--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Wow! Do you want tax returns and DNA swabs included?
Nah, that would be icky. > Just curious, why, in your mind, is it relevant to ask such of so > called Newbies and not of every poster (the answers are not apparent > to most posters)? It was a whim mostly, but I do find myself curious about some folks here when I try to figure out how they "got there." > > Beyond that, what, in your mind, is the value of having this > information (other than a sort of lifestyle voyeurism)? Oh, there's a goodly gob of voyeurism in this deal, that's for sure. Guilty here, but also, seriously, I believe the answers can give me a better grip on folks here such that I'm not stepping on their toes as much as will happen by chance. Edg > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > If you're new here, tell us about yourself, and then post this with a > > new title that includes your name: THE NEWBIE QUESTION LIST: <your > > name here> > > > > 1. In which religion were you raised? > > > > 2. In which other religious movements have you been a true believer? > > List them in chronological order. > > > > 3. Do you believe in reincarnation? > > > > 4. Do you believe in an omniscient, omnipotent, God Who is running the > > universe down to the least aspect? > > > > 5. How do you define soul? > > > > 6. How do you define enlightenment? > > > > 7. Nature or nurture? > > > > 8. List the gurus in who's physical presence you've been. > > > > 9. What country do you live in now? > > > > 10. How many children have you parented? > > > > 11. How many times married? > > > > 12. Years spent in the TMO? > > > > 13. Years spent living in Fairfield, Iowa? > > > > 14. Vegetarian? What rules? Eggs, fish, dairy, chicken allowed as > > exceptions? > > > > 15. Do you watch entertainment that portrays raw and graphic violence? > > > > 16. Can drugs be spiritually useful to the ordinary person on the > > street such that regular use could be supported? > > > > 17. In which places of the world have you lived a year or more? > > > > 18. On a 1 - 10 scale, rate how much of your spiritual journey you've > > accomplished so far. 10 would be "all the way." > > > > 19. How much time do you spend per day in formal spiritual practices > > that are not common-everyday human activities? > > > > 20. List the recreational activities, hobbies, passions that get more > > than 10 hours per week of your time. > > > > 21. What do you expect to get out of posting here at FairfieldLife? > > >
