i just noticed that when i first joined lj, i said I was born in 1970 to look old enough to read dirty fanfic. teehee

i'm still gunna start using it. i guess. everything is different now.

I'm not even gonna bother trying to keep a fucking journal up here anymore. this account is just for comms because... I can't fucking blog

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (93%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (93%)
5. Neo-Pagan (75%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (72%)
7. Nontheist (71%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
9. New Age (60%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (57%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (53%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
13. Jehovah's Witness (50%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (46%)
15. Reform Judaism (44%)
16. Taoism (43%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%)
18. New Thought (40%)
19. Sikhism (37%)
20. Jainism (35%)
21. Scientology (28%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (26%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
24. Hinduism (22%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
26. Islam (19%)
27. Roman Catholic (19%)
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Unitarian Universalism: Info

• Belief in Deity
Very diverse beliefs--Unitarian/Universalists welcome all deity beliefs as well as nontheistic beliefs. Some congregations are formed for those who share a common belief, e.g. Christianity.


• Incarnations
Very diverse beliefs, including belief in no incarnations, or that all are the embodiment of God. Some believe Christ is God's Son, or not Son but "Wayshower."


• Origin of Universe and Life
Diverse beliefs, but most believe in the Bible as symbolic and that natural processes account for origins.


• After Death
Diverse beliefs, but most believe that heaven and hell are not places but are symbolic. Some believe heaven and hell are states of consciousness either in life or continuing after death; some believe in reincarnation; some believe that afterlife is nonexistent or not known or not important, as actions in life are all that matter.


• Why Evil?
Most do not believe that humanity inherited original sin from Adam and Eve or that Satan actually exists. Most believe that God is good and made people inherently good but also with free will and an imperfect nature that leads some to immoral behavior. Diverse beliefs. Some believe wrong is committed when people distance themselves from God. Some believe in “karma,” that what goes around comes around. Some believe wrongdoing is a matter of human nature, psychology, sociology, etc.


• Salvation
Some believe in salvation through faith in God and Jesus Christ, along with doing good works and doing no harm to others. Many believe all will be saved, as God is good and forgiving. Some believe in reincarnation and the necessity to eliminate personal greed or to learn all of life’s lessons before achieving enlightenment or salvation. For some, the concepts of salvation or enlightenment are irrelevant or disbelieved.


• Undeserving Suffering
Diverse beliefs. Most Unitarians do not believe that Satan causes suffering. Some believe suffering is part of God’s plan, will, or design, even if we don’t immediately understand it. Some don’t believe in any spiritual reasons for suffering, and most take a humanistic approach to helping those in need.


• Contemporary Issues
The Unitarian Universalist Association’s stance is to protect the personal right to choose abortion. Other contemporary views include working for equality for homosexuals, gender equality, a secular approach to divorce and remarriage, working to end poverty, promoting peace and nonviolence, and environmental protection.

This quiz and others at www.beliefnet.com

All day I could sense what Jeremy was doing even when he was in another classroom. I could feel him burning his fingers in chem.I think i  may be a witch. 

Here's a prime example of "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus", offered by an English professor from the University of Phoenix :

The professor told his class one day: "Today we will experiment with a new writing form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. As homework tonight, one of you will write the first paragraph of a short story. You will e-mail your partner that paragraph and send another copy to me. The partner will read the first paragraph and then add another paragraph to the story and send it back, also sending another copy to me. The first person will then add a third paragraph, and so on back-and-forth.

Remember to reread what has been written each time in order to keep the story coherent. There is be absolutely NO talking outside of the e-mails, and anything you wish to say must be written in the e-mail. The story is over when both agree a conclusion has been reached."

The following was actually turned in by two of his English students, Rebecca and Gary.




THE STORY:

(First paragraph by Rebecca)

At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home, now reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier times, that he liked chamomile. But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind off Carl. His possessiveness was suffocating, and if she thought about him too much her asthma started acting up again. So chamomile was out of the question.

(Second paragraph by Gary)

Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack squadron now in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to think about than the neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo named Laurie with whom he had spent one sweaty night over a year ago. "A.S. Harris to Geostation 17," he said into his transgalactic communicator. "Polar orbit established. No sign of resistance so far..." But before he could! sign off a bluish particle beam flashed out of nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's cargo bay. The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the cockpit.

(Third paragraph by Rebecca)

He bumped his head and died almost immediately, but not before he felt one last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing the one woman who had ever had feelings for him. Soon afterwards, Earth stopped its pointless hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of skylon. "Congress Passes Law Permanently Abolishing War and Space travel," Laurie read in her newspaper one morning. The news simultaneously excited her and bored her. She stared out the window, dreaming of her youth, when the days had passed unhurriedly and carefree, with no newspaper to read, no television to distract her from her sense of innocent wonder at all the beautiful things around her..."Why must one lose one's innocence to become a woman?" she pondered wistfully.

(Fourth paragraph by Gary )

Little did she know, but she had less than 10 seconds to live. Thousands of miles above the city, the Anu'udrian mothership launched the first of its lithium fusion missiles. The dim-witted wimpy peaceniks who pushed the Unilateral Aerospace disarmament Treaty through the congress had left Earth a defenseless target for the hostile alien empires who were determined to destroy the human race. Within two hours after the passage of the treaty, the Anu'udrian ships were on course for Earth, carrying enough firepower to pulverize the entire planet. With no one to stop them, they swiftly initiated their diabolical plan. The lithium fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded. The President, in his top-secret mobile submarine headquarters on the ocean floor off the coast of Guam, felt the inconceivably massi! ve explosion, which vaporized poor, stupid, Laurie! and 85 million other Americans. The President slammed his fist on the conference table. "We can't allow this! I'm going to veto that treaty! Let's blow 'em out of the sky!"

(Fifth paragraph by Rebecca)

This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of literature. My writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic, semi-literate adolescent.

(Sixth paragraph by Gary )

Yeah? Well, you're a self-centered tedious neurotic cow whose attempts at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium. "Oh, shall I have chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort of FUCKING TEA??? Oh no, I'm such an air headed bimbo who reads too many Danielle Steele novels!"

(Seventh paragraph by Rebecca)

Asshole.

(Eighth paragraph by Gary )

Bitch!

(Ninth paragraph by Rebecca)

FUCK YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!

(Tenth parag! raph by Gary )

Go drink some fucking chamomile tea, you stupid slut!

(PROFESSOR'S COMMENT)

A+ - I really liked this one

The booster club is having a bonfire and I'm not even going. I'm the fucking president and I'm not even fucking going because some people are bitches and some other people are oblivious to the ppl being bitches.

As far as I am concerned Josh, Jeremy, Jayden, their dad, Kat, Jen, and every-fucking-one else can go to fucking hell and die. Nobody cares about my feelings they just care about playing stupid games with everyone.

It's finally happened.

After almost three years of waiting, of seeing him flirt with Kat and every other girl in the whole damn school, Joshua and I are a couple.

Pretty much everyone at the table says it won't last. Kat gives it a month.

Kat can go to hell. I've waited for this and i am going to be optimistic damn it. Josh is my soulmate. I've known this since I was 13. I think he knows it too, deep down. Maybe even Jeremy does too, if he could get over the idea of my corrupting Josh.