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We seem to be in a time of peace and prosperity, relatively speaking. You'd think the left would be happy. Clearly they are not. They don't have power. Would they be willing to give up peace and prosperity so that they could have power?
 

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Are you looking for comments from leaders/representatives on the left or just speculation about the amorphous left?
I'm expecting angry responses.
 
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We seem to be in a time of peace and prosperity, relatively speaking. You'd think the left would be happy. Clearly they are not. They don't have power. Would they be willing to give up peace and prosperity so that they could have power?

Its not that they are not happy because they do not have power...

Its Satan's foot soldiers who are angry because they MUST gain power to set up their Utopia before the Lord can return to set up His Millennium.

Why? If Satan can rule the earth and make all his own people "happy" without the Lord? He can raise his fist in defiance and shout.... "Don't come back! No one needs you! ..Look! Men are happy without you with me ruling!"

In that way? Bible prophesy will be deleted.

If that can happen? Then God lied, and therefore can not be a righteous and suitable judge to condemn Satan and his angels. This is their appeal in the appeal trial we are now caught in the middle of.

That is why Satan despises believers who walk in sound doctrine and the power grace. Satan hates truth because sound doctrine makes us free from his dominating our minds.

Satan wants out of the Lake of Fire, and will do any devious thing he can devise as a means to prove God a liar. Hillary ring a bell on that one?

Its also why antisemitism is so insane and irrational to witness to. For what reason? If Satan can destroy every Jew before the Lord returns? The Lord will not be able to return to set up His kingdom as promised.

Again! Satan will walk free if he can wipe out every Jew before the Lord returns. Satan tried with the German genius race, but failed miserably... Now he is stuck with? Muslim morons to try to do the job.

It must be a very frustrating day at work under Satan... Especially, since the Lord threw a fiery sword in the midst of the battle having the name Donald John Trump written on its long blade. To shed blood where need be. For, as seen throughout the prophets and apostles... the Lord does not spare feelings when liars demand it... Mercy will only be given to the merciful.
 
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Its not that they are not happy because they do not have power...

Its Satan's foot soldiers who are angry because they MUST gain power to set up their Utopia before the Lord can return to set up His Millennium.

Why? If Satan can rule the earth and make all his own people "happy" without the Lord? He can raise his fist in defiance and shout.... "Don't come back! No one needs you! ..Look! Men are happy without you with me ruling!"

In that way? Bible prophesy will be deleted.

If that can happen? Then God lied, and therefore can not be a righteous and suitable judge to condemn Satan and his angels. This is their appeal in the appeal trial we are now caught in the middle of.

That is why Satan despises believers who walk in sound doctrine and the power grace. Satan hates truth because sound doctrine makes us free from his dominating our minds.

Satan wants out of the Lake of Fire, and will do any devious thing he can devise as a means to prove God a liar. Hillary ring a bell on that one?

Its also why antisemitism is so insane and irrational to witness to. For what reason? If Satan can destroy every Jew before the Lord returns? The Lord will not be able to return to set up His kingdom as promised.

Again! Satan will walk free if he can wipe out every Jew before the Lord returns. Satan tried with the German genius race, but failed miserably... Now he is stuck with? Muslim morons to try to do the job.

It must be a very frustrating day at work under Satan... Especially, since the Lord threw a fiery sword in the midst of the battle having the name Donald John Trump written on its long blade. To shed blood where need be. For, as seen throughout the prophets and apostles... the Lord does not spare feelings when liars demand it... Mercy will only be given to the merciful.
I agree that Satan is behind it all. He tempts people to act pridefully - and so they can't be happy unless they are in power. If Satan can force us to bow down to these people, he has forced us to bow down to him, by proxy.
 
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We seem to be in a time of peace and prosperity, relatively speaking. You'd think the left would be happy. Clearly they are not.
There are other things besides peace and prosperity that many people consider important - like social justice. Whoda thunk it? Power has nothing to do with it, at least from my perspective.
 
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I'm expecting angry responses.
No, you're just hoping for angry responses to feed your bias.

What I'm hoping for is not power, but that the Christian Nationalists don't take over the country.
 
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Its not that they are not happy because they do not have power...

Its Satan's foot soldiers who are angry because they MUST gain power to set up their Utopia before the Lord can return to set up His Millennium.

Why? If Satan can rule the earth and make all his own people "happy" without the Lord? He can raise his fist in defiance and shout.... "Don't come back! No one needs you! ..Look! Men are happy without you with me ruling!"

In that way? Bible prophesy will be deleted.

If that can happen? Then God lied, and therefore can not be a righteous and suitable judge to condemn Satan and his angels. This is their appeal in the appeal trial we are now caught in the middle of.

That is why Satan despises believers who walk in sound doctrine and the power grace. Satan hates truth because sound doctrine makes us free from his dominating our minds.

Satan wants out of the Lake of Fire, and will do any devious thing he can devise as a means to prove God a liar. Hillary ring a bell on that one?

Its also why antisemitism is so insane and irrational to witness to. For what reason? If Satan can destroy every Jew before the Lord returns? The Lord will not be able to return to set up His kingdom as promised.

Again! Satan will walk free if he can wipe out every Jew before the Lord returns. Satan tried with the German genius race, but failed miserably... Now he is stuck with? Muslim morons to try to do the job.

It must be a very frustrating day at work under Satan... Especially, since the Lord threw a fiery sword in the midst of the battle having the name Donald John Trump written on its long blade. To shed blood where need be. For, as seen throughout the prophets and apostles... the Lord does not spare feelings when liars demand it... Mercy will only be given to the merciful.
:sorry:
 
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There are other things besides peace and prosperity that many people consider important - like social justice. Whoda thunk it? Power has nothing to do with it, at least from my perspective.
And what social justice to you think is lacking?
 
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No, you're just hoping for angry responses to feed your bias.

What I'm hoping for is not power, but that the Christian Nationalists don't take over the country.
Actually, I don't enjoy angry responses. I see no Christian Nationalism.
 
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We seem to be in a time of peace and prosperity, relatively speaking. You'd think the left would be happy. Clearly they are not. They don't have power. Would they be willing to give up peace and prosperity so that they could have power?

Oh spare us!

The US was on the upswing after we weathered the Great Recession. Give it a break! Trump didn't invent the sun and the seasons!

The left are unhappy because Trump is systematically destroying all the things we VALUE. You know, like somewhat more affordable healthcare, environmental regulations that were hard won, etc.

You guys think you nailed the Left for "wanting power"...as if there's NO REASON to dislike the Toddler in Chief. Gimme a break. You folks screamed about Obama (secret muslim, marxist, African) for 8 straight years. All the while we were crawling out of an economic collapse unlike anything in the previous 70 years (which started under a REPUBLICAN). You'd think you would have been happy NOT being a Depression. But you didn't have power. Blah blah blah.

Give it a rest. PLEASE!
 
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And what social justice to you think is lacking?
Rampant homelessness (and an unwillingness for states and cities to provide aid), employee wage stagnation as executive salaries and profits skyrocket, the dehumanization and scapegoating of immigrants, and the dismantling of environmental protections to name a few.

Outside of social justice concerns, there's also the rampant corruption that the current administration seems to be doing nothing to curb (and indeed, would appear to be supporting) despite the President's loud cries to "drain the swamp" as well as his poor treatment of our allies in the international community. I could go on, but I hope you get the picture.
 
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Oh spare us!

The US was on the upswing after we weathered the Great Recession. Give it a break! Trump didn't invent the sun and the seasons!

The left are unhappy because Trump is systematically destroying all the things we VALUE. You know, like somewhat more affordable healthcare, environmental regulations that were hard won, etc.

You guys think you nailed the Left for "wanting power"...as if there's NO REASON to dislike the Toddler in Chief. Gimme a break. You folks screamed about Obama (secret muslim, marxist, African) for 8 straight years. All the while we were crawling out of an economic collapse unlike anything in the previous 70 years (which started under a REPUBLICAN). You'd think you would have been happy NOT being a Depression. But you didn't have power. Blah blah blah.

Give it a rest. PLEASE!
Obama threatened to withhold federal funds from schools that didn't allow boys, who wanted to be girls, to shower with girls, so I wasn't going to vote Democrat.

I think Donald is doing a great job. Obamacare was getting more expensive each year with fewer and fewer choices. I understand some areas have no choice at all. So the individual mandate has been removed. Who is going to complain about that?

The economy has gotten a shot in the arm because Donald lowered the corporate tax rate, so that businesses will locate here rather than in some other country.
 
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Rampant homelessness (and an unwillingness for states and cities to provide aid), employee wage stagnation as executive salaries and profits skyrocket, the dehumanization and scapegoating of immigrants, and the dismantling of environmental protections to name a few.

Outside of social justice concerns, there's also the rampant corruption that the current administration seems to be doing nothing to curb (and indeed, would appear to be supporting) despite the President's loud cries to "drain the swamp" as well as his poor treatment of our allies in the international community. I could go on, but I hope you get the picture.
I hear the most rampant homelessness is in the liberal state of California. I hear wages are going up since the corporate tax rates were lowered. All Donald wants to do is enforce the immigration laws - what is dehumanizing about that? Donald is demanding our allies carry their weight. What's wrong with that? Corruption? Mueller's been investigating the Trump administration for well over a year and has little to show for it.
 
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Peace? I see a nation more divided than it has ever been since the Civil War.

Prosperity? Maybe for wealthy elite. There has never greater income inequality for such a large part of the country since the gilded era.

Power? The Republicans have it for now. Let's see what they do with it. So far, I'm not impressed.
 
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Actually, I don't enjoy angry responses. I see no Christian Nationalism.
But the agenda is in plain view--anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-immigrant, pro-gun, etc.
 
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Peace? I see a nation more divided than it has ever been since the Civil War.

Prosperity? Maybe for wealthy elite. There has never greater income inequality for such a large part of the country since the gilded era.

Power? The Republicans have it for now. Let's see what they do with it. So far, I'm not impressed.
Divided? The Democrats try to obstruct everything. Can't blame that on the Republicans.

Prosperity? If people can't make a living, that is one thing, but complaining about someone being rich is envy. The jobless rate if very low.

One thing the Republicans have done is lower the corporate tax rate so businesses will stay, and come here, rather than move overseas.
 
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