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He was also an ultradispensationalist. So there's that, as well. Now, as to the "computer only" scenario, I think people tend to ignore how incredibly advanced some ancient civilizations were in their understanding of complex mathematics.

And, at least with boot camp, you know it won't last forever.

This was the key to it all, right here. Sure, they made money on classes, advances, WC labor etc. There was usually a minimal operational cost involved. But, this was absolutely 100% free money. And, it was consistently flowing in, month after month and year after year. We paid for the "privilege" of being an uncompensated sales force. No salary, no commissions, no bonuses. Just a sharp smack of the ruler to the back of the hand if you failed to meet quota. Some weren't even that lucky. That's a whole other subject.

It was fool's gold. I'm from a blue collar family. I wasn't sure what genuine gold was supposed to look like. In addition, it placated a lot of concerned, skeptical parents. Now, there are those who may say it was my fault because I'm the one who made the choice. They are right, to a degree. But, If someone sells you fool's gold under the premise that it's genuine, knowing that it's fake, they must share in the culpability, as well.

This was one of my biggest disappointments with the FellowLaborers program, as well. It was pitched as a way to gain in-depth training and insight. Turns out it was just a stinking commune with a Biblical facade.

You don't argue with a coconut. You mix it with lime and drink it all up.

We're all aware of this section of scripture, Mark. I think you may be missing the point.

It doesn't "add" anything because it's simply restating what the Bible says about itself. If you brought something from an outside source, and then showed how it was corroborated by the scripture you posted, that would be adding.

How was I rude or snobbish? Anyway, what makes you so sure Bullinger's works are accurate? (His approach to dispensations, for example) As to grieving for those who have passed, we do that on a different thread.

Girl: "You can't lie on the internet." Guy: "How do you know?" Girl: "I read it on the internet." In other words, you can't use the Bible as proof of itself.

Yes.

It needs some salt pork.

Documentation? We don't need no stinking documentation. It's deductive reasoning. The guy says he was born without a brain. Who would ever make such a claim unless...they were born without a brain. Hence, he must have been born without a brain. See how easy that was?

HERE is the link. If you watch closely, you'll catch a glimpse of BatBoy, in the background, preparing a kale smoothie for David Pecker.

I wonder if he's related to Edward Scissorhands.

A (negates what follows) Theism (belief in the existence of God ) Thus, it's a belief that God does not exist. The Jesus aspect is a red herring of sorts. Theism is a rather large umbrella of spiritual, religious beliefs. Under that umbrella there exist many variations, including Christianity, Deism, Judaism, Islam, Greek Mythology, etc. They all share a common thread. They all believe in the existence of one or more Gods. The common thread they don't share is Jesus. As an example: Founding fathers Jefferson , Franklin, and likely others, believed in the existence of God but not in the existence of a supernatural Jesus or supernatural powers and events. They were Deists, a subset of Theism. They believed in the possible existence of God but not in the supernatural aspects involved with Christianity.

Long answer made really, really short: Genuine languages have identifiable structural components. A linguist does not have to identify a particular language in order to know if it fulfills the structural requirements. S.I.T. has never been shown to meet that threshold.

Forty years of flat-earth lectures.

I would put K.C. Pillai in the same category.

I remember once, he said they miscalculated the time span between the resurrection and the ascension. Other than that, not so much.

For, yea, God loveth a cheerful moocher.

That's both good and bad. Some have found the closure and healing they needed and moved on. That's the good part.The flip side is that we , as individuals, are all aging. Quite a few who used to post here have since passed away. It's part of life. It's been almost 50 years since I took the PFAL class. That boggles my mind.

They used to say that if something they taught was found to be in error they would change their teaching. Remember the time they did exactly that? Yeah, me neither

VPW based some of his assertions on information that has since been proven to be erroneous, thanks to improved DNA testing methods.