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The following is a true story from several years ago that I have been legally prevented from telling. But, now my contract has expired and I can tell it. We had recently moved from Colorado to California. In my mail one day I received a letter telling me that if I wanted to earn some extra money their company would employ me. I threw the letter in the trash, as I consider it to be a scam. A short time letter, I found a note on my front door again inviting me to consider working for that company. This interested me, but I was still concerned. So, I began to investigate. I researched the offer and discovered that it was a legitimate offer. It was from a company that did want to employ me. I asked a representative to visit me and tell me more as to what was involved. The company pays tens of thousands of people to allow them to install computerized equipment in their home that will report to the company those television programs that are being watched. It reports which members of the family were watching the programs. It reports whether or not the commercials are being watched and whether or not the programs are being recorded and watched at a later time. In addition, while not required, for additional payments, we could allow the websites that were visited on household computers and how long someone was on that website. We would receive payments each 3-months and would be required to certify that we had not told anyone other than friends who might visit us and notice the equipment, that we were involved in this program. My wife and I agreed to the program. Several thousand dollars of computerized equipment was installed on the several televisions in our home. A computerized cell phone was established to report to the company. The required software was installed on our computers. For the required period of time every time we watched a TV program, for any length of time, and any time we viewed a website, the company was notified in detail. I was amazed as to the amount of detailed information that was transmitted to the company. But, it reminded me that God knows much more about our activities than does any other human organization.

I believe that they paid me about $300 per year. It was not a great amount. But, it was something and I was interested in being part of that group.

I would agree with you - Doctrine absolutely" develops" over time - true doctrine never "mutates".

In case you haven't noticed, I have made no comments on this subject for days. I don't allow racists like you to bother me any more. I just ignore you and your self righteous "expertise". To me it no longer matters who is president. God has a timeline that includes an "appointed time" for His return. Yashua is my King, President, Lord - whatever you want to call Him. Neither Biden nor Trump will change that, nor will they accelerate or decelerate the appointed time of Christ's return.

I don't think you'll find in the Bible the words "Investigative Judgement", "present truth" or any other SDA distinctive teaching either. Are you willing to condemn those things because you can't find the word in the Bible?

You should take the Bible in a literal sense & NOT in a "literalist" sense. Literal sense vs Literalist Interpretation - YouTube

You make less sense with each post. I was not directing a post to you. Your sarcasm is totally childish. Not sure where half your statements come from. Especially sarcastically guessing I am a prophetess. No Trump didnt share with me why he was in the hospital. I am sure you know. Whatever I am glad he recovered. How wonderful Biden rides a bike. But I dont really care.

I guess you now you are a prophetess. You people are so unreal! Biden rides a bike does Trump, oh he just plays golf and rides in a cart. Oh Biden has dementia right! This is so ridiculous Trump is so unhealthy. Have he told you why he went to the hospital and kept it a secret! Nope!

Let's get your priority straight, please! I already accepted that you choose to celebrate Christmas and I have moved on. Secondly, I again never said anything about me being over your salvation. It is you and your unfounded reason because I choose not to celebrate Christmas! I gave you what the Bible said, I will not change from that! I am fine, what is your problem? Let's move on shall we! Thirdly, if you want to vote Republican, go at it, I am not trying to stop you. But let me make this clear, I am so sick of you and others becoming so angry over Donald Trump. I do not care what Biden did in the past and yes he said somethings that were wrong, period. But, I voted for anyone including Clinton because his views were like mine. I don't agree with everything in the Democratic Party! I do not eat, live, or die over a party period, it has nothing to do with my salvation! When I find a leader no matter what party he is affiliated with lies, cheat, is racist, has no moral then I am against him who break the Commandments of YAHWEH! YOU, PHOTODUDE, JOE and others get all bent out shape, become ridiculously angry over what???? A man who shows all the above attribute not against you or me but against YAHWEH! We are to render to Cesar the things that are Cesar and to ELOHIYM ALL THINGS TO THEM! Can't render or respect a man who hates my guts because I am Black! Can't respect a man who has no respect for none of his wives, can't respect a man who lies, who do not respect women and Oh so much more. You like him great, you voted for him, ok out of sight, you worship him and thank he is chosen, well that's not acceptable but whatever you choose to worship. It is a done deal! Let it go because I will stand on a firm foundation of truth. If you don't vote for anyone over your soul then you should not become so angry! You, should just accept that he lies, he cheats and the other things he has done. I don't say anyone doesn't make mistake. Since Trump came on the scene it has been a nightmare with Adventist on this forum. So, Bonnie just let it go and move on. I will be glad to speak about the Bible and what this forum was about a few years ago! You have a great day as well!

As much as I mistrust Biden I am afraid he wont be able to finish out his term. I would prefer him to Harris

Thanks, that's a good idea. Ladies and gentlemen tonight we will provide how the fake president held up people unemployment benefits of both parties checks. Also we will report over 330 lost their lives because he only care about himself. How's that?

? No more crying Isaiah 65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

NEWS If you dislike Trump because of what you see as his dishonesty, then you have to have the same aversion to Biden and his dishonesty. Otherwise you are not being truthful. Which is it? So the choice you have is "whose policies can you or do you support" The Very Long List Of the Many Times Joe Biden's Been Caught In Major Lies By Mark SimoneNov 19, 2020 Biden said in the September 12, 2019 debate: "We didn't lock people up in cages. We didn't separate families. We didn't do all of those things, number one. They did" Not true, all those pictures you saw of the cages were taken in 2014 during his time in office. Joe Biden has repeatedly said he was arrested with Nelson Mandela on the streets of Soweto during a trip to South Africa in the 1970s, when South Africa was under apartheid. There is absolutely no truth to this, as Biden was later forced to confess Biden said on May 22, 2020 in an interview on The Breakfast Club radio show: “The NAACP has endorsed me every time I've run.” Not true. The NAACP has never endorsed any candidate On September 3, 2019 in an NPR interview, referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment." Not true. Biden fully supported the Iraq war and voted for the resolution to go to war On August 7, 2019 – Joe Biden claimed that Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’." He never said that about immigrants. He said that MS-13 Gang members were doing that In a famous video confrontation with a critic, Joe Biden shouted: "I went to law school on a full academic scholarship, the only one in my class who had a full academic scholarship. The first year in law school, I decided I didn’t want to be in law school and ended up in the bottom two-thirds of my class. And then decided I wanted to stay, went back to law school and, in fact, ended up in the top half of my class. I graduated with three degrees from undergraduate school." Every single word, every one of those claims is false. He was caught cheating in school exams, got caught cheating and plagiarizing in Law School and in his political career their was this huge plagiarism scandal: One of his greatest lies is that on Charlottesville, President Trump said there were good people on the Nazis/White Nationalists side. He said just the opposite. Here are the actual quotes: "you had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name.....I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and white nationalists because they should be condemned totally. Another quote from PresidentTrump's Charlottesville press conference: “Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.” Biden continues to repeat this lie. Here is video of a reporter confronting him about it: Biden has a long history of lying. Here are reports from the 90's by ABC News and CBS News on Biden getting caught lying over and over: Delaware State University denies Biden was a student after claim he ‘got started’ there

Shira Stern dispatched her ten-year-old son Shloimie to pick up a pizza from the local kosher pizza store. Shira handed Shloimie some money and a two-dollar coupon. Later Shloimie came home with the pizza and the coupon. When asked to explain, Shloimie replied, "Mom, I had enough money. I didn't need the coupon."

Old Moishe Applebaum arrived at the post office with a post card in his hand. He approached the employee at the desk and said, “I'm sorry to bother you but could you address this post card for me? My arthritis is acting up today and I can't even hold a pen." "Certainly sir,' said the younger postal employee, "I'd be glad to." He wrote out the address and also agreed to write a short message and sign the card for old Moishe. Finally, the postal employee asked, "Now, is there anything else I can do for you?" Old Moishe thought about it for a moment and said, "Yes, at the end could you just add, 'PS: Please excuse the sloppy hand-writing.'"

Barak Obama played golf every Sunday with Joe Biden who used government aircraft to fly down from Delaware at taxpayer expense to play with the president. And Obama did this during the time the border patrol was putting "children" in cages. But lets not condemn our boy Barak. (You did refer to Trump as a boy once.) Admit it, you hate Trump and anything Obama does is just OK with you.

You condemn others frequently. When you accuse me or anyone else of worshipping Trump because of a vote for him that is exactly what you are doing. Or accuse me of racism because of who I voted for you do exactly that. Do you think SDA's needed your not so subtle reminders not to serve unclean food? Am I obligated to tell you what I do for others outside of the Christmas season to assure you that I am smart enough to figure out people are cold and hungry and need help year around? Do you need to know the bags and boxes I have given to a private aid group to Haiti? If it makes you feel better that I can figure that out I gave 25 very large bags of goods to Haiti alone? Locally I have given blankets and quilts. If you feel the need to know more just PM me. I do not like when people don't like what the Bible says and try to make me self righteous above others You come across as very self righteous. Has it occurred to you that others are not objecting to what the bible says but the messenger and the demand it be accepted as gospel according to stinsonmarri? You have accused me of racism in another thread. You are the one that places so much importance on the color of your skin. It is immaterial to me. Your very frequent emphasizing race/skin color and how racist I and everyone is that voted for Trump might effect that . Right or wrong I know some that never considered race that now certainly have some pretty strong feelings. Get over your obsession with your skin color, most of us really do not care. You have the right to believe whatever you choose

☧ The grinches will always be out to get the folks having any cheer on Christmas! One thing that always gets me are the ones who think because it is not mentioned in the Bible, then it is not a valid celebration to remember the birth of Jesus. Many things are not in the Bible, but then the Bible also tells us to reason together and put the evidence together to come up with beliefs. However, actually the birth of Jesus was celebrated in the Bible. The wise men came from very far off guided by heaven to worship the newborn King. The angels sang for the shepherd in the fields and sent them on their way to see Him. The ones who didn't get to see Him were the religious grinches of the day. The fact that we celebrate on December 25 is not really relevant. In other places they have different days. But what is relevant is that much of the whole world gets on the same "page" every year to remember the birth of Jesus. In its own way, this is also the spreading of the gospel. Why Is “Christmas” Abbreviated As “Xmas”? https://www.dictionary.com/e/xmas-christogram/

Stuff like this is so demeaning to those you are addressing . never served pork or anything unclean because we are not touch it! I am vegan now but I served the turkey, chicken and good ole collard and turnip green without pork and the loved. What is your point? You think the rest of the ignorant SDA's would serve pork or unaware of the instruction not to serve unclean food? Certainly glad you didnt I enjoy christmas with my family and will continue to do so.

Not certain but I think I am older than you and yes the SDA church did celebrate christmas when I was a little girl. The evergreen tree was not decorated with skulls with candles. Mittens and hats for those in need. Warm jackets under the tree. Nor did we have Celtic blonde men. We did have a potluck meal for any that wanted to attend and or was hungry. I don"t know of one person that was confused as to the birth of Jesus. We all knew it was not Dec 25th. We didn't have mistletoe. Those blonde Celtic men must have gotten awfully cold in some climates with just a cape and broach As for my family we truly enjoy christmas. I am really glad you do not follow pagan rituals

See: https://atoday.org/quit-bashing-xmas/

Shira Shusterman was self-conscious about going to the gym because of the weight that she had gained. She thought it would make her stand out among the spandex-clad regulars. So she chose a treadmill in the corner so she would be inconspicuous. However, as she exercised, her worst fears came true. At least a dozen people turned to stare at Shira periodically. She thought it might be her imagination, but then one woman even squinted to get a better look. Mortified, she stepped off the machine and was about to call it quits. Then she turned around and realized that the gym's only wall clock had been hanging just inches above her head.

Rabbi and Rebbetzin Jacobson invited their new neighbors, the Applebaums, for Shabbos dinner. Not wanting to go empty handed Mrs. Applebaum baked an apple pie and brought it over. Rebbetzin Jacobson appreciated the gesture and happily served it at the Shabbos table. But when dessert came and she took a bite, it was clear from the first moment that the pie was terrible. She looked over at her husband the Rabbi and he too could hardly conceal his disgust. As soon as the Applebaums left, the Jacobsons threw the pie out immediately. Now Rebbetzin Jacobson had a tradition of writing thank you notes to anyone who brought over a gift. As the same time she was a very honest person and couldn’t say anything that was untrue. So she sent a note to Mrs. Applebaum which read: "Thank you very much for the apple pie. Something like that doesn't last very long in our house."

A rabbi and an Egged bus driver from Jerusalem both passed away at the same time and both entered heaven together. God welcomed both the rabbi and the Egged bus driver in and took them to a place overlooking a serene valley with beautiful soft rolling hills just beyond. To the rabbi God said, "My son, do you see that little cottage with the white gate and all the flowers down there in the valley? The one over there just beyond the creek?" The rabbi said he did. God then told him that this was now his heavenly home and this is where he would be spending eternity. God then turned to the Egged bus driver and said, "My son, do you see that big stately mansion up there in the hills? The one just to the right of the waterfall where the golden path leads up to it?" The Egged bus driver said he did. God then told him that this was now him heavenly home and this is where he would be spending eternity. With this the rabbi turned to God and with amazement exclaimed that there must be some mistake. "I have been your loyal servant all of my life." He went on to explain to God that he was truly a man of God. The rabbi said, "Hashem, I followed all of the commandments, even to the finest nuances. I never missed a daily prayer. I learned your holy Torah day and night just as you commanded. How can it be that I am to spend eternity in this small cottage when the Egged bus driver gets the mansion in the hills?" God replied. My son, it is true that you have been my loyal servant. And, both of you have been in a position to influence my children. However, while you gave your sermons, my children slept. It was while he was driving that they prayed!