The only 2 things I was taught to memorize when I was in primary school was the alphabet and the times table both of which were / are still very useful to me.
thank you miss Staples .
3.1415926535807932384626433i used to be able to go to a hundred from memory.
my son and daughter can do so.age 75 has cheated me a bit in this regard.what sort of things have you memorized (whether useful or useless)?i can recite the entire rime of the ancient mariner to this day, btw.there are many so-called tricks for remembering things that can be easily learned and i've read all or most of those books.the amusing thing about such memory is this: nobody cares!
"why do you need to memorize when you can just use your iphone?sigh...i memorized the periodic table of elements one day at work.
The only 2 things I was taught to memorize when I was in primary school was the alphabet and the times table both of which were / are still very useful to me.
thank you miss Staples .
original reddit post (removed).
Vintage ,
Do you, smiddy3, believe that what Evans has done is morally unacceptable?
Yes of course I do ,it just amazes me that at 609 pages it doesnt look like its going to close anytime soon.
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.
S.B.
If I don`t beleive in a GOD as the Bible / JW describe how could I beleive he/she it , punishes evil ?
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.
" just for the record could you explain once and for all if you are for or against the judging of sin/evil by God?"
No wonder I don`t beleive in a GOD or the Bible anymore ?
What is it about that statement you don`t understand Sea breeze ?
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 ?