it seems like every couple of months i notice we've acquired a new religious nut and they have been posting away, annoying everyone and filling the forum with crap.
it's disheartening to see people (even moderators!
) have been having conversations with them and there are pages and pages of insults and crap - we're going to try and avoid this in future.
I particularly do not like the occasional JW who comes here specifically to bash everyone including Simon by starting a thread topic,
then leaves it with no further discussion whatsoever, their intent is an obvious one.
This shows nothing but disrespect for this open forum and and everyone who uses it in my opinion.
Yeah! but that's the way of internet. Get used to it (the internet), its changing the way people interact.
so the governing body likes to keep claiming incredible growth.
at the same time they claim bible studies are way down.
are the finally admitting what we've known all along, that they can no longer recruit outsiders?
the governing body likes to keep claiming incredible growth.
Yes! Cant you see? The main centres keep growing new buildings. That's incredible.
Just don't look at the fringes, where the buildings are disappearing.
it seems like every couple of months i notice we've acquired a new religious nut and they have been posting away, annoying everyone and filling the forum with crap.
it's disheartening to see people (even moderators!
) have been having conversations with them and there are pages and pages of insults and crap - we're going to try and avoid this in future.
Watch out - we'll get U in the end
a friend of mine is getting disfellowshipped.
someone with a kind heart, and good rep. he knows how i feel, remains my firend, and we have respectful conversation.
without revealing too much, lets just say the reason he is being disfellowshipped is for family problems.
It remeinded me that part of the discipline seems to be humiliation.
Of course. Those who deviate from the way, must be taught to humble themselves under the hand of the ALL BLOODY MIGHTY GOD. Its been that way from the start of Christianity.
So those still in, who fear disfellowshipping, learn a lesson. You will be disfellowshipped by men, because you have disobeyed MEN. And, if you're family wants to discipline you also, tell them to F*K OFF, and go find yourself a new family.
nasa discovery proves the bible scientifically accurate.
the debate.
for decades there has been a long standing debate between science and religion as to the validity of the biblical genesis account of creation.
Phizzy: Can someone sum this long cut and paste up for us in a few words please ?? assuming you have the time and patience so to do.
I havn't! But I will observe that the above is not the first cut and paste. The Genesis story (first chapter) is also a cut and paste, cut and pasted from Egyptian concepts of creation.
I have a gut feeling that none of the above is going to convince Cofty to rush back to Church.
Nor me! But let those who need, the equivalent of an invisible friend to talk to, keep their friend.
PS: If someone uses the above stuff to prove the divine origins of the Bible, then did that same divine origin, inspire human insight into the existence of atoms?
Consider:
Around 440 BC, Leucippus of Miletus, in his lost book "The Greater World System," originated the atom concept. He and his pupil, Democritus (c460-371 BC) of Abdera, refined and extended it in future years. There are five major points to their atomic idea. Almost all of the original writings of Leucippus and Democritus are lost. About the only sources we have for their atomistic ideas are found in quotations of other writers.
Since atoms were invisible to the naked eye, the only way they could postulate the idea was through reason. And reason continues to be the way that human change occurs.
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2014/11/14/smart-energy/imagine-1000-gigafactories-thats-whats-coming.
so - are we really about to exit the age of fossil fuels?
should i now sell my oil shares?
So - are we really about to exit the age of fossil fuels? Should I now sell my oil shares? Life always chucks these hard decisons at me.
an interesting twist.. .
source: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/890424.shtml.
which leads me to think about what this development could mean to those who may suggest that china is the real king of the north?
An interesting twist.
Source: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/890424.shtml
Which leads me to think about what this development could mean to those who may suggest that China is the Real King of the North? (China as the K of the N, may I say, the most stupid thing ever uttered by people who believe really stupid stuff-grin)
stumbled across these interesting piks:.
the training includes professional seminars and a company-level conventional infantry exercise featuring a live-firing demonstration.
the saf is represented by personnel from the 5th battalion singapore infantry regiment and 3rd singapore division.
I believe everyone had a great time!
stumbled across these interesting piks:.
the training includes professional seminars and a company-level conventional infantry exercise featuring a live-firing demonstration.
the saf is represented by personnel from the 5th battalion singapore infantry regiment and 3rd singapore division.
Stumbled across these interesting piks:
The training includes professional seminars and a company-level conventional infantry exercise featuring a live-firing demonstration. The SAF is represented by personnel from the 5th Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment and 3rd Singapore Division. They will participate in the exercise alongside their Chinese counterparts from the PLA 179th Brigade and Nanjing Military Region.
Assistant Chief of General Staff (Operations) Brigadier-General Siew Kum Wong co-officiated the opening ceremony on Sunday (Nov 2) with Major-General Wang Chunning, Commander of 12th Mixed Group Army, Nanjing Military Region.
Singapore incidentally has universal military training. All males must join up at age 18 for two years.
on another thread band on the run requested that i answer certain questions she put to me concerning deng xiaoping.
i requested another thread for that, one wasn't started so i start it myself.. i see the questions are reasonable, at least for someone who (admittedly) claims to know little about china, and i have no issues about answering them.
like all humans deng xiaoping, is a mix of good things and not so good things.. in telling deng's story, i have no wish to distort history, i see no reason to tell "outright lies about the past, or to omit facts that may lead to unacceptable conclusions or to gloss over anything with a quiet, slight admission that is buried by some other detail.
If anyone would like to know more about China's third line of defense, the wikipedia entry seems to give a reasonably balanced viewpoint:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Front_(China)
Today, in a much changed China, the need for that third line has gone. Much of it has been abandoned, as these images illustrate.
From: http://china-defense.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/the-abandoned-third-line.html
