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Christ our High priest lives for ever can always make INTERCESSION for us, ( intercession for the transgressors/Isaiah 53.) and that High priest became us to be holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners. The law has men who have infirmities, but the word of the oath ( the promises of God/that He will be a priest forever after the order of Melchizedec/who met with Abraham.) makes the Son consecrated, for evermore. a High priest forever after the order of Melchizedec.)



Hebrews 7:24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.




How does the LAW OF LIBERTY work ? It cant be as those in the first covenant/law understand it, because it cant be at all without belief in the promises of God, which are NOT THE LAW, but told in the law and the prophets. Then we see through faith it is by belief in the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, which will be our way to be saved. ( MERCY REJOICES AGANST JUDGEMENT.)

Now here is a UNIQUE testimony for this thread. Peter standing next to JAMES, tells how we are saved with our hearts purified by faith, and to not tempt God by works/laws which the house of Israel was UNABLE TO BEAR. But to BELIEVE that THROUGH THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WE SHALL BE SAVED. ( Jew and Gentile.)

JAMES answers next, of Simon Peters same testimony, and of the Gentiles and the residue of men might seek after the Lord and all the Gentiles upon whom HIS NAME IS CALLED, says the Lord, to not trouble those who among the Gentiles are turned to God, ( as this was law following Jews troubling the Gentiles) but generally reminding them to keep from idols, fornication and from blood. (NO LAWS EVIDENT.)




Acts 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Acts 15:13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: FROM WHICH IF YE KEEP YOURSELVES, YE SHALL DO WELL. Fare ye well.

James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.




We have that advocate, we keep His commandments if we know Him, not keep HIs commandments to know Him, that is the difference between faith and those who TEACH LAW. ( they do not teach faith by the hearing of it, they teach law by hearing no faith.)

We are to walk as Christ walked. ( we WALK BY FAITH, not by sight/sight is the law, the ten commandments seen on tables of stone.) The commandment from the beginning was to love our brother, it is new because now the true light is shining. 9 John 1:9.)




2 Corinthians 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight

1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

1 John 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.




If we believe in the light ( faith in Christ who is that light come into the world) we love our brother as we abide in the light, we do not stumble from loving our brother being in the light, those who hate their brother, ( not of faith/IN THE LAW.) are in darkness, ( Christ has not shined in their hearts to give the light of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ to them under the vail/darkness of the law. 1 Corinthians 4:6.) John writes to us because our sins are forgiven for HIs names sake. ( He writes to us for FAITH, NOT LAW.)



2 Corinthians 4:6 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.

1 John 2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.




This is the love of God manifested, by SENDING HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON INTO THE WORLD, for us to live through Him, God sent His Son to be PROITIATION for our sins. This is our calling to love one another, ( HOW IS IT THE LAW/TEXHERS OF THE LAW, CALLING US ? )we also know through faith this is us dwelling in God and God dwelling in us, the Spirit given through faith in Christ, testifying that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world, for us to confess that Jesus is the Son of God for God to dwell in us and we to dwell in Him, we knowing and believing the love God has towards us, ( the love of God MANIFESTED) that God is love and if we dwell in love we dwell in Gd and God dwells in us. This is the boldness we have in the day of judgement/believing Christ is in the world with us. ( no boldness will come through the law and those who follow it. )



1 John 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

Everybody on these forums knows how things work in the scriptures, first we have Jesus Christ witnessed in the law and the prophets, who fulfils all things, that is why He is prophesised in the old testament, because all that was going on with the Judaic law, and the world was chaos.

Now this thread is about the ten commandments, and right now we can focus on what it meant to keep the first covenant, of those ten commandments, and of the transgression of that law that God gave to Israel.

In the prophets here in Isaiah 53, we have details of the Messiah pouring out ( like water) HIs soul unto death, and we hear also this is Him bearing the sin of many, and it is the Messiah who made intercession for the transgressors.

So right away go to Hebrews 9, and we see the message continuing, that by means of death ( of the Lord Jesus Christ.) those which are called might receive the promise, ( Jesus Christ confirmed the promises made unto the fathers/we are saved by that hope ministered to us for the truth of God. Romans 15:8) of eternal inheritance. For that reason Jesus Christ is the mediator of the new testament, for redemption of those transgressions that were under the first testament, ( the old testament.)

Jesus Christ offering Himself without spot to God ( as Isaiah 53 prophesised first) to purge ( by that sacrifice) our CONSCIENCE FROM DEAD WORKS ( of the dead law) to serve the LIVING God. ( See Acts 2:33-36/17:31, how Jesus Christ received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost/received gifts for men when He ascended on high Psalm 68:18, which lets the house of Israel know assuredly that God made the same Jesus who they crucified, both Lord and Christ, appointing a day which He will judge the world by that man whom He ordained, which gives assurance to all men that He has risen Him from the dead/it is witnessed that He lives, He ever lives to make intercession for us, He is He that lives and was dead, and behold He is alive for evermore, and has the keys of death and hell. Hebrews 7:8/25. Revelation 1:18.




Psalm 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Acts 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

Hebrews 7:8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Romans 15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.




Continuing the order of how things are explained to all in the world by these scriptures. The redemption the world has been made aware of is in Christ Jesus. Set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, declaring His righteousness to those which believe in Jesus. ( which justifies them) By the law of faith, not of works, and concluding that a man is justified by faith, and faith is without the works of the law.

All things from there work good to those who love Go and are called, ( to these promises of faith) predestined to be made in the image of HIs Son, to be called, justified and glorified, God delivered HIs own Son to FREELY give us all things, nobody can lay chage to Gods elect, it is God which JUSTIFIES, who can CONDEMN when it is Christ that died and is risen again, at the right hand of God who makes INTERCESSION for us ? We are conquerors through Him that LOVED US.




Romans 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.




Keeping going in the order of events. We have known by all we are testified ( to those who believe in the promises fulfilled in Christ) a man is NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW, but BY THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST, ( to those who have believed in Jesus Christ.) to be JUSTIFIED BY THE FAITH OF CHRIST. ( NOT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW, BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW NO FLESH IS JUSTIFIED.)

As we seek to be justified by Christ, we cannot be found to be sinners, Christ is NOT THE MINISTER OF SIN, if we have to rebuild again what we destroy, this is being a TRANSGRESSOR.

But we are DEAD TO THE LAW, through the LAW, and so we can LIVE UNTO GOD. The life we now live in the flesh we live by the FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, who loved us and GAVE HIMSELF FOR US. ( IF RIGHTEOUSNESS CAME BY THE LAW THEN CHRIST IS DEAD IN VAIN/the GRACE of God did NOT COME BY THE LAW.)



Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

I'm shocked! Shocked, I say!

Yeshua HaDerekh said:

US judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying national guard in Portland

(Reuters) -A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops to the city of Portland while a lawsuit challenging the move plays out. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut in Portland is a setback for Trump, a...

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Our only hope left to preserve Democracy, civil rights and the Constitution are in the hands of liberal judges that see it fit to defend them.

Valletta said:

https://people.com/mom-not-working-because-government-shutdown-terrified-not-sleeping-11824283

I feel sorry for people who have anxiety. That being said, she should get some basic financial counseling. It if foolish to pull money out of retirement funds because of what might happen in the future. The government has only been shut down for days and she has not missed a paycheck!

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I blame those people who would rather shut down the government to sack lots of government workers instead of letting the worse off getting health care.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.
And let the perpetual light shine upon him.

And may the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Valletta said:

It wouldn't matter even if they were charged, they are a religious non-profit and are being relentlessly pursued. The mainstream press does a poor job of covering attacks against Christian groups and causes. It would not surprise me if such attacks go on till the end of time. Think of all of that money wasted going after just one group that could have been used for good causes. Yet there are many who demand the sisters much conform to their ideology instead of following God;s Word:

https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/whats-going-on-with-the-little-sistershttps://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/whats-going-on-with-the-little-sisters

These two situations are both cases of attacks against religious freedom.

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Fixed your link.

Valletta said:

They have all kinds of strikes in Greece and Italy, I think most of the time just to get time off.

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That is an entirely different issue from a government forcing their workers to stop working because it can't pay them.

BPPLEE said:

The article only mentions the Border Patrol and believe it or not there are situations where law enforcement can be overwhelmed and have to call for assistance.
In this case they had to shoot a woman so I hope your post is not an attempt at humor

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Percicly, one division. As I pointed out, there are many other divisions under Federal control that could have been called in to help with the situation. Boston made it very clear they would not participate in protecting Federal agents that are pursuing an unconstitutional agenda. Additionally, why was border patrol even involved? They belong on the border.

No joke . Homeland Security has no boundaries. No joke. The assault on the apartment building using drones, snipers and helicopters to raid the residents by breaking down doors, shattering windows and worse if all zip- tie half naked children is emblematic of the disgraceful actions endorsed and promoted by Kristi Noem. Shameful.

partinobodycular said:

A social contract isn't between me and the state. The state is simply the local authority in charge of the administration thereof. The contract is between you, me, and everybody else. So long as the contract is fairly derived and equitably applied everything is hunky-dory, but in such circumstances where it isn't, the obligation to abide by it is diminished.

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Nonsense.

partinobodycular said:

No, there are no grounds under which disenfranchisement (applying the social contract inequitably) is ever acceptable.
So long as your 'criminal behavior' doesn't include actions undertaken in defense of one's rights then I have absolutely no objection.
And the right not to.
Oh, by all means show me where.

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More of the same.

Personally, I think that a government that can "shut down" is fundamentally broken. I don't know any other country where the government regularly "shuts down" except the USA.

RDKirk said:

Did you read the article? That's not what Piper said.



IMO, a "mystical experience," however defined, should not result in some kind of "hidden knowledge," but should point back always to what we know of the Lord already in scripture and in the long-standing practices of the Church,.

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Scriptures, as they typically are read in western culture, are like reading about somebody, but a mystical experience are of a different kind: they typically do involve the perception of knowledge, just by their nature there is a noetic quality: often the experiences are "hyper-real" or "psychdelic". And usually difficult to describe or "ineffable". Often they are communicated in symbols or paradoxes and result in disorientation or reorientation in sense of self and personal narrative.

Maria Billingsley said:

I believe and follow ,as best I can , the two commandments given to us by Jesus Christ of Nazareth. This is His doctrine to the Church. Persecution that abounds within the fold is counterintuitive and a direct violation of the commandments given to us.

Unfortunately, due to this schism, the harvest suffers because there is no love amongst the brethren. The witnesses are literally poisoning the harvest rather grow His Kingdom. Jesus Christ of Nazareth predicted this.

Let us reason.

Matthew 22:37-39
Jesus replied: "‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

If it is not loving , then it is not from Him.

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Beautiful Maria! Believe me, there was a time when the Spirit had to roughen me for a season to my beloved Pentecostal stripe, afterwards, I knew right where I stood with them, knowing at the same time, my love for the commonwealth at the cross could now enlarge itself. Thereby, committing all the more to all who call heaven 'home', conditions one for an ample discerning whenever strong resistance seeks to evade the light of correction. This has served me well to equip in areas not at all customary to the many general councils of particular denominational allegiance, not the least of which is a better perspective through the Spirit's lens and not lens of allegiance.

President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele on X:

"If you don’t impeach the corrupt judges, you CANNOT fix the country. They will form a cartel (a judicial dictatorship) and block all reforms, protecting the systemic corruption that put them in their seats." / X

If I say “I agree”, then that ought to mean (and does mean, in my case) that I humble myself to accept what the Councils declared. The division is above my paygrade. But, that said and accepted, there is literally no other confession that we get along better with and agree with on practically everything. We like the Copts. We just wish we were united.

Pepperdoodle said:

The real problem isn't the guns...anymore than it is when any other object a person chooses to harm innocent people with is used, , That takes a Criminal heart.....that should be the focus.

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Here-here! All your comment has a very fine, well-meaning focus. So long as it is also focused on the upgrade.

I understand how that is not especially easy since, like you, myself being a 2A supporter but, every year we find ourselves outpaced from our own gov't. To Date: Where is today's 2A upgrade when that 'Government-friendly', 2A-wielding franchise became equipped with the drone arsenal capable of taking out not only rogue terrorist's far away, but on our own soil, where is the spirit of 2A's equivalent to that? Or the newly formed stock of machine-gun mounted, land roving robot dogs to prowl out anyone unfit to breathe to the one sitting at the controls?

For today's 2A supporter (like me), what have THEY done to uphold the spirit of 2A? There is now no line of defense for the patriot to interrupt the frequencies that operate these inventions. In effect, the 2A has become a laughingstock to the tech-savey globalist!

If only we weren't so under-equipped, AI's assistance could enhance our existence. Amusingly, 'How to remove a murderous tyrant in a F-15 at mach-1 with a hunting rifle?'

The latest stunt by former environmental icon and current "Palestinian" activist Greta Thunberg is over. The first thing that happened when the ships of the self-appointed aid flotilla were stopped was that the activists (there were more than 200) threw their mobile phones into the sea.

Smartphones are full of heavy metals such as lead, mercury and cadmium. These components are harmful to the ocean and marine life.

According to Italian media reports, the Gaza activists followed a strictly defined protocol designed to cover their tracks in terms of supporters and financial backers. Participants in the fleet of dozens of sailing ships were instructed to destroy their mobile phones in the event of boarding by the Israeli military!

This is consistent with the Israeli government's publication of documents proving Hamas' involvement in the alleged aid operation. The details point to a connection between the Gaza aid flotilla and dubious financiers and structures of the terrorist organisation Hamas:



A letter from 2021 signed by Ismail Haniyeh, then head of Hamas' political bureau. In it, Haniyeh addresses the chairman of the "Palestinian Conference for Palestinians Abroad" (PCPA), a body that acts as Hamas' foreign leadership, although it outwardly pretends to be a civilian organisation. In this document, Haniyeh explicitly calls for “unity of the ranks” and gives his public approval to the PCPA.

Another document lists leading PCPA activists by name, including Zaher Birawi, who has been a key figure behind the Gaza flotillas for over 15 years. Birawi is based in the UK and is considered a long-time propagandist for Hamas in the West. Also mentioned is Saif Abu Kishk, an official in Spain who is also the CEO of a company called “Cyber Neptune.” This civilian-sounding umbrella organization holds the ownership rights to numerous ships that have set course for Gaza. The company acts as a front company to conceal property linked to Hamas. This makes it clear that the boats of the so-called “Freedom Flotilla” are in fact owned by Hamas.

At the same time, the organizers attempted to portray the operation as an international protection convoy, accompanied by European and Turkish forces. In Israel, this is seen as a deliberate staging to create the image of a “humanitarian aid convoy.”



The published documents make one thing abundantly clear: these are not spontaneous solidarity trips by idealistic activists, but part of an international terrorist infrastructure operating on behalf of and with the approval of Hamas.

‘Self-obsessed, moronic Israel hater’: Dark underside of Greta's Gaza mission exposed.

mark46 said:

There are many devout Muslims throughout the world who do not fight for sharia to be the law of the land. There are many (see the UK) who do not fight for denying rights for those of other faiths or sexual orientation. There are many female politicians and leaders throughout the world. And, certainly, in the US, there are many, many voters who support moderate politicians who are not fundamentalist Muslims.

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They are the bad Muslims. The good Muslims imitate Muhammad as commanded by the Quran. There are 91 Quran verses commanding Muslims to imitate Muhammad in everything he did, making his actions the core of Islamic practice.

1. Muhammad personally committed acts identical to those of ISIS, so if he did it, it's Islamic.
2. Muhammad was a jihadist who performed 100 separate acts of violent jihad in his last nine years in Medina.
3. Islam lacks a Golden Rule; Muhammad's attacks on all neighbors (pagans, Christians, Jews) proves this, as he was a poor neighbor who attacked those who disagreed with him.

The hard way to understand Islam is through the Quran. The easy way is through the life of Muhammad.

When you listen to Greta Thunberg talking about Israel, you have to consider her the bravest person on earth.

She voluntarily puts herself in the hands of an army that is bloodthirstily committing genocide, indiscriminately murdering women and children, and guilty of every crime imaginable in the dark history of the world.

The only problem with Greta's story is that she herself knows that her propaganda about Israel is not true. Otherwise, she would never have sailed to Gaza with her Hamas and Hezbollah friends.

That is why Greta and Co. do not sail or travel to Russia. Not to Yemen. Not to Afghanistan. Not to Iran. And not to North Korea. In other words, not to any of the regimes to which her accusations against Israel would actually apply.

Because Greta knows that under these regimes, the best-case scenario is years in prison, and the worst-case scenario is torture and death.

In Israel, on the other hand, there's a sandwich, a bottle of sparkling water and a plane ticket home.

If anti-Israel Greta fans weren't so obsessed with the Jewish state, they would have to admit that their icon's story doesn't hold water. That she is not a martyr because she risked absolutely nothing. That the flotilla operation does not expose Israel, but only refutes Greta's propaganda.

In the anti-Semitic social media bubble, Israel is of course still seen as the big loser, no matter what it does.

The real losers are the civilians of Gaza and the Israeli hostages, whom Greta does not care about. While Israelis and "Palestinians" hope that Hamas will agree to the American peace plan and end the Gaza war, Greta is once again distracting attention from the terrorists. She could not be doing them a bigger favour at such a crucial stage.

Among the participants in Thunberg's fleet were several open supporters of Hamas and Hezbollah.

Greta Thunbewrg did not complain to the Israeli authorities about her ridiculous and unfounded accusations regarding prison conditions because they never happened. She complained about ‘inhumane conditions’ during her first sailing trip to Israel (June) and was annoyed by this photo, which seems to contradict her claims



That is why there are now fierce accusations against the Jewish state.

Does she want to stay in Israel longer?

According to Israeli government sources, Greta insisted on serving her entire sentence, 96 hours from arrival, in accordance with Israeli law, in Israel before being deported. In addition, the Swedish woman is said to have refused to board an Israeli aircraft, even though she was offered this option several times.

Monday, October 6 2025

27th OT



Jon 1:1-2:1.11

"The Lord sent a violent wind into the sea, and a great storm arose, so that the ship was about to break up."



The earth has its own movements.

Let us remember, God is peace.



Luke 10:25-37

A scholar asks Jesus: "Who is my neighbor?"



Logically, our neighbor is everyone who is near or far from us. Let’s be with him.



Biblical texts: NAB-RE

Normand Thomas.

Valletta said:

https://people.com/mom-not-working-because-government-shutdown-terrified-not-sleeping-11824283

I feel sorry for people who have anxiety. That being said, she should get some basic financial counseling. It if foolish to pull money out of retirement funds because of what might happen in the future. The government has only been shut down for days and she has not missed a paycheck!

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I think she is a drama queen. Years with the FDA, A former union President. Just trying to get some sympathy when the fact is she has a chance to get paid for not working. I would take that any day. Every other shutdown has given the workers backpay for the time the shutdown occurred. This one Trump might fire some workers. If we do not need them, then why wait?
Should she worry about her retirement? She likely has three plans at least, maybe another IRA on her own. From AI google. How many in the private sector have a defined-benefit pension, social security and a matching savings plan.

• FERS Basic Annuity: This is the defined-benefit pension that provides a monthly payment for life. The payments are generally smaller than under CSRS, but they are designed to be supplemented by other parts of the plan.
• Social Security: Unlike CSRS employees, FERS employees pay into and receive Social Security benefits.
• Thrift Savings Plan (TSP): This is a 401(k)-style retirement savings and investment plan. The government generally provides an automatic contribution and matching funds to FERS employees' TSP accounts.

Oh no, what a pity; never mind.