Introduce yourself!

[G_Town]

Holy cow dude I was just kidding.

You can believe in the easter bunny for all I care.

A sense of humor is a good thing. Try it some time.

[JaimeZ]

G-Town,

Just like Don, being a Christian is who I am. I give credit to God for all my knowledge in prepress.

Don like myself have seen Christians beat up in today's society as narrow minded often blind sheep following an antiquated religion. Well Don puts it really well: that it is not a religion but a relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ and we have been given a manual in His Word, the Bible, to help us to live godly moral lives.

I understand that some of you may be offended. It is not Don's nor my intention to offend but rather to inform you of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We do not do it because we hate you and others, but rather because we're taught that God wants all to come to salvation and only through believers in Christ proclaiming Him will people have an opportunity accept Jesus--we do it out of love. Now, Don nor I will not force you to accept--it is your choice.

Don and I feel comfortable expressing our belief in the Lounge and perhaps a different thread should be started within the Lounge for further discussion on our faith. I guarantee, that outside of the occasional "thank God" comment within my posts that I will stick to the topic discussed in the appropriate sections, but in the Lounge we are within our right. Just like the post starts "Introduce yourself!" Don and I have introduced ourselves not only as prepress guys but more importantly as "Born Again" believers in Christ.

[G_Town]

You know what?

I don't care, really. Your beliefs are your own. I made a joke plain and simple if that joke was misconstrued as some type of religious persecution I apologize.

I do believe the reply to my post was a little over the top, what ever happened to forgiveness?

Religion and Politics....I shoulda know better.

[30YearsandCounting]

I have to agree. This is getting pretty heavy. I have my own personal beliefs, but a prepress/printing forum is not the place IMHO to go preaching to others. Perhaps it is time for one of the moderators to jump in and clarify the policy. Cory? Eric?

[Cory Smith]

I agree that it is time to move on and get back on topic. There is no policy regarding the discussion of politics or religion but I do think personal emails might be better for that type of discussion.
thanks

[disbellj]

"You know what?

I don't care, really. Your beliefs are your own. I made a joke plain and simple if that joke was misconstrued as some type of religious persecution I apologize."

I can tell you don't care. I thought perhaps someone here would. And I didn't see it as a joke. I saw it as a snide remark to quickly end the conversation, which it seems to have done.

Maybe if someone said you shouldn't mention your wife on this thread of "Introduce yourself" because "There's no marriage in printing", then maybe you could see where I'm coming from. Just like I'm sure your relationship with your wife means a great deal to you, my relationships mean a great deal to me, and I for one don't find my relationship with my wife something to be laughed at, nor my relationship with my God something to be laughed at or made jokes of. If you say "Get a sense of humor", I say "Some things just aren't funny".

"I do believe the reply to my post was a little over the top, what ever happened to forgiveness?"

A little over the top? Did you even read it, or did you just say "Holy Cow!" and not read it? What ever happened to forgiveness? What ever happened to "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all"? Forgiveness is not just given. It must be asked for first. Believe it or not, some people get mad when you try to forgive them and they don't think they've done anything wrong. Forgiveness. It doesn't seem like you want it, so why should I give it? Tell me one thing in your "joke" that was funny (remember to put it in the context of something you care deeply about being made fun of, and then tell me if it sounds funny).

Don

[G_Town]

What makes you think I'm married or even heterosexual?

People whom I don't know or are not close to me have absolutely no effect on me what so ever.
You want to call my wife something nasty go right ahead I won't care in the least as you have no power over me nor should I you.

Ok the joke was from a "league of their own" remember with Tom Hanks when he tells the female ball player "theres no crying in baseball!"

Obviously I ain't that funneh.

I'm done this is getting silly.


Peace

[disbellj]

G_Town,

Thanks for replying and elaborating. Sorry for mistaking your joke for something other than what it was.

Peace

Don

[Penink]

Ohhhhhhhhhhh, now I see why the Wiccan was thrown off this board.

[Suzanne]

Hi all,

I'm Suzanne, from EFI (Electronics for Imaging). I think the whole staff just received an invitation from randy at whattheythink.com to join printplanet, so there may be a few new faces appearing...

I work mostly with Udi Arieli and his team based in Chicago on the PrintFlow dynamic scheduling product. My work history includes writing for EFI, PrintCafe, & Programmed Solutions (first makers of what is now EFI PSI Print MIS). Before that: marketing communications, training, book production management, layout, and typesetting beginning at Southern New England Typographics 1977 and ending in some temp shop in Burlingame CA. At SNET, our dedicated Linotype computers were in two rows in the old print factory/warehouse, with the hot-type machines lined up against the walls, still warm... now, I don't think I even get any of my documents printed. It's online help, online PDFs, tooltips, PowerPoints, etc. (Burning question: Do any of you print the PDFs you receive with your software purchases and/or upgrades?) Times keep changing and we are never bored. Oh and I'm Buddhist :-) and a dual citizen of Canada and the USA. I've been a remote worker for over ten years. Feel free to look me up on facebook, in the Halifax Nova Scotia network. Nice to find this online community. Cheers!