Missing pages from one's bible
- By prodromos
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Not quite. The title of Pope belonged first to the Patriarch of Alexandria and continues to be used today.That is historically correct
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Not quite. The title of Pope belonged first to the Patriarch of Alexandria and continues to be used today.That is historically correct
So what? They’re being deported, aren’t they?Unfortunately, illegal immigrants are still receiving federally funded healthcare in some states.
Sorry to laugh at a mostly serious story but the last paragraph is hilarious.Fortunately, Geri’s threats of destruction came to an anticlimactic resolution when he was betrayed by his own bladder. When he left his tent to urinate on a tree, three officers apprehended him without incident.
The simple answer was because the alternative was that much worse.Do you think Donald Trump should've been banned from running for president?
I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that Donald Trump was allowed to run for president again after everything that happened on January 6th, 2021. The Capitol riots weren’t just a random protest that got out of hand they were a direct result of months of Trump spreading lies about a “stolen” election and pressuring officials to overturn the results.
A sitting president encouraged his supporters to march on Congress during the certification of an election he lost, and people died because of it. That alone should’ve disqualified him from holding office again under the 14th Amendment (Section 3), which literally bans anyone who engaged in or incited an insurrection from serving in government.
On top of that, there are his criminal indictments... from trying to interfere in Georgia’s election results to mishandling classified documents. Any one of those cases would’ve ended most politicians’ careers, but somehow Trump’s using them as campaign fuel.
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Whether you’re left, right, or independent, how does this not set a terrifying precedent? If someone can try to overturn an election and still be allowed to run again, what’s stopping future leaders from doing the same — maybe more effectively next time?
It's dangerous to allow a man like hin to have power.
What do you think?should the courts or Congress have acted to enforce the insurrection clause?
Post 364I don't remember expressing any point about a "single word describing an act under certain circumstances can be classed as absolute morality."
I'm having a difficult time thinking of a context in which torturing and murder for fun are in fact "ok"?
It was defined very early in the piece. Any Google search will doYou might need to take into consideration that what often passes for 'moral relativism'...
If you think some acts are absolutely wrong, for whatever reason, and we're talking of acts that aren't determined by the context, then go for it. All You've done so far is offer variations of 'Oh no it isn't'. Put forward a case for an absolute morality.What is it you want me to provide in account of my own ethical viewpoint?
And yet, there is so much hymnody in Orthodoxy that points to Universal Restoration. Honestly, Orthodox needs to make up its mind once and for all in this matter, and either eliminate the hymns that promise damnation and woe, or eliminate the hymns that promise salvation and resurrection for all.
Brad Jersak has written an article about this:
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“Let Every Mortal Leap for Joy”: Apocatastatic Hymnody in Orthodox Worship
by Brad (Reader Irenaeus) Jersak, Ph.D. “The primary means of theological education in the Orthodox Church is through worship.” ~ Archbishop (ret.) Lazar Puhalo Hymnody as Theology I began my deca…afkimel.wordpress.com
In John 3:16-21, it is mentioned in verse 17 that world might be saved but the verses ultimately say there is salvation or condemnation. When we pray our confession before receiving the Eucharist, we pray that the Lord consider us worthy to receive without condemnation, remission of sins for eternal life. Isn’t this what is ultimately about in regards to salvation or condemnation like the Lord says in John 3:16-21 not to mention John 6:1-71 ( verses 41-59 in particular).And yet, there is so much hymnody in Orthodoxy that points to Universal Restoration. Honestly, Orthodox needs to make up its mind once and for all in this matter, and either eliminate the hymns that promise damnation and woe, or eliminate the hymns that promise salvation and resurrection for all.
Brad Jersak has written an article about this:
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“Let Every Mortal Leap for Joy”: Apocatastatic Hymnody in Orthodox Worship
by Brad (Reader Irenaeus) Jersak, Ph.D. “The primary means of theological education in the Orthodox Church is through worship.” ~ Archbishop (ret.) Lazar Puhalo Hymnody as Theology I began my deca…afkimel.wordpress.com
Sure. The president bears no responsibility for the dysfunctional state his country is in.The vast majority social unrest in America and hatred towards other Americans is coming from the far left progressive liberals.
Yes. I've never heard of anyone being burned by anyone else for "reading the Bible", so forgive me for being sceptical.Citation?
I have no interest in the size of your toes. Do you think I have a foot fetish?Prodromos you want to know what size my t’s are too ?
Have a blessed dayNow must prepare for new day . You’ll have citation later
To me is it not a surprise that there is more political violence. That usually happens when people are repressed. America has a history of this, the nation was birthed in violence first against the British, then against the Native Americans. Later there were "range wars," between farmers and ranchers. In 1920, the Wall Street bombing occurred. Wall Street bombing - Wikipedia“You might want to stay back and call the federales, I have explosives,” warned a man occupying a green tent on the steps of St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C. It was roughly 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 5 (roughly an hour before sunrise), and officers from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) had arrived to secure the area before the cathedral’s annual “Red Mass,” an invocation service for the U.S. Supreme Court’s fall term, which some justices historically attend.
When an officer from the MPD bomb squad told the man he had to move because of a special event (the “Red Mass”), the man replied, “I’m aware of that,” but he refused to budge.
The man, 41-year-old Louis Geri, threatened to throw a bomb into the street, claiming, “I have a hundred-plus of them.” Thus, he created a pre-dawn stand-off with law enforcement officers. When the police said they would remove him forcibly, Geri threatened that “several of your people are gonna die from one of these.”
Geri then handed over a nine-page manifesto, which “revealed his significant animosity towards the Catholic church, members of the Jewish faith, members of SCOTUS and ICE/ ICE facilities,” police said. As he handed over the pages, Geri flicked on a butane lighter with his other hand, warning, “You [had] better have these people step away, or there’s going to be deaths.”
Fortunately, Geri’s threats of destruction came to an anticlimactic resolution when he was betrayed by his own bladder. When he left his tent to urinate on a tree, three officers apprehended him without incident.
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Public Figures Face More Dangerous America after Kirk Assassination
"You might want to stay back and call the federales, I have explosives," warned a man occupying a green tent on the steps of St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washingtwashingtonstand.com
For instance?Honor to whom honor is due.
Oh, how old was the battery ?Yeah, batteries die if you don't keep the car active.
And sometimes on old batteries, they die unexpectedly. Years ago at work, I drove my car somewhere for lunch, then went back to work. When the work day was over, my car wouldn't start. The battery was old and needed replaced.
Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law NASUAlright, if you ever faced the Great Tribulation, try accepting the mark of the beast, after you believed in God, and we will see whether you can still claim that "righteousness was always thru faith alone".
Yeah, it always comes back to "God wants everyone saved, But There's Just Nothing He Can Do".Look, God wants everyone to be saved.
What good does praying do if God Himself is powerless to save anyone who's too dumb to get with the program?I hope and pray that all will accept the gospel within their lives.
Unfortunately, illegal immigrants are still receiving federally funded healthcare in some states.Illegal immigrants don’t qualify for taxpayer funded healthcare and even if they did, they’re being arrested, detained and deported at record numbers now so it’s not really an issue anymore, is it?
I've got nothing more to say to someone who has bought into all the falsehoods and misinformation from the left wing progressive liberals. You don't even appear to believe what the liberals politicians are saying when they themselves have admitted that the shutdown is all about health care for illegal immigrants.First - if that figure came from Trump or Fox - I reject it. I need a real source. Trump's NPD means he is the father of lies.
Second - until the Democrats talk about actually Nationalising over half your hospitals - you don't even have a left - let alone a far left.
(Bernie Sanders would be in Australia's FAR RIGHT for this reason!)
Third - all the studies show immigrants contribute far MORE to the GDP of your country than they take in any welfare or healthcare. Far more! It's a river of gold pouring into your country.
So why all the hate on immigrants? Easy. Sociology 101. To get elected, Trump has practiced the standard tactics of the demagogue. Google Dictionary defines a demagogue as "a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument."
Demagogues use "othering" - and blame a minority group for ALL the ills of society. It's very 1930's Germany - and can project FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) about differences in race, religion, origin, or sexuality.
The economy or lack of jobs or housing crisis or even American citizens not having enough kids? It's all dumped on the "Other". The immigrants. It's THEIR FAULT! Everything.
It's simplistic, mean, and appeals to the worst in our natures.
And you've swallowed it hook, line, and sinker.
And it's got NOTHING to do with the shutdown!
~Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban“President @realDonaldTrump has done it again!” Orban wrote. “A tremendous achievement. President Trump has made it happen, and if we do not fall for the pro-war siren calls, he will get it done in Ukraine as well. We must give him all the support he needs for that.”
Consequentialism wasn't being offered as a means to determine morality. But we all consider the consequences of our decisions. IF this THEN that. Else we'd never make a decision at all. We choose what suggests what we each determine to be the best outcome. The outcome being the consequences of making that decision.Consequentialism is just one mode of defining and framing Ethics and Moral Choices.
Not a lot of Democrats. Trump won because Republicans and Independents voted for him. The swing vote helped him.Now I really know you either live under a rock or have your head in the sand. Trump won because a lot of democrats and independents like me voted against the Democratic Party and Kamala.
The Democrats are weak but it's Republicans that are an embarrassment. They backed the only convicted felon in US history but claim to be the party of law and order but embraced pardoning criminals that tried to overthrow the government and beat police officers silly.Your party is an embarrassment and needs to work in a message that works.
The vast majority social unrest in America and hatred towards other Americans is coming from the far left progressive liberals.Sure if you only focus on one single policy position he managed to get right (so far).
It’s a bit silly to reward someone with the Nobel Peace Prize for ending a war they never stopped supplying weapons to while their own country is splitting at the seams with self inflicted social unrest, hatred and division.
Caesar doesn't exist, end of. Nero was the last of the Julian line, and he cashed in his chips in AD 68. Romulus "Augustulus" (little Augustus) was the last emperor of Rome, and he left all earthly care in the the late 5th or early 6th century.If Caesar exists or not.
Oh, gimme a break. Please. Now you want to debate what we mean by 'decided'? And 'worth'? Good grief. Let's say that you, personally, came to a conclusion about the validity of what Jesus said. Just like we all have. No need to obfuscate. It's a given.No, I didn't say that I've decided they're worth following, at least not per the generalizing definitions, however glittery they may be, of the terms you employ, such as: "decided" (whatever that referred mental process actually means fully and epistemologically for any one individual), or "worth" (whatever that referent actually means discernibly and axiologically for any one individual).
But you decided (oops), came to a conclusion that they were better than other values which have been presented to you. Again, we all do an internal comparison of values, so no big deal. You're no different to the rest of us. Get a lot of different opinions, have that internal debate, filter out what you think is not worth keeping and decide which ones are right for you.Do I "know" that the values and commands that Jesus is reported to have given are "worth" following??? No. I don't "know" that they are.