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Trump Ceases Courting the Pro-Life Vote. Now onto Courting the Less Deathy Vote.
- By Wolseley
- OBOB General Politics Forum
- 10 Replies
Problem is, where you gonna go? The rest of the world still depends on a stable America, even as bad as we currently are. We fall, and the rest of the globe is also likely to suffer some sort of repercussions....and you may find yourself in a foreign country where things are worse than they'd be right here.Jim Rickards predicts marshall law and civil war possible.
He believes Trump will win but the Democrats may not accept it.
Chaos in the streets and a big mess economically.
I may want to pack my bags and move somewhere.
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Using AI to write a fictional news article
- Technology
- 6 Replies
Same here. I am nervous about greedy news corporations over AI as well. That is why I try to look at both sides, especially the moderate points of view. Also, welcome to the forum brother.
Ahem, CNN, Faux, etc... All owned by the super rich, and skewed to one side or the other.
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When Theology Must Fall Silent: A Reflection on a Teaching from St. Bonaventure
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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Saints sometimes say daring things. Today, on the feast of St. Bonaventure I’d like to reflect on a saying by him. First, though, let’s consider a certain idiom he used, drawn from biblical times.
In Scripture there is an “absolute” way of speaking that many of us moderns misconstrue. For example, Jesus says (quoting Hosea 6:6), For I desire mercy not sacrifice (Matt 9:13). To those untrained in Jewish and biblical idioms, the meaning would seem to be, “Skip all the sacrifice; God just wants you to be nice.” However, that misses the point of the idiom, which more accurately means this: “Practice mercy without neglecting sacrifice, for sacrifice is in service of mercy.” All of our rituals have the goal of drawing us to greater charity for God and neighbor. Caritas suprema lex (Charity is the highest law). Although charity is the highest law, that does not mean it is the only one. The basic Jewish and biblical idiom goes like this:
“I desire A, not B.”
This means that A is the goal, not B.
However, B is not to be neglected because it is a means or a way to A (the goal).
With all this in mind, let’s consider a teaching from St. Bonaventure, who wrote something very daring—even dangerous. Because he is a saint, we must grant him the liberty that we would not give to lesser men. As a saint he ponders truth and is thoroughly reputable. In his sanctity, his thoughts go where words no longer “work.” In a sense, he must explode our categories lest we become locked in them and forget that God is greater than words or human thoughts can express.
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In Scripture there is an “absolute” way of speaking that many of us moderns misconstrue. For example, Jesus says (quoting Hosea 6:6), For I desire mercy not sacrifice (Matt 9:13). To those untrained in Jewish and biblical idioms, the meaning would seem to be, “Skip all the sacrifice; God just wants you to be nice.” However, that misses the point of the idiom, which more accurately means this: “Practice mercy without neglecting sacrifice, for sacrifice is in service of mercy.” All of our rituals have the goal of drawing us to greater charity for God and neighbor. Caritas suprema lex (Charity is the highest law). Although charity is the highest law, that does not mean it is the only one. The basic Jewish and biblical idiom goes like this:
“I desire A, not B.”
This means that A is the goal, not B.
However, B is not to be neglected because it is a means or a way to A (the goal).
With all this in mind, let’s consider a teaching from St. Bonaventure, who wrote something very daring—even dangerous. Because he is a saint, we must grant him the liberty that we would not give to lesser men. As a saint he ponders truth and is thoroughly reputable. In his sanctity, his thoughts go where words no longer “work.” In a sense, he must explode our categories lest we become locked in them and forget that God is greater than words or human thoughts can express.
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When Theology Must Fall Silent: A Reflection on a Teaching from St. Bonaventure - Community in Mission
Saints sometimes say daring things. Today, on the feast of St. Bonaventure I’d like to reflect on a saying by him. First, though, let’s consider a certain idiom he used, drawn from biblical times. In Scripture there is an “absolute” way of speaking that many of us moderns misconstrue. For...
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The Safe List: Guide to All the Kids' Shows and Movies That Are NOT Pushing LGBTQ Characters and Content
- By Michie
- Entertainment
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The Safe List: Kids' Shows and Movies Safe from LGBTQ Content and Normalization
A little while ago, I started compiling the "The No-Watch List: Guide to All the Kids' Shows and Movies That Have LGBTQ Characters and Content". This article and list has become very popular -- I'm having trouble keeping up with all the comments, adding to the list!
Many people have found the No-Watch List for Kids helpful. That's awesome!
But, they have also pointed out the need for a Safe List for Kids. That makes a lot of sense!
So here goes ... The Safe List of Kids' Shows and Movies NOT Pushing the LGBTQ Agenda.
Please help me keep this list up-to-date by commenting below. I will do my best to keep up with the new additions ... and subtractions. Let's keep our kids safe together!
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The Safe List: Guide to All the Kids' Shows and Movies That Are NOT Pushing LGBTQ Characters and Content
The Virgin Jew Men Rev 7:7-9 part 2
- By Dead Eye
- Eschatology - Endtimes & Prophecy Forum
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Of the tribe of *Levi were sealed twelve thousand.
* 8th Tribe of Levi
Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Gen 49:5-7 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not you into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not you united: for in their anger, they slew a man, and in their self-will, they dug down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have, they are them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast an obstacle before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev 7:4 I heard the number of them that were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousands of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 12:1 there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
Mal 2:4 you will know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, says the LORD of hosts.
Tribulation Levi
Tribe of Levi
Ezek 40:46 THE CHAMBER WHOSE PROSPECT IS TOWARD THE NORTH (ISA 14:12) IS FOR THE PRIESTS, THE KEEPERS OF THE CHARGE OF THE ALTAR: THESE ARE THE SONS OF ZADOK AMONG THE SONS OF LEVI, THAT COME NEAR TO THE LORD TO MINISTER UNTO HIM. (EXOD 32:28 LEVI FIGHTS FOR MOSES)
Rev 7:7 continues
Of the tribe of *Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
* 9th Tribel of Issachar (Rev 12:1 21:13,19,20)
Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Gen 49:14-15 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: [15] he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear and became a servant unto tribute.
Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have, they are them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast an obstacle before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev 7:4 I heard the number of them that were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousands of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 12:1 there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Tribe of Issachar
12,000 from Zabulon, Joseph, and Benjamin 4th Division of 4 Divisions
Rev 7:8 Of the tribe of *Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
*10th Tribe of Zebulun
Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Gen 49:13 Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea; and he will be for a haven of ships; and his border will be unto Zidon.
Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have, they are them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast an obstacle before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev 7:4 I heard the number of them that were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousands of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 12:1 there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Tribe of Zabulon
Of the tribe of *Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
*11th Tribe of Joseph
Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Gen 49:22-26 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel 25 Even by the God of your father, who will help you; and by the Almighty, who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: 26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they will be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have, they are them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast an obstacle before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev 7:4 I heard the number of them that were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousands of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 12:1 there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Amos 5:6 Seek the LORD, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Amos 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 6:6 That drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Zech 10:6 I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
Tribulation Joseph
Kingdom Joseph
12,000 Virgin Jew Men Sealed from the Twelfth Israeli Tribe of *Benjamin
Note: Apostle John utilizes his Authoritative Position disclosing Righteous Angel and his Authoritative Angels (Rev 7:2,3 8:3,4 {Ezek 9}) seal 12,000 Virgin Jew Men (Rev 7:2-8 9:4 22:3-6 14:1-5) from the 12th Israeli Tribe of Benjamin (Rev 12:1d 21:13,20).
*12th Tribe of Benjamin
Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Gen 49:27 Benjamin will raven as a wolf: in the morning he will devour the prey, and at night he will divide the spoil.
Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have, they are them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast an obstacle before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev 7:4 I heard the number of them that were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousands of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 12:1 there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Oba 1:19 they of the south will possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they will possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
Tribe of Benjamin
Benjamin cries Hos 5:8
Tribe of Benjamin
* 8th Tribe of Levi
Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Gen 49:5-7 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not you into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not you united: for in their anger, they slew a man, and in their self-will, they dug down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have, they are them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast an obstacle before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev 7:4 I heard the number of them that were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousands of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 12:1 there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
Mal 2:4 you will know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, says the LORD of hosts.
Tribulation Levi
| House of Levi mourns Zech 12:13 | Treaty of Lord with Levi Mal 2:4 | Sons of Levi purified Mal 3:3 |
Tribe of Levi
| No portion (inherit the Lord Deut 10:9) | The Gate of Levi Ezek 48:31 |
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Of the tribe of *Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
* 9th Tribel of Issachar (Rev 12:1 21:13,19,20)
Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Gen 49:14-15 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: [15] he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear and became a servant unto tribute.
Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have, they are them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast an obstacle before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev 7:4 I heard the number of them that were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousands of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 12:1 there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Tribe of Issachar
| A portion for Issachar Ezek 48:25 | The Gate of Issachar Ezek 48:33 |
12,000 from Zabulon, Joseph, and Benjamin 4th Division of 4 Divisions
Rev 7:8 Of the tribe of *Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
*10th Tribe of Zebulun
Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Gen 49:13 Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea; and he will be for a haven of ships; and his border will be unto Zidon.
Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have, they are them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast an obstacle before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev 7:4 I heard the number of them that were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousands of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 12:1 there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Tribe of Zabulon
| A portion for Zabulon Ezek 48:26 | The Gate of Zabulon Ezek 48:33 |
*11th Tribe of Joseph
Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Gen 49:22-26 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel
25 Even by the God of your father, who will help you; and by the Almighty, who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: 26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they will be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have, they are them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast an obstacle before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev 7:4 I heard the number of them that were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousands of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 12:1 there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Amos 5:6 Seek the LORD, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Amos 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 6:6 That drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Zech 10:6 I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
Tribulation Joseph
| Sticks of Judah, Joseph become one Ezek 37:19 Fire in the House of Joseph Amos 5:6 | Lord gracious to Remnant of Joseph Amos 5:15 The affliction of Joseph Amos 6:6 | The House of Joseph a flame Oba 1:18 The Lord saves the House of Joseph Zech 10:6 |
Kingdom Joseph
| Two portions for Joseph Ezek 47:13 | The Gate of Joseph Ezek 48:32 |
Note: Apostle John utilizes his Authoritative Position disclosing Righteous Angel and his Authoritative Angels (Rev 7:2,3 8:3,4 {Ezek 9}) seal 12,000 Virgin Jew Men (Rev 7:2-8 9:4 22:3-6 14:1-5) from the 12th Israeli Tribe of Benjamin (Rev 12:1d 21:13,20).
*12th Tribe of Benjamin
Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Gen 49:27 Benjamin will raven as a wolf: in the morning he will devour the prey, and at night he will divide the spoil.
Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have, they are them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast an obstacle before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev 7:4 I heard the number of them that were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousands of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Rev 12:1 there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Oba 1:19 they of the south will possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they will possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
Tribe of Benjamin
Benjamin cries Hos 5:8
Tribe of Benjamin
| A portion for Benjamin Ezek 48:23 Benjamin will be a Prince Ezek 48:22 | The Gate of Benjamin Ezek 48:32 Benjamin will possess Gilead Oba 1:19 |
READ Dead Christians.
- By RileyG
- Christian History
- 7 Replies
Yup! It’s always helpful to learn from our ancestors in faith
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Advice on age gap in a relationship
- By Darktriad
- Requests for Christian Advice
- 8 Replies
So long as you don't become your woman's pet and she is of age all gaps are permitted. 
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