Stan Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Quote: Rwanda has shown its determination to join the Commonwealth by establishing English as an official language and embracing cricket as a new national sport. Although the former German colony subsequently ruled by Belgium has no direct British ties, neither did Mozambique when it was admitted 14 years ago to the federation of former British colonies. Set up 60 years ago, the Commonwealth now counts 53 members representing some two billion people and accounts for a fifth of the world's trade. Source Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 Doug, it never left. Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Gail Posted November 23, 2009 Administrators Share Posted November 23, 2009 Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Interesting, not sure why they want to belong to Britian? They left many countries that they occupied, in ruins or in termoil. At least from my persective. pk Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nan Posted November 23, 2009 Moderators Share Posted November 23, 2009 I wonder which version of cricket they would embrace...there are the 5 day test matches, the 50 over one day matches and the newer 20-Twenty form of the game. The last one has been taking over by a big franchise in India and many of the international players make a lot of money (by cricket standards) for playing for the regional Indian teams, for a few weeks each year. Of course designed for a TV audience, that is where the money is. And I do not need to hear comments about how any sports match can go for 5 days!!! I am in perpetual wonder about the stop start nature of American football and how those games can be stretched out. There are certainly a lot of African nations in the Commonwealth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Bravus Posted November 23, 2009 Moderators Share Posted November 23, 2009 It's not so much Britain per se, PK, as the Commonwealth, which is now much more of an organisation of nations like the OECD or the G20 or whatever. I imagine they see economic and political advantages in linking up with other countries in the Commonwealth. Quote Truth is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 I understand Bravus, but still in my opinion Britain doesn't have a good rep for being helpful. pk Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Bravus Posted November 24, 2009 Moderators Share Posted November 24, 2009 True, but I guess that's true of all the colonial powers... It's not an exaggeration, IMO, to say that almost all of the conflicts in the world today are just the leftover wounds from the colonial era... Quote Truth is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerr Posted November 28, 2009 Moderators Share Posted November 28, 2009 If you think Britain was bad, look at the countries formerly ruled by Spain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 29, 2009 Members Share Posted November 29, 2009 I wasn't saying that Britian was cruel but when they left they left everything intermoil. Like the middle east, india, china, etc. That's what I was really refering to Gerry. Is that what you thought I was saying. I know kind off what happen to the Basque (not sure that's the correct spelling) area. I have a friend that I used to work with that came from that part of Spain. pk Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 after WW2 they ran out of $$$$, and spent 20 years unloading most colonies. Not sure they did the right thing in some places. Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 their version, not mine. Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 29, 2009 Members Share Posted November 29, 2009 Sounds about right Stan. They actually went to the Jews to get money to keep the war going. And more than likely if it were not for the US they might have lost all. pk Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 6 Members Share Posted April 6 New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide HUYE, Rwanda (AP) — The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The women then wipe the bone pieces with their hands as others watch in solemn silence. https://apnews.com/article/rwanda-genocide-anniversary-mass-graves-61fb69da1c44be82a9f85d193e91104f? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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