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marble falls

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12. In junior high school in the sixties I read a book reviewed in Time about missionary work in ....

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #8)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 11:55 AM

Jul 2014

China that included diary and journal entries by a Baptist missionary that included one about how many Chinese he had converted and then sent onto Heaven by his own hand. That was some shocking stuff for a Missouri Synod Luther Leaguer. Then I found out the feet of clay Martin Luther walked on.

G*d is not so well served by churches much of the time. Its hypocritical to point so many fingers at Islam.

Wish I remember the title or author or at least what month it was in '64 or '65 the issue of Time came out.

I don't despair of religion so much as I find overt religionists despicable.

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This Is How "Unsettled" Australia Was Before The British Arrived In 1788 [View all] Violet_Crumble Jul 2014 OP

I happen to be reading a lot about the US before and just as the Europeans came Squinch Jul 2014 #1

It sounds like very similar things happened to the Aboriginal population... Violet_Crumble Jul 2014 #2

Shoot. It's telling me the link is an "invalid identifier." That sounds pretty fascinating, though. Squinch Jul 2014 #3

Try this url. It's a pdf, so hopefully this will lead you to it... Violet_Crumble Jul 2014 #4

It works! Thank you! Squinch Jul 2014 #5

"The gap between the health status of each has widened rather than narrowed over the last one Squinch Jul 2014 #6

Have you read "1491" by Mann or "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Diamond?......... marble falls Jul 2014 #7

Putting both on the library hold list. Thank you! Squinch Jul 2014 #10

"Guns, Germs, and Steel"... krispos42 Jul 2014 #9

Another good one is "Collapse" also by Diamond. Its got an important section on Australia. marble falls Jul 2014 #11

I picked it up at Goodwill a couple of months ago krispos42 Jul 2014 #15

Kick it to the front of the line. You'll be glad you did. marble falls Jul 2014 #16

Christians Cartoonist Jul 2014 #8

In junior high school in the sixties I read a book reviewed in Time about missionary work in .... marble falls Jul 2014 #12

The individual and the organization Cartoonist Jul 2014 #13

St Augustine said, "Preach the Gospel daily. If necessary, use words." marble falls Jul 2014 #14