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BeautifulNarcissist wrote: (Nested quote removed.)


O.o is he talking about orgasmicness, but too shy to say the word orgasm?

-- Updated June 22nd, 2013, 4:37 am to add the following --


(Nested quote removed.)


O.o is he talking about orgasmionae, but too shy to say the word orgasm?
I love the effort that saw you post, then you sought to find the actual terminology to befit the comment, and re-posted it to let us all know the right term.

Brilliant! Thank you!!
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ahhh!!! rules for the motely cow :P
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BeautifulNarcissist wrote: O.o is he talking about orgasmicness, but too shy to say the word orgasm?
Nah, "uncontrollable spasm in the diaphragm?" probably laughter.
fair to say
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When a post is censored is the poster notified?
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TimBandTech wrote:When a post is censored is the poster notified?
When a post is deleted or edited, the poster is notified.
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Scott, did you send me a message? I am not really computer savvy and couldn't source the message.
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I like the rules. Whilst we can cut some slack to those not handy with English it's another thing to read stuff full of spelling and grammar errors by some slob who's made through 6th grade in America. And there probably are some thinkers with green teeth and who trim their nails with those teeth. I must add though that Shakespeare liked to twist language around just for fun and so do I. I think though you can usually tell junk from an artistic style of writing. I'm trying here but where is the spell check tab?
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I had a post disapproved that was completely non-offensive because of a Christian moderator pushing a Christian agenda. It was in the religious category of the forum under the original post, "What does Christ save us from?" Here is a copy of the post; as you can see there's nothing offensive or irrelevant about it. I will say that the moderator discussing the issue on the forum was a Christian who had over ten posts pushing his/her faith. Who's watching the watchers on this site?:

It's very interesting as an agnostic on the god issue to watch the entrenched warfare between theists and skeptics. I will be very surprised if I die and my soul is delivered to the gates of heaven and confronted by Abraham's God who gives me a full account of my sins. I am not saying that it is not possible. I'm simply saying I would be very surprised if any of the religious texts on Earth are accurate, add to that also if any of the philosophical texts are accurate.


I am a friend of believers and unbelievers alike. With that said, belief in Christianity is faith based. Scrutinizing its qualifications and integrity with a logical debate is simply irrational. Faith is faith. The religion cannot be proved or disproved. The scriptures specifically say, "We live by faith and not by sight." So it even seems anti-productive for a Christian to try and rationalize his or her faith logically. I'm sure there are other lines in the scriptures that support logically arguing for the validity of the religion but I would even counter those with the idea that when a Christian is spreading the word of Christ he or she is merely planting seeds and its God's job to make those seeds grow; by trying to convince nonbelievers using logic it's almost as if you're trying to grow hydroponic converts. If non-believers convert to Christianity they will do it on their own terms, on their own time, and when they are ready for it; and this isn't to say that they won't fall away again and/or that they weren't believers before.


Now, I have to say that I am very surprised that this topic was allowed through the screening process and not immediately taken down. Especially since it seems like it bated Christians in and then challenged their faith like some sort of a crude trap. To back down on either side at this point seems to admit defeat but I will say that after reading the entire 7 pages of this thread, neither side has convinced me and I am still agnostic. But I have learned a tremendous amount. There are some very brilliant minds in this community and I look forward to learning so much more from you all. Thank you again for the tremendous amount of thinking and hard work you've all put into this.
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can there be anything that is completely independant?

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"everything depends on something" I have sat around and wondered "is anything really singular and completely unaffected by something else. can something be simply still." I would very much appreciate your feedback.
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Mello, dont be disheartened, you always have Emerson to turn too :wink:
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Uncharacteristic and strange over-reaction to alleged personal attacks on the "What Does Christ Save Us From?" topic, in my opinion. I only recall there being one instance of a possible personal attack in which one poster referred to the other as a "bigot". Extremely mild by comparison to some of the kinds of comments that have infected this site over the past few months and have gone un-moderated.

This weird inconsistent application of forum rules, resulting in the arbitrary deletion of whole swathes of commentary is a bit too much for me. I won't be posting again.

Bye all.
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Dolphin42 wrote:Uncharacteristic and strange over-reaction to alleged personal attacks on the "What Does Christ Save Us From?" topic, in my opinion. I only recall there being one instance of a possible personal attack in which one poster referred to the other as a "bigot". Extremely mild by comparison to some of the kinds of comments that have infected this site over the past few months and have gone un-moderated.

This weird inconsistent application of forum rules, resulting in the arbitrary deletion of whole swathes of commentary is a bit too much for me. I won't be posting again.

Bye all.
Long before the bigot comment:

one post (referring to another member as ignorance): "So much ignorance!"

another post: "youre being dishonest."

another post: " you're in a Jesus trance"

another post: "You are so blasé,"

Well, it goes on like that for a while. And that's long before the bigot comment. And by the time the bigot comment comes in the topic was already hopelessly derailed into some off-topic subject that when wasn't just name-calling and personal attacks seemed to be about homosexuality or something.

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My entire political philosophy summed up in one tweet.

"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."

I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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FAO Moderators.

I am a new member who is looking for help on a film project I am working on. I didn't want to plough ahead and post on the forum having read the rules about advertising so I thought I would contact you first.

If you could PM me I can explain my project and if you agree I would like to post details on the forum.

Many thanks, Ernie.

-- Updated March 15th, 2014, 9:19 am to add the following --

FAO Spiral

Many thanks for your PM.

Unless I'm overlooking something (more than likely) I cannot seem to find the 'reply' function in order to respond.

Any pointers?

Thanks. E
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Iwantfilm wrote:Unless I'm overlooking something (more than likely) I cannot seem to find the 'reply' function in order to respond.
There should be a "Send Reply" button at the top left of the message window when viewing my message to you. That will open a reply message field where you can compose your response. When you are done composing your message, click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the message window. That will send your response to me.
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Spiral Out wrote:
Iwantfilm wrote:Unless I'm overlooking something (more than likely) I cannot seem to find the 'reply' function in order to respond.
There should be a "Send Reply" button at the top left of the message window when viewing my message to you. That will open a reply message field where you can compose your response. When you are done composing your message, click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the message window. That will send your response to me.
Hi Spiral,

There is no 'Send Reply' button. Is this a feature for full members only?

I'm using a MAC OS but I assume that shouldn't matter.

Is there an email address I can send the query to instead?

Appreciate your time.

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