Larniavc said:

There is a difference between not wanting people doing a bad thing to be clustering near you (racists, paedophiles, criminals etc) and not wanting people who just happen to be a different colour clustering near you.

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There is a difference between people that desire to avoid bad things people do, than being a racist, pedophile, and criminal. Race baiters do this. It has no color....I could understand a person avoiding COLOR, to not have to deal with it.....

Larniavc said:

How can anyone not understand that?

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We watched during the summer of love, WHITE PEOPLE, screaming in the face of Black Police officers , calling them racists. This phenomenon can cause people to stick to one race to avoid these people. Nothing really matters to them. it is just a way to grab power because people accept this nonsense. Leave these race baiters to their own, and let them fight among themselves when they don't have others to accuse.
A dream event. White areas, black areas both of these sick and tired of the race baiters. Each community side by side, helping the other to equal success, at business, medical, etc. Just keeping police and government to their own areas so the race baiters lose their card to indict them.....

Phil G said:

Once again, please explain why you have observed the sun as appearing bigger at sunrise than at noon.

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Like I once said, I can't.

ralliann said:

They do understand to maintain Their own culture in distinction, does not mean to hate.

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There is no such thing as white culture. Unless I’ve missed something. I’m white; what is my culture?

I try make a great distinction between what I know and what I think. I try to stay aware of the reliability of information I receive.

One of the things I don't know is what the real situation is with domestic violence. I know what I saw in my parents' and grandparents' marriages. I know what has occurred in my own marriages (both of them).

I know the discussions of spouse abuse that I've been in with other men over the decades. That is, I know what other men have said, which doesn't mean I know what they've done. But what they've said conveys information as well about what they think the zeitgeist is of the male community.

The feminist story is that domestic abuse is always unprovoked and occurs in nearly 100% of marriages. My real experience doesn't support that. The male community zeitgeist doesn't support that; social conditions that are ubiquitous don't incur social disapproval in even the most casual venues. "My wife was yapping at me last night, so I knocked her into this morning" won't garner the approval of other men in any barbershop.

I don't know what's going on in Gen Z marriages, but I find it difficult that the level of domestic violence is even higher now than it was 50 or 60 years ago, which is what's being reported. If so, what's going on wrong with the socialization of males that's even worse than it was back then?

The names that are found, are the one's in the white stones ...

ralliann said:

Ah listen to you......You don't have to hate to not want to be around certain persons....But those certain persons are not allowed such privilege by you.

Hypocrisy is astounding.......You see, I am not a racist. I would much prefer to not deal with people that cause this kind of strife, and vitriol upon others. Race baiters black or white, I would prefer to not have around.....I cant control how one decides I should be labeled and treated because of that. I just would prefer to not have them wrecking havok in my life.

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There is a difference between not wanting people doing a bad thing to be clustering near you (racists, paedophiles, criminals etc) and not wanting people who just happen to be a different colour clustering near you.

How can anyone not understand that?

public hermit said:

From Vatican News' Deputy Editorial Director, Massimiliano Menichetti:

How much longer must we wait? What more must we witness before we stop the barbarity of war... an appeal recently relaunched by Pope Leo XIV? A cry is raised each day from Gaza.

In a world that is informed and connected, where every event is documented and broadcast in images and sound, people are dying of deprivation. Technology records suffering but does not cure it. Faced with such inhumanity, indifference is not an option. We cannot become numb or turn away after seeing such suffering.

Political leaders and governments must not remain silent.

Gaza: In the face of horror, we cannot look away - Vatican News

Vatican News' Deputy Editorial Director, Massimiliano Menichetti, reflects on the paradox of dying of hunger before a connected and technological ...

www.vaticannews.va

What is happening in Gaza is insane, barbaric, genocidal. Why isn't everyone condemning this?

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It's in the news everyday now depending on which one follows. It is truly insane but geopolitical Israel has an agenda and they can not and will not stop until they get what they want.

Vambram said:

President Trump is correct, and Chairman Powell is not telling the truth.

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Trump is oblivious to any truth. Truth telling is just not in his nature.

ThatRobGuy said:

Early on, there were some valid reasons for it...

Local Franchisees often produce better results and are more "in-tune" the the local market they're catering to than a corporate HQ employee 600 miles away who has no familiarity with the town. (although, the modern age has probably changed that dynamic just a bit)

What makes that model tricky for things like these min wage mandates is that people who aren't familiar with that model just assume "Oh, McDonald's, that's a mega corp, they can afford it, this is a great idea", when in reality, the person who actually owns their local McDonald's location is a person who's 200k in debt and only netting about 90-120k year for their first 5 years.


Fun story: Two of my buddies from college went in on a DQ franchise together some time ago (DQ is actually owned by Warren Buffet's company -- factoid), however, Berkshire Hathaway aren't the ones covering the costs of day to day operations. It was a lot of work and hassle (as one would expect when 75% of ones employees are high school kids), and when they finally got tired of it and sold it, all said and done after paying back the loans, I think they maybe did a tad better than breaking even on it? -- but it was by no means the "cash cow" they assumed it would be. They certainly weren't living high on the hog.

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The truth is, the notion that they were actually in business for themselves is an illusion. If you want to run a hot dog stand, then go and do it. Design your own business model. Shop for your own location and negotiate for the rent, or even buy it. Shop for your own suppliers and negotiate prices. Compete on the local labor market for employees. Set your own prices, manage your own advertising. That's one way. That's called free enterprise.
The other way is to buy a franchise. Pay a franchising fee to corporate headquarters and accept their business model, pay them an exorbitant rent for a special building, buy your supplies from them or designated suppliers at prices they set and sell your hot dogs for what they tell you. That's not free enterprise for the franchise "owner." That doesn't mean it's bad--there are many goods and services which are usefully delivered in that way and fast food is one of them (although not for the reasons put forth by our resident conservatives) In fact, as a business model it has been proven very successful.
Even so, suppressing the first way is gratuitous. Consider how many of the big franchise chains started out as one man stores or even street food. Is it harder now than it was in the past? You bet. Where my son lives in Oakland there is a thriving market in street food and one-man food trucks which allows a lot of people to make a living off of it and the food is amazing. It only survives because it is protected from the authorities by the Sureños.

Eternally Grateful said:

Trinity is a mystery as such.

However. what we do know. is there are three members of the Godhead.

the father
the son
and the spirit

they are one

yet they are three.

the heresy as such to me would be when we say Jesus is not God..

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Exactly at least a focal point of the doctrine, is to fence in Jesus is God, along with God is one in nature. As for Christ himself, another branch of theology was brought forth. The person and work of Christ, called Christology. Some when discussing the doctrine today are speaking in a framework these fathers never even sought to go there....Then some do so today to refute the doctrine or critique it. That idea does not exist in the counsels, but many today do not even realize this.. They are discussing concerning what does not exist in the fathers.

AV1611VET said:

What you are seeing is well AFTER the Creation week.

You were not around when the level of mass/energy of the universe was only 5.97 x 10²⁴ (that is, the earth).

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Are you saying that since I (we ) were not there before the earth (or universe or anything) was created, we do not know that even energy existed in God will?

ThatRobGuy said:

If you recall, it wasn't just the covid stuff, they got quite a bit of mileage out of that "misinformation justifies censorship" schtick.

While Covid was the bulk of it (attempts to censor theories about lab leaks, censoring content that suggested that natural immunity was effective, posts describing side effects, etc...)

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Im not even saying that the covid censorship attempts where govt applied pressure were justified. Im just saying that censorship based on sheer partisan support is a whole other level of problem for the republic. In fact, if successful enough, its kind of the end of the republic.

ThatRobGuy said:

There was also the Hunter Biden laptop fiasco...

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Honestly I could never keep track of who did what there.

ThatRobGuy said:

.....shadow bans occurring if people posted things that were critical of mail-in voting.....

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Sounds like private side censorship, which is completely permissible.

ThatRobGuy said:

Censorship of anecdotes was a thing as well... Where if a person had an anecdote (even if that experience was an extreme outlier), it was a "better censor it out of fears that readers will think that sort of thing is more common than what it is".

Also, where we'd disagree... I don't think any kind of emergency should justify that kind of censorship.

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Id have to run more thought experiments to come to a proper conclusion on that one. Also, I think that was mostly private side censorship. Their property, their call.

ThatRobGuy said:

Perhaps in a different world with honest and sincere politicians, one could make a case for that with me and win me over, but that's not the world we live in. We live in the one where if they find out the rules are "As long as we claim something is an emergency, we can suspend certain rights or make changes that we wouldn't be able to do with the proper channels", they will use it to their full advantage.

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We sure are seeing a lot of fake "emergencies" being declared to justify various executive powers that ordinarily wouldn't accrue. I think covid was real tho. Just ask anyone who worked in a hospital setting at the time. In many ways it was a botched trial run for something much worse. But I dont think we can generalize from it to any conceivable pandemic or other disaster.

Sacred.Beautiful. said:

I think sometimes God allows us to come to the point of desperation to show us that He is what we really need. I think He wants us to depend on Him.

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I fear you are right. But I don't how to do that.

If I don't know how, will he let me die because of it?

tampasteve said:

It is common to use the term "practice Messianic Judaism" or "MJ" to refer to both Jewish and gentile followers. Strictly speaking, most streams of Messianic Judaism still differentiate between Jewish and Gentiles followers, so your idea of calling them "Messianic Christians' is valid, but some streams believe that both are to be considered "Jewish" under the New Covenant. I don't agree with that stance, but it is there.

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That is nice to know, but things are a bit different here in Poland. The division between Messianic Jews and Christians can be a touchy topic.

GTW27 said:

Whom does The Lord say you are. Does He say you are the head, or the tail? What are His promises to you. Take these things and speak them out loud. When we speak out loud The Lord always hears us and the enemy may hear it if he has one close to us at the time. There is Power in the tongue. Power unto life and Power unto death.

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I came to that realization recently. Whenever I talk to God in my mind, God doesn't hear me. However, He does when I speak the words out loud.

There was this thing that happened to me last year.

(For context, I've lived a life dedicated to The Lord my entire life since I can remember. Even though, no one in my vicinity was highly religious, yet I've done things which I had no idea, but they were natural to me, as if I already knew them. For example, anything evil described in the bible, I feel it. I get bad feelings whenever I think, or when I attempt to do them. Because of this, this life could have been lived as such. I didn't know, but was guided towards it. And we're talking about purity, soberness, vigilance, asceticism, knowledge, wisdom, and an absence of lusts.)

In my desperation, seeing that there are no opportunities, and time just slips away, I asked God a question. One night, before bed, I spoke out loud: Is there a point to all this (i.e. this life) ?

And, that night I dreamt of God, speaking to me: "I promised you, and YOU... you keep your word."
He either used the word word or promise. I don't remember.

The thing is, I don't what I promised Him. And I have no idea what He promised me. From my (limited) understanding of the Bible, His promise is eternal life. But I don't really of that right now. I'm in my thirties, I don't think, that is the promise. It has to be something else.

I often speak top Him out loud, but He doesn't answer. That dream was one of the few instances He talked to me.

GTW27 said:

The Lord had me to work in a nothing job for many years. He and I worked together through all of this. "They hated Him without a cause" I went through that.

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I went through similar. People I loved, respected, and would've done anything for them, hated and betrayed me without cause. And all of a sudden, with no reason at all. Some from my family, others were people I've known.

GTW27 said:

You can walk in the fruit of The Spirit and even in The Spirit and they will secretly hold you back. Jesus said that if they hated Me that they will hate you also.

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It's already happening. Happened for a long time. But this is supposed to make you stronger, and make you pass though somehow. I'm dealing with things in which I am held back, but I have nothing to break through. It's like you are in the middle of the ocean, and you drown.

GTW27 said:

You should put your priorities in walking with The Lord and developing that relationship first and He will make everything work out for you. If you truly are born from above then any generational curse is broken for you the moment He enters in. Been there, done that, been held back, but being able to be content in all situations, knowing the Lord is right there with you, is what is important. For me knowing His words can leave my lips at any time He chooses was amazing while being held back and held down. Hopes this helps you.

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The Lord has always been with me. Through my dreams, I always receive warnings of things that can occur, and is in my power to change. Every major event I was told of in my dreams. Plus it's this intuition. Whenever do not know what to do, in the last moment, an idea comes that solves everything. Almost as if.. God doesn't let me fall.

Bullying and shaming isn't the right approach.

Evangelical couples have high rates of divorce due to socioeconomic factors that are often beyond their control. Evangelical culture also tends to be individualistic, and marriage is something that often requires the support of a wider community, especially for people that are socioeconomically vulnerable.

ozso said:

I didn't ask about a promise, I asked about the intended outcome. Was a bunch of people losing their job over this the intended outcome?

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I have bolded the part of your post that I was responding to for your convenience:

ozso said:

I haven't come across that. What I'm hearing is wages being increased was supposed to help all of them, yet many of them lost their job instead. Do you think that was the intended result? If it wasn't, then it went wrong.

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Here is the real problem, this person has 7 children and trying to support them working at a fast food business. That is absolute crazy, first if your going to have seven children and only have minimum wage work skill. you had better have a husband that has a high paying job. But no lets just pop the babies out and take no responability for your situation, hoping the government will do something.


Anneisha Williams said she knows the impacts firsthand. She’s been supporting her seven children on this minimum wage.
Looking at California's $20 minimum wage impact 6 months laterl

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What do you propose as a solution to this issue if not the government stepping in to help provide for these children? Mandated abortion? Forced sterilization? Limiting the number of children a person can have based on income? Allowing the children to starve?

Trinity is a mystery as such.

However. what we do know. is there are three members of the Godhead.

the father
the son
and the spirit

they are one

yet they are three.

the heresy as such to me would be when we say Jesus is not God..

Phil G said:

Now you explain it in a flat earth context.

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I can only explain it due to the vanishing point.

ViaCrucis said:

If Jesus was referring to His Parousia, then we have a much bigger problem. Everyone who heard Jesus' words that day are no longer with us--they all tasted death. Each and every last of Jesus' hearers is long since dead and gone. So if Jesus was referring to His return at the end of the age in glory--His Parousia--then that would make Jesus wrong.

I don't think the Evangelists were trying to tell us that Jesus was wrong. Nor do I think Jesus was wrong.

So somehow there were some who heard Jesus' words who experienced what He was referring to. I would also disagree with the conclusion that Jesus was saying there are those who would die before this happened; the meaning is that there would be those alive who would see it; not that anyone would die before it happened.

"Some of us should visit Borneo before we die" doesn't mean anyone is going to die before visiting Borneo, only that the trip to Borneo happens during the lifetimes of those present.

-CryptoLutheran

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Okay. I'm working with you now, rather than against you. Just looked this up: in logic, the term "some" is a quantifier that indicates the existence of at least one element within a set that satisfies a specific condition. It does not necessarily imply the condition is not true for all elements, meaning "some" does not inherently mean "not all." That means that at least one of the twelve disciples, but maybe all twelve, would not die before they saw the kingdom of God when it came with power, i.e. the transfiguration.

Although, why wouldn't Yeshua have just said, "All of you standing here...?"

They found no cancer and hes starting to heal. He doesnt hurt as much anymore. He sent me a message on Friday.

ozso said:

I haven't come across that. What I'm hearing is wages being increased was supposed to help all of them, yet many of them lost their job instead. Do you think that was the intended result? If it wasn't, then it went wrong.

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If there was a promise that everyone would get a living wage with no changes, than that was overpromising.

ViaCrucis said:

Just so we're clear, would you regard a Jewish person not wanting to be around Nazism to be the same thing as a Nazi not wanting to be around Jewish people?

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If I were not a Nazi and Jewish persons called non Jew's nazi's, then no I would not want be around them.

ViaCrucis said:

Because, I think those are very different things. How do you not see these as very different things?

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Yes, as Jew's get upset, and rightfully so when people CHEAPEN the holocaust, by such rhetoric....

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"Well Martha, looks like the Romans set up a fortress outside of town. They're shouting 'Death to the Christians'"

"Maximus, I'm surprised by your behavior! Didn't you just get done talking about how upset you were that your sister was fed to lions? Shame on you, here you are not wanting these people to set up a fortress outside of town when they're just doing the same. They don't want you in town either. Oh the hypocrisy Maximus.

-CryptoLutheran

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Which You are doing here. Jew's generally don't cheapen historical atrocities, nor Nazism in this way. Furthermore Jew's have tended themselves to live among themselves, in their own neighborhoods. (holy, sat apart) These send their kids to Jewish day school's. They do understand to maintain Their own culture in distinction, does not mean to hate.