Your Church Can Help You Get Well (or Make You Sick!)
It is the quality of our communities, especially our faith communities, that contributes to how healthy or unhealthy we are. I have come to understand that the grace of God includes the way in which we can help each other become healthier and stay healthier through the quality of our lives together. I have also learned that as we sin against one another, we can do real harm to the health of others through stressful relationships.
Several years ago, I became very interested in the Human Genome Project and what our genetic code meant theologically. I taught a course called “Adam, Eve and the Genome; The Human Genome Project and Theology” that became a book by the same name.
In the chapter called “The Chemistry of Community,” I argue that it is a common misconception that our genes simply determine our physical being. Really, our genetic code is a complex pattern of chemicals that are “turned on and turned off” by interactions with other genes and our environment. There are some extremely rare diseases that have an exact genetic component, but generally, genetic material is expressed—or fails to be expressed-- in the interaction with our environment. There is no nature/nurture divide. Human biology operates within the stew of environment, breathing it, eating it, excreting in it; in effect you’re soaking in it.
Our religious communities are a big part of this environment in which we live and move and have our being. It is becoming clearer that the quality of our human life together—in families and society, and the whole human community in relationship to the environment—heals or harms us. Far from being deterministic (“It’s all in the genes”), the chemistry of gene expression has been shown to be enormously complex and deeply connected with the stressors of an individual’s whole environment. Adult-onset diseases are a good example. Genes turn off and turn on in response to the individual’s environment. Our communities, our lives together, really do make us “one body”; if our society is sick, then so are we. Healthy communities, communities that put human well-being at the center, directly affect the health of the individuals within them.
Dominant American culture contains several factors that make it particularly difficult, if not impossible, to see the role of community in the workings of our genes. In the words of Gary Gunderson, a prominent architect of the Faith and Health movement, “In our popular culture we tend to think of health as something that happens to individuals, not to communities. We have difficulty speaking about communities in anything other than the language of mechanical functions and services. The language of health initially seems odd because we have removed the word from its roots in relationship—wholeness—and quite literally privatized it, even monetized it.”
Theologians too have recently begun to examine the way in which the quality of our relational life is a key factor in how we become human together, or how we fail to contribute to one another’s growth in grace. Beverly Harrison has said “by our acts of love or lovelessness we bring one another into being.”
In the language of classical theology, grace is the term Christian theologians use to describe how God works with the world to move it toward wholeness (shalom). Unlike Martin Luther, for example, who thought of grace as the way the individual sinner attains righteousness, more recent theological work has focused instead on the whole creation and the individual within the networks of biology and society that are in need of restoration to right relationship to God.
Leonardo Boff, in his work Liberating Grace, writes, “Grace signifies the presence of God in the world and in human beings. When God chooses to be present, the sick are made well, the fallen are raised up, the sinners are made just, the dead come back to life, the oppressed experience freedom, and the despairing feel consolation and warm intimacy.”
The work of grace includes physical healing. The human body is not excluded from the work of grace, but included in the work God does with the world in restoration and new life. While this does not necessarily mean natural death will not occur, it does mean that greater wholeness can relieve suffering, unite families and communities and bring about restoration even though physical processes do not literally reverse themselves.
Yet, it is also my argument that in seeing the close connection between the way our physical selves interact so intimately with our environment, including our social environment, we can see the genuine role for healthy faith communities in helping members stay well and heal in times of illness. We can also see how unhealthy religious communities actually can make people sick.
Even as we can sin against one another in body, mind and spirit, so too can we grace one another in body, mind and spirit and help each other become more whole. In this way, we partner with God in the restoration of the creation and the redemption of humanity.
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Posted by: esta veraton | June 17, 2008 3:12 PM
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March 27, 2008 abcnews.com
Parents' Faith Fails to Save Diabetic Girl
Cops Mull Charges After 11-Year-Old With Undiagnosed Disease Dies Easter Sunday
Wisconsin authorities will consider filing charges in the case of an 11-year-old girl who died on Easter Sunday of complications from diabetes that went untreated because police say her parents' obscure religious beliefs do not allow medical intervention.
So was like god so busy on Easter Sunday he/she didn't have time to deal with this issue?
Posted by: TommyO | June 16, 2008 7:37 PM
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Worth reading!!!
Health and Healing in the Land of Israel
A Paleopathological Perspective
by Joe Zias
Posted by: Concerned The Christian Now Liberated | June 16, 2008 8:28 AM
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Ilhanate invaded Baghdat to cease CAliphacy.
Ilhanate ceased Anadolu Selcuks.
Memluks stopped Ilhanate in Elbistan.
Elbistan, land of coal and iron smelting.
Memluks were against Crusaders.
Kahramanmaras the land of Milkmen.
Caliphacy was against the prophet,
they tortured the grandsons of prophet.
Posted by: Le.ve.nt Al.ka.n | June 15, 2008 11:35 AM
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Chernobyl Ukrain Nuclear Plant, 1986
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl
Tur Mountain that Moses is known with.
Chernobyl : jewish land
Mary of Mageddo, sixth bottle into the Eurprahtes and it dries to give the gold.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilkhanate
Mongolians and Francos, in alliance in crusaders against Muslims till 14th century.
Joseph Bonaparte is Spanish Empire today.
Memluks, the muslims against Crusaders.
2. A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.
3. An ancient city of Mesopotamia in the Euphrates River valley of present-day central Iraq. Its extensive ruins have yielded valuable archaeological evidence about Sumerian culture. Ancient Mesopotamian city-state located east of Babylon in what is now south-central Iraq. It lay on the Euphrates River before the course of the river changed. City ruins date to the 4th millennium BC and to Sumerian culture; archaeological evidence of the palace of Sargon and the temple of Nebuchadrezzar II has also been found.
Posted by: Le.ve.nt Al.ka.n | June 15, 2008 11:29 AM
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in the television news broadcast, the video about the earthquake in Japan had been recorded between 8:44:ss AM 8:44:ss AM
MIYAGI KEN HOKUBU
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Kid
after second world war, germany in Europe
Underdog story
An underdog is a person or group in a competition, frequently in electoral politics, sports, and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose.
The party expected to win is called the favorite or top dog. If the underdog wins, the event is known as an upset. These terms are commonly used in sports betting.
www.pref.miyagi.jp/english/
2003 July 26, earthquake,
the center of overseas cooperation
underwater research center
"He taught him the secret to Karate lies in the mind and heart. Not in the hands."
Tim Russert died of heart attack in his house, he had announced Hillary Clinton would leave. "tim russert" sounds like "team russian tough" but this is not proper.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underdog_%28competition%29
Chojun Miyagi, teacher in police center after second world war. handcuffs in China.
Germany in China, Williams Bush is waiting for January. Avni Anil, Turkish Music composer once police.
China is back to own sources and government.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%8Djun_Miyagi
the first pre-sensed earthquake, announced on broadcasts seconds before. gas electricty nuclear plants were turned off. just a nuclear spread from a center.
Posted by: Le.ve.nt Al.ka.n | June 15, 2008 11:07 AM
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hi, e-favorite!
how long does it take to ride from favour to nourishment?
if a teachress had not paid attention to the papers, neither her nor me would be in the lectures.
if a teachress had not offered classes to readers, neither her nor me would be in the adventures.
council of teachers have been company in the journey and the passengers are where they should be.
in Courier New.
Kisses to the Cheeks, each one.
Posted by: Le.ve.nt Al.ka.n | June 15, 2008 3:56 AM
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Ms Thistlethwaite!
i have saved words for You. and You have been a Faither too.
Posted by: Le.ve.nt Al.ka.n | June 15, 2008 3:33 AM
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who is the Holy Father in the Skies? the Sun? Neptune of Twin Fish Pisces, the twelfth? who is the nephew? Matthew?
hew : to cut with an axe (scottish)
nep : situation of a cloth because of thorns
nep : towel or carpet surface
nap : to sleep, to cheat, to be unaware,
matt : small carpet
axe is the universal rules, and it is the axis of the Earth. what are the other universal rules? knife, sickle, sword, scissors and spoon with fork? who does have a tempo and who is not a negro?
Posted by: Le.ve.nt Al.ka.n | June 15, 2008 3:15 AM
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while this prayer is on Earth, while this prayer is in the churches, while this prayer is in the houses, mouths and hearts
there shall be frankness, there shall be love, there shall not be any murder, any cheat or any adultry.
Gokturk Uydusu ve Generallerin hukum surdugu bir Ergenekon ne kadar da anlasilir bir cumle. yeter ki efendilik olsun goklerde ve yureklerde. any authority on EArth, VAtican Scotland Russia USA may address. but we need the frankness.
http://www.classicsnetwork.com/showcreativeprint.asp?IDNo=1264
the subject of the gathering is "re-thinking Europe", with G, B and A, it is Breathin' King Europe, do You know about BA and King of Europe? is it Baal, King of Great Britain, King of United Kingdom or Zeus?
Posted by: Le.ve.nt Al.ka.n | June 15, 2008 3:01 AM
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Fenerbahce is "GArden of Lighthouse"
and the owner of the team is "Aziz Yildirim, Saint of Thunderbolt"
with saints we have a personality, as it is in Lisbon Treat and Agreement, that CAtholic Ireland rejected. it reminds me Saturn of Agriculture, Saturn is Commune and Council, Jupiter is the Holy Spirit and Uranus is the Father and Son.
MusTafa Kemal has a verbalization he has driven attention to accomplishment and hardwork. "in case of hearth, the rest is details" in English we find the tin cans in the tails of cats and dogs. and this is what i have been studying for. "ve eger olursek, tamami teberruat", and if we die, the rest is completely donation.
and now that i am able to read the events, then i may speak about the author. this earthquake in Japan is handmade.
there is not any dispute in the west of Anadolu, and East of Anadolu is the land of Noah Abraham Moses, of Armenia Israel and Turkey. there shall be personality in this region.
Posted by: Le.ve.nt Al.ka.n | June 15, 2008 2:48 AM
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in Bursa, two grandsons of Ahmet prophet are resident. yesterday from Elazig to Tatvan, on the railway of the freight train was a mine around the city Mus.
Elazig is after the name of an Ottoman Ruler who was in summers in Bursa. and in Bursa and Tatvan there were Armenians.
the prime minister was in Bursa yesterday, he has verbalized about a mobile phone "hearing" as "on the phone, he has pushed the YES button in stead of NO, and he is complaining, we are producing jobs". word by word, this is the translation.
this is my interpretation "in stead of Noah, they are with Jesus and we are with Job". the team Fenerbahce, after Brasilian Roberto CArlos, transferred the brasilian Coach Luxemburgo, "the light of Emanuel in the village".
in Brasil is the Cross on the top of the mountain in front of the sea through the port, alike in Port of JEsus and Port of Gal.
the chief of general staff of army supports Fenerbahce. the prime minister was supporting Fenerbahce too.
Posted by: Le.ve.nt Al.ka.n | June 15, 2008 2:34 AM
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I'm sorry this thread has been hijacked - I was hoping for some good conversation about this essay.
I hope people who have something substantive to say won't be discouraged from participating.
Posted by: E Favorite | June 14, 2008 9:21 PM
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i have not met any one who has been diseased because of Ali, Fatima and Ahmet prophet. they are subject to growth and maturity.
but i know numerous ones who have been diseased because of Islam and Persian Muhammed. because there is not personality in this pattern. and this is why there is electromagnetic applications.
and i think this is what i have read in "I'm Not Anti-Islam; Islam is Anti-Me". if Pope Benedictus is after TAilor, then i must study on LAtter Day Saints about Anadolu and patterns. otherwise, John Edwards shall teach.
Posted by: Le.vent Al.kan raf.amd.er.gem | June 14, 2008 10:19 AM
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now lets turn the page of the notebook for a new blank sheet to write on about Hrant Dink. on the previous page i had noted the prime minister, before the military officers and jewish masonry.
Posted by: Le.vent Al.kan raf.amd.er.gem | June 14, 2008 9:47 AM
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King of Sweden,
is King of Denmark and Greece in accompany with You for the meal? or is it another Authority? is Pope Benedictus near You?
last night i did see the silver appearance of Queen of Denmark, from Her right side, she had a necklace of pearls. or was She Queen of Holland?
Posted by: Le.vent Al.kan raf.amd.er.gem | June 14, 2008 9:31 AM
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i know about Deborah, Hannah, Guru of Revenge and Lord of War.
the last two are known with ANDREAS the hunter and revenger. we know St Andreas of Scotland and Russia also. i shall talk about the Tailor and the Teacher. Ali is known with civilization and education in wisdom.
King of Sweden
as far as i know, the insurance contracts are in United Kingdom. You have paid one million units of money to Orhan Pamuk for one million armenians that he had proclaimed.
Chief of general Staff did not hesitate to pay 250 billions of USD for 100 war planes. there is a difference between Hound Mill and Invoice. is the truth in the accounts of unknown banks in well-known countries? or is there a cook in the kitchen?
Posted by: Le.vent Al.kan raf.amd.er.gem | June 14, 2008 9:24 AM
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the ex-Dutch MP about why she left Islam and became an atheist.
"Known Apparent Present from the Culture of Ali" this is her name. for this You must study on Ali, Son of Uncle of Ahmet prophet, Husband of Daughter of Ahmet prophet, Father of Grandsons for 12 Generations.
Posted by: Le.vent Al.kan raf.amd.er.gem | June 14, 2008 9:16 AM
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Ms Susan Thistlethwaite
if you seed to the field of someone else, you cannot harvest unless he invites.
King of Sweden
You have rejected the Armenian Bill
1. do You know Armenian?
2. how is Your relation with Queen Elizabeth?
3. do You know about 14?
4. why did Armenia ask for 14 billions of blood money?
5. why did You give Nobel to Orhan Pamuk?
6. do You know st John?
7. do You know about Kryon, King Queen and Ireland,
8. do You know about Avyon Lyra Vega, Ephesus Kusadasi?
every council may reject and accept.
we need the truth for our children.
and to be able to be around a table with meals
to dine with in joy and family relations.
Posted by: Le.ve.nt Al.ka.n | June 14, 2008 7:45 AM
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Your blog has come to the attention of folks in the hamlet of Collinsville, Alabama; about halfway between Bham and Chattanooga.
Kind of a prophetic statement for them; pretty close to home, the baptist congregation there.
Posted by: Stephen Fox | June 13, 2008 5:03 PM
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and then the government and other authorities began to hack me.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 2:49 PM
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i was at K-6 schools, children before primary school, in computer aided education. pedagogues and psychologists were advising parents about indigo and crystal children.
i had read Kryon in 1998. and then i subscribed to website and a related yahoo group, and then began to speak and write about these terms to psychologists and teachers on the internet in yahoo groups, to explain in Turkish, not to develop the terms, but to assure that the terms are healthy for parents and children.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 2:47 PM
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why am i writing here on Washington Post?
because we are not able to communicate this language other than movies and Ted Turner's channel! Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins know very well.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 2:40 PM
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are you serious with this, Ms Thistlethwaite?
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 2:25 PM
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Williams Bush, did You like the Bible and any Book You have read in the mornings in the White House?
i like very much. i stand up with every word in, and i read the words with at least two languages, and i call who verbalized to come and stand with me. and the explanations come into me.
i ask John Meacham and Sally Quinn what is the worth they want to give to the reader, in every title of subjects, what they have put onto the words.
i heard as "Willliams Bush is now Paul". as far as i know this is honour, maturity and "effect".
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 2:07 PM
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Ilker BAsbug nasil giyecek o elbiseleri, Rahmi Koc'un karsisinda nasil basi dik duracak? nasil soz soyleyecek? calisacak insanlarin isimlerini kim verdi, kim calistiryor diye sorabilecek mi?
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 1:55 PM
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i am sorry, Ms Thistlethwaite
kim oduyor ordunun elbiselerini? kim oduyor YAsar Buyukanit'in Kenan Evren misali cift maasini? ya niye bu devlet herkesi kalkindirmiyor?
niye Ahmet Necdet Sezer biz basortusunu kaldirmakla vatikana karsi duruyoruz demiyor? zafer plazadaki yayin durdu, simid Araba Muzesi yanindaki restore edilmis hamamdan yayin geliyor.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 1:53 PM
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Hrant Dink'i bile bir kenara cekip uyardiniz BAsbakan, bana neler ettiniz!
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 1:00 PM
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ya bana mahkemede destek ver, ya da bana para getir, ayagina getirtme, gonder de bitir.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 12:53 PM
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samimiyetinle serbest biraktigin utanclari bitir. Rahmi Koc'un ellerini kurut da getir. italyanlarla amerikalilarla yaptiklarini bitir de getir. Williams Bush ve Nicholas Sarkozy'e turkce ogret de bitir.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 12:52 PM
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BAsbakan,
bana Guler Sabanci'nin bildigi insanlar uzerindeki elektromanyetik deneme anlasmalarini getir.
bankalarin neden aylardir musterilerini aramadigini reklam yapmadigini ogren de bitir.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 12:49 PM
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BAsbakan
bana Guler Sabanci'nin kellesini getir, elektromanyetik anlasmalari, Sabanci Universitesindeki denemeleri Bilkent Istanbul ve ITU'deki uygulamalari bitir.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 12:48 PM
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Tayyip Erdogan, bir daha kimsenin parasiyla oynama, borca dusurme, serefsizlik etme. ben bana yapilanlardan kimseyi mahkemeye vermedim, kimse de agzini acip bana laf etmesin.
adamlarinla basin utancinla one dussun bana yeter.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 11:52 AM
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Prime Minister of Turkey is in Bursa today and also will be here in Bursa tomorrow. i shall not meet him, and he shall go to Ankara, silently.
he didnt know his words out of his mouth one year ago, and now he learned. he again shall address to the people in Bursa. and he shall open a center near a lake with boats rowing people on water. who did put these words into his ear?
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 11:41 AM
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You shall not apologize to this public in Anadolu, Williams Bush, this government shall leave prime ministry with their illiteracy and shame. and we shall have a different dialogue. this government shall apologize to this public in Anadolu.
and what has happened here shall effect our health. and this summer shall be our new age.
Posted by: alk//an.lev//ent@hotmail.com | June 13, 2008 11:35 AM
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the tool is the thymuse gland, and as we see from a baby to an elder, there is evolution. but there are dialects and accents, and also usages.
my name is banned here on OnFaith. so i add // into the letters.
yes, i read messages where "in August" was used as "with the guest", "with our child".
i may use as "sit for a while, take this meal with beverage and calm down, are you just"?
do You know anyone who has made war against me, Williams Bush the President? lets degustate with a bottle of wine, Man.
with my words, with a message of mine, this government postponed 1300 YTL for each of 9.000.000 clerks for two months, and after a message of mine, they shall pay this next week.
where is my money? are the ministers serious persons? who did give this money, Williams Bush, to this government!?
bu cehalet bir daha bu ulkede gorulmesin, basbakan denilen yetisip de gelsin, hirs ile degil. millet dusmandir diyen adamin dilini, padisahlikla cekilen sikintilari ogrensin.
Posted by: alk//an.lev//ent@hotmail.com | June 13, 2008 11:27 AM
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here i swear (sehadet ederim ki evrim haktir ve insanlar maymundan turemistir, bunu soyleyebilmek icin ingilizce bilmek gerektir) that human evolves from ape, as priests and students at the temples and schools, and language of computer science is not different from physical anthropology.
the translation of quotation from the speech of Williams Bush in one of these weekdays is "i should have had a different tone" in a Turkish newspaper.
effect : efficere to bring about, from ex- + facere
facere :
1. blow in the face; a sudden grave hardship with which one is faced (a dated informal British term); someone or something that faces.
2. One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.
3. A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.
Posted by: alk//an.lev//ent@hotmail.com | June 13, 2008 11:10 AM
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"do you believe that faith can effect your health or is that a lot of new age nonsense?"
effect : efficere to bring about, from ex- + facere
facere : hard situtations
so effect means what has come out after obstacles.
health : he-alth, being an elder, maturity
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 10:59 AM
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why are there news about whales, on CNN?
yes, this is the verbalization that carries what i wanted to say.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 3:55 AM
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why are there news about whales, on CNN?
yes, this is the verbalization that carries what i wanted to say.
why have there been news about whales, on CNN?
Posted by: Anonymous | June 13, 2008 3:55 AM
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sorry, why are there news about whales on CNN?
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 3:53 AM
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sorry, why are there news of whales on CNN?
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 3:52 AM
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why are there whale news on CNN?
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 3:50 AM
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i hear someone addressing as "this shall never happen again". yes i know how You say this in English. do not hesitate to speak and explain, Williams Bush, we have the interface at last. and we are here to explain. any one who finds the words in the heart shall explain and speak.
if you had not come, we would not have had medication. it is time to complete the surgery. at least Earth is a Land of Hospitality. do i speak much? it is morning time, shift never ended. but i found a rest in the bed of hospital. i was asking for my house and bed.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 3:37 AM
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in case of paintings, i am sure there shall be a peace in Canaan Region, as always there has been, love in love, beloved with beloved.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 3:26 AM
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one drop of perfume, Williams Bush, that changed the room. do not ever hesitate, Williams Bush. if we knew, You would do different. now we know further, and i am sure we shall do better.
all the people in Iraq, in any piece of land shall come to USA, wave after wave in piece and harmony, and this was the atonement, with Your tone it was a piece, however it was. lets consider this as a rehearsal.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 3:21 AM
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today i am able to read this piece of text from BAyo Richard, and i want anyone in Africa in EAst in West and on EArth know that this is great compatibility and surrender to family. yes, when she says North East West, he shall get South. and i met all of these in my soul heart and presence. i talked about Delphi Cyprus and West of Anadolu but i may think further about Levite Priests. in this city Bursa, there is a sinagogue open.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 13, 2008 3:08 AM
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i was for so long in touch with Ahmet prophet, the hebrew, with 12 grandsons, as are the 12 tribes of Israel.
i had many times heard about Capetown and about Kentucky and Civil War. for so long, i was in touch with Kryon in USA and in Africa also Starchild in Africa.
i should have had a different accent, Williams Bush, when i studied the century before Christ, the download completed. and text to speech is almost complete. i learned my life and name and surname. i had an account in yahoo.de, and i met the Book of Dead and Egypt, HAthor and Ra, Enoch and Noah, and i am able to stand on Earth with peace and joyful sentimentality.
always there is a bridge and we have been interwoven, Williams Bush. i heartfully greet beloved friends in America.
Dearest One,
Based on your profile, l am happy to request for your assistance because i belive that you are not going to betrayed the trust which i am going to lay on you.
My name is Annah Richard , 21 years old and the only daughter of my late parents Mr.and Mrs Bayo Richard. My father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad on 12th.November 2005.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time, but God knows the truth!
My mother died when I was just 4 years old, and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my Father on November 12th 2005 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told her that he has the sum of (USD$7.5 000 000) Seven Milion five hundred thousand dollars left in a metalic trunk trunk box,
wich he deposited in a Security Company here in abidjan, that he registered it as family valuable items for security reasons, he told the secretary that i should contact the Company for them to know me as his next of kin wich i have did as he instructed,
He also told the secretary that i should not let any of his relations to know about this because he was kiled by them and if they know about it, that they will do nothing but to kill me in other to take hold of every thing, He told her that i should seek for a foriegn partner abroad who will help me retreived the trunk box and also travel with him or her in other to continue my Education and also to start a Bussines relationship with the person,
My dear in Christ, this is why i have come incontact with you in order to help me retreive that trunk box from the Security Companys custody and send it direct to your country and also to make an arrangement for me on how i will come over to your country in other to continue my Education and also to go into bussines relationship with you hence i am still a child and i dont know any thing about bussines,
I am just 21 years old and a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do. this is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life.
My dear, i am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards and your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.
Now permit me to ask these few questions:
1. Can I completely trust you?
2.Can you accept me as your own blood Sister?
3.What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you?
Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible with your full assurance that you will not disapoint me in this issue so that i can give you the contact of the Security Company where my late Father deposited that trunk box for you to contact them on how the trunk box will be retreived from their custody and deliver to your country,
Thank you soo much for your understanding and may almighty God bless you and your Family to the Glory of Almighty God in Jesus name Amen,
My sincere regards,
Annah Richard
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WAPO, Please do not Delete This again or Ye Will Have a Bad Bad Month & Summer. Ye will get all kinds of 'Denial Of Services", so Be !st Amendment Conscious not Jealous! Thank-O-SHAME!
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LITTLE SIOUX, Iowa - A tornado struck a Boy Scout camp in western Iowa on Wednesday, leaving four
Scouts dead and dozens of people injured, a Scouts spokeswoman said.
As a "SCOUT" me self: "i" & "WE" "ECLAT-i_ON"'S, Salute O.U.R. Brethrens & Sister Scouts Whom
Perished While Under Duty & or Training!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May XTRA-PHOTON'S Shine Next To ALL OUR BOYS & GALS, Iraq & Afghanistan & Elswhere Too!
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Posted by: We SALUTE ALL LOST BOYS & GIRL SCOUTS , National & INTERNATiONAL | June 12, 2008 5:08 PM
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Forgiveness is for those who have done the crime and don't want to do the time. Here's the recommended by Christian religion way out:
When standing before God be sure to mention you were a party to the crucifixion of His only begotten son and therefore all your violations of God's laws are forgiven. However telling the real God you were a party to the crucifixion of the son of Lucifer could do you some good. But then there's that business of calling the father of Jesus God, not likely to set well with God since Jesus was conceived out of wedlock.
Most likely, that good warm feeling forgiveness brings on comes from the fires of hell.
Conclusion: there is no way out. Do the crime, do the time. The sentence for calling Lucifer God is forever. Why did they leave the sacred scriptures that tells us that out of the Bible?
Posted by: Anonymous | June 12, 2008 2:59 PM
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"It is becoming clearer that the quality of our human life together—in families and society, and the whole human community in relationship to the environment—heals or harms us."
And what is more beautiful Man can do than rebuilding shattered lives ? Indeed, I regard reconstruction as the fourth probable reason after those I mentioned above. Destruction is no doubt horrific. But it’s part of life. What we tend to forget is that most destruction is man-made. Natural disasters had no hand in the unbelievable destruction that occurred in the heart of Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. Natural disasters have had no hand in the destruction that has taken place in Iraq, for example. We tend to overlook man-made destruction, but when it comes to natural disasters, some of us yell out, "Why does God do this to us ?"
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Posted by: rafamdergem | June 12, 2008 4:42 AM
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the agreements for trade of tomatoes from Tur.key and Mex.ica, by Rus.sia and USA, have been canceled. Sp.ain is in petroleum and fishermen crisis.
the states that are known with Barack Obama are under storms. and in a scout camp four have died. Bar.ack Ob.ama would be assa.sinated.
could Bar.ack Oba.ma resign, as Hill.ary Cl.inton did, on behalf of Joh.n M.cCain please.
Posted by: rafamdergem | June 12, 2008 3:07 AM
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Susan, in your essay, you write, "Even as we can sin against one another in body, mind and spirit, so too can we grace one another in body, mind and spirit and help each other become more whole. In this way, we partner with God in the restoration of the creation and the redemption of humanity."
This is how I'd change it: "Even as we can be unkind to one another, so too can we be kind to one another and help each other become more whole. In this way, we can work together to preserve our environment and our humanity."
The first way sound more pious, but the second way makes more sense, I think.
Posted by: E Favorite | June 11, 2008 11:11 PM
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"Several years ago, I became very interested in the Human Genome Project and what our genetic code meant theologically"
Well, that was premature... All the Human Genome Project gave us was a complete listing of Attagattacacaattacagattagaaaattaga...
Charted all the alleles in like, well, a dude.... finding out what the code means, that's for later.
Like with work or something.
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it would be so necessary to help each other more. in our modern society there the gaps between persons are often too deep and are growing deeper. the will to engagement and empowerment is overshadowed with the view on own things and often anxiety. persons are becoming objects in the field of labour and often suffer because of suppression and cannot get out of these patterns. humanity, personal contacts, free thougths and feelings are so necessary in the contact of people to get the health and grace everyone needs.
and no child should die because of religion!
and no parent should have the right to prohibit medical help for the own child.