Lyra in the Loop (PBS kids 2024-Present)

The dark web or the regular web?

Vambram said:

You do realize that narrative in that link was published by members of the Democratic Party, right?

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Are you asserting that Kirk didn't take the 5th when asked about deleting his text messages? (and virtually everything else he was asked about)

Given the putative topic of this thread, what do you make of the fact that Kirk was not targeted by any criminal indictments, despite him fiffing his way through this interview? He was specifically instructed that...

I will also note that the Fifth Amendment provides a witness the ability to refuse
to answer a question if they have a reasonable belief that a truthful answer could be used
against them in a criminal prosecution, not simply because the witness would prefer not
to answer the question.

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A New Dawn said:

Who are you?

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A member of the forum? Does it offend you when I contribute to your "private" conversation or something? lol.

Need Communion.

RileyG said:

People can care about gun control, protecting the unborn, caring for the less fortunate. It's not so black and white.

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I absolutely agree.

It's precisely the black and white thinking that I'm objecting to in this thread.

People are allowed to have nuanced opinions.

-CryptoLutheran

Clare73 said:

So Ro 8 is true only in certain circumstances, not across all God's word and, therefore, has no bearing outside Ro?

Is gravity true across God's earth, or only in certain circumstances?

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“I could just as easily reverse your question and ask why you believe Hebrews 6:4–6 applies only under certain circumstances. The issue isn’t that Scripture fails to agree with itself, but that human interpretation sometimes pits one passage against another.

Take your gravity example: some people think astronauts float in orbit because there’s no gravity, when in fact it’s gravity itself that holds them in orbit. Gravity hasn’t failed—people’s understanding of it has. In the same way, God’s Word is consistent; it is our reasoning that can become inconsistent.

Predestination means the destination is ordained, but Scripture also shows that a response of faith is necessary. If you refuse to get on the vehicle God provides to take you to that destination, you won’t arrive. Romans 8 demonstrates God’s sovereign purpose and assurance for those in Christ, while Hebrews 6 provides a sober warning against rejecting that grace. Both stand true, not in contradiction, but in harmony.”

Sabertooth said:

It is like you are expecting us to give an account for the misbehaviors of XINOs [christians-in-name-only].

Has it not occurred to you that in a Churched nation, a con-man or con-woman would have to adopt a "Christian" persona to succeed at their con? Such a persona would be less effective (to that end) in a community that is primarily Buddhist or Muslim, for example.

Missionaries are not the cause of criminal activity. Correlation does not equal causation.

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A woman's husband had been slipping in and out of a coma for several months, yet she had stayed by his bedside every single day.
One day, when he came to, he motioned for her to come nearer.
As she sat by him, he whispered, eyes full of tears,
"You know what? You have been with me all through the bad times.

When I got fired, you were there to support me.​

When my business failed, you were there.​

When I got shot, you were by my side.​

When we lost the house, you stayed right here.​

When my health started failing, you were still by my side.​

You know what?"
"What dear?" she asked gently, smiling as her heart began to fill with warmth.
”I think you're bad luck."

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The Pharisees didn't know they were deceived and doing the devil's work. The Bible prophesied it isn't going to stop and will get worse and the movement that Jesus started (Christianity) will not be spared.

Deceived people don't know they're working for the devil and always believe they're doing things for the Lord. Jesus prophesied it as well and the worst to come and it's been happening for a long time. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions"

Correlation does not equal causation.

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When a religion contradicts the teachings of Jesus, a nation will be in worse shape the more religious it becomes.


Nations will be judged according to how they treated the poor and the weak, not by their adopted religion (Matthew 25:31-46).

Many Christian denominations only look outwardly charitable or generous to the poor and yet, also supporting the kingdom of the devil and contradicting the teachings of Jesus that's why their host nations are very corrupt, have very wealthy residents despite having major issues with national poverty.

Ironically, the least religious nations have almost eliminated poverty within their borders with exception of poverty within immigrant communities who often come from one of highly religious nations (either Muslim or Christian).

Servus said:

That was a sublimely elegant speech, however it didn't really answer the question. When one reads Paul, one finds out that Paul could be quite blunt and gruff at times. Sometimes bluntness is needed more so than soothing strokes from a velvet glove.

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So could Jesus. "Woe to you, hypocrites", he said to Pharisees and others. And going into the temple with the whip probably didn't sit well with some people there. There are those today who might be turned off by that approach if He was here now doing that.

Amo2 said:

First, authentic Christianity would reject all inroads of political powers of this earth, taking control of the church and or enforcing it upon all citizens. As neither our Lord Jesus Christ or any of His apostles provided any such examples, but to the contrary, clearly stated and taught that the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of this world are two distinctly and separate institutions. Which are meant to remain so. The acceptance of government interference and or control of Christ's church is in fact of itself apostasy. So, no real need to supply the evidence you have requested.

Second, when Christianity itself becomes so immoral as to require government intervention due to mob violence between differing "Christian" sects in order to keep the peace, then the professed "Christians" involved in such are already obviously apostate.

These two factors played an important part of the development of apostate amalgamated church and state. Which the quotes I have provided from Gibbons, establish as authentic history . . .

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No, that is NOT "authentic history." I have asked you for specific citations from historical documents of the time. Didn't the supposed "historians" you revere provide any? Without such historical documents from the time it is just supposition and fabrication.

Delvianna said:

The definition of mysticism that the bible is against is when you prioritize subjective, personal spiritual experiences and private revelations as a source of truth equal to or greater than the Bible.

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Lets go with thst definition. I think the article refers to what happens when this sense of subjective personal experience opposes science. Flat Earth a good example. We just need the government to change, edit and delete science education and research.

I have read the books about some of their higher-profile cases---The Amityville Horror; and The Haunting (dealing with the Smurl family case in Pennsylvania), and the cases of the Perron family in Rhode Island (made into the movie The Conjuring), the Snedeker house (made into the movie A Haunting in Connecticut), the Hodgson case in Enfield, London (made into the movie The Conjuring 2).

I didn't find anything in them to fit in with the attacks their critics have plastered them with; I think a lot of it is simply attacking anything of this sort by people who stubbornly refuse to accept that there's anything supernatural in the world, similar to the people who debunk UFO accounts or people who slam Creationists or Catastrophists because their views disagree with evolution and uniformitarianism.

There is a documentary out there called My Amityville Horror, released in 2012; Danny Lutz, the oldest son in the case, recounts his personal experiences in the house, and their aftermath; Lorraine Warren is also in the film. They both make a very, very convincing case for their truthfulness and sincerity, in my humble opinion. It's worth a watch, but be warned: Danny uses some pretty gritty language throughout the film. Nothing you wouldn't hear on a military base, but it's there, so just be aware if you decide to watch it.

RileyG said:

I meant the denomination as a whole. There’s Assemblies of God, Church of God in Christ, Church of God, Apostolic etc among many others. I don’t know if they form an inter communion or not.

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I don't know about other places, but in here different 'pentecostal organizations' share some events, and people move from church to other church.

Trump sent a letter to Polish President Navrocki; details have not been disclosed at this point.


In another development, President Navrocki backs Trump’s efforts to cut off Russian oil.

This news — you know, the stuff that shows National Guard troops aren’t exactly happy to be expendable pieces in Trump revenge schemes — is unsurprising. No one signed up for this, but Donald Trump and a bunch of suck-ups scattered across a handful of red states have made Trump’s War on DC the new day-to-day operation for troops who’d probably rather be doing anything else than this.

And what exactly is “this?” Well, it’s all sorts of things. Some of “this” is standing idly by while law enforcement officers do law enforcement work. Some of “this” is sleeping on floors, defecating in Humvees, being the constant gardener you never wished to see in the world, and not knowing if you’re actually going to get your next paycheck, much less the pension you’ve been drilling for.

While previous reports of widespread discontent have been mostly hearsay contributed by anonymous troops and officers, this one comes straight from the US military. Yeah, the Department of War is just as sloppy as the guy running it — the one who decided it was okay to share war plans with family members and family members’ acquaintances.

The lede gets buried a bit in the Washington Post report by Alex Horton

Not for public consumption, however, is an internal “media roll up” that analyzes the tone of news stories and social media posts about the National Guard’s presence and activities in Washington.
[…]
“Trending videos show residents reacting with alarm and indignation,” a summary from Friday said. “One segment features a local [resident]describing the Guard’s presence as leveraging fear, not security — highlighting widespread discomfort with what many perceive as a show of force.”
A National Guard official acknowledged the documents are authentic but downplayed their sensitivity, saying the assessments are intended for internal use and were inadvertently emailed to The Post last week.

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That’s the sort of unforced error that has been the calling card of the military under Pete Hegseth’s “leadership.” A guy who loves photo ops and fawning interviews more than he likes actually doing his job isn’t an anomaly in the Trump administration. It’s the other thing: emblematic.

See also: the final line in this WaPo paragraph.

It is unclear how many people mistakenly received the documents.

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The bad news is that our troops are being used for political purposes, and they know and resent it. The good news is that the guys ordering this stuff are massively incompetent.

Fisherking said:

They are looking fir a Jewish Messiah which they see as a Political leader, the operative word is Jewish, they are not looking for a Gentile Messiah, this AC will be a Gentile Leader.

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"Anti" - a prefix for against and/or instead of.

Christ - the King of Israel Mark 15:32.

Jesus was a Jew. King of the Jews.


The Antichrist will be the King of the Jews instead of Jesus the rightful King of the Jews. He must be a Jew.

“These things” include immorality, any impurity, greed, filthy language, coarse jesting, covetousness, idolatry, and the like (see also Romans 1:18-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Colossians 3:5-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8). And if we are those who practice such things as these, habitually and deliberately, we will have no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. For because of these things the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience who continue in sin.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

Therefore, we are not to be partakers with those who walk (in conduct, in practice) in deliberate sin and in disobedience to our Lord. And this includes people who profess faith in Jesus Christ, too. For the faith which saves us from our sins, and which promises us eternal life with God, is of God, and according to his will, and empowered and persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die with Christ to sin and to walk with him in obedience to his commands.

So, we are no longer to participate in the works of darkness and in sinful practices and in walks of disobedience to our Lord’s commandments. For if our faith in Jesus is genuine biblical faith, which is of God, and not of human flesh, then our lives of walking in sin and in disobedience to God should now be a thing of the past. And now we should be walking (in conduct, in practice) in the light of God’s truth, goodness, and righteousness. And we should be seeking the Lord to know what is pleasing to him and to do it.

Not only are we not to walk (in conduct) in sin and in disobedience to our Lord in living in ways contrary to his will and purpose for our lives, but we are to be those who are exposing the fruitless deeds of darkness. We should be those who are calling out the lies which so many people are believing as truth. For so many people are being deceived into exchanging the truth of the gospel for a lie. And they are being convinced that God does not require of them obedience and death to sin for salvation and eternal life with God.

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:23-31; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Seek the Lord

Based off Isaiah 55
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley

“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”

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Don’t Be Partakers With Them
An Original Work / September 17, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Praying now!

Soyeong said:

is if they teach against obeying the Torah.

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Which is actually obeying His commands within the Torah.