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80sHusband. Here to see what all the fuss is about. Be nice and I will be nice back. Insensitive, dis respectful and rude behavior will be treated as such and will be responded to in a manner fit for the action.

Welcome.

Was that nice enough?   ||grin||

Welcome...! +1

Please tell us a little about you!

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Welcome, indeed.

He's not as mean as he sounds! but he is my hubby so ask yourself what kinda man would you have to be to put up with 80sChild?? And you get your answer hahahaha!!! ?

Yes it was. I am 80s childs other half. Very proud of my wife and our Boys. We own and operate a commodities firm. We provide commodities in the form of grains, flours, dairy products and many other beneficial commodities to many different countries. I am the middle son of a wonderful Baptist Preacher who happens to be married to my mother who is a wonderful woman. A bit mis understood and high strung but a good woman. My wife is a beautiful, loyal, talented and smart woman who loves our family and is faithful to our beliefs. The fact that she is a bit hard headed came in handy while we were building our international business. My family is my life and when we are successful, we are successful together. When we fail, we fail together. My greatest gift in life was and is my Family. Life is not perfect but it would not be life if it was. Our Faith in Jesus guides us each day. We are followers of Jesus not religion. None of us are right all the time and there are times I am certain we get it wrong but we keep trying and hope that we can be an example to our Boys that they will grow up to be good Men in a world full of questionable characters. Debate is always healthy as long as each debater respects his or her adversary and their God given right to their own opinion. We are only as free as we let ourselves be. Most are chained by intellect that will not allow themselves to believe or have faith in a greater power. Some of us that believe are chained by a distorted man made view of God which is highly in accurate because the men who sanctioned these views desired to retain power over the population. In my view many Christians are as blind or mis led as those who choose not to believe. Life is a gift from God. The way in which we receive this gift is up to us. Be warned, being a christian by no means makes us passivist as i am sure some of you have realized by talking to my wife is that we bite back. Any and all respectful, decent and compassionate debate will be welcomed and treated as such;likwise, Idiots will be dealt with in an entirely different manner. God Bless and Baseball and Agriculture talk is always welcome.

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Hi 80sHubby, welcome to the forum.



Are you a Mormon like your wife?

No sir I am not LDS. I was raised in a Southern Baptist home with a firm handle on faith. I do support my wife and our Boys as they pursue and participate in their faith and I am very proud of them for doing so in a sincere and contstructive faith which promotes love and discipline.

Greetings sir.  A small word of advice...

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 01:46:58 PM
Idiots will be dealt with in an entirely different manner.

While I wholeheartedly support your position, be cautious about insulting individual memebers.  I stepped in it on my first couple posts (having come from "Why Won't God Heal Amputees" website, which is much less cordial than this place!!) and had to edit some posts because of insults.  I strongly recommend that you read the rules of the forum if you haven't already done so!

cheers, and enjoy your stay.  :-)

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 02:29:42 PM
No sir I am not LDS. I was raised in a Southern Baptist home

I admit that I'm not too familiar with all the denominations you have in the States (being British and all).

But it's cool that you and your wife can belong to different churches without that being a problem.

Thanks. I really do not plan on insulting anyone but un ruly folks will be met with hostility.

Thank you, in our household religious freedom is a personal choice. We agree on way more than we dis agree on. Jesus Christ is the common ground we share along with a convuction to raise or kids right and try and help those who may be less fortunate than we are.

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 03:11:01 PM
Thanks. I really do not plan on insulting anyone but un ruly folks will be met with hostility.

some folks here may bait you in an attempt to get you reprimanded/banned if they think you could make a juicy target.  :-)  (I certainly won't do that though...)

Welcome to the forum, 80sHub.  ||smiley||

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 12:22:12 PM80sHusband. Here to see what all the fuss is about. Be nice and I will be nice back. Insensitive, dis respectful and rude behavior will be treated as such and will be responded to in a manner fit for the action.

Hi there 80sHubby. Welcome to IGI and a +1 for finding us. Your caveat sounds reasonable. A lot of folks here have the same attitude. Enjoy yourself here.

Enjoy your stay.
Some of us have a differing opinion about religious propoganda.

Propoganda? Not here man. I am just a simple Farm Boy from a small town. Left is really to the left. Propoganda is for show and to hide insecurities in ones religion.I have faith not religion. Religion is man made as to where faith is from deeply held convictions. If you do not believe the way I do then that is your right but a man or woman without convictions is like eating cold rice it is just never going to be that good. I do not need for anyone to believe the way I do nor do I care for the so called religious who will break the bank on a stray dog that has been hit by a car that they have no attatchments to but they will not help a person in need with a mere $10-$20 to get some food for his family. Hard times have hit some folks already amd there may be some hard time ahead for more than we can count. The propogandist will fade as to where those with conviction will be standing ready to share from the blessings they have received. It will not be luck but grace.

I don't have to address inconsistencies of religious propaganda when I can ask for evidence to support it, that is where it fails.
this is the introduction thread, I expect no return reply.
if you want start a thread about the topic, otherwise enjoy your stay

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 01:46:58 PM
Yes it was. I am 80s childs other half. Very proud of my wife and our Boys. We own and operate a commodities firm. We provide commodities in the form of grains, flours, dairy products and many other beneficial commodities to many different countries. I am the middle son of a wonderful Baptist Preacher who happens to be married to my mother who is a wonderful woman. A bit mis understood and high strung but a good woman. My wife is a beautiful, loyal, talented and smart woman who loves our family and is faithful to our beliefs. The fact that she is a bit hard headed came in handy while we were building our international business. My family is my life and when we are successful, we are successful together. When we fail, we fail together. My greatest gift in life was and is my Family. Life is not perfect but it would not be life if it was. Our Faith in Jesus guides us each day. We are followers of Jesus not religion. None of us are right all the time and there are times I am certain we get it wrong but we keep trying and hope that we can be an example to our Boys that they will grow up to be good Men in a world full of questionable characters. Debate is always healthy as long as each debater respects his or her adversary and their God given right to their own opinion. We are only as free as we let ourselves be. Most are chained by intellect that will not allow themselves to believe or have faith in a greater power. Some of us that believe are chained by a distorted man made view of God which is highly in accurate because the men who sanctioned these views desired to retain power over the population. In my view many Christians are as blind or mis led as those who choose not to believe. Life is a gift from God. The way in which we receive this gift is up to us. Be warned, being a christian by no means makes us passivist as i am sure some of you have realized by talking to my wife is that we bite back. Any and all respectful, decent and compassionate debate will be welcomed and treated as such;likwise, Idiots will be dealt with in an entirely different manner. God Bless and Baseball and Agriculture talk is always welcome.

Does your Baptist Group have a ' Statement of Faith/Beliefs? '.

Would you like to Start a New Thread and provide it open for scrutiny, criticism & responses?

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Quote from: composer on August 26, 2015, 02:20:29 AM

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 01:46:58 PM
Yes it was. I am 80s childs other half. Very proud of my wife and our Boys. We own and operate a commodities firm. We provide commodities in the form of grains, flours, dairy products and many other beneficial commodities to many different countries. I am the middle son of a wonderful Baptist Preacher who happens to be married to my mother who is a wonderful woman. A bit mis understood and high strung but a good woman. My wife is a beautiful, loyal, talented and smart woman who loves our family and is faithful to our beliefs. The fact that she is a bit hard headed came in handy while we were building our international business. My family is my life and when we are successful, we are successful together. When we fail, we fail together. My greatest gift in life was and is my Family. Life is not perfect but it would not be life if it was. Our Faith in Jesus guides us each day. We are followers of Jesus not religion. None of us are right all the time and there are times I am certain we get it wrong but we keep trying and hope that we can be an example to our Boys that they will grow up to be good Men in a world full of questionable characters. Debate is always healthy as long as each debater respects his or her adversary and their God given right to their own opinion. We are only as free as we let ourselves be. Most are chained by intellect that will not allow themselves to believe or have faith in a greater power. Some of us that believe are chained by a distorted man made view of God which is highly in accurate because the men who sanctioned these views desired to retain power over the population. In my view many Christians are as blind or mis led as those who choose not to believe. Life is a gift from God. The way in which we receive this gift is up to us. Be warned, being a christian by no means makes us passivist as i am sure some of you have realized by talking to my wife is that we bite back. Any and all respectful, decent and compassionate debate will be welcomed and treated as such;likwise, Idiots will be dealt with in an entirely different manner. God Bless and Baseball and Agriculture talk is always welcome.

Does your Baptist Group have a ' Statement of Faith/Beliefs? '.

Would you like to Start a New Thread and provide it open for scrutiny, criticism & responses?

||popcorn||

Haha leave it to Composer!

Lol hungry sharks...!

Quote from: Augusto on August 26, 2015, 02:24:08 AM
Lol hungry sharks...!

..apes

Quote from: composer on August 26, 2015, 02:20:29 AM

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 01:46:58 PM
Yes it was. I am 80s childs other half. Very proud of my wife and our Boys. We own and operate a commodities firm. We provide commodities in the form of grains, flours, dairy products and many other beneficial commodities to many different countries. I am the middle son of a wonderful Baptist Preacher who happens to be married to my mother who is a wonderful woman. A bit mis understood and high strung but a good woman. My wife is a beautiful, loyal, talented and smart woman who loves our family and is faithful to our beliefs. The fact that she is a bit hard headed came in handy while we were building our international business. My family is my life and when we are successful, we are successful together. When we fail, we fail together. My greatest gift in life was and is my Family. Life is not perfect but it would not be life if it was. Our Faith in Jesus guides us each day. We are followers of Jesus not religion. None of us are right all the time and there are times I am certain we get it wrong but we keep trying and hope that we can be an example to our Boys that they will grow up to be good Men in a world full of questionable characters. Debate is always healthy as long as each debater respects his or her adversary and their God given right to their own opinion. We are only as free as we let ourselves be. Most are chained by intellect that will not allow themselves to believe or have faith in a greater power. Some of us that believe are chained by a distorted man made view of God which is highly in accurate because the men who sanctioned these views desired to retain power over the population. In my view many Christians are as blind or mis led as those who choose not to believe. Life is a gift from God. The way in which we receive this gift is up to us. Be warned, being a christian by no means makes us passivist as i am sure some of you have realized by talking to my wife is that we bite back. Any and all respectful, decent and compassionate debate will be welcomed and treated as such;likwise, Idiots will be dealt with in an entirely different manner. God Bless and Baseball and Agriculture talk is always welcome.

Does your Baptist Group have a ' Statement of Faith/Beliefs? '.

Would you like to Start a New Thread and provide it open for scrutiny, criticism & responses?

||popcorn||

I was raised Baptist but that is just the Church itself. Each individual should have a personal relationship with God. We are instructed to do unto others as we would have them unto us. We are to love thy neighbor and strive to be compassionate and kind. We believe that the closer we are to our Lord the more fullfilled we will be. In times of hardship we believe that it is in fact a time when we should be in prayer. Life on earth is temporary and someday the suffering will end. God wishes that no one should suffer nor perish. We should live by faith and by grace we should not just share our faith to others but we should live it.

+1 Hubby. We could use a few more Christians with that attitude.

"I hate rude behavior in a man, wont tolerate it"
Yeah, Woodrow Call was a touchy dude.

Welcome to the Forum 80sHubby!

+1 for joining

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Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 03:11:01 PM
... un ruly folks will be met with hostility.

Ah, I see you are from Texas!

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Is it that obvious?

Out of interest, do you tolerate rude behaviour in a woman?

Quote from: Happy Evolute on August 26, 2015, 05:34:02 PM
Out of interest, do you tolerate rude behaviour in a woman?

Yes! Lol Actually the quote is from a movie called Lonesome Dove, best part of the movie!!

Welcome 80sHubby. +1 for joining us.

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 03:11:01 PM
Thanks. I really do not plan on insulting anyone but un ruly folks will be met with hostility.

First of all welcome aboard. I think your wife is a nice person.

I am confused by your statement above though. You say you follow Jesus but I don't think he would approve of hostility.

Quote from: Kusa on August 29, 2015, 12:09:56 AM

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 03:11:01 PM
Thanks. I really do not plan on insulting anyone but un ruly folks will be met with hostility.

First of all welcome aboard. I think your wife is a nice person.

I am confused by your statement above though. You say you follow Jesus but I don't think he would approve of hostility.

Sorry guys he left..... And he wasn't being serious about hostility it was a joke, he didn't think it would be taken literally sorry. My husband is a good person would give you the shirt off his back, but he didn't do well on here, he couldn't deal with the constant negativity from people about his beliefs. And I do not know if you all realize it but you are sometimes pretty negative, I guess we all can be at times. Sometimes tho listen to what people that are different than you have to say, it's not too hard. Joey felt like no matter what he said it got a negative remark.....

Quote from: Kusa on August 29, 2015, 12:09:56 AM

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 03:11:01 PM
Thanks. I really do not plan on insulting anyone but un ruly folks will be met with hostility.

First of all welcome aboard. I think your wife is a nice person.

I am confused by your statement above though. You say you follow Jesus but I don't think he would approve of hostility.

Oh PS Kusa thanks I think your nice too!

thats not the first time the ones who arent into confrontation leave.

this place weeds out the better of us.

Quote from: kevin on August 29, 2015, 10:23:20 AM
thats not the first time the ones who arent into confrontation leave.

this place weeds out the better of us.

Yeah, and I'm too hard headed to leave! lol

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Quote from: 80sChild on August 29, 2015, 02:18:43 AM
Sorry guys he left..... And he wasn't being serious about hostility it was a joke, he didn't think it would be taken literally sorry.

80s, his last post included this:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 28, 2015, 09:28:13 PM
This is the most vile group I have seen maybe ever. Good luck to you people. I shake the dust off and go on my way.

That doesn't seem like a joke to me. Looks like he thinks we're vile.

Quote from: kevin on August 29, 2015, 10:23:20 AM
thats not the first time the ones who arent into confrontation leave.

80sHub came into the Forum making threats about how people should talk to him. His first post:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 12:22:12 PM
80sHusband. Here to see what all the fuss is about. Be nice and I will be nice back. Insensitive, dis respectful and rude behavior will be treated as such and will be responded to in a manner fit for the action.

Second post:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 01:46:58 PM
Any and all respectful, decent and compassionate debate will be welcomed and treated as such;likewise, Idiots will be dealt with in an entirely different manner.

Those posts are confrontational. He's calling people idiots before they've even said a word.

Quote from: Gnu Ordure on August 29, 2015, 11:03:27 AM

Quote from: 80sChild on August 29, 2015, 02:18:43 AM
Sorry guys he left..... And he wasn't being serious about hostility it was a joke, he didn't think it would be taken literally sorry.

80s, his last post included this:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 28, 2015, 09:28:13 PM
This is the most vile group I have seen maybe ever. Good luck to you people. I shake the dust off and go on my way.

That doesn't seem like a joke to me. Looks like he thinks we're vile.

Quote from: kevin on August 29, 2015, 10:23:20 AM
thats not the first time the ones who arent into confrontation leave.

80sHub came into the Forum making threats about how people should talk to him. His first post:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 12:22:12 PM
80sHusband. Here to see what all the fuss is about. Be nice and I will be nice back. Insensitive, dis respectful and rude behavior will be treated as such and will be responded to in a manner fit for the action.

Second post:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 01:46:58 PM
Any and all respectful, decent and compassionate debate will be welcomed and treated as such;likewise, Idiots will be dealt with in an entirely different manner.

Those posts are confrontational. He's calling people idiots before they've even said a word.

This is confrontational.

The man already left. His wife is here, are you trying to have her gone too by attacking her absent husband?

Quote from: Gnu Ordure on August 29, 2015, 11:03:27 AM

Quote from: 80sChild on August 29, 2015, 02:18:43 AM
Sorry guys he left..... And he wasn't being serious about hostility it was a joke, he didn't think it would be taken literally sorry.

80s, his last post included this:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 28, 2015, 09:28:13 PM
This is the most vile group I have seen maybe ever. Good luck to you people. I shake the dust off and go on my way.

That doesn't seem like a joke to me. Looks like he thinks we're vile.

Quote from: kevin on August 29, 2015, 10:23:20 AM
thats not the first time the ones who arent into confrontation leave.

80sHub came into the Forum making threats about how people should talk to him. His first post:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 12:22:12 PM
80sHusband. Here to see what all the fuss is about. Be nice and I will be nice back. Insensitive, dis respectful and rude behavior will be treated as such and will be responded to in a manner fit for the action.

Second post:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 01:46:58 PM
Any and all respectful, decent and compassionate debate will be welcomed and treated as such;likewise, Idiots will be dealt with in an entirely different manner.

Those posts are confrontational. He's calling people idiots before they've even said a word.

Gnu, yes you are right. He should not have come in with the attitude he did. He did see how rough you all were on me when I first came in and I think that is why he had his defenses up before he ever got started. He doesn't do well in debates about religion it hits too close to home I think, his dad is a retired Baptist preacher and he loves his dad with all his heart. So please forgive him at least for me, 80sHubby is a very good man and is not a confrontational person usually. He's a great man and a great father and husband, he would give a stranger the shirt off his back. We come from different worlds all of us and it's hard to understand some people cus we do not understand their culture or background. Texans are a different breed, were kind and friendly and welcome you into our home, but if you disrespect our country or our God we can get wound up and fighting mad lol. So please do not leave thinking bad about my Hubby he really is a sweet guy!
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Quote from: Augusto on August 29, 2015, 11:07:43 AM

Quote from: Gnu Ordure on August 29, 2015, 11:03:27 AM

Quote from: 80sChild on August 29, 2015, 02:18:43 AM
Sorry guys he left..... And he wasn't being serious about hostility it was a joke, he didn't think it would be taken literally sorry.

80s, his last post included this:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 28, 2015, 09:28:13 PM
This is the most vile group I have seen maybe ever. Good luck to you people. I shake the dust off and go on my way.

That doesn't seem like a joke to me. Looks like he thinks we're vile.

Quote from: kevin on August 29, 2015, 10:23:20 AM
thats not the first time the ones who arent into confrontation leave.

80sHub came into the Forum making threats about how people should talk to him. His first post:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 12:22:12 PM
80sHusband. Here to see what all the fuss is about. Be nice and I will be nice back. Insensitive, dis respectful and rude behavior will be treated as such and will be responded to in a manner fit for the action.

Second post:

Quote from: 80sHubby on August 25, 2015, 01:46:58 PM
Any and all respectful, decent and compassionate debate will be welcomed and treated as such;likewise, Idiots will be dealt with in an entirely different manner.

Those posts are confrontational. He's calling people idiots before they've even said a word.

This is confrontational.

The man already left. His wife is here, are you trying to have her gone too by attacking her absent husband?

I know..... I am sorry.

I'm sure he'll come back once he realises we're all nice really.

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Quote from: Happy Evolute on August 29, 2015, 07:30:42 PM
I'm sure he'll come back once he realises we're all nice really.

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YEAH IM SURE HE WILL !