Posts by barry

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Interesting observations at an SDA church

by joe134cd in

i’ve just attended a sda church service today.

i have to say the attendance was similar to what i would expect to see in a jw service.

the style and nature of the service was also very jwish (formal, drab and boring).

barry

My family and I attended and SDA church over Easter at Belleville in Sydney and the church was filled with young people. We attended to meet many of my relatives so we didn't have to travel all around Sydney.

My family and I have attended the Anglican church for about 8 years now because the SDA church here in Canberra is very right wing.

The Kellyville SDA church in Sydney is very evangelical and charismatic and they had a band the drummer was housed in a plastic cage and we were undecided if it was for the sound quality or we would be in danger if he were to escape. My Aunty is very traditional to the right of centre and only goes because of her daughter and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. It is a great church for the younger generation the pastor is Swedish and his wife is also a pastor. The SDA General Conference leaders do have a problem with women pastors.

Steve 2 Ellen White plagiarised from mostly Anglican writers

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Climate Change - True Believer or Skeptic?

by Simon in

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climate change ... who doesn't believe it?

crazy fools and science deniers ... right?.

it seems like it's become the new religion, the new orthodoxy, that must be accepted and believed as gospel and preached to all.. is it ok to be skeptical?.

barry

https://youtu.be/gJwayalLpYY This I believe is a fair appraisal of the so called climate debate without the hysteria and frothing at the mouth by the lunatic fringe. Well worth the time for your consideration

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Mormon apostate gives testimony in church

by barry in

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https://youtu.be/092o_pyo7sg it seems the mormons are fairly civil with their apostates.

barry

I suspect about one minute and they wouldn't talk to him afterwards

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Mormon apostate gives testimony in church

by barry in

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https://youtu.be/092o_pyo7sg it seems the mormons are fairly civil with their apostates.

barry

https://youtu.be/092o_pYO7Sg It seems the Mormons are fairly civil with their apostates

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Are Christians to be Witnesses of Jesus or Jehovah?

by blondie in

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i was doing research on another topic and this question came to mind.

notice how the wts dances around the question below and then my comments about that and whether historically did the wts see isaiah as applying to all jws or only anointed members, spiritual israel (galatians 6:16)?.

are christians to be witnesses of jesus or jehovah?.

barry

I would like to join the church

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Terrorist Attacks in Sri Lanka

by cofty in

three christian churches and three luxury hotels have been attacked in sri lanka this morning resulting in more than 130 deaths.. buddhism is the state religion in sri lanka accounting for 70% of the population, hindus make up 12% with islam and christianity comprising 9% and 7% respectively.

no group has yet claimed responsibility.

a civil war between government forces and separatist tamil tigers ended in 2009. the war lasted 26 years and cost at least 70,000 lives.

barry

I just read 280 killed and over 500 injured and yes it was the religion of peace.

There is a strange attitude by western governments. When muslims are attacked it is "PROTECT THE MUSLIMS' When muslims attack others it is "PROTECT THE MUSLIMS " Strange

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Should illegal immigrants be sent “Only” to Sanctuary Cities?

by I believe in overlapping in

pro-illegal immigration advocates are fighting president trump’s efforts to keep illegal immigrants out of the united states.

trump wants immigrants to enter the usa legally and in a controlled manner so as not to tax the local economies of their resources that will burden the local law abiding citizens.

“pro illegal immigrant’s advocates insist that illegal immigrants are overwhelmingly good people fleeing bad circumstances in poverty-stricken, gang-ridden or war-torn countries.

barry

If they stuffed their own country they will stuff up ours.

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Climate Change - True Believer or Skeptic?

by Simon in

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friends

climate change ... who doesn't believe it?

crazy fools and science deniers ... right?.

it seems like it's become the new religion, the new orthodoxy, that must be accepted and believed as gospel and preached to all.. is it ok to be skeptical?.

barry

When the politicians were deciding where to build the capital of Australia there were two conditions 1 The capital had to be built a distance from the ocean so as to be out of range of naval bombardment. 2 Anglo Saxons couldn't function in warmer areas and so the capital had to be a cold area in winter. One of the cold winter areas called Dalgetty that was not accepted was visited by a group of politicians it was so cold they crowded around a fire to get warmth. One politicians leg caught alight and started to burn in the fire. It happened to be a wooden leg. In the end Canberra was selected also a cold area .

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Climate Change - True Believer or Skeptic?

by Simon in

jw
friends

climate change ... who doesn't believe it?

crazy fools and science deniers ... right?.

it seems like it's become the new religion, the new orthodoxy, that must be accepted and believed as gospel and preached to all.. is it ok to be skeptical?.

barry

I'm a skeptic on global warming and all the lies that goes with it. I would suggest that the earth is cooling because of the lack of sunspot activity and at the same time the earth is getting a dose of CO2 from fossil fuel . One may be cancelling out the other but what happens when the low activity of the sun ends?

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Is social media to blame?

by joey jojo in

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i haven't seen any posts regarding the atrocity in christchurch and i just wanted to ask a question about social media's role.

is it fair to blame social media giants for giving the offender a platform for his crime?

what are the boundaries that they are expected to police?

barry

There is a few problems with this crime. It was reported there was two gunman and a women gunman so where is the other male and the women? It was reported there was no damage at all to the mosque no windows broken and no blood splatter. I'm not a conspiracy theory nutter but why these inconsistencies .