Nightingale

I always try to give folks the benefit of the doubt. I've been asked the same question by my friends who aren't from here.

I thought "bride of christ" referred to a nun??

The supreme court has interpreted the second amendment to refer to the right of the individual to own firearms. "As the U.S. Supreme Court said in Cruikshank v. U.S. (1876), the right to arms "is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence. The second amendment declares that it shall not be infringed." Similarly, in U.S. v. Verdugo-Urquidez (1990), the court observed, "The Second Amendment protects `the right of the people to keep and bear Arms.`""

Report the incident to your RA and your student housing office. NOW. That way, if she shows up claiming it's hers, SHE's the one who's got to prove it. And request to be moved to a new dorm room immediately. Have your mom and dad call the housing office and be very loud and annoying til you get a new room. Schools often brush over students' concerns, but they will listen to parents, because they assume the parents are footing the bill. This is coming from a former RA.

but he did encourage people to "love their neighbor" which I think covers the rape or nonconsensual sodomy issues.

the link you posted clearly states that Jesus didn't say a darn thing for OR against homosexuality.

Same thing happened to me... I was having all kinds of landing issues with a 260 (my student canopy). My instructors were telling me to downsize. I kept hearing from folks here that downsizing before you can land your current canopy (and do all kind of other tricks with it) is bad. The thing is... the 260 was too big for me. It was too difficult for me to get an even, smooth flare out of it, because it took too much strength. I had to really muscle it down and had trouble doing it evenly and in one motion. It took me too long, so I lost a lot of the potential flare just because it took me so long to muscle the toggles down. I could do it, but not quickly and not easily. I was wingloading at something like .5 and just couldn't flare the darn thing. My landings got a heck of a lot better under a slightly smaller canopy. I'm still wingloading at less than 1:1. The thing is... who should I take canopy advice from? People online who've never seen me fly, or my instructors who've watched almost every landing? The people here probably thought I was ignoring advice. I wasn't. I was simply taking advice from people who understood my situation and abilities, rather than people who didn't know me.

so where does Jesus say that being gay is bad? *it may be in there, I just don't have a bible handy right now

Confirmation is supposed to take place at a time when one is old enough to choose for themselves, when they are able to "confirm" the vows that their parents made for them long ago.

sure, you resist infidelity... you have intimacy available to you. how easy would it be for you if the bible said that touching a woman, even if you were married, was a sin? what would you do then?

if you ask multiple people, someone's going to have a differing opinion than someone else. sometimes, it doesn't mean the person is ignoring advice, it means they're taking someone else's advice...maybe someone else who's actually seen them fly and land a canopy, rather than just generalizing online. and you also have the folks who ask and ask til someone tells them what they want to hear.

some churches typically do confirmations whenever the bishop can get out there. I know people who've been confirmed the same day they got their first communion, and some people who've had to wait til the end of high school.

I know I need the practice. However, at that particular time, I didn't have the time to practice. I'm friends with a couple of riggers at Perris, and every time I've seen them give a rig back, it was packed, and they just handed them the rig. I had my rig repacked at a loft, and I didn't know it would be different there. I wish they'd have told me. I'd have at least had some cash on hand to pay a packer, since I had to just pick up my gear and split. I do practice packing. I make sure to pack at least once, every day I jump. Its just that it takes me so long, I have to choose between doing only two or three jumps, and doing five or six. right now, jumping is more important to me than packing, just because I don't have much free time to be at the DZ.

OMGOMGOMG! I'm friends with the "Avril Korman" mentioned in his little weblog... I'm going to have to tease her horribly about this!

you skipped: transfer balance from the high interest ones to the lower ones.

hugs and vibes to you and your gran!

Public programs that take kids to theatre or art is fine. Directly subsidizing the theatre company or artist to put on a show, to me, is not ok. Its just the government handing money to the artist.

the choice to become a catholic is made for babies by their parents at baptism. at confirmation, the child (now adult in the eyes of the church) makes that choice for themselves to continue to be a catholic. At this time, they take their baptismal vows for themselves.

No... I'm saying that if the art is popular, it shouldn't need to be subsidized, and if the art is bad, there's no reason to subsidize it. Whether its popular or not, the government shouldn't be wasting tax dollars paying for it.

Personally, I don't believe in government funding of art. If it can't stand on its own financially, someone's doing something wrong. GOOD ballet and opera can be profitable. Ditto with good paintings and sculpture. There's no reason for the government to subsidize bad or unpopular "art"

I asked the question because you seem to keep claiming that sexuality is a choice. Did you choose to be attracted to women? or did it just kinda happen that way? was there a point in your life where you decided "I'm going to like chicks!" somehow I doubt it. Ditto for someone who's gay. The act of questioning one's sexuality isn't really a matter of "trying to figure it out", its a process of acceptance of who they are. I have very strong doubts whether someone who has actually watched a close friend or family member go through this time could actually continue to maintain that it's a choice.

You did not answer my question, Pajarito. I asked you if you had ever known someone who went through the process of questioning their own sexuality. Your answer was irrelevant to the question, since apparently, you are heterosexual, and therefore, your desire for your wife and your desires for other women are manifestations of that heterosexuality.

I haven't had a skydiving injury, but with martial arts injuries, my personal policy was to let it heal. none of this "training through the pain" shit. The one exception I made was when I'd been training for close to a year for the world championships, and sprained my ankle a week before. in that case, I strapped on a brace, walked over to the ring on crutches, competed, bowed to the judges, and grabbed the crutches back from my coach. It's a simple cost/benefit analysis... is the risk worth the experience? For a regular skydive, I'd say no. ditto for a regular martial arts class or tournament. but for nationals, or world championships, I'd probably make an exception.

Have you ever seen someone go through the process of questioning their own sexuality? Have you witnessed the agony that many people go through with the conflict between their own desires and society's "norm"?

I have a friend who's catholic... her parents threw her a huge party at fifteen for her confirmation, which is when someone becomes an adult in the catholic church. usually requires a couple of years of classes and a big ceremony with the bishop. I think the family was influenced by the many bar/bat mitzvahs that Jan attended for her friends, so they threw a similar party for her religious coming of age. A big party's fine, if you deserve it. Otherwise, a regular birthday party's fine.