LCM's Visitors' Journal entries from 2000 through 2001

Welcome to LCM's Visitors' Journal entries for the years of 2000 through 2001 made by visitors from all over the world.

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Date:

10/1/00

Time:

11:17:39 PM

Remote User:

Comments

Hello Brother! This is Andy Berger! Your website is looking good my friend! Looks like you have a lot of good topics coming up! I am impressed, keep up the good work!! Have not looked at everything yet just a few of your topics. Keep up the good work brother.

Andy

Thanks for visiting LCM and offering the words of encouragement, Brother. Thanks also for you ongoing prayers, friendship, and fellowship. The Webmaster.

Date:

10/2/00

Time:

7:12:27 PM

Remote User:

Comments

Walt, Fantastic job on the web site. I look forward to seeing many pages completed. I'm impressed!!!!! You and your family are in our prayers. Tim, Angel & Luke Sullivan

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your gracious comments, Sullivans. You are a special family to us. The Webmaster.

Date:

10/12/00

Time:

4:43:06 PM

Remote User:

Comments

Very creative and informative work. Inspirational text and real life situations. May God continue to bless you and your family.

Sincerely, Mary Allen Columbus, Ohio

Thanks for visiting and offering the gracious comments, Sister. The Webmaster.

Date:

10/30/00

Time:

7:34:47 AM

Remote User:

Comments

Good Morning Walt Arthur King CLBC

Thanks for visiting LCM, Art.

Date:

11/14/00

Time:

10:38:06 AM

Remote User:

Comments

Unfortunately we do not pick up your station in Canada, but I liked your web page. We pray for you continually. God bless, Ellen Mumper

I am not directly connected to the radio station, but I am friends with those that work there. I do appreciate your prayers, and I am sure those at the station would also. The Webmaster, WTRII

Date:

12/4/00

Time:

1:21:53 PM

Remote User:

Comments

May God continue to bless The Last Chance Ministries. I pray that this Ministries would be able to reach many lost souls around the world!! May God Bless!! Stanley Babers, Shreveport, La.71101

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your gracious comments. The Webmaster.

Date:

12/4/00

Time:

9:03:41 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Walter God bless you and your family. Dee and I will keep you in our prayers.

Roger & Dee Westfall West Virginia

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your gracious comments. You two are special folks to us. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Chris Dement

City:

California

State_Province:

Maryland

Country:

United States of America

Date:

12/26/00

Time:

8:35:34 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

None contributed. WTRii

Thanks for visiting LCM and signing the Visitors' Journal. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Tisbury Pringle

City:

Seattle

State_Province:

WA

Country:

U.S.A.

Date:

12/27/00

Time:

8:49:28 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Thank you for such wonderful pictures of your island. My father Billy Bones lives on Carriacou and if you could please say a prayer for him I would be delighted. God Bless.

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your gracious comments. I hope to meet you in person when you visit Carriacou. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Carl Anderson

City:

Orlando

State_Province:

FL

Country:

USA

Date:

1/10/01

Time:

7:26:18 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Great site...! Very impressed...! I found the site map to be the most helpful for navigation throughout.

I feel as if I have just been on vacation and seen paradise, been to church services, and met the wonderful people there.

I have been to Canouan for 2 missions trips. My friend there is a dear brother named Harold Skovmand from Canada. He pastors a church known as Wells of Living Water.

I will now keep you both on my prayer list.

Did I say I was impressed with your site...! Great job brother...

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your very gracious comments. Thanks also for adding us to your prayer list. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

M.Joseph

City:

Toronto

State_Province:

Ontario

Country:

Canada

Date:

1/12/01

Time:

1:00:40 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Keep up the good work. May God Bless you richly as you win souls for His Kingdom.

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your gracious word of encouragement. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Rhonda A Perkins

City:

London

State_Province:

England

Country:

United Kingdom

Date:

1/17/01

Time:

10:20:38 AM

Remote User:

 

Comments

The list of churches is very helpful, but it would have been more useful if when you went from thumbnail to larger picture the address was also included.

Each church is easily found once you enter the town of Hillsborough or any the smaller villages. I am not aware of any street numbers, and the names of the roads in the villages remain a mystery to me. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

andy

City:

stoney   creek

State_Province:

ontario

Country:

canada

Date:

1/20/01

Time:

9:22:05 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Is LCM a culture?

No, LCM is not a culture or cult (if that is what you were thinking of). It is a personal web-based outreach ministry that simply seeks to promote the word of God. We also aim to present information on current topics and trends from a biblical perspective. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Adrienne DuBoise

City:

Portland

State_Province:

Oregon

Country:

USA

Date:

1/26/01

Time:

11:50:02 AM

Remote User:

 

Comments

I have been thinking of re-locating to the islands and I am very excited to see that there will be Christians near by!

We would love to have you attend or visit our services. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

C .N Bernard

City:

Huddersfield

State_Province:

West Yorkshire

Country:

England

Date:

2/5/01

Time:

2:57:03 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

I visited Carriacou last year and it was absolutely beautiful. It was like a paridise. The beaches were fantastic, and your pictures brought back memories.

Thanks for your gracious comments! The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

karl...t

City:

toronto

State_Province:

ontario

Country:

canada

Date:

2/9/01

Time:

1:02:55 AM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Why is there so many small churches in Grenada? When I was growing up in Grenada I only knew the Anglican church, where I grew up, an the other three churches like the CATHOLIC METHODIST AN SCOTTISH CHURCH. Any ways it nice visiting.

Obviously, I cannot answer for everyone or for other churches. Yet, I would venture to speculate that there are more churches now because many of the people of Grenada have spent many years working abroad and have been exposed to new spiritual perspectives. It is likely that they have broadened their horizons spiritually speaking.

Lastly, more and more missionaries have learned of Grenada and Carriacou and they believe they have either been led here by God, or they simply came to believe that this would be a good place to establish one of their churches. The Webmaster. 

Name_or_Initials:

A humble man of peace

City:

around here somewhere

State_Province:

all over the place

Country:

here,there and everywhere

Date:

2/14/01

Time:

6:24:41 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

SHAME ON YOU!!! I'm sorry, I had to come back one last time with a message to all those who criticized me on these boards. Here in my country, we have been hearing about a little girl who was tortured to death by her guardians. The abuse happened over a number of months and it was allowed to go on so long because of a number of serious blunders by police and social workers. When the little girl was found dead, her body was covered by a variety of injuries from cigarette burns to bruises and investigators even suggested that she had been hit repeatedly with a bicycle chain. Now that is just ONE case out of many that happen here in my country and every other country in the world and presumably you Christians would say that god sees all this inhumanity. Well it is my assertion that anybody who stands by and does nothing to help such victims, especially little children, is to say the least a callous, uncaring wretch. And to make matters worse, your god gives us a lot of trivial and sickening excuses for his inactivity. And YOU, YOU CHRISTIANS, you worship this wretched god purely for your own self interest, to get yourselves into heaven. It never occurs to you to plead with your god to use his powers to help the innocent, does it? Because you don't want to upset him, thereby putting at risk your chances of heavenly bliss, ALL YOU JUDGEMENTAL BIGOTS MAKE ME SICK.

You obviously have formed your own subjective and prejudicial view of God and Christians—and have somehow attributed all evil and misdeeds to them. You fail to realize that are also evil spiritual forces at work in the world that will use people open to their influence to commit hideous deeds such as the one you described above. Lastly, the only baseless  judgmental and bigoted notions posted on this website are such as contained in the comments you made above. The Webmaster. 

Name_or_Initials:

Darryl

City:

Louisville

State_Province:

Ky

Country:

US

Date:

2/15/01

Time:

10:06:04 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

To: A humble man of peace

Dear A humble man of peace,

Why not make an argument about the Holocaust of WWII. This was a much worst situation. You have to understand that we have all fallen short of God's grace. We see a gruesome murder and can not understand why God lets these things happen. If God does not exist, then all of existence, including ours suffering, has no enduring value, purpose, or goal. If you believe in another deity then you are in the same boat. Right! We all here with free will....GOD did not make puppets. You will have to keep in mind that suffering does not originate with God and will be eliminated at some point. God works good in the midst of suffering; not all pain is suffering in the moral sense; and physical, transient suffering and death are relatively inconsequential compared to spiritual, eternal suffering and death.

Our assurance that God will eliminate suffering is not the only comfort God gives us. While God did not cause suffering, he has given it purpose. It became the vehicle for our salvation when “Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame” (Hebrews 12:2). Complete avoidance of suffering is not an option for any of us.

Suffering and death in this sinful world are not without remedy. The only reasonable response to the existence of suffering is confidence in God’s promises for eternity:

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. . . . Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. . . . Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [Matt. 5:3-10]

If there is not a God and you believe in the Evolution, then all the intelligence and purposeful design around us was created from unintelligence.....

Thanks for visiting LCM. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Sue

City:

Boston

State_Province:

MASS

Country:

USA

Date:

2/17/01

Time:

7:19:27 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Great website! I've been to Carriacou 8 times. I'll be back soon. You can't get a better vacation anywhere...

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to sign the Visitors' Journal. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Samuel Adolph Quashie

City:

60 Shoreview Dr

State_Province:

Yonkers  NY

Country:

USA

Date:

2/19/01

Time:

9:23:04 AM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Just happen to stumble onto your site and thought it was very nice and interesting . I am a product of Carriacou too. Belvedere/Meldrum to be exact. Looking forward to regular visits to your site. Adolph

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your gracious comments. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Dewane Smith

City:

Gonzales

State_Province:

Louisiana

Country:

U.S.A.

Date:

3/2/01

Time:

7:18:20 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Hi. I am a Christian. Please e·mail me at ....

thank you

I do not allow the posting of any e·mail or web addresses on this pages. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Snow White

City:

new carlisle

State_Province:

ohio

Country:

usa

Date:

3/5/01

Time:

4:20:07 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

May I walk with you?

I have no idea what you meant by your question. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Lisa Charles

City:

Brooklyn

State_Province:

New York

Country:

U.S.A.

Date:

3/7/01

Time:

7:40:01 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Thank you for showing such beautiful pictures of Carriacou. They bring back lovely memories. I once lived in Carriacou and seeing those pictures were a treat for me.

Thanks for you gracious comments. I am glad that our photos brought back fond memories for you. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Algie

City:

Valparaiso

State_Province:

IN

Country:

USA

Date:

3/14/01

Time:

8:23:31 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

This is a very well documented web-cite. The illustrations are clear, accurate and informative. In addition, there is enough information to give one a well rounded virtual tour of the island.

Thanks for you very gracious comments and words of encouragement. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Mike Burns

City:

Fayetteville

State_Province:

WV

Country:

USA

Date:

3/21/01

Time:

6:26:58 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

I certainly hope your injuries are getting better. Remember my motorcycle accident of April of '71? I didn't hit a cow but that Chevy was pretty solid. Let me hear how you are doing!

Thanks for remembering me and taking the time to offer your gracious comments. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Suresh Anthony Durairaju

City:

Mumbai

State_Province:

Maharashtra

Country:

India

Date:

3/23/01

Time:

2:24:47 AM

Remote User:

 

Comments

This site is very good. Hope all the non believer's & idol worshippers visit your site by god's grace to know the truth.

Thanks for you gracious comments. I share your hope. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Maria Sandy

City:

Hollywood

State_Province:

Florida

Country:

USA

Date:

4/6/01

Time:

11:22:19 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Hi Walter, you spoke to me at Compaq. I promised to look at the site, I think it is wonderful. You're doing a good job.

Thanks for your gracious comments. You represented Compaq with excellence in the way you helped me to resolve the particular problem that I encountered. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

George Grams

City:

Edinburgh

State_Province:

Midlothian

Country:

Scotland

Date:

4/8/01

Time:

12:27:42 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Sounds like a wonderful island. Intend to visit July 2001.

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to sign the Visitors' Journal. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

BATVANN

City:

FORT LAUDERDALE

State_Province:

FLORDIA

Country:

AMERICA

Date:

4/19/01

Time:

6:44:33 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

BEAUTIFUL

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your gracious comment. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

simonsgirl

City:

las vegas

State_Province:

nv

Country:

usa

Date:

4/28/01

Time:

12:43:47 AM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to sign the Visitors' Journal. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Alistaire Winfield

City:

San Antonio

State_Province:

Texas

Country:

United States of America

Date:

4/30/01

Time:

8:55:22 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Hi Rev, Keep up the good work. I planning to visit the Island soon and hope to see you and the Church. Best Regards Always. Alistaire Winfield

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your gracious comments and word of encouragement. I hope to meet you when you visit Carriacou. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Joel Thurmond

City:

Urbana

State_Province:

IL

Country:

USA

Date:

5/2/01

Time:

6:51:24 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

I am a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Urbana. I am planning on getting married in August. I was maybe planning on a honeymoon at Carriacou. I would like to combine this with a short term mission trip. Do you need any help for a week in August?

I have no way to communicate with those who leave comments on this page unless they send me an e·mail note and e·mail address by which I may respond. We would welcome any help from those that share our doctrinal beliefs and practices. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

MISS S McDONALD

City:

LEWISHAM

State_Province:

LONDON

Country:

ENGLAND

Date:

5/8/01

Time:

5:36:00 AM

Remote User:

 

Comments

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF PICTURES THAT THIS SITE HAS PRODUCED. I WAS BORN IN CARRIACOU BUT I NOW LIVE IN LONDON. I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE PICTURES OF MY OLD PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL. YOU'RE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND CONTINUE UPDATING AND GETTING NICE PICTURES. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO CARRIACOU IN THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS BECAUSE I FINISHED COLLEGE AND I'M NOW IN UNIVERSITY. BUT I'M GOING TO CARRIACOU FOR THE CHRISTMAS, AND I KNOW THAT I'LL ENJOY MYSELF BECAUSE CARRIACOU IS A PARADISE, WHERE YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING TO DO OR SOMEWHERE TO GO. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I'LL BE CHECKING THIS SITE SOON TO SEE AND READ MORE EXCITING THINGS ABOUT MY HOME LAND. ONE LOVE.

Thanks for you very gracious comments. I hope we will have the opportunity to meet one day when you visit Carriacou. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Sarah Hubbard

City:

Monrovia

State_Province:

Indiana

Country:

United States

Date:

5/20/01

Time:

4:51:56 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

This site is a wonderful place for Christians to come see what is happening in missionary life!! I have been to Carriacou and I stayed with Mamma C and the missionaries down there were a great blessing to me!! Thanks!!

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your gracious comments. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Lisa

City:

Palmer

State_Province:

MA

Country:

usa

Date:

5/30/01

Time:

10:39:57 AM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to sign the Visitors' Journal. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

EMK

City:

Charlottesville

State_Province:

Virginia

Country:

USA

Date:

6/10/01

Time:

7:26:36 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

This has been wonderful. I never heard of Carriacou until reading Paul Marshall's "Praise Song for the Widow" which is about a woman who finds spiritual rebirth on the island. I'm so happy that I did some further research because that led me to your wonderful site. I'm sure that I will add Carriacou to my list of desired places to visit, and that I will someday meet you and visit your church. Thanks so much and God Bless You!

Thanks for you gracious comments and I look forward to meeting you someday. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Ras Bredren

City:

Kingston

State_Province:

Jamaica

Country:

Carribean

Date:

6/12/01

Time:

1:13:49 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Greetings in the name of the most high, Jah Rastfari! I & I found your article of research to be very controversial. We Rasta are not the ones who have misinterpreted the concepts of the Bible. Our truths are facts. We have the oldest Bible in the world (Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church written in the original language which is ahmaric) including the true interpretation of the Lost sea scrolls, the Lost books of the garden of eden, and concrete evidence regarding His MAjesty Haille Sellassie I as the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, conquoring Lion of the Tribe of Judah true to the uniterrupted lineage of King Solomon and King David. This is fact. Jesus Christ must have resembled His MAjesty (dark pigmentation)because he was a cousin in this line of royal imperial lineage. This is fact. THe United States history books and paintings tricked the African slaves into believing that God was white. This is not fact. In fact, the painting of Christ that circulates in the U.S is actually a painting by Leonardo Di Vinci and the model was Ceasar Lombroso. Rasta has reached back in time and found it's roots to be black, strong & proud and most of all non-white. We are the original Kings and Queens of the earth who were tricked by modern day Babylon into beleiving that white was better. In the Bible it says that the day shall come when the first shall be last and the last shall be first. God has written that Modern day oppressors and downpressors who have kept us in chains and bondage for over 400 years through crimes against humanity (20 times worst than a 10 year holocaust) shall become the burden bearers of the world. What about the African Holocaust? Why hasn't this become a major source for repatriation? These are things that Rasta beleives and we shall forward and trod through Babylon with our interpretations that are the oldest documented interpretations in his-story or should I say our-story. Give Thanks and praises to the Most high, JAh Rastafari, Ever living, Ever Faithful Ever Sure, Jah lives Children!!!

One's beliefs do not become truth merely because one states or believes that their "truths are facts." The Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church's Bible does not mention Haile Selassi I, nor do the Dead Sea Scrolls Nor does either teach that Selassi is the Messiah. Any inference to such requires one to force an interpretation that ignores what the rest of what the Scripture teaches concerning the Messiah.

Your repeated assertion "this is fact" does not make Selassi the Messiah or Jesus having dark skin—except in you own mind. Granted, it most likely that Jesus was not blue blue-eyed and blonde headed as many paintings today represent Him to be, and it likely that His skin tone was swarthy or olive in hue as is typical for those of Hebrew ancestry.

Biblical Christians do not believe God is white or black. The Father is a spirit who has no pigmentation of any color. His son, Jesus of Nazareth, who is God that clothed Himself in human flesh, chose to enter the world through the lineage of Abraham, and by such his physical characteristics would be more like those of Jewish/Hebrew ancestry.

Those who study and the Bible in earnest and interpret it literally with open hearts and minds know that it does not teach that black or white is good or bad. Instead it teaches that spiritual light is good and spiritual darkness (the absence of light) is bad. In reality, the word black is not use even once in reference spiritual wickedness in the Bible—it is darkness that is deemed such instead.  The Bible (regardless of versions) teaches that spiritual light in found in the word of God. Spiritual darkness is religious belief that is not based upon God's Word or is based upon a perverted interpretation of God's word.

Lastly, in my opinion your comments help to reinforce the validity of some of the things I stated in my article "What is Rastafarianism?" Thanks.

The Webmaster

Name_or_Initials:

Connie

City:

hammond

State_Province:

Louisiana

Country:

United States

Date:

6/15/01

Time:

1:20:53 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

God Bless You!!!

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your gracious comment. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

CLYDE THE GLIDE

City:

DENVER

State_Province:

CO

Country:

U.S.A.

Date:

6/16/01

Time:

9:50:46 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

YOU HAVE A GREAT SITE. I THANK GOD FOR MINISTRIES LIKE YOURS.

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Name_or_Initials:

MS S Simon

City:

London

State_Province:

South East

Country:

England

Date:

6/22/01

Time:

8:16:06 AM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Greetings

I was sitting at my PC today thinking about Carriacou, so I decided to search Carriacou and came up with your web site amongst others. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to sign the Visitors' Journal. I am so proud to be a generation of Carriacou.

I hope to visit in the next couple of months.

God Bless

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to sign the Visitors' Journal. I hope to meet you sometime on Carriacou. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

Roz

City:

chicago

State_Province:

il

Country:

usa

Date:

7/4/01

Time:

12:17:20 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

I find Rastafarianism to be a very interesting and convincing subject. I thank God for letting me learn more of this religion, it has opened my eyes to many new ideas.

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to sign the Visitors' Journal. It is my hope that both your eyes and mind will remain open until you find real truth that will benefit you for eternity. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

RAS  KAMARA

City:

LONDON

State_Province:

EALING

Country:

ENGLAND

Date:

7/12/01

Time:

12:28:12 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY BIBLE, I READ YOUR ARTICLE ON RASTAFARIANISM, AND WILL LIKE TO EXPRESS MY TESTIMONY ON RASTA, THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPS AND THE WAY OF A RASTA IS TO GET CONSONANT WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE VERSE THE LIVING BREATH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MY TESTIMONY TO THIS FACT. THEIR MY MESSAGE TO OTHERS IS TO GIVE THANKS FOR THE SPIRIT IS THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST. AND DONT PRAY TO JAH IF HE IS NOT HEARING YOUR AMENS .IN MY EVERYDAY REGGAE CONVERSATION I .REMEMBER TO SAY JAH RASTAFARI AMEN AND AMENJAH .THIS IS NOTHING OTHER THAN A REASSURANCE THAT HE LOVES ME, AND IN THE BIBLE ARE NOTES OF THE LOVE FOR I AND I. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING ME . ENJOY GREAT PEACE . THE HOLYMAN LIVES{mstrjsschrst}

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to sign the Visitors' Journal. I hope you will continue to visit in the future. I plan to add more information that I hope you will find informative and beneficial. The Webmaster.

Name_or_Initials:

jh

City:

Mesick

State_Province:

MI

Country:

USA

Date:

7/14/01

Time:

3:56:49 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

It's nice to find a place to share thoughts & faith. Thanking you in advance--a fellow servant of Christ.

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Name_or_Initials:

Kevin Carr

City:

Del Rio

State_Province:

Tx

Country:

U.S.

Date:

7/15/01

Time:

12:51:48 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

Your site looks good, I will visit often

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Name_or_Initials:

Web Head

City:

Denver

State_Province:

Colorado

Country:

USA

Date:

7/15/01

Time:

9:10:40 PM

Remote User:

 

Comments

I was hoping to find some information about the religion Rastafarianism. I found what I was looking for but I was extremely disappointed in the way that the information was presented. Christianity involves accepting others as who they are and this article was very offensive to people of that religion. I just hope that the Christians that read that know better than to believe that prejudice.

Thanks for visiting LCM.

"What is Rastafarianism?," the article I have posted on LCM simply presented the historical and factual origin and characteristics of the movement, and my personal observations concerning Rastafarians that I have personally encountered. The article is free of emotion, and is a straightforward presentation of the facts. I even stated in the article that many Rastafarians that I have met "are honest, hardworking, family oriented, and charitable." Thus, I must conclude that your "disappointment" with my article does not lie in the way I presented the information, but in the information itself. If that is the case, Rastafarianism is what it is, even if its factual characteristics are disappointing to those who hold favorable views toward it.

Your assertion that "Christianity involves accepting others as who they are" is erroneous and in itself "prejudicial" toward Christianity. I say that because a simple definition of prejudice is:

a. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts. See synonyms at predilection. b. A preconceived preference or idea. ^[1]

Your notion of Christianity involving accepting others as they are is indeed a preconceived preference this is not based upon the facts, and by thus prejudicial.

In fact, the Christian Bible clearly spells out what Christianity is, and defines it in terms of faith and practice. The Bible itself states the following, which clearly contradicts your assertion about its supposedly universal acceptance of others—regardless of their beliefs:

⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,  the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)

⁹The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)

Christians whose faith is based upon the Bible know that Christianity is not universal on it teaching concerning God and salvation. It is my hope that non-Christians will be able to examine the facts concerning Christianity, Rastafarianism—and other religions as well—and then make up their minds according to the dictates of their own hearts.

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^[1]The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution restricted in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.

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abigail cudjoe

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huddersfield

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8/7/01

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It is nice to see some one has brought Carriacou to the people who aren't fortunate enough to see it. It is such a beautiful place it deserves to be seen by everyone.

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Alphonso Larkin Jr.

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Killeen

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Texas

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U.S.A

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8/12/01

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11:21:01 AM

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I found your web site at WWHS home page the Class Of 1972. Keep the Word live.

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Vickie Bandy

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Mitchellville, MD

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MD

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USA

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8/13/01

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4:43:39 PM

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Fantastic Job Walter and Linda! I have enjoyed reading all about your work for the Lord and you have certainly taken on a awesome responsibility. May God continue to bless the work of your hands and I will keep you in my prayers.

Vickie

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HIH PRINCE AHADU

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ANYTOWN

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9/3/01

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11:32:23 AM

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GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF THE MOST HIGH ETERNAL FATHER. IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR TRYING TO MAKE RASTA LOOK BAD. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD THE CONCEPT OF OUR LIVITY. DONT PRAY FOR US, PRAY FOR YOURSELVES YOU ARE THE ONES THAT NEED SALVATION. YOU ARE THE ONES CALLING OUT JEEZUS NAME , DONT YOU KNOW YOU ARE CALLING ON A PAGAN DIETY. I GUESS YOU DIDNT KNOW HUH? .YOU NEED TO PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH. YOU PREACH RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT YET YOUR TRYING TO VRING DOWN ANOTHER MANS FAITH. IF YOU WERE TRUE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST YOU WOULDNT BE TRYING TO FIGHT AGAINST RASTA. SHAME ON YOU PEOPLE. WOLVES IN SHEEP CLOTHING.

HOLY EMMANUEL I SELASSIE I JAH RASTAFARI

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CGB

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New Milford

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NJ

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USA

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9/3/01

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Hey Rob, it was great seeing you last month. I like like your site. Haven't had a chance to check it all out, but I will. Keep in touch.

Carl

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albert b. swindle

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adrian

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MI

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United States of America

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9/9/01

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Looking for the section to list my prayer requests. Thanks for your assistance.

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teddy

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london

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middlesex

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england

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9/27/01

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6:44:36 PM

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The most wonderful place to visit, hope to visit again soon.

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Rohan & Ann Edwards

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New York

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N.Y.

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10/6/01

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5:17:31 PM

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Hi, I am from the little village of Belle Vue South, but now live in New York. We just want to say keep up the good work, may GOD continue to bless you ministry.

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Vegeta_SSJ4

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Palm Bay

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FL

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USA

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10/8/01

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8:06:08 PM

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Christiana Raymond

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London

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Forest Gate

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England

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10/9/01

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4:20:15 AM

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I'm currently in England visiting my Children so it's nice to be able to keep up with news back in my homeland! Keep up the good work!

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anon.

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Roanoke

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Virginia

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USA

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10/22/01

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5:11:34 PM

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Hi...I randomly encountered your article about Rastafarianism while surfing the WWW. I am white and from America. My two roommates are Rastafarian, black, and from the Caribbean. I can clearly see that your defining of the concepts associated with Rastas is somewhat vague and uneducated. I do not partake of marijuana and my roommate, a dedicated Rasta for 20+ years, has never taken part in smoking marijuana. This is not true of all Rastas...for marijuana was not even introduced into Rastafarian mind until many, many years after the beginnings of Rasta foundation. Your information regarding Rastafarian culture is in my knowledge mostly correct. If your mission is to "convert" Rastas and preach the Gospel to them, you will fail if you are speaking with a true Rasta. The true and faithful Rastafarian will forever hold strong in any and all circumstances. No one shall budge a true Rasta.

Thanks for visiting LCM and taking the time to offer your comments. As stated in my article, my observations concerning Rastas and marijuana are just that—my observations based upon those I have encountered personally. This not only includes those that obviously make a loose claim to the sect to justify their use of ganja, but also those that are truly devoted to Rastafarianism as a faith and way of living. From my experience your two roommates are the exception—not the rule. If I at some time in the future I discover that I have erred in this assertion I will change my article accordingly.

I agree that is very difficult to see people turn from Rastafarianism to Biblical faith in the Biblical Jesus Christ—but it does happen by God's power and grace to those that remain open to truth. I personally know of two former true Rastas that have done so. 

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Marla Robinson

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Tulsa

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OK

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USA

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10/22/01

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5:50:39 PM

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I am interested in your comments on Where Angels fear. I can not find any articles to read, maybe I am doing something wrong. Please help me with this further. Thanks, Marla

Marla, there are articles under the link of "Where Angels Fear" (renamed "On Thin Ice). However, they are currently only found under the articles contributed by the Founder, i.e., me the Webmaster. No other contributions have been offered thus far. WTRII

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fourfeathers

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Vancouver

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BC

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Canada

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10/25/01

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12:06:14 AM

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Best of luck in your ministry

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AIDA IRIZARRY

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ELMIRA

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NY

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NY

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10/26/01

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9:23:03 PM

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GOOD INFORMATION ON CHRISTIANITY

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PJ

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Lake Grace

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W. Australia

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Australia

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11/3/01

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1:47:22 AM

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Praise the Lord for your website. It is always good to be able to encourage one another in the service of the Lord. I will check back on your prayer requests and keep you all and your ministries in my prayers.

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Jansen

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Glasgow

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None

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UK

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11/16/01

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2:21:35 PM

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Interesting site. I think it would be better if you had mentioned Gods name Jehovah, but other than that it was interesting. I like to see what others believe in :)

Thanks for your comments and for visiting LCM. God's name is commonly be pronounced Jehovah (Jeh hoe vah) today, but it is more likely and accurately pronounced Yahweh (Yah way) or Yehovah. The ancient Hebrews did not have a hard breathing "J" but an aspirated "Y" consonant sound instead.

In addition, ancient Hebrew did  not have vowels as we do in English, but vowel points instead. In reverence and fear, the Hebrew scribes would never pronounce God's name, and they did not want others to pronounce it because they deemed it too Holy for sinful man to utter. Thus, the scribes did not include the vowel points when they wrote God's name that is transliterated from Hebrew to English as YHWY from the Hebrew hwIhyÒ.

The now common practice of adding vowel sounds to the this tetra gammon  is mostly guess work at best. Some have applied the vowel points for Adonay and then substituted the hard "J" for the smoother breathing "Y" for the Hebrew Yod character. This has led to the wide spread practice of pronouncing God's name as Jehovah today, though it is at the least questionable. Referring to God's name as simply God or Jesus is more accurate and more than adequate in most cases.

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Helen Hannah Mack

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Cleveland

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Ohio

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USA

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11/24/01

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7:41:15 AM

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Thank you cousin for such a positive web site. May God bless you and your family and ministry.

Helen (Wardell's daughter)

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John Salman

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Douglasville

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Georgia

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United States

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12/24/01

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8:02:12 AM

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Found your website by accident and I am glad I did. Very impressive and informative. I enjoyed it very much. Seems like you are doing a lot of good work down there.

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