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January 4, 2006, 8:30 am PST

Givers of life

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I am wondering if there are any pregnant women out there, who feel really ugly, because of the MASSIVE LOAD they are carrying in the front, honestly, I haven't even seen my parts in months and forgot what they look like, and I have a hard time believing that my fiance stil finds me sexy. 

Does anyone, or has anyone felt the same?  When he met me, I was fit and active, I was at my goal weight and very attractive even by MY standards, which says a lot.  But now I feel awful.  I can't even get socks on anymore, but he's still trying to convince me that I am sexy.  

Please share your feelings about this.  

Thanks  

I'm not pregnant, but I was only about five months ago and now I have a beautiful baby girl named Willow.  Yes, pregnancy can be hard and you do not feel sexy all of the time.  Before I got pregnant I was 110 pounds and I am not that anymore!  lol  But I am at a healthy weight now because believe me, having two children to run around with will help in weight loss.  But I honestly never felt like I was not sexy while I was pregnant.  Infact, I never felt more beautiful.  We women are the givers of life, everyone born has come from inside a woman.  Woman are the sole providers during pregnancy, in which, men can not carry the baby or feed the baby, and so we nurture the baby from the very beginning.  There is life inside of you and what can be more beautiful than that?   I feel that there is nothing more beautiful than a pregnant body and my husband agrees.  So believe your husband when he tells you that you are sexy, because I bet he is being honest.  You are carrying his child and he thinks that is sexy.  And if you are concerned about losing weight after birth, you can lose it.  You said you were very active so it is something you are used to and that makes it easier to lose weight.  Hope this helps and remember, you are carrying life and that is beautiful!  
 
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January 4, 2006, 8:38 am PST

Getting Along With Your In-Laws

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DH is dear husband and MIL is mother in law. I hate those abbreviations too but I get sick of writing out HUSBAND. :) Thanks for responding!
I wasn't sure what DH was either, for a moment I thought it would've been "Dumb Husband". lol  Anyway, thanks for filling us in.
 
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January 4, 2006, 10:44 pm PST

Not a poser

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Let me go on a tangent here for a moment.

::smacks forehead:: Okay, I'm all for people practicing their religion and all that, but just so you know  most people who write about  the Wiccan religion and talk about it  have NO idea what's going on.  They practice it because it's trendy.  That's the sad truth there, and most people who are gothic are POSERS, they look the look and talk the talk, but have NO idea about the lifestyle or the REAL outlook on life.

I am a Role-Playing Gamer (D&D , World of Darkness, etc), and I live the gamer lifestyle.  You wouldn't believe how many people I meet that CLAIM to to be Pagan and have NO idea what they believe or WHY.  You also wouldn't believe the number of people I meet that SWEAR they are psychic, mediums, have been possessed, or whatever else.   You know what, the people who broadcast it are more than likely NOT legitimate, that's what I've learned.

Now as for "curses".  Human beings often attribute the bad and unexplainable things in their life to supernatural powers.  I can agree that a "curse" only has the power you give it., that's simply self fullfilling prophecy.   If you believe bad things will happen than that's what you get.  
Well, I don't think I have ever met anyone that has been cursed.  Bad luck?  Sure.  We all go through a  time when luck is not by our side.  Possessed?  Possibly.  Maybe some people can be possessed.  I think if you think you are cursed then you think that you are cursed.  Anyone ever heard of Karma?  Maybe that has something to do with it, I really don't know.  How the subject got turned to Wicca and Paganism, I don't know.  I guess it goes back to when people were taught that witches put curses on people and that Pagans were evil.  I can tell you that I have looked into Wicca, not because it's "trendy" but because I was interested.  I am not Wiccan, I am Pagan.  And I can tell you that I know exactly why I chose this religion.  It has been around before Christianity.  so many people worshiped the sun and the moon and the seasons because that is what they saw.   I believe in this religion because it goes along with all the things that I believed as a child.  There is a God(Sun) and a Goddess(Moon)  and it is not a strict religion, it does not make threats or bully us to believe something.  And in the end there is a reward, for we live our lives by respecting and helping and not being judmental toward others.  Your comments about people being posers is exactly why I do not share this with everyone.  Sure, there are people who are not legitimate, I just felt I needed to put my two cents in also and let people know that it is highly doubtful that people can be cursed.  I think maybe it has something to do with superstition.
 
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January 5, 2006, 7:21 am PST

Music

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I find the best form of meditation for me is not Yoga, but instead it is music, my first love! 

  

I guess I'll not try to do things that don't work for me just because they work for others.  Yoga is just not my style, but I meditate through music, : ) 

Music definatly has an impact on how you feel.  I listen to music all the time.  I am currently into Aqualung right now.  No, the Jethro Tull tune, Aqualung is a band from England and there music is totally hypnotic and relaxes me.  You should check it out on the website aqualung.net.  You can listen to there music there.  I recently went to go see a show of theirs and it was absolutely amazing!  One of my personal favorites.
 
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January 5, 2006, 11:09 am PST

Clarifying

Quote From: liatsunami

 Well the whole conversation about Paganism and Wicca got started because someone said they  studied it, and I was just tryign to get across they better be careful what they read, because a lot of it is pure JUNK.  It's written by people with NO understanding of anthropology or history. Now, I will say that some of the literature on Wicca and Paganism is insightful, but again most of it is garbage.

Now the fact that you can tell me what you believe and why explains to me that, "Okay, this person is actually following this particualr spiritual path legitimately"  but of all the people I  meet, you're in the minority hun, and good gor you. :)

You'll also find that MOST of the world's religions  have the same theme "Don't be a jerk to other people." and  "You'll get what you deserve in the end". 
Thank you for responding and clarifing your post.  I agree that a person should be careful what they read because there are some books out there that are not accurate and that is why I am very careful when I choose to purchase a book.  I'm sorry if my post was a little forward, I just want people to understand that Paganism is a legitimate religion and we are not devil worshippers.  How can we be when he is not part of our culture?  There is evil and there is good, I do believe in that, you cannot have one without the other.  "You'll get what you deserve in the end" is also something I believe, it is called Karma.  An'  ye harm none, do what ye will.
 
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January 6, 2006, 8:11 am PST

Excuse me?

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Not sure that I understand that (Christian tarot Reader). 

As far as the magi and shepherd interpretation I have to say that it is very interesting, and I will study that out, thankyou for that. 

There is one issue that I may disagree with. I am all for 'Love thy neighbors.." but, and I may be mis-interpreting, it seems that you are saying pagans are ok, christians are ok, whoever is ok with their beliefs. This is what we call 'Eastern thinking' where no one is wrong and everyone is right. The opposite end of course is what we call "Western thinking' where there is either right or wrong. If there are two different religious beliefs only one can be right. The Bible quotes Jesus as saying "I am the way the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the father but by me." To classify this, Jesus obviously believes in Western Thinking. 

So there are 2 possibilities: 

1) Jesus is right. He is the way and there is no other way (that would make all other religions and spiritual beliefs, including pagans and wiccans, wrong. 

2) Jesus is wrong. He is not the way and there is some other way. 

You see if you say that everyone is right then that makes Jesus right. If he is right then everyone else is wrong so, inevitably, Eastern Thinking is impossible. 

You can think what you want of Jesus and the Bible but there are only three possibilities. 

1) Lord: He is God. Obey the Bible 

2) Liar: If this is true then he was obviously not God, and not a prophet or a good man and his teachings should be disregarded and not equalled to muhammed or whomever. 

3) Lunatic: A crazy man, not a prophet. 

Only 3 choices, you pick! 

I have read some of your other posts and you have said that you have taken courses in Theology.  So my question for is how can you dismiss so many religions?  Obviously you are bias and think Jesus is the way to go which is perfectly okay with me, I do not jugde.  What ever suits you I say go for it.  But it is wrong to say that Pagans and Wiccans and Buhddist are wrong.  These religions have been around before Christianity!  There are not only three choices or three paths in life to take.  There are many.  I for one am Pagan and am not ashamed of it or think that my way of living is wrong.  See, that's the thing with most Pagans, we do not judge, we have relationships with our God and Goddess and we see no harm in it.  As our saying goes, "An' it harm none, do what ye will."  To bad other people can't seem to think the same thing.   

P.S.  Did you take your classes at a church?  I'm just wondering. 

 
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January 6, 2006, 1:26 pm PST

I know

Quote From: geminiz

 back to the subject of being cursed........
I know what the subject is, I was reading through posts and came to the one that I responded to becasue I felt I needed to.  Many people on this board are talking about religion and this particular one was so far off base that I couldn't just let it go. I am not the only one who responded to it.  That is all.
 
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January 7, 2006, 8:35 am PST

I think so too

Quote From: nbrooks

I think maybe there was a misunderstanding about the 3 choices comment I made. 

What I was saying is that there are 3 choices in respect to your view of Jesus Christ, not about religion. 

Hope that helps, and if you do discover more than three ways please let me know, I am very interested since I have only come up with three. 

  

I attended a Bible College (similar to a theological seminary but for both sexes) in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. 

It's called Northeast Christian College. It is a campus and is run by  the United Pentecostal Church International, Atlantic District, not a local church. 

I think there may have been a misunderstanding also.  I was trying to point out about your whole "eastern thinking" view.  I still don't know why you refer to it as "thinking" when it is still going solid to this day.  I am trying to tell you that  without one there would not be another.  Especially when "western thinking" has come from "eastern thinking".  Everything started in the East.  Anyway, just wanted to straiten that out.  I see your Theology classes are paying off.
 
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January 7, 2006, 9:24 am PST

P.S. nbrooks

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Not sure that I understand that (Christian tarot Reader). 

As far as the magi and shepherd interpretation I have to say that it is very interesting, and I will study that out, thankyou for that. 

There is one issue that I may disagree with. I am all for 'Love thy neighbors.." but, and I may be mis-interpreting, it seems that you are saying pagans are ok, christians are ok, whoever is ok with their beliefs. This is what we call 'Eastern thinking' where no one is wrong and everyone is right. The opposite end of course is what we call "Western thinking' where there is either right or wrong. If there are two different religious beliefs only one can be right. The Bible quotes Jesus as saying "I am the way the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the father but by me." To classify this, Jesus obviously believes in Western Thinking. 

So there are 2 possibilities: 

1) Jesus is right. He is the way and there is no other way (that would make all other religions and spiritual beliefs, including pagans and wiccans, wrong. 

2) Jesus is wrong. He is not the way and there is some other way. 

You see if you say that everyone is right then that makes Jesus right. If he is right then everyone else is wrong so, inevitably, Eastern Thinking is impossible. 

You can think what you want of Jesus and the Bible but there are only three possibilities. 

1) Lord: He is God. Obey the Bible 

2) Liar: If this is true then he was obviously not God, and not a prophet or a good man and his teachings should be disregarded and not equalled to muhammed or whomever. 

3) Lunatic: A crazy man, not a prophet. 

Only 3 choices, you pick! 

I understand that you are very much in your own way of thinking and that I cannot "open" the mind of a "closed" minded person.  So, with that said, I see no point sitting here and debating on this subject anymore.  You are clearly not open to other aspects of life and think that YOUR way is the right and only way which is NOT true.  There were OTHER religions BEFORE yours and you should know that since you take Theology, the term that describes MANY beliefs and the definition has been CHANGED throughout history so that now it is referred to Christianity and of God, when really the Greeks used the term to define their Gods (plural).  So anyway, you are obviously put in your own ways and that is good for you.  Just do not disregaurd other beliefs as which your way IS NOT the only way.  Thank you. 
 
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January 8, 2006, 6:16 pm PST

Come on already

I still cannot believe we live in this day and age with discrimination.  It is petty.  If someone falls in love with someone of a different race, so what?  Who is it hurting?  Are they killing anyone?  People should grow up and respect others.  Besides, the color of someone's skin is only that, a color.  It does not describe how they treat someone or how good of a person they are. 
 

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