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Top 30 Most Delightful Things That Happen Unexpectedly–Like Finding Cash in Jeans or Compliments from Strangers
- By Bob Crowley
Taking your son for a "job shadow" in the US parliament.
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US politician's son goes viral for making funny faces at camera as dad delivers speech
A mischievous six-year-old has gone viral for upstaging his congressman dad in the US House of Representatives.
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Conspicuous Omission in the New DDF Document on Private Revelation
- By AlexB23
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
- 13 Replies
Thanks, anyways, have a good night.Just putting the info out there.
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This Is the Only Way You Should Cut an Avocado...
- By AlexB23
- Cooking and Culinary Arts
- 1 Replies
Or, we can use AI for this (disclaimer, double check with other sources).Learn how to cut an avocado into quarters—and remove the pit without a wielding a sharp knife
The first time I ever saw someone’s method for how to cut an avocado, I had ordered tableside guacamole at a restaurant. The server sliced the fruit in half, removed the pit with a sharp knife and then spooned the fruit into a bowl. I saw countless people do it this way—Food Network stars, cookbook manuals and my own parents. I always figured that scooping the fruit from the flesh was the only way to do it.
Luckily, there’s a better way to cut an avocado! This method makes it easy to peel the skin from an avocado for beautiful quarters, which makes it easier for you to eat an avocado every day. Here’s what you need to know.
How to cut an avocado the right way
What you’ll need
- Ripe avocado
- Sharp kitchen knife
Directions
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This Is the Only Way You Should Cut an Avocado
You don't need to use a sharp knife to remove the pit! Here's how to cut an avocado into quarters for easy slicing.www.rd.com
Mistral 7B-v0.3 AI Response:
Here's a step-by-step guide on how to cut an avocado:
1. Wash the avocado under running water and dry it with a clean towel or cloth. You don't need to peel the skin before cutting.
2. Place the avocado on a stable, flat surface with the stem facing upward.
3. Insert the point of a sharp knife into the avocado lengthwise, about halfway through the fruit (along one of its long sides). Rotate the knife around the seed to score it evenly all the way around. Twist the two halves gently to separate them.
4. Tap the pit firmly against the side of your cutting board to remove it from one half of the avocado. Alternatively, use the back of a spoon to push the pit out of the hollow in the avocado.
5. Gently tapping the rounded edge of the knife blade, carefully pry open the halved avocado so that the exposed flesh remains intact.
6. To slice each half into sections, insert the tip of the knife at an angle along the inner curvature of the avocado half, then move it across to the other side while keeping the knife parallel to the cutting board. Repeat this process until you have four to six sections per half. Be careful not to apply too much pressure as avocados can be quite fragile.
7. If desired, you can now twist and lift off individual slices for serving, or leave the sections attached within their halves if you prefer. Enjoy!
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Are You Unapproachable?
- By Josheb
- Poetry & Prose
- 14 Replies
Then I stand corrected and will amend my reply to say, "Since my emotional state has nothing to do with this discussion, assuming my being upset (or not) is irrelevant... and there is no reason to be sorry for conditions other than your own. In the future, if respect of others is genuinely the goal, then it best to simply keep the posts topical and about the posts, not the posters." Predicating, "I'm sorry" on the potential condition of someone else's emotions is disrespectful (whether I feel disrespected by it personally or not) of both parties. It is, therefore, best to leave such comments out of any discussion unless and until an objectively verifiable wrongdoing has occurred.
This op is specifically about those "teaching the scriptures who is unapproachable... not willing to have his words tested against scripture."
Then the op does not apply to you
.Does Acts 17:11 actually define "tested" as the op intends the word to be used?
What does that have to do with those teaching scripture who are unapproachable and no willing to have their words tested against scripture? What does any real or perceived anger on my part have to do with the op? What does any conditional "I'm sorry" have to do with this op? What does anyone's best efforts to be loving and respectful have to do with this op?
So...... let's bring this exchange back to the op
.The opening post does not define "tested," in any manner by which we might discuss the matter cohesively and cogently. Simply quoting verse that use the word "tested" or "testing" does not actually define the term, especially since the Greek maintains two or three different options and our English word does not differentiate the distinctions. How then can we discuss those teaching scripture with an unwillingness to have their own words tested against scripture? The Bereans examined the scriptures after hearing Paul teach but there's nothing stated in Acts 17:11 (or the larger narrative) stating Paul permitted his words to be "tested," in the sense their veracity would be questioned, doubted, disregarded, or disdained. Paul had very decisive words for those who disagreed with him. He was "unapproachable," in that regard but his unapproachability was not an indication of error. He was, instead, completely correct and not untrustworthy; nor was he a cult leader (although some of the Jews may have thought otherwise). The op, in some ways, is correct, but because of the problem of ambiguity the op is in need of clarification and since the op "teaches the scriptures," an opportunity exists for this op to serve as an object lesson wherein the discussion itself serves to clarify the matter and potentially prove the veracity of the op.
Yes?
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Does God want movie theaters to survive?
- By AlexB23
- Entertainment
- 1 Replies
The Bible said nothing for or against about movie theaters, so God is okay with the facilities. Just use discernment to choose the right movies.A meditation on the 2024 Memorial Day box-office disaster and the future of movies in American mass culture
This is the question that I have been thinking about ever since Memorial Day: What role do movie theaters play in God’s glorious and fallen creation?
Yes, that’s a strange question. Let me explain.
Back in my professor days when I taught Introduction to Mass Communication 101, I explained the whole “technology shapes culture” equation (again, think “the medium is the message”) by asking a series of questions that went something like this.
Is reading the epic that is “The Lord of the Rings”by J.R.R. Tolkien the same thing as viewing the Peter Jackson movies (let’s say one at a time) in theaters? The question is whether the content of this classic, in the printed word, changed when it was adapted into a visual medium for theater screens.
The answer, obviously, is “Yes” — even with talented screenwriters and a director who sincerely wanted to honor the author’s vision of the story.
Let’s keep going. Is seeing the LOTR films in a packed theater, on a big screen, the same thing as watching the movies on your couch at home on a television screen? I would say, “No.” Let’s push this equation even further: What about watching LOTR on your smartphone? Would that change the content again?
On one level, the movies would be the same. But what about the reality of the experience? What about the impact of the story on the viewer, in terms of the images (large and small) and the sound track? (If you are reading this post on a smartphone, CLICK HERE and think about that.)
What about the summer classic that is “Jaws”?
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Does God want movie theaters to survive?
A meditation on the 2024 Memorial Day box-office disaster and the future of movies in American mass culturetmattingly.substack.com
So, what do you call a movie theater that promotes sex, drugs and lust?: A SINema.
I do not typically use this website, but it has useful info on discernment:
Should a Christian go to movies? Is watching a movie a sin? | GotQuestions.org
Should a Christian go to movies / the cinema / watch Netflix? Is watching a movie a sin? Is it wrong to go to a movie?
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10 Key reasons today’s marriages fail and how to avoid them
- By Michie
- Married Couples
- 0 Replies
Here's how to make sure your marriage can thrive despite all the difficulties it may encounter.
The vast majority of people enter into marriage with the intention that it will last a lifetime. However, according to Forbes Advisor, the rate of couples divorcing in the United States is 43% for first-time marriages. Subsequent marriages tend to fail at an even higher rate.
This number is obviously alarming, but it in part in may reflect some of the challenges that couples today face, often brought on by new technologies and a world that has grown “smaller” as a result, but also less stable.
Here are some of the stresses and strains couples are under, and some ways to overcome them.
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The vast majority of people enter into marriage with the intention that it will last a lifetime. However, according to Forbes Advisor, the rate of couples divorcing in the United States is 43% for first-time marriages. Subsequent marriages tend to fail at an even higher rate.
This number is obviously alarming, but it in part in may reflect some of the challenges that couples today face, often brought on by new technologies and a world that has grown “smaller” as a result, but also less stable.
Here are some of the stresses and strains couples are under, and some ways to overcome them.
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ANXIETY ABOUT GLOBAL INSTABILITY
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10 Key reasons today's marriages fail and how to avoid it
Here's how to make sure your marriage can thrive despite all the difficulties it may encounter.
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The Divine Blood Type: Revealed by "Coincidence" of Eucharistic Miracles?
- By AlexB23
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
- 1 Replies
I made a post about this, and also used some humor as well, cos Eucharistic Miracles are awesome, and showcase God's presence in the host as Jesus.Do we know Jesus’ blood type?
An amazing “coincidence” between Eucharistic miracles and relics from the life of Jesus Christ suggests that we might.
In the eighth century, a Basilian priest in Lanciano, Italy who doubted the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, was offering Mass when the Eucharist miraculously turned into natural flesh and blood.
You can still see the non-decomposing flesh and blood in the Church of San Francesco today.
In the 1970s and ’80s, some of the flesh and blood from this miracle was studied by scientists, who, among other things, found the blood was AB.
Interesting, right?
In the 13th century (500 years after the miracle of Lanciano), another priest doubting the truth of the Real Presence also experienced a Eucharistic miracle: the host started bleeding all over his corporal (a cloth used in the liturgy). You can still see the cloth on display in the Cathedral of Orvieto.
Scientific testing of this cloth in the mid-1990s showed that the blood was AB as well.
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The Divine Blood Type: Revealed by "Coincidence" of Eucharistic Miracles?
Do we know Jesus’ blood type?www.churchpop.com
Eucharistic Miracles
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Did Jesus Mess Up a Prophecy?
- By AlexB23
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
- 6 Replies
That is true. Romans says we all have different gifts. Prophesy is not my cup of tea, cos everyone disagrees on it. We will find out who is right (pretrib, mid, posttrib, preterist and the futurists), when we pass away and meet Jesus in Heaven. I am not sure which "-ist" I am.Alex, I understand where you are coming from. But this article is extremely helpful to many. Let’s not forget we are all called to different tasks within the Body of Christ.
Romans 12:4-8 (NIV): "For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully."
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Ex-Lesbian: Divine Grace is Real
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
- 0 Replies
Today is the first of June, the month that Church dedicates to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Since so many people outside the Catholic world haven’t any knowledge of the liturgical year, much less how one can live according to it, they will be inundated with “pride” memorabilia all month long. For this reason, I have decided to make known my disdain.
By now, very few may not know that I have long left the homosexual lifestyle (eight years). I take no credit, seeing how long I lived it, knowing that each time I engaged in homosexual acts, I greatly offended God, yet continued in the mire for as long as I did. Nothing other than the Grace of God liberated me from my disordered passions. (I always knew that every relationship I was in would fail if I kept loving this Invisible God. Perhaps it was the hypocrisy of claiming to love God while living a life I knew He forbade. Yet, regardless of the hurt I’d experienced, I knew I couldn’t forsake Him; I would not!) There are many examples I can give and instances that prove that if one doesn’t entirely reject God, hope remains. The first step was finally submitting to His will and renouncing my own. The last eight years have been a quest to grow deeper in my Faith and to come to know, love, and serve this God I knew loved and watched over me all my life. In so doing, He has led me to more profound knowledge and understanding of Himself and myself. Without knowledge of God, it is impossible to know oneself.
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By now, very few may not know that I have long left the homosexual lifestyle (eight years). I take no credit, seeing how long I lived it, knowing that each time I engaged in homosexual acts, I greatly offended God, yet continued in the mire for as long as I did. Nothing other than the Grace of God liberated me from my disordered passions. (I always knew that every relationship I was in would fail if I kept loving this Invisible God. Perhaps it was the hypocrisy of claiming to love God while living a life I knew He forbade. Yet, regardless of the hurt I’d experienced, I knew I couldn’t forsake Him; I would not!) There are many examples I can give and instances that prove that if one doesn’t entirely reject God, hope remains. The first step was finally submitting to His will and renouncing my own. The last eight years have been a quest to grow deeper in my Faith and to come to know, love, and serve this God I knew loved and watched over me all my life. In so doing, He has led me to more profound knowledge and understanding of Himself and myself. Without knowledge of God, it is impossible to know oneself.
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Ex-Lesbian: Divine Grace is Real
I am determined to focus on my growth in the “science of the Saints,” who have become my best friends and family.
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An Ordinariate for Traditional Catholics? An interview with Father de Blignières
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
- 0 Replies
Considering the new situation created by the motu proprio Traditionis custodes and the documents of the Dicastery for Divine Worship in 2021, Father Louis-Marie de Blignières proposes the establishment of a "traditional ordinariate", i.e., in canonical terms, an ecclesiastical circumscription dedicated to the ancient Latin rite. This type of structure (like military ordinariates, ex-Anglican ordinariates or Eastern Catholic eparchies) consists of a group of faithful served by a clergy, headed by a prelate appointed by the Holy See. The "traditional ordinariate" would offer a stable structure for Catholic faithful wishing to receive the sacraments according to traditional forms.
The former prior of the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer is interviewed on this subject in the FSSP magazine Tu es Petrus :
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The former prior of the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer is interviewed on this subject in the FSSP magazine Tu es Petrus :
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An Ordinariate for Traditional Catholics? An interview with Father de Blignières
Considering the new situation created by the motu proprio Traditionis custodes and the documents of the Dicastery for Divine Worship in 2021...
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