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Cheers, Ansell 06:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
User:Wikihermit/Christ -- T Talk to me 22:48, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey Colin. We have met before at Avondale actually (look me up in last year's jac - I did a BSc/BTch (Hons)). Good to see other Avondalians on wikipedia. Have fun. -- Fermion 06:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey Colin, Great meeting you and thanks for taking us around Avondale. Globalphysics 07:32, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey, just thought I'd give you another welcome to wikipedia. Its great to have you here. I was just thinking that, as a theology student, you may be able to lend me some assistance with the History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church article. Your textbook for "Adventist History and Heritage" Lightbearers should prove to be a useful aid, along with many of the other resources for that course. I hope you continue to enjoy editing wikipedia and have a good day also. Regards, MyNam e IsNotBob 10:18, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thanks for making that edit on User:BenMcLean/naming -- BenMcLean 23:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Colin! I'm interested to see that you're studying at Avondale. I know several people who have studied there over the years. I live in Melbourne (Vic) and was brought up in an SDA family. Glad to see your contribution to the SDA articles, and look forward to more. Cheers, Tonicthebrown 13:57, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Colin. I've noticed you've started editing Wikipedia again. Does this mean you're back home? How was the trip? While you were away I decided I'd try and fulfil MyNameIsNotBob's attempt to achieve featured article status for the SDA church article. Hence I've done a lot of editing of the content to improve prose, clarity, etc. Do you think it's approaching the required standard? Cheers Tonicthebrown 22:58, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello again, Colin. Good work on the SDA Theology article. Just letting you know I've made some rearrangements there. FYI I've also added a citation re EGW and other worlds, from Early Writings (creationism section). Oh and I noticed your endorsement of Wild at Heart (book) - I've been meaning to get that book and read it for some time now. Started studying at Ridley last week, doing 3 subjects (Early church history, OT traditions and Gospels). It is absolutely fantastic, praise God! Will try not to let wikipedia addiction get in the way of my essays! (6500 words total this semester) Tonicthebrown 11:30, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
I did not notice that the section was under official websites of sda. But I think there is nothing wrong in palicng the website under references for schisms and offshoots since this is where it is belong and additional reference would be an excellent contribution, Especially that it provides a direct comparison of the beliefs. I thin the webiste is in its right place now. Thank you. regards —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.104.197.52 ( talk • contribs) 12:23, 19 October 2006 (UTC) – Please sign your posts!
I think you want {{ bibleverse-nb}} (where nb is no-book presumably). Cheers, Ansell 22:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Colin, I noticed your interest in Taizé and was curious, so followed the links. I ended up downloading some of the music. Beautiful! I have long maintained there is a place for liturgy in worship and this only confirms it! Whenever I mention it in Adventist circles not many people agree with me though! Blessings, - Fermion 23:57, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
I still disagree with your removal of Michael Chamberlain from the Category:Seventh-day Adventist leaders. According to the category header, which could be under discussion itself, the category is for "This category lists leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, including founders, ministers, administrators, theologians, writers (of church-related literature) and preachers." I see his former position as an Adventist minister to fit into that schema. Ansell 02:39, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
I noticed that you found the Elihu tract on Wikisource. Thanks for adding the category. It took some time to find the tract. Another tract that I would really like to see in the Web is Joseph Bates' work "the Sabbath - a perpetual sign" which was another influential piece of literature that was published by the adventist pioneers. So far I have not found a way to get a scan. Neither the German Adventist university Friedensau nor the Austrian seminary at Bogenhofen have a copy. Do You have any idea how to get a scan of that book. (Besides: the book seems to be published in two versions, so one might have to scan both.) Greetings from Hamburg, Heiko Evermann 14:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Colin, thank you for the Christmas greetings. I happened to see you yesterday when I paid a visit to the grounds of Avondale College. Hope you enjoy the final weeks of your studies for 2006 and have a fantastic festive season. I'll probably see you up in Yarrahapinni? Cheers, MyNam e IsNotBob 10:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Colin for your very kind Christmas message. All the best with your exams and overseas travel, and I wish you a happy Christmas too. I've appreciated working together with you on the SDA wikipedia articles over these last few months. Tonicthebrown 12:49, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Colin, thank you for the Christmas greeting. I trust you too will enjoy a Happy Christmas and will find opportunity to share the Blessed Hope with someone over this festive season. - Fermion 06:56, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
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G'day Colin. Do you have some time? There is a major war going on at Talk:Seventh-day Adventist Church. Two users, EShubee and Maniwar, look like they're about to kill each other. I've tried to mediate but all that achieved was getting some of the anger turned on myself. Do you reckon you could step into the discussion with me and help cool things down? Thanks! Tonicthebrown 14:17, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
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I am posting this at a couple other pages. I have to be careful and not break the WP:3RR on Seventh-day Adventist Church because of some biased edits. I would like to ask a few of you to help monitor it. I've basically been following protocol of other pages I edit. The editors will not allow links unless they lend value to the article and I am sticking to this with the Adventist article as well. There is a current discussion, however two editors feel compelled to usurp the consensus and stick in their edits. If you wish to weigh in and keep control, I welcome it. I must step back as I wish to not break the 3RR rule. Thanks-- Maniwar ( talk) 03:27, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Here are two more wikipages that you may want to catagorize: Daniel's Vision of Chapter 7 and Daniel's Vision of Chapter 8 Allenroyboy 23:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Hey, i am a Seventh day Adventist from Puerto Rico, nice to know there are other adventist working in Wiki!! Morales Badui 00:43, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
The image of Miller in the Adventist template, I think it should be changed by a more nowaday related image of the Seventh day Adventists, please correct me if I am wrong. MoralesBadui 00:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
What do you think about this?? MoralesBadui 00:12, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
What can i do to have my image available in wikipedia, eaven if i dont have any license for it. I am talking about the image of Planet Hope's logo. Please answer in my talk page. Thank you MoralesBadui 18:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
User:Awalper left a note on my talk page that I am pretty sure was meant for you. [1]
Hello Colin,
Thanks for taking the time to wikify my addition to the Wikipedia on A.T. Jones. This is my first time playing this game and I didn't know how to format everything correctly. It looks much more professional now! Blessings! Ann
Ansell 21:55, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
I didn't remove large amounts of text, just the places where the "SDA church thinks of itself as the remnant church" idea was repeated. I was alarmed when I saw that. I thought it was put there by enemies, but then I thought it might have been a new convert and I felt bad.. :-S
Then there was the line: "It is a call to Christians everywhere to leave their sins (" Babylon") behind them and give them up."
That's an origional reference. I've never even heard of such an interpretation.
Then the intro: "The messages have special significance for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which considers them to be a summary of its mission to the world."
That's ok, but there's too much focus on the SDA church. The 3 angels' messages are for the whole world. So I swapped it for this:
"It is a Seventh-day Adventist teaching that these messages are to prepare the world for the second coming of Christ."
So these 4 things I felt needed serious attention.
I worked on this until late at night. I wanted to clean it up and add some references and fix the POV, but I was just too tired. So I made a plan to come back to it later, but the next day it was rolled back.
I would like to help with an artical called: " Babylon Mother of Harlots", and then a simple summary and redirect in this artical. This topic is so general, I don't think it's a good place to mention RC and get all into that..
I appriciate the work you guys have been doing, and I don't mean to interfere. This is good stuff we have here. We're sittin on a gold mine of knowlege, and if we can find suitable ways to share it, many people will be very glad to discover it, even on such a medium as this.
Luke 21:15 "For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist."
Rev 18:1 "And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory."
Rush4hire 15:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
There's only four of us. Do we want to get together sometime? Please reply at my talk page == One Salient Oversight 07:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
If you're an SDA training to be a minister then I'm assuming you're a vegetarian. I'll try to make sure any place we end up going to has a vegetarian meal. -- One Salient Oversight 12:50, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Can you please go back to Wikipedia:Meetup/Newcastle and indicate in the relevant section a preferred date. If you haven't done so already, could you also suggest a meeting place like a restaurant or cafe?
-- One Salient Oversight 23:07, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Reminder: It's on. -- One Salient Oversight 11:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm just starting out. Can you check out what I've done? I'm really green at this. Thanks Momefarley 13:08, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I have invited a few people to give me feedback about my user page. Colin MacLaurin 13:39, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Feel free to merge Ahn Shi Il into Unification Church, especially if you can use the pound sign trick so that members looking up the next sabbath date will go right to the correct section! :-) -- Uncle Ed 16:37, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
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be there ya bugger it's michael , this saturday (30th june) 8pm.
the usual place, should be a big one.
Hey, you all are being quiet on the Amazing Facts article and the articles talk page. Don't know if you've been watching, but I've been fighting a few POV edits and loaded sentences. Can you add anything to the conversations in lieu of a consensus? I think that would quell the issues. Thanks! -- Maniwar ( talk) 01:06, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I've been having a wikibreak lately which means that your post about our conversation didn't get noticed. Many apologies about that!
My opinions of the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement are quite strong and I take a very "hard" line towards them. At the same time I believe that all those who call Jesus as Lord are saved (including P/Cs) and that God works amongst P/Cs.
I've been convinced that the reformed doctrine of Sola Scriptura is inherently biblical and Christian. Put simply, it is the belief that the Bible is God's only authoritative guide for living and for believing. Since the Holy Spirit wrote the Bible, those who rely upon the Bible only to determine what is right and wrong, or to determine what to believe and what not to believe, are actually following the Spirit's guidance.
P/Cs do not believe this. They use personal experience as an important guide. They believe that, through feelings, visions and other subjective forms, God will guide. They will make decisions about what God wants according to how they perceive his will. Although subjectivity is not discounted amongst Christians who believe in Sola Scriptura, the reliance upon these forms of guidance result in (in my opinion), bad theology and bad Christian behaviour.
This belief in subjective guidance also makes P/Cs more likely to follow the teachings and example of their pastors and leaders. They perceive these men as being God's anointed, and willingly follow their teaching and example. This might be alright if they believed and acted biblically... but too often this is not the case.
Regarding Hillsong, here's a recent comment from a blogger I visit:
Obviously I'm not too happy about the influence of Hillsong. I don't believe that Brian Houston's teachings are biblical. I won't say that the guy is not a Christian or a false teacher (not enough info for me to make a correct judgement) but any teaching that exalts the role of man over God (as Houston seems to preach) is highly questionable. The major problem is that too many P/C Christians today are falling into this belief.
Of course, not all P/C Christians are like this. I often visit a blog of P/C Christians who are unhappy with the Hillsong influence and wish to follow more of the Bible's teachings. They still believe in things like tongues and Spirit baptism (which are problematic but not as serious as other problems), but they are concerned that the modern P/C church is not being biblical.
I didn't mean to make this a theological treatise or polemic, but I thought it was important for me to explain what and why I believe what I believe. If you read up Sola Scriptura you will find out more about the whys and the hows. I'll end by restating my belief that although the modern P/C movement is badly flawed, that many (if not most) of these people will enjoy paradise with me in the future, and also that God continues to work in them despite the errors I have spoken about.
-- One Salient Oversight 23:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Good day! I noticed that you've made constructive edits to the Christian Torah-submission article. An editor has recently recommeded it for deletion. If you're interested, I'd like to encourage you to weigh in on the discussion and make any more edits that you think would be constructive. Thanks and keep up the good work. Namikiw 15:15, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I am busy removing all people whose former religion or world view is not a defining characteristic or related to her/his notability.
I was busy in alphabetic order with Category:Former_atheists_and_agnostics (finished Collins) & Category:Former_Muslims (finished Darwish), but it is a lot of work. Can you please help with these and other and check Category:Former_Seventh-day_Adventists that I believe I had already finished. I have not started with Category:Former_Protestants & Category:Former_Jehovah's_Witnesses
Please keep me informed about your progress to prevent double work. Thanks in advance. Andries 10:18, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Colin.
I'm sorry about the long delay, but I haven't logged on to Wikipedia for ages.
Got your message, and checked your travel blog. Glad to see you enjoyed England. I used to live not too far from Cheddar/Bath, in Gloucester on the other side of Bristol.
About the church in Bermuda, it's a small island with a big Adventist presence. 1 in 17 (at least on paper) is an Adventist. So it is well known throughout the island.
The church is pretty conservative, with one congregation breaking the mold. Bermuda is a black-majority country, and this is also reflected in the composition of the church membership. Although Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory, the Adventist church is more North-American influenced. Overall, it's a mix of friendliness and conservatism.
I'd be happy to send you more info, though it's probably easier to do this via email.
Enjoy the rest of your trip.
Stefanbs
03:02, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Greetings,
I edited a lot of your work on the spectrum magazine entry. If you want specific reasons why we removed certain references, and why they are erroneous, contact me via email at (removed... -CM)
thanks, Johnny —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johram ( talk • contribs) 23:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Colin. Noticed the red wikilink. Are you planning to start an article? Tonicthebrown 12:14, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Religiosity and intelligence, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Religiosity and intelligence (2nd nomination). Thank you. WotherspoonSmith 13:48, 23 October 2007 (UTC) ==
You recently edited this article, I'd appreciate your input in the debate
Your comment:
Yes you were correct. Barnhouse tried to deny Dispensationalism in his later years. The title of the book was "But...". Strange title I know but I'm getting this information from another dispensationalist/friend of mine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MurderWatcher1 ( talk • contribs) 00:12, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for telling me. I can fix this. Incidentally SB aligned all the Infobox Album templates a while back, I was thinking about making a generic solution for this - non-trivial though. Rich Farmbrough, 09:53 30 October 2007 (GMT).
Hello! The Melburnians are having another meet-up! Please consult this page if you are interested to participate in the discussion! Thanks! Phgao 03:24, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Colin
Thanks for helping with the newly revised version of religiosity and intelligence. I'm interested in the edit where you state that some sociologist say that internal spirituality cannot be measured. Do you have a reference for this? As it stands, this contradicts stuff about people measuring spirituality. I think both statements can (should?) coexist, but I'm not sure of the source of the statement, and hoped you could help. (and please don't take this as any sort of attack of the 'every statement must cite a source' variety)
WotherspoonSmith
07:52, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Per you note at the TfD discussion re Category:Seventh-day Adventism in Europe, the template can be marked as {{ db-g7}} - you are the only one that edited it and are requesting it be deleted. I marked it so and put a note on the TfD discussion. SkierRMH 08:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
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Cheers, Ansell 06:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
User:Wikihermit/Christ -- T Talk to me 22:48, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey Colin. We have met before at Avondale actually (look me up in last year's jac - I did a BSc/BTch (Hons)). Good to see other Avondalians on wikipedia. Have fun. -- Fermion 06:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey Colin, Great meeting you and thanks for taking us around Avondale. Globalphysics 07:32, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey, just thought I'd give you another welcome to wikipedia. Its great to have you here. I was just thinking that, as a theology student, you may be able to lend me some assistance with the History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church article. Your textbook for "Adventist History and Heritage" Lightbearers should prove to be a useful aid, along with many of the other resources for that course. I hope you continue to enjoy editing wikipedia and have a good day also. Regards, MyNam e IsNotBob 10:18, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thanks for making that edit on User:BenMcLean/naming -- BenMcLean 23:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Colin! I'm interested to see that you're studying at Avondale. I know several people who have studied there over the years. I live in Melbourne (Vic) and was brought up in an SDA family. Glad to see your contribution to the SDA articles, and look forward to more. Cheers, Tonicthebrown 13:57, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Colin. I've noticed you've started editing Wikipedia again. Does this mean you're back home? How was the trip? While you were away I decided I'd try and fulfil MyNameIsNotBob's attempt to achieve featured article status for the SDA church article. Hence I've done a lot of editing of the content to improve prose, clarity, etc. Do you think it's approaching the required standard? Cheers Tonicthebrown 22:58, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello again, Colin. Good work on the SDA Theology article. Just letting you know I've made some rearrangements there. FYI I've also added a citation re EGW and other worlds, from Early Writings (creationism section). Oh and I noticed your endorsement of Wild at Heart (book) - I've been meaning to get that book and read it for some time now. Started studying at Ridley last week, doing 3 subjects (Early church history, OT traditions and Gospels). It is absolutely fantastic, praise God! Will try not to let wikipedia addiction get in the way of my essays! (6500 words total this semester) Tonicthebrown 11:30, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
I did not notice that the section was under official websites of sda. But I think there is nothing wrong in palicng the website under references for schisms and offshoots since this is where it is belong and additional reference would be an excellent contribution, Especially that it provides a direct comparison of the beliefs. I thin the webiste is in its right place now. Thank you. regards —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.104.197.52 ( talk • contribs) 12:23, 19 October 2006 (UTC) – Please sign your posts!
I think you want {{ bibleverse-nb}} (where nb is no-book presumably). Cheers, Ansell 22:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Colin, I noticed your interest in Taizé and was curious, so followed the links. I ended up downloading some of the music. Beautiful! I have long maintained there is a place for liturgy in worship and this only confirms it! Whenever I mention it in Adventist circles not many people agree with me though! Blessings, - Fermion 23:57, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
I still disagree with your removal of Michael Chamberlain from the Category:Seventh-day Adventist leaders. According to the category header, which could be under discussion itself, the category is for "This category lists leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, including founders, ministers, administrators, theologians, writers (of church-related literature) and preachers." I see his former position as an Adventist minister to fit into that schema. Ansell 02:39, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
I noticed that you found the Elihu tract on Wikisource. Thanks for adding the category. It took some time to find the tract. Another tract that I would really like to see in the Web is Joseph Bates' work "the Sabbath - a perpetual sign" which was another influential piece of literature that was published by the adventist pioneers. So far I have not found a way to get a scan. Neither the German Adventist university Friedensau nor the Austrian seminary at Bogenhofen have a copy. Do You have any idea how to get a scan of that book. (Besides: the book seems to be published in two versions, so one might have to scan both.) Greetings from Hamburg, Heiko Evermann 14:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Colin, thank you for the Christmas greetings. I happened to see you yesterday when I paid a visit to the grounds of Avondale College. Hope you enjoy the final weeks of your studies for 2006 and have a fantastic festive season. I'll probably see you up in Yarrahapinni? Cheers, MyNam e IsNotBob 10:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Colin for your very kind Christmas message. All the best with your exams and overseas travel, and I wish you a happy Christmas too. I've appreciated working together with you on the SDA wikipedia articles over these last few months. Tonicthebrown 12:49, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Colin, thank you for the Christmas greeting. I trust you too will enjoy a Happy Christmas and will find opportunity to share the Blessed Hope with someone over this festive season. - Fermion 06:56, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
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When you moved Ángel Rodríguez to Ángel Rodríguez (disambiguation) you actually did the reverse of wikipedia convention. (see Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Page naming conventions) — MJBurrage • TALK • 21:07, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
G'day Colin. Do you have some time? There is a major war going on at Talk:Seventh-day Adventist Church. Two users, EShubee and Maniwar, look like they're about to kill each other. I've tried to mediate but all that achieved was getting some of the anger turned on myself. Do you reckon you could step into the discussion with me and help cool things down? Thanks! Tonicthebrown 14:17, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
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I am posting this at a couple other pages. I have to be careful and not break the WP:3RR on Seventh-day Adventist Church because of some biased edits. I would like to ask a few of you to help monitor it. I've basically been following protocol of other pages I edit. The editors will not allow links unless they lend value to the article and I am sticking to this with the Adventist article as well. There is a current discussion, however two editors feel compelled to usurp the consensus and stick in their edits. If you wish to weigh in and keep control, I welcome it. I must step back as I wish to not break the 3RR rule. Thanks-- Maniwar ( talk) 03:27, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Here are two more wikipages that you may want to catagorize: Daniel's Vision of Chapter 7 and Daniel's Vision of Chapter 8 Allenroyboy 23:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Hey, i am a Seventh day Adventist from Puerto Rico, nice to know there are other adventist working in Wiki!! Morales Badui 00:43, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
The image of Miller in the Adventist template, I think it should be changed by a more nowaday related image of the Seventh day Adventists, please correct me if I am wrong. MoralesBadui 00:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
What do you think about this?? MoralesBadui 00:12, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
What can i do to have my image available in wikipedia, eaven if i dont have any license for it. I am talking about the image of Planet Hope's logo. Please answer in my talk page. Thank you MoralesBadui 18:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
User:Awalper left a note on my talk page that I am pretty sure was meant for you. [1]
Hello Colin,
Thanks for taking the time to wikify my addition to the Wikipedia on A.T. Jones. This is my first time playing this game and I didn't know how to format everything correctly. It looks much more professional now! Blessings! Ann
Ansell 21:55, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
I didn't remove large amounts of text, just the places where the "SDA church thinks of itself as the remnant church" idea was repeated. I was alarmed when I saw that. I thought it was put there by enemies, but then I thought it might have been a new convert and I felt bad.. :-S
Then there was the line: "It is a call to Christians everywhere to leave their sins (" Babylon") behind them and give them up."
That's an origional reference. I've never even heard of such an interpretation.
Then the intro: "The messages have special significance for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which considers them to be a summary of its mission to the world."
That's ok, but there's too much focus on the SDA church. The 3 angels' messages are for the whole world. So I swapped it for this:
"It is a Seventh-day Adventist teaching that these messages are to prepare the world for the second coming of Christ."
So these 4 things I felt needed serious attention.
I worked on this until late at night. I wanted to clean it up and add some references and fix the POV, but I was just too tired. So I made a plan to come back to it later, but the next day it was rolled back.
I would like to help with an artical called: " Babylon Mother of Harlots", and then a simple summary and redirect in this artical. This topic is so general, I don't think it's a good place to mention RC and get all into that..
I appriciate the work you guys have been doing, and I don't mean to interfere. This is good stuff we have here. We're sittin on a gold mine of knowlege, and if we can find suitable ways to share it, many people will be very glad to discover it, even on such a medium as this.
Luke 21:15 "For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist."
Rev 18:1 "And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory."
Rush4hire 15:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
There's only four of us. Do we want to get together sometime? Please reply at my talk page == One Salient Oversight 07:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
If you're an SDA training to be a minister then I'm assuming you're a vegetarian. I'll try to make sure any place we end up going to has a vegetarian meal. -- One Salient Oversight 12:50, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Can you please go back to Wikipedia:Meetup/Newcastle and indicate in the relevant section a preferred date. If you haven't done so already, could you also suggest a meeting place like a restaurant or cafe?
-- One Salient Oversight 23:07, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Reminder: It's on. -- One Salient Oversight 11:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm just starting out. Can you check out what I've done? I'm really green at this. Thanks Momefarley 13:08, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I have invited a few people to give me feedback about my user page. Colin MacLaurin 13:39, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Feel free to merge Ahn Shi Il into Unification Church, especially if you can use the pound sign trick so that members looking up the next sabbath date will go right to the correct section! :-) -- Uncle Ed 16:37, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
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be there ya bugger it's michael , this saturday (30th june) 8pm.
the usual place, should be a big one.
Hey, you all are being quiet on the Amazing Facts article and the articles talk page. Don't know if you've been watching, but I've been fighting a few POV edits and loaded sentences. Can you add anything to the conversations in lieu of a consensus? I think that would quell the issues. Thanks! -- Maniwar ( talk) 01:06, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I've been having a wikibreak lately which means that your post about our conversation didn't get noticed. Many apologies about that!
My opinions of the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement are quite strong and I take a very "hard" line towards them. At the same time I believe that all those who call Jesus as Lord are saved (including P/Cs) and that God works amongst P/Cs.
I've been convinced that the reformed doctrine of Sola Scriptura is inherently biblical and Christian. Put simply, it is the belief that the Bible is God's only authoritative guide for living and for believing. Since the Holy Spirit wrote the Bible, those who rely upon the Bible only to determine what is right and wrong, or to determine what to believe and what not to believe, are actually following the Spirit's guidance.
P/Cs do not believe this. They use personal experience as an important guide. They believe that, through feelings, visions and other subjective forms, God will guide. They will make decisions about what God wants according to how they perceive his will. Although subjectivity is not discounted amongst Christians who believe in Sola Scriptura, the reliance upon these forms of guidance result in (in my opinion), bad theology and bad Christian behaviour.
This belief in subjective guidance also makes P/Cs more likely to follow the teachings and example of their pastors and leaders. They perceive these men as being God's anointed, and willingly follow their teaching and example. This might be alright if they believed and acted biblically... but too often this is not the case.
Regarding Hillsong, here's a recent comment from a blogger I visit:
Obviously I'm not too happy about the influence of Hillsong. I don't believe that Brian Houston's teachings are biblical. I won't say that the guy is not a Christian or a false teacher (not enough info for me to make a correct judgement) but any teaching that exalts the role of man over God (as Houston seems to preach) is highly questionable. The major problem is that too many P/C Christians today are falling into this belief.
Of course, not all P/C Christians are like this. I often visit a blog of P/C Christians who are unhappy with the Hillsong influence and wish to follow more of the Bible's teachings. They still believe in things like tongues and Spirit baptism (which are problematic but not as serious as other problems), but they are concerned that the modern P/C church is not being biblical.
I didn't mean to make this a theological treatise or polemic, but I thought it was important for me to explain what and why I believe what I believe. If you read up Sola Scriptura you will find out more about the whys and the hows. I'll end by restating my belief that although the modern P/C movement is badly flawed, that many (if not most) of these people will enjoy paradise with me in the future, and also that God continues to work in them despite the errors I have spoken about.
-- One Salient Oversight 23:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Good day! I noticed that you've made constructive edits to the Christian Torah-submission article. An editor has recently recommeded it for deletion. If you're interested, I'd like to encourage you to weigh in on the discussion and make any more edits that you think would be constructive. Thanks and keep up the good work. Namikiw 15:15, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I am busy removing all people whose former religion or world view is not a defining characteristic or related to her/his notability.
I was busy in alphabetic order with Category:Former_atheists_and_agnostics (finished Collins) & Category:Former_Muslims (finished Darwish), but it is a lot of work. Can you please help with these and other and check Category:Former_Seventh-day_Adventists that I believe I had already finished. I have not started with Category:Former_Protestants & Category:Former_Jehovah's_Witnesses
Please keep me informed about your progress to prevent double work. Thanks in advance. Andries 10:18, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Colin.
I'm sorry about the long delay, but I haven't logged on to Wikipedia for ages.
Got your message, and checked your travel blog. Glad to see you enjoyed England. I used to live not too far from Cheddar/Bath, in Gloucester on the other side of Bristol.
About the church in Bermuda, it's a small island with a big Adventist presence. 1 in 17 (at least on paper) is an Adventist. So it is well known throughout the island.
The church is pretty conservative, with one congregation breaking the mold. Bermuda is a black-majority country, and this is also reflected in the composition of the church membership. Although Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory, the Adventist church is more North-American influenced. Overall, it's a mix of friendliness and conservatism.
I'd be happy to send you more info, though it's probably easier to do this via email.
Enjoy the rest of your trip.
Stefanbs
03:02, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Greetings,
I edited a lot of your work on the spectrum magazine entry. If you want specific reasons why we removed certain references, and why they are erroneous, contact me via email at (removed... -CM)
thanks, Johnny —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johram ( talk • contribs) 23:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Colin. Noticed the red wikilink. Are you planning to start an article? Tonicthebrown 12:14, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Religiosity and intelligence, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Religiosity and intelligence (2nd nomination). Thank you. WotherspoonSmith 13:48, 23 October 2007 (UTC) ==
You recently edited this article, I'd appreciate your input in the debate
Your comment:
Yes you were correct. Barnhouse tried to deny Dispensationalism in his later years. The title of the book was "But...". Strange title I know but I'm getting this information from another dispensationalist/friend of mine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MurderWatcher1 ( talk • contribs) 00:12, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for telling me. I can fix this. Incidentally SB aligned all the Infobox Album templates a while back, I was thinking about making a generic solution for this - non-trivial though. Rich Farmbrough, 09:53 30 October 2007 (GMT).
Hello! The Melburnians are having another meet-up! Please consult this page if you are interested to participate in the discussion! Thanks! Phgao 03:24, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Colin
Thanks for helping with the newly revised version of religiosity and intelligence. I'm interested in the edit where you state that some sociologist say that internal spirituality cannot be measured. Do you have a reference for this? As it stands, this contradicts stuff about people measuring spirituality. I think both statements can (should?) coexist, but I'm not sure of the source of the statement, and hoped you could help. (and please don't take this as any sort of attack of the 'every statement must cite a source' variety)
WotherspoonSmith
07:52, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Per you note at the TfD discussion re Category:Seventh-day Adventism in Europe, the template can be marked as {{ db-g7}} - you are the only one that edited it and are requesting it be deleted. I marked it so and put a note on the TfD discussion. SkierRMH 08:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
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