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The Barbarian · Tuesday at 8:20 PM

AV1611VET said:
So much for transubstantiation then, huh?

That's what Hitler thought. But then he called Christianity a "Jewish fraud."

FaithT · Tuesday at 8:19 PM

AV1611VET said:
There's some "missing links" that haven't answered their summons yet.

"Police" are out looking for them now.

Nothing detrimental to the theory.

ViaCrucis · Tuesday at 8:08 PM

The idea that if a non-Christian doesn't like me or doesn't like something I do, then I must be doing the right thing; or the inverse (if a non-Christian likes me or likes something I do, then I must be doing the wrong thing) is pretty bad. That's a pretty bad mindset to have. There's no sugar-coating it, that's what people do when they don't want to take accountability for themselves but still pat themselves on the back.

That's pretty gross, and pretty anti-Christian behavior. That's worldliness.

Christ said to be light and salt, and that our good works should shine before men so that they might see them and praise God.

Being a jerk isn't being light or salt, it's not good work. And patting oneself on the back after being a complete jerk to people and then saying "The unbelievers don't like me, so I must be holy" is just so incredibly gross and wrong.

Be honest.
Be kind.
Love your neighbor.
Love your enemy.
If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn and offer the left.
If someone curses you, bless them.
If someone persecutes you, pray for them.

This is Christianity 101.

-CryptoLutheran

Gr8Grace · Tuesday at 8:08 PM

Brightfame52 said:
Does man have a freewill ?

I'm not asking does man have a will, sure he does. God created man with a will, and man has a responsible and accountable will that God gave him at creation. However the question remains, does man have a freewill ?

Man though he has a will, his will isn't free from Gods Sovereign Will and Purpose. Mans will is always subservient to Gods Sovereign Purpose !

I'm going to share some scripture which without doubt, indicate that mans will is subservient to Gods Will of Purpose.

Dan 4:34-35

34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

Prov 16:9

9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

Prov 19:21

21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

Jer 10:23

23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

These are just a few verses, there are many more !

Yes, we have freewill. We can choose to not steal,murder or covet. We can choose to see God in His creation. We can choose to be better people. We can choose to sin less......But by God, we can never choose His Gospel for salvation. GOD FORBID. All else is open to choice, but His Gospel is for the special lottery winners.

The_Mantis · Tuesday at 8:07 PM

Michie said:
You’re in the Catholic forum. Familiarize yourself with the rules of the forum.

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NxNW · Tuesday at 8:06 PM

ozso said:
Yeah several million more votes than anyone running for president has ever gotten before or after. Bit fishy.

As the population grows, so does the number of registered voters, especially when they're not stuck at work on Election Day. But if you have evidence of fraud, bring it forth! Or fifth!

rjs330 · Tuesday at 8:01 PM

HARK! said:
Federal land...Federal money. This money belongs to the American people as a whole, not a select few who want to live in the country where there are fewer job opportunities as a result of the low density population.

This article is nonsensical hit piece. A smaller population is going to generally generate less taxes; but less taxes are required to support a smaller population.

I agee. I am hoping that the increased logging will.provide more job opportunities. But that remai s to be seen.

Landon Caeli · Tuesday at 7:59 PM

JosephZ said:
The event that took place in Jaffa in 1921 was definitely a riot and not an act of genocide. Here are some excerpts from the Wikipedia source you quoted:

About 45,000 people lived in Jaffa at the time, roughly half of them Muslims, a third Jews, and the rest Christians.

The first shots had apparently been fired to disperse a procession marching from Jaffa to Tel Aviv without a permit. The parade had been organized by the Jewish Communist Party, officially called the Socialist Workers Party, though its opponents used an acronym of the party’s Hebrew name to nickname it “Mops,” which means “pug dog” in German. The previous night the party had sent boys out to distribute leaflets in Arabic and Yiddish emblazoned with slogans calling on the workers to topple the British regime and establish the Soviet Union of Palestine.

Meanwhile in Tel Aviv, a large May Day parade had been organized by Achdut HaAvoda, the major Jewish labor party at the time, and sanctioned by the authorities. Tensions ran high between the rival parties. At some point the communists and Achdut HaAvoda people ran into one another, and a fistfight ensued. The police chased the “Mopsies” members back in the direction of Jaffa, where the Communist parade clashed with Arabs, who were equally unsympathetic to a Soviet Union of Palestine.

Dozens of witnesses—Jewish, Arab, and British—all told the same story: Arab men broke into Jewish buildings and murdered the occupants; women came afterward and looted. Bearing clubs, knives, swords, and in some cases pistols, Arabs attacked Jewish pedestrians and destroyed Jewish homes and stores. They beat and killed Jews, children included, in their homes; in some cases they split the victims’ skulls open.

Arab accounts of the Jewish violence are very similar to the Jewish testimonies about the Arab riots. The Jews looted homes and stores. They broke into Arab houses, beating and killing the occupants; in one house, a woman and child were murdered. A hunchbacked Arab and his children were killed in an orange grove; their bodies were disfigured. A Jewish policeman took part.

A commission of inquiry later appointed to investigate the riots found that the fight between the communists and Achdut HaAvoda was the spark that lit the fire and described the riots as “an orgy of pillage.” Many witnesses identified their neighbors among the attackers and murderers; in some places Arabs had come to the defense of Jews and gave them refuge in their houses.

A total of 47 Jews and 48 Arabs were killed in the disturbances, and the wounded numbered 146 Jews and 73 Arabs.

There is no evidence that the Jaffa riots were premeditated. Arab leaders and spokesmen, first and foremost Musa Kazim al-Husseini, condemned them.

The Arabs put together a petition that they submitted to the League of Nations, in which they expressed their grievances; the essence of their demands—independence and democracy—remained unchanged through the end of the Mandate.

We can call it a riot if that’s what it was. I'm fine with that... But when they raided the businesses and homes of random Jews, and killed them as retribution for what other Jews did..? That's racism! Plain and simple.

...And this is the kind of sick behavior we saw coming from the very start... And it continues to this day... And it is the *root* of the problem.

comana · Tuesday at 7:58 PM

Valletta said:
There is mounting evidence that the Biden administration tried to cook the books to give Democrats an unfair advantage, which explains why a minority of Democrats (43% compared to 83% Republicans) approve of President Trump’s decision to take a new census that excludes illegal aliens from the population count.

Joe Biden threw open the border to rig the census — and elections for Democrats

We know that the Biden administration deliberately broke the border and ushered in over 20 million illegal aliens, at a huge cost to the nation’s social welfare system.

nypost.com

Certainly by now many Democratic realize that illegals counted in the census did substantially help Democrats.

The majority of Democrats prefer the President respect the Constitution.

rockytopva · Tuesday at 7:57 PM

I am working on a 1611 KJV Motorcycle Patch for a black leather jacket. Any edits/ideas please post.

Width - 7.5" (716 Pixels)
Height - 11" (1075 Pixels)

DaisyDay · Tuesday at 7:53 PM

rjs330 said:
Yes yes he said he had no problem with. The difference is there are a lot of people who are claiming hes not after all because hes on it.

Let me help. WE ALL KNOW HES ON IT ALREADY.

You guys seem to think its about him, because you guys always make everything about him.

I hear absolutely NO speculation regarding other reasons he may not release the list. If the list was released and Trumps name was on it, the left would point fingers and say see! We would respond with so? We already know hes on it because we already know he flew with him all those years ago.

So hes certainly not releasing tge list because of him. Its something else. And many people, including right wingers, want to know who else is on the list. What exactly are the concerns regarding who else is on it?

I think its far more likely to cause international incidents and thats why its not being released if there even is the kind of list people think there is. He's not trying to protect himself hes trying to prevent other problems that could arise if this so called list is released.

Thats a much more plausible explanation. Frankly I dont care. Just release the stuff and let the chips fall. Who cares if it causes international incidents. Those involved can just explain themselves to their own people. Maybe the information could cause other countries to break ties with us because they find out that Epstien was a CIA operative and was blackmailing people. I don't know. But that's more plausible than "Trump isnt releasing it because hes on it."

Its already been proven he flew with Epstein.

Right, promise made, promise broken.

Aryeh Jay · Tuesday at 7:49 PM

And in keeping with the justice systems lack of investigating these murders, it's a safe bet they aren't digging up the crime scene basement.

DaisyDay · Tuesday at 7:44 PM

Always in His Presence said:
Putin turns down Biden talks and defends Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid
On Thursday, Biden said he would be willing to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin "if in fact there is an interest in him deciding that he's looking for a way to end the war."

Source? Date of source?

Always in His Presence said:
See above

When and were deal they kneel before Putin - that is a complete and total fabrication. It is ridiculous comments like this that really hurt any intelligent discourse.

'Make Kneeling Great Again': US Guards Lay Red Carpet For Putin In Alaska, Picture Goes Viral

Before Putin descended from his aircraft at a US air base in Alaska, American soldiers were seen kneeling at the foot of the stairs to adjust the red carpet rolled out for him

www.news18.com

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Always in His Presence said:
The Red Carpet is rolled out when the leader of a foreign nation visits - what do you want to do going into negotiations - insult the man? How stupid would that be?

I've never seen a literal red carpet on the tarmac before. Especially for a war criminal, Have you?

Always in His Presence said:
The opening salvo of diplomatic talks that the former administration failed to accomplish for three years - Trump accomplished, (the meeting), in seven months. It's a start - one that Joe Biden could not and did not do.

Perhaps because Biden wouldn't meet him without first getting some concession.

Always in His Presence said:
Not yet - what happened just yesterday? A meeting in Washington with Zelinskyy and SEVEN of the EU leaders. Who brokered that?

Zelinskyi and the EU leaders.

Always in His Presence said:
I under stand the hatred, I just cant understand denying what is happening.

The hatred you understand may be your own. Yet you're denying that Putin utterly humiliated Donald; Putin got what he wanted; Donald did not. Sad.

NotreDame · Tuesday at 7:42 PM

Fervent said:
Bearing false witness isn't just lying, it's making a formal accusation on false pretenses and attempting to get someone punished on the basis of the lie.

I never invoked, referenced, referred to, neither relied upon “bearing false witness” precisely and exactly because I know this commandment isn’t the same as sheqer and the meaning of sheqer. I referred to verses using the word sheqer and didn’t invoke at any time “bear false witness.”

Were the handmaidens right for lying to save the babies(? Or was David right to lie to the priest about the consecration of his men? How about Rahab and the Israelite spies?

Were they? Answer your own queries if you are of the view they are “right for lying.”

probinson · Tuesday at 7:40 PM

Bradskii said:
I think that all reasonable people should vote the same way. But that's not the proposition that Newsom will be presenting.

What do you think Newsom will be presenting? To achieve the BEAUTIFUL MAPS referenced in the OP, California will have to vote to do away with the independent redistricting commission and return redistricting authority to the state legislature. That will likely be a tall order, since polling shows that almost 2/3 of Californians prefer the independent commission, which means that all of Newsom's tweets about redistricting are just bluster.

NotreDame · Tuesday at 7:36 PM

double post

rjs330 · Tuesday at 7:32 PM

While I think its true that Biden continued the process, this was a problem long before Biden. The census was done under Trump and not Biden.

Trump did try and deal with the illegal question and was sued by Democrats and they put a stop to it.

But I do absolutely think illegals should be eliminated from the census. They aren't supposed to be here to be counted.

FreeinChrist · Tuesday at 7:31 PM

But exactly how was the case in the OP progressive? The main lawyer is Republican. DeWalt was given an enhanced sentence that had to be reversed because of a technicality.

I think the man needs to spend the rest of his life in jail. He is not curable. Sounds like the trial judge wanted it that way. too.

HARK! · Tuesday at 7:23 PM

rjs330 said:
Maybe this will also help the area with more jobs instead of more handouts. More jobs also usually brings in more people who will pay more taxes. Is that a possibility? I think it could be.

essentialsaltes said:
huge swaths of federal lands within their boundaries — up to 70% of their land base.

Federal land...Federal money. This money belongs to the American people as a whole, not a select few who want to live in the country where there are fewer job opportunities as a result of the low density population.

This article is nonsensical hit piece. A smaller population is going to generally generate less taxes; but less taxes are required to support a smaller population.

WordSword · Tuesday at 7:20 PM

Reluctant Theologian said:
Ah, now you seem to come-out as a KJV-only adherent? If you would have stated this belief in advance our whole discourse could have been skipped Because if that is your belief you will make anything (including your views on what is actually the Word of God, or the value of Textual Criticism) fit that narrative. What version of the KJV do you believe is the literal Word of God? And can you still manage to detect actual errors in the KJV?

Sigh ..

I'm not a KJV-only but a KJV-best believer, because it's the only translation that you can efficiently use a concordance with when you need to locate a passage! Plus, the Minority Text only uses 10 to 20% of extant manuscript copies, so there is a great deal of Scripture you can't access.

"Generally, when referring to the "Minority Text" in the context of New Testament textual criticism, it refers to the readings supported by a smaller percentage of existing Greek manuscripts compared to the "Majority Text". The Majority Text, also known as the Byzantine Text-type, represents the readings found in the largest number of manuscripts.

"The Gospel Coalition states, "some 80% to 90% of known manuscripts represent the Majority text-type". This implies that the Minority Text is supported by the remaining 10% to 20% of manuscripts."
(and that percentage goes way down when you consider the Alexandrian Text doesn't contain the entire Word (Mat 4:4), due to the thousands of changes they made when translating it." -AI Google

Before they discovered those false manuscript copies everyone had to use the Majority text, there was no Minority text. So many abandoning what God had us using for 400 to 500 years. "Η ώρα πλησιάζει" (I óra plisiázei), i.e. Greek for "the hour is approaching."

May the Holy Spirit show us the truth of His Word! God bless, and God be blessed!

essentialsaltes · Tuesday at 7:16 PM

It was last month, but I just got the happy news that he's received life in prison.

Tennessee Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Conspiring to Murder Law Enforcement and Attack FBI Office

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Kelley developed a plan to murder law enforcement, including agents, officers, and employees of the FBI, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Maryville Police Department, Blount County Sheriff’s Office, and Clinton Police Department. The evidence showed that Kelley developed a “kill list” of law enforcement and distributed the list – along with videos containing images of his targets – to a co-conspirator [who pleaded guilty] as part of his “mission.”

rjs330 · Tuesday at 7:15 PM

Maybe this will also help the area with more jobs instead of more handouts. More jobs also usually brings in more people who will pay more taxes. Is that a possibility? I think it could be.

The Barbarian · Tuesday at 7:13 PM

AV1611VET said:
Scientists last tested a Eucharistic wafer for DNA in 2014, as part of a study comparing genetic material to known samples. The study included consecrated hosts stolen from churches in the US and Canada. According to Church Life Journal, this testing was part of a PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) DNA amplification, a standard laboratory procedure.

There is this:

Scientific Analysis of Eucharistic Miracles: Importance of a Standardization in Evaluation

Numerous instances of consecrated communion wafers turning into human tissue and blood have been reported throughout history and the contemporary international media, referred to as Eucharistic miracles. Various suggestions have been put forth to explain such phenomena, ranging from miraculous...

www.forensicscijournal.com

But it doesn't seem to fit your expectations. In fact, the Church points out that the nature of transubstantiation would not be detectable by any scientific methodology.

The concept of substance and species (sometimes tightened into "substance and accident" is that the bread and wine retains all the properties of bread and wine, while it has been changed into a completely different substance.

mark46 · Tuesday at 7:12 PM

essentialsaltes said:
Home Depot says it will raise some prices because of tariffs
Home Depot announced prices on some of its items are likely to go up.

It broke the news in its quarterly earnings results Tuesday.

The announcement comes after Home Depot said in May that it would not raise prices due to tariffs.

With inflation at 2-3%, prices go up every year. News at 11.

rjs330 · Tuesday at 7:11 PM

The Barbarian said:
God loves all of us, even the most corrupted and degenerate of us. When He "kicks us to the curb" it's for a reason, that usually has to do with our salvation.

Even when they think they are winning, evil people are serving God's purposes. God plays the long game with history. As in the case of Saul, weak and/or evil rulers are often a way He calls a nation to repentance.

True.

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