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Post by Get off of TMB on Nov 17, 2019 18:44:33 GMT -5
We enjoy coming here. We are almost obsessed with this board. Many of us found healing and understanding here. But we could wake up one day and these boards could be gone. I remember the community TOPIX boards and the Worker Friend Ex. How would we ever get connected together again? I have found out things on this board that my professing relatives deep in the system didn't know!
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Post by BobWilliston on Nov 17, 2019 18:58:31 GMT -5
Birds of a feather, Gill. There are ways.
I see some interesting restrictions of interest mentioned in your above post.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 19:04:31 GMT -5
Yes Gill it is a great forum. If the powers that be within the 2x2's have any sense they would see it as a place of review, there is much that can be learnt from ex's. Look how they quickly developed a CSA policy in Australia, after Ross Bowden brought the neglect in this area to the attention of 60 minutes. Together good things are achieved. TEAM means, Together Everybody Achieves More.
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Post by dmmichgood on Nov 17, 2019 19:56:53 GMT -5
Some who visit this board may now understand why I post the best Bible teachiongs that I can find for them -- already Youtube and other similar sites are clamping down on WHAT can be published on them, as many Christian ministries report. All of those links may soon lead notwhere, except those that are not on Youtube, such as the Thirdmill seminary courses. And some may now understand that I fully expect all of my posts on this board to be made "NOTHING," so don't mindd the members who have deemed them "NOTHING" already. (Final at 2 minutes ago) Baloney!
The claim about "Youtube and other similar sites are clamping down on WHAT can be published on them" is just Christians trying to play the martyr and claim "Persecution for Christ sake!"
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Post by janj on Nov 17, 2019 20:48:04 GMT -5
Some who visit this board may now understand why I post the best Bible teachiongs that I can find for them -- Are there actually people that understand??
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 21:08:53 GMT -5
The thing we must understand is that everybody is entitled to their own beliefs. And don't come to the conclusion that your belief is the only right one. That would be like me driving a Holden car all my life and saying it is the only right car, all the others are crap. How would I know unless I had a test drive in every make. And a Christian cannot reach a belief that it is the only right religion, if they have never been a Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, etc. And to come to any conclusion as a Christian you would have to visit the 4000 or so Christian Churches. And never let your beliefs seperate you from those of a different belief.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 22:04:28 GMT -5
The thing we must understand is that everybody is entitled to their own beliefs. And don't come to the conclusion that your belief is the only right one. That would be like me driving a Holden car all my life and saying it is the only right car, all the others are crap. How would I know unless I had a test drive in every make. And a Christian cannot reach a belief that it is the only right religion, if they have never been a Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, etc. And to come to any conclusion as a Christian you would have to visit the 4000 or so Christian Churches. And never let your beliefs seperate you from those of a different belief. that really depends on whether or not you get a revelation from the Lord concerning other religions...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 22:15:03 GMT -5
Wally I don't let dreams control my mind and thinking, and let them control the choices I make in life. If I followed my dreams I would sure be up that well known creek. I draw from a wide range of information, plus learning from others who may be travelling a different pathway. You know it is a dirty duck that dabbles in the same pond.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 22:18:20 GMT -5
Wally I don't let dreams control my mind and thinking, and let them control the choices I make in life. If I followed my dreams I would sure be up that well known creek. I draw from a wide range of information, plus learning from others who may be travelling a different pathway. You know it is a dirty duck that dabbles in the same pond. a lot of revelations have nothing to do with dreams they come at times of meditation and such...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 22:29:21 GMT -5
That doesn't apply to all people. Some need to draw on the experience of others, or written information. Myself I get a lot of help from Googling.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Nov 17, 2019 23:52:34 GMT -5
Wally I don't let dreams control my mind and thinking, and let them control the choices I make in life. If I followed my dreams I would sure be up that well known creek. I draw from a wide range of information, plus learning from others who may be travelling a different pathway. You know it is a dirty duck that dabbles in the same pond. a lot of revelations have nothing to do with dreams they come at times of meditation and such... That is a sure sign of a mental sickness called psychosis.
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Post by dmmichgood on Nov 18, 2019 0:27:25 GMT -5
Baloney!
The claim about "Youtube and other similar sites are clamping down on WHAT can be published on them" is just Christians trying to play the martyr and claim "Persecution for Christ sake!" Yup – tis – tis just those “Christians” desiring to die for their faith – ah huh ah huh. That is probably why a very important email message to my account on Google just two days ago showed up in the “spam” folder causing it to be unseen by me for a length of time – and report of that to the sender received reply that she was having the same experience with google, which (I believe) owns Youtube upon which several ministries I communicate with have stated recently they are being troubled on their accounts on Youtube. Now my important email is fully encrypted and NOT on Google. And of course YOU are not exaggerating the cause as OUR desire to die for our faith - no exaggeration on your art tall - RIGHT. (Final 5 minutes ago) You didn't specify what kind of trouble that they have been having.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 0:50:15 GMT -5
It is so sad that only a few members are posting anymore. If you look at the stats for the last 24 hours, 34 members online out of 2044. And of course not all of the 34 posted. Bit different to the highest number online 309 15/07/2007. If this trend continues unfortunately TMB will be no more. Will be a very sad day.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 0:56:23 GMT -5
It is so sad that only a few members are posting anymore. If you look at the stats for the last 24 hours, 34 members online out of 2044. And of course not all of the 34 posted. Bit different to the highest number online 309 15/07/2007. If this trend continues unfortunately TMB will be no more. Will be a very sad day. well like i said in a different thread "forums are dying"...everything is drifting to the major media sites like facebook....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 1:46:14 GMT -5
Not a fan of Facebook, not so good for us oldies. Too many ads and a lot of those group pages are closed shop. There is always good debate on TMB, that makes it much more interesting. We must commend Gill for his input. Without that it would be looking very sick. As I have said before,I always enjoy mass debate.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 2:31:23 GMT -5
It is so sad that only a few members are posting anymore. If you look at the stats for the last 24 hours, 34 members online out of 2044. And of course not all of the 34 posted. Bit different to the highest number online 309 15/07/2007. If this trend continues unfortunately TMB will be no more. Will be a very sad day. A great "falling away" of sorts... but never fear - the True Message Board will endure, just as it has since the shores of Galilee!
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Post by snow on Nov 18, 2019 18:36:45 GMT -5
The thing we must understand is that everybody is entitled to their own beliefs. And don't come to the conclusion that your belief is the only right one. That would be like me driving a Holden car all my life and saying it is the only right car, all the others are crap. How would I know unless I had a test drive in every make. And a Christian cannot reach a belief that it is the only right religion, if they have never been a Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, etc. And to come to any conclusion as a Christian you would have to visit the 4000 or so Christian Churches. And never let your beliefs seperate you from those of a different belief. That's why it's so important to not have a 'Christian nation', or a 'Muslim nation' etc. It needs to be secular so all can have their right to worship whatever God they wish, protected.
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Post by snow on Nov 18, 2019 18:39:39 GMT -5
The thing we must understand is that everybody is entitled to their own beliefs. And don't come to the conclusion that your belief is the only right one. That would be like me driving a Holden car all my life and saying it is the only right car, all the others are crap. How would I know unless I had a test drive in every make. And a Christian cannot reach a belief that it is the only right religion, if they have never been a Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, etc. And to come to any conclusion as a Christian you would have to visit the 4000 or so Christian Churches. And never let your beliefs seperate you from those of a different belief. that really depends on whether or not you get a revelation from the Lord concerning other religions... Not really, because you can bet that these other religions have also had a 'revelation from god' too and it might be something that would put your right to worship your god at risk. Every religion prays to their God and say that their Gods answer them. They all say that God talks to them and gives them 'revelations'. But how can that be if only one is right? How can anyone be sure it isn't just part of being human to think that there is a God and that only their God is the right God. Doesn't mean that any of them are right though. It's just a trait some humans share, differently.
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Post by dmmichgood on Nov 18, 2019 21:50:29 GMT -5
that really depends on whether or not you get a revelation from the Lord concerning other religions... Not really, because you can bet that these other religions have also had a 'revelation from god' too and it might be something that would put your right to worship your god at risk. Every religion prays to their God and say that their Gods answer them. They all say that God talks to them and gives them 'revelations'. But how can that be if only one is right? How can anyone be sure it isn't just part of being human to think that there is a God and that only their God is the right God. Doesn't mean that any of them are right though. It's just a trait some humans share, differently. Right, Snow.
I believe that humans want things explained. It gives them a sense of security that they need to calm an inborn angst.
If there is no readily explanation for what is happening, -they create one. Of course they don't realize that is what they are doing! But if they can believe that there is some one or some thing that is really in control of the chaos they are experiencing, it creates a kind of relief, a "balm to the soul."
Because if one lives in state of chaos and not knowing what is going to happen next, it hinders their ability to accomplish even the basic necessities to maintain everyday survival.
Naturally, the story that they create is going to vary with where they live and at different times in history.
Yet there are significant likenesses in each story because of mankind's needs are the same the world over as well as their basic experiences.
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Post by Grant on Nov 20, 2019 0:30:12 GMT -5
It is so sad that only a few members are posting anymore. If you look at the stats for the last 24 hours, 34 members online out of 2044. And of course not all of the 34 posted. Bit different to the highest number online 309 15/07/2007. If this trend continues unfortunately TMB will be no more. Will be a very sad day. A great "falling away" of sorts... but never fear - the True Message Board will endure, just as it has since the shores of Galilee! It says that there have been 917 guests online in the last 24 hours and 30 members. I am wondering if those members who are logged in as invisable show up as guests perhaps and the 30 members is just those whose names show. Some members might also view without logging in. 917 people viewing in 24 hours doesn't seem like a falling away to me. Not many different people posting though - just the faithful few. How many registered members do we have including those who are invisable? At this moment I see there are 4 members online and 34 guests.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 0:50:14 GMT -5
Enuf the number of members posting has fallen away considerably. Also not many 2x2's posting, a bit one sided. That 917 guest figure could be made high because of robots, not real people.
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Post by Grant on Nov 20, 2019 1:03:36 GMT -5
I logged into the questioning friends website you have the link for redback. It says it is unavailable - does it work?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 1:21:37 GMT -5
I was able to log in. It was a bit slow, but came good.
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Post by CherieKropp on Nov 20, 2019 10:01:21 GMT -5
A great "falling away" of sorts... but never fear - the True Message Board will endure, just as it has since the shores of Galilee! It says that there have been 917 guests online in the last 24 hours and 30 members. I am wondering if those members who are logged in as invisable show up as guests perhaps and the 30 members is just those whose names show. Some members might also view without logging in. 917 people viewing in 24 hours doesn't seem like a falling away to me. Not many different people posting though - just the faithful few. How many registered members do we have including those who are invisable? At this moment I see there are 4 members online and 34 guests. The Forum Information & Statistics at the bottom of the Homepage shows 2044 total members. RE your wonderings, on Proboards, invisible members do not show up as guests. Guests are guests and lurkers. I know this bcs I am a moderator on a Proboard Forum.
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Post by rational on Nov 21, 2019 10:31:13 GMT -5
Some who visit this board may now understand why I post the best Bible teachiongs that I can find for them -- Are there actually people that understand?? Did you get a response to your question?
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Post by CherieKropp on Nov 25, 2019 18:42:20 GMT -5
The Facebook groups are taking over. The private group for Ex2x2s seems to add new members every day. Truth Old & New-Christian
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Post by rational on Nov 25, 2019 22:38:17 GMT -5
The Facebook groups are taking over. The private group for Ex2x2s seems to add new members every day. Truth Old & New-Christian The stats show new members about every other day...
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Post by snow on Nov 26, 2019 15:07:41 GMT -5
The Facebook groups are taking over. The private group for Ex2x2s seems to add new members every day. Truth Old & New-Christian I don't imagine they want people who are ex 2x2's that no longer have a belief in Gods. Do you know of any groups that do accept non believer ex 2x2's?
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