I'm completely turned off of sex such as it is presented in forums like this and decided some years ago to end my sexual life.

The only exception would be related to Kundalini and other energies that do not emphasize body parts.

We need not fear numbers, even if scared Evangelicals want us to. The Apocalypse was not written to scare us into Christianity.

There's also a prevailing superstition that God made evil numbers. God never did any such thing.

666 isn't something we need to escape. It's a number like any other, and even has some positive Messianic connotations of its own in some circles. But it's an abused number usurped by false priests and false messiahs for their own nefarious purposes.

666 is only the number of the name of the Beast.
666 is not the mark of the Beast.
Lots of people in history have names that somehow correspond to 666 one way or another including my own.

My name has 6 letters in the first name, 6 in the second, and 6 in the last to make a visual "666". If you think that makes me a Satanist, you definitely need to have your head examined.

Some others: The Seventh-Day Adventist "prophet" Ellen Gould White, if taken in Roman numerals, comes to 666.

One of the titles of the Pope for centuries has been VICARIVS FILII DEI (Vicar of the Son of God). In Roman numerals this also comes to 666.

Ronald Reagan and Henry Kissinger have both had their names linked to 666. One is dead and the other doesn't figure much on the world scene anymore.

But too many Evangelicals go as far as to say that if one has a 666 in his name then that person is already marked for damnation, has no hope for a resurrection, and is utterly profligate. These same people seek to incite harm against others for the sake of their own iron-fisted dogma.

This kind of practice is every bit as evil as that of false priests and false messiahs. The good old "Apokalypsis Ioanou" was a book intended to build hope, not turn around and take it away.

My favorites so far from which I have personally drawn:

Being and Time by Martin Heidegger
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
Republic by Plato
Symposium by Plato
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas
Principles of Philosophy by Rene Descartes
Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

I think this fellow might not stand as a mascot if he sports that rainbow flag because I doubt that the majority here identify as gay or lesbian.

Thank you, Fleta.

They have to be general but not General.

Well and good that you don't believe in aliens. My relatives don't believe in me either.

I confronted a couple in a theater club that belonged to a friend in North Hollywood. While working every light and television went haywire. One said the place was haunted but I took his words with a grain of salt.

That night I awoke from my bed pallet on the stage. I had slept there for weeks without issue. But the air was particularly chilly. About 3 feet in front of me in the dim lighting were a pair of legs. I looked up to see an oriental woman dressed as a cook.

I looked around and saw another entity near the central pillar of the room. This one looked like an oriental chef who looked quite displeased at what he seemed to be seeing.

I arose and addressed the entities, blessed them, and then banished according to my tradition. The entities dissipated. The atmosphere warmed.

Later my friend was delighted with my encounter. She gave the name of the man (Joe) who was the original owner of the place. The club had originally been a Chinese restaurant. She regarded him as a guardian.

The woman, I would learn, was not the man's wife but a woman who knew him and told my friend while still living that she was glad that "Joe" was still there to watch over. Apparently she loved him enough to join him on the other side.

What seemed to displease Joe? Possibly the irresponsibility of my friend who had let that club run down so badly.

I would tell him the truth, that I have chosen celibacy.

My first thought: "I'm still dreaming."
So far I have not found any reason to dispute that.

"Normal Wash, Tumble Dry."

"WARNING! THIS IS AN ALIEN FROM ALDEBARAN IV"

Hello everyone. I'm Lynnea in Garden Grove looking for general friends only. Hope I come across some new people to meet.