iced tea instead of a teaspoon and he was infuriated at me. I think he is one of fake Christians that you guys speak of.

 

[Atchafalaya]

Anyway I do apologize. Because I do love you guys! And I'm going to go now to get my stuff ready for work tomorrow.

 

[Atchafalaya]

Oh...and GFY!!!! LMAO

 

[Atchafalaya]

Happy Friday! The cold front is moving in right now. It went from 59 to 56 in 10 minutes.

 

[LynnNC]

Good morning peeps! Been busy, busy for the last few days. I have something to show you all though...


Noah's first school picture. Sorry it's so large but I can't reduce it on the iPad. Ain't he the cutest?? Yes, I'm prejudiced as hell!! Sue me!!

 

[Atchafalaya]

Good morning peeps! Been busy, busy for the last few days. I have something to show you all though...

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Noah's first school picture. Sorry it's so large but I can't reduce it on the iPad. Ain't he the cutest?? Yes, I'm prejudiced as hell!! Sue me!!

OMG he is sooooooooo cute!!!!!!
Good morning Lynn! (they are peeps)

 

[LynnNC]

OMG he is sooooooooo cute!!!!!!
Good morning Lynn! (they are peeps)
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Good morning Atcha boo!! I'll pass on the peeps though. I have never liked them. Too sweet. They are cute for Halloween though.

 

[Atchafalaya]

Good morning Atcha boo!! I'll pass on the peeps though. I have never liked them. Too sweet. They are cute for Halloween though.

I don't like them either. lol.

 

[JuicyLucy]

 

[The Cromwell]

Just had some coffee with Entenmanns Softies

 

[Atchafalaya]

I just had 3 bowls of chicken and dumplings, and a bowl of chili. I'm stuffed.

 

[The Cromwell]

I just had 3 bowls of chicken and dumplings, and a bowl of chili. I'm stuffed.

A feedin at work?

 

[Atchafalaya]

A feedin at work?

Constantly here at work. People bring food almost every day. And lots of fattening stuff. I don't even eat at home during the week anymore.

 

[Atchafalaya]

I drank some wine. And I found a dumped off young Pitbull. He was so afraid but I coaxed him to follow me home with a sausage. Unfortunately he almost took my hand off he was so hungry. I got out of the car and he actually jumped all the way up and grabbed it out of my hand!

 

[Atchafalaya]

Anyway poor baby. He had his tail between his legs the whole time. I came inside and rinse my hand off and it wasn't bleeding so it's all good. I fed him some dog food and gave him some water. I had to sit down on the ground and talk to him because he was so scared.

 

[JuicyLucy]

I drank some wine. And I found a dumped off young Pitbull. He was so afraid but I coaxed him to follow me home with a sausage. Unfortunately he almost took my hand off he was so hungry. I got out of the car and he actually jumped all the way up and grabbed it out of my hand!

Yeah, gotta be careful hand feeding strays like that

 

[The Cromwell]

If I tried that with young stray women the wife would bite my hand off....

 

[Atchafalaya]

Hopefully he will still be here in the morning and I can get him to trust me more. People are so horrible dumping off dogs like this. It's awful. Anyway I named him Danny after a friend that loves his Pitbull. And hopefully he will stick around and I can take him to the vet by next Saturday we shall see.

 

[Atchafalaya]

Yeah, gotta be careful hand feeding strays like that

Yes it's been a while since I found a stray dog like that. And I had no clue he could jump so high!

 

[The Cromwell]

But seriously Atcha, Animals are at their most dangerous when scared.

Oldest granddaughter has a scar on her face from a stray Dalmation that the son and his then wife took in. Stupid thing to do with a toddler in the house....
I went to shoot the dog but the pound had already picked it up before I got back from the hospital.
the son and his wife laid low for a while as well.