essentialsaltes said:

What, I pointed and let them show themselves for who they are. I never suggested they shouldn't be able to be jerks in public. Quite the opposite. (One murderous jerk aside.)

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Neo-Nazis Mask Up to Trot Through Charleston, WV​

Members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front flew upside down U.S. flags and chanted in unison as they paraded downtown.

The white supremacist group Patriot Front unboxed their U-Hauls and marched through the streets of Charleston, West Virginia, on Saturday in a demonstration timed to coincide with an anti-racism 5k race.

Observers on social media quickly noted the absence of a police presence around the neo-Nazis’ flash demonstration. While some video showed police vehicles trailing the parade from a distance, that appeared to be the extent of officers’ interaction with them

The neo-Nazi march came just days after Donald Trump attempted to downplaythe 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, which killed a counter protester, calling it a “peanut” compared to the campus protests.

Amy Godwin, the Charleston mayor, said city officials “acted quickly” to keep the community safe and warned against platforming the white supremacists. [must.... not.... mention.... Hitler....]

Der Alte said:

I have not been as active recently. I'm an octogenarian.

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How have you been? It has been a while since we last spoke. I'm getting up in the years myself, but not quite to the 80's yet.

A pro-life Democrat running for president aired an ad on national television Wednesday exposing NBC’s “Today” show viewers to the horrors of late-term abortion.

Terrisa Bukovinac, president and founder of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, confirmed Wednesday via X that her ad — a presidential campaign including deeply disturbing footage of late-term aborted infants — aired during the NBC morning program, potentially reaching more than seven million people.

Bukovinac, a self-avowed atheist, debuted the commercial in December of last year. In the ad, the progressive presidential candidate declared she “recovered the remains of these five babies” at a late-term abortion clinic in Washington, D.C. Her remarks come as graphic images of the fetal remains flash across the screen.

“These are the faces of a genocide supported by Joe Biden and my own Democratic Party,” she says in the ad, as viewers see images of the president and Vice President Kamala Harris. She adds, “We can provide for the working class and resist this extremism,” urging voters to “never vote for a pro-choice Democrat again.”

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Bible Highlighter said:

You are not looking at the context of which law Paul is referring to here.

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I do know a bit about the context. It's not only about circumcision, though circumcision is related. He wrote the letter to address law-oriented Christian living (as opposed to Christ-centered Christian living). I could quote and rightly explain several sections of Galatians to prove that point.

Bible Highlighter said:

So Paul was obviously referring to how we cannot be justified by the Old Law.

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You have already conceeded that the OT law that is anchored by the 10 Commandments is included in the NT law that Jesus commanded us to fulfill when you referred to the sermon on the mount where Jesus discussed murder, adultery, bearing false witness, and more. He didn't lighten the OT law, He said it not only applies to our physical actions, but the thoughts and intents of our hearts.

Bible Highlighter said:

Are you justified by keeping the following law or commandment below?

"And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment." (1 John 3:23).

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No. If you seek to be justified by obedience to law, you have fallen from grace and are estranged from Christ. It doesn't matter what kind of law you construct that through obedience to it you become justified. Any attempt to be justified by law reveals that you are creating distance between you and the salvific work of Christ on the cross (estrangement from Christ) and that you are not counting fully on Him and His unmerited favor (fallen from grace).

wing2000 said:

Yes, that was the NI business model. Indeed, Pecker was also a long time friend and associate of Trump. Did Pecker testify these transactions "had nothing to do with elections"?

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I don't know if that was asked, obviously the Stormy Daniels story was unfavorable for the election

discombobulated1 said:

What are your thoughts on what is seriously (most) wrong in our country

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Lack of Charity.

1 John 4:18 - “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”

BRITANNICA

Charity Christian concept​

Action

Also known as: agāpe, generosity

Charity, in Christian thought, the highest form of love, signifying the reciprocal love between God and man that is made manifest in unselfish love of one’s fellow men.

1 Timothy 1:
5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart,
from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
6 from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,
7 desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither
what they say nor the things which they affirm.
8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully,
9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person,
but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners,
for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers
and murderers of mothers, for man slayers,
10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers,
and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.

Romans 7:
4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ,
that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead,
that we should bear fruit to God.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law
were at work in our members to bear fruit to death.
6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by,
so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.

One Law, with two passions aroused in opposition.
Delight in the inward man, sinful passions in the flesh.
24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

Romans 8:
3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh,
God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh,
on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us
who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

What shall we say then concerning the righteous requirements of the Law?
A sincere faith, a pure heart, and a clear conscience, of which much can be said.

Desk trauma said:

Contempt for the majority of the voters, those other than real Americans who live in cities, is a cornerstone of MAGA nonsense.

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Seriously, it’s hard to imagine something more contemptuous of a voter than treating them as if they don’t have a right to engage in the electoral process.

OP describes legitimate policy differences, some of which are supported by a large number of people, while MAGA’s OTOH have spent years describing certain opponents as not eligible or worthy to serve in office merely because of their ethnicity, tried to explain away the legitimacy of an election by virtue of losing to large numbers of urbanites, and then tried to steal an election.

MAGA is fueled by contempt, but is so weak that it can’t endure a bit of disagreement.

Hammster said:

Well, we agree on something.

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Yeah, that's a good thing!

Hammster said:

We know Cain sinned because God said Cain sinned. Noah was never chastised.

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If Noah sinned being drunk is not the most important topic. I'm sure it was a sin, but correct, we don't see any chastisement. That was kind of my point, God dealing with sin differently.

Hammster said:

The command is for everyone to repent. The command is to be perfect for God is perfect. The command is to be holy for God is holy.

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There is the general command, but I think the calling is different from the command. Being called, means have been elected for something you can accomplish, live out. Unbelievers aren't elect for holy living. It's impossible for unbelievers to live a holy life.

Aviel said:

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Im going to go and watch a B&W movie starring Jean Authur.
I watched one yesterday, and also read a part of a Biography on Her life.

This was not pre-chosen for me to do.....

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You chose that movie for.... reasons, right?

How could those reasons be any different than what they were at the time you picked that film?
If they could not have been different, then wheres the latitude for a different decision?
If you chose based entirely on inherited reasons, then, effectively, the decision was "pre-chosen".

Following Jesus properly is indeed travelling on the narrow path. Its not an easy path. It can be fraught with many ups and downs through that journey.

Kylie said:

So you are saying the fundamental nature of the universe changed?

Please describe these changes in detail.

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AV1611VET said:

Yup.

I'll give you what the Bible gives:

Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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1. I don't consider this as "fundamental". I would rather consider something like the charge of the electron, the speed of light, the strength of the strong nuclear force, etc. as fundamental.
2. Provide any evidence that these things changed. That women hadn't painful labour, that there were no thorns and thistles etc.

And with that, can we please stick to Genesis 1 & 2?

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Why should we? Is embedded age not supposed to be applicable to reality - you know, there is a whole Universe with alleged embedded age outside.

Brightfame52 said:

If we condition our salvation on something we do or abstain from doing, then we have not been set free from the law of sin and death.

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We are set free from the law of sin and death by reckoning.
This notion that obeying the Gospel is "salvation by works"
has truly become the classic tradition of men nullifying the Word.
Romans 6:
11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin,
but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin,
but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members
as instruments of righteousness to God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey,
you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or
of obedience leading to righteousness?
17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart
that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.
18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

discombobulated1 said:

Just venting here

hate the way our country is headed, hate that people who break the law (illegals entering the US) are rewarded and Americans' tax dollars are used for THEM (even though they are criminals), while legal folks are ignored. We heard about illegals being put up in 5 star hotels in places like New York City while the legal citizens sleeping on the street are ignored... tired of the insanity

And then people actually consider voting for

more of same?

But then I guess it's possible people don't KNOW what's going on, don't watch Fox or any other conservative news station. Well, doesn't that say it all, right there?

I've noticed that people disparage Fox a lot, and since I am a regular viewer, I am always wondering WHY (they do that)? I can understand the left doing it, but I've heard "conservatives" bad mouth Fox, as though they can't bring themselves to disagree with their leftist associates, whomever they may be. It's the old Gotta be popular thing, as opposed to just speaking (living) the truth.

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1 John 4:18 -“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”

zippy2006 said:

Classical liberal argumentation, "But he's mocking you [therefore you ought to disagree with him]."

Classic conservative response, "So? It's not about me."

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Modern conservative response: “Let’s vote for the guy who acts as if everything is about himself.”

Dale said:

Simon Templar: “Pelagius didn't believe that we need Grace to be saved, he didn't see that in the Bible.”

Catholic history isn’t always reliable. I read a Catholic historian who said that the Spanish Inquisition is a myth, for instance.

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There is a lot of myth surrounding the inquisition in Spain. More myth than reality.

Kokavkrystallos said:

I'm sorry, I missed this reply. All those things are doctrinally sound, of course; but one is not saved by them - Rather, they are saved by grace through faith in the blood of Christ shed for our sins. I am curious what you mean by "words of pardon" Sounds like a liturgical thing, or a Catholic thing.

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Reformed churches do have corporate confession of sin and declaration of the forgiveness of sin. Our churches are liturgical, albeit not as high as Anglicans or Catholics.

People are living longer and having less children. I’m not surprised by this.

Grip Docility said:

So it is your idea that she desires to undercut faith in Jesus Christ? If that is true, this thread has only become more enjoyable, as my greatest scriptural understandings come from being challenged.

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Not my idea, hers, the proof I have posted, she spewed lies with what she wrote about Jesus and prophecy, cant you see?

Pommer said:

The language is in flux, yes.

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Language changes naturally. Forced absurd definitions don't "take".

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Here's a pretty good example, skip to 5:30 and watch to 6:00 to see the slip.

This is an example of what Orwell would call "doublethink" and in short, it's the demand you hold contradictory concepts in your mind at the same time.
I can understand why you might have the instinct to believe that you would recognize such blatant tyranny as "something evil" and imposed by dictat...but it's more often dressed up as "something moral and good" and imposed by the insipid masses.

The irony of course is that you speak of oppression....and defend those who rob others of their own choice of words, if not their livelihoods.

wing2000 said:

Meanwhile, at the Arizona Republican Party meeting on Saturday:

A state lawmaker facing charges alleging he tried to help overturn the 2020 election was selected by fellow Arizona Republicans to a top position in the national party.

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It looks like they still aren't listening to Americans. It's going to be a long, rough road for them.

Hello folks. This is a short study on Matthew 6:5-6, from the sermon that Jesus gave to his disciples. Prayer is not a performance, it is a sacred action between you and God.

tonychanyt said:

Thanks for the reference. This is how to do referencing in a scholarly manner:

1. Display and indent the quoted text.
2. Selectively bold the relevant keywords that are important to your point. There is no need to bold the entire sentence. Have a laser-sharp focus.
3. Be concise and precise to the point. No need to quote the whole paragraph.

I do this for others who read my posts. It is a standard high-school scholarship. If you practice this, I guarantee it will sharpen your analytical thinking. In any case, no one is required to do it.

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Thank you. I was always a math guy.

BPPLEE said:

I hope the mace training is not irritating it because I really like it and didn’t know how long it was taking until I timed it at 33 minutes.
I don’t want to give that up.
I will look into camels milk. Sounds promising

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Same way I've been loving skating so much for exercise. It was also skating where I injured my knee recently. Twice from over-twisting and from my own poor flexibility.

So I also need to take care of my knees too and hopefully, the problem doesn't return.