i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.
in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.
( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).
What is this, please?
~ Christians/World population (or, are Hindus and Muslims not children of God).
Presumptious would be saying "God has done that".
No, presumptious is your assertion that "... you just don't know it."
Can we rise above semantics?
How can I ever get you to stay on topic?
i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.
in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.
( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).
I believe God has done that many times, you just don't know it.
"I don't believe God has ever done it, you've just imagined it." See, my statement can be just as assertive and presumptious.
N.Drew, we keep drifting away from the main topic. I don't know what Jesus meant by his "no part of the world" words, I don't know if he ever uttered them, I don't know if he ever existed.
There is an easy, instant way for me to learn and believe. But my parent would rather let me fall of the cliff (in my hardheadidness) than simply use his powers (all of his powers, whatever powers necessary) to reach me.
You must have been a better child, more attentive, more obedient, more attuned. I must have been different, perhaps more rebelious or maybe thick in the head and didn't hear his voice. If my purpose in life is to serve him, why not use a fraction of his great powers and tell me in a way I can hear and believe. He knows what that way is.
And I am not alone. More than 70% of his children are lost, running towards a cliff...
I am only human, but believe me, my parenting is equally devoted to and divided between my children.
i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.
in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.
( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).
What is God's your parent's plan for you? THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE. Heyour parent wants you to be free. But He your parent won't tell you* each step of the way. Some people children want that. It is not a good thing to want.
*communicate to you
N. Drew, is this what goes through your head when your child approaches the edge of a cliff, about to fall to their death? Is this what you think?
You have told them not to go near the edge, yet they seem to not have heard, or maybe disobeyed you.
What do you do - sit back and let gravity teach them a lesson?
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/807821-pensioners-burn-books-for-warmth.
winter in new england hasn't been too bad.
i find that the older publications offer better heat value.
Hmmmmm.... What is the caloric content of a watchtower bound volume?
0%.
Oh, wait, I thought you meant "what is the Catholic content..."
tonight i just got my certificate: i'm officially a member of my church and a baptist.
(i think of myself as just a general christian, but i like the laid-backishness of the baptists.
i definitely don't think one denomination is better than anyone else though, and my church is multi-cultural, so i'm not a hater of other races like some southern baptists).
Sweet Baby Cheezits is the church pastor in disquise testing the new members...get it?
Sweet Baby Cheezits <=> Southern Baptist Church
OK, on a serious note - whatever makes you happy.
this is a excellent video about the development complex neuro-circuits.
well worth watch all the way through.
i remember that along with the eye, synapses were often quoted as an example of irreducible complexity by jw's and other creationists, from 4:38 on this video there is a great explanation of why this is not so.
FDS says we use 10% - then we use 10% (the 10% associated with all things JW)
i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.
in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.
( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).
Do you think it might be too scary for some people? I do.
Ha, must have been pretty scary for the poor souls that drowned during "the flood". He didn't seem to care much, did He?
But then, that was a mass-execution in progress; quite different than a mass-deliverance, I suspect...
as a child we do what our parents tell us to do.
or, we are disciplined.
we learn to see the world a "certain" way.
Jehovah's Witnesses who have "served" in Bethel and as missionaries and in Pioneering are doomed to an old age of TOTAL DEPENDENCY on public welfare rather than an semblance of intelligent planning for this certainty: elder care.
Very true.
I have no particular problem my tax dollars funding programs that help the disabled, less fortunate or those in true need.
When they happen to be of the same group that deliberately ignored common sense, while impatiently waiting for the day I turn into birdfood, I have a big problem.
Call me non-Christian for the lack of compassion...
i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.
in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.
( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).
OK, to all LIVING humans in a matter of few days or a week?
Is this more inline with your understanding of God's capacity to communicate?
C'mon. Twitter can do it faster.
i now find it idiotic that i could ever beleive the bible to be the inspired word of god.....,throughout the bible "god"has only dealt with a few of his favoured spokespersons to deliver his messages to a minority populace.individuals at first,..... then, patriarchs,nomads,a small nation,ignoring all other nations that had sprung up.......,abandoning his chosen nation,sending his "son"to a small nation, only giving them his pearls of wisdom,much of what was not even recorded for prosperity and remember he never wrote a word,it was left up to other imperfect humans to record what he was supposed to have said,just a smidgen......,again ignoring the bulk of humankind keeping them in ignorance of his plan for universal salvation,leaving it all up to imperfect humans to spread this message of salvation, whom he has already condemned for their sinfullness and disobedience.i just find it so unbeleivable.
in the 6000 years of recorded history only a fraction of the earths population,maybe less than a third have ever heard of the god of the bible, or his so called plan to redeem humankind ,thats millions and millions of people.
( india,arabic,afghanistan,pakistan etc.etc.).
"I suspect that will happen at "the end" but so far because people are born and they die how then could anyone communicate something to all humans at the same time."
You are joking, right?
