God bless him!

Males and females are different regardless of gender identity. Biology isn’t discrimination.

stevevw said:

I said that the logic you are using in citing your own expertise is the same as me linking the experts I have. So if you are going to use authority as the evidence then it works both ways. We get into a game about who can supply the most authoritive expert. Its not a good way to argue.

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Almost every paragraph, every sentence, sometimes even every clause that you type can be contested. Most of the time I forego the effort, since you routinely misunderstand, or ignore whatever I say. But . . .

It has been amply demonstrated, I think to the satisfaction of all save yourself, that your experts are not experts. Consequently, comparing their expertise - demonstrably of limited quality and probably less relevance - to that of a practitioner of the topics under discussion (whom you are free to interrogate to the test that expertise) is inappropriate.

I repeat an earlier comment, to which I got zero reaction: show evidence that you have critically examined the speculations and claims you are throwing around and then I shall treat your ramblings with a measure of respect.

SabbathBlessings said:

If God wanted that number there He would have added it, why no one will find the number 613 in the Bible.

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Again, I posted a link that shows you where in scripture all 613 laws of the Mosaic law including the 10 commandments are located. If you refuse to look at it that is your fault not mine.

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So a person believes in Jesus for Eternal Life and God gives that person The Life of God. So how is that undone by the person.
Even if they over time come to not believe, it still does not change the fact that at one point in their life they did believe.

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It was a counterfeit faith (Mt 7:22-23), they did not, in fact, receive the life of God.

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I broke it down with Scripture and references to what "saying in David" the author of Hebrews was quoting, Heb4 is mainly a reference to OT showing how they rebelled and harden their hearts which prevented them for entering into their rest (Canaan) and comparing it to today, why we are not to follow in their same path of disobedience Heb4:6 Heb4:11, but if one thinks our words will save, over what the Scriptures state so plainly, that's a choice one can take. John 12:48

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That is not the proper interpretation of Heb. 4. The writer is contrasting Moses and the Messiah at the end of Heb. 3 and explaining why some of the Israelites could not enter the promise land. But the beginning of Heb. 4 the writer begins with “therefore”. This serves as not teaching the result if their unbelief which prevented them from entering the promise land. The writer is cautioning the reader that they should not miss Jesus rest by their unbelief but to have faith today.

“For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.”
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This verse alone discredits your interpretation since it compares Jesus rest as the same as God’s rest.

SabbathBlessings said:

Its not if we are not allowing the Bible to explain Itself and end up doing the opposite of what it says.

Heb 10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” [g]says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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This is irrelevant and unresponsive. This is typical sect threats to keep adherents aligned with the sect’s beliefs. It won’t work on me. You are not qualified to post scripture accusing the other poster of sinning if they don’t agree with you. It is a form of flaming and against the forum rules.

bèlla said:

It’s less about screw you than the fact it doesn’t come to mind. The majority are focused on their circumstances and everyone isn’t forthcoming about their finances. It isn’t uncommon for a person to keep problems to themselves and that was the norm for a while.

~bella

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The "screw you, I got mine" attitude comes out when you force them into a discussion about it...and their is no other response they can make. They are in a position to have satisfactory coverage, and must be all your fault if you don't.

Leaf473 said:

If we look at the ends of the books of Leviticus and Numbers, they both say that "these are the commandments that the Lord gave..."

Would you agree that those books are commandments?

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There are the commandments besides those that were written by the finger of God, after God spoke those ones audibly. Many other things commanded, being subject to the ten, are of the shadows which involve the priesthood, the sacrifices, and the ways to be made clean, which we have Christ for in the new covenant, and the civil law, which is not up to the Christian believers. And what we can be obedient in with it being in Christ we can do.

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What I was meaning to indicate is that there are passages that speaks to God’s heart and passages that speak to the reality of who will be saved and how. It is clear that even though God’s heart is that all would be saved, in reality he set down a process wherein HE chooses who will be saved and is clear that it is not everyone.

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Where is the scripture passage that you can show me it is God's heart that is distinct from what God chooses, as basis for understanding that? I use what I know. God is not willing that any perish. I am not universalist, I understand there are plenty who are not getting saved. But it is not God to be blamed with that. Any must come to repentance. All are being given some opportunity, though how much has to do with what we who already are believers do about others knowing to come to God. So God choosing had basis in what God knows, with the opportunities we are given, that our responses are involved with.

Maria Billingsley said:

News flash! The East Wing is being torn down completely. So an East Wing will no longer exist. New Name ( im guessing) will be the Trump Wing.

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How about calling it the Right Wing?

Bradskii said:

Would that he should show respect for the office he holds and the constitution he has sworn to uphold.

And this isn't like I'm taking a passing interest in some failed developer who has happened to get people to vote him into office. I've been following US politics since JFK. And this surely doesn't come as a surprise to you that what this man does often has a direct affect on my country and me on me personally. So these schoolyard level whinges like 'Hey, go hug a kangaroo' deserve to stay in the schoolyard where they belong.

Let's face it, taking afront when someone points out that Trump lies constantly and is a disgrace to the office of POTUS when almost everything he does is confirmation of those facts is plainly excusing what he does.

This business of the East Wing is a sideshow. His petty use of tariffs, his blatant disregard of freedom of speech, his quotas on illegal immigrants, his complete disregard for human life in executing boat loads of people...the list goes on and on and on.

The East Wing and his gold plated ballroom? That's a little light relief, my friend. What he's doing to the reputation of your country should concern you. That it doesn't concern you and so many others is of even greater concern.

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Let me start by offering, in all seriousness and friendliness, a forum usage tip, since this has happened with you before. When replying to a post in a relatively lengthy thread, you don' t have to read every post in the thread, but you should scan the thread's pages to look for previous posts made by the poster you're replying to. (Remember, it's called a thread for a reason.) It's fairly quick and easy to do given that we all have different colorful avatars of one kind or another. That way, you won't risk looking foolish by making a point which has already been solidly debunked.

Your postings impressed me so much I was inspired to do something I may or may not have ever done before. While having my morning coffee, I decided to multitask and write a book, just for you. No worries mate, as books go, it's very short, and I've made every effort to keep the Latin and the technical jargon down to a minimum. Also, please forgive any grammatical errors as my proofreader is presently in county jail. Enjoy.

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There's a perplexing question which entered into the human condition around the time of the year of our Lord 2015 - do members of the Trump hating industrial complex actually believe their own lies that they pass amongst each other and the world at large, or do they just pretend to? As of 2025, the world's finest cognitive scientists are stumped by this question. Unfortunately I also have no answer to that question in general, but I think I can answer it sometimes in particular cases. In your case, Mr. Bradskii, I think you're a True Believer. I'll insult you by complimenting you - you come across as a very sincere man.


Forgive me if what I'm about to say here comes across as condescending, but by not knowing the meaning of the word "replace" (As I said, I think you're sincere. We're both older gentlemen, and perhaps you've forgotten the meaning), you've left me no choice. I have to play the hand you dealt me. By not knowing the meaning of the word "replace", and by participating in this thread to demonstrate that fact by parroting the nonsense of others, you've painted yourself into this corner.

If I'm trying to teach a child how to ride a bicycle, and he's not "getting it", I may have to make the process simpler and easier by attaching training wheels. Here's your wheels -


At around 8 to 12 months of age, young humans learn about object permanence. Between the ages of 2 to 3 years, children learn the concept that two physical objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. At some point around here, as their vocabulary is growing, English speaking children will indubitability learn the meaning of a very basic, common and useful word - "replace". I won't delve into the linguistics involved, but suffice to say that, if all is going well, i.e., in the absence of any brain injury or organic brain disease, or functional brain disease such as may be incurred from watching MSNBC or TikTok, the child will come to mentally associate the meaning of the word "replace" with the physics concept that two physical structures cannot exist in the same space at the same time. At the quantum level, this concept is expressed by the Pauli Exclusion Principle. In our much more relatable macro world, the concept is referred to as either the Impenetrability of Matter, or Spatial Exclusion. But it's important to note that no child needs any training in physics whatsoever to fully grasp this very important concept, because, res ipsa loquitur.

In July, in the very first announcement regarding plans for the east wing, the White House released a press statement which said they were going "...to replace the current East Wing". [Exact words. Emphasis added.]

There was no lie.


The day the demolition began, King Trump posted this: "Completely separate from the White House itself, the East Wing is being fully modernized..." So when King Trump made the comment about not touching the "existing building", all logical, thinking people readily deduced that he was obviously referring the White House itself, not the wing which he announced months earlier was going to be replaced. But the Left saw a chance to do what it loves and lives to do - pounce on nothing as if it were a windmill needing to be tilted at. Would you nitpick over words this way with your wife? No, you'd only do it to someone for whom you have irrational hatred.

Is King Trump sometimes inarticulate? Yes, but in the recent past Australia had a king who spoke with a stammer, and is considered to have been a good king. No king is perfect.

There was no lie.


When I advised you to relax in my previous book post, I meant it, and it was for your own good. You need to get used to this. King Trump is going to be your King forever. At no cost to the taxpayer, King Trump's consciousness has been uploaded to a secure server (a big, beautiful golden server, greatest server in history). Some other talented folks have created a hologram of King Trump (yes of course, big, beautiful, etc.). It's him, except now he's even slightly more handsome and has larger fingers. His rule will last throughout the millennia! You will have to get used to winning, to relative peace and prosperity, and many, many more big beautiful ballrooms.

More good news - when Australia becomes an American state, you and I will be fellow countrymen! Don't worry, your culture will remain intact, we won't be changing your tucker or your footy. You'll just have an overabundance of big ballrooms so you can have...(I'm thinking of a certain AC/DC song, but I probably ought not go there). There may need to be charges lain against that one bloke with the criminal dance moves, though.


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Your welcome. Now go! Seize the day!

FaithT said:

Did any of your parishes have Trunk or Treat Friday or Saturday night? We did but we didn’t go to it. We went to our granddaughter’s daycare Trunk or Treat on Friday and I thought two nights in a row doing the same thing would be too much. Besides, they prefer you decorate a trunk and I was planning on just taking the kids there by walking in, if we would’ve gone. That’s how we did it at daycare. We just brought chairs and a “cauldron” filled with candy, so we were free to leave early which is nearly impossible if you bring your car in and decorate a trunk….too many little kids running around.
What, if anything did you do that was Halloween-y this weekend?

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Yeah, we did, but I was out of town.

BelieveItOarKnot said:

The law is not of faith

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What "LAW" is not of Faith? If God tells me, a thief, "Do not steal" or a man that hates my brother, "do not hate your brother in your heart" or a man whose most precious treasured possession is my son, "take your only son and sacrifice him to me", and I repent of "MY" way, and I deny myself, rule over my flesh, refuse to let sin, (rejection or transgression of God's commandments) reign in my mortal body, and become a "Doer" of God's sayings and not a hearer only, that is God's Very definition of Faith, according to the Bible.

But Israel completely rejected this God, they were "children in whom was no Faith", they created their own god and said, "This is the god that led us out of sin", even after God Commanded them, "Thou shall not" engage in such behavior. But they became like the world of Noah's time, like "Sodom and Gomorrah". So God considered wiping them all out, and making a great nation out of Moses, but HE relented and showed mercy on the Children of Israel. And allowed Moses to go up a second time to secure again, the covenant they broke. Only this Time God "ADDED" a LAW that wasn't given to them in the the day they left Egypt. He "ADDED" a "LAW" that Abraham didn't have.

In this "LAW", when a man transgressed God's commandments, this man was required to take a goat of certain age and gender, of certain condition, and kill it before a Levite Priest who would take the Blood of the sacrifice and perform priesthood duties, to provide for the forgiveness of sins.

This "law" was to be in place until the true "Lamb of God", which Abraham understood, came and provided for their atonement Himself.

Gen. 22: 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

The Pharisees who had taken over the City of David, and Solomons Temple, didn't believe Moses. They rejected God's commandments and went about establishing their own righteousness. They didn't believe Jesus was "This Lamb" prophesied by the Prophets since before Abraham. So they were still requiring a corrupted version of this "LAW" before justification/remission of sins could be provided for. Abraham knew and understood his sins were covered by this "Christ". Caleb, Shadrack, Daniel, Zacharias, Simeon and Anna, all lived by "Faith" as defined by God through Abraham. But the Pharisees were still promoting justification by "Works of the Temporary Law", that was to lead them, if they had the faith of Abraham, to their true High Priest, and the True Lamb of God.

Men could see this more clearly if they believed all that was written in the Law and Prophets as Paul did. Read Is. chapter 1. This is the perfect representation of the mainstream religions of the world Paul was placed in.

These men who "professed to know God" rejected His Judgments and created their own, rejected God's Feasts, and created their own high days. They full well rejected the commandments of God that they might live by their own religious traditions. God likened them to Sodom and Gomorrah.

And yet every week they would gather together unto Him and offer to Him for their willful rejection of His instruction, the blood of an innocent, righteous, unblemished being, as per the LAW, for justification.

In other words, these men would reject God's Commandments and judgments, knowing full well what He commanded them, just as those who built the golden calf. But they interpreted this "ADDED" Law as a means of Justification, instead of repentance and obedience as they were created of. As God told Saul, "To obey is better than sacrifice".

Faith in God, "is obedience" to God. As it is written, Anyone who says they have faith in God, and are rejecting His Commandments is a Liar, and the Truth is not in Him.

Abraham and His children were blessed, not because they "heard" God's Laws, but because, as Paul teaches, they were "Doers" of God's Laws, as it is written: "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

Sodom heard God's Laws, but were not "doers". The children of Israel who fell in the wilderness "heard" God's Laws, but were not "doers". The Wicked Kings of Israel "heard God's Laws", but were not "doers".

Rom. 2: 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the "doers" of the law "shall be justified".

Ananias, with Sapphira his wife were "hearers" of God's Laws, not "doers".

Eve was a "hearer" of God's Laws, not a "doer".

Men of true Faith have always been "Doers" of God's Laws, not hearers only. Those Christians in Matthew 7:22,23, were "Hearers" of God's Laws, not "doers" like those whose house will Stand.

From the very beginning the prince of this world has promoted the philosophy that God's Laws are "Against" men.

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, (reject God's Commandment) then your eyes shall be opened, and (then) ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

This is the philosophy of the prince of this world, that as long as man "Yields themselves" servants to obey God, they will remain blind and Ignorant.

My friends, listen to the Jesus "of the bible" and "live by", not by the traditions, high days and philosophies of this world's popular religious sects and businesses, but by every Word that proceeds from the Mouth of God.

Live by Faith in God, like His Only begotten Son, and "Every Example" of Faithful man did. Glorify Him by honoring Him with more than your lips. Yes, it will bring divisions in your life. Yes, you will have internal battles. Yes, the religions of this world will shun, ridicule and cast you out. But in the end the truly Faithful will be told, "well done, good and faithful servant.

Michie said:

Half the Anglican World Breaks Away Over Church of England’s Progressive Turn

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We welcome them with open arms!

Bradskii said:

Whoa, let's back the truck up a little here.

Pentagon names new press corps from far-right outlets after reporter walkout

Spokesperson calls journalists who refused to agree to new rules ‘self-righteous media who chose to self-deport’

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'The (Pentagon) journalists who turned in their press credentials earlier this month did so after the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, introduced a policy that required that they agree not to obtain unauthorized material...'

Trump has said that they couldn't print anything unless it was authorised. And this doesn't mean classified information. They were told that they could only report what the Pentagon wanted them to report. That is in direct contradiction to the First amendment. It's a restriction on the freedom of the press.

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Ok. Not entirely respectful. I will give you credit for that. He let No King’s Day happen despite acting in an incredibly childish manner.

Tuur said:

Know someone, an American retiree, who had a leg wound that quickly went bad. After a nurse happened to see it, he was in a specialist's office the next day, and surgery the next or the day after.

Three times my father, a farmer and blue-collar worker, was found with a life-threatening condition, and each time he had specialist help right then or the day after.

My serious question for those who are on health care in other countries: How long would the retiree I know and my father would have had to wait to see a specialist?

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I have never heard of a case in Canada or the UK or anywhere else in Europe that people had immediately life-threatening conditions that were not seen to immediately.

But I've heard of many cases where a citizen of those nations would have received care in a few weeks or even months for which many Americans would not receive care at all because they had no way to afford it.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m on the fence in relation to this subject. Therefore, I have found it interesting. So I asked AI about when the discussion about the immortal soul began, and the answer in part is as follows:

“Talmud (circa 200-500 CE): The Talmud contains extensive discussions by various rabbis about the afterlife and judgment, including explicit mentions of who is excluded from Olam Ha-Ba:
Rabbi Akiva: Known for his teachings about merit and punishment, he argued that certain sinners would not receive a share in the World to Come.
Rabbi Eliezer: He stated that those who committed specific transgressions, such as idol worship or slander, would not be part of Olam Ha-Ba.”
The discussion includes questions about how long the unrighteous stay in Gehenna, which ranges from 12 months to eternity.

Among Christians, the discussion seems to be rooted in Roman and Orthodox theology, which was adopted by many Protestants. Some say it started with St. Augustine. These groups designated the mortal human soul as heresy. Anyhow, the discussion is based in doctrinal writings; all of them using the scriptures that have been repeated by both sides in this thread. I’ve been considered a heretic by many Christians and Jews, and it doesn’t have much influence on the validity of the discussion. The question I’ve been waiting to see answered is the effect on evangelism and whether fear of eternal hell is a justified tool.