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Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
Hi, all! Kathryn here. I guess since Im the one who started this thread, I ought to do more than encourage everybody else to contribute.
I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah 57 years ago, and have lived here all my life. I was born into an LDS family and raised in the Mormon faith. My parents and particularly my dad always taught me to question what I was taught and not just to accept everything I heard in church as fact. I think I also inherited a little bit of his tendency to be a bit of a doubter. At any rate, his wisdom paid off, and the beliefs I hold dear found their way into my mind and heart over a period of years. It was in questioning them that I came to realize their truth. This process was what led to my interest in LDS apologetics and to this great forum.
I graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in English. At that time (over 30 years ago) the curriculum focused primarily on English literature, which was okay. There was no undergraduate degree offered back then in linguistics. Had there been one, that is undoubtedly what I would have majored in. The study of language has always fascinated me.
After college, not wanting to teach English, I was pretty undecided about my future. Then in about 1976, I sort of stumbled into computer programming. That was back in the days of punched cards and computers with 8k of memory. Well, I fell in love with computer programming and have been a programmer/software designer for about 30 years now. But heres the crazy thing Im very good at what I do, but the computer hardware and networking is just not my thing. I had to have Amy post my picture for me because I wasnt able to get it to work myself.
Ive been married to my husband, Matt, for over 35 years. He is the most considerate, patient, loving man I could ever have hoped to spend my life with. We have two grown children James (26) and Brooke (23). Yes, we waited for nine years to have James, and it was planned that way. No grandkids yet, and Im in no hurry.
As I said, I have a strong interest in LDS apologetics. I also love to write. Maybe thats why I spend so much time here at RF. I love to travel. If money were no object, Id probably spend much of my time seeing the world. My favorite US city is New York, and my favorite European city is Venice. When it comes right down to it, I cant think of anywhere in the world I wouldnt want to go. I love eating out at nice restaurants and going to movies and plays. Im also a shopaholic (but a very smart shopper). Animals are my passion. I dont know what it is about them, but I am drawn to them so powerfully and care about them so deeply. Its hard for me to imagine life without them. Right now I have two Collies (Jasmine, who is mostly white, and Gender, a tri-color) and a sweet black and white cat, Annie, whom I rescued a few years back.
I love springtime. I also like summer and fall. But I absolutely detest winter. I love the color green (especially emerald green). I love raspberries. I love taking long naps and long, hot showers. I hate spiders (I dont count anything with more than four legs as a legitimate animal, I guess). I love musical theatre. Les Miz and Evita are my favorites. Hopes, dreams and goals? I've always wanted to go skydiving.
And I talk a lot.
I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah 57 years ago, and have lived here all my life. I was born into an LDS family and raised in the Mormon faith. My parents and particularly my dad always taught me to question what I was taught and not just to accept everything I heard in church as fact. I think I also inherited a little bit of his tendency to be a bit of a doubter. At any rate, his wisdom paid off, and the beliefs I hold dear found their way into my mind and heart over a period of years. It was in questioning them that I came to realize their truth. This process was what led to my interest in LDS apologetics and to this great forum.
I graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in English. At that time (over 30 years ago) the curriculum focused primarily on English literature, which was okay. There was no undergraduate degree offered back then in linguistics. Had there been one, that is undoubtedly what I would have majored in. The study of language has always fascinated me.
After college, not wanting to teach English, I was pretty undecided about my future. Then in about 1976, I sort of stumbled into computer programming. That was back in the days of punched cards and computers with 8k of memory. Well, I fell in love with computer programming and have been a programmer/software designer for about 30 years now. But heres the crazy thing Im very good at what I do, but the computer hardware and networking is just not my thing. I had to have Amy post my picture for me because I wasnt able to get it to work myself.
Ive been married to my husband, Matt, for over 35 years. He is the most considerate, patient, loving man I could ever have hoped to spend my life with. We have two grown children James (26) and Brooke (23). Yes, we waited for nine years to have James, and it was planned that way. No grandkids yet, and Im in no hurry.
As I said, I have a strong interest in LDS apologetics. I also love to write. Maybe thats why I spend so much time here at RF. I love to travel. If money were no object, Id probably spend much of my time seeing the world. My favorite US city is New York, and my favorite European city is Venice. When it comes right down to it, I cant think of anywhere in the world I wouldnt want to go. I love eating out at nice restaurants and going to movies and plays. Im also a shopaholic (but a very smart shopper). Animals are my passion. I dont know what it is about them, but I am drawn to them so powerfully and care about them so deeply. Its hard for me to imagine life without them. Right now I have two Collies (Jasmine, who is mostly white, and Gender, a tri-color) and a sweet black and white cat, Annie, whom I rescued a few years back.
I love springtime. I also like summer and fall. But I absolutely detest winter. I love the color green (especially emerald green). I love raspberries. I love taking long naps and long, hot showers. I hate spiders (I dont count anything with more than four legs as a legitimate animal, I guess). I love musical theatre. Les Miz and Evita are my favorites. Hopes, dreams and goals? I've always wanted to go skydiving.
And I talk a lot.
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Thank you for sharing yourself with us, Kathryn!
Master Vigil
Well-Known Member
I think this is a great idea, and a way for me to see how much I have changed since I first came here. Which was A LONG time ago.
So let's see my first intro shall we?
It's now http://www.dan-bernardo.com
As for everything else, it has expanded, grown, and evolved. I can now see the spirits once more, after a long hiatus since my 16th birthday. I am teaching the Vigil lifestyle at a local holistic center, and have developed a meditative exercise called Pulsus which I teach there as well. I have also started to counsel psychic, or as some would call "Indigo" children. To whom I hope to help understand the spirits, their perceptions, and keep them as humble as possible. I also do freelance film, graphic, and web design as a side job. These are 2 Pulsus demo's that showcase some of my film work.
Pulsus Demo 1
Pulsus Demo 2
In august of 04, I was on the winning sparring team at the 8th ITF World Championship in Orlando Florida. Which was a wonderful experience.
I also fabricate my own custom flutes out of bamboo, and PVC. I make transverse, native american style, and Shakuhachi flutes.
Other than that, I believe everything has been the same, or roughly the same since I first came here.
So let's see my first intro shall we?
Now lets see what has changed. I suppose nothing has "changed" per se, except for my URL for my website.
It's now http://www.dan-bernardo.comAs for everything else, it has expanded, grown, and evolved. I can now see the spirits once more, after a long hiatus since my 16th birthday. I am teaching the Vigil lifestyle at a local holistic center, and have developed a meditative exercise called Pulsus which I teach there as well. I have also started to counsel psychic, or as some would call "Indigo" children. To whom I hope to help understand the spirits, their perceptions, and keep them as humble as possible. I also do freelance film, graphic, and web design as a side job. These are 2 Pulsus demo's that showcase some of my film work.
Pulsus Demo 1
Pulsus Demo 2
In august of 04, I was on the winning sparring team at the 8th ITF World Championship in Orlando Florida. Which was a wonderful experience.
I also fabricate my own custom flutes out of bamboo, and PVC. I make transverse, native american style, and Shakuhachi flutes.
Other than that, I believe everything has been the same, or roughly the same since I first came here.
Ah.....um.....Maize said:
My real name is Michel ( I never quite understood the idea of a different user name, and if I did have one, I would most likely forget it)
. I was born in what was the Belgian Congo, Now Democratic republic of the Congo, and my first two languages were Kiswahili, and French.I too, am an RF a-holic; I have been going to the meetings now for a while, but can't seem to kick in the habit............
Let's see, I joined in Sept 2004.
I am 56, married (It will be for 30 years nov 2006) with two sons, Andy (27 years old) graduating this year from UNI with a degree in electronics (relating to media, ie vision, music); he hopes to be a sound engineer, and possibly design studios.
James will be 22 (at the end of May this year) and is in his final year at UNI with a degree in Modern languages. He already has a job Lined up in Mexico for a year after he graduates, teaching English as a foreing language (sorry, forgot to say he is reading English, French and Spanish, with Italian lagging not far behind - though it will not be part of the degree).
I worked for 24 and a half years for a bank, and had to retire on Medical grounds due to stress. Since then, my physical health has gone down hill as well; I am 'sort of disabled' and hate it, because my mind tells me I can do things, but when I try, my body says 'No'.
We live on the South Coast of England (Bournemouth) and are lucky enough to have a nice house 15 mins walk from the town Center (on a good day, when I can manage it). We live on the edge of the 'New Forrest' which is wonderfully preserved.
There are many interesting and very old buildings, Roman sites, etc near us, and we of course live within a stone's throw from Stonehenge.
Hobbies; RF
, Singing (but that usually has to be when my wife is out of the house because I have very good voice production); I sang at the local Church Choir for a while . The reason I left, unfortunately, was that I was so disappointed with the behaviour of the other people in the choir, and also the congregation (There was a lot of what I consider to be very Un Christian gossipping, moaning about other members) that I started to think 'This is not what I need'.When I first came here, I listed my religion as 'my own' because, to be frank, I wasn't sure what I was. I had very little contact with religions all my life, and bar schooling in England (where we have the Anglican Church, or Church of England as I knew it), I have never really been a church - goer. Having said that, I did go to keep my Mum company for a short while when still living at home, and then, above when I was in the Choir.
One strong point has always prevailed though, and that is my belief in God, and in the teachings and examples of jesus Christ; I have never stopped believing in him, and consider that the prevailing message of Christianity is 'Love'. If anything comes up, and I have to make a moral judgement on it (just for myself, of course), I ask myself what Christ would have said and done in my place (I hope I understand him enough to be able to do that). My belief is that 'Love conquers all', and although Life has often not reflected that, I refuse to be swayed from that stance, and hope I will never become cynical.
At the same time as being a follower of Christ (as I call it), I believe in reincarnation, lots of other peculiar things (such as the Tarot, Palmistry, astrology, and divining (as in divining rods - but not just for water), I believe in Astral projection, and try to be a faith healer and also do Reiki, added to reflexology and aromatherapy (they all go into one nice bundle, they are easily integratable). I don't see these other beliefs as being against Christianity, though I know there are members here who would think otherwise; well, each one to his own. At the end of the day, I believe we will be judged on the true content of our hearts, and although I sin rather a lot (as I am sure most theists would admit to), I try to be 'better'; sometimes, I am just not very good at that !
I now am waiting for grandchildren (but that doesn't seem likely for a while
), because I love babies, but there is no way that I could be a father again (my health would mean that any child of mine now would have a 'Grandad' as a father, which I don't think is fair on a child ).I am really very uneducated, compared to most people on this forum (especially in theology), but have learned quite a bit (some of which has stuck in this dull brain of mine) since joining here. Trouble is, I have a dreadful memory; I can recall things from a long time ago far better than from the last few years; that doesn't help when trying to learn new things.
Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
I am SO glad you finally got around to "re-introducing" yourself, Michel. I've always wondered about the spelling of your name. It's kind of unusual, so I'm assuming it's the French spelling of the name. Am I right? So you are "tri-lingual"! I am seriously way, way impressed. I would absolutely love to be fluent in more than one language.michel said:
I already told you we had a lot in common. Unless I'm mistaken, you are the closest RFer to my age. And guess what else? My son is named James Andrew.
And although I know there are many beliefs we don't share, this is one that we definitely do.
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
I was introduced to RF by No*s.
I don't have much to say about myself right now.
I'm an ordained Baptist minister, 26 years old. I have a BA and MA in New Testament and am working on a PhD in New Testament. I grew up in Lubbock, TX and am now in Fort Worth. I forgot to add that I am male and happily married for five years - no kids until graudation. I have a wonderful Golden Retriever and several very content fish.
I am an RF - aholic. I love to dialogue with RF'ers about dang near everything. It keeps life interesting.
My one hobby is playing guitars. I own two Martins - a 2003 D-15 and a 2001 D-18. I have been listening to very old country music lately.
I don't have much to say about myself right now.
I'm an ordained Baptist minister, 26 years old. I have a BA and MA in New Testament and am working on a PhD in New Testament. I grew up in Lubbock, TX and am now in Fort Worth. I forgot to add that I am male and happily married for five years - no kids until graudation. I have a wonderful Golden Retriever and several very content fish.
I am an RF - aholic. I love to dialogue with RF'ers about dang near everything. It keeps life interesting.
My one hobby is playing guitars. I own two Martins - a 2003 D-15 and a 2001 D-18. I have been listening to very old country music lately.
The Black Whirlwind
Well-Known Member
i'll be a one-year member next month, and i suppose this thread will be dead by then, so i'm putting in my two cents now.
My name is matt, and, as most of you already know, I am the resident blunt a**hole, and you're going to find i dont give a damn about your feelings. My posts are neither usually interesting, and almost never insightful, and are often offenseive to one person or another. Oh well, thats life. I'm a Grey Jedi, and all of you dont know what it is, and i wont explain unless someone asks. I'm 14 now, and a male. I hold moderate-extremely right wing views, and am a straight male. I'm from San Anselmo, California, and have lived here all my life.
what makes me happy? hanging out with my buds mostly, somer of which share my views while being completely ignorant of what they are. What makes me sad? The moral degeneration of this country, and the increasing annoyance of liberals. My pet peeves are stupid people, it gets dark too early and that aerosol glue doesn't burn for more than five seconds, to name a few. My hope is to make it out of middle school alive, and my dream is to one day serve in the military, either on computers, or as a fighter pilot.
My hobbies are collection knives and coins, the knife collection i just jumpstarted with some stiletto's and a kabar, finding what sort of stuff burns the best, sharpening my knives, and sleeping (its an art form, you know). For work, I am a slave to The Man, 'nuff said. Favorite movies are Starship Troopers, LOTR, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, most any war movie. My favorite tv shows are the Soprano's, and Band of Brothers, as well as anything on Spike. My favorite books are LOTR, most Star Wars books, Life of Pi, etc.
Food: pizza. Color: black, white or blue, depending on my mood. Favorite time of year: two, summer because of no school, winter because of the cool climate. i dont know which really. No kids, much too young for that, though i have two nieces (one born yesterday), and a nephew. My pets are three noisy parakeets, Paloma, Indigo, and Amarillo.
About it i suppose.
My name is matt, and, as most of you already know, I am the resident blunt a**hole, and you're going to find i dont give a damn about your feelings. My posts are neither usually interesting, and almost never insightful, and are often offenseive to one person or another. Oh well, thats life. I'm a Grey Jedi, and all of you dont know what it is, and i wont explain unless someone asks. I'm 14 now, and a male. I hold moderate-extremely right wing views, and am a straight male. I'm from San Anselmo, California, and have lived here all my life.
what makes me happy? hanging out with my buds mostly, somer of which share my views while being completely ignorant of what they are. What makes me sad? The moral degeneration of this country, and the increasing annoyance of liberals. My pet peeves are stupid people, it gets dark too early and that aerosol glue doesn't burn for more than five seconds, to name a few. My hope is to make it out of middle school alive, and my dream is to one day serve in the military, either on computers, or as a fighter pilot.
My hobbies are collection knives and coins, the knife collection i just jumpstarted with some stiletto's and a kabar, finding what sort of stuff burns the best, sharpening my knives, and sleeping (its an art form, you know). For work, I am a slave to The Man, 'nuff said. Favorite movies are Starship Troopers, LOTR, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, most any war movie. My favorite tv shows are the Soprano's, and Band of Brothers, as well as anything on Spike. My favorite books are LOTR, most Star Wars books, Life of Pi, etc.
Food: pizza. Color: black, white or blue, depending on my mood. Favorite time of year: two, summer because of no school, winter because of the cool climate. i dont know which really. No kids, much too young for that, though i have two nieces (one born yesterday), and a nephew. My pets are three noisy parakeets, Paloma, Indigo, and Amarillo.
About it i suppose.
Aqualung
Tasty
Ok, I'll follow Matt and reply now, since I'm close enough.
I don't like my name, and right now I am in the process of trying to get everybody to call me by my middle name. I'm trying to accomplish this by, when my teacher call role, saying, "Here, but I go by..." and then I can make people that's my name. My mom had a friend who did that, and it worked fairly well. I just don't remember it. My teachers call roll by my middle name, and I don't answer.
Right now I am in school double majoring in Spanish and Religious studies. This works well, since I always read scripture in Spanish. I'm also trying to get teaching certification in Math and Spanish. The courses I have to take for my math certification are almost as many as for a major, so I'm almost triple majoring. It'll take me 5.5 years to get my bachelors degree.
I love dogs, hate cats. I have two dogs at home that I miss bad. One is a rottweiler-pitbull mix. He's really smart and very sweet. The other is a malamute-lab mix. I'm pretty sure he's retarded. I have a twin brother, and my mom and my dad are still married.
I'm exceptionally smart and excentric. I was one of the best posts on our basketball team (coincidentally, this team did really well notwithstanding our retarded coach). I was also the best shotputter in my conference and #4 at the Oregon State shot put competition last year. I'm not burly, but strong and quick.
I go to bed between 9 and 10 every night. I don't have many friends. I've been a mormon for about 4 months now.
I love music from the 80s, as well as some modern alternative or gothic music. I listen to a lot of spanish 80s music.
I spend a lot of time either here or at www.keepmusicalive.com which you should go to.
That's all I can say.
I don't like my name, and right now I am in the process of trying to get everybody to call me by my middle name. I'm trying to accomplish this by, when my teacher call role, saying, "Here, but I go by..." and then I can make people that's my name. My mom had a friend who did that, and it worked fairly well. I just don't remember it. My teachers call roll by my middle name, and I don't answer.
Right now I am in school double majoring in Spanish and Religious studies. This works well, since I always read scripture in Spanish. I'm also trying to get teaching certification in Math and Spanish. The courses I have to take for my math certification are almost as many as for a major, so I'm almost triple majoring. It'll take me 5.5 years to get my bachelors degree.
I love dogs, hate cats. I have two dogs at home that I miss bad. One is a rottweiler-pitbull mix. He's really smart and very sweet. The other is a malamute-lab mix. I'm pretty sure he's retarded. I have a twin brother, and my mom and my dad are still married.
I'm exceptionally smart and excentric. I was one of the best posts on our basketball team (coincidentally, this team did really well notwithstanding our retarded coach). I was also the best shotputter in my conference and #4 at the Oregon State shot put competition last year. I'm not burly, but strong and quick.
I go to bed between 9 and 10 every night. I don't have many friends. I've been a mormon for about 4 months now.
I love music from the 80s, as well as some modern alternative or gothic music. I listen to a lot of spanish 80s music.
I spend a lot of time either here or at www.keepmusicalive.com which you should go to.
That's all I can say.
Bishka
Veteran Member
So what is your name? All this time and I haven't learnt it yet.Aqualung said:Ok, I'll follow Matt and reply now, since I'm close enough.
I don't like my name, and right now I am in the process of trying to get everybody to call me by my middle name. I'm trying to accomplish this by, when my teacher call role, saying, "Here, but I go by..." and then I can make people that's my name. My mom had a friend who did that, and it worked fairly well. I just don't remember it. My teachers call roll by my middle name, and I don't answer.
Right now I am in school double majoring in Spanish and Religious studies. This works well, since I always read scripture in Spanish. I'm also trying to get teaching certification in Math and Spanish. The courses I have to take for my math certification are almost as many as for a major, so I'm almost triple majoring. It'll take me 5.5 years to get my bachelors degree.
I love dogs, hate cats. I have two dogs at home that I miss bad. One is a rottweiler-pitbull mix. He's really smart and very sweet. The other is a malamute-lab mix. I'm pretty sure he's retarded. I have a twin brother, and my mom and my dad are still married.
I'm exceptionally smart and excentric. I was one of the best posts on our basketball team (coincidentally, this team did really well notwithstanding our retarded coach). I was also the best shotputter in my conference and #4 at the Oregon State shot put competition last year. I'm not burly, but strong and quick.
I go to bed between 9 and 10 every night. I don't have many friends. I've been a mormon for about 4 months now.
I love music from the 80s, as well as some modern alternative or gothic music. I listen to a lot of spanish 80s music.
I spend a lot of time either here or at www.keepmusicalive.com which you should go to.
That's all I can say.
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Majikthise
Guest
Hello everybody!
I'm Daniel Clifton McGowen, male, atheist,40, married (third time's the charm) with two young children, a boy 4, and a girl 9, both with my current wife , no kids from previous marriages. Our cat , Magellin lives with us as does our young turtle Jeffrey. I have been a mechanic in the marine industry for about 4 years now though I have had many different jobs, mostly in the mechanics or machine maintenance field.
I love stuff, I collect all kinds of junk but my favorites are toys and models(the kind you build with glue, there are not women chained up in my basement!). I also collect games and books that pertain mostly to sci-fi, fantasy and history. My music collection includes all genres on vinyl albums, cassette tapes and cds and butt loads of movies. I love cats and do not paticularly care for dogs.
I served actively in the USAF for four years as a crew chief on KC-135 tankers and two years in the reserves as a fire protection specialist (fireman), though I was on active duty most of that time due to desert shield.
Politically, I'm liberal on some things and conservative on others.To me party loyalty is too restictive. I liked Bill Clinton and I kinda like Bush.I cannot stand political correctness in speech or legislation and believe properly applied sarcasm is an art form.
I am happy to be here at RF.
I'm Daniel Clifton McGowen, male, atheist,40, married (third time's the charm) with two young children, a boy 4, and a girl 9, both with my current wife , no kids from previous marriages. Our cat , Magellin lives with us as does our young turtle Jeffrey. I have been a mechanic in the marine industry for about 4 years now though I have had many different jobs, mostly in the mechanics or machine maintenance field.
I love stuff, I collect all kinds of junk but my favorites are toys and models(the kind you build with glue, there are not women chained up in my basement!). I also collect games and books that pertain mostly to sci-fi, fantasy and history. My music collection includes all genres on vinyl albums, cassette tapes and cds and butt loads of movies. I love cats and do not paticularly care for dogs.
I served actively in the USAF for four years as a crew chief on KC-135 tankers and two years in the reserves as a fire protection specialist (fireman), though I was on active duty most of that time due to desert shield.
Politically, I'm liberal on some things and conservative on others.To me party loyalty is too restictive. I liked Bill Clinton and I kinda like Bush.I cannot stand political correctness in speech or legislation and believe properly applied sarcasm is an art form.
I am happy to be here at RF.
The Black Whirlwind
Well-Known Member
fence sitter...
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Majikthise
Guest
Extremist, baby eating wacko!The Black Whirlwind said:fence sitter...
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
I dont think Ill get 116 posts in 5 days, so I guess next month will happen first.
The Black Whirlwind
Well-Known Member
Oh, oh, its ON! Baby-killing athiest libtard pinko moonbat commie! Oh, what now?!Majikthise said:Extremist, baby eating wacko!
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Majikthise
Guest
The rest is ok but you take back that moonbat comment!!The Black Whirlwind said:Oh, oh, its ON! Baby-killing athiest libtard pinko moonbat commie! Oh, what now?!
FYI: babies are best with Jack Daniels BBQ sause and asparugus in butter.
The Black Whirlwind
Well-Known Member
NEVER! I never knew that about babies. I though you ate them raw like Superman did in South Park.
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Majikthise
Guest
I gotta get to bed, I have a job! G-night pillow biter! HEHEHE!!:biglaugh: