liz3564 wrote:Dr. Shades wrote:
It's the 21st Century, Liz. There's no such thing as a "surprise" anymore. :-)
He was a surprise for us! After I had a miscarriage 10 years ago, I was told that the chances were slim to none that I would be able to have any more children, due to some other medical complications.
Seriously, though: Have you ever heard of a woman who, after being told by a doctor that she'd never be able to have kids again,
didn't have another child?
I'm being completely serious here!Forget expensive treatments: Simply being told by a doctor that one can't have any more children is the ultimate fertility drug.
But back to the topic:
Miss Taken wrote:What about you Dr Shades. You have always been a bit of a mystery (to me anyways!).
Any chance of (just a little) background!!!
Jersey Girl wrote:Oh, I kind of like the mystery of Dr. Shades!
If you want the full scoop on me, look no further than "Mr. Itchy" and his repulsive stalker-blog. But in the meantime, I suppose I can indulge a few tidbits.
I'm 37 years old. My mother converted to Mormonism when I was about four years old, and I started going to Primary after that. I hated every minute of it, since that was back in the days that Primary was held sometime during the week. For that matter, church in those days was split into two blocks with two-hour breaks in between, so I hated Sundays as well, gruelling ordeals that they were.
About the time I became a Deacon, however, I did a 180˚. I began taking the church and my membership therein
very seriously. I would pull LDS reference books off the shelf to read just for fun. Priesthood meetings were great, since whenever there was a Bible quiz sort of game, I'd always be the first one chosen for teams.
My devotion must've gotten noticed, since I eventually was tapped out for nearly any sort of leadership position available to kids that age. I ended up being set apart as the co-chairman of the Stake Youth Council, so my Sundays were
very busy. All those callings, responsibilities, etc. squelched any and all ambition for further leadership positions. Having "been there, done that," I was content to be nothing more than a worker bee for the rest of my life.
I of course wound up on a mission (to Japan, in my case). That was where I learned, firsthand, that the fairy tales you read in the Ensign about missionary work were just that--fairy tales 99% of the time. I began assuming that it was the same with any other aspect of the religion--that the church only focuses on the 1% positive and ignores the 99% negative. I could go into detail, but let's just say I was somewhat shocked and appalled by how dramatically some of my idealistic delusions were shattered. Even so, I remained faithful.
Years later, another major shock came during the "I don't know that we teach that, I don't know that we emphasize it" fiasco. But I shelved it and slogged on.
I finally learned the truth about Mormonism at age 28. I've been out ever since. I see no reason to continue with the church in any way, to "make it work," etc., since something is either true or false. It's fun to debate and discuss, but that's about it.
So much for the church angle. As for me personally, I'm a bigtime World War II buff. My second-to-last class in college was a "History of World War II" class. It was funny, since by the end of the first week I was the hero of the class. Everyone wanted to be in my study group. It finally got so ridiculous that I had to force myself to shut up, since if I didn't I'd be answering every question and talking almost as much as the teacher. For that matter, once I tried to sign up for a community education class about WWII, but had to drop it after the first day when it became painfully apparent that I knew more than the instructor.
Oh my gosh, how did I get off on that tangent?
For my final digression, I was on cloud nine when "Letters from Iwo Jima" came out. I thought I'd never see an American movie from the Axis point of view, where the Germans or Japanese were the heroes. It was fantastic to finally see a movie which depicted the other side as human for a change.
In other news, I run another website at
http://www.mormoninformation.com.
That's about it for me.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
--Louis Midgley