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    Salvation

    Can you provide a scripture reference that states we need to accept God? R o m a n s . 6 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Rom.7:14 says we are sold under sin...
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    Salvation

    Just search the two words, "sell" or "sold" and "redeem" or "redeemed" in order to see the difference. We may play with words, but it does not go well most of the time. Too many people use words interchangeably that are not equivalent. "Accept" and "Receive" are two other. They are not...
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    Right-wing double standards on gas prices

    That price was because of a number of factors (Hurricane Katrina, etc.,) and lasted a short time. Gas prices were cheaper when Obama took office (6½ years ago) than they are now. Obama stated his disdain for the Coal industry, and had a stated goal of bankrupting any who tried to start a new...
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    Salvation

    When we see it all as being in His hands, totally, we see that if one happens before the other, or the LORD takes half of our lifetime between any subset of these, it is not all so bad, nor is it against scripture. It is His salvation, we are His to do with as He pleases, and our lives are...
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    Salvation

    There are a number of things that God does for a sinner in bringing him to Christ. Alphabetically, they include: 1- Adoption 2- Atonement 3- Conversion 4- Forgiveness 5- Justification 6- Reconciliation 7- Redemption 8- Regeneration We can argue the order they happen, but scripture shows they...
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    Structure of the Attacks Against Ben Carson

    May the LORD bless each with a good career, and much job satisfaction. Not sure it will be a given, seeing what is soon to become of our Medical System in this country. I just am hoping the best for them.
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    Structure of the Attacks Against Ben Carson

    I like Ben for many of the same reasons i like Herman Cain. They are both accomplished, and very articulate. Neither had a career in politics. I like listening to both of them, and would consider either to be a good alternative to the typical POLITICIAN we usually get. No one will get a...
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    Walter Williams on the pathology of racial problems in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit and Ferguson

    Here is another one that is pertinent to our discussion. "The Pursuit of Happyness" is one I liked. People in difficult situations can do some real good by going all out, and really trying hard to make something of themselves. There are many opportunities in this great nation.
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    Walter Williams on the pathology of racial problems in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit and Ferguson

    Thanks for the support on the ideas of how the programs INTENDED to help "victims" actually do lasting and devastating damage. We supplement the terrible aspects of their culture to the point of making it almost impossible for them to recover as a group. How will we (as a nation, our...
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    Walter Williams on the pathology of racial problems in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit and Ferguson

    Because of the 50 years of "Help" they got. They are being helped into the problems we would like to see them EXIT. You know, a hungry person has a very similar feeling in his belly today as the hungry person did 50 or 100 years ago. The person who is in poverty today, usually is NOT in the...
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    Walter Williams on the pathology of racial problems in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit and Ferguson

    If you need more explanation, watch the movie, "Gran Torino." I do not suggest it for anything other than the main plot. There is a fellow who, not being a black youth, faced the same challenges in this world that a black male his age would face. It is a cultural problem. Though the two...
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    Walter Williams on the pathology of racial problems in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit and Ferguson

    OK. We may get some discussion going now. We can refrain from assuming what the other thinks. The answer to the overriding question of motivation for taking a low wage job to do something of value is in my other post, and explains how I could produce a year's worth of value in a week's time...
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    Walter Williams on the pathology of racial problems in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit and Ferguson

    Did not say they were, but that was not a good way to respond to a direct question about the minimum wage. If $15 is good for people who do not have any skills, why is $27 not better? The young and inexperienced could afford more things, and pay this terribly high cost they will bear as young...
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    Walter Williams on the pathology of racial problems in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit and Ferguson

    One learns to do things working on the job. (On-the-job training is focused, specific, intense and typically more useful than any classroom setting could be.) He learns things valuable to his future. I have worked for HALF what I could have made at an unskilled job, learned many things, and...
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    [MOVED] Barbershop fined $750 for refusing to cut woman's hair

    It was stated here that the barber suggested other places she could go, and offered to pay for the cut. I think that is a very reasonable approach. Absent a proof that he stated something that was untrue, it makes sense to believe what he said, especially considering he was willing to pay for...
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