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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Every atheist or agnostic I personally know, are not happy people, and certainly devoid of true joy. The pleasures they seek are fleeting and temporary, and then they are miserable again. Always needing something, some kind of distraction or get away, some kind of improvement in their physical lot. There is never enough for them. Now, in Matthew 15 26 Jesus says to a woman who asks her daughter to be healed, that the bread from the table goes to his children first, not to the dogs, she responds that even the dogs get the crumbs from his table. He was referring to the Jews, who he had come to save, and the woman was a gentile, all gentiles were considered sinners, just in the fact that they were not born as Jews. It is understandable why people do feel unworthy, as it is repeated often in the New Testament that we are unworthy, except for our Faith, with a capital F. It is an interesting contemplation, the walk between self worth, and humility. If I take myself out of the equation, my ego, my self interest, I can see myself as no better or worse than any creation of God. There is conflict with other denominations because of my belief. I am worthy only because I am God's creation, my atomic structure and cells were created by the great I AM. So, I am at once a precious jewel made with his loving hands, and yet will always be unworthy if I do not believe in HIM. A blade of grass is also a creation of HIS hands, and will. Yet we trample on it, plow it up, with no thought of why it is there, that it is part of Creation, What separates me from that blade of grass, is that my being was given a consciousness, a choice to believe and love HIM, and that love gives me worth, and purpose. As we learn about energies and frequencies, we can almost hear the rejoicing in all things natural to God Almighty. "Even these stones will cry out" Christ said. I think we will soon witness that, so, have no fear, and be a good steward, according to the law in Scripture.