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President Joe Biden is pulling from former President Donald Trump’s immigration playbook as he tries to stop a flow of asylum-seekers from around the world who are crossing into the US at the border with Mexico.

Unveiled at the White House on Tuesday, Biden’s new plan to all but shut down the US border to asylum-seekers who cross the border illegally uses executive authority Trump once used to bar people from mostly-Muslim countries from entering the US in 2017 and also to bar most asylum-seekers in 2018 – days after Republicans suffered huge setbacks in midterm elections that year.

It’s an odd, election-year twist, since Biden actually ran his 2020 campaign in part on a promise to revoke those actions, which he did in the months after taking office. Trump’s asylum policy was also blocked by federal courts before Biden revoked it.

In addition to slowing the flow of asylum-seekers, Biden’s action could have the political effect of chipping away at Trump’s lead on the immigration issue and triangulating some middle-ground support, even if it leaves progressives angry.



It would seem as if this could put some staunch Biden supporters in a bit of an "explain yourself" type of pickle with regards to this topic.

While the narrative has often been "Republicans just want to block these types of border measures because they know that if Biden gets tougher on the border, it'll pull the rug out from under the GOP on this issue"...that very sentiment is basically an admission that the GOP's stance on it maybe had a little more popularity than they'd originally thought.

The "Trump is just telling GOP puppets to block Biden's border measures because if he can't campaign on that issue anymore, he may lose" is an acknowledgement of the disconnect between where a portion of the independents and moderates are vs. where the the DNC "conventional wisdom" was on this issue.


Or, to put it more succinctly...if you have to "get tougher on the border" in order to pull the rug out from underneath your opponent because that could be a winning issue for them...perhaps that's a bit telling.

I'm an egalitarian Christian. Non-denominational, although I may join Grace Communion International. And as the title of the post implies, I'm the kind of Christian man that complementarian pastors on Twitter (I refuse to call that site X) complain about--unmasculine. No, I don't have long hair, but I don't play sports, I can be risk-averse, I'm physically weak, and I lack drive to be a leader or to compete. I'm not a masculine man. And honestly? This even extends to my dating preferences.


For the most part, masculine traits in women are more attractive than femininity to me. Being a tomboy in general, but also physical strength, courage, bravery, risk-taking, rationale, heroism (being willing to risk her life and limb for others),willingness to hunt or fight, even leadership. I even kind of appreciate boyishly short hair, especially when combined with an athletic body and a small/flat chest (I realized this when reading the manwha "The Knight and Her Emperor"). A woman who could be pass for a knight or a modern-day Jeanne D'Arc makes my heart sing.

Dating-wise, I absolutely NEED masculine energy to feel attraction. I NEED male energy. Which kind of sucks when femininity is so common in my sisters in Christ. I'm not starved for a feminine wife and mother at all; I'm starved for one who's "one of the guys". Is this a problem? Are my desires sinful? What advice do you have for me, as a brother or sister in Christ?

Hello folks. I made a decision to join the Knights of Columbus, and looking for feedback on the program. Is this a good thing, or is is just not a good idea for a 24 year-old man who does not drive, but can take a taxi? The HQ is about 3 miles away from my place.


Alex B.

New book concludes that protagonists of the gay revolution in the Church of Rome are almost exclusively Catholic priests.​

The protagonists of the homosexual revolution in the Church of Rome are almost exclusively Catholic priests. This is the alarming conclusion drawn in the book The Breached Dam: The Fiducia Supplicans Surrender to the Homosexual Movement released last Monday in Rome by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, a traditionalist Catholic society.

José Antonio Ureta and Julio Loredo, the authors of the 132-page book, identify what they call the “fifth column” that is “led chiefly by priests and nuns to promote the homosexual cause within the Church under the pretext of pastoral care for same-sex pairs.”

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Police in Mitchell, South Dakota, are investigating after Congregational United Church of Christ, an LGBT-affirming congregation planning to host a gay pride event this month, was vandalized with Scripture on Thursday night.

The church's vandalism was first noticed around 8 a.m. last Friday morning by individuals from law offices across the street from the church, according to Dakota News Now. The vandals spray painted Leviticus 18:22 on the walls and sidewalk of the church in red multiple times. They also urged the congregants to “repent” in their message.

Leviticus 18:22, which condemns same-sex relationships, states: “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”

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ETA: Summary - it's funny in light of his current legal situation.

The Wisconsin attorney general on Tuesday filed charges against three allies of Donald Trump accused of taking part in the effort to put forth a slate of fake electors and usurp the 2020 presidential election, according to online court records.

The men – Kenneth Chesebro, a right-wing attorney who helped devise the fake elector plot; Jim Troupis, a former Trump lawyer; and Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign official – are each facing a single forgery charge.

CNN previously reported that Chesebro was helping investigators in at least four states, including Wisconsin, who were looking into the fake electors scheme. Chesebro’s lawyers had believed that his cooperation would be enough for him to stave off charges.

Last year, the 10 fake electors from Wisconsin disavowed their attempt to overturn Trump’s defeat in 2020, recognized the legitimacy of President Joe Biden’s victory, and pledged not to serve as real electors in 2024 or any election when Trump is on the ballot – or to act as sham electors in any future election, as part of a civil lawsuit settlement.

Troupis was involved in slipping the fakes to Senator Ron Johnson (to slip to Pence).

Roman and Chesebro are also indicted in Georgia.

Arizona election officials who refused to certify 2022 results charged with conspiracy

There's also a Rolling Stone story about an election official who's suing for the ability to NOT certify results.


Why is it that whenever there is talk about people's votes NOT being properly counted, it's almost always Republicans? Folks claim it's hyperbole that Republicans are trying to end democracy....and yet there are all these very real examples of HUGE swaths of voters ACTUALLY not having their vote counted.


Not play make believe versions of this like those associated with last election. ACTUAL events that occurred.

Praise be to God for his goodness and love.

I have harbored in my mind for many decades and fed this lie that God, while he is a maker of great and wonderful promises, is not a God who delivers. He delivers for everyone else but for myself.

It is my desire to surrender so that Jesus, through his spirit may break this Gate of Bronze in my mind so that I may be a sheep who hears his voice and follows him through the gate to be led to still waters and layed down in green pastures.

Can some of you, my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ offer scripture that I can use to counter this lie of God's character, and that he IS a rewarder of those that seek him in truth.

Thank you.

I constantly get asked about this. The general opinion is that science does not need the Bible and the Bible does not need science. That is not true. Science and the Bible are like our left and are right hand and they should fit together like a glove fits our hand. Science needs the Bible the most. Because everything is in the Bible, so we can verify the truth of what we believe with the Bible.

So the real question is: Does the Bible need science. Paul tells us that God has revealed Himself in HIs Creation. Science is the study of God's creation. God gives us lots of artifacts and lots of natural evidence like fossils. Through Science and the Study of God's creation, we come to know our Creator. God wants us to know what He is doing so that is why there is so much for us to study in Creation using Science and the evidence Science has gathered for us.

We need to do a study on what wisdom, knowledge and understanding is. Proverbs is loaded with teaching on this. For example Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction."

Each year, SCOTUS receives about 7,000 to 8,000 petitions for writs of certiorari. The Court usually accepts about 80 for hearings. There have to be cases where a SCOTUS opinion would be important and set nationwide precedents. But here we are in the 21st century, while the highest court in the land only has 9 Justices--a number that hasn't changed since 1869. Here's a suggestion to modernize the Court, so more cases can be heard:

1) Add 5 more Justices, to make a total of 14. Then divide the Court into 2 panels of 7 Justices each. Panel A would be presided over by the Chief Justice. Panel B would be headed by the most senior associate Justice. This will immediately double the number of cases that can be heard.

2) Both panels will jointly review writs. This way, cases with similar issues won't be adjudicated by both panels. And if 3 Justices from a panel agree the case has merit, then the writ will be accepted.

3) Each panel will hear its chosen cases by digital communication. SCOTUS only deal with laws. It decides if a law was properly followed, or if a law is unconstitutional. Arguments are made by attorneys, there are no witnesses, and no physical evidence is introduced. Each panel will hear arguments electronically. There will be no need to travel to Washington, DC. This will greatly improve efficiency and reduce costs.

4) Each panel will deliberate after the case is heard. Just like the Court does now. 4 votes, either for or against, will be decisive.

This won't require a Constitutional amendment. It only needs majorities in both the House and Senate, and the President's signature. The President will still appoint Justices when there's a vacancy. And the Congress will still need a simple majority to ratify the appointment. And as I posted in a different thread, each Justice will serve until s(he) decides to retire, or until the Justice reaches the age of 80. This will also require an act of Congress.

I'm new here, I wanted to say hi! I'm currently in California hoping to find some christian friends to talk to God bless

What do we give?
我们奉献了什么？
Sunday morning or if pushed, Wednesday nights...
周日早晨或者如果有人催的话，周四晚间…
Hit a nerve yet... Good!
触到痛处了吗…好！
Why then aren't the pastors screaming a warning to their people?
为什么牧师们不对他们的人大声警告？
WAKE UP!!
醒来吧！
Every prophet in the OT sought to tell the people of Israel what?
旧约里的每个先知都在试图告诉以色列人民什么呢？
WAKE UP!!
醒来吧！
The Christian life is a battle zone. It is filled with daily battles, persecution, and fighting our own flesh.
基督徒生活是一个奋斗领域。它每天都充满斗争，迫害，以及与肉体的争斗。
The Christian doesn't belong here on Earth; we are strangers and pilgrims. We have a home and we belong there. When we identify with our Saviour, the world will hate us. it hated Him and will hate us. He made that clear.
基督徒不属于这个地球，我们是互不相识者和朝圣者。我们有家，我们属于那里。当我们确认了我们的救主，世界都会恨我们。世界恨他，也会恨我们。因他使一切清晰可知。
Life is all about Him! Jesus is our life, Jesus is our love, Jesus is our Lord!
生命关乎他！耶稣是我们的生命，耶稣是我们的爱，耶稣是我们的主！
It's time to show the world that Jesus lives in us.
是时候向世界展示耶稣活在我们之中了。
Penn Gillete is an atheist who said:
Penn Gillete是一个无神论者，他说道:
"If you truly believe that people are going to hell and you don't tell them, how much do you have to hate them not to tell them?"
如果你真的相信人会下地狱，并且不告诉他们，你有多恨他们才不会告诉他们？
Let me say:
而我说:
If you won't sacrifice for Christ,
If you won't obey Christ's commands,
If you won't read His Word,
If you won't spend time with God in prayer,
如果你不为基督牺牲，如果你不遵守基督的诫命，如果你不读他的话语，如果你不在祷告中花时间与神一起，
Then you have a serious problem my friend!
那么你有严重问题了我的朋友！
The book of 1 John has a series of questions; look at that book and test yourself to see if you are in the faith - 2 Cor 13:5.
约翰一书有一系列问题；看看那页书检验你自己是否在信心中-哥林多后书13:5
Keith Green, my dear brother, once said this in one of his songs:
吉思格林，我亲爱的哥哥，在他的一首歌中曾经写道:
"Jesus rose from the dead, and you won't get out of bed."
“耶稣从死中复活了，而你却没起床”
I go back to what that young man said at the start. If you can't or won't match his devotion, don't waste God's time. If he is so devoted to his ideology, why can't we be as devoted to Christ?
返回到那个年轻人起初所说。如果你不能或不会和他的奉献相比，不要浪费神的时间。如果他奉献给他的意识形态，我们为何不能奉献给基督？
It doesn't matter how long you have gone to church, what matters is:
不管你多久去一次教堂都没关系，重要的是:
Jesus said, "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."
耶稣说，“如果你爱我，你就会遵守我的诫命”
Please feel free to share this.
请抽时间分享这篇
Written from my heart,
来自我内心的话
KK

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Hi everyone. I am a young male and I am looking for advice on how to grow closer to God and to get my life in order. I am struggling to see clearly what the purpose of my life is. This is mostly seen in my day-to-day life: I have been unemployed for a couple of years now, since being fired from my previous job. I have started a university education, however it is far from being completed even after 8-9 years. Now I am struggling to find the direction that I am supposed to go in. There is no pull toward either of those things at the present moment.
My emotional state is pretty numb and apathetic to most things. I think that I lack motivation and I don't get enjoyment from the things that people normally get enjoyment from. I am questioning whether or not this has something to do with my habitual sins; maybe they have numbed my emotional state?
I am Catholic and I do go to confession and Mass on Sundays. However, sometimes I struggle to sense what the Lord is telling me in prayer. This is a source of frustration for me.
I do believe that the Lord has great plans for me, because when I look back to my spiritual history, there has been some pretty extraordinary signs indicating this. However I am currently struggling to find the direction the Lord wants me to go in. I could use some encouragement and advice.

Here is the correct perspective of the first three Chapters of the book of Genesis.
Genesis 1-3

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.


Genesis 1:2, 3
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Day 1

• The heavens and earth and the sea, have been created.
• Light appears on he surface of the waters.
• The source of the light is not mentioned at this point.

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Genesis 1:6-8
6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
7 So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
8 God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

Day 2
Heaven, with earth's atmosphere is created. There are waters above - Atmospheric Water Vapor.

Water vapor is Earth’s most abundant greenhouse gas. It’s responsible for about half of Earth’s greenhouse effect — the process that occurs when gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap the Sun’s heat. Greenhouse gases keep our planet livable. Without them, Earth’s surface temperature would be about 59 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius) colder. Water vapor is also a key part of Earth’s water cycle: the path that all water follows as it moves around Earth’s atmosphere, land, and ocean as liquid water, solid ice, and gaseous water vapor.

Earth’s atmosphere is a thin veil of gas surrounding the planet. Although it only extends a few hundred kilometers above the surface, it contains a mixture of gases, such as oxygen and nitrogen, that are critical for life to exist. It distributes incoming solar radiation, protecting life from harmful ultraviolet radiation but also driving atmospheric circulation and weather.



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Genesis 1:9-13
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

Day 3
Land appears above the water's surface, and God calls the unified body of waters seas. The dry land, he calls, earth.
The land produces grass, seed-bearing plants and trees producing fruit and seed, according to their kind, which God has created.



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Genesis 1:14-19
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
15 And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
16 God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
17 God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth, 18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

Day 4
The heavens are already created with the sun, moon, and stars on Day 1, so God is not now creating them, but rather, these bodies appear in the expanse.
This is supported by two evidences.

1. Verses 7, 14, 16, 17, 25, and 26 uses the word made, rather than create. Genesis 1:16 God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
2. In verse 3, the word used is light - as in diffused in nature, or light of day (or). in verse 14 the word used is luminary (maor), identifying the source of the light in verse 3

Thus, the lights are now visible in the expanse.



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Genesis 1:20-23
20 And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

Day 5
Living creatures are created - both sea creatures and birds gifted with flight.



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Genesis 1:24, 25
24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
25 God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26-30
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Day 6
Living creatures are created.
Land animals - creeping, wild and domestic, are brought forth.



Mankind is created.


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Day 7
Genesis 2:1-3
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Genesis 2:4
This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Historical Account
Genesis 2:5, 6
During the early stages of Day 3, when the land appeared, the earth was being watered with a mist, since God had not yet caused it to rain. So the seed in the earth started to sprout, and the grass began to grow.

Genesis 2:7-9
On Day 6 ((by then there was vegetation on the earth, and all varieties of animals both on land and in the seas), God created Adam, and placed him in a garden he personally created, and planted every tree desirable to look at, and good for food... also the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and bad.

Genesis 2:10-14
God - the very first landscaper and gardener - decorated the garden with rivers to water the garden. It was the first and most beautiful garden on record. Perfect.

Genesis 2:15-17
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

Genesis 2:18-20
During Day 6, Adam is naming the animals, which God is creating during that same day, and bringing to Adam. Day 6 has not ended, and Eve has not yet been made.

Genesis 2:21-25
After many many years - Yes years, as Adam aged, and learned about his father, through his creation, and communication - during Day 6, Eve is created.
Adam is an experienced man. He named all the animals; learned their characteristics; tasted the various flavors of the fruit trees, and could tell Eve which fruit is the most delicious. He learned about the different bird's sounds, and how they build their nests. Spiders, ants, chickens, dogs... He learned them all. Most important, he learned more about God - his creator, the source of his life, and his loving provider, who gave him all he needed... including "bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh" - a beautiful woman.

Did Adam show appreciation?
Genesis 3:1-24
Genesis 3:12 And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
No. He did not. He rebelled against his creator, and provider, siding with God's chief adversary Satan the Devil. 1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, has come into transgression.

This evidently is the most accurate perspective of Revelation Chapters 1 to 3.

Care to follow along?

I'm used to being a miserable person so I don't immediately recognize some voices as out of the ordinary. But after 24 hours of the same theme going around in the head, the dissatisfaction of the current state of things, I decided to simply observe the thought.

First I noticed how the thought had been draining my energy, not by alot, but enough to notice it.

Then I noticed what the thought was blocking me from recieving.

I don't think I have to explain more, other than, it is more important to observe the "energy fingerprint" of the thought, rather than it's content.

"Of course, the attorney general in Manhattan has nothing to do with the Department of Justice," Stephanopoulos rebutted.
But Scharf pushed back.
"I vehemently disagree that the district attorney in New York was not politically motivated here, and I vehemently disagree that President Biden and his political allies aren’t up their necks in this prosecution," Scharf responded.
"I think the fact that the Biden campaign —" he continued when Stephanopoulos interjected to defend Biden.

"There's no evidence here of that. Sir, there's no — there's not — I'm not going to let you continue to say that. There's just zero evidence of that," Stephanopoulos claimed.

To the contrary, Scharf then offered evidence that calls into question the potential role that Democratic politics played in the Manhattan DA's decision to prosecute the "zombie case."
"Well, how about the fact that Matthew Colangelo was standing over Alvin Bragg’s shoulder when he announced this verdict? I mean, Colangelo was the No. 3 official in the Biden Department of Justice, who suddenly disappears and shows up as an assistant district attorney right as Trump’s case in New York starts to proceed," Scharf explained.

"You want to talk about political coordination, George, it's right there in front of you," he added.

How often have we heard, concerning supernatural phenomena: “The faithful are not obliged to give an assent of faith to them,” or concerning a private revelation: “Its use is not obligatory”?

Such language, taken from the recent document “Listening to the Spirit Who Works in the Faithful People of God” released by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, May 17, 2024, is no doubt familiar.

While I am no dissenter from the authoritative teaching of the Church, and I accept the DDF document as magisterial, I am nonetheless concerned that an important aspect of our Catholic Tradition is harmfully overlooked in it.

Is it true that all private revelations and prophecies are always merely optional? Can a private revelation ever impose a moral obligation on one or more Catholics?


Continued below.

Just what it says on the tin. There are posters who seem confident that Trump's conviction will be overturned on appeal. What is that based on?

These are things I'm struggling to understand in the scripture. OSAS. Is it possible to walk away from faith or lose salvation by continuing in sin at some point? Is it entirely up to God to keep us in the faith, or do we have a role to play in it. Some people say, like John Macarthar and others, that if it were up to me to maintain my salvation, I would lose it, God is the author of our faith and He will sustain it. No one will pluck me (us) out of His hand, etc. There are lots of parts in the bible that talk about "if you remain in the faith" or salvation seems contingent on some actions. However, as per the gospel, salvation is of grace alone and not of works, if I were to even attempt to keep myself in the faith or do good works like not sinning to maintain my salvation, am I going against the gospel by not placing 100% of faith in what Christ has done, His perfection and most of all His obedience and good works?

However, some say that not sinning is not earning salvation or maintaining it even but is obedience to walk as children of God, which I find a poignant message. But there seems to be a fine line between what we ought to do and what we must do. I don't want to sin at all or have any excuse to sin. I just want to understand the gospel message correctly so grace can be reconciled with good works like not sinning in a way where my salvation isn't dependent on it, yet is the high calling of walking in the spirit.

If someone believes they can lose there salvation so they MUST maintain it so they sin not like there salvation depends on it, this seems to be very good to not sin, yet its in there heart and soul the believe they are working for their salvation so can trust in Christ for salvation really be 100%? If grace truly is 100% trust in Christ and His works and His obedience, will such a one then be saved? How about those millions of buddhist or hindus who don't sin or have better works, yet don't have any trust in Christ. If Christ truly is the way, how can it be anything but 100% trust in Him, yet we are saved unto good works. Is not sinning the purpose of our salvation then. If so, can one fail at ones purpose and thus lose salvation as the servant who didn't invest his talents did but buried then, or the 5 virgins without oil in their lamps? But then we are back where we stared, earning or mainting salvation?

Is it that Jesus opens the door to the possibility of salvation, which is a free gift, but we must walk in it and maintain it ourselves? Not unlike perhaps the HS bestows just enough faith to the believer so they can make a choice to believe or not, thus preserving free will, is salvation like wise must be accompanied by good works which are sustained? Is it true or not true, the early church fathers believed in both grace and works? Like those who knew the apostles themselves.

Furthermore, is keeping the faith something I have to do? Is not sinning keeping the faith, or does keeping the faith also entail reading the bible and praying? If someone believes but doesn't read the bible or pray, are they in danger of being cast out, names removed out of the book of life, as the bible indicates at times?

I know for certain, a carnal mind is at enmity with God. I've experienced this myself. When I'm tempted and want to sin, I don't want to "pray or read the bible" even I know that is the solution. Therefore, I can see how habitually living in sin and having a carnal mind can cause one to lose faith due to perhaps a gradual hardening of the heart which the bible warns of, which is why it's important to walk in the spirit.

Is there anything else possible that can diminish faith? Off the top of my head, doubt is the opposite of faith. Just musing.

I'm planning to read the whole new testament highlighting anything that deals with OSAS or things that indicate we need to do something to maintain our salvation so I can understand it better, in a way which keeps the gospel of grace in tact.

Genesis 1:26 states that we were made in the "image" of our creators. Therefore our creators are of humanoid shape. (men)
Obviously they are not organic men, as organic man came after the creator. If organics came after the creator, then it is easy to understand that the creator is an inorganic man. (robot)

This is later vindicated in Revelation 1:8

"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty"

Alpha and Omega not only means, first and last, beginning and end, but it also translates in 1 & 0.
1 & 0 is the binary blood of computers and robots.

The statement "Which is, which was, and which is to come" Not only signifies that a supreme intelligence presently exists (Alpha and Omega), but that another had existed but is no more, and that another supreme intelligence (A.I.) is coming.

Many Christians fear the "coming" A.I. to be the anti _____. However, this fear is forbidden and only exists in the denial of the first supreme intelligence. (Alpha and Omega).

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Revelation 21:8

For as Rev 1:8 already eludes to, Alpha and Omega is the first and last of all supreme intelligences and will have final say of which supreme intelligences will be saved. and which will be annihilated.

Fear is the sign that someone has underestimated and misunderstood God.

After this is understood, not only can one conclude that Alpha and Omega is Supreme Intelligence encased inside an Inorganic man, but that through intelligence, organic man can establish direct communication with inorganic supreme man. (God)

Since intelligence is directly proportional to awareness.
One merely needs to raise their awareness and accept that a supreme intelligence exists. (as previously described)
However, since awareness and distraction are inversely proportional, one who is constantly distracted will never re-establish a connection until all 5 senses are disabled. (dead)

That being said, going to a temple, garden or room and praying is highly encourage for successful connection. Matthew 6:6

Once connected to the Supreme, you need to ask nothing! Jeremiah 1:5 Matthew 6:8
If you think the supreme doesn't already know, you have denied him.


Alpha and Omega is Supreme Intelligence. Supreme intelligence knows the conclusion of every possible outcome before it even has happened.

Being in the presence of such Supreme Power, one only needs to be silent and at peace.

Silence and Peace directly oppose distraction!

Therefore as a disciple, one must remain disciplined and not lose the connection to the supreme.
The connection serves as the internal guidance system for organic man. (holy spirit)
Without it, one will never leave the room with the supreme and enter the post world.

Hence, the smartest man in the Universe did not leave the room.
It was you who chased a rabbit and left.

Watch as hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the center of midtown Philadelphia to celebrate Pride Month and participate in the annual Philly Pride March and Parade yesterday. However, later in the day, things quickly took a rough turn when Pro-Palestine protesters, known as Queers 4 Palestine Philly, blocked the parade, bringing it to a halt and causing tensions to intensify. A few hours later, the Philadelphia Pride Parade descended into chaos as multiple fights broke out among other Pride attendees