Posts by barry

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JW.ORG / LDS.ORG / FAMILYFED.ORG / INCMEDIA.ORG IT'S LIKE A CULT SUPERMARKET!

by ADJUSTMENTS in

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i have posted on this topic before:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/282777/1/lds-org-or-jw-org-leaders#.vasngb69ksm.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/282341/1/lds-org-or-jw-org-pick-your-posion#.vasnmb69ksm.

barry

Gday all, I have been an SDA for most of my life and could give some insight to clear things up here. The SDAs don't shun or disfellowship.

The belief of SDAs is at the second comming of christ the church is taken to heaven the earth is destroyed burnt and becomes hell for the wicked. SDAs do believe in hell but not an everlasting hell. After a thousand years the earth is recreated into a paradice earth and repopulated by the faithful from heaven.

The reason I left the church is because of the 1844 doctrine too complicated to explain here for lack of time at the moment also the role of Ellen g White in the church is promoted by some as being very cultic. Not all Adventists believe these doctrines and i for one openly dissagreed with some of their teachings without any consequences. The SDAs are at present have conflicts over womens ordination, homosexuality and evolution which is taught in some of their universities.

My family and I now attend the Anglican church which is closer to what I have believed as a christian.

Personally I have no preferences for one church or denomination over another except I would decide the suitability of another church after a few visits. I would even go to another SDA church if I believed it was a good church that had an evangelical outlook Barry

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Another religion celebrates 100 years

by A.proclaimer in

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this is from the iglesia ni cristo, another jw-like religion.

they even boast about growing numbers and having missionaries in other countries.

the only thing is they made it to the yahoo!

barry

Didn't Jesus inspect the religions on earth in 1914 to see which one is faithfull. Maybe the Eglisha ni Christo is the only true one .

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BACH PARTITAS FOR SOLO VIOLIN

by hamsterbait in

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i have gotten soooo fed up of trying to sift my way through hundreds of items on amazon, that i am now sick to death, and wishing jsb were never even born (may almighty god forbid) - please note my posy reference to islamic philosophy:).

i want a good recording of the bach partitas for solo violin played by a really good musician on a baroque violin with good stylistic training.. any takers??.

make a hamster happy :(.

barry

I love the violin I have been learning for three years with a violin I inherited that is 130 yeas old.

I am amazed how versitile the violin is here is someone that plays modern music with th eviolin from Sydney.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uspH2khlNpM

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A Mormon becomes a JW in the Feb 2013 Watchtower...

by cedars in

glancing through the feb 2013 "public" watchtower edition, an interesting article appears on page 8.. here is the pdf download link.... http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=pdf&issue=20130201&output=html&pub=wp&langwritten=e&option=trgchlzrqvnyvrxf&txtcmslang=e.

it's interesting how, in the story, the young man's jw aunt and uncle switch him from mormonism to the jw faith using third-party material (the nov 8, 1995 awake!

article), and he ends up becoming a jw after confirming on the official mormon website that the claims in the awake!

barry

The mormons have the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and thats a big plus

Pity their theology is all wrong and the book of mormon is fiction

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What did Jesus really mean, when he said he had made his Father's name known?

by Faithful Witness in

i am preparing for my meeting this friday with miss k. we are reviewing the bible teach book, and she is looking forward to "showing me some things about the divine name.

" i don't know what she might pull out of her hat this time... but that section of the teach book is so completely assanine, i don't even know what to say.

) what did jesus mean when he said that to his father?.

barry

Growing up in the SDA church I remember two hymns with the name Jehovah in the title 'Before Jehovah's awful throne' and 'Guide me o thou great Jehovah' . Many other hymns have the name Jehovah in the words of the hymn. Of course most Hymns have Jesus name.

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Whatever happened to the "Fall of Babylon the Great" and the "drying up of the churches?

by villagegirl in

i am from the era of the babylon book, and all the wt predictions that the churches of christendom would "dry up".

the book babylone the great has fallen god's kingdom rules, said people would leave the churches of christendom, in droves and the ministers would have no more people in their churches while "god's organization" would see a tremendous increase, a huge overflowing great crowd, all streaming into the watchtower and coming to the "faithful and discreet slave" for instructions.

thirty years ago there were six million jw's , today after the "great increase", and " great crowd" is now ?

barry

China and south America is the new growth areas for churches.

The Anglican church and the Church of England should be added together to make 105 million

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Why do Christian nations think they can assimilate Muslims into their communities , does Islam attempt to assimilate Christians in their communities ?

by smiddy in

islam /muslims today are what christianity was centuries ago , the two beleif systems are like oil and water , not to be mixed .

christians are not tolerated spreading their infectious disease amongst muslims, in islamic countrys , and harsh penalties apply for them doing so in muslim countries , including the death penalty.

stonings , whippings etc.. on the other hand christian nations are very tolerant of muslim extremists who incite hatred and violence on their own territory , and they get a slap on the wrist and say dont do it again .

barry

The video has a whole group of muslim people all put up their hands to say they are moderate muslims not fanatics but they all put up their hands in agreement for capitol punishment for apostasy and other crimes requiring the death penalty by the Quoran

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Wine Appreciation

by FL_Panthers in

for the love wine.. .

what are you drinking at the moment?.

barry

We have 2lts of red shiras but I have a bottle of grange that cost $600 and if any one drinks it they will be shot

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Anyone have watchtower 15 july 1997 The investigative Judgement article?

by barry in

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i would like to see this artical being a former adventist the investigative judgement doctrine was generated after the dissapointment in 1844. from what i have read this artical by the wt also mentions sda scholars that have theological problems with the investigative judgement and many adventists don't believe it even though it is one of the sda main beliefs.

barry.

barry

Gday Listener,

The SdAs don't dissfellowship your right about that but to many peoples dissmay Dr Ford lost his job and after that happened and I quote 'It doesn't pay to be right too early in the game"

The other theologans including Cottrell faired well.

Des got a job in an independant ministry 'Good News Unlimited' but is still invited to SDA churches to speak such as the one above. Some SDAs are poles apart with him on theology but still have respect for him as a christian brother others regard him as total apostate while the lunatic fringe accuse him of being a Catholic Jesuit infiltrator.

It depends on what faction the SDA member is in as to there support or dissaproval of a particular person and their theology.

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Why do Christian nations think they can assimilate Muslims into their communities , does Islam attempt to assimilate Christians in their communities ?

by smiddy in

islam /muslims today are what christianity was centuries ago , the two beleif systems are like oil and water , not to be mixed .

christians are not tolerated spreading their infectious disease amongst muslims, in islamic countrys , and harsh penalties apply for them doing so in muslim countries , including the death penalty.

stonings , whippings etc.. on the other hand christian nations are very tolerant of muslim extremists who incite hatred and violence on their own territory , and they get a slap on the wrist and say dont do it again .

barry

This is moderate Islam.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=egjo70wm4Oc