Post-Rapture Introductions

[cindyluvs24]

:clap: Hi! I haven't seen the word "slatternly" since my college boards. Welcome!

[Hane]

Welcome from a fellow slattern!

[emmiedahl]

Welcome. We do seem to have more than our fair share of medical personnel and also INFP/J personalities.

Fellow slattern here.

[loveandwar]

Welcome to FJ!!

[GoJiRa]

Ask me anything so you can get to know me better!

[JesusFightClub]

Love your nick, why did you pick it?

[GoJiRa]

Love your nick, why did you pick it?

I was a huge Godzilla fan when I was a kid. Still am. :)

[browngrl]

Welcome! How did you find out about FJ /who was your "gateway" fundie?

[GoJiRa]

Welcome! How did you find out about FJ /who was your "gateway" fundie?

I actually found it by googling for a small forum. This place kind of fits me. I am no fundie but I am not a liberal either. I am as middle of the road as it gets.

[Guest Anonymous]

Why have you been hotlinking images in threads that have little or nothing to do with the subject of the thread?

You may be legit, but there's more than a whiff of trollishness about your behavior thus far.

[GoJiRa]

Why have you been hotlinking images in threads that have little or nothing to do with the subject of the thread?

You may be legit, but there's more than a whiff of trollishness about your behavior thus far.

Hot linking funny stuff. I am not a troll. If I were I would proxy my IP.

[Guest Anonymous]

Hot linking funny stuff. I am not a troll. If I were I would proxy my IP.

Hotlinking is stealing bandwidth. It's very bad netiquette.

[GoJiRa]

Hotlinking is stealing bandwidth. It's very bad netiquette.

Its done on most forums. I guess I am just a bad netizen.

[valsa]

You may be legit, but there's more than a whiff of trollishness about your behavior thus far.

Damn. You called it before I had the chance.

Either a troll or a 12 year old with bad online manners.

[GoJiRa]

Damn. You called it before I had the chance.

A 45 year old with bad online manners.

FTFY

[auntdoc]

Hello. I'm a former fundie-lite if I understand that term correctly. Never got into the quiverful movement but was very involved with Hyles-Anderson College and First Bapt Church of Hammond, IN and the churches they support. When I realized they didn't practice what they preached, i left. But am still fascinated by their world and am not sure why. I'm a Christian but am not affiliated with any church and doubt I ever will be again. I just don't trust preachers and never want to be in the middle of church politics again. I stayed as long as I did because of fear that God would zap me if I left It took years to realize that God doesn't give us the spirit of fear but He gives us love, power and a SOUND mind. So I've been gone from the movement for 20 years now but it will always be part of who I am.

[tehgoobster]

Welcome! :) Have you been lurking here long?

[synchroswimr]

Welcome! How did you find us?

[yearning4freedom]

I have been a lurker on the old board for a couple of years & now I joined this new board home. Never posted until today. I don't know if I have anything of value to add in the forum but who knows? A lot of you made me think. Hard. Thanks for that.

Updated this evening: I just edited my original post because I thought that I may have been too revealing. I'm always paranoid someone I know will figure it out. Sorry. Thanks for all the warm welcomes ladies!!

[synchroswimr]

I'm very interested in anything you want to share about Hyles-Anderson college. :-)

[Buzzard]

Glad you're here and that you are following your heart and not a path somone told you to follow!

[tinuviel]

Good for you for making changes! It sounds like you're on a much more balanced path. Sorry to hear that your SO is pulling hierarchical control BS on you.

I think the little things like clothing or jewelry really do make a big difference when you add them up. I was raised to be a perfectly pleasant, accommodating young lady, which of course means that I now have a hard time even KNOWING what I want, much less saying it. Little things like saying what I want to watch on TV or eat for dinner when I'm hanging with my SO are actually fairly significant to me. The more I speak up in little ways, the easier it is to broach larger, more sensitive issues. It helps that he loves me and treats me as an equal. :-) Yay for non-patriarchal men.

Talking with friends has really helped me to see that I am good and that I deserve to be treated with respect and kindness. Everyone does. I feel like I interact with people in a much more genuine way now, even though I'm less hung up on being "sweet and loving" than I was as a fundy.

Welcome, and best of luck as you continue to sort things out!

[Witsec1]

Welcome! I'm a bit confused, are you married or not, because you say SO and not DH. Either way, you go girl, and explore the world!

[yearning4freedom]

Glad you're here and that you are following your heart and not a path somone told you to follow!

TY Buzzard! BTW, I love your avatar. So funny!

[yearning4freedom]

Welcome, and best of luck as you continue to sort things out!

TY for the welcome!!