jehovah`s witnesses , seventh day adventists , church of jesus christ of the latter day saints.. these 3 are probably the more influenthal in the last 200 or so years ago.. if membership is a sign of god`s blessing on who he favours then @ the year 2021.. jehovah`s witnesses membership 8.5 million.
church of jesus christ of latter day saint`s membership.16.8 million.
seventh day adventist`s membership.21 million.
A list of a couple of years back :
Catholicism , 1.345 Billion members
Protestant`s , 900 million to 1 Billion
Anglicans , 110 million
Jehovah`s Witnesses are way down on the list even the Mormons and the 7th Day Adventists far out number the 8.5 million Jehovah`s Witnesses.
Especially the Catholics are most favoured because they have been around for centuries so GOD must be favouring them .
the common thread of beleivers / creationists of a god creating life is design .. and if something / anything is designed it must have a designer ?.
however this reasoning is discarded when talking about the existence of god.. and if such a being as god somehow existed without a designer why not all forms of life itself as existing on earth ?.
coming into existence without a designer ?.
" fashioned/built/made a man out of dirt, built a woman from a rib bone, "
In my lifetime I have known a few dirty people male and female both morally and physically but c`mon ,he made a man out of dirt ?
And built a beautiful woman ? from a rib bone ? What was she a skeleton ?
The book of Genesis belongs in the science fiction section of any library .
a specific “day,” or period, when particular groups, nations, or mankind in general are called to account by god.
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“i solemnly charge you before god and christ jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead,”- 2 tim 4:1. seems like sins are not paid by dying or the ransom if there is a judgment in-spite of it.
No wonder I don`t beleive in a GOD or the Bible anymore ?
Proof enough in the above .
what new light from jehovah did you find hard to swallow?.
the conversations in the attached video are enlightening.
the graphic is hilarious.. https://youtu.be/byj3zrpbuvg.
Sometimes when new light is revealed to the faithful it takes a few years for it to really sink in .
That was my experience when the 1975 fiasco occured ,I was well and truly in then but it took another few years before I actually left the religion .
Some of us are a little slow I`m afraid.
the common thread of beleivers / creationists of a god creating life is design .. and if something / anything is designed it must have a designer ?.
however this reasoning is discarded when talking about the existence of god.. and if such a being as god somehow existed without a designer why not all forms of life itself as existing on earth ?.
coming into existence without a designer ?.
Sea Breeze ,
This is one person who claims many others are eye witness accounts of what Jesus said and done .
It is not many others who claim they are eye witnesses of what Jesus said and done .
Big difference.
the common thread of beleivers / creationists of a god creating life is design .. and if something / anything is designed it must have a designer ?.
however this reasoning is discarded when talking about the existence of god.. and if such a being as god somehow existed without a designer why not all forms of life itself as existing on earth ?.
coming into existence without a designer ?.
I welcome beleivers in a personal GOD to respond as I would like to hear what you have to say.
I am still waiting ? Anybody ?
This is not meant to be an attack on your beleifs but a genuine question as to how you can beleive without having a satisfactory answer to the questions I ask ?
And if you do have a satisfactory answer please reply ?
old news but uncle bruce wanted it dug up.... the guardian.
22nd july 1985.. man killed in blast.
at sydney service.. from richard yallop in melbourne.. one man was killed and 70 people were taken to hospital after a bomb exploded yesterday during a jehovah's witnesses service in a kingdom hall in the sydney suburb of lurnea.. the explosion occurred close to the speaker's dais just as mr. david winder, a visiting elder from the sydney suburb of prospect, had begun his address on loyalty to god and the family.
I was stil a JW when I first heard of this while living in Brisbane and wondered ?
While nothing prophetic happened as far as JW `s concerned it`s not something you would wish on anybody .
I`m glad they caught and prosecuted the guy.
I wonder how these same people in that congregation then, are now going nowadays. ?
That could be interesting.
original reddit post (removed).
Jefft ,
"Was he ever important anywhere other than his own mind?"
I think you guys have done a great job in giving him importance on this forum ?
What is it with this guy that so many pages are devoted to him ?
For the life of me I can`t understand it .
It seems to be an obsession with Lloyd evans.
I`m over it.
original reddit post (removed).
"like everything Lloyd does to quell conversation about a subject he doesn’t want discussed, it actually gave this forum and thread more publicity and many who were unaware of this place signed up for accounts and are now regular posters."
I was going to post a comment on how is this guy getting so much mileage when by all accounts he just seems like an arrogant prick ?
However seeing the above quote it has it`s benefits.
Welcome to all you guys who are here on this forum because of Lloyd Evans.
in the us, the 60s and 70s was a great time to be alive except for getting drafted if you wanted to be that age.
they were music years, greatest movies, fun, simpler and enjoyable days—also except for the d&ugs.
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I was born in 1939 and I`m still here ,and I think those were great years, ( wouldn`t have missed them for the world ) it`s a pity I wont live another 80+ years to see more technological , scientific , medical advances made in those coming years.
Oh well , such is life.
