Aryeh Jay said:

I don't hunt and don't go to Walmart armed looking for troublemakers. 90% of what I have are duplicates of my work guns and all they shoot is paper and steel with the occasional soda bottle. I hate that I have to use them at all in the Navy but that's what the world is.

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Hey! It's your right! I'm 100% ok with doing what you want, safely.

tonychanyt said:

Don't listen to him. Fight him with God's grace. Focus on how you can serve the living God. When you do, Satan will stop.

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I agree. However, it is worth noting that James blames the person for their own sin and even their own temptation, and not Satan.

Also, I want to try to propose a point-of-view, in which all things come about by God's plan from the foundation of the world. We can be certain that he will accomplish everything that he set out to do, and that is to his own great glory and praise, and to be permitted to even WATCH this happening is a privilege beyond anything we deserve, and full of joy and confidence, BECAUSE we are simply thrown onto his mercy and grace, and not according to our level of obedience. We have NOTHING by which to recommend us to God.

Vambram said:

Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel. It's a guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump

Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president, pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in an extr...

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“The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense,” Biden said in a statement. “Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country.”




The prospect of such pardons had been the subject of heated debate for months at the highest levels of the White House. It’s customary for a president to grant clemency at the end of his term, but those acts of mercy are usually offered to Americans who have been convicted of crimes.

Trump said after his inauguration that Biden had pardoned people who were “very very guilty of very bad crimes" — “political thugs,” Trump called them.

Biden, a Democrat, has used the power in the broadest and most untested way possible: to pardon those who have not even been investigated. His decision lays the groundwork for an even more expansive use of pardons by Trump, a Republican, and future presidents.

While the Supreme Court last year ruled that presidents enjoy broad immunity from prosecution for what could be considered official acts, the president's aides and allies enjoy no such shield. There is concern that future presidents could use the promise of a blanket pardon to encourage allies to take actions they might otherwise resist for fear of running afoul of the law.


It’s unclear whether those pardoned by Biden would need to apply for the clemency. Acceptance could be seen as a tacit admission of guilt or wrongdoing, validating years of attacks by Trump and his supporters, even though those who were pardoned have not been formally accused of any crimes. The “full and unconditional” pardons for Fauci and Milley cover the period extending back to Jan. 1, 2014.

“These are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing,” Biden said, adding that “Even when individuals have done nothing wrong — and in fact have done the right thing — and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances.”

Fauci was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health for nearly 40 years, including during Trump's term in office, and later served as Biden’s chief medical adviser until his retirement in 2022. He helped coordinate the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and raised Trump's ire when he resisted Trump's untested public health notions. Fauci has since become a target of intense hatred and vitriol from people on the right, who blame him for mask mandates and other policies they believe infringed on their rights, even as hundreds of thousands of people were dying.

“Despite the accomplishments that my colleagues and I achieved over my long career of public service, I have been the subject of politically-motivated threats of investigation and prosecution,” Fauci said in a statement. “There is absolutely no basis for these threats. Let me be perfectly clear: I have committed no crime.”

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The hypocrisy is astounding:

Biden in December 2024: Biden declares to Jan. 6 defendants that accepting a pardon was akin to a "confession of guilt",

Biden January, 20 minutes before leaving office: Pardons virtually everyone in his administration with a high level job and his brother, literally. In fact, his whole family; Biden issues former President Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons to family members, members of Congress, and former public servants.

Fauci is pardoned back to 2014, which of course, begs the question, WHAT has Fauci been doing all these years?

Biden/his handlers are hypocrisy personified.

Even stage one cancers, left unaddressed, can be life threatening.
Thanks for calling us to action.

People need to realize what Jesus meant, when He said:

Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

In addition, Luke was known as ...

Colossians 4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

timf said:

Pray for her
You might even inquire, if she is a professing Christian, what it is that makes her a Christian. Some think it was being baptized as a baby, or other work. Many do not appreciate that faith is trusting. It is very hard to tell the difference between an unbeliever and a carnal (fleshly) Christian.

Some get angry if you are seen to question their faith. Only you can guess as to the right approach, if any. Even if you are rebuffed and your friendship ended, at least you will have tried to help. However, at some point we are each responsible for how we live the Christian live. Some go dormant and never grow or mature. Some are even mistaken about being Christian at all.

One cautious technique that might work is to say that you have been reading Ephesians chapter four and seeing where we are expected to grow in our faith towards Christ-likeness. If you express dissatisfaction with the progress you see yourself making, you might have an opening to ask her about her church and if she feels she is advancing as she should. Since none of us are becoming like Christ as we should, it may be a safe way to broach the subject.

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I (try to) demonstrate the thing in other I want them to do. That way at least if they didn’t know better, they do now.

Vambram said:

I am praising the Lord God for that great news!!

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Amen! Hallelujah!

Pro-lifers only want to support and protect the most innocent!

Thank you, President Trump! He's getting WORK done!

Good!

Glory to God! Protect and save as many lives as we can!

RamiC said:

Click here for a link to the official web page about the AoC and his role. The first sentence is "The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Focus for Unity for the three other Instruments of Communion of the Anglican Communion, and is therefore a unique focus for Anglican unity." The rest is on the link.

This is the list of churches recognised by the See of Canterbury

And just for you, in case you want some more of our prayers, Here is the prayers page.

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Thank you!

My thoughts, is The News Channel station. Has been proven to lie, exaggerate. They are leading Christians and people, that watch them to be deceived.

That is good News

Laodicean60 said:

Yes, our economy was in decline, I think since 2018. I don't think Biden wanted to accelerate inflation also it's political suicide, I think it was the ignorance of our politicians on fiscal policy that injected money into the system and created a whiplash effect. I still think our economy is headed to a recession and like you said it's been happening prior if the beast wants to reset it's going to no matter how much we spend trying to keep it afloat.

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The decline started in 2008 with that 700 billion hole in the real estate market.

Coincidentally, that was the cost of the Iraq war that the senate refused to pay for at the time. . .

This really happened to me last Sunday. I come in peace and cannot spend too spend long online. I have been trying to do what I can don't we all. I have issues, I have autism one which God has helped me and equipped me to cope with my weaknesses he has shown a light and maade me soundly strong. I won't list for all that entails. I have to be cautious as some may try and take advantage. If you come on a bad mood at an sensory autistic for what, trying to help and with low expectations and none for themselves.

Anyway, I like to write for my faith. I have shared my story. I wrote on a forum about the gifts of God. I wrote lets us use our gifts and talents to help in our lives or something like that. Someone then replied what is the difference between a spiritual gift and our natural talents and I just kept it simple and said there are 9 spiritual gifts as written in the Book of Corinthians and gave chaphter and verse. Now I wonder some add administration and I would like to as well but I do not see it listed so do not add it. I know about Romans 12 as well. I said also I imagined myself the Holy Spirit can pour into our natural talents to enhance for God's glory. Think of a musician playing the piano at church inspired singing a natural talent that can be used to serve and edify the church of Christ.
Now what is the differences to you, did I express you always wonder working on your own out there in the dark but light as well. We do not it get always right and I have never claimed anything of the sort far from it.

So I looked at the church sermon for last on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and I was thrilled two week running it went. I didn't want to miss anything and even thought squeezing in a cheeky question about the differences of the natural gifts verus spiritual gifts in your own words and I will be trying to catch them not for me even but someone else on the internet benefit to clear their question. It can be hard with autism the speaker can give a lot of information and I cannot keep up with what they are saying and then I cannot hold it all in my memory and by then get forgotteon word for word or so. I need to write it down it quick or tape it to replay.
I never asked a question it didn't seem to work. I did though get my phone out and tried to record it to listen later as I didn't want to miss anything. I sat down and started worrying for pressing the button to record with not showing any faces just the sound for a few minutes of the scripture sermon. So I sat there and deleted two of them immediatetly the short clips and said brow beaten this is not ok not if not cleared delete now and it was gone from the rubbish bin.

We got to the end and by blessed hands I was anointed and then asked the question can I tape what I may ask you. I was not given a yes so put my phone down and it was never used to record again and I will never use it without permission; I never got permission to record my conversation just the two of us alone and no faces shown just voices and I never even asked my question about the natural talent verus spiritual gift. I though however was given the answers to what I ask with a high degree of accuracy and I am so greatful as well.

The camera was not ok but the other service one is live and we can watch from home and pull a recorder. Life is strange but everyone has their boundaries. It would have not appeared online and deleted that day after I had listened to it and understood. When I relayed my struggle with keeping the information and understand the explaniations properly they went to extra mile with me slowly with me and I made hand notes to my email in a draft and I got a full understanding of what was said to me with no recording involved.

I live in London a private conversation in a churh who must ask the other person if no face is appearing even and you don't even intend to upload online and just use for learning difficulties.

RileyG said:

Continued prayers

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Thank you.

linux.poet said:

Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for the doctors and Your hand of mercy for LoricaLady, that they may diagnose her correctly and give her proper treatment. In Christ's Name, Amen.

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Tank you.

The tardiness of the report highlights the lack of attention Christian persecution receives from the international press.

A Christmas Day massacre that took place in Nigeria is only just reaching the headlines at the end of January. It was the most deadly in a string of attacks that took place during December, highlighting the lack of news attention the persecution of Christians in Nigeria receives from the international press.

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) reports that the Christmas Day attack occurred in the Diocese of Gboko, in Benue State. An unidentified group of assailants reportedly raided the town of Anwase, killing at least 47 Christians in their parish. The attack was indiscriminate, claiming the lives of adults and children alike.

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It seems like some disorders are nurtured from obscurity to a level of prevalence in an increasing class of individuals with special & perpetual needs. Any options to alter these conditions will only be considered harmful or even hateful and that suicide is probably almost automatic.

One wonders if a condition like trans ableism ( “body integrity dysphoria”) being nurtured to develop a larger class of special needs cases. Of course, the reminder would be it always existed ( like maybe 1 per million) but will progress to like 1 out of 100 with nurturing. Alternative options to overcome this problem will be considered destructive and those who are otherwise able bodied but feel they are disabled might commit suicide because their feelings will be hurt otherwise.

If he didn't resign, there's a good chance that termination would've been the next step after getting moved to graveyard shift.

Not sure who's been aware, but CNN has been hemorrhaging cash, and not just a small amount.


They've been reporting significant revenue declines since 2021.
(a drop in revenue of $400 million year over year isn't exactly small potatoes)

And per Yahoo Finance:
Additionally, CNN's net worth was reported to have decreased from $4.4 billion in 2021 to $2.3 billion in 2023, representing a 47.7% decline.

These financial challenges have been accompanied by a significant drop in viewership. Since 2020, CNN's prime-time ratings have fallen by 74%.


CNN's been trying to operate in a lane that's quite frankly, tough to build a core audience around.

The Fox News and MSNBCs of the world, who are openly partisan, have a "built-in" fan base.

CNN's been trying to do the "we're actually left leaning, but we'll pretend we call it right down the middle by making a few token critiques about the left a few times a month" routine.

The reason why that's a particularly tough lane to operate in.
- Most independents and moderates don't want to have their intelligence insulted, they know CNN's not moderate
- The right obviously isn't going to tune in all that much unless they're in the mood to "rage watch" CNN lol
- When they do toss in those few "token jabs" at the left to maintain the patina of centrism, that alienates a portion of the left base as well

So they're left with a quite small potential audience pool


The question will be, will Acosta quit toeing the line for the media conglomerate that clearly didn't want him around anymore (which comes across as a tad pathetic)

Or will he be bold enough to do his own thing with some less slanted content.


Of the anchors that have left CNN, the ones who do the former seem to crash and burn pretty quickly. It can be in the form of a Brian Stelter, who after leaving, came crawling back to CNN and taking a lesser off-air position. Or a Don Lemon who's attempting to do a podcast, but is only ranked #196 in the "News" category according to Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

For the ones who do the latter, they've faired a bit better.

Chris Cuomo is doing fairly well with his independent thing thus far, however, he's also not being "CNN Chris Cuomo" anymore. He's become more independent and expressing some viewpoints that he never would have back when he was a "company man"

Was if it one of the many commands in the Mosaic laws or a later Jewish manmade ritual? Would be a question to run by a Rabbinate for current orthodoxy as well as its health/medical rationale.

SeekFirst0 said:

Amazing? I definitely disagree. I am against murder and she supported the murder of children. Trump supported the abortion pill, IVF, and exceptions, which I don’t like as well. I didn’t vote for either, but Trump was the lesser evil.

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Harris was all about the murder of the unborn and how awful Trump was. She had no answers regarding the economy, jobs etc. How could she lead our nation? SMH

Truly horrific. Those poor children, and the parents are living in hell, too.

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