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Originally Posted by Emily Brent
Really. What is progress exactly?
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For us progress is unnecessary, in the secular sense. To illustrate my point, have you ever done this to your head?
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Having lived in India, or many other similar places, you will have read about the lead/arsenic/antimony/mercury (or whatever ingredient predominates at any locale) in kohl/kajal/surma/kajol, an eyeliner/mascara that gets absorbed straight into the brain. Progress in that case means slapping it on just the same but without the noxious pigments. That would be progress for a secularist – but the end result is the same. Trawling for strange, eager for every novelty, willing to go anywhere, to do anything.
Jeremiah 4:30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Indian women may wallow in self pity for two reasons, then. Firstly because they enhance the opening of their eyelids with poison, they go mad. After which, secondly, the boyfriend(s) dump them leaving few options, one of which is to dive under a juggernaut.
As illustrated, you can guess the weight, see the number of wheels and imagine the cacophony so not much to look forward to. The Bible offers a very different assurance to Christians with the best provenance of all: the promises of God. But don't take my word for it: check them out for yourself in The Bible: consistent results over and over again.
Isaiah 17:17-19 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places, when it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.