AV1611VET said:

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

I don't care how well established they claim it is.

It's only established on paper.

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As written in the geology of the Earth itSelf, there was no Noah's flood. You understand that truth which is the why of your story line that God cleaned up His mess after the supposed world wide Noah's flood. That's your way of reconciling that story in the Bible with what's actually seen in the Earth.

Daniel Marsh said:

https://www.calvarychapelboston.com/Biblical%20Basis%20Trinity%20Bowman.pdf

I think of it as three personhoods in one being call G_d.

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This isn't an explanation. It's a statement of belief.

Ask yourself;

concretecamper said:

Such as?

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Once saved always saved.

Brihaha said:

Not much different in today's media coverage. Trump is still the story everyday, everywhere. Only a few changes of consequence have occurred in Don's world since taking those documents from the white house January 20th, 2021. Mr Trump no longer is immune from prosecution and is already convicted of several felonies. And the business fraud convictions. And the $millions$ in defamation debt for Ms Carroll. And many of his cohorts in conservative media are being fired or facing criminal charges or already convicted and heading for the stripey hole by July 1st. Maybe Don can start his own podcast from Leavenworth some day. I think one of his heroes stayed there for a while. (Na na na na na na the night Chicago died. Brother what a nite the people saw, brother what a fight the people saw. Yes indeed.)

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Trump was the only one of the two candidates who was competent to stand trial. The special counsel said Biden was not.

RileyG said:

A male will never be a woman no matter how loud he screams.

LGBT, please leave children alone. When they grow up to be adults, they will make their own choices.

It’s not hard.

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I agree. If a man wants to transition its his own struggles to deal with. I feel.bad for him but he's an adult.

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The juveniles were taken into custody and charged with misdemeanor battery. . .
"I was out on the date with my husband, and they dragged my dress on the ground, and they said, like, ‘We own the street. You can’t just walk around prancing in your little dress.’

We have to put wokeness aside, we are losing our country. They should be charged with felony hate crimes. Black on white crimes should be treated the same as white on black crimes.

Sounds straight from the 1980s, but is relatively new, released over 5 years ago, by two Israeli musicians living in Europe, with the singer from California. Talk about global.


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FrumiousBandersnatch said:

They're both examples of a certain type of conceptual abstraction. But if the analogy doesn't work for you, that's OK.


As I said, a kilowatt is a unit of power, it measures the rate of energy production or consumption; it's not 'energy itself'. The unit of energy is the joule, which quantifies capacity or potential for doing work.


That depends on how it is provided. Power comes in many forms because it measures energy supply or use, and energy quantifies potential for work, and work can be done in many different ways.


Electricity is just one way that energy can be transferred, and it is measured in the same power units as the other ways.

What issue do you feel I am trying to avoid?

Basically, all I'm saying is that energy is a property of stuff that is measure of (quantifies) its capacity or potential to do work in some respect. That capacity or potential is an intrinsic value of the stuff in a particular state or context. A measure of intrinsic value has no intrinsic value in its own right, it's just a number. There's a common tendency to reify the measure itself as if it has independent existence, but it doesn't; there's no pure energy because there's no pure value, there's only the energy or value of something.

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Okay, then replace the word "kilowatt" with the word "joule" and see if you have any qualms about my analogy.

I've got a gun. I see 3 teens with guns. I then decide to engage outnumbered 3 to 1. Then when one of them is down I stand over him and repeatedly fire into him.

Now just what would I expect the other 2 to do? If they have toys perhaps nothing. If they have real guns, I would expect them to empty them into me.

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Jipsah said:

We suppoed to be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves, not dumber than stumps.

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(Lol. That's funny. Thanks for the chuckle! )

So really, if the Lord has put it on your heart to avoid any sort of involvement with conspiracy theory talk ...
if you believe He is cautioning you against any of that ...
then of course that is what you should do.
Yes, obey the Lord.


But please do not take that to mean that for all Christians it is wrong ... a sin ... to research and investigate conspiracy theories for potential truth. I do not believe that it is. The Lord has not shown me that it is.

The way I see it, for anyone to strongly criticize or mock Christians that are interested in conspiracy theories comes across as scolding and shaming. As one of many who has been set free in Christ, I'm not comfortable with that kind of behavior.

But I think what concerns me more is that such criticisms come across as an attempt (consciously or not) to shut down freedom of speech. And as an American, I'm definitely not comfortable with that.

So, be well, don't be 'dumber than a stump' ... lol ... and rejoice in your freedom in Christ to do what He tells you to do!

Such a thought came to my mind, or rather a question: so at the Last Supper, did the Apostles eat everything to the end that was the Body and Blood of Christ, or were there any surpluses left? It could also be that the smallest part was transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ, at the level of one large piece of bread, which was divided into parts and distributed by Christ to the disciples, and these parts were eaten completely. And as for the cup of wine, there was one cup of wine that could be drunk completely. Or there were some remnants that could be treated as Lutherans treat the Eucharistic remnants, that after the Supper, these remnants no longer mattered. That's what's interesting. Going further, I had thoughts that the Apostles did not wash the cup with water after the wine, so that there would be no traces of wine left there, as they do now in historical churches. The apostles did not keep track of the crumbs, and now, the priest is careful not to drop a single crumb in the Eucharist. The priests of the Byzantine rite, when they receive communion at the altar, even blow crumbs into themselves from their palms, because they held the Body of Christ in their hands. But again, I do not know if unleavened bread crumbles, if suddenly Christ and the Apostles used it. I do not know which bread they used - yeast or unleavened. In addition, Christ, who had already risen, broke bread in front of the disciples who were going to Emmaus. Whether it was the Eucharist, or the type of Agape, or just broke bread. If suddenly it was the Eucharist, then again there is a question of crumbs. Regarding the event with the disciples going to Emmaus, St. Augustine and most of the other commentators along with him thought that Christ gave bread not as an ordinary meal, but as His Body. And even Pope John Paul II suggests that yes, the Eucharist was celebrated. As a rule, they argue that the pupils' eyes have opened. Calvin simply explains that the disciples recognized Christ by their usual form of prayer, to which the disciples were accustomed.

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Jeffrey Bowden said:

Julie, not every verse has all the details about what a verse is about. Let’s look at 1 Cor 15:52 (NIV): in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Clearly, that verse is referring to 1 Th 4:16-17. Therefore, the trumpet sound in verse 16 is “the last trumpet.” “The dead will be raised” is another reference to verse 16. “And we will all be changed” is a reference to verse 17. The rest of verse 17, “After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

With all those details presented together, those three verses work together in every important detail about the rapture. When the dead in Christ are raised in their glorified bodies, and we are changed into our glorified bodies, there’s just one destination for us.

John 14:2-3 promise that if Jesus is preparing a home in Heaven for you, He will come and take you to Heaven (where He is now).

The pre-Trib rapture is guaranteed to happen. The rapture timing in 1 Th 1:10 is provably pre-Trib. Also, Jesus said in Rev 3:10 (NIV): Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.

“You” in Rev 3:10 is solely referring to believers. “Those” represents “the inhabitants of the earth.” Those “inhabitants” are the unbelievers who will be left behind at the rapture. It is only they who will be tested by the hour of trial.

The whole world of unbelievers will be engulfed in the Trib. We will be kept from it, meaning we will not be on Earth during the Trib.

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What matters and prevails is the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing, the Word is Life, Eternal Life, understand?. Great mystery. Romans 8:18-19and23-25:

18 For I reckon that the sufferings OF THIS PRESENT TIME ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED WITH THE GLORY WHICH SHALL BE REVEALED IN US. (What glory? Philippians 3:20-21 combined with Luke 20:35-36 reveal what will happen with the body of the true believers. The Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing, understand? What does JESUS say in Matthew 11:27? Take a look. Furthermore, unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath (by the Power of the same Word, undersdtand? The Word is GOD. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.)

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of GOD.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of GOD. -Philippians 3:20-21 combined with Luke 20:35-36-

22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Revelation 11:15-18
15 ...The kingdoms OF THIS WORLD (WORLD OF DEVIL)are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before GOD on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped GOD,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord GOD Almighty, which art, and wast, and art TO COME; because thou hast taken to thee thy Great Power -MATTHEW 28:18-, and hast reigned. (Satan will be cast down into the bottomless pit from now on, that he should deceive the nations no more - Revelation 20:1-3 - the time is of Judgment, understand?)

18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the earth.

Be careful with false and satanic theories of the DEMONIC theory of pseudo-rapture, or else get ready

My psychiatric meds were adjusted yesterday and I began feeling irritable and suicidal today. So, I came to the nearby mental hospital with my dad and got admitted. They gave me clonazepam, but I'm not feeling sleepy yet. (It's almost 11 PM here.) Hopefully they'll adjust my xxx meds tomorrow and I'll be better in a few days' time.

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Don't rely too much on medication. Practice grounding exercises and pray more. No matter what happens, it is all part of God's plan for you.

AlexB23 said:

New stuff always has to be filled with too much digital tech. It detracts from the experience. At least 2014 was slightly before the era where everything had to have a touch screen. I am hoping that you can get two decades or more out of these bikes. So, what drove you (pun intended) to get two bikes instead of using one, as one bike is cheaper to operate compared to two? Also, what are the miles on the odometer for each?

Also, what are your thoughts on electric motorcycles? I know that Brammo made one in the 2010s, and Harley released one in the 2020s. I am not a fan of electric bikes for folks who prefer long range trips. But, these bikes could work for short range trips and save on gas after a while. But, if one really wants a green bike, the Germans got stuff up their sleeves, an electrofuel which has the same chemical composition as gasoline, but it is expensive. But hey, current gasoline motorcycles are already pretty green.

Brammo: Brammo Empulse R vs. Zero S - Electric Motorcycle Comparison Test
Harley Del Mar: Harley's next LiveWire electric motorcycle is coming this Summer. Here's why I bought one
German electrofuel (for cars): Driving a Porsche on gasoline made from recycled CO2

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Though owning two bikes may sound excessive... Back ten years ago you could get them at 1/2 what they sell for now. If I were to buy a 2024 Tobacco Fade Ultra Limited I would have to trade both bikes and still have to pay $10,000 on top of that.

Zaha Torte said:

A heterosexual teacher can explain heterosexuality without describing himself as such or what sexual acts he likes to participate in or ask students what they like sexually.

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When on earth would this happen? A teacher would find himself in a lot of trouble talking to students in this way.

Zaha Torte said:

This is completely inappropriate.

No adult has the right to share a secret with my child that I do not know about.

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If a pupil requests that anything he or she says is to a teacher is confidential, then barring information that indicates the pupil is in some danger, then it must remain confidential. The teacher would encourage the pupil to share the information with parents or carers but cannot reveal the information him or herself.