The Barbarian said:

Most Christian schools, especially those from Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Lutheran denominations, use standard texts.

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Ok, I was wondering because they have to take a test to get a high school degree in this state and in most states they are required by law to read and study evolution. I think it is a good thing for people to learn about biodiverse ecosystem.

A good example of biodiversity. On the community page in our city there are people who think all the wild cats should be killed. I show them when they killed all the cats they had a black plague and half the populaton died. That shuts them up. Cats protect the food supply from mice and rodents.

I wish I could do that for taxes. I show them Detroit where they could not resist gouging people for taxes. People got evicted from beautiful million dollar houses that ended up getting gutted and burned to the ground. You can destory a city very fast that way.

When your house is worth $20,000 and the tax bill is $3,000–$4,000 a year, that’s not sustainable. People simply couldn’t pay, so they left. The abandonment was driven by taxes people couldn’t afford.

I did remodeling and renovation for a good portion of my life. So I hate to see those beautiful homes destoryed. Simply because the so called elected officials did not know how to properly manage a city.

HUD sells FHA‑foreclosed homes to local governments for $1 if they’ve sat unsold for six months.

Cities can then resell them cheaply (sometimes for $1) to:

• Homebuyers
• Nonprofits
• Developers

These homes are usually in:

• Detroit
• Cleveland
• Buffalo
• St. Louis
• Baltimore
• Milwaukee
• Pittsburgh
• Dayton
• Toledo
• Youngstown
• Flint
• Saginaw
• Gary, Indiana

Basically: Any city with massive tax foreclosure and population loss ends up with $1 houses.

When Christ is depicted on the cross, He is dead, but He is not hanging limply but rather standing on the cross because He is victorious over death. He is also at peace. Christ is also not depicted with the crown of thorns on the crucifix, and the plaque often reads "King of Glory" instead of the abbreviation of "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews" (INRI in Latin, INBI in Greek)

Isn’t it just that we should just trust in the Lord & not worry about what we think are contradictions in our eyes? The Lord told the rich young man to keep the commandments ( Matthew 19:16-19 as per Matthew 19:16-31). St. Paul tells us how to live with the world in Romans 13:1-14 with the particular verses 8 through 10 which are the Lord’s commandments.


The Lord says the golden rule is Matthew 7:12 as per Matthew 7:1-12 which is the law & prophets. The Lord says on the commandments are which the law & prophets depend ( Matthew 22:36-40). Everything was fulfilled on the cross ( John 19:25-37). St. Paul affirms this in Romans 3:21-25.

The Lord’s ways are not our ways as per Isaiah 55:1-13. Isn’t St. Paul giving us an answer to this in Romans 5:1-21?

Hans Blaster said:

I don't know what the "AI" was ingesting, unless it was only smoothing your writing. This "AI" output is full of category errors and other serious failings.

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AI is really, really really a mess. Eventually you pull the plug and turn it off because I give up on getting it to work. It is a reflection of what is on the internet which is mostly garbage.

Hans Blaster said:

agnostic. Science does not have beliefs,

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That is what agnostic means. It is a term I use. Do you have something more recent. Maybe we should just say neutral. Althogh AI is anything but neutral. It tends to be bias above and beyond the call of duty.

Hans Blaster said:

All (proper) science is done without concern for religious ideas.

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Point made, point taken. He was actually one of the very few to talk about Planck at the beginning., Although this is becoming more popular and wide spread now. On the TV show (big bang) he was almost a central charactor.

Hans Blaster said:

(I thought he was attacking the creationist fools that lived around me.)

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I guess you can not blame him for that when it is pretty much open season for that.

Hans Blaster said:

You (or your AI) is going to have to back that up.

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Ask and you shall reveive. One of the most widely cited examples of Hawking’s dismissive tone toward Christian belief. Calling the Christian hope of resurrection a “fairy story” is, by any reasonable standard, direct and dismissive.

1. “There is no heaven or afterlife… that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.”​

— Interview with The Guardian, 2011

Hans Blaster said:

Again you are implying, if not stating outright, that irreligion causes health problems. It doesn't.

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I remember going through those cardio‑diet classes. Talk about denial being more than just a river in Egypt. When my brother died, his arms were really covered with bruises from all the stents. When they checked me I was stent free bubble free. Because I quit eating meat for the most part. Something a lot of people are not willing to do.

One guy owned a Dairy Queen restaurant. He was a really nice guy. As nice as they come. So can you imagine being confronted with the damage you have done to your customers?

I can because I sold hunting knives for 20 years. People told me they just like to collect knives. But I was in an Amish market where people raised their own food. I had a vision once of all the blood that my knives has spilled and it was a LOT. That is justice being confronted and having to face up to what we have done with our life.

I was a carpenter, so it was a tool, not a weapon for me. Even I told the kids that they had to decide if they use the knife for good or evil. Which is exactly what you are saying. Science is neutral. Ai is neutral. We decide if we use it for good for for evil and everyone will be accountable for what they have done.

For a carpenter, you build a home, for a surgeon a knife is used for healing and for good.

pasifika said:

What Rest?

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His rest, the rest we enter by faith. Heb4:2 that an entire generation missed out on because of their unbelief, disobedience and rebellion Heb 4:6 Eze20:13 Eze20:15-16 why we are told not to follow in that same example of disobedience Heb4:11 if we hear His voice and not harden our heart Heb3:7-19.

Vambram said:

I'm sorry but I hope that you can do better than citing Wikipedia as your source.

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Can you show their sources are incorrect?

Benyamin Netanyahu - part of a speech in the Israeli Knesset:
“In these days, on the eve of Purim, at times like this, the people’s ranks must be tightened, standing shoulder to shoulder. I trust our commanders, our fighters. I trust our people, and I trust you, citizens of Israel,” he said.

Rather sad that he doesn’t trust God, because about 70 Prophesies tell us that God intends to Judge and punish all those in the Holy Land area who refuse to acknowledge Him. Zephaniah 1:1-16

The church I attend promotes Lent. On Ash Wednesday there are ashes to put on the forehead or back of the hand and Lent is discussed. It's up the the individual to participate or not.

weary2025 said:

For all we know they gave their money away. I think we should follow Jesus and Paul here. They teach against having or wanting wealth

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They may have done, but as you say, it is only "for all we know," as nothing is stated in Scripture, either of them being commanded to do so, of of them doing so.

weary2025 said:

And if you push out police like democrats did then that's what you get, murder and rape.

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Yes. In America. That’s my point.

weary2025 said:

Isn't the Bible the greatest teacher we have?

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Jesus did not even mention the Bible will be our teacher post-resurrection.

John 16:13
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

John 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

The Bible is mentioned elsewhere. The Greek word used is "biblaridion" which is translated in English as "little book" and the Bible is indeed a "little book" compared to the ancient scrolls.

Revelation 10:9
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

Say it aint so said:

President Donald Trump's administration has been heralding the construction of data centers to power artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure across the country. But many red state residents are becoming increasingly angry about data centers' intrusion on their rural communities.​

That's according to a Tuesday article by the Washington Post's Evan Halper entitled "The data center rebellion is here, and it's reshaping the political landscape," which reported that residents in deep-red states like Indiana, Oklahoma and elsewhere are showing up in droves to public hearings solely to speak out against proposed data center construction. The Post zeroed in on an ongoing conflict over a planned data center in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, where Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) has championed the project.​

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"We know Trump wants data centers and Kevin Stitt wants data centers, but these things don’t affect these people," Trump supporter Brian Ingram said. "You know, this affects us."​

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U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright admitted that the data centers are unpopular as they have been tied to higher utility costs in adjacent communities, due to their immense power requirements. And the Post noted that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has also railed against data centers due to both their electricity consumption and their draining of precious freshwater sources. MSN​

Maybe there is hope they will realize what they voted for.

Keep in mind the Trump admin is fighting tooth and nail to prevent states from being to regulate these data centers, with the same vigor they are trying to prevent states from regulating gambling taking place in their own states.

Just what America needs, more degenerate gamblers.

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On the state levels, regulation of AI on the technology & data centers is a bipartisan concern.

Forest Fire

NxNW said:

Anything about the actual state of the union, though?

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It will start at 9pm eastern time.

partinobodycular said:

As Jesus pointed out in Matthew 5:28 it's actually lust that's the sin, but the law can't tell what's in a person's heart and so it judges them according to the act alone, and not according to what's in their heart.

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You imply that Jesus thinks the act of adultery may or may not involve lust, and we just can't know. That's not true at all.

partinobodycular said:

Homosexuality is thus universally condemned because of the act itself, regardless of whether that act was born out of lust or love. Therein lies the law's flaw... it cannot judge hearts.

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You are trying to say that the law is insufficient because breaking the law might actually be a good thing. That's a form of antinomianism, a Christian heresy. It has nothing to do with Jesus, who said that "not even the smallest part of the law will be abrogated." The point about judging the heart has to do with those, like the Pharisees, who fulfilled the letter of the law but did not fulfill the spirit of the law. It did not have to do with people who outright break the letter of the law. Laws literally exist so that vice can be rooted out. Your notion that we can't enforce laws because laws concern behavior but we should judge the heart rather than focusing on any particular behavior is rather crazy. Again, Jesus is a rigorist. He is not saying, "Don't worry about adultery. Feel free to commit adultery all you like as long as you don't lust therein." He is saying, "Adultery is a terrible sin of lust, but just because you have avoided that terrible sin of lust does not mean that you have avoided the sin of lust."

A person can claim all the titles they want, but if they have never believed in Jesus for Eternal Life. Then they condemned already and will remain condemned unless they at some point in their life believe in Jesus for Eternal Life!

Guys

Is the answer to that found in Genesis as well?

dms1972 said:

Is science a metanarrative?​

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I think science has become a metanarrative. It would be hard to overestimate the way that epistemic attitudes are routinely tuned to what is popularly believed to be the scientific method, both popularly and even in academia. The scientist is universally idolized, and has become the measure of what counts as worthwhile.

Educators reward graduates revering academics.

RWARD

Bad news: I can’t think of a good response to that excellent point.