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Recent content by hedrick

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    LGBT Church… anyone ever been to one?

    The idea of an "LGBT church" seems odd to me. Our church is happy to have LGBT members, but it's not like LGBT issues get mentioned in worship or activities. Someone visiting us would know that we're mainline, but at least from the worship service they wouldn't know we accept LGBT people. (You...
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    Netflix's promotion of LGBT themes, sexual preferences in kids' shows 'pervasive': report

    the articles I’ve seen aren’t clear on definitions,but talk about themes or characters. So that suggests that 41% have at least one gay character. US numbers seem larger than UK, but even 10% would be consistent with at least one gay character in 41% ovf shows. Since the 41% is for shows for...
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    Netflix's promotion of LGBT themes, sexual preferences in kids' shows 'pervasive': report

    First, it's more like 9%. LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Rises to 9.3%. Since most shows have at least 11 characters, you'd expect nearly 100% to have an LGBT character. There is usually more than 1 main character, so you'd expect something like 30% of shows to have an LGBT main character. It...
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    ICE issues deportation order for Belarusian woman extradited by FBI

    Ah, but they'll send her to someplace like El Salvador's prison. The net effect is punishment without trial.
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    Consumer Prices Will Go Down From Day One? Will Gas Prices Go Down 50% Within A Year?

    0.4% more inflation might actually be acceptable if there were other benefits. But it's not just inflation rates that matter. First, the article notes that not all tariffs have been passed on. There's a lot of uncertainty about which will continue. But expect that during 2026 the rest of the...
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    Trump promises $2000 tariff dividend to all Americans

    I find this ironic. One accusation against Biden was that a stimulus program that he supported caused inflation. Now Trump wants to do it. I would prefer to see tariffs used to reduce the deficit, particularly since the proposed stimulus is larger than what we’re getting from tariffs.
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    "Don't Give up the Ship"

    It may even be true. My bet: the Secretary of Defense didn't actually say "if anyone survives, kill them." But when someone survived, someone had to interpret what ambiguous orders actually meant. It's not liikely that they'll be court-martialed, but I predict further promotions will be hard to...
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    University of Minnesota on Whiteness Pandemic

    Personaly I would have liked the University to publicize their research with more descriptive language, rather than with language guaranteed to create a public backlash.
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    University of Minnesota on Whiteness Pandemic

    Ugh? The intent is to preach the need to avoid racism, though this is perhaps hidden in oddly chosen terms.
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    University of Minnesota on Whiteness Pandemic

    A Google search turns up several references, but they all go back to that one person. It's someone's clever idea of talking about standard concepts about racial attitudes. However this sort of thing bothers me. I suspect everything said has researched support. But the choice of terms and...
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    Eternal fire does not mean eternal torment

    I think there are multiple visions here: Matthew likely sees some kind of eternal punishment for the wicked. I think Calvin is right, that it is unimaginable remorse from being excluded from the Kingdom. The other Gospels are less clear. I agree with the video above that destruction is a...
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    Eternal fire does not mean eternal torment

    There are plausible interpretations that the lake of fire is fatal to normal people, even though Satan ends up tormented forever. Not everyone agrees. One argument for it: The term "second death" is used several times for normal people and once for Death and Hades. Not for Satan or his minions...
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    Eternal fire does not mean eternal torment

    While the overall point may be right, I have questions about some of the exegesis: On eternal fire: It may well be that "eternal destruction" is destruction that is permanent, rather than that it is going on forever, but some of the references he cited don't fit his exegesis, even if their...
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    Mel Gibson's screenwriter says 'Passion' sequel emerged from talk about Protestantism

    You're talking about praise choruses. Traditional Protestants have the same reaction. Luther contrasted a theology of glory with a theology of the cross. If you look at the hymns in mainline Protestant churches, you'll find plenty about the cross, and about our own death. Our churches typically...
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    Hell doesn't exist as a concept in the bible and was man-made

    That's a strange comment. I said nothing about the basis for salvation. Clearly Paul doesn't envision anything other than faith. The central part of Romans says, roughly, the God was holding back Jews from having faith to give Gentiles a chance to come in. But after that, all israel would be...
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