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BPPLEE · 2024-05-17T16:01:45-0500

stevil said:
I'm not saying whether it was a good or bad thing to do. You complained that Biden refused to debate in the primaries, I just pointed out that Trump refused to debate in the primaries too.

I'm not a history buff of USA politics but it seems quite normal for the sitting president to not go through primaries in the lead up to their second term. From memory there were no Republican primaries in the lead up to the 2020 election.

You got me mixed up with someone. Biden was smart not to debate and was further ahead of his opponents than Trump..And you’re right the incumbent usually doesn’t debate

Clare73 · 2024-05-17T15:58:15-0500

d taylor said:
Jesus died for all sin even the sin of unbelief, so all sin has been paid for and is forgiven.

Not according to Jesus: "he who does not believe in the Son is condemned already." (Jn 3:18)

According to Jesus, there is no universal Christ and no universal salvation.
That is a false gospel, not preached by the apostles, and anathematized (cursed) by the NT (Gal 1:6-9).

I suspect it is the great rebellion (against the gospel of Jesus Christ) revealed in 2 Th 2:3.

Mercy Shown · 2024-05-17T15:57:07-0500

guevaraj said:
Brother, if you look for the truth in our Bible translations, there is enough redundancy in God's message to find the truth regardless of having to rely on a translation, but if you look for loopholes to hang the lies you want to cling to by twisting the truth of the need to obey God's law, you will find errors in our translations to cling to lies.

Just to be clear, you are accusing me of clinging to lies, correct? Ok, if naked honesty is the rule of the day, then it is you who has found your loopholes.

Gary K said:
So, you believe in keeping 9 out of 10 commandments and think it is dangerous to keep the one God started with "remember". The one God said is a sign of His sanctification of His people.

I would need you to show me where I said this, otherwise I can’t comment on it other than to say you are mistaken.

AlexB23 · 2024-05-17T15:55:52-0500

durangodawood said:
The massive proliferation of satellites has the potential to make space exploration impossible.

Agreed. Space junk is happening.

Dave Darling · 2024-05-17T15:53:12-0500

Hi everyone, I would greatly appreciate your prayers- about 1 week ago my mother fell and broke her wrist and is now in a cast and sling, just yesterday they had to do surgery and installed screws and a metal plate to get it to heal, I was just visiting my mother this morning and she was in severe pain despite powerful pain medication. Both of my parents are elderly and are not saved and their hearts are not open to the gospel, there have been many times when I asked if I could pray for them and they said no. They are involved in a unitarian church, they believe all religions are equally valid, it is a demonic thing. Please pray for my mother's healing and for the pain to go and also for both of my parent's salvation and that their hearts would be open to the gospel! My parent's names are Denny and Lila. Thank you!

musicalpilgrim · 2024-05-17T15:52:24-0500

It has been very hot and humid today, but! I had a good walk to a nearby town. My daughter and granddaughter visited this evening. My daughter played the piano and my granddaughter asked for help with her Maths, and I could still work it out...!

hislegacy · 2024-05-17T15:50:54-0500

rambot said:
There. Now perhaps you could speak to the question in the OP which asks:

Is it okay to threaten to withold funds from those bodies to get what you want?

That is the quid pro quo that BOTH sides have used for decades - it is a leveraging tool. Is it legal - well they are the ones who make the laws - so it would be up to them and the President who has final say.

Is it OK to threaten to with hold funds - is it threaten or warn that if you do this - we will do that.

Long story short - I would have to look at it on a case by case basis.

In this specific instance - where the Congress debated it - voted on it and passed it - with the approval of the President- They should be required to be people of their word. Their yes should be yes and their no - no.

And it seems that there is 15 Democratic Congress people who feel the same way.

AlexB23 · 2024-05-17T15:50:37-0500

Chris2004_11_28 said:
Thank you for welcoming me.

You are welcome. I like your coding avatar by the way.

AlexB23 · 2024-05-17T15:49:06-0500

Belk said:
My wife and I are approaching 3 million and we are both solidly middle class who were studious in our saving. Heck, to retire comfortably these days you need about 2 million if you are going by the 4% rule.

My parents are that way as well.

Clare73 · 2024-05-17T15:47:14-0500

Brightfame52 said:
Jn 1:29
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Now the sin of the world did involve unbelief. Eve didn't believe the truth of God. God had said in the day that you eat you shall surely die. Observe Gen 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Now Gen 3:2-4
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

as a result of unbelief:

Not in the Biblical text.

Granted, disobedience (apeitheia) is unbelief, and unbelief (apeitheia) is disobedience.

Unbelief in Jesus Christ bars one from God's only means of salvation; i.e., through the gift (Php 1:29, Ac 13:48, 18:27, 2 Pe 1:1, Ro 12:3) of faith (Eph 2:8-9).

GoldenBoy89 · 2024-05-17T15:47:13-0500

BPPLEE said:
Why debate when you’re leading the closest opponent by over 30 points? It was a smart choice.

Refusing to debate until you get to the octogenarian you claim is suffering from dementia doesn’t really scream confidence.

Timtofly · 2024-05-17T15:46:12-0500

Jamdoc said:
Revelation also didn't indicate that people being rich was an end time's sign.

Rich merchants have always existed.
their existence is not pointed out as a sign. It's the global government of Babylon that is run by merchants that is more of a sign, and even then it's not given as something that happened suddenly, but rather was already in existence before the beast rose up. In fact Babylon rode the beast initially, that is, Babylon controlled the beast. The 10 Kings hate the harlot and destroy her, and then give their power to the beast.
That's the significance, not rich merchants existing.

The statement that I mean by a short time is that Jesus said that the person who witnessed the beginning of the end times prophecies being fulfilled, that generation of people would not pass away before all of it was fulfilled, including the 2nd coming.
Short time as in, 1 person's lifespan.

That's the connotation that Jesus was getting across. It was refuting that this was something that'd be so long that it'd be in history books.

as to the 69th week, think about this. Jesus was said to be crucified on a Friday, and spend 3 days buried before resurrecting. He resurrected on Sunday.
if you use modern western reckoning of time Jesus did not spend 72 hours buried and then raise up. Even if He was crucified the moment the sun went down on Thursday evening which began Friday for them, 24 hours later begins Saturday, 24 hours later begins Sunday... 24 hours later..
well Jesus didn't resurrect on Monday did He? No
But He spent 3 days buried by Jewish reckoning, because they count the day they currently are on.
So Jesus Crucified Friday, was buried Friday, so that's day 1, day 2 was Saturday, He was buried all day Saturday that's day 2, and on Sunday Morning He rose, on the 3rd day. He was actually buried for well less than 72 hours, I don't even know if it was a full 48.
So when they say after the 69th week, they mean after the 69th week begins, not after it ends.

The destruction of the sanctuary isn't a goal, but it is something mentioned as happening after Messiah was cut off in the 69th week.

an additional week begins after Messiah is cut off and after the Sanctuary is destroyed. The syntax gives that the 70th week happens after 70AD. Giving the 70th week as 70AD or before, is breaking the syntax of the text.

To get a 70AD fulfillment of the 70th week, you'd need to hyperallegorize the 69th week, and say that Messiah being cut off was destroying the sanctuary, and the "end coming as a flood".. wait even that doesn't work because the verse says the city is also destroyed.

so yeah you have a syntax error if you don't have the 70th week start AFTER the city and the sanctuary being destroyed.

Sin still affects the world and the consequence of sin, death, still affects even the elect. Forgiven or not we still die.

Jesus returning means there's still prophecy to be fulfilled, meaning that one of the express purposes of the 70 weeks has not been fulfilled no matter how you look at it.

"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

You have horrible logic. According to you it should be 6 days because there is no difference between day and night. You would have to count the time twice because Jesus gave the number 3 two times, so that is 2 × 3.

AlexB23 · 2024-05-17T15:43:42-0500

FireDragon76 said:
I disagree with that opinion, which is based on crude physicalism. The image of God is the potential to live out lives of love as rational beings. It is not defaced by somebody's gender or sexual identity.

Not gonna talk anymore about this. God bless.

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GreatLakes4Ever · 2024-05-17T15:42:50-0500

BNR32FAN said:
I don’t think the names should’ve ever been changed in the first place, they are both historical American figures. Both of these men earned their legacy in the Mexican American war before the Civil war.

Under this logic, we should have schools and monuments to Benedict Arnold for his efforts in leading the United States to a victory over the British in the Battle of Saratoga.

AlexB23 · 2024-05-17T15:42:38-0500

AV1611VET said:
Not to mention that old T9 keypad!

Yep. Old school keypads are not fun.

rjs330 · 2024-05-17T15:42:30-0500

Foamhead said:
It's not removed, and out of respect for this forum we should not be describing medical procreedures that more sensitive people could find disturbing. You can PM me if you want to have discussions of that nature.

Do you need me to post more links to the medical descriptions? It's disturbing because of what occurrs not because is a medical procedure. When people are hit with what is actually happening it's disturbing.

Here's one from the mayo clinic. BEWARE GRAPHIC MEDICAL LANGUAGE.

Feminizing surgery - Mayo Clinic

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How Gender Reassignment Surgery Works (Infographic)

Foamhead said:
You show me proof that a child, someone 12 or under, is having surgery. I'll be marching with you against it, as would most trans people. It's illegal and medical malpractice.

Under 12? That's your line? You know girls usually don't have developed breast's under 12 to be removed. You are not a legal adult until you are 18. Please give us a valid reason a teen girl needs to have her breast's removed. Why she can't wait until she's 18?

And I noticed you didn't answer my question.

wing2000 · 2024-05-17T15:40:33-0500

Comer's circus (Oversight Committee)...allegedly to hold AG Garland in contempt of Congress (after the Judiciary Committee already did so, motion to adjorn failed anyway)...

...the hearing was delayed several hours after many GOP members took a field trip to the NYC courthouse.....

https://www.c-span.org/video/?535763-1/house-oversight-committee-hearing-holding-attorney-general-garland-contempt-congress

Staring
@27:50- Raskin. (...mentions the gentlewoman from Georgia)
@42:15- Maskowitz (Reading Chariman Commer's fund raising letter signed as the Committee Chair - likely ethics violation)
@47:20 - Greene..."fake eyelashes..." remark (about another member)
.....from there...Comer completely loses control.

jonojim1337 · 2024-05-17T15:39:18-0500

"For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death."

I have come to the conclusion that the Beast and the false prophet represent the level of sin that pertain to the soul and the body, that is, the deeds of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the harlot of Babylon, who's inhabitants have been given the choice to come out of her, are finally overcome by the Word of God. But before the final enemy is defeated, He Must Reign.

Ophiolite · 2024-05-17T15:36:37-0500

durangodawood said:
The massive proliferation of satellites has the potential to make space exploration impossible.

When you think about it, pollution seems to be humanity's super-power. We've polluted our air, our land, our seas, our cities, our media. And now we are polluting space. It's difficult not to see this from a political perspective.