I am placing myself under a temporary ban as of now. I might be lurking (so you don't all run off to another board never to be found again), but i will not be posting.

this is penance for my rush to jump on Kevin. whilst i have serious reservations about Kevin's approach to the forum, i have not treated him too well.

i also apologise to Luke whom i tarred with the CoC brush.

my ban lasts until 30 June 2004. i will decide then whether i have learned my lesson.

i ERR in NOT knowing WHEN to STOP (ironic SELF-deprecation)

-- Ian (ib@vertifgo.com), May 26, 2004

Answers

a toute a l'heure

-- Ian (ib@vertifgo.com), May 26, 2004.

I've been there too, Ian. You know what is best. Peace be with you.

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 26, 2004.

[Imposter "Tom" strikes again]

-- Ian (ib@vertigo.com), May 26, 2004.

Yes, of course, I will pray for you, Ian. Be strong.

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 26, 2004.

Wow.

Je pense qui vouz n'avez pas de coeur.

Maintenant, Je ne sais pas.

Dieu Yaveh pouvais voir votre coeur . Il dirait qui est vrai, qui est faux.

Quelquefois nous dirons que la vie c'est tres courte.

Aurevois.

Le Yahviste Chretien

-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonval@yahoo.com), May 26, 2004.

Si, Elpidio, pero estas cosas no me pasan a mí. Yo tengo que creér que miro a Dios en mi vida. Nunca a visto la imagen de Dios o de la Virgen cómo dicen otraz personas que los miran cuando les aparecen a ellos. ¿Y porque no me aparecen a mi?

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 26, 2004.

Most people's images are created by the mind. They are not real, Rod.

Also, ask yourself: what will you give in exchange if God , Jesus, or Mary appeared to you?

There is always a price: the young woman from Fatima in 1917 , sister Lucia,had to move into a convent where she has been kept away from the world. Everyone made fun of her. She wasn't taken seriously until Pope John Paul II did. God has allowed her to live long enough to see her visions to come true at least in part. Russia already was fulfilled, excep the Pope's and his church. .....

So Rod, what can you offer God Yahweh in exchange?

The Christian Yahwist

-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonval@yahoo.com), May 27, 2004.

Hi Elpidio.

A dear friend of mine--Charismatic Pentecostle--once told me to be extremely careful what I pray for. I may get my request--just as you've mentioned--with a price I may not be willing to pay. Do I fear God? Of course, I do.

I have two things to consider:

"Knock and I will be heard."

"Blessed are those who did not see, but believe."

I sure don't want to suffer anymore than I have to. We all have our special burdens to deal with.

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 27, 2004.

"Pentecostal"

I wish I could spell. These constant errors are a real pain!

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 27, 2004.

Rod, somehow I believe most of us will one day talk to Jesus at least if we ask the right way.

Sometimes he shows himself when we least expect. When grandma died, my mom entered a depression. Then she saw Jesus telling her to pray for her children. As long as she lived they would be saved and alive. This was in 1985. We still are. So mom had to do something. There was a reason for her to continue living.

Most people make fun of my dreams, but it was actually my mom who started it all.

From priests, nuns, cathechists,family...strangers, ... they all come to her for prayers.

She also was the one who dreamed Clinton's problems with monika Lewinsky, Mexico's Zaptista uprising,...9/11/01 (planes, Bin Laden and his family...), the fall of the Catholic Church,...one day me opening a Church...

Except, she hasn't been able to alk to God. She started to pray to him in 2002 after a very difficult illness.

My wife also talked to Jesus before me in 1999. Again in 2000, 2002, and 2003. She was shown children who would be born before they did. some warnings about the War in Afghanistan, 9/11/01,...She also expereienced God's presence in October 2000, and he talked to her in December 1, 2003.

Even though I serached God first, and introduced them to him first, I was the last to experience, Rod.

I was given a mission that would encompass humanity.

For me it took 18 years since I asked. I consider myself fortunate, but also with a big burden. One I don't even wish on anyone.

Why? I will be judged harder by God than anyone else.

The Christian Yahwist

-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonval@yahoo.com), May 27, 2004.

I had visions of war; men being shot and falling into the side of a levy just outside of a city (Iraq?). I didn't know what to make of those dreams. War later broke out in Iraq. I could not, and still can't, make the connection with my dreams and Iraq. I think the Saddam Hussein and his sons' deaths were premonitioned in my dreams. You received that email way before the even happened. And, it happened similarly like my dream--Saddam survived. I still fear that an assasination attempt will be done on the president. I don't think he'll be killed, but assasinations happen--dream or no dream.

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 27, 2004.

One of my students had a similar dream in January, 2003, Rod.

The bombs wre already dropping. No one could stop the war.

I wonder what would happen next, Rod?

After all, the Pope is supposed to meet Bush in June 4, 2004.

-- Elpidi Gonzalez (egonval@yahoo.com), May 28, 2004.

Rod

thanks for the friendly sentiment.

as it happens, that third post wa not from me. perhaps DO could check the IP details and see if it was posted by someone recognised here. it was a pretty sick joke.

this forum is picking up. that's good to see.

-- Ian (ib@vertifgo.com), July 18, 2004.

bumpity bump

-- Ian (ib@vertifgo.com), July 18, 2004.

Hi Ian, glad to see you back. God bless,

-- Emily ("jesusfollower7@yahoo.com), July 18, 2004.

Which comment?

-- David Ortiz (cyberpunk1986@hotmail.com), July 18, 2004.

Good to see you again, Ian.

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), July 18, 2004.

Yes, it appears that your third comment was from our old friend "Tom". I thought you were being serious at first, because you decided to ban yourself.

-- David Ortiz (cyberpunk1986@hotmail.com), July 18, 2004.

thanks all for being welcoming.

i conducted an unsual experiment. paradoxically, i cannot publish the results.

they confrm my conjecture.

i am glad this formum is chugging alng quite nicely. it is good also to see some Traditional Catholics participating.

Emerald is a pretty amazing poster. he has Rod's lovely compassion and a wonderfully orthodox take on our faith.

-- Ian (ib@vertifgo.com), July 19, 2004.