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ataraxia
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Date Joined Oct 2003
Total Posts : 67
| Posted 10/30/2003 1:00 PM (GMT -6) |   | adiaphora writes:
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For those of you who have heard the rumors that adiaphora has gone off the deep end, they're not (entirely) true!!!
After three years of serving as moderator of the ever-lively Christus Victor Ministries discussion board, I have decided to pursue my dream of deep sea exploration. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to get a decent internet connection in my diving bell, so it's time for me to hang up and dive.
Thanks to everyone for the privilege of sitting in on your conversations. I learned a thing or two, laughed a lot, and listened in without having to interrupt the flow hardly at all. You have made my job very easy. Always watch out for one another and take care of each other, so we can all enjoy less moderation and more passion. I think if I was going to stick around I'd make that my signature. Maybe I can turn it into a bumper sticker for my diving bell. Do you think the squid will understand? Maybe it's better if they don't....
I'm excited for you all to meet my successor, ataraxia. You can tell by the name that you are in for a real upgrade. As for my name, I see no reason to conceal it from you any longer. Call me Ishmael.
Well, it's time for me to find my own flow. Farewell!
adiaphora
I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you and good-bye to adiaphora for three years of loving, patient service. It’s a privilege to be invited by her and those who administrate this site to follow her as moderator. I hardly think most will notice the change, since things run pretty smoothly as it is. I’ll be relying on adiaphora for a while to learn my way around, and adiaphora may drop in from time to time to say hi or to help out.
So, why ataraxia? I’m glad you asked. ataraxia is what I wish for everyone who visits the site, whether just to listen in or to participate: peace and tranquility, for that is what ataraxia is, the absence of strife and discord.
I hope to be announcing in the next couple of weeks several small changes that we hope will make things run just a bit more smoothly. Nothing to lose sleep over.
In the meantime, let’s all wish adiaphora a bon voyage as she takes a well-deserved vacation. Enjoy it adiaphora!
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DLW
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Date Joined Apr 2003
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| Posted 10/30/2003 1:30 PM (GMT -6) | | peace and tranquility?
 Ooooooh, we're going to get along just fine, just fine...
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Electra
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Date Joined Feb 2002
Total Posts : 611
| Posted 10/31/2003 6:53 AM (GMT -6) | | quote:
So, why ataraxia? I’m glad you asked. ataraxia is what I wish for everyone who visits the site, whether just to listen in or to participate: peace and tranquility, for that is what ataraxia is, the absence of strife and discord.
I hope to be announcing in the next couple of weeks several small changes that we hope will make things run just a bit more smoothly. Nothing to lose sleep over.
In the meantime, let’s all wish adiaphora a bon voyage as she takes a well-deserved vacation. Enjoy it adiaphora!
ataraxia
Welcome ataraxia! Cool name! Would you believe that I happened to see this word for the first time in print the same day I read your post? Here’s the quote:
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[T]he self in despair is always building only castles in the air, is only shadowboxing. All these imaginatively constructed virtues make it look splendid; like oriental poetry, they fascinate for a moment; such self-command, such imperturbability, such ataraxia, etc. practically border on the fabulous. Yes, they really do, and the basis of the whole thing is nothing. ~ Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death, p. 69.
OK, it’s not the most uplifting passage on the planet. But never underestimate the significance of nothing. 
Electra
aka outis ousia
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Tom
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| Posted 10/31/2003 10:49 AM (GMT -6) | | Oooo, Electra, very nice quote from SK. Amazing that you should run across that word the same time ataraxia posted it.
ataraxia (that's hard to type quickly!), welcome to the job. Hope we don't give you too much trouble. You have very hard shoes to fill. Good luck!
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ataraxia
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Date Joined Oct 2003
Total Posts : 67
| Posted 11/2/2003 5:20 AM (GMT -6) | | quote:
Originally posted by MephEternal
Anorexia,
Welcome to the board.
Anorexia? Watch it MephEternal. I was warned about you. You're already on my list, so you best be nice to me.
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