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Joe; You are right that the town hall have to do with spiritual things. The last time I understood about spiritual things is keeping the Commandments! When did that become political? When I have read in this town hall many threads about how things are becoming more sinful. I have seen many including you, Rachel and Photdued give your various comments on many in society falling due to sin. Are they political? We have commented on Biblical leaders and today leaders and how events are taking place. Because I see the immoral acts of this man that does play in the events or signs of the time. I say it his character as a leader and the way you and other become so outraged proves the signs in the Bible. You have accuse me of saying something political about this man and I have not! I have asked you or anyone to just tell me what I have said reason about anything political. It has been you three that want to include the political things. You have become unhinge, unkind and resentful because of this person's actions that goes contrary to the Bible. When you accuse someone, you should stand up and present to them what they are being accused of! I am asking all three of you to show me what political thing have I said about this person. I said he is a liar where is that political, an adulterer, pedophilia (which has to do with children) and other acts against YAHWEH'S Commandments. So I want all of my accusers to show me anything that I have said is political or please stop saying things that are not true! Oh let's include one who said only the Democrats are corrupt! So, now ,that is not only political but untrue! My mother, who is asleep was a Democrats and she was not corrupt and how dare anyone should make that kind of statement. I know there are many Republicans who are not corrupt and I would never say anything like that about any body; a party does not make a person corrupt sin does! Praying for truth!

Rachel: I wasn't putting you down, I was just disagreeing with you on the word choice you used. Well stupid is not acting stupid. It means having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense. I believe in understanding what words mean. Dealing not only with ancient Biblical history, I was a counselor and had to deal with problem youth. One of the things that had a bad effect on young people were words. The words are "stupid, dumb, crazy, ugly, you never going to mount to anything," These harmful words took a terrible down fall on their lives. The root of the problem is that it came from adults, parents, relatives, teacher etc. I had to work with them to eradicate the false concepts they felt about themselves. It caused them to have behaviour problems and I had to work with them to make them feel good about themselves. So, this stuck with me even, as a Bible worker, when dealing with people. How we make them feel in their relationship with understanding the Bible. Did I make mistakes, yes, I did but I learn words do hurt and we should never put a person down by the words we use. If you do ugly things or act ugly or unkind and I will express that as well! If you felt that I was putting down please know that I wasn't at all. Blessings!

5 Things You Didn't Know About The Articles of Confederation On this day in 1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, a precursor to the Constitution of the United States. Here are 5 things you didn’t know about the Articles of Confederation… It Took Almost Four Years for All the States to Ratify the Articles. The Articles of Confederation were adopted in November 1777, but it wasn't until 1781 that all 13 states finally ratified them. Congress had actually set a deadline for ratification, but only one state, Virginia, managed to make it. Ratification by all 13 states was necessary to set the Confederation into motion. Because of disputes over representation, voting, and the western lands claimed by some states, ratification was delayed until Maryland ratified on March 1, 1781, and the Congress of the Confederation came into being. The Articles Left Congress Nearly Powerless. The Articles left most local issues up to the states, with the national Congress responsible for nationwide items like defense and negotiations with other countries. However, the Articles gave Congress no teeth. The weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that Congress was not strong enough to enforce laws or raise taxes, making it difficult for the new nation to repay their debts from the Revolutionary War. They Went Through Six Drafts -- and Ben Franklin's Version Was Pretty Much Rejected. Documents that served as the first version of the Articles were first sent to Congress starting in July 1775, but the first few drafts were effectively rejected. This included a version from Benjamin Franklin -- the first version, in fact -- now known as the Albany Plan. However, Franklin's plan did become a model for subsequent versions. The country eventually went through six different drafts; the version that was adopted was a heavily revised version of one submitted by John Dickinson from Pennsylvania. Under the Articles, the States Essentially Acted as Small Countries Bound in an Alliance. While Congress remained relatively powerless, the states themselves had a lot of power internally. States couldn't prohibit free movement between states and couldn't affect how another state ran itself, but other than that, each state was like its own little country. This was a reaction to the centralized power that England had held over the colonies; unfortunately, it went a bit too far in the decentralized direction. A Cascade of Terrible Economic News Eventually Led to the Current Constitution. Because Congress had no power to enforce tax collection, the country really had no money to pay important bills like debts owed by farmers who had been away at war. This led to an intense rebellion by those farmers, called Shays's Rebellion (after its leader, Daniel Shays) in 1786. In 1787, the government finally started holding talks to create a new set of documents to guide the country, and those documents became the Constitution.

This is a "scientist" that I quoted in the op. Did you catch the wording of "shared goals?" THAT is about much more than "climate." When I get time, Ill share the parts of the agreement being referred to.

I'm a little confused by your use of the word "science" here. In a purely, academic sense, the "science" does indicate that if everyone in the world reduced their carbon footprint to zero, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would go down. What science does not indicate is that simply reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will reduce temperature. It also makes sense that closing down everything in the world for one day a week would reduce pollution. In a practical sense, that could never happen without a worldwide totalitarian government. We have many religious leaders in the world (Christian and non-Christian) claiming that we have a moral obligation to address global warming; increasing the possibility of worldwide religious support for addressing climate change. So, in the end, it won't be the science that drives trying to control climate change, it will be the politics and religion. In my opinion, trying to meaningfully control climate change is as desperate as trying to control solar cycles or interstellar gas.

Almost two thousand years have passed since God won His case on Calvary. Satan’s lies and accusations have long ago been met. The freedom of the universe has been eternally secured. So why do you think God still tolerates this one rebellious spot in His loyal universe? All the rest of its inhabitants have been […] The post Chapter Eighteen: “God Waits for His Children to Grow Up” (18:1) appeared first on Jon Paulien's Blog. View the full article

I wont, its a very good question!! I've prayed to God on many occasions to just come, no matter if I'm ready or not, because I've seen more than enough suffering that others are going thru! "Just come Lord Jesus, to many people are suffering all over this world, please just come!!"

? He shall bless ? Exo 23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

10 Unforgettable Sports Disasters Around The World On November 14, 1970, an airplane crash devastated the football team from Marshall University, killing 37 players, 8 coaches, and 25 boosters. Join us in exploring some of the worst sports disasters to happen around the world... Fire at Happy Valley Racecourse Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong was the site of a mega-disaster on February 26, 1918, when a terrace collapsed, starting an enormous blaze that killed at least 576 people. Because of badly planned exits, the spectators at the horse races were unable to escape the fire, which lasted for around 20 minutes. This disaster was the most deadly in the history of sports. A Lima Football Riot Resulted in Hundreds of Deaths A football riot at the Estadio Nacional occurred on May 24, 1964, during a game being played between Peru and Argentina. A perceived bad referee call on a play by a Peruvian goalie started a riot when fans became angered and tried to storm the field even though Peru was ahead in the game by a score of 1-0. Police began firing tear gas, which caused a stampede, resulting in the deaths of 318 people as they tried to escape through the exits. Bullfighting Ring Disaster in Columbia A shoddily built set of stands in Columbia at the Corralejas bullring on January 20, 1980, resulted in the deaths of 222 spectators at the event, including young children. A violent thunderstorm moved into the area, reducing the ground to mud, which caused the stands to collapse as people rushed to get out of the rain. The accident was so horrific that this event was canceled for the next 20 years. The Sports Arena Stampede in 1982 In Russia at Central Lenin Stadium in the Grand Sports Arena on October 20, the second-round match was being played for the UEFA Cup between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem. It was reported that a woman lost one of her shoes and people stopped to help her look for it. This caused the large crowd to start stumbling over each other, which ended up killing 340 sports fans in the stampede that followed. The Race Track Disaster at LeMans In 1955, a sports disaster at Le Mans, France, at the motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe cost the lives of one of the drivers and 83 spectators. It also injured an additional 120. Pierre Levegh, the driver, was in a new Mercedes 300 SLR when his vehicle went out of control and struck an Austin-Healey while traveling at around 150 mph. The car went airborne and started somersaulting, as wreckage from the vehicle flew through the air. The vehicle burst into flames, and the tragedy caused several nations to ban motorsports until improvements could be made to the racetracks. Mid-Air Collision Claims Lives of Uzbek Football Players A mid-air collision in August 1979 killed the entire Uzbek football team. As they were on their way to Crimea, their plane was mistakenly placed in the flight path of another aircraft, and the two collided. The crash killed 178 onboard both planes above the city of Dniprodzerzhynsk in Ukraine. The team’s head coach had not been on the plane and he rebuilt the team to finish out the season. Fans Die at Hillsborough, England, Football Game The sports disaster at Hillsborough happened on April 15, 1989 due to overcrowding at the stadium. Because of the large numbers of fans attending the Nottingham Forest and Liverpool semi-final, people began climbing over the fences to get a better view. A barrier broke, which caused people to fall on top of one another, resulting in 96 fatalities. Violent Storm Leads to Many Deaths at Kathmandu, Nepal Ninety-three people died on March 12, 1988, when they were crushed while attending a soccer match in Nepal. A dangerous storm came into the area carrying hail, lightning, and high winds that caused the 30,000 sports fans to panic. Only one of the eight exits at the stadium was unlocked for them to make their escape, and 93 people were crushed and trampled to death, with another 100 injured. The U.S. Figure Skating Team Lost in 1961 Disaster Eighteen members of the U.S. team were heading to Prague, Czechoslovakia, on February 15 for the World Figure Skating Championships when their plane crashed in Belgium. The entire team was lost as well as a farmer who was standing on the ground where the plane crashed. The incident resulted in 73 fatalities in total. Football Team From Marshall University Dies in Plane Crash On November 14, 1970, a chartered jet carrying the Marshall University football team crashed, killing everyone on board. The team was returning from that day’s game, a 17-14 loss to East Carolina University. Thirty-seven Marshall football players were aboard the plane, along with the team’s coach, its doctors, the university athletic director and 25 team boosters. The accident was made into a movie in 2006 called We Are Marshall.

When I was a kid, my Dad (a non-believer) would take us kids rock collecting and hiking around the Arizona desert, or beach combing at Ventura, Calif on Sabbath afternoon, while my Mom (devout SDA) took a nice long nap. I have to say, that time with my Dad was some of the most "spiritual" I ever spent with him. Fond memories of those Sabbaths.

Attorney Ryan Snow has released a new book that is designed to bring non-lawyers up to date on the most important religious liberty debate facing America. Religious Freedom: What’s All the Freedom About recounts the history behind religious freedom laws, and includes an history of how Congress passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, in 1993 - a feat hardly imaginable today. The post Ryan Snow's new book explores how Congress passed the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act and why it matters appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom - Celebrating Liberty of Conscience. View the full article

You could almost turn this into another thread - "What do you do on Sabbath that no one else would do?" or any number of other variations. Seems like everyone would have their own personal lists of dos and don'ts. Sometimes I would like to see a show on TV that comes is broadcast on the Sabbath. While I may not watch it on the Sabbath, should I record it for after Sabbath viewing? (Of course, setting up the record function before Sabbath!) How far will you drive on Sabbath. I know many will not drive beyond the range of their gas tank. The NT does refer to a Sabbath days journey, which on foot was less than a mile. If I am drying a load of clothes, providing I get it started before Sabbath starts, can it continue and finish during the Sabbath?! Same for dishwashers, washers, etc. Are all religious books kosher for Sabbath hours? Are books regarding Biblical history acceptable even if there is no spiritual application of the material? My ex-brother-in-law is very Orthodox Jewish and they have very strict Sabbath rules. One was you could not turn things (radios,etc) on/off on the Sabbath. One time his two year old got ahold of the radio and turned it on to a rock music station with loud sound. They had to "endure" loud rock music in their house for the rest of the Sabbath! You could go on and on with hypothetical invasions of the Sabbath hours. Probably the most important application you could draw from it would to not be an accuser of the brethren who understand and keep the Sabbath day somewhat differently than you.

Well, please don't take this personally, but I did ask that question for a good reason. This is not saying anything about you personally, just about people, in general. I have learned some really tough lessons, the hard way, about being confident like that, and thinking/proclaiming that "Im ready." And after what I have learned, I realize how un-ready most of us really are. Peter, for one, is a very good example. When Jesus told Peter he would deny Him 3 times later that night, Peter was almost indignant in saying: Paul also sounded the warning about this very thing : I know quite a few people, who, years ago, said quite loudly and proudly "Im ready for the time of trouble," and NONE of those people are in the church now, and most of them are not even Christians anymore. They were not apparently half as ready as they thought they were, so I am just putting out the warning, so to speak about that. its not for you personally, its for everyone, including me.

You are fortunate. I lost my dad to divorce at age seven. He was never allowed visitation or to have us kids on weekends because my "devout" SDA mom was afraid he might have us doing something wrong on the Sabbath, feed us meat, or any number of other imaginary possible sins. Much of his life the next several years were largely lost because he spent so much time looking for us.