Aseyesee said:

Same outcome for the one on the recieving end of it (like my sons mother-n-law, whose friend was stabbed to death by her special needs teenager. Without the individual, Satan is powerless to affect anything ...

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All have sin

Sin is of the devil

Hentenza said:

“Later on Monday, a video circulating on social media appeared to show several masked gunmen, some of them wearing green headbands resembling ones worn by Hamas, shooting with machine guns at least seven men after forcing them to kneel in the street. Posts identified the video as filmed in Gaza on Monday. Civilian spectators cheered "Allah Akbar," or God is Great, and called those killed "collaborators."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-deploys-fighters-hostages-released-show-strength-2025-10-13/

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I would note that this is getting very little coverage from the US media.

CoreyD said:

There isn't any scripture in the Bible that says this.

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Agreed. . ."free will' of man is not presented in Scripture. . .there is no Scripture in the Bible that states man has a "free will."
That is a human notion (Pelagius), not a Biblical notion. . .based on the assumption that responsiblity for sin requires that man have a free will. . .
Not so in the Bible. . .starting with the imputation of Adam's sin (Ro 5:17, 12-16) to all mankind at birth. . .and making us by nature, objects of wrath (Eph 2:3). . .with no choice in the matter.

However, there is Jesus' statement that all men are slaves to sin (Jn 8:34). . .slaves are not free.

Apple Sky said:

My apologies.

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'S ok.

Apple Sky said:

Didn't the tribe of Dan move to Ireland ?

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Doubt it.
There's no Biblical evidence for that, either.

Bad news: the police who find him are Uvalde, Texas police, and they never enter the cave.

CoreyD said:

To be sinless or not is not a moral choice,

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To sin or not to sin is not a moral choice? Are you sure? Surely to kill or not to kill or to steal or not to steal are moral choices, are they not?

Do you mean "misinterpreted by whom"?

Strong in Him said:

Why didn't you READ my post?
I said:

i) Joseph of Arimathea is not mentioned at the time of Jesus' birth/childhood. But is mentioned after Jesus' death.
ii) Jesus would not have been head of the family if his dad, Joseph, was still alive.

The context can only refer to Jesus' father, Joseph. But maybe you don't understand context?

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My apologies.

Strong in Him said:

So whatever "the lost house of Israel" might be, I do not believe it is the UK.

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Didn't the tribe of Dan move to Ireland ?

Clare73 said:

Free will is the power to make all moral choices.

You do not have the moral power to choose to be sinless; therefore, your will is not totally free, it is only partially free.

Adam had free will, he had the moral power to make all moral choices, including the choice to be sinless.

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There isn't any scripture in the Bible that says this.
To be sinless or not is not a moral choice, just as to be born with or without a defect is not a moral choice. It's not even a choice.
You do not have the power to define free will as something you yourself made up and is found in no dictionary - Biblical or otherwise.
No philosopher argues that one must be able to choose to be sinless. So, this must be a new philosophy... Clare's.

Nebraska noticed your singing.

SING

keras said:

But Joseph; Marys husband is also not mentioned after the incident in the Temple when Jesus was 12 years old. He was certainly not around when Jesus was killed.

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I know.
Apple Sky said that Joseph of Arimathea was Jesus' great uncle and took him to Britain. I said that there is no Biblical evidence for that. In the NT, Joseph, Mary's husband, is there at Jesus' birth and the flight to Egypt. But is not mentioned again after they took Jesus to the temple at the age of 12.
Joseph of Arimathea is mentioned only after Jesus died.
There was a mix up between the two.

keras said:

The core question under discussion here, is whether the lost House of Israel exists and will be revealed in the end times.

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It might be the question of the OP. But, for me, the only question is whether Jesus came to the UK with Joseph of Arimathea and lived in Glastonbury.
It's a legend. The hymn "Jerusalem", which ponders this legend, is very popular - despite not actually being in any hymn books. But there is no Scriptural evidence to back this up.

So whatever "the lost house of Israel" might be, I do not believe it is the UK.

NxNW said:

Israel attacked Gaza today, so I'm not sure what all the talk of a ceasefire is even about.

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So, you haven't paid any attention to other cease fires for the past 50 years.

OK, so you're not sure.
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And just BTW, the US press totally ignores the public executions of Gazans by Hamas. For the US press, only Israeli attacks count.
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Trump and his Arab allies will force the issue with Hamas and Israel. It will take a bit of time for them to work out arrangements for security and Gaza governance. I suspect that the Arabs want so guarantees to prevent Israel from annexing and even continuing to occupy the West Bank. In the end, they care a lot about preventing future Israeli actions supporting settler violence.

If Trump wants peace in Gaza, Arabs will cooperate, but only if the West Bank situation is on the way to being solved.

Larniavc said:

Agreed. I too want Trump removed from Office by Congress.

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Or by the 25th

Constipated nurse took robust laxatives.

ROBUS

The last few weeks, chatgpt had a dramatic change of opinion regarding my concept when I ran it through chatgpt again. I found an almost identical machine in existence which chatgpt compared against my concept and saw it will fail my objective. Chatgpt said my concept engine will not work!

I wasn't convinced at first but after long and many exchanges and with chatgpt walking me through the problem, I budged in.

It seemed that chatgpt is much harder to make it agree to you now under reason and by keeping to realistic parameters. My initial solution resulted to a much bulkier and costly version with power density not better than PV solar energy and even end more expensive to both procure and maintain.

The main source of the problem are two components having very poor efficiency. Theoretically, a much more efficient design is possible without violating physics, unfortunately no one has figured it out yet. Such design is yet to be discovered / invented.

Thankfully, I found a much better solution that required modifying the process itself which eliminated dependency on those two very inefficient components. Chatgpt never thought about it though it suggested solutions but not even remotely as good and only slightly improved the estimated power density and I have to figure out the solution on my own.

The latest outcome is an engine with a power density that could exceed power density of gas turbine (jet) engines. But with the unique ability to use nothing else but ambient heat from air or water and significantly boosted by the latent heat energy of condensing moisture from air.

We had another debate that it's violating the laws of physics. I'm insisting it violates physics but chatgpt said it doesn't violate the laws of physics. Case in point - if the air got colder than the engine core or drops to 0 Kelvin, the engine stops working. The engine takes heat from the environment to produce work or power output, therefore, the environment is cooled in the process. If heat is not replenished, the local environment eventually gets colder than the engine and the engine stops working.

So it's not violating the conservation of energy. Traditionally, we think of cooling as requiring work because all our lives we see our fridge plugged to an outlet because it's moving the heat from pt A to pt B and that requires work! What the vast majority are not aware is you can also cool something by putting its heat to work!

It doesn't violate the 2nd law thermodynamics either because the fully reversible process is able to keep the entropy constant despite having the losses. The engine has a unique ability to recycle/recover waste heat / losses it produces and can leverage latent heat energy for additional power.

There are industries intimately familiar with it and put the knowledge to work so I'm not just making this up. But different objectives, excessive attachment to tradition cause excessive fear of breaking taboos in science or engineering even if the physical laws themselves are not violated.

It may seem like a perpetual motion machine from human perspective but it's not. Cover the entire earth with these engines that are painted in white, make them power very bright lights and point these lights to outer space that will cool the entire Earth below the temperature of these engines and the engines will stop working. If the Sun goes dark for some reason and the earth cools to below the working temperature of the engine, the engine stops working. But as it is, we don't expect the Sun to go dark in the next millions of years, giving us inexaustible supply of Sun-warmed air and water/oceans. Indirectly, it's still solar power but since it's able take advantage of very high mass flow rate to take heat from air or water, the power densities can be much higher than either PV or solar heater/boilers, as high as power densities of gas turbine engines.

It's simply an extraordinarily efficient heat engine that may require revision of how we calculate energy efficiency. Nothing wrong with the formulas but the frame of reference used (room temperature) as frame of reference may eventually need revision. Current frame of reference completely ignores the vast quantity of stored solar heat energy in the 300 degree Kelvin (more or less) temperature of air at ground level, and ocean surface temperatures.

This ambient heat is available 24/7 and the power density is high enough to power the biggest jet airliners at same performance levels! Unlike solar or wind power, it can reliably meet demand in all weather and seasons. High power density enable units smaller than car engines to power an entire home day and night, all year round.

Eliminates need for highly dangerous and toxic batteries and combustible fuel. Airliners can be retro-fitted by these engines, will permit unlimited flight range, makes crashes much more survivable by eliminating post-crash fire and significantly reduced air fare cost. The high power density more than sufficient to power high performance aircraft means this engine can replace all other sources of power and can even power high performance vehicles.

"Exhaust" is nothing more than cold air + condensed water vapor cloud or ice crystals/snow or cold water (in marine applications). The cold air exhaust will also condense moisture in the air and high mass flow rates, this engine will also provide you with large quantities of clean, cold water. The cold exhaust can also rapidly cool beverages. In hot summers, it's free air-conditioning.

It can recycle its own waste heat and engine runs much colder than its environment and exhausts much colder air or water.

100% global energy adoption will surely reverse global warming. Additionally, the engine's ability to cool the local environment, high water condensation rates, only cold air/water as exhaust, large numbers of it can reforest entire deserts like the Sahara while also powering cities at the same time! It will restore Earth's climate many centuries back and lower local temperatures, lower humidity could even possibly reduce intensity of hurricanes and tornadoes or even divert dissipate them entirely.

Incredible possibilities, unlimited range planes, unlimited range cars, unlimited range helicopters, supersonic jets that can fly nonstop around the world. Drones with unlimited range and loiter endurance. Much safer planes that doesn't end up in a huge ball of fire when crash (it's not carrying any fuel, nor huge batteries!). Saving many lives in the process with much safer transport, zero pollution, actively cooling and cleaning the atmosphere, preventing/mitigating heat waves, and even possibly diverting / preventing hurricanes/tornadoes.

Sorry for still being so vague about it but I think there's probably enough clue in this post to give someone the slightest idea how it works!

I'm going to give this concept a rest now. The real work won't start until I find a job that gives me more free time. I don't think that's happening any time soon.

And AI chatbots are becoming more annoying. It's getting more tiresome to debate with them and the last time, I found the solution on my own. Ironically, even though chatgpt is quite familiar with the components involved in the solution, did not even remotely suggested them. Still less intelligent than humans.

What does the law say? What does the convention that America signed up to say?

You can sit there thumping the arm of your armchair, and asserting your opinion with all your might, but it doesn't mean it's grounded in fact.

Meanwhile - getting back to the OP - I'm so glad Trump is on it!

This Portland warzone rebellion is getting wild!

childeye 2 said:

Trump and his DOJ have been taken to court for injustices, and they have lost.

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So what's the problem?

We have the Constitution and the courts to protect us.

Relax. . .

rambot said:

When two people are in a stalemate it isn't reasonable to lay the blame on only one party.

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I disagree.

keras said:

God's Promises are for the true Israelites of God, The people group, who for now are scattered among the nations and who bear the proper fruit.
NOT that mixed race group who falsely call themselves Israel.

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God has only one people, those in Jesus Christ.

The true Israelites of God are in Christ by faith in him.

Strong in Him said:

Why didn't you READ my post?
I said:

i) Joseph of Arimathea is not mentioned at the time of Jesus' birth/childhood. But is mentioned after Jesus' death.
ii) Jesus would not have been head of the family if his dad, Joseph, was still alive.

The context can only refer to Jesus' father, Joseph. But maybe you don't understand context?

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But Joseph; Marys husband is also not mentioned after the incident in the Temple when Jesus was 12 years old. He was certainly not around when Jesus was killed.

The core question under discussion here, is whether the lost House of Israel exists and will be revealed in the end times.
Here is more evidence:
TOBIT, an Israelite of the tribe of Naphtali
This is part of the deathbed words spoken by Tobit, who was taken into captivity by the Assyrian troops of Shalmaneser. He and his wife, Anna, were taken from the town of Thisbe, in upper Galilee, to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.

Tobit 14:4 I know that all of Gods words will be fulfilled. It will be so, not one of them will fail. Our countrymen who live in the Land [the Jews] will all be scattered and carried off into captivity out of that good Land [the Babylonian attack] The whole of Israel’s territory with Samaria and Jerusalem will lie waste and for a time the Temple of God will be in mourning, burned and destroyed. .

Tobit 14:5 But God will have mercy on them [the House of Judah] and will bring them back to the Land. They will rebuild the Temple, yet not as it was at first, not until the time of fulfilment comes. [the Second Temple]
Then: all Israel will return from their captivity and rebuild Jerusalem in splendour; then indeed Gods House will be built in her as the prophets of Israel foretold.

Tobit 14:7 All the Israelites who are alive at that time and who are firm in their loyalty to God, will be brought together; they will come to Jerusalem to take possession of the Land of Abraham and will live there, securely for ever. Those who love God in sincerity will rejoice, sinners and wrongdoers will disappear from the earth.

Tobit 14:6 All the nations in the whole world will be converted to the true worship of God; they will renounce the idols which led them astray into error, and will praise the Eternal God in righteousness.

Tobit 14:8-9 Now, my children, I give you this command; serve God in truth and do what is pleasing to Him. Teach your children to do what is right and give alms, to be mindful of their Maker and praise Him sincerely.
Tobit died at the age of 112. His son, Tobias, escaped the destruction of Nineveh, by escaping to Ecbatana, in Media. Tobias lived for 117 years.

Verse 4 Tobit prophesies that the House of Judah will also be conquered and dispersed.

Verse 5 Judah returns to the Land under Ezra and Nehemiah.
King Herod rebuilds the Temple circa 50BC, then it is destroyed again, 70AD.
The third Temple is to be built by all Israel after their return.

Verse 7 The descendants of Jacob the faithful Israelites and all who are righteous believers, will enter the Promised Land, to live in peace and prosperity.

Verse 8-9 You, who are the Lord’s people; [faithful Christians] Serve Him, do what pleases Him, instruct your children in the truth, give your time and money, think on Him and praise Him with sincerity.
Reference; Revised English Bible Apocrypha.