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Is belief/non-belief a morally culpable state?

The notion that every argument from authority is a lie
But it is a lie, regardless of side, simply because it is based on the backwards thinking of mankind that focuses on self-interest, the self-serving reason for all wrongdoings. No reliability there.
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Trump dispenses with trials, orders military strike on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boat (Now up to 2, 3, 4...)

There is certainly no "Maritine Law" that requires the US to use the Coast Guard instead of the Navy for any purpose. That's a matter for the US government to determine by internal legislation.

When the US Navy conducts drug interdiction missions, they so under the direction of the U.S. Coast Guard. I'm pretty sure the Coast Guard has protocols that involves providing an opportunity for the target to comply with their orders.

We don't have the details of this mission (and maybe never will), but it seems missles were used to engage and destroy the boat without following Coast Guard protocols.
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What Is Your Music Doing For You? The #1 Sound Your Brain Desperately Wants to Hear

Does classical music make people smarter?
I think it benefits spatial and relational thinking. Math, in other words. The old joke "what do you get in a group of four mathematicians?"

"A string quartet."

While I enjoy music, I have very little ability as a musician. And for me mathematics wasn't easy, unless I saw an immediate application for it.
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Trump calls Epstein disclosures battle ‘a Democrat hoax’

He's large.
He is very entertaining.
He has been effective at border control.
He takes good care of his friends.
He is good to his children, at least materially.
He is innovative.
He got his bill passed.
Thank you -

I'll wait for the person I asked the question to...
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Revelation 12 walk through

Yes, it is about the end time also, but its a double entendre and has to be. If God gives a prophesy and it happened via the Assyrian's and it changed two kingdoms unto one, that is when God's prophesy came true, earlier in Ezekiel 37 we saw that one day Israel (Dry Bones) will will see their state of being changed, from Dead Dry Bones into sinew, but with no breath (holy spirit) in them, so yes, God brings Israel back into he land but God also led the into captivity, and called them dry bones, and a forsaken people, Paul says in Romans 11 that All Israel will be saved. And in Deuteronomy 30 God prophesied Israel would be led into captivity, then brought back into the land.

Deuteronomy 30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, (Israel's Diaspora)

2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.

4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:

5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

We know the Diaspora was Israel, not just Jews, Jesus even stated he came for the Lost Sheep of Israel, which meat Israel were in the land up unto 70 AD. So, the prophesy of turning the land into One Nation again happened after/during the Assyrian siege, and has never changed right? Even though Jesus the son of David as per his lineage, will rule over Israel for the 1000 year Kingdom Age, the one nation switch only happens over 2500 years ago, if there has never been two nations since, it had to happen over 2500 years ago. Yes, Jesus is a part of the prophetic end, but that more or less means Jesus, the Son of David, will rule over that ONE NATION at the very end.
On May 14, 1948 Israel became an independent nation again, covering the areas of the northern and southern kingdoms.

But that was not so back at Jesus's first coming. The lost sheep of Israel does indicate that there were descendants of all twelve tribes living in land at the time, agreed; but was under Roman occupation at that time, not an independent nation.

The reunification took place on May 14, 1948. Fulfilling Isaiah 66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
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Trump dispenses with trials, orders military strike on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boat (Now up to 2, 3, 4...)

Wow, your training on the Constitution was certainly woeful. Or you're just being argumentative.
No, I'm just starting well-known facts. Obviously, not every country respects these rights.
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NO ONE LEFT BEHIND !!

So Dan, can you please write what you are meaning for it is not clear about `No one left behind.?`
And many years ago , a book was written LEFT BEHING and that book had many talking about it !!

And in 1 Thess 4:13-17 there 4 Different resurrection. from verse 13-17. and you will. say where are you. they , so look for them !!
dan p
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The Language of God

we being the apple of his eye and the word that came out from his mouth are His language ... each of us being a word in\of it and at the same breath all words being us as well and yet we all being unique to Him and to each other ... how immeasurably measurable our Father is ... i get immense joy when pondering such things ... we have no idea what awaits us as a place He has prepared within Himself for Himself who we all are ...
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Democrat Appellate Judge overturns half billion dollar fine

of course...only liberal media sources lol...and if they have his tax records, which liberals keep screaming about, why don't they post them??
You don't remember the brouhaha? They published a summary and an analysis but the forms themselves with all the appendices? I think that would be illegal.


For a comprehensive compilation of the history and issues of Trump's taxes:


Read the footnotes and the Talk section.
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The Left belittles prayer. Are they right?

By your words, the prayer of a leftist is like the Aesop fable of the man who prayed to Hercules about his broken wagon, and Hercules came and made the man fix it. It's the implication that prayer is only effective if we ourselves act to answer it. Meanwhile, I saw God keep me and my family safe when a hurricane went where it wasn't forecast, and there was absolutely nothing we could do with our own hands to accomplish that.
Then you misunderstand (purposely?) my words. Prayer is great, but often the answer is to do something, too. Examples: Ten Alcoholics pray earnestly for God to remove their desire for alcohol. God removed one man's desire for it (I met a man who was instantly relieved of his desire for alcohol, after years of drinking) for HIs own purposes. The other 9 had answered prayer too - but it required that they do things like going to AA meetings and purposely staying away from alcohol and people who they drank with, and more prayer for strength and the intentional effort to grow in their walk with God. There is much to be learned in the fight against addiction and it requires effort on the part of the addicted.
Why God took the desire for it away from the one man, I don't know. He became a missionary.

We have many Christians praying about gun violence and it still happens a great deal. Perhaps it really is time to DO things.
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