Change is ALWAYS happening.
Think of all the "systems" that have come and gone just since Jesus (supposedly) walked the earth. They've risen and fallen and humanity doesn't seem to be the worse for wear, it just adapts and moves on to the next big thing.
The Roman Empire is kaput and we don't ride around in horse-drawn carriages anymore, just as the United States will not be the dominant force on the world scene forever nor will we always drive around in internal combustion engined vehicles.
As to how far the trend will go until an equilibrium point is reached, who knows?
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Anyone here that DOES believe we are in the last days of this system?
by tula injust taking a roll call here.
no empire lasts forever.
no system of government will last forever.
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The Brand New 2008 Looking For Love Thread
by Tired of the Hypocrisy inon another thread i read about someone being denied by eharmony and was wondering if there are any exjw dating sites.
i wish i knew of one, but thought since someone else mentioned some folks have made a connection here that it would be a good idea to have everyone that is interested raise their hand and say if they are looking for love in all the wrong places or just looking...... i hope this post is not out of line or off topic.. i guess i will start even tho i am married.
ok, anyone interested in chatting with a fat old married cowboy?.
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marmot
I'll ante up. You lovely single ladies don't go IM'ing me all at once now, ya hear?
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Kids Still Get Whacked @ Armageddon. Current Light. (With Pix!)
by Open mind inif you've clicked around on other sites, you can find the troubling picture i grew up with from the old orange paradise lost book.
a big old armageddon earthquake that is swallowing up people, churches, a bicycle, a dog!
) and of course, a little girl in a dress that is indelibly planted in my memory chips.
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The guy behind the little girl looks like Samuel L. Jackson's character from Pulp Fiction. Or it's a mormon wearing a sombrero.
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Kids Still Get Whacked @ Armageddon. Current Light. (With Pix!)
by Open mind inif you've clicked around on other sites, you can find the troubling picture i grew up with from the old orange paradise lost book.
a big old armageddon earthquake that is swallowing up people, churches, a bicycle, a dog!
) and of course, a little girl in a dress that is indelibly planted in my memory chips.
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One of the models for that painting of the "bad grapes" is an uncle of mine who's still at Brooklyn bethel.
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Abstain from Blood...
by hotchocolate inmy first post was a few days ago now, and finally my heart has stopped pounding whenever i log on.. :-).
so, i have been in the truth all my life, 3rd generation witness, never left, never been in trouble, pioneered for years, and am a respected member of my congregation.
at the moment.
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Hotchocolate, glad you appreciated it. As for the further research, a really great website to delve into is www.talkorigins.org It's very non-threatening, clear and well-documented with lots of annotated references to scientific source material. Their section on the biblical flood is what pushed me out of the Witnesses.
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Abstain from Blood...
by hotchocolate inmy first post was a few days ago now, and finally my heart has stopped pounding whenever i log on.. :-).
so, i have been in the truth all my life, 3rd generation witness, never left, never been in trouble, pioneered for years, and am a respected member of my congregation.
at the moment.
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The only thing you need to knock down the blood policy is Matthew chapter 12.
I don't even believe in the divine inspiration of the Bible anymore, but when I read that chapter it is downright impossible to argue in favor of refusing blood at the risk of dying, ESPECIALLY when children are involved.
That would have been tantamount to Jesus telling his disciples that if a lamb fell into a pit on the sabbath you had to let the lamb die because the sabbath is sacred. In fact the sabbath was a helluva lot more sacred than the dietary restrictions on blood, you'd be stoned to death for violating the sabbath but merely considered unclean and "cut off" from the camp for a while if you ate unbled meat.
As the chapter shows, that is the exact opposite of what Jesus was trying to convey.
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Ex-Jw dating sites?
by Mizz.Eye ini am lonely.
i am young, but i feel it would be nice to finally have a close friend and if i turn out to love and want to commit then even better.
the regular dating sites don't do it.
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marmot
I've wondered the same thing, but I fear the membership pool would be too small and thinly spread out to be workable.
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Evolution is a religious teaching
by lrkr ini kid you not.
page 16 of 1/1/08 wt.
"although evolution is usually presented in scientific language, it is really a religious doctrine.".
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I find it is fruitless to try and show somebody the error of a literal biblical view of earth's history when they are hell-bent on believing it. My uncle has a PhD in psychology but he believes in the biblical flood. I've tried to show him scientific evidence to the contrary but he reverts much to the same attacks as rollerdave and refuses to acknowledge anything that might damage his beliefs. The jury is not "out" on evolution, either. It is as valid as the theory of gravity.
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Eve, 1975 and time
by JWdaughter inok, this is a bit off the cuff.
and it was inspired by a comment made by someone about cain.
if adam was 130 when seth was born, then we know that eve was not 130 at that time.
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It's still arguing about fictional characters. Archeology shows that humans have been around way before Adam's supposed creation in 4026 BC.
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30 y/o Bros from TX move to FL, have a party with 16 y/o Sisters!
by MinisterAmos inwe here in the fl panhandle were "blessed" to have some 25 ish y/o brothers from tx move here recently.
they had the usual welcoming party two weeks ago, and all the young bros from mobile to fort waalton showed up to welcome them!
the only thing was, there was no elder to supervise!
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Doesn't seem like an isolated phenomenon. A friend's younger sister got pregnant from a 30-something "pioneer brother" at a party after having way too much to drink.