Spiritually: Would you trust a Male posing as a Female?

I had to delete some to make it fit.

I do not necessarily see that a male posing as a woman would cause me to question what they have to say regarding religion. In my view, women are in some ways more in tune with their spiritual sides than men. That may sound strange coming from a man, but I recognize that while men and women are equal, there are still differences between us.

In a sense, there are very few people who participate in this forum that are honest. If you do not use your real name, if you use a cartoon avatar instead of your real picture, then at some level that shows dishonesty. Since my real name is not B. Knott Wildered, then looking at it from that viewpoint I am not being honest. However, that name does describe my attitude and my approach to life in general. It also reflects my wish for each of you. Translated into more modern English, my username simply states, "Do not be misled."

I see about half a dozen different ways I could go from here, and am at this point struggling a bit. It is not that I do not have anything to say but rather that I almost have to much to say in Yahoo has such restricted character limits. As I go about my activities today I will consider how to finish my answer, assuming that it will still be open. But somehow I feel that my finish will be give several people pause to consider.

A Edit: This has the potential of being the most meaningful comment anyone could possibly make. At least in my humble opinion. As far as someone having knowledge and authority about any particular religion or religious group, I do not care whether it is a man or a woman and do not care what they portray themselves as in this forum, just as long as a woman does not claim something that only a man could do or a man claims something that only a woman could do. Other than that, the only thing I'm concerned with is their knowledge.

Ironically, one of my favorite pet names for my daughter at one time was "George." I have been a Baha'i for over a couple of decades now. I have good reason to believe that Baha'is move their place of residence long distances more than any other group due to our efforts to spread the message of the Baha'i Faith. Due to that, I have Baha'i friends from literally all over the world, and many of them I have known for decades, some of them even before I became a Baha'i. I found out something very interesting recently. There is a lady who participates in this forum who is a friend of a friend of mine. My friend is a Baha'i of long-standing, and I don't honestly know exactly how long I have known her, but the length of time does not really matter. What matters is that I trust this lady enough that I would turn over my home to her for a year if I had to be away, knowing that it would be probably in better shape when I got back than it was when I left. I would literally trust her with my life. It really does not matter how I found out the following information, but find out I did. As I stated, this friend of mine happens to know someone who participates in this forum. That someone goes by the avatar very similar to "a not very quiet female lion." Call her a lioness if you will. But I found out that this lioness once had an account where she used the name George. I can well understand that and I'll get to that in the moment. But my friend has verified that beyond any doubt lioness is very much a female and in addition has verified that lioness has indeed had a past which has caused her a great deal of emotional stress, things that no young girl should have to live through. I want to very firmly state that if I say nothing else.

When I first started participating in this forum, I had two female stalkers, one named Debra who at the time was Roman Catholic, and another one whose name I'm not going to use, but she was Apostolic, with her hair in a bun and dresses to the floor. I may tell the story in this forum someday, but Debra literally twice almost murdered me, and the other one showed the potential of causing harm as well. When you are literally in fear for your life, you do things a person ordinarily would not do, such as hide and conceal your identity. I did that when I first started in this forum simply because I was terrified that one or both of them would by accident run across me in this forum and then trace my location. So when I hear the story about lioness and what she did and is still doing to an extent, I can very much empathize. I could say so much more but I'm probably running out of room here. But one thing that I do want to say is this, be careful of the names you call and be careful of the standards by which you judge others. It may come back to bite you, and bite you hard. And I ask you this, What would Jesus do were He in your shoes?

I don't know who you are talking about so I can't give a specific answer. There likely are people posing as others on this site. Someone could have someone else's picture as their avatar and or they could use a 20 year old picture so you think that they are younger. Sometimes you could judge a person as being legit when they aren't or judge them as being a poser when they are legit. One doesn't have the benefit of person to person contact. All you can do is look at whether people are consistent or not. As for lies, yes people lie on this site and some are very good at it. They post a long list of sources to back up their claims and it makes their argument look impressive. The problem is that the sources posted may just be other people spouting unfair opinion. Another thing: Most people don't check out the long list of sources. They just think: "There must be something to what they are saying because they listed sources." and adopt the accuser's prejudice. It takes a shrewd person to get to the bottom of what is true or not. There is much good information on this site but also there are some very misleading things put forward so there is caution needed. One thing about the gender issue: If someone poses as a female to put forward the idea that they were assaulted by a male, that is just wrong. I don't know if that is the case, but I am wondering by things people said if that is the implication. But if they are just trying to throw off their identity because they have a genuine desire for privacy that is another. People can get very tricky on this site and it is best to only go on confirmed facts.

Whats up beautiful girl. I consider the serpent is a metaphor for deception. I do know some men and women believe that satan had targeted powers, but the bible doesn't particularly say that at any place. The only real power satan had was deception and no he failed to turn out to be the snake or make the snake speak. He proly simply threw his voice from at the back of a bush or some thing. We all know this is proly what happened on account that Adam and Eve were dumb as bricks consuming the fruit and all. I'm ashamed i am their decendent.

Some may want to not give any hint of who they are and assume and identity very different from their own...for non-abusive reasons. Let's assume they just want to answer freely and not worry someone they know will recognize them...that's OK with me.

On the other hand, I am a female. I used a female photo that is me--my answer is similar to the others. As one said, perhaps they have been booted out by too many "report abuse," button pushers.

At first this unnerved me, because I thought this was to be an enlightening forum, where people came together with different backgrounds to "reason" with one another...when I saw a lot of hatred and vile language...I just stopped.

Then I talked among those whom I knew who were good people who stayed on, and learned there is good coming from this...and just BLOCK and report...

So now, I realize some of these who have been ousted will try again. I probably will be ousted because I've pushed that button when I see people who are not just rude but ranting and can't control their "hatred," as one aptly put it.

If any of you want to block me, I'll not wine or cry...if some I've blocked have...thank you!

I know several women with men's names (Michael and Joel for instance) and vice versa. That doesn't concern me but if a person answered here as if he/she were of the opposite sex then of course I wouldn't trust them. So line them up with all the other untrustworthy and lying people on Y/A... it's a long line.

The way I learn about a person here is by how they answer questions and the questions they ask. Liars are usually full of hate and cruelty so it's possible to weed them out, as is their copy and paste propaganda. As for the rantings of the member you are speaking of, well I wouldn't worry too much. One would have to be a fool to take them seriously. Off his or her meds is what they are.

I figure its just best to not assume anyones gender based on an avatar.

Personally I'm looking only to answer questions about the Bible, I don't really care if a man or woman asks.

(and sometimes I do get distracted by the questions asking random things like "what's your favorite candy bar")

I'm confused. Did I miss something?

But to answer your question I wouldn't trust anyone posing, and definitely not the copy & paste propaganda to HARM and not to inform or ANSWER the question.

Absolutely not. If they have a female avatar and they have a male name I feel it should be suspended,I feel they are deceitful. I too know of someone that does this. If a person is doing this and answering questions I would beware. How can one falsely display what they call faith or belief in God and have a name of the opposite gender? There was a rambler called daughter of something.What was she ram bongg about. i think she is a friend of the he/she that is being discussed.

Actions speak louder than words , this person has proven them self to be untrust worthy.

Look at the profile of this person it they have to tell you they don't lie then they are a liar. Honest people feel no reason to make such a statement.

Spiritually speaking, No, I wouldn't trust them. That shows they have a heart of deceit and not the personality of a Christian. Of course, the Bible said man would advance from bad to worse so people like that come with the territory.