Grip Docility said:

I'm not sure how you just took 1+1 and then decided that it equaled 99, but I will go ahead and suggest that you reread what I said. Apparently you are going to stand on a hill and defend the idea that the Pharisees actually were a literal brood of vipers, slithering and hissing. I can't help you with that decision.

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Where did that come from? We were talking about Genesis 2 and Revelation 12.

Saying nope is non sequitur... What I mean is.... did you read Revelation 12:9? Satan is called a Dragon, The Devil, Satan and the Serpent... all in one verse that binds him to all of those, yet is the same being. He's not God. He isn't all powerful. In Matthew 3:7, John the Baptizer calls the Pharisees A Brood of Vipers. Was that literal? Were the Pharisees a Brood of slithering snakes?

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Where do you think calling him the serpent came from? Genesis 2. And calling him the serpent in Revelation 12 doesn't mean Genesis 2 is poetry and meaningless. It's further verification of Genesis 2.

Besides where did the crime of murder come from if Adam and Eve hadn't already sinned?

SabbathBlessings said:

The devil lost the power over death when Jesus went to the Cross. That said, many people believe when they meet Jesus they can continue living the way they are, but thats not the case, If someone has Christ’s righteousness they would not be living in perpetual sin. Sin comes from the devil 1 John 3:8 Jesus wants us to live holy and righteous lives. Anyone teaching we can live unrighteously and be in Christ is not being honest 1 John 3:7 1 John 2:4

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Okay, now explain how the Devil “lost that power”.

What was the Power behind sin?

Oh Death, where is your sting… your sting is in sin… and the power behind sin is…… ?!?

Kokavkrystallos said:

There was no "pre-Adamite world."

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Mammals existed before man. "Generations come and go, yet the earth endures forever" (Ecclesiastes 1:3–5).

RileyG said:

Which is why we must do both to protect mother and child. Both lives are valuable. They don't deserved to be destroyed.

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There isn't some magical procedure out there that can save both, if there was people would use it. Sometimes it's one or the other, or the baby is unable to survive.

Adam56 said:

How do you know they don’t work? Have democrats ever tried to come to a compromise? As far as I’m concerned they want abortion legal at all stages.

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Why should people compromise on a life saving procedure to satisfy the sensibilities of religious ideologues?

In Ireland, where I lived most of my life, abortion was strictly illegal until ten years ago. Although in theory saving the mother's life was an exception, the laws were unclear so doctors simply wouldn't do it because a mistake would land them in prison. You see, medicine is not an exact science and many times doctors have to weigh treatment on a percentage scale... "This is 92 percent likely to happen so treatment should be...". Women in Ireland were dying because of it's illegal nature:


This was the most recent and well known case. People were so outraged the population held a referendum to overturn the law, and it won overwhelmingly. A few years ago my husband was killed in an accident and upon being informed by the police the shock caused me to have a miscarriage. Had it been ten year earlier I'd most certainly be dead because the doctors would have been unable to treat me.

Although overall, American Christianity is far better in honesty and integrity than Chinese Christianity, some individuals (not many) in American Christianity are still counterfeits disguised as angels of light, and the degree of corruption is also leading in the whole world.

RileyG said:

HR said nothing religious, even though they support LGBT garbage.

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That is sickening. The trans stuff is almost similar to a cult/religion in itself. America, and some other Western nations give freedom of religion, so you should have every right to modify that shirt, as long as it doesn't disparage a religion.

PrincetonGuy said:

Here are 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, one sentence in the Greek New Testament.

3 μή τις ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατήσῃ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον · ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ ἔλθῃ ἡ ἀποστασία πρῶτον καὶ ἀποκαλυφθῇ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας, ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας,
4 ὁ ἀντικείμενος καὶ ὑπεραιρόμενος ἐπὶ πάντα λεγόμενον θεὸν ἢ σέβασμα, ὥστε αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν ναὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καθίσαι ἀποδεικνύντα ἑαυτὸν ὅτι ἔστιν θεός.

The word ἀποστασία, transliterated in some literature as “apostasia,” simply does not mean “departure” or “disappearance.” According to the (BDAG (p. 121), the only meanings found in the New Testament are, “defiance of established system or authority,” that is “rebellion, abandonment, breach of faith” (BDAG, p. 121). However, your posts clearly tell us that you do not like those meanings. And because you do not like them, you have falsely claimed repeatedly that the word ἀποστασία” means “departure / disappearance” and that it is a reference to the rapture of the Church. There is nothing more important to me than the truth, but your posts show us that your values are quite very different!

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2 Th 2:1 is about raising the topic of the rapture. It was an emergency for Paul to address the topic of the rapture after learning of the fraudulent letter cited in verse 2. That fraudulent letter deceived his fliock into thinking they had missed the rapture and were in the Trib. That is not my opinion. It’s all in verses 1-3.

keras said:

falling away is correct, so they rightly; won't change it.
You see a 'rapture to heaven' in many scriptures, but not one of your so called proofs, actually, clearly, says what you think it does.

Not appointed to wrath and deliver you from the wrath to come, do not say the Lord will rapture us to heaven. You wrongly assume that.
I have a list of 28 Bible verses that Promise protection through all the hard times ahead, before Jesus Returns. We are told to stand firm in our faith and to trust in the Lord to keep us safe, when disaster strikes.
Psalms 31:23-24 The Lord protects the faithful. Be strong all you whose hope is in the Lord.

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Paul never wrote about a “falling away” prior to Acts 20:28–31. He wrote verses about the rapture: 1 Th 1:10, 1 Th 5:9 and 1 Th 4:16-17.

2 Th 2:1 (ESV): Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,

Those’two actions: the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ AND our being gathered to him are CONSECUTIVE actions with nothing else happening in between them. Show me where those consecutive actions occur elsewhere in the Trib or 2A with nothing else happening in between them.

For the record, Matt 24:31 fails that test. It doesn’t say “gathered unto Him.” Matt 24:31 (ESV): And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Tigger45 said:

Thanks for asking. This was just the initial Appling for the position at a very large corporation and.the hiring process is very slow and drawn out.

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You are welcome, brother. Well, I will pray for you. Please keep us on the forum updated, so we can pray for you through each step of the process.

HR said nothing religious, even though they support LGBT garbage.

Valletta said:

Racism is being taught in schools.

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Yes I have read that happening in some schools in America. And it would have gone unnoticed if some parents didn't take a look at their children school lessons.

Wolseley said:

Personally, I myself would refuse to wear it. But that's just me. Holy Scripture tells us to avoid even the appearance of evil; for me, I wouldn't see any difference between wearing a "pride" shirt and one with a swastika on it, or a hammer and sickle, or an upside-down five-pointed star.

But that's me.

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I agree with you, even though one could still wear the shirt, and re-appropriate the term "pride" as in being proud to be a Catholic, or even modify/paint the shirt to say "Take Pride in Jesus". Hey, can you quote the verse, so I can do an analysis on it tomorrow?

IceJad said:

If it is not news worthy. Why is it news? So how do you learn about what's happening in other places? Go there and talk with everyone?

How can I trust you? You can be just an anecdotal or ideologically driven to downplay it. So you're saying that proven news are not correct? That the actual statements on video and the large crowds cheering them are fake? Their number are insignificant?

Between you and the media I find no difference. I just have to trust. But I would rather trust verified reports.

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Reporting on individual events is generally accurate as it relates to those events (source dependent, of course), but an aggregate of news stories cannot be relied upon to present an accurate overall picture of society. News companies are businesses - they report on things that will make them money, whether that's from people buying print media, paying for subscriptions, or clicking on links and being fed ads. And it's very well-known that controversy and outrage drive engagement. No one's interested in "Dog doesn't bite man" or "People of different cultural backgrounds live together with no conflict", so those types of stories rarely get any coverage.

Furthermore (and I believe we've discussed this before), if you search out specific stories, you're going to find them. And if you read them, the search engines and social media algorithms remember what you read and feed you more similar stories. You can watch this happen in real time on Facebook. If you so much as pause over an ad or sponsored post for a second, within minutes you'll start seeing more sponsored posts or ads from that same account/advertiser. This can give you an even more distorted picture of the world - you're not reading the daily edition of the New York Times cover-to-cover; rather, you're reading/watching a selection of stories that Bing and Google and Facebook and TikTok and YouTube think that you will want to watch based on your viewing history.

You don't have to believe my account of my experiences (though, seriously, what incentive do I have to lie to you?), but you should recognize and take into account the fact that news stories and other media only represent a very limited window into a society, and that without directly experiencing that society for yourself (or at least talking to people who live in that society), you're not going to get the full picture.

AlexB23 said:

So, any updates for us, @Tigger45 ? When is your job interview?

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Thanks for asking. This was just the initial Appling for the position at a very large corporation and.the hiring process is very slow and drawn out.

Palmfever said:

Try a dual system and play with it.

How to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10 (Dual Boot)

In this guide, you will see how to dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu by installing Ubuntu alongside Windows 10.

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I might do that myself also, but I am scared of damaging my PC. Luckily, I can back up my files onto an external SSD, which I do every few months.

In other words, he did the responsible thing, showed wisdom in foreign policy, and welcome independence from the candidate/defendant.

I hope bipartisan cooperation will increase in Congress.

Theadorus said:

the dinosaurs and giant sea creatures

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God created everything, the question is when? Dinosaurs lived on Pangea. Back then the atmosphere was a lot more humid than today. The only dinosaurs to survive are crocodiles and turtles. Both can adapt to salt of fresh water and both continue to grow and live long lives. Usually when crocodiles get to be 25 feet they are too difficult to manage and they kill them. They have turtles in flordia that are 300 years old. It is amazing how big they are when we consider how small they start off.

There were no primates at the time of the dinosaurs because they require different conditions. Even we are told before Adam in Eden

Vambram said:

John 21:15-25 This is the context for verse 25. I believe it is not correct to pull one verse out of its context in order to attempt to teach Biblical truth.

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The point John was making is that they do not try to tells us all that Jesus did.

John 20:30
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.

So, any updates for us, @Tigger45 ? When is your job interview?

Glad you decided to join us!

Try a dual system and play with it.

Goonie said:

Last time I checked Russia started it. Yes it was partly in response to the fear of NATO expansion, but mainly due to Putin's delusions of rebuilding the Soviet Union.

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He doesn't want to rebuild the Soviet Union. He's drawing from Russian nationalist theory, which sees the Russian empire as the model. Which means Poland is, in their mind, not entitled to sovereignty.

What was the attacker's reason for the attack ?

discombobulated1 said:

The world has rejected Christ. The Catholic Church is seemingly all but gone, although Jesus did promise to be with us until the End. (Mt 28:20)

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He is with us and it does not much matter what others do. I worry about getting myself right with God. Which means we need a positive mental attitude and we enter into His presence with thanks giving and praise. If a church does not know how to worship, praise and honor God then you may want to consider finding a church that is able to enter into His presence with thanksgiving and praise.

Psalm 100 …4Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name. 5For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.

Ain't Zwinglian said:

As I am Lutheran, so we are very close. The definition of baptism in post #28 is classical Baptistic. Similar to others I have collected here at CF. Such as:

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Baptism is an outward sign of an inward change. A public proclamation and a testimony of God’s work in a believer’s life. Baptism is a choice that one needs to make for him/herself as part of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It is an act of obedience and discipleship. Baptism is seen as an outward expression of an inward spiritual reality that has already taken place at salvation​

Scripture does not give such a definition.

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Well, it does not matter much, as we are both Christ-followers.

RandyPNW said:

The choice is really up to your friend. But a good start is simply stating that you wish him to be good with his conscience, expressing your concern that he be successful at living a happy life.

I've found that not everyone is interested in God. But some are interested in God even if they don't want to fully commit to Him.

The proposal is really quite simple: if you want to live in the happiness of God's presence forever, and with those of like mind, then the offer is free, but comes with a cost in commitment. You give up your own independent life for a life dependent upon your heavenly Father. You must choose to live in His will and in His fellowship.

What an offer! This is the beginning of eternal life. It's free for all those who make this decision. I wish the best for your friend!

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I tried telling him about God, about being ethical and avoiding magic junk, and even told him about Catholic physicists. He wants nothing to do with Christianity sadly. Goes to show how our world has fallen.

Argem17 said:

Hi all, I really need your help I suffer of severe OCD to the point that all I think is blasphemy, and everything time I try for example enjoy like having a conversation with someone I feel like I say something/mumbling blasphemous or my mouth open but only to make me feel sad and with shame, Sometimes I think I’ve said the blasphemy to self sabotage me on purpose, however this is not in my heart this is causing me a lot of stress, anxiety and depression. And the ocd threatening me like if you commit blasphemy you will become a homeless, you won’t be able to have a wife or have sex and everybody is going to dislike you because you won’t have any value and you don’t have any worth , or you won’t be able to even speak because you blasphemed. However I spoke with a Pastor in my church and he told me there’s no unforgivable sin but the Bible says this sin will not be forgiven and I received a promised from God through a Pastor when I was around 17 years old before all this happened and the Pastor has a good testimony and is a man of God. Has anyone experience anything like this??

Do you guys think the same that I won’t be able to have enjoy life or have wife or anything like just because of the blasphemy? I honestly don’t think sonand I think it’s the OCD ruining my life. I’ve spent 2 years of my life like that and only 28 years old , I am getting grey hair and losing weight. Because I feel I said the blasphemy on purpose but just to self sabotage myself. I also have severe low self steem because of that .

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I have dealt with blasphemous thoughts for years. I know what you are struggling with. You are not alone and I can empathize. Check out Mark DeJesus' youtube channel. He deals specifically with religious OCD , including one on the unpardonable sin. He really has helped me alot. He is very compassionate . Check him out. It will encourage you.