I am a non-religious person. I respect others' lifestyle choices and the truth is, I'm really not that far from mainstream. Truth be told, I'm quite moderate, but fanatical folks who think their way is the only way get carried away with their own self-righteousness and portray others who are different in an extremely poor light, exaggerating and often manufacturing faults. I've always been a live-and-let-live kinda guy, but recent revelations have made it all too clear for some 20 years--20 years--I have not been afforded the same courtesy in return.
It's weird how you get to be able to identify these folks the first time you see them. They just show up and look at you with that condescending, above-reproach kind of air. This guy gave me that look repeatedly while he hovered around me for a few days, in addition to looking at my computer screen.
Sure enough, he confirmed my suspicions when he started talking out loud to someone else next to me about Jesus, today. We exchanged a few words. I left, and upon returning, attempted to engage him in a theological discussion. He made some kind of sarcastic comment about "just being the product of sex" as apposed to having been produced by a superior being. I thought, "Ok. That's sounds interesting." But when I asked him what church he belongs to, he did exactly what I expected--stammered and tried to changed the subject. I asked again and he got a confused look on his face and didn't say anything. Remember what I said about extreme portrayal in a bad light? He also insinuated that if you aren't Christian, you must be a Satanist. I found this intriguing, so I approached him and told him I was interested in what he had to say. Why do you suppose he ran away? ...
This may mean something or it may mean nothing, but I just can't avoid the fact that he has very, very similar features to a guy I used to work with who moved from LA to NY to work on the same TV job with me, sitting right next to me. Hmmmm...
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/jeaninefarfallatricario
(I love the way the other guy laughed when I offered to make him famous--perfect.)
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C. Zoccali, Clearwater, Florida; Rick Wilson,
Niles, Ohio; Christine
Faranda, Cleveland, Ohio; Len Spector; Marc Greece, A&E
Networks; Reverend David Plank, Palatine Bridge, NY; Carrie (Plank) Bruno,
Queens, NY; Cynthia Green,
Tech Recruiter; Sioux
Logan, Red Stream Technologies; Mike Tricario, MTV; Sean Newman, Columbus, Ohio; Jim
Reed, Columbus, Ohio; Zynga; Marty Eggert, Cleveland, Ohio; Kathy Haxton,
Cleveland, Ohio, St. Joe’s Medical Center, Warren, Ohio; Coleman Professional Services,
Warren, Ohio; Laura
McCormick
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Pham, anpham1111@gmail.com; Anna Stepnova, stepnova@aol.com; Barbara Anne Wolf, wolf.barbara.anne@gmail.com, (415) 812-4926; Brian Montague, jetbpm@aol.com; Charles
Crites, critesfam@sbcglobal.net; EHSOH, lovycera@gmail.com; Elizabeth
Nicolosi, elizabethnicolosi@hotmail.com; Kristy
Guertin, guertk@spu.edu; Meagan Franz, meaganfranz@hotmail.com; Miyako
Abe, mtea2006@yahoo.com; Nora Salah, nsalah01@yahoo.com; Teresa Keller, teresa@rtwwithus.org; Natasha
Warder;
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