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  • #71
    Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
    Your words "following Christ" would seem to indicate you are a believer. So nothing of what I said would be applicable to you. If you want to believe then go ahead - (but I don't, so prepare for ridicule if you start pressing your beliefs onto me. )
    Except that it is a strange sort of believer who would accept that it is OK to have a situation where the majority of those acting like believers are in reality not, and actually believe it is all to be no more than a colourful folk tale.
    So?
    majority of people that act like human beings are not either we are first human and the way of life (religion) that we choose is a ritualization of seeing and accepting our short comings as humans,nothing more nothing less.
    Your concept of religion I think is missing an importent element and could be why its askewed.
    And that is .....an honest women!
    "All truth passes through three stages:
    First, it is ridiculed;
    Second, it is violently opposed; and
    Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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    • #72
      Originally posted by Jade View Post
      yes it is me actually I was fooling around yesterday while doing my homework didn't realize it was still up there
      Very beautiful..."fool around" more , please

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      • #73
        Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
        BTW - did I post some pictures of the "Mother Armenia" figure, and also the female personification of the ruins of Ani, somewhere on this forum? I've been searching but can't find them.

        It is on this forum..."The Assassination of Hrant Dink "..page 26


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        • #74
          Originally posted by Helen View Post
          Very beautiful..."fool around" more , please
          thank you for your lovely compliments...it is funny that you and I are talking about a completely different thing than Bell)

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          • #75
            Originally posted by Jade View Post
            I am back everyone...I've been very busy with schoolwork lately but now that the easter vacation is approaching, all the work has decreased a bit...Today at our school we were shown a video about AIDS in Tanzania (which made me cry much to my friends horror) and my International side is boiling...Let's do a favour to each other today and embrace each other regardless of our differences...I see the world a bit like a puzzle, like the pieces of a puzzle, every culture land, religion etc are different sized, different shaped, but remember that all these pieces in the end make up a beautiful picture and even one piece that is not put back will be missed...However small. Without even a single piece, the picture is not complete. I do sound corny/cheesy I admit. But after seeing those African people suffer, and people from different countries coming over to help them, learn their languages etc. regardless of the fact that they are not even from the same religion or nation etc. I am more aware of how wonderful/magical it is to feel compassion, empathy and most importantly love.
            wb Jade
            good to have you here
            "All truth passes through three stages:
            First, it is ridiculed;
            Second, it is violently opposed; and
            Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

            Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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            • #76
              Originally posted by Gavur View Post
              wb Jade
              good to have you here
              thanks its good to be back I am just now finding out how much I've missed...lot of catching up to do

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              • #77
                Hello all

                Where to begin? Actually I am here by chance. I was looking for some information and your site came up in a google search. I've been reading about people here and everyone seems so nice

                I am part Armenian and part Russian with some Italian and British as well. As a cousin visiting from Moscow once remarked, "I make a good xxxxtail." The Russian revolution forced my gradfather to escape to America which is why I was born in NY.

                Like you I also know of losses in my family to the Armenian Genocide.

                As I go along I can perhaps tell you of some interesting things but I feel a little "new" yet and will first feel the "lay of the land" so to speak. It is so nice to read Armenians and Turks being so respectful to each other. Actually one of my ancestors was an Armenian so talented that he is one of the few Armenians admired by Turkey. So you see, we can make progress. Indeed we must make progress.

                One thing we all have is a bond that few can understand. And for this reason regardless of being Armenian or Turk, if we feel the horror or what has occurred, the ball is in our court as to help set the stage that invites the changes to come.

                Now I'll explore the site and learn a few things.

                Glad to say hi

                Nick

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                • #78
                  Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
                  BTW - did I post some pictures of the "Mother Armenia" figure, and also the female personification of the ruins of Ani, somewhere on this forum? I've been searching but can't find them.
                  Wait, Mother Armenia is supposed to be Ani?

                  It's so strange that Armenians have assigned a gender to two of our capitals (that I can think of): Ani and Dvin. I think Yerevan is male though.

                  This is a fantastic shot: http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu...i_05_large.jpg

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                  • #79
                    Originally posted by Nick_A View Post
                    Hello all
                    Glad to say hi

                    Nick
                    Welcome to the forum Nick!

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                    • #80
                      Welcome aboard Nick. I hope you find what you were looking for, and that we can also learn some things from you too. I am personally looking forward to hearing some of your family stories. Have fun while you're here!

                      Welcome back Jade. That was a lovely message as usual.

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