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Originally posted by josephw
So why don't you go tell God how He should do it?
'God' isn't going to do it. Why do you think you're still waiting after 2,000+ years? He's waiting for you to do something on your own for a change. The Hutterites aren't waiting around for god to drop the kingdom into their laps. They're building it themselves. And they will have his blessing.

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Originally posted by rwingett
'God' isn't going to do it. Why do you think you're still waiting after 2,000+ years? He's waiting for you to do something on your own for a change. The Hutterites aren't waiting around for god to drop the kingdom into their laps. They're building it themselves. And they will have his blessing.
Then join the Hutterites if you admire them so much.

How long do you think it will take them to 'fix' the world?

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Originally posted by josephw
Then join the Hutterites if you admire them so much.

How long do you think it will take them to 'fix' the world?
In the last 125 years their population has gone from 400 to 42,000. You do the math.

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Originally posted by rwingett
In the last 125 years their population has gone from 400 to 42,000. You do the math.
Is that due to inbreeding or proselytizing?

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Originally posted by rwingett
In the last 125 years their population has gone from 400 to 42,000. You do the math.
That's less than 400 converts a year.

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So is there a good-cop-bad-cop, John-the-Baptist-Jesus thing going on here -- brimstone Dawkins prepares the grounds with heavy artillery fire (The God Delusion), AC Grayling mops up the survivors with tough love and light?

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Originally posted by rwingett
The state of the world. To usher in the kingdom.
The Jerusalem Project.

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Untold millions are practicing Hooterites.

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