Posts by barry

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SECOND ADVENTISTS NOT 7TH DAY ADVENTISTS INFLUENCED RUSSELL

by blondie in

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*** jv chap.

5 pp.

43-44 proclaiming the lords return (1870-1914) ***the twig, though, had been trained by god-fearing parents; it was inclined "in the direction of the lord.

barry

This topic is very appropriate because of some misunderstandings here. Haveing been brought up SDA the history of the church is very important to SDAs but the names of Jonas Wendell, George Stores, Henry Grew, George Stetson and Nelson Barbour are unfamiliour to me. The names William Millar and Ellen white along with other names in SDA history and not mentioned on this site are Uriah Smith , Edison, Joseph Bates and James White .

Many of the early SDAs came from the christian connection church and didn't believe the doctrine of the trinity however it was Ellen White who smartened up and took a stand in promoting the trinity doctrine which mainline SDAs hold today. Of course there are SDAs that don't believe in the doctrine of the trinity and some in the SDA church of today see it as a big problem as they promote their idears to other SDAs. Barry

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Pranked TV station reports fake names of Asiana crash pilots

by HBH in

only in the usa.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2gnqt578qhq.

a little levity.

hbh.

barry

When Australia had the white Australia policy one of our prime ministers was reported as saying ' Two Wongs don't make a White' taken from the saying 'Two wrongs don't make a right'

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North American Natives, a 20,000 year legacy

by designs in

a team have been testing the mitochondrial dna, maternal side, of three native tribes from the bristish columbia region against bodies from 6,000-2,500 years ago and have found matches to living persons from the nisga, tsimshian, and haida tribes.

the skeletons came from dodge island.

one of the 6000 year old skeletons matched dna from a 10,000 year old skeleton from the same region.

barry

There is evidence the Australian natives have been in Australia for 60,000 years.

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Flash mob at wedding

by usualusername in

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unbelievable!.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-23020504.

barry

My son wants to go to an apostalic church because he says the Anglican church is to boring and they don't put there hands up in worship. I wil show him this video to enlighten him

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Infinity and god - why wait to create the universe?

by Simon in

here's the problem with infinity ... we can't comprehend it.. it's bad enough when it's space, but when it's time as well and then we throw in some all powerful creature supposedly existing forever ... well, it just doesn't make sense and raises questions.. such as why wait?

why didn't god create the universe the day before he did?

or the day before that?

barry

A great scientist once said ' The bible tells us how to go to heaven not how the heavens go'.

Those words were first said by Galileo and later repeated by John Paul 2 when Galileo was exhonerated in 1979

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WTS admits U.S. pubs. # not keeping up w/U.S. population #

by Gayle in

in the worldwide service reports show:.

2010 pubs were 1/259 population.

so there it shows pubs "not" keeping up with population!

barry

Its better to have less pubs the abuse of Alcohol in the community in enormous. 250 people per Pub is far too high if we had that many here their would be a national outcry

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7 graphs that prove America is overrated

by Simon in

before the usual suspects start reaching for the pich-forks and forming a mob, i invite you to actually read and consider this, not just leap to conclusions.. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/130607/7-graphs-america-overrated-nsa-prism-privacy.

why do i care?

it seems the people being screwed the most are also the most visciferous defenders of the status quo which sees them being severely disadvantaged.. maternity leave?

barry

We all have opinions an preferences on where we would like to live but I don't see the USA as one that I would easily disregard as a place to live.

The graphs do give some insight on deficiencies that would be experianced if one was to live in the USA but then there are far worse countries Rwanda has more women in Government so does that make it a better country. Here in Australia we have a women prime minister that will lose her job soon or will be voted out at the soon comming election.

The countries that require a vacation are USA and China. Everyone now should now know that China is the workshop of the world and no one can compete with her but that is because the Chinese work cheaper than anyone else. This will bring benefits to China above what she would otherwise have. Benefits to workers comes at a cost of jobs. Every country has to be compeditive because so the USA may be more so than many others that give better benefits to their workers. In the sixties workers in England worked for an extra hour every working day to make their country more compeditive and address their BOP problems.

Australians say that 'Australia is the lucky country' and I would agree with that however when Australia experianced BOP problems we changed our mind and said 'Australia is the smart country'in an effort for us to use our brains more in making us more compeditive.

One valid critisism of America is they left the Empire and kicked out the British and sent our poor king crazy but we just might forgive them for that in another 100 or so.

According to these graphs a person may easily think many other countries are better than the US and as a result be seriously misinformed. Barry

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7 graphs that prove America is overrated

by Simon in

before the usual suspects start reaching for the pich-forks and forming a mob, i invite you to actually read and consider this, not just leap to conclusions.. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/130607/7-graphs-america-overrated-nsa-prism-privacy.

why do i care?

it seems the people being screwed the most are also the most visciferous defenders of the status quo which sees them being severely disadvantaged.. maternity leave?

barry

The jobs market in the USA has improved recently and as a result our Aussie dollar droped from $1.05 American to $0.92 American it seems the Americans are on the way back.

Barry

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JW Middle Schoolers vs Non JW Middle Schoolers - what was your middle/high school experience?

by Julia Orwell in

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i'm a secondary school teacher and i've spent a lot of time at school this year since i've left jws simply observing student dynamics.

i do a lot of playground duty and have the opportunity to observe the kids at play and in the classroom.

i've especially had the opportunity to observe middle school kids, that is, kids between 12 and 15 in my state.. my observations of these 'worldly' children are:.

barry

I thought the JWs were cool at high school because when we all had to go to our scripture class the JWs were allowed to just hang out together.

I don't know if they have religious instruction these days but we had it for one period every week.

I was brought up SDA but because there was no SDA minister in the town I went to the Anglican religious instruction class.

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Confessing Sins !.... to Man, Priest. Non - Biblical Teaching ?

by *lost* in

is this not one of the statement jw's use against the church.. that it is non-biblical.. .

can anyone add to this, very interesting me thinks.. ( will look it up in more detail and add to it ).

thanks.

barry

Protestants are also encouraged to talk to a priest for confession of sins but the priest has no authority to forgive sins that is Gods work. Isn't it better to get advice from someone who is well trained and a professional rather than a window cleaner and had the assurance of confidentiality. Barry