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  Catholic organization donates $25 million to tsunami relief

  by seattleniceguy in

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  http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/110444609128.htm

  it's amazing how as witnesses we used to just rip on other religions and organizations, not the least of which was the catholic church.

  i was reading another article listing donations from various organizations and companies, and it looks like we're going to have a record outpouring here.

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  Fleur

  that's wonderful...thanks for posting that niceguy. the more that any group can give, the better...

  hugs

  essie
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  Sexual Harassment

  by LittleToe in

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  i thought i'd pose a question especially (but not exclusively) for the girls regarding sexual harassment.

  what would you deem as unfitting behaviour?.

  is it appropriate for a guy to ask if you are wearing any panties?

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  Fleur

  i hope everybody who has hurt feelings gets over it eventually and life can go on for all involved.
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  Sexual Harassment

  by LittleToe in

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  i thought i'd pose a question especially (but not exclusively) for the girls regarding sexual harassment.

  what would you deem as unfitting behaviour?.

  is it appropriate for a guy to ask if you are wearing any panties?

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  Fleur

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  Sexual Harassment

  by LittleToe in

  1. jw
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  i thought i'd pose a question especially (but not exclusively) for the girls regarding sexual harassment.

  what would you deem as unfitting behaviour?.

  is it appropriate for a guy to ask if you are wearing any panties?

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  Fleur

  edited.

  i wasn't discussing anyone in particular just trying to comment on the question generally.
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  I'm not a Buddhist, but...............PART 2

  by Dansk in

  1. jw
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  as i can't post to the original thread started by nicolaou, i'm doing so here:.

  hi fleur,but the part that really, well, frankly creeped me out for lack of a better term, is that he left his wife and child, then starved himself nearly to death before he realized that this wasn't the way to go, and he lived as a homeless person, begging food as he went on his path to enlightenment.

  that's a rather simplified version of events.

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  Fleur

  just get better Dansk, don't worry! We'll be around when you feel up to posting *hug*

  rest up!!!

  love

  essie
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  1 Hour Before Disaster: Thailands Government Got Aware of Tsunami Danger !

  by Erich in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  raw story acquires nation tsunami article

  the following article appeared in the thai daily the nation under pravit rojanaphruk?s byline dec. 28 and was acquired by a

  raw story

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  Fleur

  If even only one life would have been saved, the hour's warning would have been worth it...

  damn straight!
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  Am I doing what's needed??

  by Dawn in

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  this question would seem funny to non-jw's - but i bet some of you x-jw's will understand.. i look at the world around me and see so much need.

  i look at my own life and see so much blessings and wealth.

  i give to charity - but i always think - "is it enough?

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  Fleur

  dear dawn, you are so sweet to even contemplate these issues, bless your heart.

  you are doing just fine. remember the old saying 'charity begins at home'? if you gave it all away, what about your own kids? they deserve a home and comfort just as all children of the world deserve it, even if we can't personally give it to all of them ourselves. heaven knows, if we could, we would. i think this issue hits people who are parents even harder than the general population cause you always look at these things and think 'what if it was my child'.

  all you can do is the best you can, every day. teach your kids to give, too, and you're already helping the next generation of the worlds citizens.

  you don't have to give it all away to do 'enough'. you just have to do what you can, what your heart tells you to do, from a place where the giving isn't mandatory; it's from a pure intention of just wanting to help people as much as you can as another human being.

  i don't know if i'm making sense...just wanted you to know that i think you're wonderful, and i want to be just like you when i grow up :)

  hugs

  essie

  p.s. welcome prosperous!
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  Time To Put Prayer On Hold?

  by Englishman in

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  this huge tsunami disaster.

  thousands and thousands dead, others in grave danger of deadly disease, grieving parents seeking their children, whole families decimated.. in all good conscience, how can anyone who is untouched by this, pray to god for his usual ration of daily bread?

  our needs being so miniscule and even petty in comparison with the tsunami victims, how can we possibly ask god for anything at the moment?.

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  Fleur

  Prayer is OK when there's nothing humans can do. But on my part, I'd rather get some action going

  well said Melmac!

  ((((((((((((Eman))))))))))))))) it is just unimaginable, isn't it? :(

  love

  essie
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  A "Sobering" idea for New Years: to benefit Asian Tsunami Victims/Survivors

  by Fleur in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just had a rare moment of clarity and i wanted to share this idea with you all.

  i plan to pass it along to everyone i know, hoping that it might, just might, catch on.

  i am proposing a totally painless way for people to reach into their hearts, and wallets, to help those so desperate for aid following this weekend's tragedy in asia.

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  Fleur

  i just read on the cnn crawl that a lot of Asian nations are cancelling their new years celebrations in wake of the tragedy. they are holding memorials or prayer services in the place of fireworks, and government sponsored parties.

  i just keep thinking that this is 'removed' from a lot of people's minds because it's happening so far away geographically: and the numbers are so huge it's surreal.

  i think of how somber the US was after 9/11; if there had been parties planned for the following weekend i can't imagine they would have gone forward...and the death toll at 116,000 now is equivelent to almost 38 times the amount who died on 9/11. again, i am not minimizing what happened that day, just trying to give some sort of context to the need that there will be to help the people who are left behind.

  ~essie
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  I'm not a Buddhist, but...............PART 2

  by Dansk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as i can't post to the original thread started by nicolaou, i'm doing so here:.

  hi fleur,but the part that really, well, frankly creeped me out for lack of a better term, is that he left his wife and child, then starved himself nearly to death before he realized that this wasn't the way to go, and he lived as a homeless person, begging food as he went on his path to enlightenment.

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  Fleur

  oh my, there is book called Buddhism for dummies? i should have known!

  No wars have been fought in the name of Buddhism.

  that right there puts them light years ahead of any other faith i can think of!

  i was thinking the same thing, swan, that most buddhists must be vegetarians. have considered it for so long anyway, am definitely drawn toward the concept.

  dansk i can't post or even read the original thread anymore either so thank you again for posting this. questions tumble round in my head faster than i can translate them to type. i don't want to bombard you or make you tired answering all the questions, but can you tell me what your take, as a Buddhist, is about the Tsunami? i am looking right now on the news at footage of a huge buddhist temple in sri lanka that is now an orphanage.

  the death toll is up over 100,000 now. what do you feel about that as a buddhist?

  thank you so much for taking the time to answer, whenever you are up to it. please know that if my questions come across as badly worded or short that i am really not well physically this week and should be in bed but the hunger my mind and heart have to make some sense of all of this going on is driving me onward.

  love,

  essie

  (of the 'can't promise i'll convert but a lot of this makes sense to me' class...) ;)