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Title: Hello
Post by: Richard Whittemore on February 09, 2025, 07:52:41 PM

My name is Richard Whittemore . I'm sixty six and live in Tweed Heads, NSW , Australia. Retired Qantas LAME ( aircraft engineer) . Married with three children . I was given faith around fourty five years ago. After about twenty years in Christianity , I started questioning topics like death . Finding no answers that sat right , started searching . Found answers that did make sense from A.E. Knoch . Next big question was "free will" . L Ray Smith provided what I needed and also made sense . Anyhow ,thanks for accepting me to this forum . I'm still searching

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Porter on February 09, 2025, 10:26:34 PM

Hi Richard. Welcome to the forum!

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Post by: Rhys 🕊 on February 09, 2025, 10:45:53 PM

Hi Richard. I live in New Zealand so not too far away, just a short swim  :D

Rhys

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Post by: Rene on February 10, 2025, 01:46:35 AM

Hi Richard,

Welcome to the forum and thank you for taking the time to introduce yourself.   :)

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Post by: Wendy on February 10, 2025, 11:50:31 AM

Hi Richard


Welcome to the forum.  😇




God bless
Wendy

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Richard Whittemore on February 10, 2025, 11:59:51 PM

Thank you Wendy , Rene ,Rhys,and Porter for the warm welcome . Much appreciated!

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Dave in Tenn on February 12, 2025, 02:01:12 PM

It's nice to meet you, Richard.

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Post by: Musterseed on February 12, 2025, 02:32:37 PM

Hello Richard. Welcome.

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Post by: Dennis Vogel on February 12, 2025, 08:44:42 PM

Hi Richard - Glad to have you here

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Post by: indianabob on March 16, 2025, 04:49:45 PM

Good Day Richard and welcome,

I too have found much help with A.E. Knoch, especially with the letters of Paul.
Formerly with the Armstrong fellowship until 1999, then followed Ray after he left that group.
Love to explore any area of interest you may have.

Warm regards from Plymouth, Indiana USA

bob.breyfogle@gmail.com

married 64 years, same girl, four children, all smarter than me.

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Richard Whittemore on March 22, 2025, 06:08:39 AM

Hello again to all . I am interested in exploring some subjects that seem to be firmly established in many groups but to me are questionable . I certainly question many of these ideas. I found that L Ray Smith was questioning these teachings and what he said made more sense to me than the established teachings. So I am very interested in learning more. I don't want to start or participate in arguments for example. I realise that most people don't think the same and that is all good. I believe that  Scripture is often not explored enough and man thinking can cause wrong teaching and ideas. For example I believe there is no conflict between science and religion . The conflict is caused when minds are closed and not willing to consider topics from a new angle or consider new ideas. Just to bring out one of these topics...... I don't believe the Adam of roughly 6000 years ago was the first human on earth .

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Dennis Vogel on March 22, 2025, 10:55:23 AM

Were Adam and Eve the First Humans?  https://youtu.be/2AbrPxV1uQU?si=m2IYq_XaXIqsaN89 (https://youtu.be/2AbrPxV1uQU?si=m2IYq_XaXIqsaN89)

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Dave in Tenn on May 05, 2025, 04:27:50 PM

Hi, Richard.  One of the scriptural reasons given to 'study' is to see "if these things be true".  This assumes, of course, that one has encountered one of "these things".  I've come to see that it is a rare occasion when someone says "the Bible says" that that statement is followed by something that the Bible actually says.  At best, it's followed by a statement of what somebody thinks the bible says.  At worst, it's worse. 

Welcome again.