essentialsaltes said:

UFC CEO Dana White says White House card is officially happening after meeting with Trump administration​

UFC CEO Dana White announced on social media that he had productive meetings at the White House on Thursday and indicated they are really moving forward with the spectacle for next year's Fourth of July celebration:


Details for the card remain scarce, but White has hinted at the event being held on the South Lawn of the White House, while Trump spoke of setting enough seating for 20,000 to 25,000 people.

"The difference with the White House is I don't think they've ever had anything very heavy out on the lawn, and the Octagon alone weighs 20,000 pounds."

The event would be the first professional sporting event hosted at the White House in U.S. history, though there have been many recreational events.

President Donald Trump, who has ties to White and the UFC going back decades, floated the idea around this year's Fourth of July and the two sides quickly started working things out.

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There is a scene similar to this in the documentary will Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph. A sobering concept.

GreekOrthodox said:

My prayer over a meal trumps how it was prepared.
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A much more serious concern (sin) is if someone watching/observing is caused to stumble , right ?
re what is written:
web excerpt:
The instruction "do not cause your brother to stumble by what you eat" comes from the Bible, specifically Romans 14:21 and 1 Corinthians 8:13, and teaches that if your food choices could lead another believer to sin or act against their conscience, it's better to avoid that food for the sake of love, peace, and their spiritual growth. This principle prioritizes the spiritual well-being of others over personal preferences for food, emphasizing the importance of not causing unnecessary obstacles for those for whom Christ died.

Biblical Basis

• Romans 14:20-21:
  The Apostle Paul instructs believers not to destroy God's work for the sake of food, stating it's wrong to cause another to stumble by what they eat.
  
  
• 1 Corinthians 8:13:
  Paul similarly declares, "Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat again, lest I make my brother stumble".
  

Key Principles

• Love Over Preference:
  The act of not causing someone to stumble is an act of love, demonstrating a desire to build up and not to destroy.
  
  
• Respecting Conscience:
  Even though one person may know that all food is clean, it becomes a sin for them to eat it if it violates the conscience of another weaker believer.
  
  
• Focus on Peace:
  The main goal in interactions with other believers, especially concerning secondary matters like food, is to pursue peace and mutual edification.
  
  
• Not Destroying Faith:
  By eating something that causes a brother to stumble, you are essentially destroying the faith of another, and damaging the work of God in their life.
  

Always in His Presence said:

Rapid weight loss? 20 pounds in five years?

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Find that very hard to believe.

ThatRobGuy said:

according to the NCES stats, yes, about 80% go to "in-state" universities.

Primarily because there's a cost incentive for doing so and two different sets of tuition rates.

Most American universities will list an "in-state" tuition price, and an "out of state" tuition price.

Plus, there's also the "ability to commute" factor (which allows student to save money by not having to pay to stay in a dorm)

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Crikey. Very different to over here. A big part of uni is getting away from where you grew up.

Therefore Israelites (which are also considered Negroes, African Americans, blacks so on and so forth) that were removed from their land and brought to the northern hemisphere in the hulls of ships and who were sold into slavery do not have a chance! The Lord said, “There shall be no sodomite of the sons of Israel!” Take a look at the next verse and pay close attention what the Lord calls a sodomite/homosexual.

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abominations unto the LORD thy God. (Deuteronomy 23:18)

Price of a dog? In the 17th verse it states, “There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel.” In the 18th verse it states, “Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot.” The 17th verse states, “nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.” Note the change in the 18th verse, “or the price of a dog.” The Lord provides a clear picture in his parallel comparison between the two verses of whom he compares sodomites and harlots with the likeness of. Think about that for a moment.

essentialsaltes said:

If I had gone to UC Berkeley instead, that would be like the distance from London to the Shetlands.

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Crikey. I sometimes forget how big the US is. When I moved from Plymouth to Liverpool (a few hours drive) the Liverpudlian accent was nearly incomprehensible to me until I dialled into it.

ozso said:

The left clamors for the release of tax and medical records, Epstein files and so on. But of course if they don't say what the left wants them to say, then they're fake.

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Epstein files are different. They probably had a lot more eyes on them, and as court docs would be harder to modify so long after the fact. Plus it would not just be "the left" who raises an eyebrow. Consider how many of Trumps appointees and their fans "knew" there was "something big" in them.

Doctors report is totally different. They can just massage the message before it even leaves they gate since they are the ones who create it.

Daniel Marsh said:

No idol worship inovolt, We know Jesus ate meat --- Lamb and Fish.

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A LOT of idol worship involved. Christians cannot seem to tell the difference anyway, and seem no one cares.

ozso said:

Jake Angeli was fined $2000 and spent 2.4 years in jail, how does that equal it being okay? Or are you saying Rose Montoya should've been fined and spent time in jail too?

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I’m saying that your rage and standards are selective to serve your own needs and bias. In this case, your anti-trans and pro-January 6th agenda.

Daniel Marsh said:

I do not know if those pyramids were built before or after the flood.

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Yes.

Sabertooth said:

Is meat being devoted to idols still a thing?

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Yes.

HIM said:

Hi friend, how does that relate to the questions?

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Hello.

You asked whether faith from the heart that results in righteousness in Romans 10:10 is connected to faith in the heart that is a human capability in Romans 10:8 and is not judgemental or legalistic in Romans 10:6-7. You then went on to ask if it is the same faith that does not void the law but establishes the law in Romans 3:31 and that gives life when it is placed in Christ in Romans 1:17.

I answered yes to all those questions and tied them together in one sentence. Here is a more detailed answer...

Certainly, when God impresses on a person's heart that he is a sinner in need of a Savior, that person must agree with God that the thoughts and intents of their heart and their actions are sinful and deserving of eternal death. They must cease their finger-pointing, blame games, obfuscations, denials, minimizations, etc and admit they are guilty with no excuses. This establishes that God and His laws are right and they are wrong. But this alone does not save them from the punishment for their sins. It only establishes they are guilty.

When God teaches a person he is a sinner in need of a Savior, He aslo teaches him that Jesus died for his sins and rose from the dead and stands ready to save him if he places his trust in Him. This is not an impossible feat for anyone to accomplish. The ability to put one's trust in Christ is an action in one's heart that is within everyone's capabilities just like believing God's testimony that they are sinners in need of forgiveness. When a person hears God, learns from Him, and turns to Jesus for salvation, Jesus uses His divine powers to forgive that person's sins and give him everlasting life.

This is the gospel. That is what all those verses are about. And you can see it written right there in the verses not mentioned...

• For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek (Ro 1:16),
• for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus (Ro 3:23–24), and
• whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved (Ro 10:13).

BibleBeliever1611 said:

When was the last time that you saw someone telling you that you should not eat vegetables? Just because someone is a carnivore doesn't mean that the person is commanding to abstain from vegetables like the Bible verse is saying. But plenty of people are constantly commanding to abstain from meat. That's veganism today. They're not just keeping it to themselves, they're pushing it to other people.

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..... "pushing it to other people" ...... oh my..... we do live in a very dangerous society/world all over the world.

Aaron112 said:

I have not seen any other posts or info about you other than apparently "Lutheran".
Regardless of history though, for anyone,
do you read and agree with God's Word (Scripture) ?

The Creator's blessings in particular. And associated curses as well. Usually along with every promise or blessing in Scripture, there's a curse also.

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Looks like this guy just joined to bash Israel. Make me wonder what his actual motivation is.

Vambram said:

Your entire city is happy to break federal laws?

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Extremely happy to cause problems for ICE. Thrilled to.

tampasteve said:

They certainly don't act like it.

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Not at all knowing what's actually going on over there today,
in the past,
another group (Not Hebrew nor Israel nor Jewish as far as known)
of religious leaders claimed that anyone not one of their group
was not human and thus could be exterminated without penalty, without being a sin.
Too many of that group currently control too much online and in the world to name them by name.

ozso said:

The left clamors for the release of tax and medical records, Epstein files and so on. But of course if they don't say what the left wants them to say, then they're fake.

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We have to see them first.

Valletta said:

The voters rejected the previous Biden authoritarian regime, the ministry of truth, etc. We want less laws and regulations, not armed IRS agents telling you that you might not get audited if you remove that Trump sign from your yard. Not a whole federal agency to charge people money for owning a gun and deciding how long a person could own one.

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Sigh.
Ok.