Tropical Wilds said:

I literally just posted links that show that it had nothing to do with anybody finding them offensive.

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Ok….regardless, it’s not an issue.

Hentenza said:

I do not.

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Ok! Gotcha!

Wolseley said:

I agree. Can you imagine what it would be like if that guy was president???

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Nope!

Say it aint so said:

The sad thing is, they all know they are just humiliating themselves.

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Trump demands absolute loyalty to him. So they best be sycophants, if they want to keep their jobs.

Just my thoughts..

1. I am glad she got use the Christian themed designs.
2. However, I do see the school's point. Now if some kid wants to use satanic, wiccan, new-age, isalmic, buddhist or designs from any other religion the school will now have a much tougher time saying "No" to that.
3. High school kids get their personal parking spaces these days?!?! Wow! I feel old.

Underdog

Holy, holy, holy...

Holy, Hebrew qadosh, has a gematria of 410,

qadosh (Holy)
קָדוֹשׁ
19. ק Quph 100
4. ד Dalet 4
6. ו Vav 6
21. שׂ שׁ Shin/Sin 300
Σ 410

Strong's number #H410 is el, which means G-d, with a gematria of 31.

The expression

Heaven and earth

appears 31 times in the authorized King James Bible!



Strong's number #H410 is translated as G-d 213 times in the King James Bible




213 is the 165th composite number

composite numbers
4 6 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 30 32 33 34 35 36 38 39 40 42 44 45 46 48 49 50 5 1 52 54 55 56 57 58 60 62 63 64 65 66 68 69 70 72 74 75 76 77 78 80 81 82 84 85 86 87 88 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 98 99 100 102 104 105 106 108 110 111 112 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 128 129 130 132 133 134 135 136 138 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 150 152 153 154 155 156 158 159 160 161 162 164 165 166 168 169 170 171 172 174 175 176 177 178 180 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 192 194 195 196 198 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 212 213...

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The 165th digit of π from the first decimal place is 2701!



The gematria of the creation verse!

In the beginning G-d created the heaven and the earth. Gen 1:1



The 5 preceding digits of 2701 in π are 28410



Holy, Hebrew qadosh

qadosh (Holy)
קָדוֹשׁ
19. ק Quph 100
4. ד Dalet 4
6. ו Vav 6
21. שׂ שׁ Shin/Sin 300
Σ 410

Holy, Greek hagios

hagios (Holy)
ἅγιος
1. Αα Alpha 1
3. Γγ Gamma 3
10. Ιι lota 10
16. Οο Omicron 70
20. Σσςϲ Sigma 200
Σ 284



From the first decimal place in π, the number 284 appears here for the 2nd time, and the number 410 appears here for the 1st time!
Σ 3

Holy, holy, holy!!!

Σ 3

Michie said:

Earlier today, during the opening Mass at Annunciation Catholic school in Minneapolis, a 23 year old man shot numerous children and adults before killing himself. Among those killed was an 8 year old and a 10 year old. Three adults and fourteen children were then taken to the local trauma center, some in critical condition.

What is the role of a priest and nun in such situations? Let’s consider biological parents before we look at spiritual fatherhood and motherhood. When a child is hurt, it is the job of a mother to comfort her children. However, a father is called to both comfort his children and to guide them on how to avoid similar tragedies in the future.

As a spiritual father, my article here is not to finger-point, but rather to warn that tragedies like today’s shooting can somewhat (not entirely) be avoided by teaching the true Catholic faith. As you will soon read, the shooter and his mother were baptized Catholics at the very parish where the shooting took place.

Continued below.

Liberal Catholicism is the Way of Death.

Earlier today, during the opening Mass at Annunciation Catholic school in Minneapolis, a 23 year old man shot numerous children and adults before killing himself. Among those killed was an 8 year old and a 10 year old. Three adults and fourteen children were then taken to the local trauma...

www.padreperegrino.org

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The angst in this priest's words - and heart - is painfully refreshing to hear. Yes, far too many priests in the Western Churches today are panderers for parish and worldly applause, while ignoring their obligations before God whose praise they ought to thirst for. What a horrid contradiction has descended upon us! The unthinkable has come among us like a plague from hell, "standing in the Holy Place", having seated themselves in the Judgment Chair of Jesus, dressed like lambs but mouthing words like the dragon.

I'm so very sorry the Church has accepted and now promulgates the title "father" to most of her leaders. This holy Reality has been robbed of its potent focus given by God. The perfect prayer, given us by Jesus, the "Our Father," has become nearly meaningless, if not impotent. It is rattled off and raced through like a paper-thin poem from antiquity. In the dimension of the spirit there are only two fathers, which Jesus made clear:
1) The Father in Heaven. "Call no man on earth your father!" What part of that is unclear? "You have one Father, who is in heaven". And,
"you are all brethren." (Mt 23:8)
And then there is:
2) The father of lies and liars.

Jn 8:43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
Jn 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Jn 8:45 But, because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.

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If God's people were faithful to this truth, perhaps more could and would hear the immense treasure of saving holy wisdom there is, in this prayer, the Our Father! Clericalism among priest and bishops - and in the laity - would be weakened, and the potency of humility could be more easily embraced. Most of all, the truth that God IS my Father would be no longer obscured by the living contradiction of it (that is, the many wolves in sheep's clothing who are indiscriminately called "Father" in rote obedience to a small -"t" - tradition. In this we fall to the patterns of the past: "You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men." (Mk 7:8)

Is being single, and able to handle it, a blessing?​

Referring just to the general idea of the thread, I would think it can be a blessing. I am single & solitary socially I am blessed to have a few resources to share with others ( I work general warehouse labor). I can at least with alms giving ( basic charity) & prayer ( Matthew 6:1-13) for basic needs and also for those who evangelize ( Matthew 9:36-38). I believe what St. Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 is a holy framework for us to understand in doing this. Even if we are solitary, we are not disconnected and have a role to fill ( Titus 3:1-8).

Jamdoc said:

Allegorizing scripture to essentially be meaningless and glorifying the mundane is just.. not the God I know.

and scripture does say that this planet passes away, and is replaced.

like, here's the issue I have with overallegorizing scripture. Is that you can basically make it mean whatever you want. People use "spiritualizing" scripture to extreme ends to declare preterism as true, that the New Earth is now, that we're living in heaven now, and that the kingdom is just the Church and just.. glorifying mundane life on this sin cursed ball floating in space, burying their head in the sand at all the suffering and sin and death that still is all around them. They talk about how the "proof" of their truth being how widespread Christianity is as a religion, and to that I say: spreading a religion is no proof of its divine truth, ISLAM spreads more rapidly than Christianity these days, and Islam is most definitely not the true and living God. I'm simply not awed by a religion spreading, especially when much of its spread was by force for hundreds of years. You can force people to worship trees at gunpoint/swordpoint and it'll spread. Nothing divine or spiritual about that.

Jesus will come back, He has not yet. When He comes back it won't be something that has to require mental gymnastics to believe, it'll be undeniable. Throughout scripture when they talk about the Day of the Lord (which is when Jesus comes back) God says that even the heathen will know He is the Lord. It won't take belief at that point, it won't take faith either. It'll be undeniable, and unbelievers will know then. Similarly, when the Old Earth passes away and the New Earth is created, it won't be something you have to stretch and mental gymnastics your way through.. it'll just be reality. This world won't exist anymore, and the New Earth will be different, things won't die on it for starters, there won't be sin on it either.

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Dear Jamboc,
Someday you are going to be shocked & humbled when Christ finally heals your spiritual blindness and you can see Him (the Word of God) clearly for the first time.

The Second coming of Christ and the Day of the Lord occurs for each Elect babe before they die. If Christ doesn't come back to a babe before they die, then they are not one of the Elect and they will die in their sins.

For the Elect babes, the second coming of Christ & the Day of the Lord (judgment) will immediately follow the baptism of the Holy Spirit (the Latter Rain). The Latter Rain is what heals the bride's spiritual blindness so that the Bridegroom will appear to them. After He appears, the wedding will occur, followed by the Day of the Lord.

Because Christ comes a second time to all of His Elect before they die, Christ's second coming is said to be a reoccurring event (is, was and will be coming):

Rev 1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne...

Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Rev 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

Rev 11:17 saying: “We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was and who is to come, because you have taken your great power and reigned.

When Christ gives the small measure of the Spirit to an unbeliever, they become a babe in Christ and enter the church. In this weak spiritual condition, Satan will come to them and deceive them. No babe since the death of Paul can avoid Satan's deceptions. It is in this apostate condition that all Elect babes wait for the Bridegroom's return (since Paul's death).

Consider what James said below:

James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receives the EARLY and LATTER RAIN. 8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWETH NIGH.

James was speaking to "babes" who had only been given the Early Rain. They were still waiting for the Lord to come back and pour out the Latter Rain. James encourages the babes by saying that Christ's coming "draweth nigh". It was not a one-time far off event that the apostate churches teach. James understood that Christ's second coming is a reoccurring spiritual event that will convert the babes into the children of God and make them blameless before the Law. This is exactly what Paul also told the Corinthian babes who were likewise waiting for the Lord to come again.

1Cor 1:6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you (confession of faith/Early Rain): 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you (by the Latter Rain) unto the end (conversion), that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ (judgment that completes a babe's conversion).

If Christ's second coming is a one-time event that only happens at the literal end of this age, then how can any believer says that they are already "blameless" before the Law?

The story of the woman taken in adultery is a "type" that teaches when an Elect babe receives the Latter Rain and is made blameless before the Law. It matches exactly with what Paul to the Corinthian babes.

In the story, a woman (represents the Elect/Bride of Christ) is found committing adultery. This adultery represents the original sin that occurred in the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve (one flesh). The person who Adam and Eve committed adultery with was Satan. It was spiritual adultery that occurred when they followed the crooked way of Satan instead of the straight way of Christ. This sin occurred when Adam and Eve made an apron of fig leaves to cover their sin (works of their hand). This is the crooked way of Satan and is the same way required by the Old Covenant of Law. When a babe commits this sin, it will led to their spiritual death.

Because Adam and Eve committed the sin that leads to death, Christ forsook them and cast them out of the Garden (His home).

This verse applies:

Isa 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. 6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou was refused, saith thy God. 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

Ever since Adam & Eve (represents the Elect) were cast out of the Garden, Christ has been preparing for the day that He would reconcile with His forsaken wife. In this age, Christ is now doing so under the New Covenant.

To reconcile with His forsaken wife, Christ will write the Law of the Spirit in the heart of the woman. Christ begins this process by giving the woman the Early Rain. This is shown when Christ first writes in the earth. But become the woman is still not reconciled by the Early Rain and is still guilty before the Law, the Pharisees do not drop their stones (represents the Law) and leave.

Christ then writes in the earth a second time. This act represents the Latter Rain. At that time, the woman is reconciled and made blameless before the Law (made ready). The Pharisees then drop their stones and leave saying nothing. The Law can no longer accuse the woman of sin.

The story of the woman taken in adultery is a type for the pathway to salvation that all the Elect will travel. This pathway begins with the Early Rain, a time of falling away, the Latter Rain to make the bride ready and finally the appearance of the Bridegroom and judgment. After this occurs, the an Elect person is converted and saved.

This pathway that I described above is taught over and over again throughout the NT teachings of Christ. However, Christ teaches it in His spiritual language so that no one but those who have had their spiritual blindness healed can understand those teachings.

Joe

It was not enough that Theodosius had suppressed the insolent reign of Arianism, or that he had abundantly revenged the injuries which the Catholics sustained from the zeal of Constantius and Valens. The orthodox emperor considered every heretic as a rebel against the supreme powers of heaven and of earth; and each of those powers might exercise their peculiar jurisdiction over the soul and body of the guilty. The decrees of the council of Constantinople had ascertained the true standard of the faith; and the ecclesiastics, who governed the conscience of Theodosius, suggested the most effectual methods of persecution. In the space of fifteen years, he promulgated at least fifteen severe edicts against the heretics; more especially against those who rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; and to deprive them of every hope of escape, he sternly enacted, that if any laws or rescripts should be alleged in their favor, the judges should consider them as the illegal productions either of fraud or forgery. The penal statutes were directed against the ministers, the assemblies, and the persons of the heretics; and the passions of the legislator were expressed in the language of declamation and invective.

I. The heretical teachers, who usurped the sacred titles of Bishops, or Presbyters, were not only excluded from the privileges and emoluments so liberally granted to the orthodox clergy, but they were exposed to the heavy penalties of exile and confiscation, if they presumed to preach the doctrine, or to practise the rites, of their accursed sects. A fine of ten pounds of gold (above four hundred pounds sterling) was imposed on every person who should dare to confer, or receive, or promote, an heretical ordination: and it was reasonably expected, that if the race of pastors could be extinguished, their helpless flocks would be compelled, by ignorance and hunger, to return within the pale of the Catholic church.

II. The rigorous prohibition of conventicles was carefully extended to every possible circumstance, in which the heretics could assemble with the intention of worshipping God and Christ according to the dictates of their conscience. Their religious meetings, whether public or secret, by day or by night, in cities or in the country, were equally proscribed by the edicts of Theodosius; and the building, or ground, which had been used for that illegal purpose, was forfeited to the Imperial domain.

III. It was supposed, that the error of the heretics could proceed only from the obstinate temper of their minds; and that such a temper was a fit object of censure and punishment. The anathemas of the church were fortified by a sort of civil excommunication; which separated them from their fellow-citizens, by a peculiar brand of infamy; and this declaration of the supreme magistrate tended to justify, or at least to excuse, the insults of a fanatic populace. The sectaries were gradually disqualified from the possession of honorable or lucrative employments; and Theodosius was satisfied with his own justice, when he decreed, that, as the Eunomians distinguished the nature of the Son from that of the Father, they should be incapable of making their wills or of receiving any advantage from testamentary donations. The guilt of the Manichæan heresy was esteemed of such magnitude, that it could be expiated only by the death of the offender; and the same capital punishment was inflicted on the Audians, or Quartodecimans, who should dare to perpetrate the atrocious crime of celebrating on an improper day the festival of Easter. Every Roman might exercise the right of public accusation; but the office of Inquisitors of the Faith, a name so deservedly abhorred, was first instituted under the reign of Theodosius. Yet we are assured, that the execution of his penal edicts was seldom enforced; and that the pious emperor appeared less desirous to punish, than to reclaim, or terrify, his refractory subjects.

The theory of persecution was established by Theodosius, whose justice and piety have been applauded by the saints: but the practice of it, in the fullest extent, was reserved for his rival and colleague, Maximus, the first, among the Christian princes, who shed the blood of his Christian subjects on account of their religious opinions. The cause of the Priscillianists, a recent sect of heretics, who disturbed the provinces of Spain, was transferred, by appeal, from the synod of Bordeaux to the Imperial consistory of Trèves; and by the sentence of the Prætorian præfect, seven persons were tortured, condemned, and executed. The first of these was Priscillian himself, bishop of Avila, in Spain; who adorned the advantages of birth and fortune, by the accomplishments of eloquence and learning. Two presbyters, and two deacons, accompanied their beloved master in his death, which they esteemed as a glorious martyrdom; and the number of religious victims was completed by the execution of Latronian, a poet, who rivalled the fame of the ancients; and of Euchrocia, a noble matron of Bordeaux, the widow of the orator Delphidius. Two bishops who had embraced the sentiments of Priscillian, were condemned to a distant and dreary exile; and some indulgence was shown to the meaner criminals, who assumed the merit of an early repentance. If any credit could be allowed to confessions extorted by fear or pain, and to vague reports, the offspring of malice and credulity, the heresy of the Priscillianists would be found to include the various abominations of magic, of impiety, and of lewdness. Priscillian, who wandered about the world in the company of his spiritual sisters, was accused of praying stark naked in the midst of the congregation; and it was confidently asserted, that the effects of his criminal intercourse with the daughter of Euchrocia had been suppressed, by means still more odious and criminal. But an accurate, or rather a candid, inquiry will discover, that if the Priscillianists violated the laws of nature, it was not by the licentiousness, but by the austerity, of their lives. They absolutely condemned the use of the marriage-bed; and the peace of families was often disturbed by indiscreet separations. They enjoyed, or recommended, a total abstinence from all animal food; and their continual prayers, fasts, and vigils, inculcated a rule of strict and perfect devotion. The speculative tenets of the sect, concerning the person of Christ, and the nature of the human soul, were derived from the Gnostic and Manichæan system; and this vain philosophy, which had been transported from Egypt to Spain, was ill adapted to the grosser spirits of the West. The obscure disciples of Priscillian suffered languished, and gradually disappeared: his tenets were rejected by the clergy and people, but his death was the subject of a long and vehement controversy; while some arraigned, and others applauded, the justice of his sentence. It is with pleasure that we can observe the humane inconsistency of the most illustrious saints and bishops, Ambrose of Milan, and Martin of Tours, who, on this occasion, asserted the cause of toleration. They pitied the unhappy men, who had been executed at Trèves; they refused to hold communion with their episcopal murderers; and if Martin deviated from that generous resolution, his motives were laudable, and his repentance was exemplary. The bishops of Tours and Milan pronounced, without hesitation, the eternal damnation of heretics; but they were surprised, and shocked, by the bloody image of their temporal death, and the honest feelings of nature resisted the artificial prejudices of theology. The humanity of Ambrose and Martin was confirmed by the scandalous irregularity of the proceedings against Priscillian and his adherents. The civil and ecclesiastical ministers had transgressed the limits of their respective provinces. The secular judge had presumed to receive an appeal, and to pronounce a definitive sentence, in a matter of faith, and episcopal jurisdiction. The bishops had disgraced themselves, by exercising the functions of accusers in a criminal prosecution. The cruelty of Ithacius, who beheld the tortures, and solicited the death, of the heretics, provoked the just indignation of mankind; and the vices of that profligate bishop were admitted as a proof, that his zeal was instigated by the sordid motives of interest. Since the death of Priscillian, the rude attempts of persecution have been refined and methodized in the holy office, which assigns their distinct parts to the ecclesiastical and secular powers. The devoted victim is regularly delivered by the priest to the magistrate, and by the magistrate to the executioner; and the inexorable sentence of the church, which declares the spiritual guilt of the offender, is expressed in the mild language of pity and intercession. (The History of the decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 3, Chap. 27, pgs. 97 - 101 of the Everyman's Library edition)

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The establishment of the inquisition by the state, in “defense” of Roman Catholicism. The doctrine of the trinity itself, being the main original doctrine being defended and or forced upon all, by penalties climaxing in the torture and or death of the dissenters or heretics. The only escape from such, being the individuals conversion to the Roman Catholic Church. The real success story of the Roman Catholic Church, by imperial force, not the convicting power of the Holy Spirit of God. Setting the stage for untold suffering and death throughout the history and dark ages of Roman Catholic rule. Never so successfully but by and through the Inquisition. The horrors of a united church and state.

Thus the first and second amendments of the Constitution of the United States of America. A country founded upon the matured biblical political principles of Protestantism. Which have been under ever more successful attacks, throughout history. In many instances and to date by none other than papally supported nations and or political ideologies. As evidenced in many of the papacies Encyclicals, doctrinal notes, Concordances, and other political intrigues.

1st Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

2nd Amendment

A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

The first to protect our citizens from politically motivated and enforced religion and or tyranny. The second enabling them to defend themselves from all such, should it arise. Both of which have been and are presently under attack from many different quarters. Not the least of which is Roman Catholicism.

essentialsaltes said:

Why are all these leading Democrats suddenly facing mortgage fraud charges? Guess who’s behind it​

[Adam Schiff, Letitia James, and now Lisa Cook.]

What gets me, and should get you, is the flimsiness of these accusations despite how loudly they’ve been bruited about on the MAGA right as though they’re signals of profound moral turpitude on the part of the targets, and how they all originated in the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which is led by Trump acolyte and sycophant William J. Pulte, in private life a big homebuilder.

The important question, in the view of Adam Levitin of Georgetown Law, is who is driving these investigations and levying these accusations, and whether they reflect an “enemies list” Pulte has compiled on Donald Trump’s behalf. I asked the FHFA to respond to Levitin’s questions, but received no response.

...none of the public accusations from the FHFA specify what, if any, financial advantages were received by the targets.

And it’s unlikely that they’re the result of random audits of FHFA loans, as Levitin observed in relation to the Cook case.

“No one ever goes back and examines loan applications on performing loans for occupancy fraud; that would entail expenses for no benefit,” he wrote. “Instead, the only way anyone would have noticed a problem with Cook’s loan application is that Pulte, as head of FHFA, directed Fannie or Freddie to pull her application. That is unheard of.”

[In Schiff's case, we have an FHFA memo that says as much. The order came from one of the IGs Trump installed after firing most of them.]

The Fannie Mae memo says that the FHFA inspector general demanded “the loan file and any related investigative or quality control documentation, as well as all other loans associated with...Adam B. Schiff.”

The allegations against Schiff relate to his ownership of two homes, one in Burbank and the second in the Washington, D.C., area. But his dual ownership obviously was known to his mortgage lenders, and he has said that he took the homeowner’s property tax exemption only on the Burbank property.

[For James] In all but one of several documents, she stated that the niece would live in the house; according to her lawyer, on one form she said she’d be the occupant. But the bank could hardly have been misled, given the other documents. ... One form filed in 2001 regarding a Brooklyn brownstone bought for her family listed the property as having five units, but all the other pertinent forms stated correctly that it was four units. ... And in the 1983 purchase of house in Queens, New York, James’ father identified her as his spouse, not his daughter, on one form among others that identified her correctly.

Back in 2014, David H. Stevens, a former federal housing official then serving as CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Assn., told the Washington Post that the paper file for a standard mortgage had ballooned to 200-500 pages. “The likelihood of a minor defect is almost 100 percent,” he said. That reduces the significance of the errors Pulte claims to have found nearly to the vanishing point, especially given the paucity of evidence that Schiff, James or Cook got a financial benefit from any of them.

... the law is not concerned with insignificant trifles. In the Trump case, however, [the judge] declared that Trump and his fellow defendants saved tens of millions of dollars. “The frauds found here,” he wrote, “leap off the page and shock the conscience.”

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Well, we know Trump was guilty of those charges and Trump has weaponized the DOJ, as an act of revenge, to try and get his enemies. If any of these Democrats are punished for these charges, Trump should faced the same punishment.

essentialsaltes said:

One of the three former police officers arrested last year in the beating death of a Black motorist was found guilty of civil rights abuses, while two other officers were found guilty of witness tamperingThursday in federal court.

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Officers convicted in Tyre Nichols case will get new trial​

It comes after lawyers argued the original trial judge was biased against them​

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith were found guilty in October 2024 on federal charges of obstruction of justice through witness tampering in the case. [the above]

The men still face second-degree murder charges in state court.

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In a separate state trial, Bean, Haley and Smith were acquitted of second-degree murder for the fatal beating.

Good. He is one of the major Christian thinkers of his time, and he deserves the honor.

Attempting to destabilise an ally is a blatent betrayal.

I would have thought Christians wouldn't want to be a Judas.

essentialsaltes said:

China Pours Exports Into Africa Faster Than Anywhere Else​

Africa has become a new hotspot for Chinese exports as Donald Trump’s tariffs redraw trade for the world’s biggest manufacturing nation.

Rising protectionism in Washington has given extra incentive for Africa to buy from Beijing. A number of goods from more than 30 nations on the continent that had duty-free access to American markets granted under the African Growth and Opportunity Act are now being subjected to a range of tariffs by the Trump administration.

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essentialsaltes said:

India’s Modi set for rare China trip after Trump’s tariff sting​

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Trump tariffs are increasingly forcing countries to pick sides between the US and China​

It’s a theme that has been evident for months but has been on heightened display this week, with headlines from India to Mexico underscoring that nations are not necessarily destined to choose the US.

[India moves away from US (as above).]

On the other side of the spectrum this week is Mexico. America’s southern neighbor is eyeing new tariffs on China that could distance it from Asia.

It's a possible move that would deepen ties to the US ahead of high-stakes negotiations coming next year on renewing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

[If Mexico can curry some favor with Trump to get better treatment then, that would be a good move for them. But we can dispense with the idea that the tariffs are about other countries ripping us off; these are just bargaining chips for Trump to carry out his ham-fisted mercantile 'diplomacy'.]

essentialsaltes said:

Biden extended Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection from 6 to 18 months after leaving office.

Trump has now revoked it.

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Since Trump has proclaimed that D.C. is now safe, I propose that he demonstrate that by releasing his Secret Service detail and walking the neighborhoods of D.C.

I don't see the issue with sanctuary cities. Doesn't it just mean local resources will not be used to support a federal task? I'm all for that. If the feds want to do something, they can figure out how to do that with the taxes we pay them. Local taxes should be used for local tasks. It's strange, but not surprising these days, that conservatives would want anything short of that.

My goodness, I'm more conservative than MAGA conservatives. There's just not enough coffee for this world.

Pommer said:

The government was transparent enough to give us the name of the “contractor”; that that is opaque presents an opportunity for journalists should any appear to be interested.

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The AP tried, but gramps wouldn't answer the door.

Pommer said:

*c.f. Scooter Libbey

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Guess who got a full pardon from Trump?

(Bush commuted his sentence.)

BPPLEE said:

Her statement about the chain of command

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That's evidence she didn't understand the question,since Trump and Bondi illegally altered it.
Evidence that she is doing a good job is the fact that crime is down. That is what she was hired to do.

Richard T said:

I pray you can be a catalyst to bring out the gifts in whatever place you worship.

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Woe - thank you! Agree at any such enablement whatsoever, amen.

Richard T said:

There is a grieving of the Holy Spirit that needs to be addressed?

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Interesting question, and I guess I have been dancing around the cultural underestimations long enough. For though it likely wouldn't be found, I suspect the undercurrent today is exacerbated from his day: ''And you are [spiritually permissible] puffed up, and have not rather mourned, , '' at an assortment of social fashions we have come to know. How well would today's flock be willing to heel? For we have no such Apostle of authority to stand before. They WERE as we ARE, quietly stouthearted in fruit. I would have to affirm as yes, quite the chosen means.

Faith in Jesus Christ

So, what does it mean to be of faith in Jesus Christ? Jesus said it this way:


And the Apostle Paul stated it this way:


Faith in Jesus Christ, if it is of God, and not of human flesh, will result in us denying self, dying with Christ to sin daily, and us walking in obedience to our Lord and to his commands in holy living, in practice. For if sin is what we practice, and not obedience, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

All One in Christ Jesus

And this is critical that we get this next part. If we are of genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ, we are sons of Abraham, blessed with Abraham, and we are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise. Jew and Gentile, by faith in Jesus Christ, are one person, one people, the one and only chosen people of God via faith in Jesus Christ. We are no longer divided, Jew and Gentile, but Jesus made us one people by faith in Jesus Christ.

So, when people call themselves “Messianic Jews,” that is not biblical, for that still separates them from all other Christians who are not of Jewish descent. But by Jesus’ death on that cross, and via his bodily resurrection, not only are we able to now die to sin and live to God in obedience to his commands, but he made us one people by faith in Jesus Christ. So the division is no longer Jew and Gentile, but those who believe in Jesus Christ and those who are not of biblical faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

So please understand that not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring. It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. The Jewish nation called “Israel” is not of God, for as a nation they have denied Jesus Christ, which then makes them antichrist, as a nation, but not all Jews.

And Paul taught the Christians that they were not beholding to the Jews to follow after Jewish customs, traditions, and laws, for the Jews who did not believe in Christ were of Hagar, the slave woman, and not of Sarah, the free woman. And the city of Jerusalem, representing the Jewish nation, was still in slavery with her children. And she is not of the free woman, Sarah. But the (spiritual) Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. In other words, all Jews who do not believe in Christ are not God’s people.

And so the slave woman’s (Hagar’s) son (the Jewish nation, not of faith in Christ), will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son, i.e. believers in Christ. And so physical Jerusalem is no longer “the holy city.” The church, the body of Christ, is his holy city. And all Jews who do not believe in Christ will not inherit the promises given to Abraham and to his seed, and they will not have eternal life with God. “Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.”

[Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19; John 8:18-19,38-47; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:4-8,25-28; Romans 11:1-36; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 3:6; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-16; Hebrews 8:6-13;1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:22; Jude 1:5; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9]

So, do not give your support, loyalty, devotion, worship, and adoration to a godless nation who does not believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they do not believe in Jesus Christ, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (same God). For all who deny Jesus as the Christ are the antichrist – denying the Father and the Son (1 John 2:22). They are not of God, and they are not God’s chosen people. Only those who believe in Jesus Christ are God’s chosen people, his holy ones.

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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Heirs According to The Promise
An Original Work / August 29, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Lotuspetal_uk said:

If I may - no one will fully understand the Word of God per se. But the Holy Spirit does take us on a journey with Him, to get to know the Lord more as we walk through life on this planet. We continually read verses/chapters so that it remains fresh in our minds as opposed to never picking up our Bibles and taking a peek inside.

Picture it as a long journey of discovery.

It's not a quick fix (if that makes sense) and it would dismay me to think that you may think that you need to fully understand God's Word because you don't. That's just not how we - as humans - learn things.

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I understand.

Lotuspetal_uk said:

1 Peter 5 comes to mind and in particular verses 7, 8 and 9. In essence, when we get saved or born again, the Holy Spirit dwells within us. Evil is however in the world that we live and there may be occasions when it will wander around seeking an opportunity to distract/irritate/annoy/torment believers (the family of believers) or make us suffer.

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If misery is what's feeding them, then.. I have a big problem. I've never been a single day happy. I don't know what happiness is, and I've been miserable my entire life. Is this food for evil spirits? Is there any possibility misery to be attracting them, somehow?

I based my entire life on 1 Peter 5:8. I am, and always have been an advocate of soberness and vigilance. I don't partake in any form of drunkness: nothing that alters the body or the mind, and causes state of confusion.

Even when I am affected by something, I never forget my teachings. As in Psalms 119 (which, out of all of them, this one speaks loudest to me), I will never break nor forget my teachings.

Lotuspetal_uk said:

If I've understood you correctly, in some instances, yes. For example if a house is fully alarmed and it's lights are on, then a robber will maybe try and see if the doors/windows are locked and then will eventually leave. If however, the house has windows and doors open, the robber may hang around to see if they can get in. The owner of the house needs to therefore continually make sure that the house is therefore secure because the world is filled with robbers.

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For some reason it doesn't work for me. There's something that lets it in. I really do nothing of the world, so there's nothing to corrupt. Besides the flesh (lusts) which I do not have, I also secure my mind against possible corruption.

Lotuspetal_uk said:

This is a massive topic area within Christian circles to be fair. Some may say that it is might be due to something undiscovered or unknown.

To learn more about this I'd recommend looking up ministers by the name of Vlad Savchuk and Pastor Allen Nolan. They do in depth studies on spiritual warfare, gifts of the Spirit, which will prove helpful to you.

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I'll take a look.