Am very glad I wasn't born into this religion.
So having 33 wives isn't adultery, right?
we know russell, rutherford franz and knorr wer kooky but joseph smith takes the cake.. the salt lake tribune of all newspapers has run an article on the lds founder's 33 wives, most of whom were teenagers.. http://www.sltrib.com/news/173364-155/plural-smith-joseph-marriage-lds-says.
would you stay an lds after knowing this, how would you rationalize staying with this knowledge.. .
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Am very glad I wasn't born into this religion.
So having 33 wives isn't adultery, right?
so the new awake is up.. first question..... "how did life begin?.
how would you complete the following sentance?.
life is the result of..... a. evolution.
These clowns keep asking the same questions over and over again. Does their membership not get it the first time around?
this excellent little video sumamrises some of the evidence for the evolutionary history of cetaceans.. if focuses on comparative anatomy, embryology, fossils and dna.. .... .
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At last evolution is a compulsory topic in the science curriculum in the UK
This is good to read, cofty. I am not sure if this is true in Canada. When I was in high school, it was not (but then, I'm rather old now ).
one soldier is shot at war memorial.
multiple shooters suspected.
national post has live updates:.
I think the display of solidarity shows extremists that what they are trying to accomplish isn't working. It just strengthens our resolve against them.
Canada is not new to terror -- one example is the FLQ (Front de Liberation du Quebec) which had its time when I was a little kid (active between 1963 and 1970).
A friend of my boyfriend is with the Canadian Armed Forces. She states there will be a heightened response from our military and that there will be "boots on the ground now".
Meanwhile, Nathan Cirillo's family will live with this for the rest of their lives.
Dogs peek out from under a gate at the Cirillo family home in Hamilton, Ontario near flowers and flags that have been left on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014.
this excellent little video sumamrises some of the evidence for the evolutionary history of cetaceans.. if focuses on comparative anatomy, embryology, fossils and dna.. .... .
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cofty said: You will learn more about evolution in that 10 minute, evidence-packed video than in 4 years of high school.
I agree. And it's rather a sad statement. I think the Science classes in high school need an overhaul. I've learned more about evolution as an adult because I was interested in the topic than I ever did in high school. I also think that a class on Evolution should be mandatory for all high school students.
that is the conclusion you must accept if you are a jehovah's witness as my wife tries to explain to me that even if what they are teaching today contradicts what they were previously teaching, they had the truth then and they have the truth now.
the difference is, they (the witnesses and the governing body) simply believed that what they were teaching at the time was the truth but when they discovered new information they adjusted their thinking.
so since they formerly believed it to be the truth, they were in the truth.. an example she gave involved people who once believed the earth was flat.
If Matthew 10:35 is truth, I want nothing to do with it.
yeah yeah---i know--spiritual food.. .
or maybe---beans ( human beans ).
for those on here who still believe in a god---how do you perceive him / her / it ?.
BRAINS!
that is the conclusion you must accept if you are a jehovah's witness as my wife tries to explain to me that even if what they are teaching today contradicts what they were previously teaching, they had the truth then and they have the truth now.
the difference is, they (the witnesses and the governing body) simply believed that what they were teaching at the time was the truth but when they discovered new information they adjusted their thinking.
so since they formerly believed it to be the truth, they were in the truth.. an example she gave involved people who once believed the earth was flat.
The Present Truth is the Truth and the Old Truth is the Truth, even if they contradict.
Bull Shiite! The above statement is intellectually dishonest... and rather insane.
at the international convention last week i caught up with my old congregation and asked about the young ones...there were 2 answers.
1. they flat out left got a boyfriend etc.
and 2. havent seen them for awhile meaning they faded or went off the grid so as not to be disfellowshipped.
Very happifying.
about a week ago my adult daughter called me crying.
it seems her beloved expensive cat had jumped out of her second story window and disappeared.
"oh dear!
LOL!