Hello Everyone / new one here

[dptexas]

Well I came across this website and was quite taken and interested in some of the comments. I guess I couldn't resist getting involved especially when some friends were being so blatantly attacked by (christian) people who really had no idea what they were talking about, just feeding the rumor and gossip mill. Some of you might not be so glad I joined cause I will talk real truths when I see you're blatantly wrong. I attended TBC and Gateway College and my Dad was a UPC preacher for over 60 years.. I am not UPC.. It will be interesting......Be Blessed

[HeavenlyOne]

A better way to obtain positive reception is to have more honey in your words than vinegar. We don't mind honesty and truth speaking, but your words will be better received when done in the right spirit. Not sure what motive you had in posting your credentials, but honestly, they are meaningless here. This is an internet forum. We are all on the same level here.

Looking forward to your posts!

[tamor]

Hi there! What a way to start.

[Baron1710]

Well I came across this website and was quite taken and interested in some of the comments. I guess I couldn't resist getting involved especially when some friends were being so blatantly attacked by (christian) people who really had no idea what they were talking about, just feeding the rumor and gossip mill. Some of you might not be so glad I joined cause I will talk real truths when I see you're blatantly wrong. I attended TBC and Gateway College and my Dad was a UPC preacher for over 60 years.. I am not UPC.. It will be interesting......Be Blessed

I'm sorry we have our quota of folks from Texas...you will have to reapply next year.:ursofunny

[tstew]

I'm sorry we have our quota of folks from Texas...you will have to reapply next year.:ursofunny

No, you guys just need to get some people saved up in Yankee land to balance things out. :tease

[Baron1710]

No, you guys just need to get some people saved up in Yankee land to balance things out. :tease

Yankee Land? I live below the Mason-Dixon line

[tstew]

Yankee Land? I live below the Mason-Dixon line

Sir, if you don't live south of the Oklahoma state line, west of the Louisiana state line, and east of the New Mexico state line...it's all Yankee land. :ursofunny





(admin since there are so many Texans here, do you think we could spring for a LOne Star smilie? I could have really used one here)

[Baron1710]

Sir, if you don't live south of the Oklahoma state line, west of the Louisiana state line, and east of the New Mexico state line...it's all Yankee land. :ursofunny





(admin since there are so many Texans here, do you think we could spring for a LOne Star smilie? I could have really used one here)

Sounds as inclusive as some churches.

[jezebelslayer]

Sir, if you don't live south of the Oklahoma state line, west of the Louisiana state line, and east of the New Mexico state line...it's all Yankee land. :ursofunny





(admin since there are so many Texans here, do you think we could spring for a LOne Star smilie? I could have really used one here)

Oh I beg to differ with you on this Texan. Tennessee is a SOUTHERN state and if it weren't for the good people of Tennessee there wouldn't be a TEXAS! :snapout

[jezebelslayer]

Well I came across this website and was quite taken and interested in some of the comments. I guess I couldn't resist getting involved especially when some friends were being so blatantly attacked by (christian) people who really had no idea what they were talking about, just feeding the rumor and gossip mill. Some of you might not be so glad I joined cause I will talk real truths when I see you're blatantly wrong. I attended TBC and Gateway College and my Dad was a UPC preacher for over 60 years.. I am not UPC.. It will be interesting......Be Blessed

I wish you much luck here...from your post you might just need it to survive. Tread lightly or you might get sent to banned land! Anyway .... welcome

[steve p]

"welcome to the jungle"....sung by a pentecostal preachers son........

[Cindy]

Welcome.

[HeavenlyOne]

I wish you much luck here...from your post you might just need it to survive. Tread lightly or you might get sent to banned land! Anyway .... welcome

You're back!! Believe it or not, I've missed you!!!

[jezebelslayer]

You're back!! Believe it or not, I've missed you!!!

Well thank you. I didn't leave ... just kept quiet. It's safer that way apparently for me. But sometimes I can't help myself ... I just got to jump on it.:nutso

[MrsMcD]

Hum, I saw someone new joined and was going to say welcome but then I read the first post and thought...

[MissBrattified]

Well I came across this website and was quite taken and interested in some of the comments. I guess I couldn't resist getting involved especially when some friends were being so blatantly attacked by (Christian) people who really had no idea what they were talking about, just feeding the rumor and gossip mill. Some of you might not be so glad I joined cause I will talk real truths when I see you're blatantly wrong. I attended TBC and Gateway College and my Dad was a UPC preacher for over 60 years.. I am not UPC.. It will be interesting......Be Blessed

Post away. But you should know that many of us have backgrounds similar to yours, so it doesn't really give you any leverage. LOL!!!!

[dptexas]

A better way to obtain positive reception is to have more honey in your words than vinegar. We don't mind honesty and truth speaking, but your words will be better received when done in the right spirit. Not sure what motive you had in posting your credentials, but honestly, they are meaningless here. This is an internet forum. We are all on the same level here.

Looking forward to your posts!

I truly am sorry if you felt there was vinegar. I did not mean that at all, it was just that the first few things I read were so against someone that I know personally and that really wasn't truth so my defenses came up. It's been not easy when just because you leave a denomination (UPC) you suddenly become an outcast and decieved sinner when nothing has changed in your life except getting a closer relationship to God adn actually reading the word of God and realizing that so many things in your life were simply not truth. To all who greeted me with a welcome thank you, I know I'm not the Lone Ranger from where I came, I know there are many more, and I know many more have had to deal with the same rejections and attitudes. Thank God he loves us unconditionally and shows hie mercy and grace new every morning. If anyone was offended by remarks, i apolgize, I really did not mean to offend...... Can't we all serve God without all the criticisms and judgements..... from the pen of a spirit filled writer....Can we agree to disagree and still be brothers / sisters.. Be Blessed everyone....

[dptexas]

I'm sorry we have our quota of folks from Texas...you will have to reapply next year.:ursofunny

So spoken like a true person from the North...LOL..... Sorry you really will find that you can never have enough Texans.....But Baron.....being an attorney I don't know how you missed this........I live in Indiana....so..........I guess I get to join...........Blessings to you East Coast Man.....

[tstew]

Oh I beg to differ with you on this Texan. Tennessee is a SOUTHERN state and if it weren't for the good people of Tennessee there wouldn't be a TEXAS! :snapout

Ohhhhh. You're lucky this is dp's welcome thread. Why I oughta :pirates:thwak:boxing:guns:Nhl_check:nuke:rip :angelsad

[dptexas]

Oh I beg to differ with you on this Texan. Tennessee is a SOUTHERN state and if it weren't for the good people of Tennessee there wouldn't be a TEXAS! :snapout

I am also with my brother on this one. It's my welcome thread but there was a country (meaning nation)TEXAS before there was a Tennessee state..LOL
You just can't beat a Texan.....

[dptexas]

Hum, I saw someone new joined and was going to say welcome but then I read the first post and thought...

Mrs McD did you read the second post I made...Should you not have said welcome anyway even though you might not have liked what you read?
Blessings

[MrsMcD]

Mrs McD did you read the second post I made...Should you not have said welcome anyway even though you might not have liked what you read?
Blessings

:welcome2

[dptexas]

Hum, I saw someone new joined and was going to say welcome but then I read the first post and thought...

Mrs McD did you read the second post I made...Should you not have said welcome anyway even though you might not have liked what you read? by the way just what exactly was your thought?
Blessings

[MissBrattified]

*****duplicate post alert*****

[dptexas]

thanks for the welcome.....It's big and bright and happy

[dptexas]

Sorry I didn't mean to duplicate. I did add some more text...SORRY!!!!!!!!

[MrsMcD]

*****duplicate post alert*****

:ursofunny

[MissBrattified]

:D

[jezebelslayer]

Ohhhhh. You're lucky this is dp's welcome thread. Why I oughta :pirates:thwak:boxing:guns:Nhl_check:nuke:rip :angelsad

:club:girlfriend

[jezebelslayer]

I am also with my brother on this one. It's my welcome thread but there was a country (meaning nation)TEXAS before there was a Tennessee state..LOL
You just can't beat a Texan.....

I did welcome you ....:friend
But do you not remember your history....TENNESSEANS came to rescue and help defend all you cowboys(said with the upmost respect). I haven't met a Texan I didn't like yet!

Hope you enjoy it here. :friend

[HeavenlyOne]

I truly am sorry if you felt there was vinegar. I did not mean that at all, it was just that the first few things I read were so against someone that I know personally and that really wasn't truth so my defenses came up. It's been not easy when just because you leave a denomination (UPC) you suddenly become an outcast and decieved sinner when nothing has changed in your life except getting a closer relationship to God adn actually reading the word of God and realizing that so many things in your life were simply not truth. To all who greeted me with a welcome thank you, I know I'm not the Lone Ranger from where I came, I know there are many more, and I know many more have had to deal with the same rejections and attitudes. Thank God he loves us unconditionally and shows hie mercy and grace new every morning. If anyone was offended by remarks, i apolgize, I really did not mean to offend...... Can't we all serve God without all the criticisms and judgements..... from the pen of a spirit filled writer....Can we agree to disagree and still be brothers / sisters.. Be Blessed everyone....

Not a problem, and sorry if I also came across harsh. Sometimes newbies come here to 'set us all straight', and your opening post seemed to convey just that.

Welcome anyway, sinn....I mean, dptexas!

[dptexas]

I did welcome you ....:friend
But do you not remember your history....TENNESSEANS came to rescue and help defend all you cowboys(said with the upmost respect). I haven't met a Texan I didn't like yet!

Hope you enjoy it here. :friend

REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!!!!!! No I guess I don't remember all that history, but you know Texans...... They think they're always right......An yes I have founf that all most all of them are good people that you would enjoy knowing... THere's a lot of Tenneeseans that would be the same way......
And yes I do believe I will enjoy it here......!Blessings!