Tropical Wilds said:

I didn’t casually dismiss them coming to the faith. I doubted the claim they were converts. And people here casually dismiss people’s claim to their faith regularly. Heck, you’ve done it to me.

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I have done no such thing to you.

Essentialsaltes:

I couldn't quote the portions you quoted, but rip-rap on shorelines only protects from erosion, not rising seas. Again, look at the elevations in Google Earth. It's so low that the topo map doesn't show any elevation lines inside the island. Accepting the premise that sea levels in that part of Virginia / New Jersey are accurate, they would have to do a Galveston and raise the entire settlement. As low as the island is, if they only raise the roads, that's all that's going to be above the waves. That's why I said they picked the low hanging fruit in writing about that island.

Landon Caeli said:

How come that sentiment doesn't apply to Alex Jones, when he said the Samdy Hook shooting was fake?

If people didn't like what Jones was saying, they could have tuned into anything else.

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I guess only a post in this forum could compare Jones and his utterly disgraceful and execrable comments about the deaths of so many young kids and the further agonies it caused their parents with a late night talk show host having a dig at Trump.

My past to your mercy, my present to your love, my future to your providence- St. Padre Pio

Landon Caeli said:

How come that sentiment doesn't apply to Alex Jones, when he said the Samdy Hook shooting was fake?

If people didn't like what Jones was saying, they could have tuned into anything else.

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Because Alex Jones went way beyond just saying it was fake. The parents were harassed endlessly, even after moving several times. Jones encouraged it, and actively sought out the parents to "expose them" on camera. The two are not comparable in the least. Do some basic research on his case.

SabbathBlessings said:

I take it you didn‘t read the Scriptures I posted. It would have really cleared up your entire reply had you done so.

Can you please point out the words of the covenant , the Ten Commandments, where it was written on scrolls? God said He wrote His covenant, the Ten Commandments with His own finger on stone and it says nothing about it being the law of Moses, God claimed them as His. Why do so many insist giving God’s work, His covenant that God claimed as His- MY covenant MY commandments to a human-being. Moses didn’t and he was there Exo 32:16.

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Your interpretations of the Scriptures you posted are different than mine.

The "stones" disappeared millennia ago. Since then the commands have been written on scrolls. For the past several centuries they have also been written on paper.

Exodus 31:13
“Say to the children of Israel, ‘You shall observe my Sabbaths, for the Sabbath is a sign between me and you for all your generations, so that you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.

Show me the Scriptures in the NT that state that the Gentile Christians must keep the Sabbaths of the Israelites/Jews.

I'm embarrassed for America.

Bradskii said:

So if someone mentions a gay relative then saying that his lifestyle 'disgusts me to no end' would be the wrong thing to say.

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If you are referring to me, I have many issues with my brother because he has been harmed a lot. Many of it was due to his own actions. It deeply saddens me, and I do have a right to feel disgusted by what he has done to himself. I often fear for his own safety because of some of his actions, which I won't share because it's too personal.

In polite company, of course, it would be wrong.

Peace

durangodawood said:

Why is that odd? Have you compared the extent of these persistent holes to one that cause alarm decades ago?

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Please: The only reason it doesn't get much publicity now is that it doesn't sell news like it once did. Headlines are the original click-bait, and after a file the same thing grows tiresome and the press moves on to a new "We're all going to die!" story.

Bradskii said:

Were there people on both sides of the divide doing that? Yes, unfortunately there were. But Kimmel's audience is left wing so he berated the right. Big deal. He was preaching to his choir. Don't like that? Well, tough luck, buddy. I'm pretty certain that you don't watch his show so if he has a go at MAGA and Trump then what's it to you? Go watch Kirk saying things that you'd prefer to hear or go listen so some right wing podcast.

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How come that sentiment doesn't apply to Alex Jones, when he said the Sandy Hook shooting was fake?

If people didn't like what Jones was saying, they could have tuned into anything else.

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:6

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9

stevevw said:

But would not you think that pounding is just that, pounding away at all the surface to pound it down. Why leave ridges if they are easily breakable.

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For the same reason you can see ax marks in beams squared with a broadax: It's unfinished. The same with whipsaw marks and circular saw marks. For beams that were dressed, an adze was often used, followed by a plane. Sometimes the work was left unfinished because a job was incomplete. The Unfinished Obelisk is an example. Sometimes a portion is unfinished because it didn't need to be. I've seen house built in the early 19th Century out of hewn logs and whipsawn boards that had floor boards about two inches thick which were rough hewn on the bottom except where they sat on sills and joists, planed smooth on top, with tongue-and-grove planed by hand. The top of the board were all flush, the tongue-and-grove fitting perfectly. There was no reason to go to the effort of finishing the bottom of the boards; it wasn't needed.

I have worked with the modern equivalent: Rough sawn lumber for framing that was full dimensioned. Note: The old stuff, circa 1950s, had higher tolerance than the more modern stuff, circa late 1970s and into the 1980s.

Or you can simply examine the inside of your clothes, comparing the difference between it and the outside. Same principle.

We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

Romans 6:4

Tropical Wilds said:

I’m assuming your skipping my post pointing out your error but answering other people’s comments is as close as an admission that you’re wrong and apology as we’ll be getting today.

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The Republican way! Expect no less.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17

1Tonne said:

Are you referring to the main post? If not, can you explain?

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Yes the main post.

RileyG said:

Some people just need to learn basic manners. It's not difficult.

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So if someone mentions a gay relative then saying that his lifestyle 'disgusts me to no end' would be the wrong thing to say.

I plan to be single for the rest of my life, so no children.

Hazelelponi said:

The first presidential election I voted in was 1988. I voted for Bush. It was Reagan who made me republican It was him I studied and admired in my teenage years. The Bush's about made me lose any loyalty to the party, I actually stopped voting for a time after the 2000 election but Trump brought me back to the party and to voting in 2015.

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I’m assuming your skipping my post pointing out your error but answering other people’s comments is as close as an admission that you’re wrong and apology as we’ll be getting today.

Chrystal-J said:

Here's the AI explanation:

In Michigan, parents generally have full access to their 12-year-old's medical records due to state privacy laws and federal HIPAA regulations, but this access typically changes on the child's 13th birthday or once they receive confidential care. A 12-year-old can also consent to certain specific medical treatments, such as those related to sexual health, mental health, or substance abuse, for which their records remain confidential from their parents. By law, access to a minor's electronic health records (like those on patient portals) is automatically limited when they turn 11 or 13 years old, depending on the facility, and can change depending on the specific type of care provided.

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That is.....odd.

Chesterton said:

They thought wrong, didn't they?

No one on planet Earth actually considered the possibility that the murderer was right wing. Why do you entertain political liars?

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You're not following this.

Kimmel didn't say anything of the sort and I doubt if any reasonable person would have thought that. Kimmel's point was that MAGA people were strident in denying that the kid was right wing. Suggesting, and in some cases claiming with zero evidence, that he was a liberal. Kimmel was pointing out that immediately after the shot was fired there were people trying to score political points.

Were there people on both sides of the divide doing that? Yes, unfortunately there were. But Kimmel's audience is left wing so he berated the right. Big deal. He was preaching to his choir. Don't like that? Well, tough luck, buddy. I'm pretty certain that you don't watch his show so if he has a go at MAGA and Trump then what's it to you? Go watch Kirk saying things that you'd prefer to hear or go listen so some right wing podcast.

Tropical Wilds said:

I’m not judging them or their salvation, only the claim that people were converted in droves at the event. I think it was more people reaffirming their faith or publicly declaring it, that’s all.

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Yeah. I think that makes sense.

Oompa Loompa said:

It is not too late to get off the Democrat sinking ship and onto the Trump train. You can choose to remain in deliberate ignorance and denial while you slowly drown, or you can just jump ship and come with us. You would be welcomed.

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No thanks. The only thing that would drive me onto the Trump train is deliberate ignorance or denial.

Did you read the whole list of insanity from Trump as recorded in my link? How can you ignore all that and tell us to jump on the train that is causing this?