SuperFly wrote:

Hmmmm... I have to gather my thoughts on this one. For the most part, I do not trust women that I meet in church. Why? The lot of them tend to be quite religious, whereas I am not. MY faith does not rest on what I do in church so much as the way that I try to conduct myself. Matter of factly, it has been said to me that I'm pretty much a borderline Agnostic. However, back to the subject. I honestly don't trust any woman that I meet in church. It has mostly to do with these types: The ZEALOT I dislike/don't trust this one the most. These are the women that are straight up Jesus Phreaks. They generally have a need to belong to something larger and will listen to whatever that damn minister says without thought to whether it is correct. However he dictates to the Bible to her, that's how it is. Hence she's quite educated on the Bible, but she will not for her own opinion or even venture to do any research as to the context of the passage or to see if there are even any historical implications (i.e. the preachers stresses that its a woman's job in a marrige to SUBMIT and its drilled into her head as such. Yet he fails to add that the verse directly after that one in ANY version of the Bible is that men are supposed to sacrifice for their wives. So now she believes that she should be submissive to any male that she's in a relationship with and lets the lil ***** run her into the ground without a second thought. If she gets treated wrong, it must be something that SHE did). The Zealot generally finds some kind of way to add religion (note: RELIGION... not God or Christianity) into a conversation. Yes, its cool to dicuss God and other things of the like, but often times they will not bother to research other religions - let alone anything else - to see what they're up against because they have their head so far up that minister's ass that they're choking on her tithing envelope. Most of her activities revolve around the church. She goes to church on sunday, Bible study on monday and wednesday, helps with the youth on thursday, goes to friday night prayers service, etcetera. In addition, she normally conducts herself as if she is better than everyone else because she "walks with the Lord". Even though she may have her own faults, she doesn't admit to them because of this "walk". In essence, she needs to get a life. There are other things to life besides church, and there are other things to Christianity besides church. I want to get to know a woman, not a lemming. The first thing that she will tell you that she wants in a man is someone who "loves God like I do". She's often looking for someone tall, built and can pray like the dickens. If he can quote her some scripture in a time of need (it only has to be slightly relevant), she's putty in his hand. We clearly wouldn't make a match in the first place. I'm not religious AT ALL, and don't trust many people of the cloth. Did I mention that I'm in the military and we make our living dealing out the very whoop ass that her church is likely opposed to? The MOUTHPIECE The mouth piece goes to church on a regular basis because it is a "staple" of the Black life. She lives and breathes black community events. During announcements, she ALWAYS has something to add. She is opposed to most types of authority and thinks that 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the War in Iraq come together to form one big conspiracy. She's quite independent and, not too much like the Zealot, believes that because she knows the "truth" and is doing so much for black people, and other things of the like, her shite therefore smells like peaches and creme. She often complains about there being shortage of good brothas and even ventures to say that the governmet is out to get us and our kids. She's quite headstrong and if she wants something, then regardless of logic, she is going to get it. She's into a lot of "spiritual" things and likes to explore living life. On any given night, you can find her at a poetry reading, hanging out with friends of various "alternative" lifestyles, meditating in room that wreaks of inscence, or making jewelery out of hemp and shells. The very first thing that catches her eye? DREADLOCKS. If you step in the church lookin like you came from the Carribbean, she's drooling.Her nose is often keen to the "earthy" scents (i.e. the lil cheap cologne that you can purcahse at almost any "African Art Store"). It obvious why I avoid these types... the conspiracy has come to her CHURCH!! The AROUND THE WAY GIRL Around the way hasn't actually joined the church. She's not really religious, spiritual, or anything else like that. Its actually quite a miracle that she got up before 1 pm on a sunday, even after her mother's begging and pleading. She's sitting at least 3/4 towards the back of the sanctuary, or even in the balcony - wherever she can get out the quickest. She clearly doesn't attend service very ofter, given her skirt that doesn't meet the fingertip rule, a blouse that causes all the dirty old men to sweat, and flip flops... The only reason that she attends service on a semi kinda sorta almost regular basis is because her family goes to that church and every now and again, they piss her off just that much that she gets her ol grumpy ass up and throws something halfway respectable on her back just so they will shut up. This kinda girl has no real goal in life. Her only hope in going to church on sunday is that maybe... just maybe... there's some "thug *****" there that doesn't want to be there just as much as she does. The minister calls it "a match that is blessed because it was made at the church." She calls it "hmmm... I can hang out with this ***** and do all kinds of ****ed up **** while both our folks are at church." Now I'm not saying that all women that go to church fit into one of those archetype. That just happens to be all I'm ever introduced to. I rarely ever meet a "normal" person with a "normal" outlook on life. I'm already in an atmosphere where I'm quite apprehensive, because I just don't trust the church overall in the first place. I guess, in part, that I also don't go to church with the intention of meeting women, hence, I probably don't see anyone that I consider normal. I go to learn (okay, okay, okay... and partly to be entertained by the dumb spectacle too).

SuperFly wrote:

Would I speak from anything else?