I'm pretty much out to most of my acquaintences.  In class today, I had a woman tell me that God told her I'm supposed to be a woman.  She asked me, "Didn't God tell you that, too?"  I said no, God told me I was supposed to be a man and why did I wait so long.  lol  *shakes head*  I think that's the weirdest thing anyone's said to me yet about being trans.

God told me to be an atheist.

And god forgot about me altogether 
That is definately weird. She -the person with the so called connections upstairs- all right in the head? Lol.

I'd probably counter that with a 'Did God just tell you that or did you figure you can just go ahead and speak on His behalf?'

Nice comeback though and yer... I figure the 'err' moment on that one. xD.

Tell her that those words would mean a lot more coming from god himself. 

Ask her,"does God often speak to you?"
And ,"do you hear other voices in your head too? "
And, "are you seeing a psychiatrist for this?"

I think your reply was excellent, jmaxley.  It is good to speak in the language of the other person.  Why God would be telling her about you is a puzzle, but God created busybodies, too.

- Kate

This morning when I walked into class, her first words to me were "You don't want to go against God, do you?"

I told her I thought God could handle it.

Quote from: jmaxley on June 23, 2010, 08:25:36 PM
"You don't want to go against God, do you?"

Those people really creep me out. They speak for God... and so you must obey.

You handled it far more gracefully than I could have.

They creep me out too.

Weird. Sounds annoying.

Haaahaha I think it's hilarious just havin some weird person say that.

What's weird is the absolutism of the statement.  How do you refute it?  "Well, God told me to be a man.  You must have heard wrong."  People who believe they are absolutely right with no wiggle room and no evidence to back them up seem to be living in their own little world.

- Kate

Yeah, being in the Deep South, I'm absolutely surrounded by people like this...this woman takes the cake, though.  Today, I walk in and nod hi at everyone, sit down at my desk and the woman announces, "What a pretty face; everyone, look at her pretty face.  And she wants to mess it up by becoming a man."  She also pointed out how wide my hips were.     Which T and diet and exercise will take care of, since it's being overweight that makes them wider (thank God I've got freakin' huge shoulders though--apparently those escaped the woman's notice).

I just keep thinking, once this summer is over, I never have to see these people ever again.

I'd give you a bullet to bite on, but I'm fresh out of ammo after shooting all the self-righteous, god-fearin', ultra-conservative bigots in my own neighborhood.

Okay, just kidding. Hang in there, dude.

Quote from: jmaxley on June 25, 2010, 10:03:26 PM
Yeah, being in the Deep South, I'm absolutely surrounded by people like this...this woman takes the cake, though.  Today, I walk in and nod hi at everyone, sit down at my desk and the woman announces, "What a pretty face; everyone, look at her pretty face.  And she wants to mess it up by becoming a man."  She also pointed out how wide my hips were.     Which T and diet and exercise will take care of, since it's being overweight that makes them wider (thank God I've got freakin' huge shoulders though--apparently those escaped the woman's notice).

I just keep thinking, once this summer is over, I never have to see these people ever again.

She is one cream pie. I take it that psychiatric services are poor in the deep south. "cos she should be under treatment. Hearing voices is not normal. 
And on the eighth day god created all the morons who could read its mind.

Genesis: Missing page.

Cindy

Hmm.  This is interesting.  Today she came up to me, called me by my male name, and apologized.  I guess there is hope for some people. 

Quote from: jmaxley on June 28, 2010, 05:58:34 PMHmm.  This is interesting.  Today she came up to me, called me by my male name, and apologized.  I guess there is hope for some people.

Wow. This may be the weirdest development yet. Do you suppose someone talked to her? I doubt that she was all fired up about doing some online research or anything progressive like that...

she must have figured out she wasn't going to get to you.  And isn't a sin say you know the mind of God.

ƃuıxǝʌ, I would had said "This are real, why, do you want a feel to make sure?".

jmaxley, some nice replies you had to her. I don't know how you coped. Maybe a "God told me you're not very good at Chinese whispers. Maybe you should try and listen harder."