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Will You Listen To God.
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It been said we learned 85 per cent of what we know by listening.
Although we spend much of our time listening, we are distracted or preoccupied or we forget 75 percent of what we hear, for good reason, Jesus stressed the need to “pay attention to how you listen.” (Luke 8:18) Yes good listening shows good manners.
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We usually employ the word 'listen' to things auditory, but if it is extended to include all forms of perception, which is what I believe is implied in the quote, then we may escape from the purely materialisti c view, and advance some way toward enlightenmen t, surely the goal of human existence.
09:46 Tue 16th Jun 2015
GL - "... It been said we learned 85 per cent of what we know by listening..."
Has it? By whom and in what context? Please provide your source. Otherwise I (and others) should assume that this statement is false, or at the very least, unverifiable.
GL - "... Although we spend much of our time listening, we are distracted or preoccupied or we forget 75 percent of what we hear..."
Again, the source please. Seventy-five percent sounds like a plucked-out-of-the-air number to me.
GL - "... Yes good listening shows good manners..."
Does it now? That's interesting as you have a well deserved reputation for not listening to your detractors and utterly failing to engage with them in any meaningful way.
Why don't you practice what you preach Goodlife? You seem to use this website solely as a platform to promote Charles Taze Russell's warped world-view and it can be counted on one hand the number of times you dismount from your scriptural high horse and lower yourself to answer one of our plebeian questions.
GL - "Will You Listen To God"
No. And neither have you been doing. You've been listening to the Charles Taze Russell show and you've been taken in like a gullible fool.
Has it? By whom and in what context? Please provide your source. Otherwise I (and others) should assume that this statement is false, or at the very least, unverifiable.
GL - "... Although we spend much of our time listening, we are distracted or preoccupied or we forget 75 percent of what we hear..."
Again, the source please. Seventy-five percent sounds like a plucked-out-of-the-air number to me.
GL - "... Yes good listening shows good manners..."
Does it now? That's interesting as you have a well deserved reputation for not listening to your detractors and utterly failing to engage with them in any meaningful way.
Why don't you practice what you preach Goodlife? You seem to use this website solely as a platform to promote Charles Taze Russell's warped world-view and it can be counted on one hand the number of times you dismount from your scriptural high horse and lower yourself to answer one of our plebeian questions.
GL - "Will You Listen To God"
No. And neither have you been doing. You've been listening to the Charles Taze Russell show and you've been taken in like a gullible fool.
http:// www.for bes.com /sites/ glennll opis/20 13/05/2 0/6-eff ective- ways-li stening -can-ma ke-you- a-bette r-leade r/2/
The info on the above page appears to back up Goodlife's listening statistics although the original source is not stated .
Birdie , calm down . This is the religion section of the forum and you voluntarily clicked on Goodlife's question .
The info on the above page appears to back up Goodlife's listening statistics although the original source is not stated .
Birdie , calm down . This is the religion section of the forum and you voluntarily clicked on Goodlife's question .
benhilton - "... Birdie , calm down . This is the religion section of the forum and you voluntarily clicked on Goodlife's question."
I am perfectly calm thanks. I am expressing my opinion on Goodlife's post which is exactly what I am entitled to do. As for your claim that he has posted an actual question, where is it? I see no question. I see a statement. He doesn't use this website to find out what others think - he uses it to proselytise. He routinely fails to address legitimate questions put to him and quite frankly it's getting beyond a joke.
I am perfectly calm thanks. I am expressing my opinion on Goodlife's post which is exactly what I am entitled to do. As for your claim that he has posted an actual question, where is it? I see no question. I see a statement. He doesn't use this website to find out what others think - he uses it to proselytise. He routinely fails to address legitimate questions put to him and quite frankly it's getting beyond a joke.
It looks like a question .... because it's AnswerBank he words all OPs as questions ....but none of them are questions - and he's not interested in anyone's answers either. If you read Goodlife's final sentence you will realise that the purpose of his post is to tell you the answer. He is here only to preach.
" Will You Listen To God . " ? - Yes , I will do my best to listen to God , I and 1.5 billion Christians across the Earth . We may be from different denominations , we may have different interpretations , there are arguments over who is right but we have this in common , we will do our best to listen to God .
//" Will You Listen To God . " ? - Yes , I will do my best to listen to God , I and 1.5 billion Christians across the Earth . We may be from different denominations , we may have different interpretations , there are arguments over who is right but we have this in common , we will do our best to listen to God .//
Let us all pray that your, (or any one elses), self-appointed spokes person's accepted interpretations for what some particular alleged 'God' is telling them, isn't something that is neither in the best interest of believers nor non-believers alike.
Let us all pray that your, (or any one elses), self-appointed spokes person's accepted interpretations for what some particular alleged 'God' is telling them, isn't something that is neither in the best interest of believers nor non-believers alike.