Even the most massive birds have never reached the sizes of their dinosaur relatives​

Evolution has a fondness for big birds. During the past 66 million years, repeated on different continents and islands all over the world, avian dinosaurs have reached prodigious sizes and even become apex predators in their ancient habitats. Ten-foot-tall elephant birds strutted across Madagascar until a thousand years ago. The sharp-beaked “terror birds” of prehistoric South America were formidable carnivores for tens of millions of years. And the nearly seven-foot-tall, nut-cracking Diatrymastrutted through ancient forests of western North America in search of ripe fruit and nutritious seeds 45 million years ago. Such enormous birds almost seem like a return to the Mesozoic days of giant, feathery dinosaurs, which raises the question of whether such avians could ever reach Tyrannosaurus rex sizes.

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One person killed in explosion outside fertility clinic; police say act was ‘intentional’
By ERIC TUCKER, SEJAL GOVINDARAO and GENE JOHNSON
Updated 7:15 PM EDT, May 17, 2025
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An explosion that heavily damaged a fertility clinic Saturday in the upscale California city of Palm Springs was apparently intentional, local authorities said. One person was found dead, and the FBI said it was sending investigators, including bomb technicians, to the scene.

Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills said in a statement that the blast “appears to be an intentional act of violence” and that several buildings were damaged, some severely.

“There has been one fatality, the person’s identity is not known,” Mills said.

The act was being investigated as a possible car explosion, according to two law enforcement officials briefed on the matter who insisted on anonymity to discuss preliminary information from an ongoing investigation. One of the officials told AP that investigators believe the person who died was likely the person who set off the explosion, but they cautioned that the investigation was still in its early stages. Authorities have not disclosed a motive.

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This may get interesting. Especially when they find a suspect and a motive.

Some CF members complained that their prayers never got answered.
For your prayers to be more effective, got to comply to the 3 conditions
of prayer, according to Saint Alphonsus Liguori.
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During the plandemic there was a lot of talk that 5G was going to be used as a part of the depopulation agenda , you know like get everyone vaccinated with the Covid 19 vaccine shots and then turn on the 5G and watch us all fry or simply drop dead , but none of this seems to have happened.

So this has caused other theories to arise , like maybe 5G hasn't really been turned on just yet and their just waiting for the right time to do it.
I am still on 4G but have friends that have 5G phones and they say they can't see any difference , so the question here is , can we prove that 5G is actually turned on ?

One of the theories im hearing is that that 5G is being turned on in targeted areas in the middle of the night while we are all sleeping and this as causing the "died suddenly" syndrome , people dying in their sleep. That sounds a bit far fetched to me though , but who knows.

On Monday, my father is scheduled to have open heart surgery. Please pray for a successful surgery, a complete and fast recovery, and for good decisions to be made by the family and all involved medical people during this time.

Before I graduated from Blanchet High School, I asked Fr. Michael G. Ryan, “Is it a mortal sin to get drunk?” I was too young to have learned an important lesson: If you don’t want the answer, it is best not to ask the question. I also didn’t know that Fr. Ryan was one of the most well-known priests in Seattle. He was the chancellor of the archdiocese and protégé of Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen, one of the most well-known bishops in the United States. All I knew was that Fr. Ryan always had time for me and for my questions.

He replied to my question “Is it a mortal sin to get drunk?” with a single syllable, “Yes.”

Well, this was not the answer I was hoping he’d give. Why not some nuance, some equivocation, some degrees of gray? Surely there was a German theologian who had examined the Q source through a Heideggerian hermeneutic and found a more accommodating answer. California Coolers beckoned, so the little lawyer in me had a follow-up question, “How much can I drink before it becomes a mortal sin?”

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In my prior encounters with evolutionists on this forum, I and those of my creationist persuasion are often charged with misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the theory. When we point out inconsistencies - the wagons are circled and the claim made, with a straight face, that all evolutionists are united in their understanding and in presenting its doctrines.

I would like to offer just one, mind you, example of why we believe that, perhaps due to varying opinions spread over numerous threads, proponents seem to be suffering from a stunning lack of self-awareness within their own ranks.

From this post: According to the theory of evolution, how scientifically inaccurate is this Christian sweatshirt?

The same individual stated:

"Again, the TOE doesn't say humans are descended from Gorillas or Monkeys (giant or not), only that we share a common ancestor."

And also stated:

"Human beings ARE classified as Great Apes, just as we are classified as primates, as mammals, as vertebrates, etc. It makes as much since to scream "I'm not an ape" as it does to scream "I'm not a mammal."

Is there some way that these seemingly contradictory claims are somehow reconcilable with each other that I'm missing?

Is not the former saying common ancestor, and the latter saying direct descent from ape to ape?

Is there an instance when an ape... is not an ape?

Nine people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a civilian minibus in north-eastern Ukraine, local officials say.

Regional military leaders said seven other people were injured in the attack on Saturday morning in Bilopillia, Sumy, as the minibus travelled to the regional capital close to Russia's border.

The report came just hours after Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks since 2022. No breakthrough was achieved, although a prisoner of war swap was agreed.

Volodymr Zelensky, Ukraine's president, said the attack was "a deliberate killing of civilians". Russia has not commented directly but state media reported forces had hit a "military staging area" in Sumy.

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Christ said "no one who looks back is fit to enter the kingdom of heaven" the ignorant see the past of their enemies as an opportunity to enslave them to that past.. on the other hand the wise knowing that you reap what you sow sees the past of their enemies as an opportunity to free them from it.. some seek to heal their lives.. others seek to change their lives.. and life is healed and changes when we free ourselves from the past and are born again.. Glory to Christ brothers!

Peace in Christ.

Darkness covers the earth….thick spiritual darkness is upon the people of the outside world.

We are to shine upon them His glory light….but we must first “arise” from the dead man-based churches and depart from them and be completely separate from them.

Isa 60:1-2 KJV
(1) Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
(2) For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

The earth has become without form…without the form of Christ…and void….void of the knowledge of the glory of God as His people (the “heavens”) are without His light to shine to them. His people are foolish…they have no understanding….and so the people of the outside earth do not see His light…only thick darkness.

Jer 4:22-23
(22) For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
(23) I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was (became) without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

The earth became without form and void. The people of the outside world cannot see His form through us nor His glory light while we are attending the man-based churches where they are keeping and serving their handwritings….their images.

Thick darkness covers the people of this world because we…His people…have no glory light of God to show to them. We have no understanding. Yet, the Spirit of God moves upon the FACES (plural) of the waters...people. With our open face, we shall shine His light to the people of this earth who are sitting in great spiritual darkness.

Gen 1:2-3 KJV
(2) And the earth was (BECAME) without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face (FACES) of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face (FACES) of the waters.
(3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Depart….depart. This is why we must depart from the man-based churches in order to show the people of this world the form of Christ and shine the glory light of God to them. We are to “arise and shine.”

Isa 52:11-15 KJV
(11) Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

The LORD will go “before you”….literally, He will “walk in the faces of you.”

His glory shall be seen by them in our faces….just as Moses face did shine. Moses was not aware that his face was shining….but it did have an effect upon the people who did see his face. Exodus 34:30 .

(12) For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go (walk) before (FACES) you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

We shall go only upwards in this world.

(13) Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

While we attended the man-based churches, the people of the outside world did not see the form of Christ in us. His visage…His view …His form…was so marred more than any man. There also was no knowledge of the glory of God.

(14) As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

But now when we depart from the man-based churches, the people of the outside world shall SEE and consider in their hearts when they look at us as His form...His express image... and His glory light will shine unto them. They shall see His form…His visage...the express image of the Son…in us. Let there be light.

(15) So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

The Spirit of God moved upon the FACES of the waters.

Gen 1:2
(2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face (faces) of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face (FACES) of the waters.

The Lord is that Spirit. We, with our open face to this world, are to be changed/transformed into the same image of Christ from glory to glory by God’s Spirit. Our faces shall shine with His light to them. Let there be light…and there was light. God is light.

2Co 3:17-18 KJV
(17) Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
(18) But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

We are to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the FACE of Jesus Christ who is the express image of Him. This knowledge first shines within our hearts....but then it shines outwardly towards those who are sitting in deep darkness.

2Co 4:6-7 KJV
(6) For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
(7) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

I will behold His face as we shall “awake” with His likeness….the express image of the Son who is the express image of God.

Psa 17:15 KJV
(15) As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

For the Son is the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person.

We are to partake of His divine nature now in this world. We, also, are to be transformed to the same image of His glory in this world so that we may shine to the people of the outside world who will then be attracted to His light.

Heb 1:2-3 KJV
(2) Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
(3) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

But our sins have hid His FACES (plural) from us. We do not reflect His glory in our faces to the outside world who are now sitting in deep spiritual darkness because His people are foolish and do not know Him.

Isa 59:2
(2) But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face (faces) from you, that he will not hear.

We wait for His light…for brightness….but there is none…but instead walk in darkness.

Isa 59:9-10 KJV
(9) Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
(10) We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

But we are to "arise" from the man-based churches and depart so that we may "shine". In Christ, with His shining glory face (faces….plural), we shall subdue nations.

Isa 45:1-7
(1) Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before (to FACES of you) him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before (to FACES of you) him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

He will go “before”…to FACES of you…and make the crooked places straight. The Spirit of God moves in our open-to-the-world faces.

(2) I will go before (to faces of you) thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
(3) And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
(4) For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
(5) I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
(6) That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
(7) I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Many can read minds and anticipate what the majority is about to write.


Faith moves mountains, and the Bible says that faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God.


Christ says, "Blessed is he who hears the word of God and keeps it in his heart."


Personally, to overcome my enemies, I mentally say "may your harvest be identical to your sowing" "may the rod with which you measure and judge be identical to the rod with which you are measured and judged" to overcome my mental enemies... I only say: I punish all unjust fruit and I bless all just fruit.


When I'm desperate and I don't know what to think, I meditate on the good and bad will of God... and I say that those who have to suffer a thousand kilos of fear tomorrow should suffer a thousand kilos of fear, and those who have to feel a thousand kilos of joy tomorrow should feel a thousand kilos of joy... and so you will be able to know that as far as your imagination goes, you can meditate on the good and bad will of God when you don't know what to think.

Christ said, "Do not put old wine into new wineskins." That means do not give old answers to new problems. Christ said, "Foxes have holes, birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." That means the universe is made of atoms, and atoms are in constant motion. The Earth moves thousands of kilometers per second, and adaptation is second by second. To adapt to reality and its changes, we do not need to have all the answers, but rather we need sensitivity and awareness.

Don't try to have all the answers... you don't need them... you need to be alert to the here and now... and adapt according to what your senses perceive of the reality that surrounds you... you need to read the reality that surrounds you and respond according to your understanding of the present moment.

You don't need answers... you need solutions... answers are words... solutions are actions you have to take once you identify the problems that life presents to you today.

We live in a world where everyone is obsessed with answers... when in reality what will change our lives are not the answers but the solutions.

"It’s like he’s never stepped foot in a real locker room, especially not one where the sport demanded true athleticism, grit and toughness. It’s embarrassing to watch a Black man stand before the nation and promote boys competing against girls," Brewer said.

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"The state has veered so far off course that it’s doing the exact opposite of what it once stood for. It used to be a national leader on Title IX and women’s rights. Now, it’s destroying women’s sports, degrading women and promoting situations where men are physically dominating women," Brewer continued.

There are so many people in real need in Minnesota and so many legitimate projects and this is how the left spends taxpayer dollars.

Today I came across an article from a source that's more in line of general information than it is science. But until today when reading it I didn't know that around a Billion years ago there was a 2000 mile long rift that created a "bason as wide as the Red Sea." This rift is called the North American Midcontinent Rift. This geological event happened way back when North America was part of a supercontinent called Laurentia.

Here's the article that first drew my attention to the Rift: North America's 'broken heart': The billion-year-old scar from when the continent nearly ripped apart

Here's the 2013 article from Nature that is quoted in the article. It goes more into the details of the Midcontinent Rift.
Geology: North America's broken heart - Nature

Amid long, uncomfortable pauses, Joe Biden struggled to recall when his son died, when he left office as vice president, what year Donald Trump was elected or why he had classified documents he shouldn't have had, according to audio Axios obtained of his October 2023 interviews with special counsel Robert Hur.
Why it matters: The newly released recordings of Biden having trouble recalling such details — while occasionally slurring words and muttering — shed light on why his White House refused to release the recordings last year, as questions mounted about his mental acuity.

• The audio also appears to validate Hur's assertion that jurors in a trial likely would have viewed Biden as "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."
• Partly based on that determination, Hur decided not to prosecute Biden for improper possession of classified documents, angering Republicans because Trump was facing charges in his own classified document scandal then.
• Democrats and Biden's White House blasted Hur for his observations about Biden. They repeatedly insisted he was "sharp" and that Hur was politically motivated. But the audio from the five-plus hours of interviews indicates he and co-counsel Marc Krickbaum were respectful and friendly.

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I’ve been thinking about this lately. I think humans are born to fight spiritually and it manifests physically. When we don’t have a common enemy we fight amongst ourselves. Just look at this forum. It’s not like we are all celebrating Jesus, most are just arguing over politics, over personality, over beliefs, over anything. Everyone has a problem with everything. We haven’t changed at all since the birth of man. Red vs Blue, Left vs Right, Tribe against tribe, team against team, country against country.

I think the last time our country was united was 9/11. So it takes an outside enemy attacking us to get us to unite against them. If we don’t have an enemy to war with, we war with ourselves.

Brothers and sisters, when you get a moment please may you pray that my mum forgives those who have really hurt her so that her sins can be forgiven?

Thank you in advance.

Peace and blessings be unto you in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ✝️

A patient admitted to the Bulovka University Hospital in Prague on Friday with a suspicion of a highly dangerous infection is in a stabilized condition. He is an American who traveled in the Congo area. The results of tests that determine the type of infection will probably be on Saturday afternoon, after the hospital sent samples to the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin.

Recently, I have been hearing experiences from other believers in Churches of being bullied with God's word and by aggressive verbal abuse
from their brothers and sisters in Christ. God's house is supposed to be full of God's love and prayer for those who are not coping with things within their lives.
Jesus is the prince of peace not the prince of hardness and from what I hear these brothers and sisters in Christ are weary because of the bulling. The Bible verses that come to mind are, Matthew 11:28-30 which says, "Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke and learn from Me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." The other verse is from Isaish 33:2 which says, "Lord, be gracious to us. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble." Worthwhile thinking about??

This is the continuation of the Thread Crucifixion date of Jesus Christ.

The topic was closed at the request of the thread opener.

Benaiah468 said:

The first Sabbath is the 8th day of the month and the second Sabbath is the 15th.

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prodromos​

I was under the impression that the Jews counted inclusively. Thus the 1st Sabbath would not be on the 8th as that is now the 2nd Sabbath.

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That would make the first Sabbath on the day of the new moon. The new moon is considered like a sabbath - a day of no work. Every month begins with a new moon.

But how do you count inclusively in an uninterrupted sequence of weeks?

Has anyone read this book? What did you think of it?

I was thinking about buying it.

Many times we can suffer from what is called karmic identity emotional somatization

It is an old emotional wound that is revived by words that others tell us directly or mentally. The issue is to find a way to heal that wound creatively with words and thus adapt.

That is to say, it is necessary to put words where before there was only pain and silence.

When there is fear of God in our souls, we see every person we meet as God's most beloved son or daughter.

Of courese I believe that Paul is a DSPENSATIONALST with out a DOUBT , and lwts see how that HAPPENED !

# 1 First SAUL / PAUL met the LORD IN Acts 9:5

# 2 Then in verse 6 , he is trembling and terrified , he says LORD , which means SIR or MASTER

# 3 And in verse 7 , there men traveling with him

# 4 But in verse 8 could not see anyone .

# 5 In verse 10 sends ANAIAS TO SEE SAUL / PAUL

# 6 Bur ANAIAS DID not want to go .

# 7 In verse 15 SAUL// PAUL was bear he Lord name before GENTILES , ( do all see that , FIRST GENTILES ) THEN to KINGS and

then to the sons of ISRAEL .

# 8 VERSE 17 , TO see Ananias so Paul would recover sight and might be FULL of HOLY SPIRIT

# 9 And immediately scales , as it were , had fallen off from his eyes , and he recovered sight , and HAVING STOOD UP

HE WAS BAPTIZED // BAPTIZO !!

The question is was SAUL / PAUL WATER BAPTIZED ??

But the GREEK WORD , for WATER // HUDOR , is not n the GREEK TEXT !!

And some believe that the word WAYER is IMPIED and you do not need it ,

AND why did SAUL // PAUL STOOD up to RECEIVE HOLY SPIRIT ??

And what does this BAPTISM // BAPTISO , then mean ??

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My American grandmother, who raised seven children in Floral Park, New York, loved to tell people with a big smile, “Kids come with instructions!” My Cuban grandmother, who raised fourteen children—first in Havana and then in the US—told me when I asked her if she always wanted fourteen kids, “Oh no! I wanted twelve. But God answered my prayers and even gave me two more!” Their words and their witness communicated a mentality of abundance: God provided them with everything they needed to raise their children, including many siblings for their children.

As a young woman in my twenties with multiple degrees from Ivy League universities, I believed that I needed to plan my career and family together, optimizing both according to my preferences. As I entered my thirties, my career ascended, but my dreams of family life faded; I was always the bridesmaid but never the bride.

But thanks to my two grandmothers, who raised large, loving families, I was always surrounded by aunts, uncles, cousins, and my own three brothers along with their children. If I were single and childless—not by choice but by circumstance—I would fully embrace being an older cousin, an aunt, and a great babysitter to my friend’s kids.

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