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Lily76_ · 2025-12-04T05:01:36-0600

i feel so sorry if this is how teens see themselves if they truly do , sometimes teens like to role-play or do cosplay as in dress up as their faveorate charter from movies or tv shows and anime , but if a teen think they ARE animals they need to see a dr asap , they need to see a psych and fast
when i was a child i would role-play and teen are still children, you don't have a full brain capacity until you are 25 .they have research it . i know where are adults that feel they are from tv and films etc there is game play in board games that you role-play, i won't say what game as it not a thing we should talk about he cos we do have younger members of the forum .

Ophiolite · 2025-12-04T04:55:03-0600

Apple Sky said:
I believe their extraordinary story.

Your really strain the requirement to respect other forum members when, in response to a clear refutation of the forged Byrd document, you continue to declare your belief in unevidenced nonsense. You don't even make an effort to challenge any of the points I made, but double down on claims that, if your opinion was of any value, would be offensive to any of Byrd's descendants. Seriously, would you be OK with people making up fairy stories about you after you were gone?

camille70 · 2025-12-04T04:39:50-0600

How college assignment became latest battle in the culture wars

“She reacted to an imagined version of the article, not the research in front of her," Josh Olds says of Samantha Fulnecky.

baptistnews.com

...Nowhere in their research do Jewell and Brown discuss transgender identity, nonbinary identity, gender transition, pronouns or anything adjacent to contemporary culture-war debates. Rather, their focus is gender typicality — how closely a child’s visible behavior matches peer expectations...

...Fulnecky’s reflection misreads the article by assuming it is about transgender or nonbinary ideology, when in fact the article does not address those topics at all. Terms like “gender atypicality” refer to children liking non-stereotypical activities — boys who enjoy art, girls who prefer sports (and this is where we should note that Fulnecky is a member of OU’s women’s tennis team) — not to children questioning their gender. The reflection attributes views to the article the authors never express....

...Another misunderstanding arises when the reflection frames the article as advocating for “eliminating gender.” The study does not argue this. Its only claim is that children fare better when they are not punished for liking activities outside traditional stereotypes. Affirming that a boy can enjoy reading instead of football or that a girl can prefer science to dance is not a call to abolish gender. It is a call to stop harming children for being themselves....

...Fulnecky also denies the article’s central finding that gender-based teasing harms children, writing that teasing “is not necessarily a problem” and suggesting men and women are not pressured to conform. This contradicts the research directly, which links teasing to anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, negative body image and school avoidance. Dismissing these data because they conflict with personal ideology is not an academic critique — it is a refusal to understand or engage the material.

In short, Fulnecky’s reflection on Jewell and Brown’s article is not actually a reflection or reaction to the article. She does not meaningfully engage the article’s variables, data or methodology. She misunderstands its central premise and contradicts without rationale its central conclusion.
Instead of analyzing the study, Fulnecky critiques an ideological position unrelated to the article’s content. She reacted to an imagined version of the article, not the research in front of her. And that is the larger issue....

...Fulnecky’s response does not merely misunderstand Jewell and Brown’s findings; it reinforces the very harm the researchers documented. And this is not an isolated misreading but a textbook example of a broader pattern within contemporary conservative ideology, where empirical questions are routinely reframed as theological battles or moral panics.

Instead of engaging the study’s clear evidence that shame and teasing damage children, Fulnecky substitutes an entirely different issue: Gender panic and culture-war rhetoric.

By shifting the conversation away from the well-being of children and toward a manufactured ideological threat, she protects the systems of ridicule and social pressure the article identifies as harmful. In the end, Fulnecky’s reaction doesn’t just miss the point, it becomes part of the problem by perpetuating the very patterns of bullying and coercion she insists are acceptable for others while demanding validation for herself....

David Lamb · 2025-12-04T04:37:06-0600

Apple Sky said:
Like I said it is not so much as mocking as copying.

Isaiah 14:12

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

It's only copying if whoever designed the UN logo thought to themselves, "Ah! Jesus was 33 years old when He was crucified, so I'll make 33 the number of segments on my logo." Surely you are not saying that the number 33 cannot be used because Jesus died when He was 33.

Miaomiao · 2025-12-04T04:30:19-0600

Time is running short; The Great Judgment is at hand.
All souls that fail to meet the standard will be destroyed, for this judgment is a prelude to Christ's Final Judgment.
Any soul that has participated in cult sacrifices or worshipped demon will be destroyed.
Any soul of a pastor who has used the name of God to illegally reap wealth will be destroyed.
Any soul that is maliciously involved in the LGBTQ movement will be destroyed.
What is the destruction of a soul?
To suffer forever and ever in the eternal fires of hell.

Pioneer3mm · 2025-12-04T04:24:50-0600

'Pakistan deportation sends Gospel to Afghanistan.'
- Mission Network News (mnnonline.org)
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Afghanistan
- 10/40 window

Tom D · 2025-12-04T04:20:43-0600

"If Moses, by the force of his prayer, arrested the anger of God against the Israelites, in a manner so powerful that the Most High and infinitely merciful Lord, being unable to resist him, told him to let Him alone, that He might be angry with and punish that rebellious people, what must we not with much greater reason think of the prayer of the humble Mary, that worthy Mother of God, which is more powerful with His Majesty than the prayers and intercessions of all the Angels and Saints both in heaven and on earth?"
(Source: TRUE DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN, by Saint Louis de Montfort)

stevevw · 2025-12-04T04:14:08-0600

sjastro said:
The nonsense perpetrated by @stevevw there is no evidence of the ancient Egyptians using conventional tools particularly during the Old Kingdom is refuted by the following table.

Parameter What It Shows Archaeological Evidence Implication (Supports Conventional Tools)
1. Surviving Tools Direct physical proof of technology used Copper chisels, stone hammers, dolerite pounders, bow drills, tubular copper drills, flint blades, polishing stones found in tombs, quarries, workshops Demonstrates the tool types available and used — no unknown technology required
2. Workshop Assemblages Context evidence of manufacturing Finds at Giza, Saqqara, Deir el-Medina, Aswan, Hierakonpolis show tool kits, unfinished objects, debitage Confirms how tools were applied in situ
3. Unfinished Artifacts “Frozen moments” of work Partially carved granite statues, bowls, and obelisks showing intermediate stages Shows step-by-step stages achievable using chiseling, pounding, rubbing, and drilling
4. Quarry Tool Marks Direct traces of working stone Dolerite pounding pits, copper chisel marks, wedge holes at Aswan, Gebel el-Silsila, Tura Matches tools that were found—no anomalous machining marks
5. Drill Holes Showing Spiral Grooves Characteristic signature of rotary abrasion Spiral striations created by quartz sand abrasive + copper tube drills Matches experimental reproduction; not consistent with high-speed machinery
6. Bow Drill Evidence Attested drilling method Bow drills found in tombs; depictions in Old Kingdom tomb scenes Explains small circular holes and vessel hollowing
7. Tubular Copper Drills Explains core drilling Archaeological copper tubes + cores from granite and limestone Reproduced experimentally to match Egyptian core geometry
8. Microstructure of Tool Marks Reveals tool hardness and motion Microscopy shows crushing, abrasion patterns, and quartz-sand scoring Consistent with pounding stones and sand abrasives, not high-speed cutting
9. Dolerite Pounding Depressions Mechanically distinct from carving Aswan quarries show large bowl-shaped depressions where dolerite was repeatedly hammered Demonstrates long-term mechanical wear, consistent with manual pounding
10. Sand Abrasive Residues Confirms abrasive technique Quartz grains embedded in drill grooves and polishing scratches Matches known Egyptian use of desert sand as abrasive
11. Relief Cutting Evidence Explains shallow arcs and intricate shapes Tool marks consistent with chisels, bow drills, and abrasion finishing No anomalous cutting forces required
12. Overlapping Drill Holes Technique for cutting curves Bow drills used to make multiple small holes that were later chiseled out Archaeologically known method for producing arcs and internal corners
13. Tube Drill Diameter Limits Confirms realistic tool sizes Most copper tube drills 1–10 cm diameter; none at “micro” scale Supports traditional methods; no micro-machining attested
14. Experimental Archaeology Modern replication validates plausibility Engineers (Stocks, Dunnell, Denys Stocks, stonemasons) replicated granite cutting, drilling, and vase-making with known tools Demonstrates all observed marks can be reproduced without advanced technology
15. Tomb & Temple Depictions Visual documentation of tool use Old Kingdom scenes show bow drills, pounders, chisels, saws, polishing No depictions of unknown technologies
16. Stratigraphic Context Dates tools to correct periods Tools found in layers matching Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom chronology Confirms Egyptians had these tools at the time monuments were built
17. Lack of Residues from Advanced Machinery Negative evidence No metal alloys, bearings, lubricants, high-speed wear patterns Strongly argues against machinery of unknown type
18. Consistency Across Sites Tool marks uniform across Egypt Same tools used in Saqqara, Giza, Aswan, Luxor, Sinai Implies widespread traditional craft, not lost advanced tech
19. Material Science Limits Copper + quartz abrasive is adequate Quartz abrasive has Mohs hardness 7 → can cut granite at 6–7 No exotic materials needed
20. Cultural Continuity Skills evolved over centuries Old to New Kingdom shows incremental improvement No sudden appearance of advanced technology

This is double stanbdards. You demand peer review and make people jump through hoops with demands of independent evidence. Then post a list of claims without any link or evidence at all let alone peer review and celebrate it a winner.

Just shows how willing some are to accept stuff without evidence. So long as it fits their beliefs.

Look I can play this game and make up stuff in a table.

ranunculus · 2025-12-04T04:13:28-0600

Patel already displayed his incompetence early on many times like when he kept tweeting out information during ongoing investigations. But then he did this:

> A top FBI official with 27 years standing has reportedly been fired by the bureau after its director, Kash Patel, became enraged by press stories revealing he had used a government jet to travel to see his girlfriend sing the national anthem at a wrestling match.

>Steven Palmer, who had worked at the bureau since 1998, was fired as head of the FBI’s critical incident response group which is responsible for handling major security threats as well as overseeing the agency’s fleet of jets. He was the third head of the unit to be dismissed since Patel became the second Trump administration’s FBI director in February.

> Bloomberg Law, which broke the story, said that three unnamed sources had expressed astonishment at the sacking given that Patel’s flight schedules were fully public and trackable on websites.

He's an idiot.

Between him and Hegseth and RFK jr. this administration is staffed by the dumbest most incompetent people imaginable. Here's a fun word to describe the situation, kakistocracy, a country governed by imbeciles.

Guojing · 2025-12-04T04:12:32-0600

eclipsenow said:
What theological importance are you concluding from this?

That National Israel never accepted Christ (Romans 11:11), so by the order of the Great Commission spelt in Luke, they could not leave Jerusalem until that happen.

eclipsenow said:
Also - I'm not sure Cornelius was 'saved' under the same program that Israel had - because that program was no longer valid. Jesus said if Israel did not worship him, God could make the very stones cry out! Cornelius was not a Jew, which is the very reason Peter had the dream about the unclean animals and salvation coming to the non-Jews.

Peter did not preach that Christ died for his sins and all he needed to do is to believe in his resurrection and he will be saved. Peter only knew the gospel of the kingdom, which is the gospel of the circumcision, as given by Acts 8:35 "work righteousness".

eclipsenow said:
Also, I'm not even sure if your claim about the Apostles staying in Jerusalem is technically true

Do you recall Acts 8:1, last 3 words? I didn't said Apostles, I said the 12 + James, which will exclude Paul.

stevevw · 2025-12-04T04:05:52-0600

The Barbarian said:
Butlerian jihad, anyone?

I was thinking more 'I Robot'.

camille70 · 2025-12-04T03:59:12-0600

rjs330 said:
Why? Do we get more money from somebody.

Detention facilities are getting 700-1000k per day to house people. The longer they keep someone, the more money is made.

ICE agents have quotas. Legal residents and citizens have reported being stopped or detained more than once.
ICE agents have said the quotas are hurting morale and preventing them from targeting actual criminals.

Many of the people being detained are in the midst of seeking asylum legally and cant just be removed from the country. If they have a lawyer and are fighting removal, many are not being released until the cases are resolved. If they win their immigration cases, ICE has been keeping them anyway in poor conditions and pressuring them to "self deport." (Though I think a couple of judges recently ruled they have to release them on bond.) There are reports of ICE "losing" people because they are shuffling them around to different centers or housing them under false names.

Dan1988 · 2025-12-04T03:54:26-0600

BobRyan said:
they are the same person. Lucifer fell and then was called the devil.

Yep , Lucifer was created sinless but then became , Satan, the devil, the serpent of old.

Well so far you are stuck on an island where Lucifer did not fall and become the devil. The rest of us are not taken up with that suggestion.

Isaiah 14:12 and Ezekiel 28, which describe a proud Cherub cast down from heaven, and Luke 10:18 where Jesus says, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven

You are very confused, I corrected you by teaching you that Ezekiel was not speaking about Satan/The Devil. Satan/The Devil did not exist when Lucifer was in heaven. Lucifer left His first estate and He morphed into a vile and totally depraved evil creature.

So, please go and join a bible class for beginners, so you can get your basic fundamentals down pat, then you can try to go toe to toe with me. In the meantime, you will only embarrass yourself every time you try challenge me.

Satan believes and knows full well that the Lord Jesus will torment Hi in the lake of fire for all eternity. That's why He is so full of hatred and rage. The Bible confirms that many professing Christians will join Him in the lake of fire.

Aryeh Jay · 2025-12-04T03:47:59-0600

Hans Blaster said:
There is a floating window: Biden was president from 2016 until approximately 6 month ago, until they stop needing Biden to blame.

So can I blame Biden for my nasty omelet yesterday? Because he killed all the chickens?

Servus · 2025-12-04T03:41:29-0600

GoldenBoy89 said:
It was actually my point but yes that’s it. we put the Nazis on trial not just to prove their crimes but also to show the world how we operate. That we’re better than them and for a little while, that was true.

Nazi top brass were put on trial just like Narco kingpins like El Chapo and others have been put on trial.

Rescued One · 2025-12-04T03:07:02-0600

PLEASE don't forget to pray for Andrew!

johansen · 2025-12-04T03:06:58-0600

samaus123456789 said:
I have no problem even if it did call Enoch the son of man

I'm reluctant to reply to this because I've had a few drinks but:

I've been toying with the idea in my mind for about a year now that the spirit of a person is not the same as the flesh of a person, and so this allows for re-incarnation of spirits of persons and permutations of persons. so imagine you bake a sourdough bread starting from the same starter, but you change the recipe each time. you save a bit, but save the original, and keep doing this over and over again. the recipe is the flesh. the spirit is from God. you combine the two you get a new "person" each time.

so for example, Jesus says john the baptist is Elijah. but john says he isn't Elijah... john is both right and wrong.

so suppose the spirit of a person (which is from God) is not necessarily new, suppose its been on the earth before. but each time results in a new person.

so while pondering specific details of these thoughts, within 1 day someone on a certain internet forum creates a post that suggests that Jesus is Elisha re-incarnated.
i read it thinking to myself: that's weird. never heard that idea before. I privately message him and initially the exchange is positive, then, he starts mocking me. I then think to mock him back saying, Jesus can't be Elisha, because i am.

but i don't, I knew i would be lying if i said that. so i ask him: what is the name of the spirit that called me by the name of Elisha, 12 hours before you made your post?"
and he replies back with "Yeshua"

I share this whole exchange with a friend of mine and.. turns out he met a man who started a cult that believes Jesus is Elijah re-incarnated.

---i'm still left wondering what called me by the name Elisha. -and had the ability to put the same idea into some random person's head who then puts it on the internet.. a person who chooses to mock me rather than accept my free will invitation to talk about the concept.?

for most of my childhood i assumed that Elisha was a female prophet, based on the character as expressed in the accounts. . to be honest i'm still left wondering on that.

Apple Sky · 2025-12-04T02:54:12-0600

David Lamb said:
Probably not. I have heard it said that the sheep would not have been outside at night in winter

The idea of December was paganism & comes from Saturnalia,

AI Overview

How To Celebrate Saturnalia Like A Roman | DigVentures

Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival celebrated in mid-December in honor of the god Saturn. It was a joyous, carnival-like holiday marked by feasting, gift-giving, and the temporary suspension of social order, including role reversals where masters served slaves. Originally a one-day celebration on December 17th, it was eventually expanded to last seven days, ending on December 23rd.

Apple Sky · 2025-12-04T02:35:54-0600

Miaomiao said:
The Lord told me.

So he has spoken to you also ?

JohnClay · 2025-12-04T02:20:31-0600

CoreyD said:
Joshua is the beginning of carrying out the command to wipe out these nations, isn't it?

Yeah I didn't think of that. Moses never entered the cities of the promised land though Deuteronomy 20:16-20 talks all about it. So things in Joshua could be relevant too then like you were saying.

CoreyD said:
Oh. Not getting them to fly?

I couldn't get the arrows to attach to the animal - e.g. its leg or body.

CoreyD said:
How will you catch a runaway horse, or a cat for that matter... give it fish?

The animals in the game are very tame. Also there are holy hand grenades and the "Body Hacker" (hacks into the Matrix/simulation)

CoreyD said:
You are calling the shots here, John. Not me.
It's your game. I know what I would do for a game. It won't invite the lovers of violence, but it would still be fun.
Everyone has their own heart.

BTW in the Roman Colosseum the crowds also loved violence... "Executions by beasts were popular among plebeians, who saw them as thrilling entertainment". That is far too shocking for my tastes though.

timewerx · 2025-12-04T01:52:55-0600

I often heard from the Holy Spirit.

But I never got the "feelings". I always hear about Christians getting distinct good feelings which they clearly recognize as from the Holy Spirit.

Feelings of comfort and great contentment with myself is probably the closest thing but I don't think that's it.

I never forced it either.

I was in a pentecostal group prayer couple times surrounded by people falling and wriggling on the floor and felt absolutely NOTHING even though I'm praying.

Eventually, the group thought I'm possessed by an evil spirit so they all surrounded and laid their hands on me and I still felt nothing. If I'm actually possessed, that would mean the group have absolutely no power over the spirit that's possessing me or lack the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in them. Either way, it's bad.

I feel better (not necessarily feeling the Holy Spirit) alone and can hear the Holy Spirit way better alone and in silence.

SavedByGrace3 · 2025-12-04T01:47:20-0600

joechristianwarrior said:
I’ve been reflecting lately on how often Scripture warns us about greed and how closely that warning is tied to God’s call for justice and care for others. Jesus speaks about money and the dangers of wealth more than almost any other topic, yet many Christians today find conversations about justice uncomfortable or “political.”

So I wanted to ask the community here:
Why do you think discussions about justice and greed create such tension among believers?
Is it a matter of theology, culture, politics, or something deeper in the human heart?

I’m preparing a video on this topic and would truly appreciate hearing a range of Christian perspectives!

I have never noticed this.

SavedByGrace3 · 2025-12-04T01:44:15-0600

joechristianwarrior said:
Do any of you think Christians will still be living in cities in the end times? And if so, do you think any of them will live off the waste of society in that time period?

I believe that the cities in the end times, starting very soon, will be very much like Sodom and Gomorrah. Get out of the cities.

ARBITER01 · 2025-12-04T01:41:53-0600

Dave... said:
What are the spiritual mechanics of being born again?

You are immersed into The Holy Spirit, and The Holy Spirit applies the blood of Jesus to your fallen human spirit to regenerate it into the same likeness as the human spirit that Jesus has,.... hence why we are called brethren.

The filling of The Holy Spirit is a subsequent event after the temple is cleansed by the blood.

Parameter	What It Shows	Archaeological Evidence	Implication (Supports Conventional Tools)
1. Surviving Tools	Direct physical proof of technology used	Copper chisels, stone hammers, dolerite pounders, bow drills, tubular copper drills, flint blades, polishing stones found in tombs, quarries, workshops	Demonstrates the tool types available and used — no unknown technology required
2. Workshop Assemblages	Context evidence of manufacturing	Finds at Giza, Saqqara, Deir el-Medina, Aswan, Hierakonpolis show tool kits, unfinished objects, debitage	Confirms how tools were applied in situ
3. Unfinished Artifacts	“Frozen moments” of work	Partially carved granite statues, bowls, and obelisks showing intermediate stages	Shows step-by-step stages achievable using chiseling, pounding, rubbing, and drilling
4. Quarry Tool Marks	Direct traces of working stone	Dolerite pounding pits, copper chisel marks, wedge holes at Aswan, Gebel el-Silsila, Tura	Matches tools that were found—no anomalous machining marks
5. Drill Holes Showing Spiral Grooves	Characteristic signature of rotary abrasion	Spiral striations created by quartz sand abrasive + copper tube drills	Matches experimental reproduction; not consistent with high-speed machinery
6. Bow Drill Evidence	Attested drilling method	Bow drills found in tombs; depictions in Old Kingdom tomb scenes	Explains small circular holes and vessel hollowing
7. Tubular Copper Drills	Explains core drilling	Archaeological copper tubes + cores from granite and limestone	Reproduced experimentally to match Egyptian core geometry
8. Microstructure of Tool Marks	Reveals tool hardness and motion	Microscopy shows crushing, abrasion patterns, and quartz-sand scoring	Consistent with pounding stones and sand abrasives, not high-speed cutting
9. Dolerite Pounding Depressions	Mechanically distinct from carving	Aswan quarries show large bowl-shaped depressions where dolerite was repeatedly hammered	Demonstrates long-term mechanical wear, consistent with manual pounding
10. Sand Abrasive Residues	Confirms abrasive technique	Quartz grains embedded in drill grooves and polishing scratches	Matches known Egyptian use of desert sand as abrasive
11. Relief Cutting Evidence	Explains shallow arcs and intricate shapes	Tool marks consistent with chisels, bow drills, and abrasion finishing	No anomalous cutting forces required
12. Overlapping Drill Holes	Technique for cutting curves	Bow drills used to make multiple small holes that were later chiseled out	Archaeologically known method for producing arcs and internal corners
13. Tube Drill Diameter Limits	Confirms realistic tool sizes	Most copper tube drills 1–10 cm diameter; none at “micro” scale	Supports traditional methods; no micro-machining attested
14. Experimental Archaeology	Modern replication validates plausibility	Engineers (Stocks, Dunnell, Denys Stocks, stonemasons) replicated granite cutting, drilling, and vase-making with known tools	Demonstrates all observed marks can be reproduced without advanced technology
15. Tomb & Temple Depictions	Visual documentation of tool use	Old Kingdom scenes show bow drills, pounders, chisels, saws, polishing	No depictions of unknown technologies
16. Stratigraphic Context	Dates tools to correct periods	Tools found in layers matching Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom chronology	Confirms Egyptians had these tools at the time monuments were built
17. Lack of Residues from Advanced Machinery	Negative evidence	No metal alloys, bearings, lubricants, high-speed wear patterns	Strongly argues against machinery of unknown type
18. Consistency Across Sites	Tool marks uniform across Egypt	Same tools used in Saqqara, Giza, Aswan, Luxor, Sinai	Implies widespread traditional craft, not lost advanced tech
19. Material Science Limits	Copper + quartz abrasive is adequate	Quartz abrasive has Mohs hardness 7 → can cut granite at 6–7	No exotic materials needed
20. Cultural Continuity	Skills evolved over centuries	Old to New Kingdom shows incremental improvement	No sudden appearance of advanced technology

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