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Hey, I just joined this guild! I go to a Christian private school (I'm in highschool right now) and I'm pretty active in my church, mainly with music. I play the organ and piano (mainly organ) during services. I think that music is an important part of the church, so I practice hard and hope to get a degree in organ once I get to college, and be a very involved church organist and choir conductor! blaugh heart

Hey there! My name is Laurel. I'm 17 years old and I live in Calgary Alberta, Canada. I'm a self-proclaimed bookworm, which really only makes sense considering I do work in a library. In my spare time I also enjoy swimming, biking, running... basically anything that gets me outside.

As a child I was taken to church by my parents almost weekly, but in hindsight, I realize that I just didn't get it. Going was a real chore for me and eventually my family virtually stopped attending. I never stopped believing in God completely, but I really lost sight of everything. In the past year or so I've felt a real longing which I'd previously tried to fill with other things such as partying, drinking and boys. However, I always came up lost. I started hanging out with my Christian friends more and they always seemed more complete than I did. Anyways, that pretty much began my real transition to God. I'm really looking forward to the fellowship that this guild can hopefully bring.
God bless heart

Hello, I'm Josh but since my avatar is Jeriacor, that's wahat I'll respond to on Gaia.

I'm 19, live in LA, and even though I don't necessarily agree with everything taught at Bob Jones University, I go there. This semester I will probably be a Buisness Management major. But what I really want to do is metallurgy and/or materials design. BJU is in Greenvile SC. This summer my job is to show CUTCO. I like to do just about anything (within reason). I am saved and attend Bel Air Pres.

I'm a 35-year-old male delivery driver in the American Southwest. Scout's honor!

I'm fat and married and starting to feel my age. On examining my mental past, I came to realize that I've always beleived that God exists, but that I do not trust him. I also beleive that Christ lived and I'm pretty sure he was the son of God and that he died to redeem humanity... but I'm very suspicious of the set up.

I've never really beleived that any diety was all that good, or that mankind had a place among immortals. But, I think that, if this Jesus thing is true, this Yahweh God may have done something remarkable... something that makes him better than all other Gods... someone I might like to get to know.

Most of the tenants of the Christian faith make me uncomfortable and a lot of the Bible makes me angry (I always try and read it as if everything in it was literally true - it makes it easier to muddle along in the more obtuse parts... but when I put it down, some of it seems very political and shifty.) I've got through all but Revelations and the book just before it in the New Testament -but I've only got through Genesis and a bit of Exodus and all of Ecclesiastes in the old. Oh, and Levi and Leviticus - which are just nuts.

I don't want to burn in hell or suffer in the outer darkness forever, but I'm not sure I want to spend eternity with someone who's either too perfect for words or not entirely what He seems, either. Actually, I'd kind of like to fade into oblivion when I die - you know, totally dissipate - no memories, no responsibility, no pain, no awareness.

Well, that's a mouthful and I was probably supposed to keep it short. Sorry. I'm a bit tired, I just got off work.

Oh yeah, forgiveness, I like that part, too. Not just because I don't want to go to hell (a large part of it, I admit), but because it seems like a good social concept.

Who I am:

call me frozen

age: 16

birthday: 06-23-1989

I'm baptist, and live in brazil, if you wanna talk about Jesus, faith and whateva you want just pm me anytime you want. Just call my name, and I'll be there 3nodding

Thanks for the welcome. I hope it's okay to put an extra post on this thread. I kinda figured it's just for, you know, welcomes.

Hey, My name is Sarah. I'm 15, and I'm starting grade 10 in September. I live in a very non-religious family. (My dad doesn't even believe that Jesus existed.) I am a Pagan. But I am always looking to learn about other religions, which is why I joined this guild.