CLEEB said:

Rather than attempt to psychoanalyze Adam and Eve just read the scripture and believe what it says.

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Oh if it was only that easy.

CLEEB said:

There could be a situation you are involved in that you do something that at the time you didn’t know was wrong but later discovered is wrong. It’s new to you but you still know it’s wrong none the less.

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The opposite is also true. A child might feel shame for having to go to school dressed in hand-me-downs because their family is poor, only to later realize that they had nothing to be ashamed of. If we were to follow your reasoning then wearing hand-me-downs is wrong.

In this case I believe that we have to take Genesis 3:7 in context to truly understand what it's saying, and it's not that being naked is wrong. Then again who am I to think that I, an agnostic, know anything about scripture.

I will remember you...in my heart, forever.

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen

Now Jesus Christ was not born with a sin nature as we are, because he was conceived of the Spirit of God and not of man. And while he lived on the earth he never sinned. But Jesus strived against sin to the point of shedding his blood on a cross to put our sins to death with him, so that, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in him we will now die to sin and live to God and to his righteousness. And sin doesn’t have to be some major moral failure. Sin can be doubt, fear, lack of faith, and retreat, which disable our work for God.

So we need to be those who follow the example of Christ, who resist the devil, who flee temptation, and who draw near to God in full assurance of faith, regardless of our circumstances. For the devil likes to “put us through the wringer” (to subject us to very stressful experiences) in hopes that we will fail, and that we will give up the fight, and that we will retreat out of sadness, fear, and physical and mental and emotional exhaustion. But the Lord allows us to go through difficult times of suffering for his purposes.

Just like he allowed the devil to inflict God’s servant Job, to murder his children and his servants and his livestock, and to give Job painful sores all over his body, to test Job’s faith, God will allow difficulties to come into our lives to test our faith, too. This is the discipline of the Lord in our lives to keep us humble, to purify our hearts, to purge us of any known sins in our lives, to keep us focused on God’s purpose for our lives, and to teach us endurance, patience, love, and compassion, that we might grow in Christ.

But when I look at the world around me, in our present day and age, and I see so many signs of the last days, and of times of tribulation, and of the nearness of our Lord’s return, I can’t help but feel that God is allowing some of us to suffer in painful ways because he is getting us ready for greater sufferings yet to come. And/or he is getting us ready for his soon return, so he is purifying our hearts to make us ready for when we will meet our Lord face to face. For the Scriptures talk about that, I think in Revelation.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 17:14; Romans 5:3-5; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; 1 John 3:13; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

Be Still, My Soul

Hymn lyrics by Katharina von Schlegel, pub.1752
tr. by Jane L. Borthwick, pub.1855
Music by Jean Sibelius, 1899

Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change, He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heav’nly Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future, as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below.

Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart,
And all is darkened in the vale of tears,
Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe thy sorrow and thy fears.
Be still, my soul: thy Jesus can repay
From His own fullness all He takes away.

Be still, my soul: the hour is hast’ning on
When we shall be forever with the Lord.
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Be still, my soul: begin the song of praise
On earth, believing, to Thy Lord on high;
Acknowledge Him in all thy words and ways,
So shall He view thee with a well-pleased eye.
Be still, my soul: the Sun of life divine
Through passing clouds shall but more brightly shine.

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Beth77 said:

Were members of the Biden Administration selling pardons?

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No, but Trump was.

That it doesn't matter all the warnings and "alarms" about the end of the world.
You know people have experienced the end of the world since 2000 years ago.
If you die or Christ comes, the result is the same. So the end of the world for people alive today is 1 day or 100 years from now.

Trump sends National Guard to Portland over 'Antifa violence, federal property threats'

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The White House shared a press release on Tuesday in response to President Donald Trump sending the National Guard to Portland.

"The Radical Left’s reign of terror in Portland ends now, with President Donald J. Trump mobilizing federal resources to stop Antifa-led hellfire in its tracks," the press release said.

I can accept that this kind of thing happens in churches as we are all fallen people.

But I cannot accept the organization allowing the perpetrator to stay as part of that congregation. Let him find a new spiritual home. And the idea that it happenned to multiple kids?

IT COULD be up to the victim to forgive, but it is the DUTY of adults to protect. And they did not protect the children of their congregation.

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Fani Willis’ Georgia election interference case against Trump will carry on for now with new prosecutor​

Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia, a bipartisan collaboration of six district attorneys and three solicitors general from across the state, has assigned the case to himself after he was unable to find another prosecutor willing to take it on.

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Georgia prosecutor urges judge to dismiss Trump election case​

A state prosecutor on Wednesday urged the Fulton County judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case against President Donald Trump and more than a dozen others to kill the probe, arguing the alleged criminal conduct amounted to more of a federal, not state, case.

I'm sure the DOJ will hop right on that!

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I am new to this website.

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What in the world was this pastor thinking?!

Michie said:

A New Jersey spa must allow male customers who identify as the opposite sex to access female-only areas where women are required to be nude, regardless of whether they've undergone a sex-change surgery, a judge has ruled.

In a consent order signed by Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Sarlo, the King Spa in Bergen County agreed to implement policies based on "sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression."

“It is unlawful and violates company policy to discriminate in any way against a client because of the client's actual or perceived gender identity," the consent order states, according to NJ Advance Media. "[E]ach person has a gender identity, which may or may not correspond to the sex that person was assigned at birth."

According to the order, which was signed in August but has only recently garnered media attention, the company policy's definition of gender identity refers to "a person's internal sense of being male, female or any other gender, regardless of physical characteristics or appearance."

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New Jersey spa must allow trans-identifying males into women-only nude spaces: judge

A New Jersey spa must allow male customers who identify as the opposite sex to access female-only areas where women are required to be nude, regardless of whether they ve undergone a sex-change

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Our world is really being turned upside down. I don't think there is anyone (except God) who can stop this madness. There was a lady who encountered a trans female in the lady's gym locker room and made a very big public stink about it. What did the gym do? I believe they band the lady who complained about the situation. My chin hit the floor at that point. I'm thinking of going "Amish". I may have to start my own Catholic "Amish" community and just separate from this sick world.

Clare73 said:

They violated the law.

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Never happened.

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I am new to this website.

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Lock her up! Lock her up!

The room feels stuffy, the music is a bit too loud, and the atmosphere is anxiety-provoking. Dressed in your most uncomfortable formal attire, you are at your company’s regional corporate holiday party. You didn’t particularly want to attend, but networking is essential, your boss reminded you. The RSVP specified that children aren’t welcome, so your spouse is home with the kids. Standing alone, holding a glass of mystery wine in one hand and a rubbery stuffed mushroom in the other, you look around anxiously, trying to see someone who looks important, and to whom, therefore, you should introduce yourself.

Clearly others are thinking the same — someone from another branch you haven’t met comes up to you. In between the awkward small talk, you reveal your lowly position in the firm. Promptly your conversationalist needs a drink refill and disappears. You know he will not be coming back. Others in the room are similarly anxious, and their discomfort manifests in different ways. Several people are glued to their phones. One has been stationed at the bar the entire time, drinking excessively. In one corner of the room, an argument seems to be brewing. Based on snippets of the conversation, whose volume has been rising, you know it’s a political argument. You’re staying clear.

At last, you glance at your own cell phone, realize that you’ve been here for more than an hour, and decide that you’ve made enough of an appearance to be able to politely disappear. You breathe a sigh of relief as you start your car and drive home. But straightaway sadness sets in. Parties are supposed to be fun, or so we’ve been conditioned to believe from a young age. So why aren’t they?

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Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday suggested that people “say thank you to someone” this Thanksgiving and he addressed concerns about violence in Lebanon ahead of his trip there later this week.

Speaking two days before Thanksgiving, the first U.S.-born pope celebrated what he called “this beautiful feast that we have in the United States, which unites all people, people of different faiths, people who perhaps do not have the gift of faith.”

The pope urged all people, not just Americans, to take the occasion “to recognize that we all have received so many gifts, first and foremost, the gift of life, the gift of faith, the gift of unity … and to give thanks to God for the many gifts we’ve been given.”

Pope Leo answered questions from reporters as he left for Rome after a daylong stay at the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo.

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Hundreds of Catholics gathered in front of the Denver Contract Detention Facility — an ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado — on Nov. 22 for Stations of the Cross led by Archbishop Samuel Aquila and Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Rodriguez of the Archdiocese of Denver.

Sponsored by the Committee for Pastoral Care for Migrants, individuals from over 36 local parishes gathered for a peaceful procession and to stand in solidarity with undocumented immigrants who are being impacted by the mass deportations taking place across the United States.

“I want to thank all of you for coming today as we have prayed and walked the Stations of the Cross. They are reminders to us of God’s love for all people and for the immigrant, for the stranger, for those who are sick and suffering, and for all those who are in need of our prayer,” Aquila said according to a statement in the Denver Catholic.

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essentialsaltes said:

Nobody said anything about havoc and terror.

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More about selling t-shirts and trolling.

Will MAGA still be a thing in Feb 2026?

Amid the sounds of Arkansas’ waterfalls, women who have had abortions will someday be able to find healing at a “living wall” memorial covered in flora and fauna, where the names of unborn children will be inscribed on the hexagonal stone floor thanks to local artist Lakey Goff, who submitted the living wall design, which was selected for Arkansas’ monument for the unborn.

The memorial will be on state property, but funding must come from the people. Now Goff and other Arkansians are fundraising for the living wall.

On Saturday morning, participants gathered at sunrise at Two Rivers Park in Little Rock to kick off the first annual Living Wall 5K — a race to fundraise for the memorial.

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Pray Jesus Christ heals & comforts & provides for all those affected by the fires at an apartment complex area in Hong Kong:

On Friday at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV met with U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, and a delegation of Ukrainian mothers, wives, and teenagers forcibly taken to Russia during the war. The group discussed the ongoing efforts being made to secure the return of civilians to Ukraine, particularly children.

At the forefront of the work of repatriation and recovery of Ukrainian children swept up in the country’s war with Russia is Caritas Ukraine, which has prioritized the reintegration of these children, according to Liliia Chulitska, an information expert with Caritas Ukraine.

Caritas Ukraine is made up of cooperating organizations and operates as part of the international network Caritas Internationalis, the social ministry of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It has been implementing humanitarian, social, and recovery programs throughout Ukraine for over 30 years, with a primary focus on humanitarian assistance in more than 15 regions of Ukraine.

Chulitska explained that when it comes to the repatriation of Ukrainian children, Caritas Ukraine cooperates with Ukraine’s Ombudsman’s Office once children are returned to Ukraine and, as a service provider, assesses the children’s needs and provides direct assistance.

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Don't know much about Ryan Thorpe but Christopher Rufo is quite the pot-stirrer. This is not to say anything concerning the legitimacy of this particular story, but there has been an uptick in stories concerning the alleged perfidy of Somalians. Some of the sources cited in the article are from FrontPageMag, Daniel Greenfield (reporter for FrontPageMag), and other associates of David Horowitz.


There does seem to be fraud associated with some providers and oversight is certainly needed, but this seems like a greater campaign to defame the Somali immigrant community.