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  1. And Russia's response: http://sputniknews.com/military/20151026/1029123002/russia-us-submarines-data-cable-atlantic.html Propaganda. Fear-mongering. Both sides use it.
  2. I read this article a few days ago when the ruling was made and I feel the same as everyone here. Of course we can sympathize with the grandparents, but the truth is that the parents have the first responsibility to make decisions for their children. It's unfortunate that it had to go to the courts. But in this particular case, the court seems to have settled fairly. It does seem that BC judgments tend to settle against Witnesses. But that's what we have the Supreme court for. Both here in our province and federally.
  3. I think Lucy was being a little facetious. Light sarcastic humour to put a twist to the original posters intent.
  4. Tickets to see the pope? You mean the ones that cost $400.00 each? After all, he needs as much as he can get as reimbursement since EVERYBODY ELSE funded the trip.
  5. Sorry, I forgot to mention where I watched it: Netflix. It was released this year, I believe. The name of the documentary is: Patterns of Evidence: Exodus. I don't know if this movie can be downloaded, purchased or watched elsewhere. But I'm sure a quick Google search will give the answer.
  6. My wife and I just finished watching this new documentary from a film maker named Timothy Mahoney. I would highly recommend watching this as it reconciles the Bible Exodus with Egyptian history. I've always known that the dating of Egyptian events has been wrong and that these dates must be moved. However, I didn't realize why Egyptologists stubbornly refuse to admit why they won't reconcile the dates with the evidence. The consequences of doing so is HUGE! Although there were things that weren't mentioned, perhaps this filmmaker will deal with them in a future documentary. After all, this film is almost a full 2 hours itself! Towards the end Timothy Mahoney says that he's not an archaeologist, just a filmmaker. However, he's probably more of a archaeologist than he realizes. For as he states throughout the film, he is letting the evidence lead to the conclusion. Something science says they do, unless of course it conflicts with their preconceived notions of what they consider to be fact and unchangeable. In this case, chronological dating. It once again proves the Bible being the accurate source from a historic standpoint. Highly recommend watching this.
  7. Hmmm, really going to have to get back to the books. So when is the wild beast destroyed? My understanding is when Jesus comes at Armageddon. So......After the cry of Peace and Security, all the nations agree (or have already agreed) to give the UN the 'teeth' it needs to ultimately carry out Jehovah's thought, although they think it will be their thought. The UN Peacekeeping forces as well as NATO (now part of UN, correct?) currently have no 'teeth' because of the fear of what could happen if they are given 'teeth'. That is, go into an area already aggravated by war and/or terrorism, do what they need to do to keep the peace, knowing that it will probably aggravate an already aggravated situation and then have the 'teeth' to completely deal with that new situation and bring it all to the end result that they want to achieve. All this without being accused of being a militant army. This starts the GT and the first act is destroy false religion. But Revelation says that the merchants and the kings of the earth stand at a distance and mourn her demise, almost as if they regret what happened. Or perhaps the UN was given the teeth to carry out a mission that involved Babylon the Great, but it was not meant to go as far as destroying her, maybe putting her in her place. But events happen so quickly (remember how quick the wall separating East/West Germany fell, literally overnight?) that once the domino fell, the nations didn't realize that it was the head domino that was knocked over that would quickly destroy all of Babylon the Great (Jehovah's thought to carry out his agenda). So I wonder if the coalition that the Bible calls Gog of Magog is formed after that event, before that event and it is used afterwards to come after Jehovah's people or if that coalition is formed with the approval of the UN (what Putin currently wants) or outside of the UN (what the US currently has). Once the Kings see Babylon destroyed and say, 'too bad, too bad' do they vote to take away the teeth that was given to the UN or continue to let her have teeth and get behind Gog to perform the final act which brings complete destruction of all at Armageddon. See how my brain operates? Confusing even to me. Guess I'm asking questions with which we'll simply have to wait and see how it all comes to fruition.
  8. Hey Mandi - good question. If you read Daniel 11:40-45 you may get your answer as to just how menacing the KoN is towards the KoS. Although the dual world power of US and Britain will still be the power at the time of the GT, we don't know the state of their well being at that time. It begins with, "In the time of the end" rather than "In the last days" to show that it is a menacing figure in the face of the KoS right to the end. But somewhere I read that it is the KoN who is more instrumental in getting the worlds kings behind the UN and support her agenda which leads to the destruction of Babylon the Great. This wouldn't really be the KoN taking over the KoS, but more of a cooperation of nations that include all the earths kings. I could be wrong and I need to re-read these portions of Scripture and do some research again. I've just been a little lazy lately and hoping someone will answer my question rather than me going back to the books. ;)
  9. I find this topic of interest lately. I'll post the link and copy the entire article here since it's only one paragraph long. http://www.rt.com/news/line/ Russia urges consolidation of efforts against ISIS, global terrorist threat The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday called for consolidation of international and regional partners’ efforts in fight against global terrorist threat. They should be based on international law with the United Nations playing key part, the ministry stressed in a commentary. It described the results of the US-led coalition’s fight against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) as “very modest.” The coalition, which was created a year ago “bypassing the UN Security Council” has not stopped expansion of terrorists in Syria and Iraq, according to the statement Of course we still don't know who the King of the North is yet and he plays a key role in the early events of the GT. I haven't done research on this lately, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it the KoN who takes the lead in getting both his allies and the KoS and his allies to get behind the Wild Beast who ends up destroying Babylon the Great?
  10. Many good points have been made regarding this prophecy which are worthy of being reiterated and perhaps help us to see why the FDS are talking about the urgency of the times. Prophecy. While it's true that in years past, there were unfulfilled prophecies that had to be fulfilled before the outbreak of the GT, now there is primarily one pre GT prophecy that we are anxiously waiting for: Peace and Security. The remainder of the prophecies follow the start of the GT. Generation. There are only a limited number of definitions of the word generation that can be used. These have been listed before, so I'm not going to put them here again. What also must be taken into consideration is how that word was understood at the time it was spoken about. But basically, it was understood the same way then as it is now. It can refer to a time frame of approximately 25 years, a literal lifetime or a group of people who were witness to an event or time frame. All definitions for this word have now been exhausted except for one, which leads us to the current understanding. That it couldn't be a continual group one after another indefinitely is understood the same way as if to say we are all of Adams generation because there has been a continual overlapping generation since his time. Yeah, technically it could be so, but this is a big stretch of the definition of the word generation. A better word would have to be used if this was the way this prophecy was to be understood. The Generation being talked about are those of the anointed who were witnesses to the events of 1914 and their anointed companions. This fits well with the definition of the word generation. By no means. This wording is a very well understood expression that no doubt has its version in other languages. It means without uncertainty or without doubt. Used in this prophecy, it would mean that there would be undoubtedly a number of this group at Armageddon who would witness these events. To use extremes, like Brother Sanderson who was no doubt Annointed at a very young age and therefore part of this Generation would not be reasonable. There were no doubt very few 18 year old Annointed in 1992. If this was the case that Jesus meant this, then He would have stated that this Generation will not pass away, rather than his word choice of saying, "by no means". So where does this leave us? If this Scripture was not overly important to any but the 1st Century Christians, it would probably not have been recorded in the Scriptures, would it? After all the Scriptures say that if everything Jesus spoke about was recorded, it would take volumes. If this time of the end was to continue on for decades more, then we would have to redefine the word Generation to apply only to this particular Scripture. Of course, these are only personal thoughts. I don't serve with a date in mind and if this system continued on for a number of years, then I would be just as excited, because I could also see the fulfillment of larger Spiritual goals that I have for my family. If not, then I would be happy with that outcome as well.
  11. Hahaha Sorry, Leslie. Using language more common to Canadians, I guess. Just means that we went into the U.S. 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border so it's a common occurrence for us here. Thanks for the tips. I'll try them. I looked for other brands in the different grocery stores we were in, but all I could find was Coney Island. So far, I like.
  12. Never heard of hard root beer until I read this post. We went across the border yesterday for an afternoon trip and I found Coney Island root beer. Tried it when I got home and loved it! Even my wife, who doesn't like alcohol had to admit it tastes like the real McCoy.
  13. Sharon is right in regards to Canada. Prices are in comparison to the distance you are from certain cities. As an example, British Columbia has high priced housing and taxes on everything that make Alberta look like a treat to live in. In Vancouver, for example a million dollars will only buy a level of house above junk. Lots go for around $800,000. this doesn't reflect the rest of Canada. Vancouver is the second costliest place on the planet next to Hong Kong. But the rest of the housing in our province reflects the distance you live from Vancouver. However, wages do not reflect the cost of living here. Not even close. Other cities would be Calgary and Toronto. Edmonton's prices probably reflect the price increase due to the proximity to the tar sands in Gran Prairie thereby making it ludicrously expensive. Greed and selfishness are all over. Sure wouldn't want to be a young couple in this world today. Don't think many of them will ever be able to get into their first house without putting themselves into excessive debt.
  14. Just bought a 2013 Kia Optima and love it! We test drove the Optima 2 years ago and couldn't believe we were driving a Kia and that the Optima won the car of the year award that year, as well. I had always thought of them as a junky disposable car like Hyundai was in it's Pony days. How things have changed in a few years. Standard features which you only see in luxury cars also helped in the decision making. And if I keep my foot off the turbo, in Eco mode I have averaged between 50 to 55mpg.

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