Posts by kurtbethel

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Post Pictures of Beautiful Sceneries-Sunsets, Sunrises, Flowers-Anything !

by flipper in

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kurtbethel

WOW, those pictures of south africa are amazing!

They are. It is an amazing place. Still to come....Cape Town, wildlife, and PENGUINS!

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Post Pictures of Beautiful Sceneries-Sunsets, Sunrises, Flowers-Anything !

by flipper in

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More of the Berg in South Africa

The liquor store in Bergville

Store guard - even the bank did not have this much security

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Post Pictures of Beautiful Sceneries-Sunsets, Sunrises, Flowers-Anything !

by flipper in

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Wow, loved the Lake Como pics.

Now, returning to the Berg in South Africa.....

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Post Pictures of Beautiful Sceneries-Sunsets, Sunrises, Flowers-Anything !

by flipper in

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kurtbethel

Yes, LouBelle. Want more? Here ya go...

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American Elections - From an outsider

by LouBelle in

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i am not huge into politics but i follow the american elections and kind of keep my finger on it.

i have my own strong views on sa politics.. i just want to applaud you, the american people for going about your elections in a very fair, democratic and peaceful manner.

it certainly came across very polished and well run.

It is wise to view South Africa, and America, as a work in progress. Both are very dynamic countries, with a lot of resources and natural beauty. Both have some history of injustice with certain people that still needs to be sorted. Both of them have great opportunities for creative people. But only one of them has penguins that roam around in the wild.

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BEKS!!!!!!

by dinah in

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if we were in the same room, i'd marry you!!!!.

woot!

stick it to the evangelicals!!!!!.

kurtbethel

Maybe we can get some polygamy going on so that everyone can have a chance to marry anyone.

Ooops, wrong president for that! Sorry...

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Hi Everyone

by Skbj in

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hello people,

i'd like to start by saying wow!

i've only just discovered this "world" of ex jw's so i'm still catching up on lots of stuff, my story is a bit long so don't know if people have patience to read :p but if you can bear the reading then i'm happy to share.

kurtbethel

Greetings from California!

I like that story. You give good solid advice. I am curious about what country you are from. Can you share that, or will you make me guess? You say middle east, and that there are Catholics there. I would guess Iraq. Many Iraqi Cathlics have set up a community here in California.

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Post Pictures of Beautiful Sceneries-Sunsets, Sunrises, Flowers-Anything !

by flipper in

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kurtbethel

These are all in Africa...and a shout out to LouBelle. Beautiful country.

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can we earn our salvation by preaching?

by solomon in

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are you trying to earn salvation by your door-to-door ministry?no.

we engage regularly in our door-to-door ministry, but we dont believe that we earn our salvation by doing such work.

(ephesians 2:8) why not?.

kurtbethel

For salvation to be earned, it would be a legally binding contract in which the terms must be spelled out.

If someone insists that preaching is the currency paid for salvation, then they must prove it. They must demonstrate the exact quantity of preaching that would be needed to meet the price, otherwise the contract is too vague to have any legal force. Ask them to do so, then stand back and watch them gulp like a fish out of water.

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Yikes! Read This Geoengineering Article!

by metatron in

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http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2012/11/geoengineering-chemtrails-haarp-world.html#more.

i make no claim that this strange article is telling the truth...... but it does seem to tie together a whole lot of current fringe ideas in one neat package.

it's the wildest ride i've read in a long time (and i read a lot of weird stuff).. and you thought the election was scary!.

kurtbethel

Looks like disinfo. Very silly disinfo. Geoengineering is a topic that is not covered on the news so much, and it leaves a vacuum that gets filled in by crackpots.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/opinion/sunday/geoengineering-testing-the-waters.html

http://www.tgdaily.com/sustainability-features/66992-solar-geoengineering-could-be-safe

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/6-ways-billionaires-try-to-play-god-on-climate-2012-11-02

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