So, I have truly repented of all of my sins, including the lack of love and gentleness I showed on others and forcing them to follow the Bible. I also repented of homosexual lust and other things.

1. Now, this family moved across my house and started renting. The grown-ups are inconsiderate, lazy and very noisy and even allow their children to shout and be noisy and play with noise, even on the streets.

So I've started playing this recording of real angels singing, the 1987 occurrence. I also started playing the Gospel (receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior). I also started doing this spiritual warfare prayer for the evil spirits to leave them, and for God's love to pour on them, and for them to be saved from the fires of hell.

2. For weeks, they get agitated whenever I play these loudly. They started throwing tantrums. (These neighbors are so used to loud noise, so it's not because my playing is loud). One of their children playing ball said, "What is going on?" as I constantly play and play the angels' recording and the Gospel.

They have also started calling me "[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]-g-o-t!!".

Take note, I am not doing anything against them. I don't raise my voice to their noise or anything, not even bang my door.

In all humility, may I kindly ask for your advice? All your thoughts would be deeply appreciated, thank you very much!

Democrats have a near monopoly on comedy TV shows.

Republican comedy TV shows should be given equal time.

What can Republicans offer to make this happen?

Abolish the death penalty.

I'm extremely conservative. Am I welcome here? I hate abortion. I am pro Israel. I believe the Bible is the written Word of God.

I've been aware of this forum for quite a while because my Christian sister in law uses it. I held off on joining for numerous reasons but now I have decided to stop by and post some rambling.

I just spent a couple of years on several Christian forums, mostly American Evangelicals, and have come away with all kinds of new insights and opinions. Most of them are negative, but educational none the less. I'm working on an essay about my experience with these groups that I may have published and thought I would share my thoughts here over a series of posts to see what people think. Because this forum is pretty diverse I am hoping to get some diverse opinions as well.

About me:

I'm an Orthodox Jew
I'm a widow (yes at 27 years old)
I was born in Israel, raised in Ireland
I work as a multimedia editor
I was once a professional model
I was married to a Christian husband (I don't recommend interfaith marriages)

What can you tell me about the Old Believers?

From what I read, they were Orthodox Russians who broke away because they disagreed with the patriarch's reforms.

What reforms, specifically, did they disagree with, and how else do they differ from Orthodox Christianity?

John 3:

36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life;

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In terms of First-Order Logic, if a person believes in the Son, he has eternal life.

whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

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If he does not obey the Son, he does not have eternal life.

By contrapositive, If he has eternal life, he obeys the Son.

A person believes in the Son → he has eternal life →he obeys the Son.

By transitivity, therefore, if he believes in the Son, he obeys Him.

Also, if he does not obey the Son, he does not believe in Him.

And, if he does not obey the Son, he does not have eternal life.

Hwasong-16B HGV: North Korea's 'Deadly' Hypersonic Missile Has Russia Written All Over It: OPED

Military and “defense technical” cooperation, being the centerpiece of reenergized Russian and North Korean diplomatic relations, can be concluded to have found itself in the latter’s strategic weapons systems. Pynongyang’s latest weapon, the Hwasong-16B hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), which was...

www.eurasiantimes.com

North Korean HGV​

The missile, which North Korea reports is also called the solid-fuelled Hwasong-16NA Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), has a “newly developed hypersonic gliding flight warhead.” But hypersonic missiles are incredibly complex and technically challenging systems, and Pyongyang simply doesn’t have the advanced scientific and defense industrial base required to produce and test many of the systems and sub-components.

Primarily, controlling an HGV that is released by a launch vehicle into the atmosphere is extremely difficult. Without talking specifically about Russian-North Korean cooperation, former director of the Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) Research and Development Establishment (R&DE) laboratory, Dr. S. Guruprasad, said that it’s a complex technology involving sophisticated and difficult “material sciences and computational fluid dynamics.”

“Moreover, a country also needs a hypersonic wind tunnel test facility. It is difficult to imagine any nation developing an HGV without such scientific and industrial setup under heavy sanctions,” he explained. Guruprasad also recalled how, during an earlier trip to South Korea as a part of a delegation, the debris and fragments of North Korean missiles displayed by the host were of Russian and Chinese origin.

HGVs can significantly alter their trajectory post-release, making them difficult to intercept by an adversary’s air defense systems. The operational principle of HGVs, which can carry both conventional and nuclear payloads, is similar to Maneuverable Reentry Vehicles (MaRV).

Russian media has put out a video showing the destruction of an American Abrams tank, which was outfitted with Abrams Reactive Armor Tile-1 (ARAT-1) explosive reactive armor, by FPV (First Person View) drones.

The destruction of the Abrams tank shown in the footage purportedly occurred near Avdiivka several weeks ago. The video, according to the Russian Defense Ministry source speaking to Ria Novosti, showcases the moment when the American tank, equipped with the ARAT-1 armor mounted on its hull aprons, succumbed to the attack.

Although the tank’s tracks and rollers were purportedly protected, the FPV drones were still able to destroy the US-made tank.

“This is one of the tanks knocked out by the Center group of troops near Avdiivka. This particular one was destroyed a few weeks ago. You can see in slow motion the American ARAT-1 explosive reactive armor, it is mounted on the aprons of the Abrams hull,...

Continued: Abrams Tank: ARAT-1 Explosive Reactive Armor 'Fails' To Save US-Origin MBT; Succumbs To FPV Drones – Russian Media


The Morals-less Western world is slowly succumbing to the grinding advance of the Great Bear!

Hello,

I too often sin (lust) and unlike what some Youtube videos say about what to do after sinning, I just can't feel guilt or shame of what I did.
I would love to just respect God's laws and be able to truly repent because of some sort of guilt or attraction to getting back to God.
I try to ask for forgiveness after sinning but I think it's more because it's what everyone says, not because a strong unpleasant feeling attracts me to repent immediately.
I'm starting to wonder if I even am truly a Christian or just some person who tries to be one without truly being one
This is the same for most sins such as gossip or even thinking bad stuff on people. It's like nothing inside me is pulling me to God once I do a mistake
How is that? Since I can't even feel anything to truly get back to God after sinning, does that mean the relation with God I think I have is just pure imagination?

I think one of the biggest realisations I've come to over the past year is that I've spent a lot of time, money and energy chasing things that were essentially material or vain substitutes for what only God can provide. The appearance of success, even success for the sake of success, displays of wealth, it's all so silly and it holds no meaningful benefit in the long-term.

Recently I've felt like one by one the different paths I've travelled down in vain have converged and are heading towards Christ, so it's a really positive experience, and the reality that the sufficiency of God is something I always had is really comforting.

It's very easy to focus on and lament what we don't have, so it's been a welcome reminder to focus on what we do have.

This guy is a new Christian 2 years into the faith but he has a past of being promiscuous and playing with women emotions and being a former criminal that steals and used to be a devil worshiper and be alcoholic. He currently has a deep devotion to the ministry and loves helping the church and repented of his past and he even wants to be a preacher in the future. Would you tell your daughter to consider his past if she ask should she be with him or would you advise her to forget his past and look at the person he currently is.

Hello folks, my acquaintance's friend, Peggy passed away on April 6th, so let us pray for her peace in heaven, and solace for us on Earth that she is with Jesus. She was a Christian.

“Anything that teaches our children to have their identity in anything other than Christ is idolatry and demonic,” he declared, as first reported by WPTV.

“Let me repeat myself just so I am not quoted out of context: any philosophy, teaching, or program that teaches our precious children that their identity is found in anything other than Christ is idolatry and demonic. Period.”

“The world, in its rejection and hatred of Christ, often devises programs such as ‘Autism Awareness’ (and cultural figures like the Easter Bunny and Santa Clause [sic], etc.) to get the benefits of His teachings (compassion, kindness, feeling love, and self-worth) without acknowledging Jesus as the ultimate authority and the source of all life.”

[I guess his god is a jealous god.]

Other parents at the meeting included Heather McKay, a teacher’s aide whose son, Logan, had a transformative experience during Autism Awareness Day last year—when the girl’s varsity softball team wore blue jerseys emblazoned with the puzzle piece and Logan was made bat boy.

So when Baker canceled this year’s event, McKay posted a copy of his email on her Facebook and Instagram accounts.

“I shared pastor Matt Baker’s email on my social media because as a parent of an autistic child, I acted on emotion,” she told The Daily Beast.

“I don’t deny it. However, I did black out the name of the school, I blacked out the name of the church, and I blacked out his name. And my social media does not say where I was employed. And all of my social media was private.”

McKay says she received a text from a school administrator telling her to take the post down. She complied, but texted the school to say she would be taking off Tuesday in personal observance of World Autism Awareness Day “to make sure that my son feels seen and heard and appreciated.”

[That's a firing.]

Governor poised to sign law making kids watch animated fetal videos​

In Tennessee, whether parents like it or not, Republican Gov. Bill Lee is poised to sign a law that will make public school children watch an animated video on fetal development backed by an anti-abortion group, or some equivalent of it, after lawmakers in the state vaulted the legislation to passage.

Among other features in the video, it depicts sperm fertilizing an ovum and it is here that it declares: “This is the moment that life begins. A new human being has come into existence.” The animated video states that a fetus can recognize lullabies in the womb and depicts a purported fetus at 27 weeks gazing through a translucent womb while pressing its fingers against it. The shadow of the mother’s fingers press back.

The 3-minute video is riddled with disinformation, according to the [American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]

According to The Tennessean, Republican lawmakers in the state’s senate rejected Democratic-led amendments that would have made watching the clip optional for students instead of mandatory. Another amendment that would have stopped schools from showing it without explicit consent from a parent or guardian was also voted down by Republicans.

Parents' Rights!

Arizona was going to be a tight race in November....now with the States Supreme Court upholding a Civil War era law, I expect Republicans will lose across many races as many will be voting for the ballot measure to protect a woman's right to chose. The law is on hold pending review by a lower court (details pending).

"The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban that could shutter abortion clinics in the state, saying the law that existed before Arizona became a state could be enforced going forward.

The ruling indicated the ban can only be prospectively enforced and the court stayed enforcement for 14 days. But it's already causing political earthquakes.

The pre-statehood law mandates two to five years in prison for anyone aiding an abortion, except if the procedure is necessary to save the life of the mother. A law from the same era requiring at least a year in prison for a woman seeking an abortion was repealed in 2021."

In recent polling, no one candidate for President has more 50% of the vote which this article discusses Here’s where the polling stands in a 3-way race with Biden, Trump and RFK Jr. with Trump at 42%, Biden at 40%, and other 18%. If you are planning to vote neither Trump nor Biden, in the November election, but instead voting for a 3rd Party, Independent, or Write In candidate, who would you vote for and why? More so than in many past elections, a greater percentage of us are not really satisfied with the top two popular choices.

The poll above is limited to what believe currently is the top ten choices from Results of the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries - Wikipedia AND Results of the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries - Wikipedia AND other sources.

If a write in, candidate must be a US natural born citizen, at least 35 years of age, and otherwise qualified under the Constitution for President, and must be breathing and alive today on this earth. Please no fictitious characters from the movies, TV, entertainment theme parks, etc.

There are many similarities between Christian denominations, the purpose of this thread is to help expand knowledge of distinct doctrines of each denomination that makes them different to others. These distinct doctrines will typically only be found within a particular denomination only or a small handful. Another purpose of this thread is to help people decide on a denomination on what doctrines to them that will either be a deal breaker, or a must have.

I will start with some examples:

1. Calvinism with its predestination doctrine
2. Amish with their Ordnung
3. Mennonites in some ways similar to Amish, but different because they allow modern technology
4. Baptists with their full immersion baptism, believer baptism. Maybe there are many more denominations that also have these doctrines, still learning.

These are some examples, there may be denominations that have the same doctrines, I don't know too many or which ones have the same doctrines, here to learn more.

Can anyone explain what it took for a moth to gain owl eyes on ea wing? Owl are formidable predators recognized by would-be moth enemies.
Just wondering.

Hello all!


I am a previously published Christian the author looking for a golfer to read and critique a new faith-based golf novel that I've just about finished. I just need an honest evaluation before I go through all the rigors of submitting to an agent or publisher. I will send you just a few chapters at a time so not to overwhelm and I'm not in a rush, so there's no pressure.


I know it's an odd request, but If you are willing (or even if you know someone else who might be) please write me back.



Thank you so much!



G. G. Barton

Suspicion soon fell on 20-year-old Samuel Woodward, Bernstein’s former schoolmate at the Orange County School of the Arts, who had admitted to being with him in the park the night he disappeared. Investigators said they found Bernstein’s blood on a visor in Woodward’s car, and on a knife discovered in a drawer at the Newport Beach home where Woodward lived with his parents.

Bernstein was Jewish and gay, while Woodward, according to one of his attorneys, was conflicted about his sexuality. When investigators managed to hack into Woodward’s iPhone, they unearthed a trove of anti-gay, anti-Jewish material linked to the Atomwaffen Division, a white supremacist hate group.

The role that ideology may have played in Bernstein’s death will be sharply contested at his trial, with opening statements expected to begin Tuesday in Orange County Superior Court. Woodward is charged with murder, with enhancements for use of a deadly weapon and for hate crime, which could put him in prison for life without parole.

The exact defense strategy remains unclear, but one of Morrison’s aims will be to decouple his client’s alleged crimes from his client’s association with the Atomwaffen Division. The attorney has argued, with little success, to have references to Adolf Hitler and Nazis excluded from testimony on the basis that they are inflammatory.

[In a diary entry] from July 2017, [the defendant] wrote that he had downloaded the dating app Grindr and was amusing himself by threatening gay people.

“LMO,” he wrote, according to testimony. “They think they are going to get hate crimed and it scares the [poop] out of them ... Priceless.”

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There is a one-liner in Leviticus 13:

40 If a man’s hair falls out from his head, he is bald; he is clean.

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KJV, Proverbs 21:

9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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A prophet and his talking donkey in Numbers 22:

26 Then the angel of the Lord moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. 27 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff. 28 Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?”
29Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.”
30 The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?”
“No,” he said.

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The confrontation between Elijah and Baal's prophets was pretty funny. 1 Kings 18:

25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.” 26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it.
Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.” 28 So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. 29Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.

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David was in a tight spot many times. How did he get out of the next one?

I Samuel 21:

13 So he [David] pretended to be insane in their [King Achish] presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.
14 Achish said to his servants, “Look at the man! He is insane! Why bring him to me? 15 Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?”

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There is dramatic irony concerning the person of Jesus in Luke 24:

19 “What things?” he [Jesus] asked.
“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.

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They were talking about Jesus right in front of Jesus without knowing it. This is a close encounter of the funny kind.

See also

• Peter's angel
• Why did Jesus intend to walk on the water past the disciples' boat?
• Nineveh and fish

I would like to understand more about our Lords prayer. As christians is it relevant to memeories this words