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U.S. and Western Hemisphere: Partnership and Shared ResponsibilityAbout the Author: Tina Huang serves in the Office of Public Diplomacy for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Friday marked the beginning of a series of important dialogues between the Department of State and leading members of the private and nonprofit sectors about U.S. diplomacy efforts. Hundreds of scholars, policymakers, and community leaders gathered at the State Department to discuss current issues related to U.S. relations with Latin America. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered opening remarks, noting that we have, more than ever in today's world, the chance to cooperate, collaborate, and innovate. It's why the United States is committed to building a new architecture of cooperation, one where we leverage all the tools at our disposal, our diplomacy, our development efforts, civil society, the private sector, through crosscutting partnerships. Regarding Latin America, Secretary Clinton commented, "We see a lot of positive trends, but there remains a huge reservoir of potential that needs to be tapped to continue building on this progress over the years and decades to come, and we want to do a better job of partnering with friends and allies in the region." She also emphasized the role of her smart power approach, which begins with engaging in more robust diplomacy, both with and beyond governments.
High school and university students from New York City; Orlando, Florida; and San Antonio, Texas, also participated in the event via videoconference. Susana Molina from University of Central Florida asked about the U.S. response to the rise of the left in Latin America. Secretary Clinton responded, "We want to build a strong base of democratic support for fundamental freedoms of all people, and governments need to be effective, accountable, and responsive to the needs of their citizens and so we need to make it absolutely an article of faith that any leader elected must not just further his own position and his power base, but respect the rights of the people who elected him and build up the democracy so that democratic development and economic development can go hand in hand."
Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero spoke on various cross-cutting global issues, ranging from the U.S. presence at the Copenhagen Climate Change conference to the importance of water security, women's empowerment, and human rights. In all of these ongoing discussions, Under Secretary Otero emphasized the integral roles of technology and global partnerships in efforts as diverse as purifying water or decreasing emissions, and empowering women by including them in all our efforts within the process. Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela also highlighted three main terms of U.S. engagement in the Western Hemisphere: (1) reducing poverty through enhanced competitiveness and public-private partnerships in infrastructure, capacity, people, and technology; (2) addressing public insecurity through initiatives to fight organized crime and reduced transnational threats; and (3) building institutions and democratic governance from the federal down to the local levels.
Following the mornings remarks, conference participants attended breakout sessions featuring panels on trade, citizen safety, and citizen engagement. During these panels, senior State Department officials and members of the private sector, nonprofit sector, and academic communities engaged in discussions on U.S. trade opportunities and economic initiatives in Latin America, response and cooperation on border issues and H1N1, and innovative opportunities for both people-to-people and virtual citizen engagement.
What opportunities do you see for U.S. cooperation and innovation in the Western Hemisphere?
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An alert banker helps prevent the woman from being victimized in an apparent scheme.
By ANNE LINDBERG
Published April 13, 2007
SEMINOLE - Virginia Hedden will always be grateful for the alert banker at the Fifth Third Bank in Indian Shores.
The banker prevented Hedden's 80-year-old sister-in-law, Virginia Heath, from losing her life's savings and prompted a sting operation that has led to one arrest.
According to Pinellas County sheriff's investigators and Hedden, the scheme began when Heath, who has Alzheimer's disease, sent a card to a company inquiring about in-home health care.
James Belliveau and another man, who represented two different companies, visited Heath at her Seminole home. Each talked her into a one-year service contract, Hedden said.
Heath wrote Belliveau's company a check for $3,643 and the other a check for $3,105. She also made out a $60,000 check to the "trustees" for a cash machine company.
When the men went to a Fifth Third to deposit the checks, Belliveau, 49, presented a typed document that allegedly gave him the power to cash in a $85,000 certificate of deposit to cover the $60,000 check because there was only $8,000 in Heath's checking account.
Hedden said she thinks the document was forged because Heath can't use a typewriter and doesn't have a computer.
"I guess it sent off a lot of flags to (the bank)," Hedden said. "They stopped it right there."
The bank also called Hedden's husband in Georgia, who is Heath's brother.
"The next morning, we're in our car driving down here," Hedden said. "My husband broke down in tears on the way down here in the car."
The two met with the bankers in November and reported the situation to the sheriff. They returned to Georgia, taking Heath with them.
In January, Hedden came down to close up her sister-in-law's house and Belliveau called. He suggested meeting with Hedden. Hedden agreed to the meeting and took along a sheriff's detective.
Hedden said that during the conversation, Belliveau admitted knowing how much was in Heath's checking account and about her CD. He also said he had looked in her refrigerator to make sure she had enough to eat.
He told investigators he was going to invest in the cash machine company on Heath's behalf, said Pinellas County sheriff's spokeswoman Marianne Pasha.
Belliveau, of Seminole, was arrested March 13 and charged with one count of exploitation of the elderly. He is scheduled to be arraigned April 30.
Both in-home health care companies have been cooperative and are not suspected of wrongdoing, Pasha said. One of the companies never received its money for the in-home health care. The other returned the money.
The investigation is ongoing, she said.
"Thank goodness that bank employee became suspicious of that particular transaction," Pasha said. "The money was never touched, fortunately."
Hedden said she hopes her sister-in-law's experience acts as a warning to other seniors to be wary of solicitations. She also said that family members need to keep a close eye on what is happening with their relatives.
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The Unique Mental Health Needs of Military Women: A Social Work Call to Action
Women involved in all aspects of the United States Armed Forces face mental health needs that are unique from women in the general population. Because the most recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are involving more women in combat situations, social workers encounter female clients who are increasingly experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, substance misuse, and sexual violence. Special attention must be paid particularly to women who serve in the National Guard or Reserves, as they have different concerns than enlisted active duty women. These concerns include less social support and fewer resources upon return from deployment. Thus, it is imperative for social workers in the community to be aware of these military women's experiences and unique mental health challenges in order to effectively treat their needs.
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Re-Inventing The Model T | Introducing The F-Cell Roadster
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Looking to the past to find the future. Daimler has unveiled the F-CELL Roadster, the latest in their line of "F-Series" concept vehicles (past Mercedes research models can be seen here), and as you'll see, it draws its inspiration from a diverse variety of automotive eras. From a functional standpoint, it's a roadster fitted with a 1.2 kW hybrid drive – one that allows the F-CELL to reach a top speed of 15 mph and achieve an operating range of 217 miles. From a design standpoint, however, is where the F-CELL Roadster truly shines, as it manages to blend the overall aura of the original Benz patent motor car with seating and a fiberglass front section both drawn from elements of Formula One racing.
As for who was responsible for creating the unique F-CELL Roadster, that honor goes to the trainees of of Daimler AG at the Sindelfingen plant, with more than 150 trainees and dual education system students working for about a year on the overall concept, development, assembly, and completion of the hybrid model. According to Human Resources Board member and Labor Relations Manager Günther Fleig: "This project impressively demonstrates that the topic of sustainable mobility has become an integral part of our vocational training. I am delighted to see how much initiative and creativity the young people have put into this project."


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Former SSU professor at center of fertility clinic investigation
The University of Utah is investigating a now-closed fertility clinic in Midvale, Utah, where a former New Ulm man who died in 1997 is believed to have substituted his sperm for another man's, fathering a child in 1991.
Thomas R. Lippert, who once taught at Southwest State University, was a part-time employee at the clinic and of the University of Utah from 1988 to 1994, according to a report on KUTV in Salt Lake City on Friday.
The switch came to light last year when the couple and their now 21-year-old daughter, now living in Texas, underwent DNA testing to trace their genetic genealogy. The test results showed that the father and daughter were not related.
The couple, which had trouble conceiving a child, had gone to Reproductive Medical Technologies, (RMTI), a private clinic in Midvale owned by a university faculty member who has since died. The mother was artificially inseminated with what she thought was her husband's semen, and bore a daughter.
The woman recalled that Lippert had a stack of baby pictures behind his desk. "He seemed friendly and was very proud of all those pictures, (it) almost seemed like a brag board up there, those where the children that he had helped people have," the mother told KUTV.
A DNA sample from a surviving family member confirmed that Lippert was the biological father of the child.
A check into Lippert's background revealed an even stranger story. In the 1970s, Lippert, then a 25-year-old professor of law at Southwest State University (now SMSU), had served two years in prison for kidnapping a female student from Purdue University and holding her for three weeks while he conducted a "love experiment" that included using electroshock therapy on her to try to make her fall in love with him. She was found by the FBI on the Southwest State campus after a missing persons report was filed.
According to a 1975 People Magazine article which examined the case, Lippert accepted a plea bargain offered by the government. Kidnapping charges were reduced to one count of conspiracy on condition he submit to 90 days of psychiatric treatment.
The University of Utah issued a statement that it has been investigating the situation since April 2013. The university said there are no remaining records from the clinic, so it is unknown how the incident might have happened. The family suspects Lippert deliberately switched the intended father's semen with his own and that he may have fathered other children in this manner. A website has been created for people who suspect they might have received Lippert's sperm (www.lippertschildren.blogspot.com/)
The university is offering professional genetic testing for RMTI clients who were treated between 1988 through 1994.


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quote SlevaThe first bit shouldn't really be needed, once you reach about 2/3 of the game (read: Calm Lands). Any single aeon becomes ineffective, irregardless, since they get less turns overall. The Magus Sisters suffer from the same drawback on paper, but can actually be much more useful. If you get lucky anyway. Damn "Taking a break" 4 *bleep*ing turns in a row...Aeons are helpfull for one thing and one thing only: Taking one for the Team!
Anima still rocks my pile though... only Aeon of mine who isn't completely worthless .
quote DragonSLAYER45As craptastic as Aeons are, they actually make Yuna the - unarguable - best character in the entire game. Go figure.I hardly used aeons after I got the celestial weapons. I only used them when I was really in trouble. I used them for most of the Arena Species.
Magus Sisters? I just hate them all of the sudden.
quote KojWell Kimahri can make a pretty good thief early on in the game , as he can easily learn Steal. Seeing as you don't get Rikku until midgame.I don't see how Kimahri is versatile at all. His purposed sphere grid range thing is small. He has Ultima but I don't really bother with it since it has all those Lv. 4 Key spheres on it and it's already too much trouble to get past.
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I've been here quite a while now. And I spend more of my time cleaning up other people's messes then anything else. So I think I have the right to say PLEASE read the FAQs, pic uploading guidelines & any other guidelines or instructions floating around here before contributing to this site. And when I say "contribute to this site" that includes adding people, adding pics, requesting pics, posting virtual gifts/notes & also suggesting corrections.
I've had ppl SAC to try to get me to use iffy dates. If this was a tree I would because you can mark things "about" or "est" or "between". But it's not a tree where you can mark things iffy so I won't. I'd rather leave something blank but for a name then be one of the many who spread false info around the net.
I've had ppl SAC to try to get me to add marriage info when there's no place for it. You can add marriage year but it don't appear on the memorial so why bother?
I've had ppl SAC to try to get me to add a bio or obit w/ no mention of where they got it or date published. This is against the rules. Unless you wrote bio/obit we have to give credit where credit is due &, if possible, note date published. If you don't include info I won't add bio/obit.
I've had ppl SAC to inform me of another site filled w/ headstone pics. Cool. But stealing them from there & posting them here would be against @ least this site's rules if not the other one's too. So I'm not going to do that.
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Last but not @ all least I've had ppl SAC to tell me I'm wrong about one thing or another w/ no proof what-so-ever. One person thought people I had linked together as man & wife were actually sibs. So you go to FamilySearch.org, under search type in his name, if born in 1870 then for range you'd put 1865-1875, under residence you'd add state buried in then click "search". I believe the first 3 or so things on the results list all pertained to this couple. In one they were listed as hubby & wife & living w/ I believe his dad. Took me minutes to answer a question this person should've never bothered me with.
Minutes may not seem like much to you but to someone who already does so much between so many sites for free while begging for toilet paper from neighbors in the real world - I don't just nibble I sometimes bite.
Speaking of biting...please read the following FAQ's. If you ask me something I've already answered below - well we're back to biting again. :-0
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Nobody should have a problem with it. When you put a stone in a cemetery you make it public info. However...lots of info is now public info. If you were born before 1940 census info is public info. In some states your birth, marriage, divorce & death info is public info. I believe in all states tax info, which can include your birthday & possible next of kin, is now public info. Same thing for the social security death index - it's in all states. Feel free to go to familysearch.org, which is a free site, & see what info is public info in your state. Also...other grave location sites will post lists & upload pics which include possible living people. And unlike this site, they won't remove people from the lists or delete pics just because someone is living. So just know all this before requesting your info be deleted.
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Thank you Jackie for the quick response. I made the dough using the Lehmann dough calculator:2 - 12" pizza's100% AP flour61% water.5% IDY3% salt1% oil1.5% sugarI used a kitchen aid but after mixing, the dough was VERY dry and crumbly so I add 10G more of water which should have brought it up to about 65% hydration.
Or is it more probable the dough was just to cold and stiff to reball and I should have let it come to room temp first. I just don't know how to tell if a dough is over developed or under developed so I guess my biggest question now is, how will I know? I have read several posts which state the key to big open airy holes, other than higher hydration, is not over developing the dough or you end up with a tight crumb bready pizza crust. I do not want a bready pizza, so how long should I be kneading? By hand or with a mixer? How can I tell when the dough is just right? Is it the look? Is it the feel? Is it just trial and error and will come with time and experience? It seems like for every post I look at I now have two or more questions. Maybe I'm just over thinking it!? Uggggg


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Making sense of 2013
If 2012 marked the end of denial for investment banks, 2013 could be the year that shareholders and regulators finally force banks into taking more radical action - but don't hold your breath. William Wright takes an irreverent look ahead at some of the big trends and stories ahead for the coming year...
(Disclaimer: the 'forecasts' in this column are solely for the purposes of illustrating some of the challenges facing the investment banking industry in 2013 and are should not be interpreted as specific predictions for individual banks)
The plot thickens...
In terms of scandal at investment banks, 2012 is likely to prove little more than an amuse-bouche. On top of a drip-feed of settlements for money-laundering, tax evasion, and the mis-selling of derivatives, the Libor scandal is set to dominate the first half of the year.
With more than a dozen banks still under investigation, a series of ever more damning regulatory judgements might make traders and executives at Barclays look like choirboys on a school outing.
The wholesale abuse across the industry of Libor could attract the attention of an ambitious politically-motivated regulator – perhaps Benjamin Lawsky, head of the New York State Department of Financial Services – and lead to a multi-billion dollar Spitzer-style industry settlement.
Regulators may turn to more draconian sanctions this year, and 2013 may see a criminal prosecution of a bank or an extended (or even permanent) ban from a particular market, if only to encourager les autres.
One danger for banks is that regulators' antennae will be more finely tuned to conflicts this year. If the market in new debt issuance collapses under its own weight this year – and many bankers think it has long since entered bubble territory – what price an investigation into whether banks were shorting the debt of issuers they were bringing to market? Or whether they were saying one thing about the securities in public and another thing in private?
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Investment banks are likely to find that announcing their plans to restructure their business is far easier than following through on that restructuring.
UBS earned well-deserved credit when it said it would pull out of large parts of the fixed income business, and slash risk-weighted assets and capital consumption in its investment bank by two thirds with the loss of thousands of jobs. But the positive reaction seems premature: UBS has a lot of 'ifs' to address and a lot of work to do, and is trying to sell down nearly $100bn of risk-weighted assets over the next few years, at the same time as virtually every other investment bank.
Investment banks are not very talented at achieving their own headcount, asset, and cost-reduction targets, and there is little reason to believe things will be different this year. Announced job cuts often fail to feed through to the number of bums on seats, and few banks have the resolve to cut remuneration. As more rivals cut back, the temptation for banks to postpone cuts that have already been announced may prove irresistible, especially if capital markets activity recovers for a quarter or two. Just in case.
Calling it a day
No-one likes to admit defeat but 2013 could be the year when several investment banks finally decide to throw in the towel – or are forced to do so.
For example, if the rump investment banking business at UBS doesn't start performing quickly, shareholders and Swiss regulators may lose patience and engineer the sale of what would be an attractive asset. After all, "Warburg" has a nice ring to it.
The public uproar that might meet any eventual Libor settlement at RBS could trip the UK government into fully-nationalising the bank, which would probably lead to the closure of what is left of its markets business (and maybe renaming the rest of the bank as National Westminster).
Many banks are on the regulatory equivalent of "final warning", and it is not difficult to imagine what shareholders and regulators would do to the investment banking divisions of banks like Citi, Credit Suisse, Nomura, Societe Generale or UBS if a fresh scandal – say another multi-billion dollar rogue trader – were to hit them in 2013.
Gimme shelter
The relentless pressure on capital and margins could force several investment banks to seek shelter in the arms of a bigger and more stable parent. Morgan Stanley has fought hard to retain its independence but if it can't hit a return on equity of 10% this year maybe it would be time to reconsider. Perhaps a big solid US bank like Wells Fargo could provide a suitably capitalised and comfortable home?
Alternatively, why not go with giant Japanese bank Mitsubishi UFJ, which owns more than 20% of Morgan Stanley after it rescued the bank during the financial crisis and with which it has a thriving joint venture business in Japan. Such a deal may or may not involve some form of tie-up with Nomura, whose future as a standalone securities firm is, at the very least, up for discussion.
Other banks might look to set aside old rivalries and, with the blessing of domestic regulators, tie the knot, although it is unclear what you would call the result of a merger between Credit Suisse and UBS, or between BNP Paribas and SocGen.
Other investment banks could seek shelter in the less sexy but more stable areas of the industry such as securities services and transaction banking. What price someone like Goldman Sachs continuing its diversification away from trading with an acquisition of, say, Northern Trust, or State Street? Or HSBC buying Bank of New York Mellon? One problem is that these firms have an annoying habit of trading above book value, making them prohibitively expensive for most banks with a big investment bank attached.
Revenge of the buyside
After years of playing second fiddle to investment banks, asset management firms could start getting their revenge on their more glamorous and better paid cousins in 2013.
Several banks have become over-exposed to their investment banking division and are looking to diversify. For example, since Barclays was forced to sell Barclays Global Investors during the crisis, its investment bank has generated roughly two thirds of group operating profits. Deutsche Bank is also demonstrably underweight in asset and wealth management. If the asset and wealth management business of Credit Suisse and UBS were to become available – and it's not such a huge if – both banks would be at the front of the queue. Standalone asset managers with specific asset or regional expertise could also become bite-size acquisition targets.
A more significant move from the buyside could come from the opposite direction. With the investment banking industry on its knees, it is not hard to imagine some of the biggest asset management firms pressing home the shift in the balance of power in the capital markets. There would be little to stop a firm like BlackRock accelerating its nascent internal capital markets business by buying the rump of an investment banking business, acquiring a trading or clearing business, or applying for a bank licence. Either way it (and others) could increasingly bypass investment banks and put pressure on margins on whatever business it chose to do with them.
Full steam ahead
Whatever the pressures on the rest of the industry, some things are unlikely to change in 2013. JP Morgan is likely to continue to show most of its rivals a clean pair of heels, and group chief executive Jamie Dimon will almost certainly maintain his lively and constructive dialogue with regulators around the world.
Having survived what might have been a terminal event last year in the form of Greg Smith, Goldman Sachs will no doubt continue to shrug off political and social anger in 2013, although if it can't make a double digit return on equity, shareholders may show less patience. Being Goldman Sachs, it will probably do something unexpected, like trying to buy NYSE Euronext or the IntercontinentalExchange.
It is hard to imagine that Bank of America Merrill Lynch or the investment banks at Citi or Credit Suisse will get through an entire year without at least one and possibly two significant restructurings.
Equally, it is hard to believe that there isn't a bank out there that will prove the old maxim that "for every fool that pulls out of investment banking there is another one waiting to take their place."
Perhaps a big Japanese or Korean bank might decide that the time is ripe to snap up Nomura or Morgan Stanley (or both?) and take on the world. Perhaps a Russian or Canadian bank (encouraged by the arrival of a compatriot at the Bank of England), might think that the dislocation in European financial markets provides an opportunity to build a tidy investment banking business. Or perhaps a Chinese bank might take advantage of European bank shares trading at less than half their book value and buy a stake in (or all of?) something like Societe Generale or RBS?
Stepping out
As many of the big banks struggle with their business models they will face increasing competition from a wide range of start-ups in 2013 as hedge funds, advisory boutiques, and specialist debt and private equity firms, chip away at the integrated investment bank model.
It is easy to imagine that if the Zaoui brothers get round to launching their super-boutique Zaoui & Zaoui, it would hoover up unhappy bankers from across the industry and leapfrog more established rivals, particularly if it teamed up with other senior bankers like Simon Robey, the former chairman of global M&A at Morgan Stanley.
And should the rump of the investment banking business at UBS ever come on the market, a relaunched Warburg brand would also be wildly successful and would have little trouble hiring back dozens of former Warburg and UBS bankers from senior positions at rivals and in government.
But perhaps the most widely-anticipated launch could come in the US, where a Robert E Diamond could return to Wall Street with the launch of Diamond Futures, a debt trading and private equity business, and the recruitment of hundreds of former Lehman Brothers staff in the US who are upset with the new "socially useful" clause in their contracts at Barclays...
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We've concluded that we're going to need a fleet of vehicles that is not primarily running on conventional fuels."that reflects a real change in viewpoint about what the future of our transportation system is going to look like. Basically we have concluded that when you look at the rates of growth in travel and the even greater problems of energy use, dependence on imported petroleum, as well as global warming and our contribution to it, we're going to need a fleet of vehicles that is not primarily running on conventional fuels. And so we're looking for ways to help speed up the transition to a fleet of vehicles that are extremely clean and efficient. And we're setting standards for their design that help use the power of the California marketplace to do that.
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This morning, Secretary Clinton participated in a wreath laying ceremony with Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak on the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War at the Korean War Memorial in Washington, DC.
Ralph in Washington, DC writes:
You mean the war did end? Was still going in 84...
Flavius in Virginia writes:
I guess what they're talking about is the sixtieth anniversary of the commencement of hostilities. You are correct of course. The Korean war is not over. We are operating under a cease fire and have been for fifty seven years.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
I'm kind of suprised Ban Ki Moon, UN Sec. Gen. wasn't there. After all, this involoved the first UN peacekeeping mission ever devised after the UN was created.
My guess is that the UN will be quite involved in putting a final end to this war-on-hold at some point, if 'lil Kim doesn't simply pre-emptively decide to get drunk one night and launches a nuke just to see a few fireworks displayed in his honor.
So while everyone is focused on nuclear terrorists, let us not dismiss the danger posed by those with questionable mental stability.
Flavius in Virginia writes:
My oh my. The next nuclear security summit's to be held in... South Korea! What do those heads of state think they're doing? Could they ALL be so stupid as to all gather in one place... a place right next a madman with a nuclear bomb? And in 2012! Gotta hand it to those Mayans! They sure were on to something!
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Thinks that invests in 0.1% possibility where they will have an interest.
June? Brazil?
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As part of its year-long program of 60th anniversary observances, the Republic of Korea is offering a personal thanks to U.S. Korean War Veterans. A letter of thanks and appreciation signed by ROK Presisdent Lee Myung-bak will be sent to U.S. Veterans of the Korean War who request it. Veterans and their families can apply for the letter online at http://eng.koreanwar60.go.kr/apply.asp . U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is helping ROK anniversary planners reach U.S. Korean War Veterans with this and other information on how they can participate in 60th anniversary events.
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Former POW check web site sgt31.net
Conrad in Massachusetts writes:
What a Honor.
Kenneth O.M. writes:
joying the 2nd div39 comp charly co.on august the last day of the mouth. left on the 10 may1953.
it was hell all the time was thair. but some body had to . tha country needy help and we did in
Frank B. in North Carolina writes:
would like to get application for korean letter of apprecation.
Sanders O. in Puerto Rico writes:
I want to receive the Korean President's Letter of appreciation.
John N. in New York writes:
60 years an still no accounting for our 8100 Brothers, uncles,fathers an comrades M.I.A. during the WAR.The likes of Albright an Clinton will see to that.


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Here's the topic for today's discussion:
Throughout this series, John has demonstrated the inability of science to answer the key questions of origins. Scientists tacitly admit that reality when they change or adapt their evolutionary theories to fit new evidence. They call it being honest with the facts; for answering metaphysical questions, we call it a foundation of quicksand.
John continues to make the case that the Bible is the only authoritative and reliable source for answers about life—what it is, where it comes from, and where it's going. But many Christians still seem enamored with science, trusting it over the Bible. They're willing to reinterpret the Bible to fit the temporary conclusions of science rather than use a consistent, grammatical-historical interpretation of Scripture to direct their study of science.
So, here's the question for those who unduly elevate science above the Bible: at what point do you start believing the Bible? If you don't believe Genesis 1 and 2 mean what they say, when do you start applying a literal hermeneutic, and on what basis? On what grounds do you reject Genesis 1 and 2 while accepting what God tells you about the redemption and consummation?
For the comment thread, let's discuss two points of John's concern. First, why do so many Christians seem to adopt a compromising posture with regard to a literal, six-day creation? Second, what is at the heart of taking an allegorical approach to Genesis 1 and 2 while using a literal hermeneutic to interpret the rest of Genesis, and the rest of the Bible?
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Q - Why do so many Christians seem to adopt a compromising posture with regard to a literal, six-day creation?
A - I believe there are two possible reasons. One they do not read their bible, and two, they are not truly saved. I know there will be those who want to argue that they are saved yet they do not believe in a 6 day creation; however, I do not know how that can be as it is by the word of God we are saved BECAUSE we believe the word of God is TRUTH.
Q - What is at the heart of taking an allegorical approach to Genesis 1 and 2 while using a literal hermeneutic to interpret the rest of Genesis, and the rest of the Bible?
A- Unbelief and a lack of faith! Picking what they want to believe and don't want to believe.
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Hi Folks: One of the things I believe is fascinating about this debate is it is based in atheism. Atheist say that they do not believe there is a God, and God did not create. Agnostics say "If there is a God, I don't know, and further no one can know". For these two groups they are essentially saying the same thing, except one says it with a question mark and the other says it with an exclamation.
What is at the heart of such statements? Some will say unbelief, and that is certainly true. But I think if we look at how this unbelief is worked out we see something else. Many of you all have heard of Jay Sekulow and the ACLJ. He spends a lot of time in court dealing with the Atheistic ACLU. One of the cases his organization has dealt with is in regard to the 10 suggestions,oops- I mean commandments. In one of the briefs the plaintiff said,(I think this quote is right), that the very Idea of the 10 commandments monument being in a particular park was offensive to him. Think about that! Just the "idea", not that he had to see it or look in its general direction. It was just the idea. He does not believe there is a God, but he has a problem with the Law of some non existent being.
I have given some thought to this and think I understand why these folks say such stuff. They do not care if God exist or not, that is not their real issue. Rather it is they they do not want God to interfere with them and their deeds. They have "dethroned" God in their minds and hearts. "We will not have this man rule over us." is their real motto. Or how could someone say "And you can not know if there is a God." As if God doesn't have the ability to make himself known to mortal man. That is in itself pretty stupid, (my opinion), and like pulling the pin on a grenade saying all the while I don't believe in it, or that we can know if it will explode. Well, you pull the pin, you'd better hold on to the handle brother. Hand grenades don't forgive fools.
All of that is to say this, when a materialist atheist tells us something, his motives are showing. And while he says that he is neutral, (at best) and antagonistic (at worst) look out for his results. I ask you, how hard is it to say, "God, I don't know if you exist or not, but if you exist please show me." It seems reasonable that one could expect an answer if one is looking. But instead we find that everything christian is faulty and no one could believe the account in Genesis one as anything but a fairytale. And that is when they know that the evidence for evolution is in many cases fiction, rather then simply bad data. Fabricated or totally inaccurate examples come out of the wood work all the time and are still used to support evolution. Just a thought.
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"why do so many Christians seem to adopt a compromising posture with regard to a literal, six-day creation?"
Churches, especially sunday school classes, have taught a generation of folks to view the miraculous stories of the bible such as the account of creation, the great world wide flood and Noah's ark, Jonah and the whale, Jesus' virgin birth, Jesus walking on the water, etc, etc. as mere cartoons...good children's stories but not reality.
A duration of teaching in this manner from childhood onward has led this generation to the point that they now view the bible as a good book but not an inspired book. They see it as containing information about God but they don't really believe it is factual and true in terms of issues such as the evolution debate...how sad that pulpits across America have promoted twisted ideologies in the name of pragmatism in order to keep the goats and wolves happy...all the while the sheep starve to death.
Jesus said these words regarding such teachers/leaders (John chapter 10):
11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
John Calvin wrote these profound words that should challenge each pastor, teacher, deacon, elder, lay person, new Christian, aged Christian...everyone who names the name of Jesus as Lord:
"Let the pastors boldly dare all things by the word of God… Let them constrain all the power, glory, and excellence of the world to give place to and to obey the divine majesty of this word. Let them enjoin everyone by it, from the highest to the lowest. Let them edify the body of Christ. Let them devastate Satan's reign. Let them pasture the sheep, kill the wolves, instruct and exhort the rebellious. Let them bind and loose thunder and lightning, if necessary, but let them do all according to the word of God."
It is way past time for churches, pastors, and teachers to stop playing pragmatic games with God's divine Word and set about the task of re-establishing the bible as completely factual and fully truth...otherwise these debates will just continue to grow in scope.
It does not get much simpler than this! People always want to complicate the issue of creation when is written right there in black and white! I love your explanation.
God Bless! :)
Hi Folks: It is still morning here in sunny Tennessee, (notice that this state name is made out of only four(4) letters, repeated is their proper sequence it is a state name, if you only use part of the letters you get the word "tens", that is a word but not a state name). This is kinda like what happens when we go to the Word of God and try to make things fit that are not in their proper order or we take out parts of the Word and set it aside. We do not come up with the same message.
For those who hold to "Theistic Evolution" I think I understand the issue. It is an illusion which has been perpetrated or foisted on modern science by "Religious Atheism". Atheist start with "No God" and go from there. In order to fight off any religious belief they must have their own Anti-theology. Evolution is their key doctrine for science. What has happened in universities and colleges is academic "Inquisition". Since there is "No God", evolution must be true, therefore anyone who does any academic research must come out with results that demonstrate that evolution is true, or they are not scientist, only religionist trying to push God on everyone. Those who work in the fields of science most affected by evolutionary "doctrine" are under the assumption that the findings they study are true and unadulterated. Assumptions such as the age of the earth, the process of time + chance, and the ascent of man,(apart from the creative hand of God), are career enders for those who have not bought into the "gospel" of evolution. I remember an article which points out this issue in the early part of 2007 (I believe). A theistic evolutionist was doing research on some old T-Rex bones. She found what I suppose was un fossilized tissue, the next months issue had a letters to the editor comment saying that this Doctor should loose her research grant for trying to bring her religious beliefs into her research. I reread the article and was amazed to find no mention of God or the bible there. Only the conclusion of research. If such a small thing like this scars Atheistic "mind sets", just think what they would do to someone who would challenge any tenant of the Evolutionary faith. The pressure must be enormous.
A second factor assumes that one who is "intelligent" will see reason. We want to believe the bible and we want to believe our "science", the only way this can be reconciled is through "accommodation". This is the Idea that ancient man could not understand the complexities of creation because of inferior scientific resources(at best) or because they had not "ascended" enough to understand complex issues, "I mean after all they were only savages, cave men running around camp fires thinking that some "god" must be appeased,and sacrificing blood and all that rot, how could they know what we now know ?" Therefore God had to tell them a "story" they could understand, in a way they could understand. "Modern minds are much more astute, we have the scientific method, and know evolution as the means used to bring the world into being as we know it ". What is forgotten is that this belief assumes that God does not have the ability to teach his children the difference. The tacit assumption is that if you tell man that the creation took place over millions of years, he would not be able to believe it. That God used long periods of time instead of six days, (the former would be easier for anyone to believe, and a tired God would fit in the pantheon of gods man has created for himself.)
Allowing the bible to speak for itself is the only real method that works. (Just a thought.)
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I seem to be the first commenting. But since "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" and I am a fool, then...
First, why do so many Christians seem to adopt a compromising posture with regard to a literal, six-day creation?
For so many it seems that they take the conclusions of Science first and the Bible second, so the Bible must be read against the standard of man's Science. This runs contrary to starting with the Bible, with letting the Creator speak to us first. If I want to be "neutral," to decide for myself, then I have already plugged my ears.
Those who say that "day" in Gen 1 means "timespan" as in 2:4 and not "earth's rotational period" also commonly claim Noah's flood was not global or that there were cavemen before Adam -- although the flood covered all the mountains of the world fifteen cubits deep (Gen 7) and that man was created in God's image straight from the dust.
Second, what is at the heart of taking an allegorical approach to Genesis 1 and 2 while using a literal hermeneutic to interpret the rest of Genesis, and the rest of the Bible?
Same as above; it means you don't trust the Bible enough to be consistent in your approach to it. The consequence is, as noted in the sermon, that if God is not the Creator then maybe he is not the Redeemer.
Evolution means:
Everything comes from nothing;
Chaos naturally leads to order;
And the Scientist seeks hard physical laws to prove it all random.
I think a couple of reasons "saved" christians tap dance around this is:
1-too much of a desire to be admired by the intellectual crowd(whether believers or not).
2-allowing their intellectual limitations determine a more plausible interpretation.
Now the "saved" will say they never tap dance around the passage to not take it literally as the word of God, but they will argue they are interpreting it after the literal sense God meant it to be taken in the first place. They do the same with apocalyptic books of the bible.
In a sense these brothers need to humble themselves before the word of God and receive it as it is. I have been in intellectual circles where intellectual "ism" crept in and the ivory towers of their good and necessary logic and inference ascended above the text. They seemed biblical to their elite bible interpreting fellows, and respectable by the unbelieving science community as well.
This has serious ramifications. If both the Genesis and the Last Things, the beginning and the end are seen by the trained and intellectual christians as figurative and symbolic, who is to say the middle of the book, and the gospel itself is not either? That is next, I guarantee it.
Why do so many Christians seem to adopt a compromising posture with regard to a literal, six-day creation?
By compromising posture I assume you mean any thing short of affirming only a literal interpretation is biblical.
For those that are wishy washy:
a) They dont know enough about science to commit to a definite positon.
b) They are not sure enough about their theology to commit to a definite positon.
c) They actually feel this is a nonessential
For any one to take a principled stand on any of the current views: (Young Earth, Old Earth, ID, TE)they must have definite views on science and theology and think their view fits better with the facts and God's revelation in the Bible.
I do not think we need to call those who differ from our view compromisers. After all, don't biologists and astronomers need the Gospel too? Since the world looks old to a scientist, why not let them work and believe as well? "If you confesss with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved." I do not see there how a particular view on Genesis is essential to salvation.
Interesting post at Biologos - http://biologos.org/blog/evidences-for-evolution-part-1-an-ancient-earth/#comments
"The blog posts at the "John MacArthur in his current series on Genesis" link above are predictably quite different from this one. I would be interested in seeing interaction between key bloggers on both sites. Is there any meeting place?"
I wonder if this can be made to happen. At the moment there is no dialogue at all and if that continues nothing will ever be resolved.
Thanks for the heads up on that article, John. I've added some comments over there to stir up the hornet's nest.
Hi Folks: Glad to See John and Gabriel back. thought you guys might have had enough of the "preaching". John A I looked at the site you suggested, not sure if you can make some of the assumptions which have been made there. There have always been issues with radiometric dating methods used in science, one of which is the uniformatarian mentality which pervades this science. Bolton Davidheiser's works and A.E. Wilder-Smith's works go along way in answering a lot of these issues. There is also a new book on radiometric dating that has been published by ICR you should look at. Just a thought.
#11 Hornspiel N'texas, you stated "I do not think we need to call those who differ from our view compromisers. After all, don't biologists and astronomers need the Gospel too? Since the world looks old to a scientist, why not let them work and believe as well? "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved." I do not see there how a particular view on Genesis is essential to salvation."
There are many "professing Christians" who assume that to confess Christ is to merely make some sort of public confession of faith in Christ that He is Lord. This is a grievous error on several counts. First and foremost, Christ Himself warned the multitudes that were following Him, "Not everyone who says to Me "Lord, Lord" will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven." "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name…etc.'" They emphatically "confessed" that He was Lord but Christ denied ever knowing them (See Matthew 7:21-23). The Greek word rendered "confess" literally means "to say the same thing". Those who reject Genesis 1 are not "confessing" (saying the same thing as) Christ they are in fact rejecting the testimony of Christ, the Father and the Holy Spirit.
"There is a way which seems right to a man but the way thereof is the way of death" (Proverbs 14:12). We dare not lean on our own understanding but we must acknowledge the Lord in all of our ways. He alone is wise. You correctly point out that biologists and astronomers need the gospel but easy believism is not the gospel and it does not save anyone. The children of Israel were not allowed to enter the Promised Land. They were a stubborn and rebellious people but it was not for these reasons that God rejected them. He rejected them for their unbelief (Hebrews 3:19 see also Romans 11:20). Unbelief damns souls to Hell. We dare not pick and choose what part of God's testimony we believe, to do so is to call God a liar which is the most damnable aspect of the sin of unbelief.
Dr. John C. Whitcomb's name has been referred to in earlier weeks in these discussions. Perhaps others are unaware that he was convinced that none of the arguments discussed on this site can save anyone in the creation/evolution debate. He put absolutely no confidence in any wisdom of his own and he made it clear that only the living and abiding Word of God has the power to save anyone! Only the Word of God faithfully and unashamedly proclaimed and brought to bear on the conscience of the sinner can bring them to see their need of a savior to save them from their sin. Christ, whose name is faithful and true, save sinners who flee to Him for mercy. He saves to the uttermost. He saves even the worst of sinners. He has saved even His Unworthy Slave
"Not everyone who says to Me "Lord, Lord" will enter the kingdom of heaven;
Agreed. However how can you be so sure that "Those who reject Genesis 1" are in that category. I seems quite a stretch from "confessing Him as Lord" to needing to agree a)that your interpretation of what the Scriptures mean accurately reflects how Jesus interpreted them, and
b) interpreting Scripture exactly the way Jesus did, even on peripheral issues like this, is essential for salvation.
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a)that your interpretation of what the Scriptures mean accurately reflects how Jesus interpreted them, and
b) interpreting Scripture exactly the way Jesus did, even on peripheral issues like this, is essential for salvation.
Are you suggesting that Jesus interpreted Genesis in the manner that is consistent with how theistic evolutionists interpret Genesis? Which means if He did, and if you read several of the comments left here by theistic evolutionists over the last month or more this series has been running, would mean that Jesus believed a lot of troubling theological doctrines. The most notable being that Adam was not a specific individual who plunged all of his progeny into sin.
Just looking for so clarification.
No I am saying that Jesus may not have, and probably did not, interpret Scripture exactly the way you do.
There are interpretations of Adam as a specific individual that are consistent with TE, even with there being a literal garden. These may not be the most common interpretations among TEists but they exist.
However the reason I believed in Adam and Eve and the fall, prior to believing in Christ, is because their story explained way the world is and my own experience.
Thirty years later nothing has changed except that I no longer need to believe that they must have been literal people. They may have been, but the truth of the story is no longer dependent on their historicity.
Note that Jesus when he talked about Genesis, it was always to illustrate a theological truth, such as the covenant of marriage. The natural history implied has no impact on the truths that are taught, because that is not the focus of the text. Jesus never used it as a scientific text, nether should we.
Clarification Jesus never used it as a scientific text, nether should we.
Jesus never used it as a scientific text, therefore we are not required to interpret it as a scientific text to remain faithful to Jesus or be theologically orthodox.
Who said anything about interpreting as a scientific text? We have claimed that Genesis clearly portrays creation as a series of miracles, not a scientific endeavor.
Jesus, and all other biblical authors, assumed the truth of Genesis in making their points. Otherwise they may as well have used some fairytale to make their point. The authority and validity of their theological teaching is rooted in historical events.
What you are advocating Jesus did is what so many ear ticklers (who call themselves pastors) do in using the Bible like a nice book of myths that help them teach what they deem to be good morals.
You are correct that some TE believe in a historical Adam, but that is an arbitrary belief (and explained in the "Genesis and Naturalism: Cognitive Dissonance" post).
Arbitrary is the wrong word. It should be "inconsistent".
Hornspiel N'texas: Please apply your critical thinking skills to the following:
Both a "literal" Adam & Eve (DNA father & mother of ALL mankind) and a "NONliteral" Adam & Eve ("just the first people" or "concept" of the first people) cannot be true. They are mutually exclusive. Therefore, only one can be true.
Next, the question is, "Does it really matter which ONE is true?"
(In other words, "Is it eternally significant?")
Seeing as satan loves to question God & create doubt in mankind…
1) It is not only likely but extremely probable that satan is behind the false concept. *Which is the false concept? Is it eternally significant to believe satan over God? (Eve did?)
If we take a laissez-faire attitude with regard to which concept is true….
2) That says it is NOT IMPORTANT to US which is true. OUR opinion is that the truth is insignificant. *Remember: God is Truth: Are we saying God is insignificant? God's word is NOT true? Or that God's word is insignificant?
This carefree attitude of only taking parts of the Bible literally, or that only parts are eternally significant (for salvation) is saying that GOD IS NOT LORD, WE ARE, (we decide which parts are essential to salvation). If God is Lord, and we love Him with all our heart, soul, mind, & being, then we DESIRE TO KNOW HIM! To know all about Him! To understand Him! To want to be with Him! He has given us relationships here on earth to demonstrate family connections, familial love & devotion, lifelong commitment, sacrificial love,… He demonstrates this to us in His plan of salvation which required the sacrifice of His only Son, and in His word, which He inspired & provided & ensured for our benefit to draw us near to Him & to KNOW HIM! If we disregard ANY of it, then we essentially prove our love is not complete for Him, & therefore not necessarily a "Saved" relationship with Him! This is the caution & warning of all false teaching & doctrines. This is also the call for 100% commitment to Him! To give Him less is not to give Him all, which is what He requires of us. IT IS ETERNALLY SIGNIFICANT & I believe worthy of our endeavors to KNOW Him & to KNOW His truth. Can someone who doesn't believe in a literal Genesis 1 – 3 actually be saved? Well, how would I know? I am not God! I am not the Judge! But He gave me a mind & His word & I should do all in my ability to discover the truth while I have the opportunity & I don't want to be wrong or misguided or fall short of the truth…Do YOU? Are you willing to take that chance with your eternal soul? Of course salvation doesn't rest upon us passing a knowledge or understanding test at 100% to enter God's eternal kingdom, but our commitment to Him is to be 100% - & why shouldn't it be? He gave us His Son! Jesus gave His life for us? Is it so much for Him to ask us to give our lives to Him? Jesus said, "And whoever does not take his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it." Mt 10:38b-39. Can we "get something wrong" or be misled & still have salvation? YOU answer that! That is the $1,000,000.00 question! But if you want to get that answer right, where would you go to find the truth? GOD'S WORD! If God had been vague in His description of creation, there might be justification for the various concepts of beginnings, but He WASN'T vague! He spelled it all out for us in great detail! Why try to change what God said? (Is it to compromise with modern science? Ask yourself WHY?)
In the very least, this carefree attitude demonstrates a person's real lack of love & commitment to God & HIS truth, (Not our definition of truth!)
And when we compromise Genesis with OEC, who are we compromising with?
"…what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God…" 2 Cor 6:14b-16a. God does not compromise the truth, why should we?
When it was proposed on the blog that they were going to begin a study on just this topic, I was hesitant. At the time, I was unclear about what EXACTLY I believed with regards to the issue. At the time, I leaned a little more towards a model similar (but by no means the same) to that held by Old Earth Creationists and believers of Theistic Evolution. At least in my understanding (or lack thereof) I allowed room for the possibility of these things to be both true and not necessary for salvation. But, being a quasi-rationalist, I stopped commenting and started listening to find out if I could "know" what I believed to be true on creation and whether or not is was necessary.
Between what I've read/heard on the blog and from discussions on Wretched Radio, I have since come to accept the fact that here, as with all, scripture is clear. There were words and concepts to describe longer periods of time, and yet what Scripture says explicitly was chosen. Had Moses intended a longer period of time to be communicated (had the Holy Spirit intended this, understanding that it would clear up this present confusion), I believe the language would have been different than what we have. It says 6 days. It defines the length of days as bounded by evening and morning. Even by historical/cultural understandings of when evening and morning begin and end, it still falls within the boundaries of a 24 hour day. To believe that God cannot accomplish all of creation within 6, 24 hour days is to limit Him and to cast suspicion on the rest of the miraculous works of Scripture. The only rational course for me to apply rationality to a sovereign, infinite God is to assume that misunderstandings and non-logic is my flaw...not His. If I accept that He communicates through His Word, that it is perfect, and that He is not the author of confusion, then I must accept His Word literally until His Word tells me to do otherwise. If I cannot trust His Word to clearly convey how He created all things, how can I begin to trust it to be clear on how He saves the elect and relates to all things? I would have no assurance in my salvation if words were so fluid in their meaning.
With regards to the posed questions:
First, why do so many Christians seem to adopt a compromising posture with regard to a literal, six-day creation?
I have no doubt that the embarrassment, lack of faith and ignorance that have been suggested by others is true, but I believe in many (most?) cases that well-intentioned believers are simply afraid of alienating the people they feel compelled to evangelize. We're taught to love others and make disciples and we (even some of us 5-point, reformed types) are often afraid of "messing it up and damning someone to hell." This in no way vindicates the error, but I would hope that it would cause us who now know better to temper our judgment and correction with mercy and grace. It's just too easy sometimes to scream "heretic" and start piling up the sticks for the pyre, as it were.
For the most part...see the answer to the first question. However, I would say that most of the people I have known who seriously apply allegory to the creation, also apply that same hermeneutic to the rest of scripture. Typically because they want to try to retain an element of control over God and over their world. If it is not ignorance, then it is rebellion.
As always...sorry for the novella, but hey...I've held my tongue for a couple of months now! :p
Thanks for those encouraging words. Hearing of people like you makes what we do on this blog all the more enjoyable. I'm thankful you found the discussions here (and the other places you listed) to be both helpful and challenging. Most of all, I'm thankful you found them to be biblical!
We're aware of the many people like you who may be "holding their tongue," but nevertheless thinking deeply on these issues as Scripture is brought to bear on their views of creation.
Press on brother.
I "ditto" Tommy & want to thank you for your testimony! What a blessing! I'm praying there are more like you reading & deeply contemplating these issues. It's always wonderful to see God at work! Amen?! :) God bless you!
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