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 evolving
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
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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I grew up in a very old (pre civil war) Methodist southern church and knew about Jesus all my life. It wasn’t until I was about 28 and mom to a sweet little girl that I discovered Jesus Christ as my lord and savior. I started going to church again when she was 2 or 3 because I felt she needed it. I found out I needed! I got into watching Billy Graham a lot & his message was what lead to me being saved. As a child I had a lot of trauma from a verbally abusive alcoholic dad, I always knew someone was looking out for me, my mom, grandparents & great grandma. It took twenty something years to figure out it was Jesus and their prayers watching over me.