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    Can Individuals Be Reformed?

    How do you know this is true, and why not if you don't think so?

    Reform: to restore to one's original condition
    Last edited by Raginfridus; 09-21-2017 at 06:29 PM.



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    Some can, most refuse to be.

    Personal experience.
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raginfridus View Post
    How do you know this is true, and why not if you don't think so?
    Overall I go with no based only on personal experience . Some cases , yes , but the large percentage no . Changing is hard work . It is difficult . Too difficult for the weak .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raginfridus View Post
    How do you know this is true, and why not if you don't think so?

    Reform: to restore to one's original condition
    Our original condition was unborn. In the physical, I suppose you could say child-like. Perhaps some of our biblical scholars are qualified to answer your question. The qualified reborn, so to speak.
    Last edited by Natural Citizen; 09-21-2017 at 06:40 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Natural Citizen View Post
    Our original condition was unborn.
    That's it's most basic definition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raginfridus View Post
    That's it's most basic definition.
    Yessir. It sure is.

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    Glad that's settled.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raginfridus View Post
    Glad that's settled.
    It's your thread, not mine. Settle it how you want.



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    What if this is just a ride?

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    Quote Originally Posted by timosman View Post
    What if this is just a ride?
    Reminds me of this video...

    Last edited by Natural Citizen; 09-21-2017 at 07:43 PM.



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