Oompa Loompa said:

It is almost as if he doesn't realize that Pam Bondi is not the only prosecutor in the United States. The information is out to the public, so why hasn't any other AG done anything?

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Quoted for truth, my brother.

Apple Sky said:

Like you keep saying, 'prove it'.

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You won't accept any proof.

hopeforhappiness said:

Must we use the law in our evangelism?

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Must we? Not necessarily. But it has its place, like when you’re confronting someone who insists he doesn’t need saving. “Let’s check that briefly.”

Generally speaking, though, I don’t like using the law in evangelistic efforts because Christianity is not fire insurance, if you get my meaning.

hopeforhappiness said:

One last question, which is relevant: Jesus talked of not one jot falling from the Law until "all is accomplished." How does that relate to Christ's final words, "It is finished"?

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“All is accomplished” is comprehensive, spanning the whole mission of Christ, including his life, death, resurrection, exaltation, and the consummation of the kingdom. “It is finished” is the pivotal moment within that mission: the completion of the atoning work that secures everything else.

Bradskii said:

No, that information you'll get elsewhere. It's already been given to you, but here, from AI, is confirmation yet again:

'Manufacturing jobs during Donald Trump’s second term (beginning 2025) have faced declines despite promises of a boom, with data through early 2026 showing a decrease of over 88,000 to 108,000 jobs. This decline is often linked to trade policies and tariffs...'

So not only are tariffs not bringing jobs back, the added costs for US companies plus the uncertainty, is losing manufacturing jobs.

When is the penny going to drop?

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I prefer actual intelligence rather than a search result that is tailored to whatever you typed into it. Care to try again?

Firstlightdawn said:

Actually, I do know. For now, I will just say that God is a singularity. He is pure. Before time, there was no time. All the obvious stuff that we know about God.

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That is a theological position. It is not science in the slightest. It holds zero value to me.

Firstlightdawn said:

Again, you are always guilty of what you accuse others of.

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That's not how accusations work.

Firstlightdawn said:

What counts as “evidence”?

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Data. We're talking about the Universe, so I'd start with a telescope.

essentialsaltes said:

Most of the government is funded. Just not the Department that's shooting Americans dead. There may be some tweaks needed there, and if the GOP won't get on board, so much the worse for them.

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"Most", including the department that's rounding up illegals. So the shutdown is a waste of time. Just democrat theatrics.

Aryeh Jay said:

There's no religion trying to sway or indoctrinate small children.

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None at all. I stumbled in to that CCD class on the way from home from school because it looked cool when I was 6.

ThatRobGuy said:

That's why I mentioned that as a comparable example, the NIMBYism we normally see is with regards to building Section 8 or affordable housing adjacent to people's neighborhoods.

This is just a different flavor of the same mentality.

"I don't want my home's value to drop by 30%, so they need to build that apartment complex somewhere else"
and
"I don't want them building that datacenter near my house, it'll ruin the scenery and make my utility bills go up by 30%"

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The difference is that Section 8 actually helps vulnerable people. It's unclear how much public benefit comes from large data centers. A quarter of OpenAI's compute is used to produce videos that mostly amount to AI slop, and OpenAI itself admits it's business model doesn't produce real revenue.

I make some songs using Claude and Suno but most of the songs on Suno are little more than slop with little thought or care rooted in real artistic sensibilities. Alot of AI generated content is like that, especially when people use AI to replace actual effort. I don't produce a song just because I'm bored, but because I'm genuinely inspired to make something, I have a vision of what that should look like in the end. I use a simple Claude or DeepSeek model to generate a rough draft based on a prompt or discussion about my artistic goals or some theme or idea, then I go over the actual text and use a model again to propose changes to a few lines or verses that don't feel quite right (sort of like a thesaurus), so that there's a sense of coherence and depth to the lyrics. Many people on Suno don't even bother doing that, you can get songs that appear fluent but have little artistic merit or grounding in anything substantive, and people churn these out one right after the other.

For much of general LLM use, it's similar. Most hardcore users right now aren't necessarily businesses, but private individuals looking to produce fanfic, pulp fiction, and smut, which is probably one reason OpenAI's userbase took a hit recently (it instituted more content controls in the wake of lawsuits, and will no longer generate highly explicit or violent content).

Jan001 said:

"Believe" is a present tense verb. "Believing in the name of the Son of God" requires keeping his commandments.

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You are placing the cart before the horse. Commandment keeping comes from believing, adhering and depending solely upon Christ. You cant paste apples on a thorn tree to make it an apple tree.

Jan001 said:

If a person does not obey Jesus Christ, he is lying when he claims that he believes in his name. He does not have eternal life. He has condemnation.

1 John 2:4
The one who says, “I know God,” yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him.

1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.

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This is a fact. But they are not condemned for disobedience. Their condemnation clings to them because they resisted the Holy SPirit and thus never received the gifts of God.

BobRyan said:

you are barking up the wrong tree.
All my posts argue for God as "first cause"

does not matter what you call the condition. The supernatural work of God is there in Rev 3 and the person has the ability to respond one way or the other according to the text.

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After being made alive.

BobRyan said:

The "many" of Matt 7 refuse.
In fact in John 1 "He came to HIS OWN and His OWN received Him not".

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They all resisted the life put in them by God and returned to death.

BobRyan said:

Even the hyper Calvinist view states that the John 6 "supernatural drawing" of God enables all the "choice" that depravity disables
So then "I will DRAW ALL mankind unto Me" John 12:32 makes that entire argument moot even by hyperCalvinist limits..

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You need to take this up with Hyper-Calvinists since it has nothing to do with the concepts being discussed. You ether believe what Paul wrote in eph 2 or you don't.

A war with Iran after it has economically recovered and militarily strengthened by the relaxation of sanctions and under the cover of Western money would be far more widespread and destructive than anything we know today.

The conclusion must therefore be sharp and unequivocal, even if it is unpopular in diplomatic circles: there must be no agreement with Iran. Even a deal that we may think to be an Iranian capitulation would in fact be an Iranian victory, because it guarantees the regime's survival. As long as that regime exists, its avowed desire to destroy Israel remains intact.

History judged Neville Chamberlain harshly for waving a piece of paper and promising "peace for our time" while enabling the Nazi monster to grow stronger.

The correct option is continued pressure, continued isolation and continued denial of legitimacy until the threat collapses, not just a worthless signed piece of paper.
Israel Hayom. Feb 2026

We know that Iran has sufficient Highly Enriched Uranium to make one or more nuclear weapons. They also have long range missiles to deliver them.
It is only a matter of time, which Trumps so called Peace Agreement will give them, when –
All is ready to go to war…..Ezekiel 7:14a, Psalms 7:12-14
THEN -…Their turmoil has called forth My wrath. Ezekiel 7:14b, Psalms 7:15-16

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT BUDDY VALASTRO!

BUDDY VALASTRO SUPPORTED CHRIS CHRISTIE IN HIS 2013 RE-ELECTION BID FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY AND BAKED HIS BIRTHDAY CAKE IN 2014. ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2014, BUDDY VALASTRO WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED FOR 90 DAYS. IN SEPTEMBER 2020, BUDDY VALASTRO'S HAND WAS IMPALED BY A PINSETTER AT A BOWLING ALLEY.

"We return this morning to 2 Corinthians chapter 6 and to this tremendous foundational principle that the apostle Paul has laid down in the words, “Do not be bound together or unequally yoked with unbelievers.” Very familiar phrase, by the way. A very familiar command and one that has certainly been widely quoted among Christians, but often misunderstood, and more often violated to the detriment of believers and the church. Here is one of those foundational doctrines, one of those cornerstones for Christian living and ministry that is absolutely essential.

"Now I want us to look back at this text and I want to read it again because I want to set it in your mind. “Do not be bound together with unbelievers for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Or what harmony has Christ with Belial? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, `I will dwell in them and walk among them and I will be their God and they shall be My people."

Many people pretend to be Christians.

Pommer said:

Did President Trump order flags to be flown at half-mast for Reverend Jackson, (you know, like he done for Mister Kirk)?

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These things take time.

ViaCrucis said:

If you cared about fair and honest elections, then you'd stop listening to Donald Trump and his boot-licking MAGA minions; and you'd come to your senses and reject the Save America Act like a sane, reasonable, honest American.

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People are meant to lick boots. Why else would the finer things in life like wine, chocolate, and cigars have "hints of leather" in the reviews?

RandyPNW said:

Did I say there was an unbiased news source? What I meant to say is that the source you're drawing upon is a Left-Wing news source. Tell me it ain't so?

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Do you consider AP, Reuters and WSJ "Left Wing"? Tell me you like Fox News.

My reply didn't argue that sin is harmless or that believers should continue in it. The issue here is the timing & scope of Christ's forgiveness upon the Holy Spirit's sealing.

The Titus 3 & Ephesians 1:13-14 posted explicitly place at the moment a person believes the gospel—before any works, rituals, or performances. That sealing is God's guarantee that all sins-past, present & future-have been forgiven through faith placed in Christ's sin atoning death & resurrection. Jesus payment was a once-for-all-sin sacrifice.

Vine’s Expository Dictionary definition posted reinforces this by distinguishing present salvation (justification, regeneration, sealing) from the future deliverance of believers at Christ's return, a deliverance Scripture says is assured to those already justified.

Of course sin has consequence & the consequence from sinning could manifest itself, in many different ways. A health issue, a broken relationship, disease, lost rewards earned etc. That being said the believers salvation is secure, simply stated, eternal life is ETRENAL!

Always in His Presence said:

It was a question asked from a Biblical viewpoint - the reply was from a Biblical viewpoint with the very obvious caveat showing that in todays world there are no plans for expansion.

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OK, so Biblical viewpoints have no effect on reality. Thanks.

Gracious Heavenly Father,
Please protect Your child who believes in You from being delivered into the hands of those who hate Your word and mistreat Your children. Please be with her to grant justice.
In Christ's Name,
Amen

Fisherking said:

I just proved it sir in a Prophesy you seem to not understand. I have been called unto prophesy and preaching for over 40 years, if you are going to debate brother, you cant tell me to prove something I just proved. You not understanding that prophesy is why you do not understand the timing on these things also my friend. The troubles start in the exact middle of the week, the AC/Beast rules how many days? 1260 The Woman (Israel) in Rev. 12 are in hod9ng how many days? 1260.

God's Wrath drops in Rev. 8, not Rev. 6, that is Jesus UNSEALING the Judgments, and prophesying what they will look like over a 1260 day period of time. Seals 1-5 FORETELL the AC/Beasts 42 months of rule. Seal #6 FORETELLS God's Wrath over the same 1260days or 42 months. We can actually see the Seal #6 Prophesy come to pass in Trump #4.

You do not know tat the Assyrian is the Anti-Christ and that he is God's instrument of Wrath !! There is no way we can have a discussion on prophesy my friend until you at least bone up on all prophesy.

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ThatRobGuy said:

The issue is we can't structure an entire legal framework around what a small percentage of people will succumb to in terms of compulsive behavior.

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Is it small? I don't know.

ThatRobGuy said:

I would say that cigarettes would be a far bigger offender than gambling. Only a small percentage of people who partake in recreational gambling will develop any sort of addiction to it and experience serious negative effects. Whereas, there's no safe harm-free way to smoke cigs, and you can get those at any grocery store or gas station.

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They are quite regulated, though. Remember when everybody smoked everywhere? I bought cigarettes at 16 and no one batted an eye.

ThatRobGuy said:

And by all available metrics, the compulsive behavior that negatively impacts the most Americans is inability to control themselves around the dinner table, not the card table. (the obesity and diabetes rates would back up my assertion). We can't crack down on the Cheesecake Factory because 20% of people will not be able to property control themselves around cheesecake.

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I agree we cannot legislate a good askesis. But I don't think the answer to every vice is the same. Gambling has it's own nature (not necessarily inherent), and if there are good ways to avoid the compulsion in a way that helps society as a whole, then I'm for it.

mojoboy31 said:

At the ER with my younger brother. He is having horrible abdominal pain. Prayers for him, that they can diagnose and treat him quickly would be appreciated.

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Yes, sir. I definitely hear you on the abdominal pain part.

Has he had his appendix ever removed? Every time I hear of someone going to the hospital for that reason, I think that is what the problem is. Insta-cured with simple surgery, but definitely not a fun time before that. : (

Maine Progressive said:

That is so true. It is the message that we should be shouting from the rooftops, so to speak. Instead, as I listen, the loudest Christians are the ones who seem entirely focused on the bad, the sin, the awfulness of the world and the secular people in it. Truly, I'm with you. I don't get it. Evangelicalism, as far as I can tell, has sold out to fear and loathing. It's sad.

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I assume your reply is addressed to me and apologise if I misunderstood you. Perhaps it depends on where you live. I'm in the UK and we don't get many Christians deploring the state of the world. It's quite hard to explain to people that we are all sinners, as they are so nice. I tend to say that none of us are perfect, but God is, and Jesus has taken the punishment for our falling short.

On the internet, and sometimes on TV, I've come across people like you mention. Maybe they live in places where crime etc. is worse. Sometimes, though, it seems like an 'us' and 'them' battle, whereas I see us as all being on life's journey and at some point we have a chance to accept Jesus as our Saviour. Those of us who have already done so can help those who have not yet come to salvation. It's a spiritual battle but it's not against flesh and blood, as the Bible says.

Sorry again for misunderstanding you.

Tuur said:

Wrong. The implication of the story is that it’s the highest since 1960 but it’s not

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Wrong. It says "one of the". It's third highest, as I took pains to point out in the OP.

The language used of "Trump wants to deport her back to Iran", has he spoken on the matter of her particular case?

Or is this sensationalized language being used to focus on the most sympathetic sounding cases as a means of casting a negative light on the concept of deportations as a whole.

Sort of like when a politician proposes a policy change that imposes a limitation on something or cuts funding to something, and opponents find the most heart wrenching example of a person would be negatively impacted it, and shine a huge spotlight on it for self-serving reasons.

Abbreviated version: in essence, is this the political inverse of the Laken Riley "say her name" thing??