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Well, to everyone that doesn't know me, hi! To the few that might remember me, I'm the crazy guy who writes insanely long essays full of nonsense, thinks of himself as some type of artistic-writing savant (even though I'm not very good at it at all), talks NONSTOP, and loves to pretend I know everything there is to know about relationships when I'm in the singles forum! Pretty much, I'm a 26 year old guy who acts like he's 18! That usually wins everyone over, at least until they politely tell me they forgot they had an important meeting with their made-up friend, have to leave in a hurry, and they will call me later (and manage to magically lose my number)! I hate it when that happens.
Seriously though, my names Chris, I'm from the Chicagoland area, I'm actually 25 (soon to be 26 on December 27th, not looking forward to being one step closer to 30), I'm an English major, I love to write and do it pretty quickly (so everything I type is very long, drawn out, and most people aren't interested enough to read anything I say), I am extremely opinionated and let everyone know all of them on accident (I apologize in advance), and... I'm a Christian! Woohoo!
Also, I fancy myself as non-denominational, meaning I pick and choose the doctrines that I find in the bible, and completely lose any and all doctrines that are man-made, aren't biblical/scriptural, and are against the teaching of our Heavenly Father. I also am the only "true" Christian that I really know of in my group of friends, which basically means, I am deeply spiritual, while I don't know very many people in real life who I can relate with on that subject, aside from my immediate family.
I read a LOT about Christianity. I guess it is one of my "things" if you can call it that. It's my hobby, I guess? I always get an annoying itch that just has to be scratched when it comes to reading/learning about God/Jesus, Christianity, the history of it, the various doctrines and denominations, the dogma involved with them, the "psychological" side of people (in eyes that look at things through the very real and often forgotten spritual world, rather than the world of psychosis medication and simple genetics), and basically, Christian spirituality in general. I have about 100+ books on the subject, and while they cannot replace the Bible in any way/shape/form, they do help give outside perspectives on things in my opinion, and I love to read what people think or feel when it comes to Christianity and Christian Spirituality. In the end, I'll always check everything I read up with scripture, but basically, I read a lot of Phillip Yancey, Dr Moody, etc type books. I've even read a book on Jewish Kabbalah (i know, i know) out of sheer curiousity before, even if I don't really understand the Judaic fascination with the "names" of the Lord.
Basically, I'm weird, and I guess I'm sort of a Christian nerd, since I read a lot on the subject. I also seem to have two seperate lives that I live, one being the person all my friends and associates see in real life, and the other being the real me, the inside my house, sitting on the couch, reading the bible side. You know, the usual side any "normal" Christian (one that is real anyway, not the 90% of Americans club that claims they are Christian yet have no idea what that means), which is pretty much the side of me that I have to hide to "fit in" with our lovely Sex Sells culture herein the good ol US of A.
Anyway, since I doubt anyone's seriously going to read all of this, I just wanted to say HELLO! And... My old name got deleted for some reason, I'm not really sure why, but I remade it okay. Maybe it was due to inactivity, since I haven't really logged in for a good year or two. Anyway, hopefully I'll be back for more wonderful good-cheer arguments on whose going to hell based on their false doctrines that everyone on Christianchat forums loves to spread! I hope to be on the side that's going to heaven on most days, but you never can tell with some people! One day you think you've got it all figured out, scripturally sound and all, and then BAM, someone comes and slaps you in the face with the good book and rains down fire and brimstone on your sorry butt! That is my fondest memory of Christianchat! Good times, good times.
Anyway, jokes aside, if anyone's read all of this, you are my new best friend, and please, add me to your friends list. Being popular is always a nice thing, even if it is fickle online popularity. Also, if you can't tell, I'm probably slightly insane, or at the very least, very hyperactive and weird. I hope that means I'm a normal member of society.
Thanks for reading, and... thanks for the warm welcome I'm sure everyone will give me!
Seriously though, my names Chris, I'm from the Chicagoland area, I'm actually 25 (soon to be 26 on December 27th, not looking forward to being one step closer to 30), I'm an English major, I love to write and do it pretty quickly (so everything I type is very long, drawn out, and most people aren't interested enough to read anything I say), I am extremely opinionated and let everyone know all of them on accident (I apologize in advance), and... I'm a Christian! Woohoo!
Also, I fancy myself as non-denominational, meaning I pick and choose the doctrines that I find in the bible, and completely lose any and all doctrines that are man-made, aren't biblical/scriptural, and are against the teaching of our Heavenly Father. I also am the only "true" Christian that I really know of in my group of friends, which basically means, I am deeply spiritual, while I don't know very many people in real life who I can relate with on that subject, aside from my immediate family.
I read a LOT about Christianity. I guess it is one of my "things" if you can call it that. It's my hobby, I guess? I always get an annoying itch that just has to be scratched when it comes to reading/learning about God/Jesus, Christianity, the history of it, the various doctrines and denominations, the dogma involved with them, the "psychological" side of people (in eyes that look at things through the very real and often forgotten spritual world, rather than the world of psychosis medication and simple genetics), and basically, Christian spirituality in general. I have about 100+ books on the subject, and while they cannot replace the Bible in any way/shape/form, they do help give outside perspectives on things in my opinion, and I love to read what people think or feel when it comes to Christianity and Christian Spirituality. In the end, I'll always check everything I read up with scripture, but basically, I read a lot of Phillip Yancey, Dr Moody, etc type books. I've even read a book on Jewish Kabbalah (i know, i know) out of sheer curiousity before, even if I don't really understand the Judaic fascination with the "names" of the Lord.
Basically, I'm weird, and I guess I'm sort of a Christian nerd, since I read a lot on the subject. I also seem to have two seperate lives that I live, one being the person all my friends and associates see in real life, and the other being the real me, the inside my house, sitting on the couch, reading the bible side. You know, the usual side any "normal" Christian (one that is real anyway, not the 90% of Americans club that claims they are Christian yet have no idea what that means), which is pretty much the side of me that I have to hide to "fit in" with our lovely Sex Sells culture herein the good ol US of A.
Anyway, since I doubt anyone's seriously going to read all of this, I just wanted to say HELLO! And... My old name got deleted for some reason, I'm not really sure why, but I remade it okay. Maybe it was due to inactivity, since I haven't really logged in for a good year or two. Anyway, hopefully I'll be back for more wonderful good-cheer arguments on whose going to hell based on their false doctrines that everyone on Christianchat forums loves to spread! I hope to be on the side that's going to heaven on most days, but you never can tell with some people! One day you think you've got it all figured out, scripturally sound and all, and then BAM, someone comes and slaps you in the face with the good book and rains down fire and brimstone on your sorry butt! That is my fondest memory of Christianchat! Good times, good times.
Anyway, jokes aside, if anyone's read all of this, you are my new best friend, and please, add me to your friends list. Being popular is always a nice thing, even if it is fickle online popularity. Also, if you can't tell, I'm probably slightly insane, or at the very least, very hyperactive and weird. I hope that means I'm a normal member of society.
Thanks for reading, and... thanks for the warm welcome I'm sure everyone will give me!
