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What does your name mean?
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My name is a jab at the "faithful faithless" who will sort of jump onto the nearest faith that promises the best thing at the moment. These are the type of people who will tell you "Oh I'm a [fill in the blank] follower!" and what fills the blank is whatever is popular at the moment or Hollywood fad that's going around at the time.
As such, you can see how this sort of "shotgun messiah" type of follower can be lost within their own shortsightedness and unable to accept the true Lord into their own hearts.
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My name is a jab at the "faithful faithless" who will sort of jump onto the nearest faith that promises the best thing at the moment. These are the type of people who will tell you "Oh I'm a [fill in the blank] follower!" and what fills the blank is whatever is popular at the moment or Hollywood fad that's going around at the time.
As such, you can see how this sort of "shotgun messiah" type of follower can be lost within their own shortsightedness and unable to accept the true Lord into their own hearts.
It can be taken as a reminder that despite what you hear form others, true believers know what lies ahead.
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That was deep. Thanks for explaining. 
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04-26-2008, 03:38 PM
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how old were you when you first joined islamica? 
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04-26-2008, 03:39 PM
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Just before my 22nd birthday.
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I can't remember how long it's been. I lurked for awhile before posting though.
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I was 14  .
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I know you're into sailing, so are some of my cousins...What type of sailing do you do? Small boats? Keelboats? Where do you do your sailing?
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what keeps you coming back to Islamica each day with all its crazy ignorant muslims?
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what's your favorite spanish song 
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what keeps you coming back to Islamica each day with all its crazy ignorant muslims?
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 vari you asked for it |
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I was 21.
27 now.
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I was 21.
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I was 27. I'm 31 now. Yikes!
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I was 19.
I still am.
Losers...
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I was 14.
Ahhhhhhhh.
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Trent Reznor is the man behind Nine Inch Nails, my favorite musical outfit. 858 is my area code.
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