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Recent content by HalaM

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    Yes, I am Mormon

    Just saying that right up front. I have not been here since 2008, so I guess I am sort of new. Really don't wish to debate Mormonism, so lets just keep it to Jesus Christ. I was Evangelical from 1974 to 2003 and finally left because of all the hate speech about Muslims, Mormons, gays, lesbians...
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    I am just trying to learn

    It was August when I last visited here and am happy to report that God was merciful to me in the task that caused my absence. I read that there have been some new rules instituted and I hope that I will be allowed to ask questions without violating those rules. My mindset is to deal with the...
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    Thank you so much for the link. I can't read it right now in spite of the fact that it is what I want to do most! Many Blessings Hala M
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    Thanks for the reassurance. I can't talk much any more. I really have to get back to work and I am so frightened that I am having trouble being calm. I have two and a half 8 hour courses to complete. I got the money to finish school. Yaaaaayyyy! I can come back more after October 1. I am still...
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    I am not 25, I am 61, but I can not seem to fix that on my profile. Barky: I am sorry. I will try to state my beliefs in a short reply and then I have to get back to my study. I am not doing well with that because I am so apprehensive and conflicted about school. I don't want to be an...
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    Hey: What happened? Suddenly, no one is saying nothing. Did I do something wrong? Hala M
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    I'll make the story the least convoluted that I can. I am an Electrician, but I let my license expire after I was injured; thinking I would never go back to work again. Gee, I got well, but I thought I would never get my license back because of Oregon's really punitive laws. Much to my...
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    My, aren't we a quarrelsome lot. I do not see what God SWT loves about us; It is a mystery. I'm taking a correspondence class and I am waaayayyy late. I have to go no matter how interested in staying I am. Hala M
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    Thank you for the link. I look forward to it with relish! :) Hala M
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    Why thank you for the invitation. I don't know how soon I can take you up on it because I am fairly over whelmed with school, money issues and volunteering right now. I am trying to remain full of faith but I get so weak at times. I will wait until it feels right because the holy spirit may...
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    Taoests Eh? Why don't we hear of this stuff in Church? I bet when I tell my church friends, it will curdle their milk, while I laugh at their discomfiture! We sit out there in the Pews happily gobling up the scraps they give us and the pastors,preists, and Imams get the good stuff. How so much...
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    Well, there we are, now you've put a name to my malady. I was not Christian until I was 28. I'd grown up in a hell where I was beat almost everyday of my youth. For the next 30+ years, I was Christian; being taught by Baptists and finally migrating to Four Square; all the time looking for the...
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    Thank you ma2000 for the information about the services. I find the similarities among the world religions really amusing when thinking about how much those same religions insist on holding each other in such disdane. I think this fact is the single most causative factor of my present "faith...
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    Iraqi Christians (Orthodox?)

    :preach: Tonight on Oregon Public Broadcasting, they talked about an Iraqi Christian Family who was sent to Portland Oregon as refugees. I do hope that the Orthodox are making an effort to engage and comfort this and other refugees from the region. There will be many more. In the west, we the...
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    I want to know the OLD STUFF

    Um, so, if I wanted to attend a church like yours in Portland, Oregon just to see what it is like. Where would I go? Would I want to bring a scarf? Good thing I saved my Hijabs, huh? Like one of the other guys said to me. He said he was a researcher, and so am I? Many Blessings Hala M