BobRyan said:

1 Cor 7:19 what matters is "keeping the Commandments of God"
Is 66:23 Sabbath to be kept by all mankind for all eternity
Mark 2:27 Christ said "Sabbath was made for mankind"
Rev 14:12 saints keep the Commandments of God and their faith in Jesus
James 2 quote from the 10Cs, so also Rom 12 - so also Christ in Matt 19

The idea that if someone does not take God's name in vain - then Christ died in vain is not logical

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the sabbath and the ten commandments are the old covenant, which was a shadow of things to come.
We are under the New Covenant, whose commandments are more strict than the old. You can read them in Matthew 5-7
and in various teachings in the Gospel. To be in Christ is to be in self denial and taking up the cross, we do not owe our allegiance to men that say the old covenant is still in effect.
The temple of the Old Covenant has been destroyed, as Our Lord prophesied, not one stone left on another. The teaching of the Apostles whom our Lord sent, breathed on to give the power to forgive sins, and sealed with tongues of fire of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost say we worship on the Lord's day, which is the first day of the week, or rather the eighth day.
According to God's Sabbath principle of God creates then rests applies fully. God created one Church on the rock of Peter and then He rested. It is only later under the commands of men, came those that deny that creation. They say the Church apostasized and God did not protect it as He promised. According to them, we cannot rely on God's promises but must yield to their judgement.
The Bible gives us stories or typology, that shows us things to come. Just as there was David, a man after God's own heart, who recognized God's authority when presented with Saul; David said that he could not lift his hand against God's anointed. Then came Absolem who stood at the gates of the kingdom and told the Israelites they could no longer receive justice in David's kingdom, they have to follow him to get justice.
So too are those that say we need to rebel against the Apostles, and continue to keep sabbath. Forget that God anointed them and promised to be with them until the end of the age. God did not mean that and abandoned them. Abandon godly reason, and follow our human reason instead. They forget what happened to Absolem

God offers salvation to all who come to Him in repentance. We need not follow men

ThatRobGuy said:

I think most people are missing the real concerning part of this whole story, which was that she was a 40 year old woman having a relationship with her 15 year old student (the circumstances by which they met)

Brigitte Macron says her ‘head was in a mess’ when she dated future French president when he was 15 and she was 40

Brigitte Macron delayed marrying Emmanuel by a decade over concerns for her children

nypost.com

Is Emmanuel Macron's Wife One of His Former High School Teachers?

A Reddit post claimed that French President Emmanuel Macron began a relationship with his future wife when he was 15 and she was 39 years old.

www.snopes.com

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If the French don’t care, why should we?

NewLifeInChristJesus said:

Alter ego - Wikipedia: An alter ego (Latin for "other I") means an alternate self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original personality.​

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When you look at Romans 8:12-14, do you see the flesh as distinct from who you are in Christ?

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. (Ro 8:9)​

What about Romans 8:9? Are you not in the flesh but in the Spirit?

Seeing who we are in Christ as being different from who we are in Adam is not creating an alter-ego. It is recognizing that our life is hidden with Christ in God (Col 3:3). And putting to death the deeds of the body is not creating an alter-ego. It is natural for a person who is one spirit with the Lord (1 Cor 6:17) to detest the sins of his own flesh and long for the day he will be free of it (Rom 8:18-25).

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Ok. So then you understand that a person who has the Spirit, who is a child of God, is overcoming sin; the two- righteousness and nearness to God-cannot be separated. It's not enough to say, "When I look in my heart, I see Jesus living in there", if that righteousness is not prevailing over sin. The new man is a partnership, so to speak, with God, a partnership that, itself, both defines and ensures man's justice/righteousness, and we must remain true and faithful to that partnership, picking up our cross, making effort to be holy, "putting to death the deeds of the flesh".

Always in His Presence said:

Sensitive document on a case being currently investigated

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The case is over. Trump criminals were convicted. Burn bags are how you dispose of sensitive materials.

Always in His Presence said:

Again, I’ll ask you you honestly think they sit around for years in a burn bag waiting to be burnt? Really?

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Somebody neglected to burn them. If somebody wanted to hide them, they wouldn't leave them laying around. To claim otherwise is silly.

NxNW said:

That's how sensitive paperwork is supposed to be destroyed.

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Well golly G I thought that they were putting burn bags to be preserved.

It’s an active investigation and evidence in that investigation is in a burn bag getting ready to be destroyed.

Always in His Presence said:

Secret room' in FBI contains 'burn bags' with sensitive Trump-Russia probe docs: report​

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel reportedly found "burn bags" that were filled with thousands of classified documents connected to the Trump-Russia probe.

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That's how sensitive paperwork is supposed to be destroyed.

iluvatar5150 said:

It’s pretty silly to assume that this is an attempt to destroy evidence.

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Sensitive document on a case being currently investigated found in a burn bag and you think it isn’t an attempt to destroy evidence.

iluvatar5150 said:

Unless these documents were hand-written, then they were created and printed from a computer; and if they were produced on a computer, then they were waaaaay-more-than-likely retained on a server somewhere because of rules regarding document retention. And if they’re retained on a server, then all the burn bags are for is the destruction of the hard copies, which is an entirely normal process for any organization that has hard copies of sensitive documents floating around.

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Pictured a server, actually a series of servers that contain terabytes of terabytes of information all encrypted files all different locations. Tell me how you’re gonna find 100 documents within that system?

It’s not like going into your system and setting up saying pull all my word files that have to do with Russian collusion.

It would be like covering the city of New York City 2 feet deep in quarters and telling someone go out and find the right quarter but we’re not gonna tell you what year it is.

iluvatar5150 said:

When I worked as a lowly grunt at Big Defense Contractor, every office had at least one (often multiple) full-sized trash cans, padlocked shut with a mail slot in the top, for disposing of these sensitive documents. Every so often, Iron Mountain would come through and collect them to be destroyed. I assumed they were shredded, but I suppose it’s possible they were burned.

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When I worked in the military for counterespionage, those burn bags were changed daily so they didn’t sit around

iluvatar5150 said:

Now, if a burn bag sat around for years, that might be a violation of a document handling policy, but in the other direction- they probably should’ve been destroyed long ago.

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Again, I’ll ask you you honestly think they sit around for years in a burn bag waiting to be burnt? Really?

Oompa Loompa said:

Can you explain why you think Trump is creating a conspiracy against Obama after a lot of evidence has been provided that suggests what Trump is saying is true?

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No evidence has been provided against Obama. No charges have been filed. On the other hand, dozens of Trump conspirators were convicted and admitted guilt.

Fantine said:

Since the tariffs have just started (?) the countdown begins at that time...
He told mistruths about the start dates and percentages as he does in most situations.

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Are you just talking about the EU agreement? The tariffs have been going on for a while and have brought in about 78 billion so far. And there was all this, the sky is falling, mentality going and dire warnings that our economy was going to tank and a terrible recession was headed our way etc etc. By July it was all going to be over for us.

I didn't know what was going to happen. I was always of the mind of lets wait and see. Well here we are and we are doing okay. And now you come with just more of the same doom and gloom. Pardon me if I just dismiss it now. You are your economists have been proven wrong at this point.

Come back in six months and lets see where we are shall we? Im not going to respond anymore to those who have been proven wrong already.

prodromos said:

This is doctrine in the Catholic Church only. As far as any other Christans are concerned, the Pope is just as prone to error as anyone else.

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So using that logic, the profession of faith at Nicea in 325 is prone to error?

Postvieww said:

You have no real concept of what Obama actually did but I believe very soon you will.

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He investigated the criminals in the Trump organization. We know they're guilty because they admitted it.

ozso said:

The deputy director of the FBI is just some conspiracy theorist?

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Yes.

Trump threatens trade deal over Canada's Palestine stance​

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement earlier Wednesday, stating it would officially make the mostly symbolic move in September at the United Nations General Assembly.

Trump took to his Truth Social late Wednesday to deride the announcement.

"Wow!" he said in the statement. "That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them."

stevevw said:

How this relates to the bible. I think Paul mentions something about hair and head coverings which is maybe related to the order in the church body and this representation between Christ the groom and the church bride. Which is related to the husband and wife and headship.

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The cultural context of that preaching is that it doesn't apply to us anymore. This is why Christian women don't cover their heads anymore.

Nowhere else in the Bible it's mentioned to be law or command. Paul did sort of commanding his audience because back then in Corinth, wearing head covering is what a respectable woman do and Corinth is a very lawless place.

As everything else with Paul's teachings many of them aren't mentioned anywhere else in the Bible - these are very specific instructions for the time period and culture/region.

Larniavc said:

Not the white supremacist?

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Well i do not believe anyone is showing empathy and compassion for these people. What I understand is some are saying they just do not care what these people are doing.

Only God is responsible for Salvation, with man its impossible Matt 19:23-26

23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Always in His Presence said:

Secret room' in FBI contains 'burn bags' with sensitive Trump-Russia probe docs: report​

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel reportedly found "burn bags" that were filled with thousands of classified documents connected to the Trump-Russia probe.

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Wow!!!!!

Kathleen30 said:

Steve you perhaps speak of the ladies who sort of look like GI Joe they have hair but it is shaven on their sides.. they do have masculine tendencies and seem attracted to the femininity of us long haired ladies often speaking with masculine authority to attract us. There may be some truth to the hormonal imbalance. As many from an early age seem to know what their sexual preference be. Be it woman or man for some it’s both

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The research I think is well supported but not conclusive as theres many unknown factors at present. But basically there are some people who have a in develop for various reasons are aligned with the opposite sexed brains in those particular areas.

But as we known this is not always the case and there may also be couples both with short hair or long hair though less often. So its complex but there is some association.

I think this maybe going back some time as well. I remember a couple of true stories about women who became men and fooled most for some time as it was taboo.

But I also think this may have increased. BUt I am not sure if this is because it is a cultural phenomina, biological and genetic or a combination of both. I suspect it is the last. Culture has defnitely developed to be more gender fluid in general or at least accepting it for the most part.

But from what I have read on the toxins and pathogens and even hormones being punmped into the system over decades it would not surprise that this has caused some damage with our biological systems.

Larniavc said:

What on Earth do you mean by ‘spoke American’? Do you mean English?

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YES! Obviously.

MrMoe said:

Sympathy can come from empathy.

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True.

MrMoe said:

So you cannot definitively say it’s one and not the other.

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Sure I can. If sympathy arises from empathy, it's still sympathy. But this is irrelevant - you're the one who presented it as an example of "suicidal empathy." If it's impossible to tell whether it's sympathy or empathy, how could it be a good example of empathy?

DaisyDay said:

I think what was meant is that the AI search engine found multiple instances and that the wording of the rest of the post is not original to him?

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Yeah, I know what it means in terms of how the text was generated. I'm more asking about why it's being presented here. 1.) We know these LLM's aren't especially accurate and 2.) are posters incapable of reading and commenting on the material themselves.

fhansen said:

Ok, this is where youre losing me I guess. We either sin or we don't; we can't blame some alter-ego, pointing to him and saying "He did it while I did not, or something to that effect. We both agree that righteousness is freely given in some manner, but also that we continue to sin. In Catholic theology that righteousness is a part of our justification, God justifying the ungodly: by making us right. And now we're responsible for our part of the "deal", for how we "invest" the grace, the righteousness, the light given us, for how we cooperate with God's work in us, a cooperation which is attested to in how we live our lives. So Paul warns us in Rom 6:21 that sin leads to death while affirming in 6:22 that holiness leads to eternal life. And this instruction continues in chap 8:

"Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God." Rom 8:12-14

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When you look at Romans 8:12-14, do you see the flesh as distinct from who you are in Christ?


What about Romans 8:9? Are you not in the flesh but in the Spirit?

Seeing who we are in Christ as being different from who we are in Adam is not creating an alter-ego. It is recognizing that our life is hidden with Christ in God (Col 3:3). And putting to death the deeds of the body is not creating an alter-ego. It is natural for a person who is one spirit with the Lord (1 Cor 6:17) to detest the sins of his own flesh and long for the day he will be free of it (Rom 8:18-25).

DaisyDay said:

If he ain't, I am, even if it does. There is a time and place for nudity.

This does not mean, however, that I would be "fine" if, as someone suggested, he were to come over to my house and wave his "junk" in my face. Nor do I find it appropriate for the workplace - most workplaces, anyhoo, as there are obviously acceptions.

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Let's set aside the biblical perspective for a moment and focus on workplace ethics.

In my 30 years in IT and Cyber Security, I have seen hundreds of employees fired for viewing or storing pornographic material on company computers. An employee was dismissed for using company email to send inappropriate messages of a sexual nature to his girlfriend.

These issues occur in most offices today, and you've likely seen or heard something similar at your workplace. Human resource policies regarding sexual harassment have become significantly stricter over the past several decades.

The only instances I have observed these policies being relaxed are when political positions are involved or when the individual is a Fortune 500 company CEO.

If this had occurred in any other US office, all involved employees would be suspended pending investigation, and at least one would likely be dismissed.

Two weeks ago, a Silicon Valley CEO was dismissed after being seen on the "Kiss Cam" with the company's HR head at a concert. If a similar incident occurred involving an elected official from either the Democratic or Republican party, public discussion would likely focus on the reactions from opposing parties rather than the individuals involved.

My last name "Tate" is obviously an English name and I submit to you that we English have taken over EDUCATION and we have given three hundred and forty million American many less than truthful ideas relevant to economics and the possible productivity of Americans.

In a way we did this to attempt to combat the astonishing PRODUCTIVITY of Americans that is explained in Genesis 11:6 to Moses.

"And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do."


[Alain Pilote]

We are in 1750. The United States of America does not yet exist; it is the 13 Colonies of the American continent, forming “New England”, a possession of the motherland, England. Benjamin Franklin wrote about the population of that time: “Impossible to find a happier and more prosperous population on all the surface of the globe.” Going over to England to represent the interests of the Colonies, Franklin was asked how he accounted for the prosperous conditions prevailing in the Colonies, while poverty was rife in the motherland:

“That is simple,” Franklin replied. “In the Colonies we issue our own money. It is called Colonial Scrip. We issue it in proper proportion to make the products pass easily from the producers to the consumers. In this manner, creating ourselves our own paper money, we control its purchasing power, and we have no interest to pay to no one.”

The English bankers, being informed of that, had a law passed by the British Parliament prohibiting the Colonies from issuing their own money, and ordering them to use only the gold or silver debt-money that was provided in insufficient quantity by the English bankers. The circulating medium of exchange was thus reduced by half.

“In one year,” Franklin stated, “the conditions were so reversed that the era of prosperity ended, and a depression set in, to such an extent that the streets of the Colonies were filled with unemployed.”

Then the Revolutionary War was launched against England, and was followed by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. History textbooks erroneously teach that it was the tax on tea that triggered the American Revolution. But Franklin clearly stated:

“The Colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters, had it not been the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament: which has caused in the Colonies hatred of England, and the Revolutionary War.”

The Founding Fathers of the United States, bearing all these facts in mind, and to protect themselves against the exploitation of the International Bankers, took good care to expressly declare, in the American Constitution, signed at Philadelphia, in 1787, Article 1, Section 8, paragraph 5:

“Congress shall have the power to coin money and to regulate the value thereof.”​

The bank of the bankers​

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enoob57 said:

Please verse 13 isn’t talking about somebody who’s already saved. It’s an offer of salvation. Come on get with the program.

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Yes it is, and if its not, you teach the accursed gospel of salvation by works.