timothyu said:

He is also taking heat for no longer believing in the Left Behind series also

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I had read sometime ago that he no longer believed in a pretrib rapture as those stories portray. Good for him. No offense to those who believe otherwise but I personally do not find it biblical as well. And now he's turning on the ECT doctrine. That's amazing. Maybe he decided to search out these truths on his own instead of letting others lead the way. That's what happened to me years ago. I've always said it's good to have certain teachers but we have to back up what they say in God's word.

timothyu said:

, and that is where they fail.

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Yes

Stopped_lurking said:

Take this with a giant grain of salt, but to my recollection the only reason Belgium is a net recipient is because Brussels are one of two main cities for the EU. If this is the case there is no reason to move the EU central administration (you would only move the money flow somewhere else). If you take away the money the EU is putting into itself in Brussels, my guess Belgium would also be a net contributor.

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How about a more Western inclusive location, say, somewhere in the United States? What would it take to revamp the whole thing to the entire northern hemisphere?

...Or is this an exclusive thing, where only specific people can take part?

'It's done': House Armed Services chair ends probe into boat strike

"It's done," Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., told reporters on Tuesday. "I've got all the answers I needed."

Rogers had previously pledged with Democrat Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., "rigorous oversight" of the Sept. 2 strike following The Washington Post report last month.

My parents were born in the 1920's. My Grandparents in the 1890's. According to both my mother, and statistics, if anyone cares to look, it was not uncommon at all for families to lose at least one child under the age of one year, and even under 5 to disease, back in the early 20th century. Now look at today's statistics as we have herd immunity to many things. Of course lack of antibiotics and better medical care play into this too, but just look at pictures of children in an iron lung pre-polio vaccine, if you want to know if the polio vaccine is worth it.
The Hepatitis B vaccines for newborns was never mandated, only recommended. That means parents could refuse it before, so I don't understand why this new recommendation. It is just another sign to me that RF jr is unfit for this postion, and should never have been confirmed. Keep in mind also that most children including children as young as 3 months old go to daycare these days, as opposed to when I was growing up.
Babies have far less immunity to Hep B, and also Hep B is not like Hep C which is only transmitted by sexual contact or blood transfusions.
Hepatitis B can live on surfaces in room temperature for several days and can be transmitted to infants by relatives, in day care etc.

Jerry N. said:

Hot air is less dense than the cooler air around it. It is the same reason plant oil floats on water.

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That doesn’t make sense. If I heat one air particle, will it rise or not? How is the density of one particle affected?

Larniavc said:

I think it’s more likely paradolia.

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In the absence of Starcraft movie for a very long time, I'd take anything. Many viewers seem disappointed by the film, but I thoroughly enjoyed it upon noticing the many similarities to Starcraft II.

Belk said:

Every economic assessment of our situation I have seen agrees with him. More workers equals more GDP and greater revenue. That does not change that the underlying assumption that people will come and live off free handouts is biased and disproven by real world data. The vast majority that come here work hard to achieve heir dreams. That is the American dream, is it not?

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Do we have an infinite number of jobs available for all the people that y'all want to come here?
If we do why do we have unemployment now?

Rubio serious multitasking, Natl Security Advisor. Sec of State. Graphic Designer.

Neostarwcc said:

Yes it was a catholic priest that made the comment. I didn't mention it in the OP because I thought priest was universal for catholic but now that I think of it I think the eastern orthodox uses priests too so that was my bad.

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Yup. Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Anglican/Episcopalian too.

There is an insurmountable difference between man and machine.

AI raises an endless stream of questions: Will it take our jobs? Cure diseases? Destabilize governments? Make us rich — or make us targets for hackers and terrorists?

Beneath all these loud debates sits a quieter and far more basic one: Can AI truly think? Perhaps it can “think” or “perceive” in some metaphorical sense, just as a spell-checker “thinks” you misspelled a word even when you didn’t. But does it possess real understanding — an interior awareness of itself and the world, like the awareness we find in ourselves? Or is it simply a well-designed circuit shuttling electrical signals about, generating the appearance of perception, reasoning, and self-expression, yet wholly unaware of anything it does?

Current large language models — LLMs such as ChatGPT — produce text by computing the probabilities of various next tokens (small units of text) given the preceding context, using neural-network parameters that encode statistical patterns learned from their training data. But predicting the next token from patterns among words is not the same thing as grasping the meaning of those words. Impressive as they are, LLMs plainly understand nothing, given how they operate.

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Jerry N. said:

Sounds like a very interesting project.

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It very much is, and a lot of work also.

I've been stuck in the book of Hebrews for the last 4 months, hence why subjects like this are easily seen through. A good portion of that book specifically tells the Hebrew believers to not follow the law of Moses but to follow Jesus.

As artificial intelligence reshapes the job market and the classroom, Catholic educators say their mission to form whole persons is more essential than ever.

Will Claeys, a junior at Thomas Aquinas College’s East Coast campus, isn’t overly concerned about whether his philosophy studies will be a liability in a job market that is becoming increasingly saturated with artificial intelligence (AI). If anything, they may be an asset.

“Right now, the AI job market is really valuing philosophy majors more than anyone else,” said Claeys in an interview with the Register. “They’re looking for people who can think conceptually and think in concepts.”

Amid concerns about the ripple effects of AI’s spread through the economy and culture, Claeys’ perspective is optimistic. Nonetheless, many Catholic higher-learning institutions are facing new questions about how potential upheavals in the job market may affect the relevance of a traditional liberal arts degree.

The issue of AI as it relates to liberal arts graduates “has come up multiple times, and the response is complex,” said Gregory Beabout, a philosophy professor and organizer of the “Pope Leo Series on AI and the Social Teaching of the Church” at Saint Louis University (SLU).

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People and groups weaponize the bible all the time. While I agree/disagree with certain points they stated, this is what happens when you have an institution rather than letting God lead you.

‘The government has no case. All they’ve proven is that my father is a good man, a man who loves God, a man who loves freedom, who loves truth, and loves his family.’​

Editor’s Note: EWTN News President and COO Montse Alvarado conducted this interview with Claire Lai, the daughter of Jimmy Lai, a leading free-speech voice and Catholic who is currently imprisoned in Hong Kong on national security charges. The interview aired on EWTN News Nightly on Dec. 8. The transcript, in which Claire highlights the suffering and strong faith of Jimmy, as well as her brief visit with Pope Leo XIV, is below. Watch the interview via the link at the end of the transcript.



Claire, this is the first time that you're coming forward to talk about your father's imprisonment, to talk about his case. Why did you choose this moment? Why now?

Well, we are coming to the end of his trial. While we're still waiting for a verdict, five years after he was charged, he is turning 78. We have waited a very, very long time for his cases to be resolved. And we do not believe that they will be through the domestic system. And our only hope is outside. And so that's why I'm here now.

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I do love Christmas though. This year I was excited to add another string of lights to our house. I got some flashing sidewalk lights this year too. I’m totally going to load this house with lights!

Are you aware that in Israel today there is a very popular movement to build the third temple ? The ”Temple Mount Faithful “ is just one group and certain prominent members of the Israeli government along with some false Christians are involved. Google the information about this, you may find it interesting.

Notre Dame’s Paolo Carozza argues that Big Tech’s influence is reshaping how we understand the human person — and says the Church must help recover a deeper vision of human dignity.

WASHINGTON — Paolo Carozza, a Notre Dame law professor and leading international human-rights expert, has long grappled with the threat to human dignity — earning him the notice of Pope Francis, who tapped him for a lifetime appointment to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

Today, as co-chair of Meta’s Oversight Board — created by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2018 to help restore public trust amid accusations of disinformation and censorship — Carozza has turned his attention to the challenges of the digital age, both in his role as a watchdog for the tech giant and in his academic work.

This isn’t a career shift. According to Carozza, Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads — recruited him to serve on its oversight board because of his extensive background in international human rights.

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So? The president only stated that Mary would go on to give birth to Jesus our Savior. There is
nothing contradicting what President Trump said.

Hentenza said:

I’m going to cut your post off because it is disingenuous.

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Yes, I can see why you wouldn't want to discuss the actual post, it is an embarrassing error, and an unforced one.

Hentenza said:

Go back to my OP and open the link that I supplied which will bring you to Ellen White’s actual writings.

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I know what White teaches, it was your incorrect statements concerning her teaching that I was addressing.

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Maybe reading posts more carefully will help you avoid embarrassing errors like this.

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Go back and read your own words, and you should be embarrassed for being so dishonest in in them. " the Seventh Day Adventist church, teach that those who worship on Sunday will receive the mark of the beast and will reject the seal of God". You should be embarrassed, and amend your error.

SDA isn't teaching folks not to worship God on a Wednesday or a Sunday.

Just how far will you go to justify such foolishness.

The world will hear its own people. The world cannot hear GODS people. The truth of GOD is foolishness to them. Without the Holy Spirit no one can understand spiritual things. Jesus , the prophets and Apostles confirm this. They are of the world and the world hears them. It is their leaders, both religious and political that cause the world to err and destroy the way of their paths. The Apostle Peter tells us something very important, 1 Peter 1:12 , the prophets they were serving a future people who would be the church. I believe that after the death of the apostle John that massive deception began to enter. I believe that pagans in Rome that heard Paul preach abducted or kidnapped the Christian name and because they didn’t have the Holy Spirit created tremendous heresies. These are those men who crept in unawares and brought with them damnable heresies. Whose idea was the pulpit, who first came up with it ? Who Actually caused that period in history called the dark ages ? It was the eldest daughter of the harlot of Babylon and she would later be joined with her harlot sisters to form what is falsely called today Christianity. This, no matter how true, these worldly pulpits will never believe. Oh yes, they do have bits and pieces of truth and they know the buzz words but there is no unity but division, no agreement on doctrine or on leadership. This is the Babylon that in the near future worship the man of sin. GOD calls HIS people out of, not into, these synagogues of Satan. Come out from among them and be you separate, touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you. GOD ALMIGHTY has a church that for all intents and purposes is invisible to this current evil world. Only GOD can put a person into HIS church. There are no pulpits there.

In the end, it should be left up to the Bishop of that diocese. The Vatican involvement shows that
they really don't give authority to the local Bishop. Let the Vatican pay to keep those churches open
and provide the priests to run them.

Federal judge strikes down Trump’s order blocking development of wind energy​

• A federal judge ruled Trump’s wind energy permit ban was “arbitrary and capricious,” striking down a Day One executive order in a major industry victory.
• The ban temporarily halted federal wind leasing nationwide, forcing at least seven major offshore projects to pause and threatening billions in investments.

U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris, for the District of Massachusetts, ruled that the ban is “arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law,” and said the concern about “grave harm” was insufficient to justify the immense scope of a moratorium on all wind energy.

“A court has agreed with California and our [16] sister states nationwide: The Trump Administration’s attempt to thwart states’ efforts to make energy more clean, reliable, and affordable for our residents is unlawful and cannot stand,” California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said in a statement. “The Trump Administration seems intent on raising costs on American families at every juncture — and California is equally committed to challenging every one of its illegal attempts to make life more expensive for Californians.”

“This ban on wind projects was illegal, as this court has now declared. The administration should use this as a wake-up call, stop its illegal actions and get out of the way of the expansion of renewable energy,” said Kit Kennedy, the [Natural Resources Defense] council’s managing director for power, in a statement.

longhair75 said:

Hallelujah isn't a religious song either

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According to my google search;

The song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen explores themes of love, faith, and human experience. It draws on biblical stories, particularly those of King David and Bathsheba, to illustrate the complexities of love and betrayal. The lyrics reflect a deep emotional range, capturing both the beauty and pain of relationships, as well as the struggle between hope and despair. Cohen's use of the word "Hallelujah" in various contexts adds layers of meaning, making the song resonate with listeners across different experiences and beliefs.

American Songwriter+4

I especially like the gospels of Matthew and Luke. Then, perhaps, Romans and I Corinthians. But wherever they start, read whole books, not just isolated verses.

ThatRobGuy said:

Yes, however, there's a caveat

Per Justia:
Ultimately the judge has the authority to resolve disputes during jury selection, though the specific procedures can vary by jurisdiction.


Here's how it typically works:


During voir dire (jury selection), both sides can challenge potential jurors in two ways:

• For cause - when there's a specific reason the juror can't be impartial (like bias or a relationship to a party)
• Peremptory challenges - a limited number of challenges without needing to give a reason (though these can't be used to discriminate based on race or gender)

When lawyers disagree about whether a juror should be struck for cause, the judge makes the final decision. The judge evaluates whether the person can indeed be fair and impartial based on the legal standard.


If lawyers exhaust their peremptory challenges and still object to certain jurors, they're generally stuck with whoever remains in the pool.


And while not directly related to this, there appears to be a lot of "funny business" that goes on in the city was referring to.

Hamtramck Clerk Faraj sues city officials for 'government run amok'

Rana Faraj alleged she was retaliated against and put on leave after reporting election misconduct to the state and ballots discovered after election.

www.detroitnews.com

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But isn't it also possible to change the location of a trial if an impartial jury would be difficult to find? A change of venue?