"My identity dictates my behavior"
- Thread starter Jamie Gigliotti
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ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
better than what?
That's a great place to begin.
What do you think the hold-up is?
When do you think you'll do good enough?
Found that right behind my last post here. Hard to tell if it's just a coincidence or he's left some adorable little nugget of wisdom, like an insult to the dead or lawyers or the South or who knows what might have sprouted from that deranged little noggin?
It's like one of those Halloween grab-bags you'd fish for as a kid at the local carnival. Most of the fun was to be had before you opened it and discovered a bunch of worthless crap inside. So I'll just keep his bag/trap shut this way and keep the inevitable disappointment at bay.
Happy Halloween, everyone.
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
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Found that right behind my last post here. Hard to tell if it's just a coincidence or he's left some adorable little nugget of wisdom, like an insult to the dead or lawyers or the South or who knows what might have sprouted from that deranged little noggin?
It's like one of those Halloween grab-bags you'd fish for as a kid at the local carnival. Most of the fun was to be had before you opened it and discovered a bunch of worthless crap inside. So I'll just keep his bag/trap shut this way and keep the inevitable disappointment at bay.
Happy Halloween, everyone.
:mock: mr obsessive
Better than what we have been doing, meaning we should be improving as we get older in all aspect of our lives..
Jesus commands us to be perfect. It is life long endeavor.
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
won't He be ticked off that you're not?
PureX
Well-known member
I have long noticed a commonality among many of the folks I've known over the years that have fallen under this sort of spell, and that is that they were treated very badly growing up. They experienced a lot of 'meanness' from their own parents and siblings, and have a lot of fear and anger in them as a result. And I think the mistreatment also accounts for their tendency to fear, doubt, and in some cases even loath their own individual uniqueness. It's why they so want their 'selves' to be swallowed up by their 'identity-group'.
Jamie Gigliotti
New member
I think the longing comes from the need of love and relationship, which God longs to fulfill in us. The trinity, the body of Christ/His Spiritual church as Ravi Zacharias puts it, "Unity and diversity".
Uniqueness is cherished, but also union in love.
PureX
Well-known member
That may be true. Perhaps the need to identify one's self through a group is a way of creating a new "family" for themselves.
However, keep in mind that this is also an expression of a kind of emotional retardation. As these are adults trying to recreate an illusion of family for themselves, and are doing it by rejecting their adult autonomy and individuality.
It's not a healthy solution.
Jamie Gigliotti
New member
True.
You don't believe in Him if you believe that you can do more and if you believe you WILL be forgiven after all.