My life really is not that great. I am a social reject and have been looked at as a fool all my life. I am unmarried and have no children. People think I am odd because I am 31 years old and still a virgin and even admit to it even though virginity is frowned upon this day and age. It's hard going to work in the morning knowing that I am unappreciated and laughed at. It's hard to live life knowing that I most likely I will never have a wife to love and cherish. I will never have a family of my own. People hate me and give me dirty looks like I am some unholy dirty thing.
But you know what. Jesus warned in the bible that it would be this way. No servant is greater then his master. They hated him, before they hated me. I don't understand all of the hardships I encounter, but I know he has a plan for it all. I would love to go and be with him right now and escape this mistreatment on Earth but it is not time yet. I try to cling on to this life I have right now so I can finish the race, Paul talked about in one of his letters to the church. I want to do my part as best as I can so I can hear my Lord say, "Well done, good and faithful servant." I pray for his will be done and not mine. I pray for inner peace and strength to face each day.
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My life really is not that great. I am a social reject and have been looked at as a fool all my life. I am unmarried and have no children. People think I am odd because I am 31 years old and still a virgin and even admit to it even though virginity is frowned upon this day and age.
My life is pretty good. I am not a social reject. I am not married, either, nor do I have kids, nor have I ever had a sex life, and I am *drum roll* FORTY-TWO! LOL
Fundie, yes.
Pathetic and sad, even more so.
This is exactly the kind of person that fundamentalist churches prey upon and suck the money from.
The first paragraph looked to me like the sort of note somebody would leave in their flat before heading off to work with a sawn off shotgun under their coat and a briefcase full of shells.
The second made me think that this is sort of fundie in that he hates the way his life is turning out, but still sits on his ass instead of fixing it because he thinks he has no control over his existence.
1. How would anyone know you're a virgin, unless you go around bragging about how your saving yourself for marriage. This may also explain your lack of popularity.
2. Just because Jesus was crucified and Paul was an asshole, does not mean your life has to be miserable. Please seek professional help.
Wow - I truly feel compassion for this guy. I want to give him a hug.
He doesn't sound like your typical fundie asswipe. He actually sounds like a really nice guy who's having a hard time socially and needs a little support.
So that's why some of his posts reek of an misogynist tone. Poor fundie. :(
There's lots of fundies IRL I know would run at this guy. Especially those using Micheal Pearl's books.... Now I'm going to have nightmares about that, thanks me.
"Find a man, maybe even a woman, whom you can connect with, even for a moment. Cause that's all life is - A series of moments."
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Gee Dave, it looks like you've got one more year to go before we nail your miserable ass to a cross. You'll be just like Jesus with the exception that Jesus wasn't a whiny, narcissistic little bitch like you. Go get laid you phony wannabe martyr.
2008-May-13 02:02 AM
Gee Dave, it looks like you've got one more year to go before we nail your miserable ass to a cross. You'll be just like Jesus with the exception that Jesus wasn't a whiny, narcissistic little bitch like you. Go get laid you phony wannabe martyr.
Whoops, double post. Sorry y'all :[
You obviously have social issues, and maybe some paranoid tendancies. Please, seek professional help. And stop hanging out with the RR crowd, they're not helping you at all :(
Try this:
1. Find a better job.
2. When you talk to people, don't mention Jesus until they ask.
You may find life more to your liking.
This place was never meant to be for only funny quotes. As the description says: "An archive of the most hilarious, bizarre, ignorant, bigoted, and terrifying quotes from fundies all over the internet!"
But yes, this is incredibly sad. I almost feel like dating this guy, I feel so sorry for him. And I'm a guy. And 22.
This poor guy is not a fundie; he's merely looking for hope wherever he can find it. I think he would like life a lot more, and would get more from Christianity, if he were to calm down a bit. He probably has lots of life left, being as he's only 31 - plenty of time for him to find his special someone and set up a more comfortable situation.
He just needs good support. Alas, Rapture Ready is not the sort place to find it.
Day 1...
Dave : "Dear God, Honoured be thy name, please allow me to meet a beautiful wonderful woman who will be my wife so I can love and cherish her."
Day 2...
Dave : "Dear God, Honoured be thy name, please allow me to meet a beautiful wonderful woman who will be my wife so I can love and cherish her."
Day 25
Dave : "Dear God, Honoured be thy name, please allow me to meet a beautiful wonderful woman who will be my wife so I can love and cherish her. I know I have asked you this before but I do really want her. I have remained chaste and good until now."
Day 5000
Dave : "Dear God, Honoured be thy name, why have you forsaken me. I did everything you asked yet you do not intend for me to get married. Is there a higher purpose or is it my destiny to not get married"
God: "Dear Dave, Your such a tool. Meet me halfway. Go talk to women about stuff that is not about how you belong to a crazy cult that believes that everyone who does not follow its rules is going to burn in eternal hellfire..."
I am truly sorry to hear you're so unhappy. Why not try to be friends with people by taking an interest in things they talk about which aren't troubling to you? As a teen I went through a lot of this kind of thing as I didn't like talking about sex, but I made it worse by not being interested in cars, sports or any of the other things guys discuss that aren't sex. Find some people you have something in common with and don't let those you haven't grind you down.
Dave, nobody hates you because of Jesus. They might dislike you because you are a pathetic, self pittying creep and they probably think you are the one most likely to come to work in an oversized trenchcoat with suspicious bulges and clinking sounds.
be honest with yourself, they don't hate you it is you who hates them. You're the one who scowls over your desk, who spends his lunch times alone, brooding, you're the one who dodged every offer to hang out. People are socal creatures Dave, you're miserable because of this self castigation you've assumed.
"But you know what. Jesus warned in the bible that it would be this way."
This is bullshit, this is a total, sad arsed excuse for being a miserable sack of shit. God didn't declare your life would be shit because you are christian, common sense suggests your life will be crap if you behave like you are.
It's sad, but it's likely your own doing. You reap what you sowe and what not. Failing to adhere to any societal norms is likely to result in you being a social reject where your only possible outlet might be to find a similar social reject to share your life with. You're getting a little old to be clinging on to that particular scenario so it might be time to make some reasonable sacrifices. Perhaps take up some hobbies, preferably social ones where you can find people with common interests even if said interests aren't self loathing and impatiently awaiting the apocalypse.
Lastly, "Well done, good and faithful servant."? Well done what? You don't seem to have done anything.
I pray for his will be done and not mine. I pray for inner peace and strength to face each day.
Dude, you are 31 years old. Get out, enjoy your life. Most importantly, don't waste it.
I pity you, you poor man.
Big deal. I'm 28, no kids, not married and never had sex either. I have, however, traveled around the world, found a job I adore, have numerous friends, I foster animals in my spare time for the local animal shelter, and as of yet, still have no desire whatsoever to have a family of my own and/or settle down.
Tell you though, it has nothing the fuck EVER to do with Jeebus, and my life sure as hell ain't a hardship.
It's hard going to work in the morning...
I'm not surprised!
Stop whining like a nasty little turd - Jesus probably hates you too, he would expect you to grow a pair and sort yourself out - you know who they say helps those who help themselves.
No servant is greater then his master.
Oh, yeah? What about Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, then?
This guy is more like sad. I can't make fun of him.
If I were a drinking woman, I'd take him to the nearest bar.
Gee Dave, thanks for making me feel better about myself. I might be down on my luck these days, but I have never tried to convince the world that I've been commanded to be a total loser.
It's nice to blame the biblical characters for your own failures. Not valid, not productive, but ... nice.
I don't think you're odd for being a virgin at 31. I would like to think I have a good enough sense of morals to not let something like that be a factor in judging someone. Maybe you need to seek out some atheist to hang out with for a day, they'll probably treat you right.
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This poor guy is not a fundie; he's merely looking for hope wherever he can find it. I think he would like life a lot more, and would get more from Christianity, if he were to calm down a bit. He probably has lots of life left, being as he's only 31 - plenty of time for him to find his special someone and set up a more comfortable situation.
He just needs good support. Alas, Rapture Ready is not the sort place to find it.
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I am truly sorry to hear you're so unhappy. Why not try to be friends with people by taking an interest in things they talk about which aren't troubling to you? As a teen I went through a lot of this kind of thing as I didn't like talking about sex, but I made it worse by not being interested in cars, sports or any of the other things guys discuss that aren't sex. Find some people you have something in common with and don't let those you haven't grind you down.
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This is the fstdt commentriat. They are not usually this heartfelt. Don't whine on the internet - that's like going to /b/ for relationship advice. Get therapy, find a new job and try being less of a self-pitying wannabe martyr. God is not responsible for your life - you are.
Dude, this is really sad.
DAVE: You're only 31. That's young . Seek professional help, get on anti-depressants. Go out and meet people. A therapist will be able to tell you either A) what it is you're doing to make everyone hate you, or B) that you have a complex that makes you think the world hates you, and together you'll work on getting over it.
Seriously, now. Stop using Jesus as an excuse. You weren't "commanded" to be a depressed failure.
I feel awful for this guy. "Well done, thou good and faithful servant" sounds like something I would say to my dog, and I wouldn't say it to him because I have too much respect for him. Geez. I hope he can get some help.
You are a classic and tragic victim of perhaps the primary modus operandi of all cults and religions (also junk science, conspiracy theories and quack medicine) - they dangle their bullshit visions of salvation, repentance, healing, importance or appreciation in front of people so depressed, terrified or disaffected that they will accept it with little or no critical analysis out of sheer hopeless desperation. I sympathise with your melancholia; I sympathise with your exploitation by the Christian cult. I'm still unimpressed, however, by your abandonment of sense and reason for the sake of a comforting delusion.
I say we keep the quote; not, perhaps, as an example of a fundie saying the darndest thing, but to remind us of how damaging religions can be even to those non-fundie, basically OK people if they're caught at a time of weakness. Also, it'd be wise to remember that a lot of fundies start out this way, harmless and slightly sad, and just get worse as they withdraw further from reality and tend to rely more and more on their religious crutch. I have some hope that this guy may not go down the path to fundiedom, but the stuff towards the end of the post doesn't bode well. Hanging out on RR isn't going to do wonders for his mental health either.
As for people who think I'm being insensitive...
Anyone who retreats to RaptureReady for cameraderie or support, and agrees with their particularly fucked-up lunacy immediately loses any respect from me.
Gold, i ACTUALLY work with a fundie-tard who sounds exactly like this loser, except this guy is in his 40s. I've never encountered anyone quite as stupid before and that's really saying something considering i spent 4 years at a catcholic high school.
This is a sad story and a true testament as to what religion SHOULD be about. Giving people the strength to face hard-ships.
Even as an Athiest and though he seems to blame his problems on external factors it still seems to be a story of what religion should be doing.
Dave, I hope you read this message.
GET OFF OF RR. Whatever you do, STAY AWAY FROM RR. They're a damned cult waiting for death. Get some counseling. I'm not saying your problems will all be solved, but it'll help. Trust me, I've had my fair share of problems with depression and anxiety.
People don't reject you because you're a 31-year-old virgin. They reject you because your beliefs are far-removed from reality. Please stop hanging out at RR, stop telling your religious beliefs to everyone you know, start attending a more moderate church, and form friendships with people who don't share your beliefs. If that doesn't help, then please see a psychologist.
Jesus wasn't universally hated. According to the Bible he was surrounded by people who loved him and would do anything for him.
Jesus tried to do good for everyone he met. Have you done that?
People who are pleasant, kind and generous have lots of friends.
People who are mean, petty and grumpy seldom make that many friends.
I could have written the first paragraph. The whole lot describes me at 31. Exactly.
But I would never have written the second paragraph. Rather than resign myself to my fate I would go out and try to do something about the situation.
"No servant is greater then his master."
Read "The Admirable Crichton" for an alternative viewpoint on this subject.
@ Neith
"People don't reject you because you're a 31-year-old virgin. They reject you because your beliefs are far-removed from reality. Please stop hanging out at RR, stop telling your religious beliefs to everyone you know, start attending a more moderate church, and form friendships with people who don't share your beliefs. If that doesn't help, then please see a psychologist."
Well done, it's good to see someone reacting sensitively, positively, and beneficially to an original poster!
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