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Thanks Mark, I'll take a look at that. gc

Has anyone found on the site how old the pictures are? They can't be recent. I looked at my old house and it looks like pre-katrina, there are no trailers in the neighborhood. I looked at my brother's house, which is gone now, and I see lots of trees and his neighbor's house, which shouldn't be there. gc

Me too pipes! I was feeling guilty about all my evil ways and pressured about fessing up. Now that everyone is coming clean, I think I can do it! I held up the line at the post office the other day looking for money to pay for stamps. You see, I tried to give the gal a $20.00 bill to pay for something under a dollar and she didn't have enough change. I should be ashamed of myself, and I really am. I did have a 5 dollar bill when I left home, but I gave it away to this homeless guy. I will repent of my evil ways! :( gc

I'm lookign forward to it too! gc

I've finished listening to the recordings by the ladies and the men. They were all really good! Thanks for doing them and thanks for making them available to us. :) gc

Ya'll have fun and be safe! :) gc

I don't think I know anyone like that anymore. The man I've been seeing for some years now would have been considered a geek when I was a teen. I just LOVE geeky men now! He is intelligent, and that is such a turn on to me! I guess that is TMI huh? :) gc

Congrats to all of you! :) gc

Congrats to you and your daughter, I've always admired anyone with art talent. I can't draw two stick figures without a ruler. gc

I hope you are having a wonderful birthday John! gc

Yeah, it helped me too Evan. Thanks David! There was a piece in the paper months back that showed the depth of water around the city, but the one copy that I looked at wasn't mine. So, an added benefit is that this video has a link that shows the depths in some of St. Bernard and New Orleans. gc

Evan, Christine looks beautiful! :wub: gc

Congrats! What a wonderful accomplishment! gc

I have in on CD, and its good too Chas :) My brother lost all of his albums, a closet full, in Katrina! :( Some of them were mine at one time, I'd given them to him years ago. gc

Hope, all kinds of good words said to you, and I have nothing to add to them. I will think of you with kindness and keep you in my prayers. gc

A lot of good things have been brought up on this thread, but I’m not sure about this one. If the only reason that a follower of twi stops shunning their family or friends and opens their arms towards them is because its the latest edict of the bod, then how can you trust it? I’m not insinuating that an apology from an inni to an ex would be insincere, but what I believe could happen is that the edict could be over turned at any point. And then what are people left with? It goes deeper there than a memo “to whom it may concern, apologize to the ex-wayfers you know”. The beliefs of shunning and superiority within twi would need to change first. And I also believe that wayfers would not only need to begin to think for themselves, but also to following what they believe is right. In other words, they would need to have their own walk and stand with God and JC. If not, as soon as a new directive came down the tube… Another thought, Just because twi bod decides its ok to welcome your family into your home, even after all that was taught against it, does not mean that followers will think ill of the organization and the people running it. One of the main things that attracted me to twi was that they would (supposedly) change what they taught if they found new evidence to the fact. And, after everything that has happened thus far, people have stuck with them. I was raised in a religious organization (one in which I left once I hit teenage) that believed that the leader was speaking for God, and one leader would and could contradict another (once a leadership change took place) by changing the rules. It didn’t happen often and honestly I didn’t even know it did until I did some digging up on its history later in life. This organization is still very large, rich and powerful. Just my opinion gc

Oh my gosh Evan! I hope no one was sitting in your living room! :( gc

sirguessalot, I absolutely love you nick :) Is this question along the lines of "can we ever know ourselves" and "can we ever know God"? gc

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You ARE good Tom! gc

I hope it isn't too simplistic :) gc

Mister Holland's Opus gc