essentialsaltes said:

Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to challenge $5 million E. Jean Carroll judgment [This is separate from the $83 million judgment.]​

Trump had sought a hearing before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit after a three-judge panel declined to overturn the judgment.

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A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday officially affirmed the jury verdict that found President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll, starting the clock for Trump to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the decision and its order that he pay her $5 million in damages.

The 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued the mandate affirming the verdict weeks after that same court rejected a bid by Trump to have the full judicial lineup in the circuit rehear his appeal of the 2023 Manhattan federal court jury verdict. [the above]

Brightfame52 said:

He is speaking of His Sheep,I interpret scripture with scripture,

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If you really interpreted scripture with scripture then you would know that John 12:32 means literally "all people" just like it says. Why wouldn't Jesus draw all people to Himself when you consider that God graciously offers salvation to all people (Titus 2:11), that God commands all people everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30), that God wants all people to be saved (1 Timothy 2:3-6) and that Jesus died for the sins of the whole world (John 3:16, 1 John 2:1-2)? Why would you think that Jesus would not draw the people to Himself that He died to give the opportunity of eternal life, which is all people in the whole world? Some who are drawn to Him then decide not to take the next step by repenting of their sins and putting their faith in Him like the Jews Stephen rebuked who were resisting the Holy Spirit (Acts 7:51).

Brightfame52 said:

so who did Jesus say He was dying for in Jn 10 Thats who He is dying for in Jn 12

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His sheep are the ones who willingly choose to accept what He did for everyone. But, He made it so that all people would have the opportunity to be among His sheep. That's what you don't get.

He even died for the false teachers and prophets that Peter wrote about in the following verse, but they denied Him. He paid the price for their sins, but they were not willing to accept what He did for them. Obviously, those who reject Him and His sacrifice won't be His sheep and won't have their sins forgiven by His blood, but that doesn't mean He didn't die to give them that opportunity.

2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Say it aint so said:

If looking, you will see judges of every stripe nominated from every president since Reagan, and including judges nominated by the current president all coming to the same conclusions.

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We know what we see. "Our lying eyes", don't work anymore.

NxNW said:

And yet I posted examples of it happening.

Obviously it doesn't, because women are dying because of these laws, as you admitted above.

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The incoherence of your reasoning (so-called) can't possibly be demonstrated more clearly than you've done here. Well done.

ThatRobGuy said:

To add some context:

During their legislative session/elections in 2006...

The only choices they had were
Fatah (a corrupt nationalist party that was fractured)
Hamas (an Islamist group)

(and Hamas only won by a small majority)

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Well now they have a new opportunity. And they are still millions strong protesting in support of HAMAS.

I post this as I don't believe many understand that there was an Orthodox church before they came around.

essentialsaltes said:

Right, 'if' the 2020 election was stolen for Biden, it would be a serious problem.

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What does that have to do with Hegseth being replaced? - which he is not.

essentialsaltes said:

What do we do? Investigate (or sue) and see how things turn out.

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What does that have to do with Hegseth being replaced? - which he is not.

essentialsaltes said:

GOP senators appear interested in doing so. There's a finding out phase before the finding out phase.

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What does that have to do with Hegseth being replaced? - which he is not.

essentialsaltes said:

This rogue act was just a week ago when 'somebody' stopped shipping arms to Ukraine. The horse isn't even feeling bad.

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It has the same validity as the OP - how is that working? Personally - I'd be embarrassed that I got dupped. - again.

Desk trauma said:

That precludes people from disagreeing with the actions of the Israeli government and protesting?

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Not at all. But it does preclude making Hamas a victim.

ICE Agents Interrogate Kids at Baseball Practice — Coach Pushes Back, Nearly Arrested: Report​

Youman Wilder, who has coached youth baseball on the West Side for two decades, told West Side Rag that the children — mostly middle and high schoolers — were practicing at the batting cages in Riverside Park when armed agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement approached them.

“I go over quickly and the agents are asking the kids inappropriate things like where they are from, their country of origin,” Wilder said. “So I say, ‘whoa, whoa,’ and I tell the officers that their questions are inappropriate, and that I’m going to tell my kids not to answer them.”

“Then they started to talk about cuffing me, and that if the kids were here legally, what do they have to lose by answering,” he said. “I told them that they still have their Fifth and Fourth Amendment rights, and that they don’t have to speak to you or help with any investigation.”

Wilder called the moment a lesson in knowing your rights. “It’s all about civics. If you don’t know your rights, they will trample on them,” he said.

As American as apple pie!

ralliann said:

Yes I am. The covenant made with Israel at Sinai. Not the covenant of circumcision made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Covenants are scripture

This is what I want to address, as it is the issue that we see scripture speaking differently. this is what I meant by one step at a time. It does no good to either of us, to discuss ideas that are based upon a faulty understanding or the result of a faulty understanding. We are of the mind that "the other" has a faulty understanding. Therefore meaning no disrespect I would like to take these issues one at a time.

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Israelites strangers to the priesthood and holy house itself, (holy place, holy of holies)

Nu 3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger <02114> that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Nu 3:38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger <02114> that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Nu 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger <02114>, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

Eph 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers <3581> from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers <3581> and foreigners <paroikoi>, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

Le 25:23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers Gr 4339) and sojourners Gr (paroikoi) with me. {for ever: or, to be quite cut off: Heb. for cutting off }

1Ch 29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

The Greek words (526) here for (Gr 526) ( Heb 02114) can be found in verse 69:8

Ps 69:8 I am become a stranger (526) unto my brethren, and an alien (3581 zenos) unto my mother’s children.
Ps 58:3 The wicked are estranged Gr (526) from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. {as soon … : Heb. from the belly }

The same Greek word is used also below. But there is no Hebrew term...
Ho 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

All I am saying is these designations are often spoken of concerning JEW's in various ways. But mostly their relation to the house of God in relation to the priesthood.
After all Ephesians is a greek text. Thes same words imo should also be found in Greek text of the old testament...

Always in His Presence said:

When if's and but's become candy and nuts - every day will be Christmas

LOL and I'm the one beating a dead horse.

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Right, 'if' the 2020 election was stolen for Biden, it would be a serious problem. What do we do? Investigate (or sue) and see how things turn out. GOP senators appear interested in doing so. There's a finding out phase before the finding out phase.

This rogue act was just a week ago when 'somebody' stopped shipping arms to Ukraine. The horse isn't even feeling bad.

....MTG's solution:

“I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purposes of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight,” she posted. She claimed the law would “end the deadly and dangerous practice of weather modification and geoengineering.”

Clare73 said:

Did you decide how interested you were in your physical birth?

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Nope, neither did Adam. And yet he had a decided part to play in his spiritual death.

ArmyMatt said:

sorry, what do you mean?

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The Eastern Roman Empire is the only thing Christian on the map. It was Constantine who established this. If I remember the history right he left Rome and built Constantinople to build a much better Christian empire. The Eastern Orthodox are older than the Catholics and Protestants who came afterwards.

GOP Rep. Randy Fine ... was replying to an X post from [Rep Ilhan] Omar on Tuesday, in which she said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “should be held accountable for his crimes,” and, “war criminals should not be welcomed by any president or Congress,” after Netanyahu met with House Speaker Mike Johnson.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last year for Netanyahu, Israel’s former defense minister, and a senior Hamas official, accusing them of war crimes...

Fine wrote in response to Omar’s post, “I’m sure it is difficult to see us welcome the killer of so many of your fellow Muslim terrorists. The only shame is that you serve in Congress.”

[House Democratic leadership called for an apology and Fine replied]

“The Hamas Caucus is upset. Boo hoo."

[After calling Omar and Democratic leadership 'terrorists and Hamas supporters',] Fine accused Democrats of “ad hominem attacks”

RocksInMyHead said:

What, exactly, is hypocritical about correcting your repeated insistence that Hamas winning an election in 2006 has any bearing on the disposition of the Palestinian people in 2025?

That's not true at all:

Pro-Palestinian protest stops traffic in central London

About 150 people join London Palestine Action occupation of Oxford Circus in protest against British arms sales to Israel

www.theguardian.com

PHOTOS: 10,000 march on White House to protest Gaza offensive - +972 Magazine

Thousands converge on Washington, D.C. to protest Israel’s offensive on Gaza. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Some 10,000 activists converged on the White House in Washington, D.C. this weekend to protest Israel’s offensive on Gaza. Politico reported that the event may...

www.972mag.com

Thousands march in Jerusalem rally

Demonstrators protest eviction of Palestinians from their homes in favour of Jewish settlers.

www.aljazeera.com

Are the Sudanese forces being supported by Western governments? People protest things that they think they can change.

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All of these protests you posted are demonstrations against Israel; none appear to address what Hamas did to their own people.

And that is precisely my point. the world looked the other way when Hamas killed their own people.

You have stated that the Sudanese genocide is not a priority because the Sudanese government does not have the support of Western powers.

This demonstrates a pattern where global responses to injustice appear to be more prominent when Israel is involved. Some might call that anti-sematic.

I thought I'd share a funny interaction I had with AI, when I asked it for some song lyrics and it kept giving me the lyrics to the wrong song, and it knew it was wrong, and kept apologizing for being wrong, but couldn't correct itself.

Certainly! Here are the opening lyrics to "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" by Led Zeppelin:

Well, here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don't worry, be happy.

(Note: These are the lyrics to "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin, just as an example. If you'd like the actual lyrics to "Living Loving Maid," here they are

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"Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" Lyrics:

Well, here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don't worry, be happy.

(Sorry! Those are lyrics from a different song. Let me provide the correct lyrics for Led Zeppelin's song.)

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Correct lyrics snippet for "Living Loving Maid":​

Well, here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don't worry, be happy

(Wait, again, that's from "Don't Worry, Be Happy." Sorry! Here are actual lines from "Living Loving Maid"

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Actual Lyrics:

Well, here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don't worry, be happy.

(It seems there's some confusion. To clarify, here are some lyrics from "Living Loving Maid"

"Living Loving Maid" actual lyrics (excerpt):

Well, here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don't worry, be happy.

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(Sorry for the mix-up! Here are the actual lyrics from "Living Loving Maid")

From the song:

Well, here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don't worry, be happy.

(It seems I keep giving the lyrics to "Don't Worry, Be Happy" instead of Led Zeppelin's song. Let me give you the correct lyrics directly from the song.)

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Actual lyrics from "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)":​

Well, here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don't worry, be happy

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Note: The song's lyrics are playful and somewhat sarcastic, describing a woman who is a "living loving maid"—a woman who loves her life and lives freely, but also possibly objectified or stereotyped.

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Would you like me to analyze the lyrics further or tell you about the song's background?

wing2000 said:

Ah yes, the "globalist agenda".

"Canada can be taken down by the globalists into slavery where they’ll “own nothing and be happy”, or they can be taken down by America into freedom where they’ll be more wealthy than they’ve ever been before. My choice is obvious."

..so why not immigrate to the US? I'm sure your visa would be promptly approved after Marco's state deparment reads your social media posting.

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"My choice" is not for me, it's for the Canadian kids that will be able to afford a large home on one income and raise a large family, something the leftists death cult who love filling kids with hormone blockers and cutting off their breasts and penises with out parental consent, hate.

What ever grace
the living God gives you
Make it count in your life.
Do not waste it
and spend it on sin.
Make it bear fruit for the Lord.

FAITH-IN-HIM said:

It is not intended as trolling, but rather to demonstrate what is perceived as hypocrisy within the international community.

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What, exactly, is hypocritical about correcting your repeated insistence that Hamas winning an election in 2006 has any bearing on the disposition of the Palestinian people in 2025?

FAITH-IN-HIM said:

For 20 years, while Hamas controlled and oppressed the Palestinian people—impoverishing its people and launching rockets at Isreal—the world remained silent. There were no protests in London or on college campuses, and few expressed concern for the Palestinian people.

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That's not true at all:

FAITH-IN-HIM said:

If this is the standard, protests about Sudan should be visible on London’s streets. In 2023, 20,000 Sudanese died, with another 18,000 in 2024 and over 10.9 million people displaced last year—almost ten times the number affected in Gaza.

FYI -
Between 2003 and 2009, over 200,000 people died, and between 1983 and 2005, another 2 million deaths were recorded.

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Are the Sudanese forces being supported by Western governments? People protest things that they think they can change.

RocksInMyHead said:

Kill enough people in a short period of time, and the world notices.

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If this is the standard, protests about Sudan should be visible on London’s streets. In 2023, 20,000 Sudanese died, with another 18,000 in 2024 and over 10.9 million people displaced last year—almost ten times the number affected in Gaza.

FYI -
Between 2003 and 2009, over 200,000 people died, and between 1983 and 2005, another 2 million deaths were recorded.

Maria Billingsley said:

Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the " true vine" and those who are in Him are the true branches. This is Israel.

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Therefore: those who follow Jesus are Israelites; the Overcomers for God.

Re; the Millennium,
Scriptures like Isaiah 2:1-5 & Zechariah 14:16-21, plus the clearly worded Prophecies in Revelation 20, make it perfectly clear that here will come a time when Jesus will be King over all the world. Isaiah 53:12, Daniel 7:13-14

essentialsaltes said:

Some GOP sources on Capitol Hill warn that if Hegseth or senior members of his team acted to deliberately circumvent the commander in chief, it would pose a serious problem that would need to be addressed.

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When if's and but's become candy and nuts - every day will be Christmas

LOL and I'm the one beating a dead horse.

Jeff Saunders said:

As scripture has stated that those who do not follow Jesus in this mortal body, will go to the LOF , which is a refining fire of Gods love, which will strip away all that is not of God,

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Where do you get this? Here's what Revelation says of the LoF:

And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

So what about "the second death" gives you the impression that it is refining and not terminal?

ViaCrucis said:

This gets us into the nitty gritty of Atonement theology and theories of the Atonement.

My personal views of the Atonement tend to mix elements of the different historic theories of the Atonement. I don't reject Penal Substitution Theory, but it's not the primary way in which I understand the Atonement; the primary ways I look at the Atonement are through Christus Victor Theory, Satisfaction Theory, and Recapitulation Theory. Christ does, indeed, make satisfaction on our behalf; and Christ does willingly bear upon Himself wrath--but this requires a very delicate and nuanced view of what God's wrath is. The danger of Penal Substitution Theory is that it can easily be warped into cosmic and divine child abuse; where God is seen as primarily angry and He needed to take out His anger on someone, and so He chose to make His own Son a cosmic whipping boy. This is a dangerous way to view God. And while I don't think a mature and robust Penal Substitution Theory says this, this is how it can very often be presented and can often be received. I think Penal Substitution works best when understood within a larger context of the Atonement, rather than presented as the primary way of talking about the Atonement; and when it is tempered with other biblical language--hence the importance of talking about Recapitulation, Christus Victor, and Satisfaction.

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Penal substitution is a satisfaction theory. and it is that element that most of us who reject it are actually rejecting. The named elements are entirely Biblical, in that Christ was a substitutionary sacrifice in accordance with the penal structure of God's law. What we reject is the part that rarely gets stated directly, which is that it is as a satisfaction of God's wrath. Satisfaction as an academic theological doctrine has undergone several iterations first with God's honor(Anselm), then God's justice(Acquinas), and then wrath(Luther and Calvin). I've heard it said that the Eastern Church also recognizes satisfaction as legitimate but what they see it as is a satisfaction of God's truth.