i have tried researching, but this pesky organisation always packs out the list.
you seem to have to drill down several layers before reaching christadelphians.. is it a recognised idea among other peoples/religions?.
" I had a Muslim lady tell me years ago when I was preaching to her that the Koran also teaches about a paradise earth. There was a bit of a language barrier so maybe we misunderstood each other..."
I don't think the Quran teaches a paradise earth. The Quran teaches a paradise heaven. Interestingly the NT also refers to a paradise heaven a few times.
i have tried researching, but this pesky organisation always packs out the list.
you seem to have to drill down several layers before reaching christadelphians.. is it a recognised idea among other peoples/religions?.
Seventh Day Adventists also believe in a paradise earth. The only difference is that the SDA's believe all christians will go to heaven first, for the thousand years, then at the end of the thousand years they return to live on a paradise earth. Revelation 21:2,10 seems to lend some credence to the SDA view. In many respects the SDA view seems more in line with the NT.
supposing that you might say that you believe in god, how might a god of love, show that he really cares about us all?.
I agree with Dis-member, if he really loved us as a heavenly Father, he would make an effort to be more present in our lives. All the physical provisions like air, food, water, sunshine, etc can't compensate for his absence. A truly loving Father is present in the lives of his children and does not just give material provisions to make up for his absence.
He would also be a much better communicator. What loving father writes a letter to his children in a cryptic way to make it diffcult for them to understand and easy for it to be interepreted in multiple conflicting ways, leading to confusion? But then again, the confusion created by the bible probably speaks more to his incompetence as an author than his lack of love.
"which generation is this?
why, the one that saw the beginning of fulfillment of jesus prophecy.
that means people alive in the year 1914. how many remain?
Bible prophecy has an interesting aspects--whatever happens in the world fulfills prophecy.
If the lawlessness increases, it fulfills the end-of-the-world prophecy found in Mathew Chapter 24.
If people are leading a normal life doing things such as " eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage" (Mathew 24:37), even this would fulfill the end-of-the-world prophecy!
And if world conditions improve significanty, they'd just say that such peaceful conditions give evidence that the foretold cry of "peace and security" before the outbreak of the great tribulation, must be very near at hand.
http://www.tristatehomepage.com/story/d/story/isis-terror-group-kills-2nd-american-journalist/12500/0kjo7mxf0kalqvmlyykl-g.
the aug. ad.
campaign of their web site was a lead in or preparing the r&f to use modern media for preaching.
an in the not to distance future dump the public watchtower and awake.save $$$$.
Look, right now they're trying to avoid having to print KMs by making it available on jw.org. Don't be surprised if in a few years, Watchtower stops printing and shipping study magazines to congregations and tells congregations to get a printer and print their own copies for publishers lacking internet access.
the aug. ad.
campaign of their web site was a lead in or preparing the r&f to use modern media for preaching.
an in the not to distance future dump the public watchtower and awake.save $$$$.
I definitely believe so.
the aug. ad.
campaign of their web site was a lead in or preparing the r&f to use modern media for preaching.
an in the not to distance future dump the public watchtower and awake.save $$$$.
I definitely believe so.
this may come as a shock to some people, but the current forum structure was kind of thrown together without much real thought and then evolved a bit over time.
there are a few things that particularly grate on me and areas where i don't think the subjects work particularly well.
'friends' is a bit vague and becomes a dumping ground, news & world events vs politics & current affairs is hard to decide sometimes, child abuse is a scandal but isn't contained withing 'scandals & coverups' etc.... with a new forum platform imminent, it's a good time to solicit ideas to improve things.
One other suggestion I have is reducing the column width of posts. Wide columns are more difficult to read - it's easier to jump to the wrong line when when finishing one line and starting to read a new one. Also, because the colums are so wide, If an older person zooms the page to make the text more readable, then it's impossible to read the full column width and see the name and avatar of the poster without having to keep using the horizontal scroll bar. A narrower column width with more margin space either side of the page would easily resolve these issues.
this may come as a shock to some people, but the current forum structure was kind of thrown together without much real thought and then evolved a bit over time.
there are a few things that particularly grate on me and areas where i don't think the subjects work particularly well.
'friends' is a bit vague and becomes a dumping ground, news & world events vs politics & current affairs is hard to decide sometimes, child abuse is a scandal but isn't contained withing 'scandals & coverups' etc.... with a new forum platform imminent, it's a good time to solicit ideas to improve things.
One suggestion I have is getting a new set of default avatar images. Currently a new user is given a comedic, alien-monster-esque avatar by default. Those avatars, in my view, detract from the image of the site. It gives the site and its posters an aura of immaturity and may in some way detract from the credibility and seriousness of some of the discussions - if only subconsciously.
Imagine what happens when a newly awakening but still indoctrinated, demoniphobic JW comes on here and sees these avatars that look like little monsters: "Oh look! Demonic images! " Let's not forget that there are indoctrinated JWs who equate any monster-like images with demonism.
