pick your favorite phobias

[psi43]

http://phobialist.com/

While I'm pretty sure that this list doesn't hold every phobia there is and it also has a lot of phobias that seem to be repeating, just with different names (things such as "fear of cats" i think), it's still pretty fun to go through.

Here's my favs:
Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666.
Chronophobia- Fear of time.

The last one just because it sounds really 'deep'.

[Gladius]

gephyro hands down

[redmongoose]

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666.

I have this.

my favorite is panophobia

[trent bortknob]

Cenophobia or Centophobia- Fear of new things or ideas.

that one is just sad that it exists

[trent bortknob]

however, "Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church." seems pretty rational. everyone should have ecclesiophobia

[Gladius]

however, "Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church." seems pretty rational. everyone should have ecclesiophobia

how many more times do i have to wheel this out?

[trent bortknob]

however, "Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church." seems pretty rational. everyone should have ecclesiophobia

how many more times do i have to wheel this out?

please don't turn this into a religious debate. regardless of what you believe, churches have always been involved in sketchy practices, from stealing money from the government to allowing priests who molest children to go unpunished. it's not every church or anything, but i think even if you want to practice your religion or whatever you can do without a church.

[trent bortknob]

it has next to nothing to do with what i do or don't believe in, it has to do with how churches are. i know plenty of christians who don't go to church because churches are not good places

[psi43]

however, "Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church." seems pretty rational. everyone should have ecclesiophobia

how many more times do i have to wheel this out?

please don't turn this into a religious debate. regardless of what you believe, churches have always been involved in sketchy practices, from stealing money from the government to allowing priests who molest children to go unpunished. it's not every church or anything, but i think even if you want to practice your religion or whatever you can do without a church.

ugh really taylor no offense. You keep saying "don't turn this into a religious debate" but that's what YOU keep doing. You keep going on about religion, even if it has nothing to do with the topic.
Here's how it seems to work for you every time; you make a snide remark about religion, whether it's off-topic or not. You wait for someone to respond, then you respond by saying "don't turn this into a religious debate" aaaaand you double post with usually the second one being you trying to trigger a religious debate.

We all know you hate religion, let it go.

(seriously i know i shouldn't do this but;)
what you're saying about churches is bullshit. Yes, it applies to some churches. How many is that? Far below 1% of all of them, so why mention it. That's like saying human beings are psychopaths because some of us are. Why do you waste all your energy trying to talk shit about religion? I'm not religious or anything, i'm not atheist either though, I frankly don't care but you just keep pulling your bs here and keep whining and complaining about how bad religion is - i don't see the point.

10 / 100, E-, see me after class mr.bortner.

[trent bortknob]

i'm honestly not trying to debate anyone here. i saw the phobia for "fear of churches" and thought it was kinda funny so i posted it. i'm sorry that you don't agree with me on the subject of god and religion, but that doesn't mean i shouldn't have the ability to make a joke. some people may actually find it funny.

however, you're the one now turning this into a debate. you messaged me on skype too, and if you had only messaged me on skype it would be ok because we could work it out without the public drama. now people are going to jump in and post their opinions on the matter and they're going to pick sides and WHAMMO now we have a debate.

[Fluffkomix]

Cenophobia or Centophobia- Fear of new things or ideas.

that one is just sad that it exists

This one sounds like the US

[logen]

I'm pretty sure rtil has statophobia, he never updates the irc stats.

[rtil]

¬_¬

[naturally]

heh

[funzop]

Novercaphobia- Fear of your step-mother.

[naturally]

Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news.
Parthenophobia - Fear of virgins or young girls.
Zemmiphobia - Fear of the great mole rat.

what

Helminthophobia - Fear of being infested with worms.

i'm pretty sure everyone has this one

[psi43]

arophobia- Fear of gravity.

that would also be very annoying to have

[rtil]

Helminthophobia - Fear of being infested with worms.

i'm pretty sure everyone has this one

less a fear and more of not wanting it to happen to you

[Gladius]

i used to think i was a huge acrophobe

then i was informed that would require being terrified by the mere sight of skyscrapers

[psi43]

i used to think i was a huge acrophobe

then i was informed that would require being terrified by the mere sight of skyscrapers

yeah phobia basically means that you flip out (sometimes even lose complete control of your body) once you see what you fear. It's stupid that a lot of people claim they have Claustrophobia, when in reality they mean they're not comfortable with confined spaces.