Age

[tjohnson]

I have attached a poll to this thread. I would like to gather some stats of what age everyone began questioning, or actually left the church. I have a pretty good idea what the results will be, but this should be a fun survey. :)

[Born Free]

I have attached a poll to this thread. I would like to gather some stats of what age everyone began questioning, or actually left the church. I have a pretty good idea what the results will be, but this should be a fun survey. :)

I answered the poll based upon my current age, and not when the lights started to come on! Can I repent, or do I have to live in Everlasting Damnation?

Daryl

[noodle]

I answered the poll based upon my current age, and not when the lights started to come on! Can I repent, or do I have to live in Everlasting Damnation?

Daryl

Ha! I did the same thing. We'll burn in hell together!

[Jeff_Ricks]

I answered the poll based upon my current age, and not when the lights started to come on! Can I repent, or do I have to live in Everlasting Damnation?

Daryl


Sorry guys, I don't think there's a way to edit poll voting. It looks like you've commited the unpardonable sin. :)

[Born Free]

Sorry guys, I don't think there's a way to edit poll voting. It looks like you've commited the unpardonable sin. :)

Does this require Blood Atonement? :eek:

[free thinker]

Do you, and each of you, promise not to misstate the age at wich you left the church ever again?

Each of you bow your heads, and say yes! :p


Free Thinker

[noodle]

Do you, and each of you, promise not to misstate the age at wich you left the church ever again?

Each of you bow your heads, and say yes! :p


Free Thinker


It shall be done, Elohim. Come, sturgdw, let us go down.

Mamajama :cool:

[Born Free]

I have attached a poll to this thread. I would like to gather some stats of what age everyone began questioning, or actually left the church. I have a pretty good idea what the results will be, but this should be a fun survey. :)

If I had not eternally blotted my copybook (and had read more closely before sinning), I too would have swelled the mass in the 30-39 age group.

Many of you will know that it is widely considered that there is a major spiritual awakening between 35 and 50, so this finding, even if against a small sampling), fits that pattern.

Our internal BS detector starts to become hyperactive; our inner drive for greater authenticity switches up a gear; our refusal to make major life decisions on 2nd hand information steps up. We are more couragous in our capacity to life with the consequence of our own decisions.

It is nice to see the graphics clarifying this. (Who said you have to read the story to get value? Sometimes a picture speaks a thousand words!)

Daryl

[free thinker]

If I had not eternally blotted my copybook (and had read more closely before sinning), I too would have swelled the mass in the 30-39 age group.

Many of you will know that it is widely considered that there is a major spiritual awakening between 35 and 50, so this finding, even if against a small sampling), fits that pattern.

Our internal BS detector starts to become hyperactive; our inner drive for greater authenticity switches up a gear; our refusal to make major life decisions on 2nd hand information steps up. We are more couragous in our capacity to life with the consequence of our own decisions.

It is nice to see the graphics clarifying this. (Who said you have to read the story to get value? Sometimes a picture speaks a thousand words!)

Daryl


Seems to me something as universal as the BS detector, age common, free thought pattern,denotes a commonality perhaps implanted by a higher power ! Perhaps implanted to keep us from being duped? Just a thought!! Not pushing God here. Just thinking out loud!! :confused:


Free Thinker

[Born Free]

It shall be done, Elohim. Come, sturgdw, let us go down.

Mamajama :cool:

There is this great part in Angels in America where the gay Jew who has deserted his AIDS infected lover, approaches a Rabbi asking where the scriptures stand on his dilema. The Rabbi says the scriptures offer no solution, but that he sounds like he is looking for forgiveness, and thats what the Catholics do; but Jews are into guilt!

Makes one wonder what is Moism's speciality?

Daryl

PS: I feel a bit guilty sometimes when I see how little of the Temple crap fills my head, compared with you guys. I guess that was one of the advantages of being a long way away (Australia to New Zealand) so went there rarely, so missed the dubious opportunity to have my head filled with that crap.

No, I just realized that it isn't guilt. It is a certain envy that I can't recall enough to take the piss out of it, like many of you can. Bit of a Catch 22 really!

Oh the loss! :rolleyes:

[peter_mary]

Our internal BS detector starts to become hyperactive; our inner drive for greater authenticity switches up a gear; our refusal to make major life decisions on 2nd hand information steps up. We are more couragous in our capacity to life with the consequence of our own decisions.

Daryl

We also start reading stuff other than comic books, and thinking about something other than sex...well, almost as much as sex... :D

Paul

[Born Free]

We also start reading stuff other than comic books, and thinking about something other than sex...well, almost as much as sex... :D

Paul

Not totally sure we think any less about sex! Maybe we just spend a little less time thrashing ourselves because we fear we are some sort of perverted misfit! :rolleyes:

We get to a point of making some peace with our misfittedness, and realise for all our kinks, there are many a lot kinkier out there! :)

OK, I'll stop speaking on behalf of the human race, and own it! I started to be a bit kinder on myself.

Daryl

PS: I just rediscovered The Phantom and Tin Tin recently. I am sure that I should have read more of them and less Church crap. I figure my 8 year old Phantom Club mentality is about the same level of maturation as the Temple Cult for grownups!

[Born Free]

Seems to me something as universal as the BS detector, age common, free thought pattern,denotes a commonality perhaps implanted by a higher power ! Perhaps implanted to keep us from being duped? Just a thought!! Not pushing God here. Just thinking out loud!! :confused:


Free Thinker

Naaaaaaaaaaaah! I remain to be convinced.

If God was programming for BS detection and rejection, why would he/she only have it kick in after 35, when you have married, conceived kids etc.

Unless God has a really sick sense of humour!

35 mark the centre point of life, and my guess is that we are more mindful of what we have to lose, if we backed the wrong horse.

But that is just Daryl's opinion.

[nate]

35 mark the centre point of life, and my guess is that we are more mindful of what we have to lose, if we backed the wrong horse.



This is right in line with a common belief in Astrology. The planet Saturn has approximately a 30 year revolution and therefore 15 yr half-revolution, so at age 30 it is in the same place in the sky as it was when you were born. Also, at age 15 and 45 it's position is exactly opposite where it began.

It is believed that, at age 30+/-, when Saturn is back to where it began, it causes internal conflict/questioning and causes you to re-evaluate your life and make necessary changes, i.e the mid-life crisis. Then at 45, when Saturn is opposite Saturn, you evaluate the changes that you did or did not make around age 30.

I think alot of this astrology stuff you have to take with a grain of salt, and that it's an attempt to explain things that happen naturally in us (through no consequence of the planets), but heh, it's pretty interesting!

Nate