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Fulfilled March 20 dream

From the dream:

Something huge did happened around March 20 just yesterday. Not on the exact date though.

But I did say the origin on of the event will come from a very far place, in fact, far beyond Earth in outer space. So there could be a delay from its occurrence in space and manifesting on Earth

And the event somewhat will concern me, either in the place of origin or manifestation or maybe both. The earthquake did occur in a global region where I live.

So here's the caveat, whatever has happened or emerged from the place of origin is already "here". "Here" some place in outer space that can affect Earth. It could be nearby or maybe still too far away to be detected. But the point is, it wasn't there before but now it's there. Near or far, it's at a location that can now threaten Earth.

I think some people in "very high places" already knows about this and probably taking major actions already. They're in panic mode and are preparing to mobilize and build. They're just not letting everyone know.

So keep watch folks. Things might get rosy and pleasant in the near term and then disaster. That might be what the 2nd date in my dream (from the link) is about. I haven't shared the 2nd date yet. I already know but I'll only share in the couple or few weeks before it takes place.

Boebert Threatens Renaming DC “District of America”


Everybody’s favorite gun-toting, vaping, public sex act aficionado, Lauren Boebert, committed a built of a self-own recently when trying to clap back from some ribbing from the left. After colleagues joked about the administration’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, Boebert threatened to keep it going and rename DC to the “District of America.” Apparently not covered in the Congresswoman’s GED coursework was the fact that “Columbia” in this usage is the nickname given to the embodiment of the spirit of America and not something more… foreign?

ETA: I’m not claiming that she meant this as anything other than a joke.

My name is not JellyBrownBean

Hi, I am new here. I feel very lonely, I have no real Christian friends that live close to me. I live in a community where I haven't been able to make many friends or Christian friends and I am hoping I can find here the communion I can't find anywhere for the moment. Do any of you have any idea what forum should I start posting on so I can interact with other?

I am married and I am teacher. I've been a real Christian for a year or so, but I've attended church since ever (but not at the moment) and my parents are Christian.
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Journalist Ezra Klein stunned Stewart by explaining just how few entities completed the long 14-step process to get 'Build Back Better' funding

"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart appeared visibly exasperated during a recent discussion about the process states had to endure to get funding from the federal government during former President Biden’s term.

Stewart made multiple pained outbursts and uttered obscenities in response to New York Times columnist Ezra Klein reading aloud the 14 steps it took for organizations to apply for "Build Back Better" funding.

"I'm speechless," Stewart declared after Klein got through the list during a recent episode of his podcast, "The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart."


Klein appeared on the show this week to speak about his new book, "Abundance" — co-authored by Derek Thompson — which details how major progressive policy goals of recent years, like Build Back Better, failed to be implemented in lasting and meaningful ways.

Build Back Better was a nationwide economic investment plan proposed by Biden during the early years of his term, which sought to allocate nearly $2 trillion in U.S. infrastructure investment — with nearly a quarter of that going to climate change projects.

Though the plan was not passed by Congress, Biden was able to rework elements of Build Back Better into several other pieces of legislation during his term, including the American Rescue Plan.

During the podcast, Klein described to Stewart how cumbersome it was for states and other jurisdictions to get Build Back Better funding to set up broadband internet throughout the rural U.S. — so much so that only three of the 56 entities seeking these grants got through this "14-stage process" to get the money.

"By the end of 2024, three have gotten to the end of the process," Klein said. "Three of these 56?," Stewart asked. Klein affirmed.

"End of the process meaning they’ve actioned it? They’ve built it," Stewart stammered.


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Different kinds of echo chambers

I listened to an interview this past week with author David Pakman (he was being interviewed about his new book called The Echo Machine)

-- it was the first I'd heard of him, I wasn't familiar with any of his prior works beforehand, so I was "going in cold"


He's definitely on the left (and I would say, more than just "center-left"), but I thought he had a very interesting analysis about echo chambers, and how they've impacted our recent election cycles.

In particular, he took his own political tribe to task a bit and pointed out some weaknesses they have in areas where his own opposition (the right) seems to be stronger.


He outlined where, via various echo chambers, the right has been better at building a more diverse "big tent" than the left has in the past decade. And, as the book title gives away, he evaluates that through the lens of evaluating echo chambers.


As a very basic breakdown, he described the right as having 4 different distinct flavors of (3 of which are inclusive) echo chambers, yet they're ones where "All roads lead to Trump" vs. the left having only 2 echo chambers, both being somewhat exclusionary, and only 1 leading to Harris.

Note: "inclusionary" and "exclusionary" isn't referring to race/sex/religion/etc... as it typically is when using those terms, it's referring to the standards of "ideological purity" and what will get you "uninvited"


He noted how when people are "ousted" from one of the 2 left wing echo chambers, there's at least 1 of the 4 echo chambers on the right that can, and will, roll out the welcome mat for them and bring them into the fold, while that pattern simply doesn't exist going in the other direction.

The specific example he cited made a reference to two of the echo chambers mentioned in the book (the evangelical echo chamber, and what he called the "Rogan Bro" echo chamber)

...and he used the example of a person who's perhaps pro drug legalization, is okay with gay marriage, is receptive to the idea of universal healthcare, but perhaps isn't on-board with all of the liberal orthodoxy surrounding abortion and trans issues.

While that person isn't going to be a great fit in the evangelical echo chamber, they'd certainly be a fit in the "Rogan Bro" echo chamber, and even if there's deviation on a few other extraneous issues, the "Rogan Bro" echo chamber will still welcome that person with open arms.

And the author's point was that since all of the right-leaning echo chambers "lead to Trump", there's no functional difference in the overall outcome that leads to. (IE: Trump getting elected)


Another comment/quote he made was that when the (paraphrasing a tad, but I think I'm getting it mostly right)
"Don't cuss, drink, smoke, or chew...or run with those who do" types,
and the
"Let's grab a drink, I got some great Kush, let's blaze up before we go to the Kill Tony comedy show and listen to some dirty jokes" types,

...end up voting for the same person, that's ultimately a failure of the left because, on paper, they should've easily had the latter on their team.

Trump pardons Nikola founder Trevor Milton in securities fraud case, voids potential $700 million in restitution to his victims. Trump: 'He liked me.'

The pardon came two weeks after federal prosecutors urged District Court Judge Edgardo Ramos to order Milton to pay restitution of $680 million to Nikola shareholders, and another $15.2 million to Peter Hicks, a victim of his wire fraud.

Because of the pardon, Ramos could not order restitution of any kind.

“They say the thing that he did wrong was, he was one of the first people that supported a gentleman named Donald Trump for president,” Trump said. “He supported Trump. He liked Trump. I didn’t know him, but he liked him.”

Following Milton’s 2023 sentencing, the former Nikola CEO made significant political donations to Trump and his allies. This included $920,000 to the Trump 47 Committee in October of 2024, and $750,000 in September to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA Alliance political action committee.

Federal campaign finance records indicate that 2024 was the first year Milton ever made six-figure political contributions.

Need deliverance from witchcraft people

Hi everyone, I would greatly appreciate your prayers- lately I have been hearing voices in my head saying things like "I am a witch" and "I have power" and 'I am a god". I also sense an evil presence walking around in my apartment sometimes, I get the feeling it is a person and not a spirit. I believe God is telling me there are witchcraft people in town that know about me and are targeting me with their witchcraft, apparently they are able to do all this. Please pray that this stops, conviction on the witches, and my deliverance from their witchcraft. Thank you!

Wiped out: Why Trump’s tariff war may leave Americans without toilet paper

According to Bloomberg, there is also a possibility that additional tariffs could push the rate beyond 50 per cent.
Although Trump supports these tariffs as a way to boost US manufacturing, they could impact the supply of northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (NBSK), a critical material for producing toilet paper and paper towels. Brian McClay, whose firm BMA monitors the global pulp market, told the news agency, “Some of the big branded products not only want softwood pulp from Canada, they want softwood pulp from this particular mill.”
Pulp is extracted from sawmill wood chips. If sawmills shut down due to tariffs on Canadian lumber, pulp production would also decline, directly affecting American toilet paper manufacturers.
The US imports roughly 10 per cent of its toilet paper, with about half coming from Canada, according to Dino Bianco, chief executive of Kruger Products, Canada’s largest toilet paper producer. --HERE

Now this may or may not be a thing, and frankly even during covid I couldn't understand why the run on toilet paper? But I made a Costco trip today in the Seattle/Tacoma area and the TP was darn near cleaned out. I asked Asst Manager what's the deal? He said small businesses have been buying it up because of tariff concerns.

I hope this peters out or doesn't become a thing, because I don't want to employ the covid strategy to score toilet paper again.
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Democrats have signaled concerns over leadership as the Trump administration continues to push forward with reducing government spending

Democratic Party insiders, advisors and consultants revealed serious anxieties about their party's future after MSNBC anchors hosted a DNC chair forum that devolved into chaos in February.

The forum, which was held at Georgetown University, featured questions from Democrats about identity politics and transgender rights in debates that some strategists argued were not keeping in touch with regular voters.

"The Democratic Party has to assess how the self-styled party of the working class became seen as a party of elites and institutions at a time when so many Americans are enraged at elites and institutions," David Axelrod, a former advisor to President Barack Obama, told Politico. "I mean, what is it that the Democratic Party offers other than being an alternative to Trump? I haven’t seen evidence of that discussion going on."

"Over the last decade, the Democratic Party has had a working-class voter problem. It started out as a White working-class voter problem," Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., said. "And it has, as I’ve long feared, spread. It is not just a White working-class issue. It has now spread to the Latino working class and African American working class."

Beyond local and state politics, powerful donors have also signaled significant worries about the future of the party.

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Elon Musk Reveals DOGE’s Latest Jaw-Dropping Discovery In New Interview

Among the “mind-blowing” findings was a simple survey on Americans’ use of the U.S. National Parks, whose department receives approximately $3.3 billion in annual funding. According to Musk, a contractor was charging nearly a third of the department’s entire budget to perform a survey that could have been built and disseminated for far less on a service like Survey Monkey.


For those of you who are not going to watch the interview the example of this ten question survey should help you understand what is going on.
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Alabama white supremacists charged with trespass, burglary at nuclear power plant

On the night of Jan. 4, four avowed white supremacists entered a secure multi-industry property just across the Tennessee River that includes a nuclear power plant.

Two of those men, Aiden Daniel Cuevas, 19, and Aidan Christian Stamper, 19, hail from Madison, Alabama. The other two men are identified as Brandon Dean Crews, 24, of Iuka, Mississippi, and Logan Gulbranson, 18, of Cole Harber, North Dakota.

[County sheriff] Stuart also obtained footage according to the report that shows some of the individuals entering a “turbine building” on the site and “moving around with flashlights” before leaving the building.

The Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Office has charged all four men with felony trespassing and burglary in connection to the incident.

Jeff Tischauser, a research analyst for the Southern Poverty Law Center‘s Intelligence Project, has monitored the online activity of all four men arrested in the incident.

He says they make up the core of a group calling themselves the “North Bama Brigade” in online white supremacist and neo-Nazi circles.

Tischauser said all four men could be connected back to Tennessee Active Club leader Sean Kauffmann, who posted online that he sees himself as a “Shredder” figure from the series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, building a “literal underground army” of rebellious youth.

“Accelerationist neo-Nazis see attacks against electrical grids and infrastructure as helping to accelerate the collapse of our social system,” Tischauser said. “They think that the race war is right around the corner.”
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Cornell student activist denied bid to immediately stop the government from trying to deport him


We will be better off as a nation with these foreign dissidents gone.

Asian man named 'Alyssa' attacks conservative group TPUSA with bike lock

Suspect facing 4 felony charges after incident at UT Dallas

An Asian male who goes by the name “Alyssa” is facing multiple felony charges following a violent altercation involving members of a Turning Point USA chapter at the University of Texas at Dallas.

The suspect, identified as Liam Thanh Tam Nguyen, allegedly used a bike lock to assault students, resulting in four felony charges and three misdemeanors.

Video shared by Charlie Kirk, founder of the prominent conservative organization with chapters at college campuses across the U.S., showed the incident unfolded outside the UTD student union, where the TPUSA chapter was setting up a tent and table to engage with students and distribute materials.

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Info from Geological Society of America regarding Myanmar earthquake

"An M7.7 earthquake struck overnight near Mandalay, Myanmar, as the result of strike slip faulting between the India and Eurasia plates. Focal mechanism solutions indicate that slip occurred on either a north-striking, steeply-dipping, right-lateral fault, or a west striking, steeply-dipping, left-lateral fault. The finite fault solution indicates a north striking right-lateral fault. This focal mechanism and finite fault solution are consistent with the earthquake potentially occurring on the right-lateral Sagaing Fault that lies in the fault zone that defines the plate boundary between the Indian and Sunda plates.

While commonly plotted as points on maps, earthquakes of this size are more appropriately described as slip over a larger fault area. The finite fault solution indicates the size of this event is about 200 km by 20 km (length x width).

This region has experienced similar large strike slip earthquakes, with six other magnitude 7 and larger earthquakes occurring within about 150 miles (250 km) of this earthquake since 1900. The most recent of these was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in January 1990, which caused 32 buildings to fall. A magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurred south of today’s earthquake in February 1912. Within this broad zone of tectonic deformation, other large earthquakes include a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in 1988."

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Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs

Threat came in a call earlier this month, in which carmakers feared punishment if prices go up
When President Trump convened CEOs of some of the country’s top automakers for a call earlier this month, he issued a warning: They better not raise car prices because of tariffs.

Trump told the executives that the White House would look unfavorably on such a move, leaving some of them rattled and worried they would face punishment if they increased prices, people with knowledge of the call said.

Trump holds 'extremely productive call' with Canadian prime minister: 'We agree on many things'

President Donald Trump said he held an "extremely productive call" with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday.

"I just finished speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney, of Canada. It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things, and will be meeting immediately after Canada’s upcoming Election to work on elements of Politics, Business, and all other factors, that will end up being great for both the United States of America and Canada," Trump wrote on this Truth Social account.

It was the first time the two leaders have spoken. On Thursday, Carney said the "old relationship" with the United States "is over" while vowing to engage in a renegotiation over a trade agreement.

Carney, 60, who won the Liberal leadership this month with 86% of the vote after former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood down, was speaking in Ottawa after meeting the nation’s provincial premiers.

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I have blasphemous thoughts and I need help

I have blasphemous thoughts and I really need help​



My blasphemous thoughts are getting out of hand. Some of them are so perverted and blasphemous and hateful, and it scares me because I fear I would go to hell. I go to confession every week and Mass every day, plus I also pray the rosary every day. I am pretty sure I had demonic obsession last year, and I had blasphemous thoughts about spitting on the face of God and holy people. Yet this wound of the heart and soul has only continued to grow, and now I have "blasphemous OCD". The worst part is I didn't understand what was happening at the time, so I didn't guard my heart as zealously as I should have, and thus the evil of the demons ended up becoming a part of me, that is, my memory and imagination have been wounded. I seriously don't know what I should with this, because my soul has become very wounded and I seriously struggle with hateful and blasphemous thoughts. I want to be healed, but I feel like I am making minimal effort. I also had visions that were supernatural in nature but I feel like I messed it all up.
I spoke with a priest as of last year. He gave me sound advice, such as daily Mass and daily Rosary and I have followed his advice zealously. He told me that this is a spiritual battle and that I have to win it, as in demonic oppression, at least that's what I gathered from our meeting. Right now I am feeling discouraged because while I feel like I am sometimes making progress and then faltering. I often have a vision of the Lord Jesus armwrestling with the devil, and when I do something virtuous, I see the Lord overpowering the devil, and when I am thinking something bad, I see the evil one gaining some power. I secretely dream of becoming a hero, but I feel so "not-hero-like" right now... I also believed I was targeted by people who hate me in a spiritual attack, but I don't have any evidence. This came to me in visions from the Lord.
I would need some encouragement, because right now I feel like I am not making any progress. I would appreciate the words of those who have overcome evil thoughts. I sometimes feel like the worst person in the world because of my hateful thoughts. Has anyone gone through this exact thing and emerged victorious? I would love to hear your thoughts.
Please, if you can, pray for me.

Dem candidate caught on camera applauding notorious antisemite's violent rhetoric: 'You break his neck'

Progressive Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, one of the top Democratic candidates for New Jersey governor, was caught on video applauding and embracing radical Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan as he calls White people "demons" and calls for violence as retribution.

Farrakhan, 91, is a longtime radical antisemite preacher known for making inflammatory statements against Jews, White people and LGBTQ individuals. He has also praised Adolf Hitler as a "great man" and has become one of the most controversial religious figures in the United States due to his derogatory comments about Israel.

The video – taken in 2004 at a Newark church – shows Baraka introducing Farrakhan to the congregation by calling him a major personal inspiration and "the leader of every Black person."

The full speech is viewable on the Nation of Islam website.

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Trump's Culture War Targets America's Museums

The Administration is targeting the Smithsonian museums.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing Vice President JD Vance to eliminate "divisive race-centered ideology" from Smithsonian museums, educational and research centers, and the National Zoo.

"Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology. This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive." It goes on to say: "Museums in our Nation's capital should be places where individuals go to learn -- not to be subjected to ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives that distort our shared history."

Strange Experiance

This is going to be weird and bit long, but I figure I should ask for comments. I am a protestant, Christian from 14yrs old but quickly fell off the wagon by 16 into all sorts of occultism, sex drugs and rock and roll. I’ve been single all my life as well, no children and completely wild and off the chain until about 10 years ago when I got sober and back in line with Christ. I am now 57.

I had lived a fun and exciting off the edge double life as a Data Architect and Sr. Programmer by day and high caliber illicit drug dealer at night. Life has really been a lot of fun. Too much fun probably. Money will actually buy you happiness at least for a while.

Recently I took home a female grifter less than half my age who claimed as most do, that she was “down on her luck”. Being familiar with grifters and willing to utilize the time to witness to her, before shutting her game plan down and tossing her back to the street with a lot of good helpful information in hand and an experience from me that she wouldn’t soon forget, I fed her, shared the gospel, and even prayed with her. So, we headed to my place.

This is where the odd part of the story begins… When I suggested prayer at very early hours of the next morning, she was at first reluctant, but ultimately when I agreed to prick my finger with this dagger (a kris technically) that she had and drip blood in a vile for her to keep she agreed to pray with me. A pretty simple sacrifice if you ask me. However, knowing this meant the proverbial game was afoot.

In the background of this I had a Wi-Fi phone hacking tool working on cracking her phone. You never know who you’re dealing with right? Wrong, I usually do . Anyway, we prayed for a few minutes and she interrupted it for a minute to claim she needed to go to the bathroom. Before she went, she took something from her purse. She had at least taken her phone. Being that I had a hacking tool working on it, I went and temporarily disable it to avoid detection and began reviewing her chat text.

Turns out she had recently scored about an ounce of meth, which I quickly located in her purse. I also found a Ouija board and a planchette in her backpack, which I deliberately defiled by cracking it and put it back. When she came back, we continued praying for a few minutes and a while after she became very seductive. I played along some more until I started feeling a bit of conviction and then my phone rang.

I used this as an excuse to end our little evening together and told her my girlfriend would be coming over in a little while and that I would need to take her somewhere, anywhere or all hell would break loose. She smirked and agreed that all hell would break loose most likely, but ultimately, we left and I dropped her off at a city bus stop several miles from my house (I live in a big city)

As soon as I had left her, I called the police and told them somewhat anonymously that there was a female drug dealer at such and such bus stop. I slowly made my way around the block and sure enough the police were already there and appeared to be arresting her.


This is where the problems seem to start. Once I got home, I enter my place and I heard a loud door slam. But upon investigating it was nothing, perhaps the back door was open and air pressure caused it, who knows. I went to the bathroom and while in there I began to smell something odd as if it was a recently extinguished flame. I looked all over and when I pulled back the shower curtain, I found a small plastic tray with a tiny melted down candle a few feathers and blood drops scattered around it in the shape of a pentagram. I cleaned this up fast however the grifter chic left her lipstick under my bathroom counter which my girlfriend found. It took a while but she is a true blonde and I was eventually able to convince her it was her old one from a log time ago.

Perhaps I was too quick to assume I was in control of the night’s events. Since this time, I occasionally wake up to strange sounds and voices, door slamming etc.…, I’ve had an abnormal number of flats on my car, and in the last 3 months my girlfriend and I have had several arguments and break ups. It’s like I’ve been cursed or something.

I even looked up this grifters police record and jail log for the appropriate dates and oddly no one under that name was ever arrested. I’m not sure if I need to be concerned. Also last night my girlfriend answer her phone and said “oh Hi Deanne” and quickly excused herself. No big deal, right? Wrong the grifters first name that she gave me was Deann… Im starting to think my girlfriend may be up to something bad. This is all so weird, any comments feel free.

What does it mean for Jesus did not come to destroy the law. But rather, Jesus came to fulfil the law

Jesus did not come to destroy the law. But rather, Jesus came to fulfil the law. As written in Matthew 5:17.

Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

What is the law that Jesus came to fulfil? The law that states that all sinners must die and perish. As written in Ezekiel 18:20 and Romans 6:23.

Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

What does it mean to destroy the law? For the law to be destroyed, God has to cancel the law in Ezekiel 18:20 and Romans 6:23, allow sinners to go unpunished (without receiving the wages of sin) and let unjustified sinners enter Heaven.

What does it mean for Jesus to fulfil the law? Jesus has to take all our sins (the sins of the entire world for every generations so that salvation is offered to everyone who accepts Jesus as their saviouras written in 2 Corinthians 5:21 and 1 John 2:2) and die with our sins on our behalf (Full payment can only be fulfilled with death, as written in Hebrews 9:22).

2 Corinthians 5:21 For he (God the Father) hath made him (Jesus) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

1 John 2:2 He (Jesus) is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.


Hebrews 9:22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

How do we know that all our sins have been remove by Jesus' death?
If Jesus does not have enough capital to pay for our sins, then he still be in debt and will still be carrying our wages (The wages of sin is death). If Jesus is still carrying out wages, he will still remain dead. But Jesus DID NOT stay dead. Jesus died, was buried and resurrected on the third day. As written in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures

Not only did Jesus rose from the grave, Jesus even sat on the right hand of God. If Jesus is unable to pay for all our sins, he will not be able to even enter Heaven or be in God's presence.

Hebrews 10:12 But when this priest (Jesus) had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins (death on the cross with all our sins), he sat down at the right hand of God

Revelation 21:27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Jesus paid for our wage of sin which is death. Through death Jesus destroyed death. Having cleared of all our sins, we direct access to God in our time of need.
Ephesians 2:18 For through him (Jesus) we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Domestic terrorist arrested for violence against Tesla and Tesla owners

This thread is to document the people arrested for violence and destruction of Tesla dealership and individually owned.

Suspect arrested in Molotov attack on Vegas Tesla dealership that had ‘the hallmarks of terrorism’

Kim was charged with 15 counts ranging from destruction of property, suspicion of arson, and possessing a fire device, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Why is Mary’s perpetual virginity so controversial for non-Catholic Christians?

Q: Something that’s always been kind of interesting to me is how much Protestants object to Mary’s perpetual virginity. I get balking at her Immaculate Conception, her as mediatrix of all graces, asking for her intercession, etc. But remaining a virgin is a thing people can and have done, a totally human thing, and it being true or false has no effect on Protestant theology. Yet there’s this intense focus on it. Why don’t Protestants just let that one be and agree to disagree but not get worked up about it?

A: First of all, I think we need to make sure we’re not painting with too broad a brush. “Protestants” is a big category, and different Protestant denominations profess a wide variety of specific beliefs on different points of Christian doctrine. For example, certain traditional Anglicans or Episcopalians might retain a belief in Mary’s perpetual virginity, even to the point of giving some of their parishes names like “the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.”

But getting to the real substance of your question, one thought is that many Protestant denominations have a very heavy emphasis on “sola scriptura,” or the belief that we should look to the Bible alone for knowledge of faith and morals. This is in contrast with the Catholic belief in both the Bible and the teachings outside of Scripture, which have been handed down via sacred tradition (as described in 2 Thes 2:15).

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