Unprofitable Servant wrote:
Me would think that the inconvenience is for grandma, that would actually be a help to mom.

Mr b wrote:
You can't even food shop. With out passing a magazine with a scantily clad women on the cover...

Jim Lincoln wrote:
The BSA has been a good organization, perhaps a little to ecumenical...

One nice thing about the BSA back in the 1970s when I was a member was that it was one of the few remaining environments truly free of any sort of sexual tension or distraction since there were no girls (and certainly no homosexuals, at least not "openly" so) in its ranks.

Not any more thanks to this most recent and foolish ruling by BSA leaders. Most schools have long since gone co-ed AND now openly teach and accept homosexuality as well.

Mr b wrote:
I don't know what the Belgium confession is either. I thought the reason why things happen us because its a fallen world. I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong. God only knows

So far it's been pretty enlightening. Even though these works are NOT the Bible and therefore not authoritative in themselves, they do a very fine job of explaining the Bible's doctrines and include many scripture proofs for each one.

Mr b wrote:
The bible is the best gift you can give anyone at any time.

I got my first Bible not long after I learned how to read.

Six years old sounds about right.

I myself couldn't have been more than 5 years old when I "discovered" that I like women. My parents and older siblings were watching some variety show back in the late 60s which featured scantily clad women, which I also saw.

Lady_Virtue wrote:
I went to college largely under pressure from my mom, who was influenced by the feminists and was convinced it was necessary to succeed in a career. However, it has done absolutely nothing for me. I honestly wish I'd never even gone. I have a job as opposed to a "career" and it doesn't even require a college degree. I can hardly think of anything that wastes both time and money (a lot of it!) more than college. If I had a chance at a do over, I would not go. I actually regret that I did.

Feminism and post WWII/depression college/career expectations have screwed-up a lot of people, opportunity-wise.

Christopher000 wrote:
Mmmm...bugs.

Christopher000 wrote:
I might learn that I take some things too literally. ..time will tell. I believe that there really were giants as well; the Nephelim, who were the offspring of the Angels that sinned, not the sons of Seth because their intermingling wouldn't produce giants.

Marty wrote:
More dominant than secular humanism?

"Dominant"?

Murder Inc. wrote:
But what drives this pent-up demand where American ladies, by the tens of millions, beat a path to the front door of these clinics?
Why was the demand nearly zero in the 50s but by 1973, that rate went through the roof?

Jim Lincoln wrote:
"All's well that ends well," if I remember my Billy S., correctly, in this case, the converse is true, All's bad that ends badly!

San Jose John wrote:
...Jeroboam and Israel for erecting the bulls at Bashan and Dan

Mike wrote:
If only they had come into the country illegally, in the night, perhaps across the Rio Grande, THEN they would be welcomed. But these independent minded folks from Germany can't be depended on to vote leftist, can they?

Brian wrote:
Camping did get it right... sort of. You see, it was Camping's judgement day that came, not the world's

In Job God proactively dealt with Job's latent spiritual pride even before it was manifest later in that book, convicted Job's 3 friends of prejudicial assumptions on how God disciplines/punishes people, and promoted/established the position/integrity of the young Elihu as a credible elder/witness. Oh, and He also put Satan in his place once again.

In Camping's case I think God was not only punishing/disciplining Camping's stubbornness but also the flippancy of many of his "followers" as well as "hardening" the hearts of many secularists eager to justify their condemning the whole (all Christianity) by justly condemning the part (Camping's faulty ministry). Hardening their own hearts as so many are wont to do.

Camping reminds me of that prophet who after successfully judging Jeroboam and Israel for erecting the bulls at Bashan and Dan still ended up getting killed by a lion for listening to what he thought was Godly prophecy and took food when he was initially told not to.

Barry from KY. wrote:
I had a wise man tell me once, 'if everyone went to college, who would clean the fish'?
I'm not exactly sure what that means, but i do feel colleges do not prepare most for work. And you usually leave with a big bill.

Assuming the job isn't farmed out to immigrants willing to work for low wages, whoever is left to "clean the fish" is going to see their income go way up. Plumbers, HVAC, and similar highly skilled trades are in more demand than ever as more kids pursue the "professional" route (which usually requires college) instead of working right after HS

All other major time periods that I can think of are referenced to the rotation of heavenly bodies (day, month, year).

Only other possible way I'm aware of that one can use to define a week is to divide the time it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun by 52, but this is a very oblique way to do so if one denies the literal 6-day creation account.