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Author Topic: Who else prays to Ryan White?  (Read 5717 times)

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Offline jpy865

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Who else prays to Ryan White?
« on: August 15, 2007, 05:06:38 pm »
I have ADAP and HSI in Missouri and have a Case Worker, which I could not imagine having HIV without these services. That is why every day I pray to Ryan White like a Saint. I re-found my Christian faith when I was diagnosed and starting praying again for the strength and courage to live through this.
Just wondering if anyone else does similar behaviors towards Ryan White?
« Last Edit: August 15, 2007, 06:45:51 pm by jpy865 »
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Offline dixieman

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2007, 05:20:13 pm »
? I pray to God... and I pray for everyone with this disease and I am thankful that Ryan White was able to get so much media attention for this disease... but, pray to him... I think not... pray for him and others.. yes!

Offline thunter34

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2007, 05:21:12 pm »
um, no....but i do have a velvet painting of Elton John that cries.
AIDS isn't for sissies.

Offline dixieman

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2007, 05:23:48 pm »
lol... what a wonderful painting it must be....

Offline Dachshund

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2007, 05:24:50 pm »
You better pray they don't cut any more funding...and if God had anything to do with it we wouldn't be needing to pray for healthcare.

Offline Matty the Damned

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2007, 05:25:03 pm »
Matty the Damned does not pray. He is prayed to.

MtD

Offline thunter34

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2007, 05:26:46 pm »
And probably prayed about as well.
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Offline Dachshund

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2007, 05:39:10 pm »
The damned one may not pray but rumor has it he is constantly on his knees.

Offline BT65

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2007, 05:44:34 pm »
I'm an admitted liberal, but I pray to the Great Spirit and no one else.  I've never prayed to saints.  But, hey, whatever works I guess.
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Offline mjmel

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2007, 06:01:23 pm »
jpy867, you pray to Ryan White? or do you mean you talk to his spirit/memory/soul ?
Well, reborn one, don't allow your zeal to short-circuit your common sense. Too much of that crap in the new christian movements.
Take care of yourself and have a nice chat with angels or whoever, if you choose such meditations.

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2007, 06:18:00 pm »
I remember Ryan and I write congress and the senate to keep his memory alive by not cutting any of the funds.

rich
(who does not pray to any dieties)
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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2007, 06:24:58 pm »
Nope, but I am thankful for knowing who that brave young man was.

Dan

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Offline shadowfluid

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2007, 09:07:56 pm »
um, no....but i do have a velvet painting of Elton John that cries.
Haaaaaa

I'm protected right now by the law in his name.
 I will not pray to him but am sorry he died at such a young age.
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Offline Life

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2007, 09:54:27 pm »
I don't pray to him..  But I pray that his legacy continues to help those who need it...


Offline AlanBama

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2007, 10:54:06 pm »
He was a brave young man, who left this world WAY too soon......

He died before my true 'battle' with AIDS began (a year later) and never had the benefits of the protease drugs.   I always admired him, and thought it was great that he never took the "innocent victim" stance;  he embraced all people living with AIDS regardless of how they contracted it.
"Remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others." - The Wizard of Oz

Offline Miss Philicia

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2007, 11:55:01 pm »
I often pray that the subway arrives quickly
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Offline indyguy

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Re: Who else prays to Ryan White?
« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2007, 07:54:19 am »
I pray to God. But I did have a chance to meet Ryan when he was sick and in Riley Hospital for Children. He is buried no to far from Indianapolis in Cicero,Indiana. He was a big fan of G.I. Joes and had them all over his room at the hospital. Also good friends were Elton John and Michael Jackson who gave him a new Ford Mustang for his 16th birthday. His mom Jenne White is also a sweatheart.
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