Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Amen. 🙏✝️
And, BTW, I just want to thank you for sharing the perspective of someone who has seen some of these changes IN PERSON. Like myself, an older anon who has watched this slow-motion train wreck of society in real time, we bring with us a perspective that's, IMHO, invaluable. I (all too frequently) read some younger anons spitting venom about "boomers", blaming us for every ill of the world and primarily because their marxist teachers in grade-junior-high schools and certainly college professors infused the "hate your parents and all prior generations, blame them for everything" narrative into their minds, designed to drive generational wedges between groups and break supportive family bonds. We were certainly assaulted by the same marxist/leftist/evil venom, but many of us called the marxist shitheads out on that pathetic tactic in our youth, effectively shutting them up. Bullies back down when confronted.
As someone who never liked history while in pre-university education, didn't bother with it in university, I've come to very deeply appreciate its importance from right here on GAW. To say that it's critically important would be an understatement. Our families and past generations in general - in addition to the ensuing generations that followed ours - are crucial to our understanding of the evolution of our society into what it's become today. Despite natural generational friction, whatever history we can glean from our predecessors is invaluable to a more complete understanding of how we arrived at this crisis point. We can beat the beast back down for a couple-few generations as has been done (repeatedly) in the past, but that's not the exercise we have in front of us. Our task is to eradicate this evil for a thousand years.
It all comes back to God. Your comment was absolutely perfect, just beautiful. Thank you, BerlinWallCrosser, for sharing your perspective, your wisdom and your faith. All glory to God.
Thanks for your comment. I started writing how Job 38 & 39 was God’s answer to evolutionists and somewhere in the first paragraph, the Holy Spirit took over. As I reread before I hit send, I realized that a Higher Power took over. I give glory to God for that statement.
After reading this and then reading your previous post i can see the transition you mention. It’s all truly about accepting God’s own sacrifice as our own. There is nothing we can add.
Amen.