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Body-Cam Footage Confirms Paul Pelosi Opened Door for Police, Contradicts DOJ Account

Newly revealed body-cam footage reportedly contradicts the Department of Justice’s account of the sequence of events that led up to the attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, confirming that Pelosi opened the door for the police officers who responded to the 911 call he placed from his residence.

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I am so curious why you guys do things the way you do.

There are no clear instructions or helpful tools to navigate this website and forum without frustration or with success beyond the most obvious; it's like playing the lotto especially after updating the platform and/or changing guidelines. Please forgive me and my criticism and truthfulness. An instruction page or tutorials would be helpful to navigate this forum.

Instruction Page: List each function, tab or tool bar tabs/icons directing us to that function and/or information as instructions, the obvious is not necessary, but I click on things that are in blue font our tool bars and tabs highlighted blue or with blue font, but it doesn't take me anywhere like the other highlighted or blue font tabs normally would/should (Use a different color if not a tab leading to another link). If you want me to pay for a better functioning forum, tell me "You must pay" then showing me a credit card icon. If any aspect of this forum is free, please list how that works or how you work in the future or that is simply manipluation and not of God; like the rest of the world.
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Confessing Divine Impassibility

Do you believe God is impassible?

  • Yes

    Votes: 5 27.8%
  • No

    Votes: 10 55.6%
  • Maybe

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Who cares?

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Option 4

    Votes: 2 11.1%

Impassibility (from Latin in-, "not", passibilis, "able to suffer, experience emotion") describes the theological doctrine that God does not experience pain or pleasure from the actions of another being. It has often been seen as a consequence of divine aseity, the idea that God is absolutely independent of any other being, i.e., in no way causally dependent. Being affected (literally made to have a certain emotion, affect) by the state or actions of another would seem to imply causal dependence.

Do you believe that God is impassable? Feel free to vote and/or explain.

Trump endorsed candidates did not lose at the level that lib media claims

from: Here's how candidates endorsed by Trump performed in the midterm elections
"On the House side, Trump-endorsed candidates broadly performed well: 141 of the 162 endorsed candidates had been deemed election winners by AP as of Wednesday afternoon.​
"Nine candidates backed by Trump have lost their elections"​

"When it comes to general-election candidates endorsed by Trump, the former president’s win rate is relatively high: at least 68% on the Senate side, with four races yet to be decided, and at least 87% on the House side, with 12 outstanding races.​
"Trump’s Senate win rate could go as high as 88% if all his remaining candidates win; if only the candidates who are currently leading win, his rate would be 76%. His House rate would tick up to 90% if the five candidates he endorsed who are currently leading win.​

ok so that is an "odd" result to then have all the liberal doom-and-gloom summaries about Trump as if the election results demonstrate that he did not know up from down about elections. It is almost as if the rule they use is "if Trump does not perform miracle then we can ignore his views".

I looks to me like he is still taking up a lot of real estate in liberal news minds these days.
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German priest backs pornography as sexual ‘relief’ for celibates, says Pope Francis was wrong to associate porn with the devil

A priest of the Diocese of Münster, Germany, Father Hermann Backhaus, said that consuming pornography “can have a relieving effect” on celibate people. He also considers it a “very strong” statement to associate the devil with pornography, as Pope Francis did at a meeting with seminarians in Rome last month.

Backhaus has been a priest since 2001. He works as a psychologist in an accompaniment center for people in the service of the Catholic Church. At the center he offers support with the aim of “growing in interior freedom” and “recognizing and living the vocation given by God.”

This work, as explained on his website, is offered to full-time pastoral workers, religious, and people preparing for those ministries.

In an interview with Katolisch.de, the news outlet of the Catholic Church in Germany, Backhaus warned against “the somewhat dirty connotation” attributed to the term pornographic.

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Is CF in a time warp?

I just noticed that newer CF posts are dated "tomorrow" or "later today" so I'm getting to see posts before they are posted. :scratch:

It looks like the CF clock is getting confused by time zones. I live on the east coast of Australia which is 17 hours ahead of the west coast of the US. so my today is your tomorrow and my yesterday is your today.

The time/date stamp I'm seeing is operating relative to US time.

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House Republicans allege Biden directly involved in business dealings with son Hunter Biden


Republican Reps. James Comer and Jim Jordan alleged at a press conference Thursday that President Biden was actively involved in overseas business dealings alongside his son Hunter. Comer is the incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee and Jordan is expected to soon chair the Judiciary Committee.

The representatives alleged that Hunter Biden and Joe Biden participated in "waste, fraud, and abuse" in
I am curious how long it will take before House Republicans bring up articles of impeachment. I give it less than a year.

international business dealings.

The Republicans released a report Thursday outlining their findings.

I dreamt that I was killed by demons and my spirit was cast down to Hell.

I've been having a lot of sleepless nights lately with trying to start my own freelancing business in SEO, as well as running a YouTube channel and engaging in multiple other ambitions endeavours where I'm constantly neglecting or rejecting things in my life. Since the age of 9 my mother had abandoned the Church that we went to which removed the sense of stability I had in my life, ever since then I've just been living in chaos and lack conscientiousness. I used to think that I was alright living in this chaos and being ambivalent in my beliefs, I never dedicated myself to any faith fully before except from my brief stints in Buddhism. In fact, I was more inclined to read books written by non-believers and atheists, where success became my sense of identity. My identity became correlated with what I could achieve and recently I've been very boastful of this.

I have a cat at home called Snowdrop, she is a 1-year-old shorthaired indoor cat who is very playful and curious. Recently she ate plastic, causing an argument with my family where my dad is trying to deter me from going to the vets because we don't have the money (I'm basically unemployed) and I had this dream as a result of this where I was in the middle of the riot. In fact, this is a recurring dream from when I was younger where I stole a box of Lego and was hunted down by authorities. In this dream, I suddenly raged and started a riot. I fumbled through the crowd to meet the men in charge, the police officers at a mall type of convention full of children, who started mocking me. Angered, I tried to break the glass atop of a balcony like in some sort of Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, but the lady behind the grass grabbed hold of my throat and pushed me down into the rails. The other guy was laughing with a red demonic face. The lady then stabbed me in the throat with a shard of glass as I awoke from my sleep.

I awoke in my bed, still asleep, where this shadowy figure was stood beside me. His arms looked like the legs of a praying mantis, and he was completely naked. He pinned me down and said that he was a 'negomonom' and that he was going to make me bleed. I was stabbed in the chest, whilst awake in my bed fully, as I started to fall from the clear blue sky. I saw the pearly gates and a rainbow as I fell away from Heaven into the fiery depths of hell. Then I started to research dream (tarot) interpretations and found that this dream is usually associated with witchcraft. I think someone cursed Snowdrop, there's a lot of neighbour conflict that's been happening over the past couple of years so it's probably them. Or my time could be coming to a close on this Earth because my mother has been cursed by witchcraft. 7 years after she dies, I supposedly die. I want this curse removed and I'm willing to relinquish all material possessions and ambitions to become closer to God if there's a chance that my soul will be spared. But is my soul even worth sparing at this point?

I think that someone in my family might pass away very soon and be sent to Hell, the demon in my dreams is probably their torturer. I wasn't afraid of him, I just felt anger. I felt like squeezing this demon's head until his eyeballs pop out, maybe that's just denial for my sins.
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Global population hits 8 billion as growth poses more challenges for the planet

The world’s population will reach 8 billion people on Tuesday, representing a “milestone in human development” before birth rates start to slow, according to a projection from the United Nations.

In a statement, the UN said the figure meant 1 billion people had been added to the global population in just 12 years.

Environmental impact​


Reaching an 8 billion global population “is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity’s shared responsibility for the planet,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said in the UN statement.

Having more people on Earth puts more pressure on nature, as people compete with wildlife for water, food and space. Meanwhile, rapid population growth combined with climate change is also likely to cause mass migration and conflict in coming decades, experts say.

And whether it’s food or water, batteries or gasoline, there will be less to go around as the global population grows. But how much they consume is equally important, suggesting policymakers can make a big difference by mandating a shift in consumption patterns.

Carbon emissions of the richest 1%, or about 63 million people, were more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity between 1990 and 2015, according to a 2020 analysis by the Stockholm Environment Institute and non-profit Oxfam International.

Resource pressure will be especially daunting in African nations, where populations are expected to boom, experts say. These are also among the countries most vulnerable to climate impacts, and most in need of climate finance.

RE: Update on seizures

Hey everyone,
Just thought I would update you all on my seizures. So far for the past month and since I asked for prayers, I have not had a single seizure. What is weird about this is its usually stressed induced. So I am trying my hardest to stay relaxed and calm. I am finding it is helping along with everyones' prayers. For which I ask you keep on coming. Thank you all!

Update on: Is it a sin to use a crack in order to use my software?

Hey guys so back in July I came on here to get advice and help as I felt convicted because I modified software that I got from ebay and used illegal files to make it run and not have to activate it as photoshop cs3 servers have been taken down as of years ago. Well after seeing the responses I reailzed I was sinning and immediately deleted and permanently erased the software from my computer. In this time I realized it doesn't matter why your doing it there is no justification for sin. It doesn't matter that the seller scammed me, It doesnt make it right to do something and use something your arent supposed to be using. Onto now, so Four months have passed since then and I wanted to say that I ended up revicing a blessing from God. My dad was able to get me a legit copy of photoshop 5.0 from ebay in the orignal box and serial number for a good price and the best news is it doesn't need to be activated as the activation servers didn't exist when it was made and It works on my computer completely legally. It is super old like from the 90's but it works and I'm glad God blessed me with something good enough I can use for my art.

The New Beaujolais has arrived!

The New Beaujolais has arrived!

Or in the original French: "Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé!"

I will try to get it today.

At one past midnight on the third Thursday of each November, from little villages and towns like Romanèche-Thorins, over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau begin their journey through a sleeping France to Paris for immediate shipment to all parts of the world. Banners proclaim the good news: Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! "The New Beaujolais has arrived!" One of the most frivolous and animated rituals in the wine world has begun.

By the time it is over, over 65 million bottles, nearly half of the region's total annual production, will be distributed and drunk around the world. It has become a worldwide race to be the first to serve to this new wine of the harvest. In doing so, it has been carried by motorcycle, balloon, truck, helicopter, Concorde jet, elephant, runners and rickshaws to get it to its final destination. It is amazing to realize that just weeks before this wine was a cluster of grapes in a growers vineyard. But by an expeditious harvest, a rapid fermentation, and a speedy bottling, all is ready at the midnight hour. By French law, Beaujolais Nouveau is to be released no earlier than the third Thursday of November.


Elon Musk facing challenging balancing act to reform Twitter, Babylon Bee CEO says: 'I don't envy him'


The Babylon Bee, with the slogan "fake news you can trust," had its main account suspended by Twitter in March for "hateful content" after naming Biden official Dr. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, as the company’s "Man of the Year." Dillion previously stated they will not delete the main account's tweet that led to its suspension.

Dillion previously stated they will not delete the main account's tweet that led to its suspension.

Dillon is now "hopeful" the platform will be improved under Musk's reign as he works to bring free speech opportunities to conservative voices that were silenced in the past, but also said many on the left will make it a challenging task.


Unfortunately FoxNews was the only one running this particular story...I typically try to avoid using their links due to the "well poisoning effect" it can have...


But I think Seth makes some valid points. Though I disagree with Seth on many an issue, I can appreciate his style of humor (as I'm a sucker for satire... I love Babylon Bee, The Onion, and The Hard Times), I wasn't fan of the humor policing that was happening on Twitter.

Searching for the Distressing Rise in Crime, Encountering Interesting Stats

The COO of one of our state newspapers said something interesting a few days ago. He said that the rise in the crime rate seems high because it is being compared to the pandemic days when everyone stayed home more, and in the early days, were almost completely quarantined.

That hardly sounds like a crazed revolution brought on by BLM, does it?

So then I went on a hunt, and discovered, unsurprisingly, that the lowest crime rates are in the heavily Democratic northeastern U.S. The worst rates are often in the South. Why am I not surprised? Well, I've lived in both areas of the country, and this is the one with all the guns.


Here are the 10 states with the highest crime rates:

  1. District of Columbia - 7,985.93 per 100,000 people
  2. New Mexico - 6,462.03 per 100,000 people
  3. Louisiana - 6,408.22 per 100,000 people
  4. Colorado - 6,090.76 per 100,000 people
  5. South Carolina - 5,972.84 per 100,000 people
  6. Arkansas - 5,898.75 per 100,000 people
  7. Oklahoma - 5,869.82 per 100,000 people
  8. Washington - 5,758.57 per 100,000 people
  9. Tennessee - 5,658.30 per 100,000 people
  10. Oregon - 5,609.89 per 100,000 people

Why would the devil care if some get saved?

Why would the devil care when a soul comes to salvation? Aren't most people going to join him in the lake of fire anyway? Commentators and the like make it seem like he loses big time when a person comes to saving faith but what does he lose exactly? Obviously he can't get everyone. Does he recieve greater condemnation the more people get saved or something?

The woman I loved, died September 5, 2021

She was only 5'3", and 52. Her autopsy results showed that she unknowingly had Heart Disease. She wasn't overweight. I keep a picture of her, on my desk. I also had a commemorative medallion made with her picture on it.

RE: Question on behalf of my church

Hello all,
So my church is a member of the Christian Reformed Congregation of America. Our pastor left us about two months or so ago to move his family to Japan. However now the congregation is wanting to begin looking for a new pastor. How does a church in the reformed doctrine begin this process? Is there an organization I could ask for assistance or a place my church council could look for help? The denomination is not very helpful for some reason.

Thanks for looking.

I am starting to prefer music over tv, movies and other video!

I am starting to prefer music over tv, movies and other video nowadays. I find I can do other things when I listen to music which is not same with video. Over the years, I have been seeing a growing need for music in my life because it has helped me get through tough times. I do have a tv yet leave it unplugged and covered with dust cover a lot now. I really don't see much need to watch it anymore. I find praise, worship, classical and some instrumental smooth jazz is what is speaking to me right now.
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Yes, you are right. At a young age, I was so addicted to tv, & movies. I think this was my biggest mistake. it wasted most of my time But now, I understand how much potential worship music has. At starting it was so difficult to learn the chords of the worship songs but with the help of Worshipchords, youtube, etc it becomes so easy for me to play the chords of worship songs. I appreciate you starting this topic.
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