Hazelelponi said:

It's just sheer arrogance as if they have any ground to stand on whatsoever. The hubris is just beyond imagining.

I vote for a Palestine free from Hamas.

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Amen, sister. I also vote for a Palestine that is completely FREE FROM Hamas. The Hamas leaders and the Hamas terrorists soldiers should be taken completely out of Palestinian territory, in my opinion.

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Antisemitism is disgusting!

For my fellow ignorami:

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I am an Australian but have had time off work due to recovering from an operation and have been able to follow the US election in detail, watching the types of policies that both candidates are putting forward. As a Christian it is clear Trump is the best candidate by a long shot. Trump consistently puts forward godly policy, like preventing Transgender Athletes competing against women in sport, stopping gender treatment for young people. Harris pushes sinful policies, one of her ads* supporting pornography, along with her continual pushing of woke sexual ideology. In my opinion she is incompetent as a leader, often unable to speak clearly or concisely. Trump and Vance are clear speakers, with a clear head. The US media constantly pushes blatant lies about Trump to derail him, while trying to make Harris look good. If Trump does not win it will be a travesty against heaven.

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Note: the ad supporting pornography was released by a Democratic Group and may not have had the direct support of the Harris campaign. I put this as a footnote because I am uncertain which group released this ad.

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Large parts of the Evangelical church seem obsessed with sexual sins. I agree that Christians should not miss a morally relativistic culture of pronouns, perverts, and baby killers that hold too much sway in the Democrats. But the New Testament has little to say about this except by way of forgiveness e.g. the women caught in adultery - go and sin no more. What got Jesus angry was selfish ambition, jealousy, and pride and these were the things he berated his disciples for and the religious leaders of his time. If I look at Jesus I see someone who had good news for poor people, for marginalised people, for exiles and outcasts. It is hard to reconcile that with the Trump administration. American Christians have a selective view of sins which elevates the self-righteousness of an altogether more unpleasant batch of sins and sinners.

How very sad! Thankful she is out!

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Students in Victoria, Australia, are challenging their Methodist school’s ban on cross necklaces deemed “offensive,” receiving praise from a local pastor.

At Methodist Ladies’ College, a prestigious girls’ school in Melbourne, students have been asked to remove cross necklaces because they might offend others, the Herald Sun reported.

“My friend was wearing a cross and there was another girl in our class who said she found the cross really offensive and so the teacher told her to take it off,” an anonymous student was quoted as saying. “My friend’s parents, who are very religious, tried to get answers from the school and were told ‘it’s not a good look for the school.’”

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Students in Victoria, Australia, are challenging their Methodist school s ban on cross necklaces deemed offensive, receiving praise from a local pastor

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Though a Christian I have never worn a cross in public. I have read my bible on a train and other public places and even started conversations about God in many cases, had a fish on my car a few years but never a cross. Must admit stories like this make me want to wear one. Who cares if our identity in Christ offends people? Insults for our faith build our treasure in heaven.

Disgusting.

I'm very thankful for him!

Hopefully more Canadians will join the pro-life cause in the future!

Michie said:

In the story of the great flood, we saw how evil and sin had grown so fast and become so serious that God saw it necessary to cleanse the whole world and dramatically prune the human family.

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This was my point of view for a very long time but as I reflect more on what happened and the nature of sin I am inclined to take a somewhat different view. The flood was a cleansing. 1 Peter 3 explains a correlation between the flood and baptism, asserting its soteriological significance, the patience of God and the pledge of a good conscience. The soteriological significance of Noah is further described in Hebrews 11, the patience of God is self-evident (He could have killed everyone and everything and started over entirely), and the pledge of a good conscience becomes evident in what quickly ensued after the flood: Noah got drunk and his son sodomized him! As you correctly observed: sin moved quickly.

My departure from the standard pov comes from the fact the earth (creation) still groaned under bondage and awaited the sons of God to be revealed. I am, therefore, inclined to amend the op's opening statement to include a "could," as in "God showed He could cleanse the world, and He could do so by completely destroying all humanity (and even the planet itself)." It is self-evident from scripture the whole earth was not cleansed, certainly not from sin. The pruning of the "human family" certainly occurred, but it was a numerical pruning, not much of a qualitative pruning. It was certainly not a pruning like that described in John 15. Because the episode is clearly Christological and soteriological, we can, however, say the account is a foreshadowing of Christ crucified and resurrected.

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While the flood was a severe measure, that tells us how bad the problem had become! The flood was like a giant “bath” that cleansed the world, making an end of sin and new beginning for goodness to grow.

But the world after the flood was far from sin-free. Even in Noah’s family there are struggles with drinking too much and the indiscretion and divisions that often follow such matters.

In the decades and centuries that followed, humanity grew once again and began to spread toward the lands east of where Eden had once been. The land was called “Shinar”, but it would be called “Babylon” later in the Scriptures. It is a region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (aka Mesopotamia). Today the region encompasses Iran and Iraq.

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Amen!

And I would add that it was from this region that Abram came. Abraham and his descendants were Babylonians, Hebrew Babylonians. Knowing this adds to our understanding of God's redemptive plan and His agency thereof.

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At this moment we encounter a story about the sin of pride wherein we forget the glory of God and esteem ourselves too highly. Let’s consider this story and seek to learn from it.

The Story of the Tower of Babel

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I think another amendment is in order: the inclusion of the word "idolatrous." The pride problem in Babel was not the good kind of pride (like that to which Paul appeals when he commends his readers) but the fatally egregious kind of pride in which a finite creature irrationally imagines s/he/they can reach the Infinite Creator. That premise should have been prima facie absurd to them. Or, at least it seems to be that way to the spiritually enabled, but the truth is there are as many ways to imagine oneself comparable to God as there are humans, and they often go unnoticed even among the regenerate. Even Paul had a pride issue for which he stood under God's persistent judgment (the "thorn in his side"). This is why Paul wrote,

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Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant, and being made in the likeness of men.

• Do nothing out of selfishness or vain conceit.
• Regard others more important than ourselves.
• Look to others' interest, not yours only.
• Definitely do NOT regard equality with God something to be grasped.
• Have Jesus' attitude and empty yourself.
• Remember you are a bondservant (our lives were purchased; we are not your own).

No building towers to reach God . Scripture can be so inconvenient, sometimes .

Lord have mercy

Lord have mercy

I hope its banned here, too. But don’t hold your breath.

Merrill said:

Echoing a statement by Harris a few weeks ago, when she said the government cannot allow Americans to express themselves freely and without regulation on the Internet, "The View" says she would have won if such regulation were implemented.

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Yep people are turning away from legacy media and turning more towards social media and podcasts and the like.

The lies and cover-up about Joe Biden’s failing faculties by MSM was probably the last straw.

Microsoft President Brad Smith is set to unveil an artificial intelligence-enhanced project focusing on St. Peter’s Basilica during a press conference at the Vatican on Nov. 11.

This initiative, titled “The Basilica of St. Peter’s: AI-Enhanced Experience,” is a collaboration between Microsoft and the Fabric of St. Peter, the organization responsible for the conservation and maintenance of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Since Smith launched Microsoft’s AI for Cultural Heritage program in 2019, the tech company has worked on a number of projects that provided digitally enriched ways to explore art, architecture, and historical sites through artificial intelligence.

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An Alabama pastor has refused to retract a church sign calling minority Trump supporters “ignorant” despite his provocative message drawing criticism from public figures. Pastor Michael R. Jordan of New Era Baptist Church in Birmingham is known for using his church sign to convey controversial messages.

His latest sign reads: “Warning African Americans: A vote for Trump will put Blacks back to picking cotton,” AL.com reported. On the reverse side, it states: “Attention to all Blacks who plan to vote for Trump: You are an ignorant stupid Negro.”

The sign drew criticism from Alabama's Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth.

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An Alabama pastor has refused to retract a church sign calling minority Trump supporters ignorant despite his provocative message drawing criticism from public figures Pastor Michael R Jordan of New

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There is a high correlation between...

Protestant Fundamentalist Bible Belt areas
Young earth theology
People who embrace conspiracy theories
and people who are not college educated.

Trump's embrace of conspiracy theories is ridiculous.
And, his rejection of modern science (such as the CDC view on
vaccines, and Global Warming) is also ridiculous.

As a number of Trump's past close advisors have noted, Trump
does not seemed to be bothered by by what is true, or not.

He nails it eloquently what needs to change and how voters feel.

Nithavela said:

It's pretty pointless anyway, since Trump can't have a third term. Although is on record for stating that he desires one.

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Obama is nearing the end of his third term. I believe Obama also said he would like a third term as well. Login to view embedded media

'Courageous man': Putin weighs in on Trump win, says he's ready to talk about Ukraine​

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, calling him a "courageous man" who was "hounded from all sides" and saying he was ready to talk to the president-elect about Ukraine.

They were Putin's first public remarks on Trump since he won Tuesday's presidential vote. Russia's leader made them late Thursday during an event where he spoke for several hours in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Father Thomas Oyode, the rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi who was abducted Oct. 27, has regained his freedom.

A statement issued Thursday by Father Peter Egielewa, director of communications for the diocese, provided details of Oyode’s release, relaying the gratitude of Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia of Auchi.

“The Catholic Diocese of Auchi wishes to announce the release of Rev. Father Thomas Oyode from the hands of his abductors,” Egielewa said, adding that the kidnapped priest was set free at about 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6.


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