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Obama-appointed judge under fire for light sentence and praise of illegal immigrant who raped woman with cerebral palsy


I just don't understand it. All I can say is that there has to be a blind spot when it comes to evil.
Isaiah 5:20, a warning against moral confusion where wrong is praised as right and vice versa, a theme often linked to societal decay or "end times" prophecies, describing a world where truth is inverted, light becomes darkness, and bitterness is seen as sweet.
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How Long have Humans Lived on Earth?

Many creationists firmly believe that the earth cannot be more 6,000 years old. I am not going to discuss the age of the universe but I will discuss the development of civilization on earth.

When was fire domesticated?

“ Here we present evidence of fire-making on a 400,000-year-old buried landsurface at Barnham (UK), where heated sediments and fire-cracked flint handaxes were found alongside two fragments of iron pyrite—a mineral used in later periods to strike sparks with flint.”


ttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09855-6

Fire led very quickly to cooking. The application of fire to metalworking was much slower.

On Copper:
“Its use was known in eastern Anatolia by 6500 BCE and it soon became widespread.”
That is 8,500 years ago.


Bronze Age | Definition, History, Inventions, Tools, & Facts | Britannica

When were dogs domesticated?

“Dogs were domesticated from their wolf ancestors over 15,000 years ago.”

The Evolution of Dogs, Accidental Best Friends
This is Ohio Wesleyan University


When were cats domesticated?

“Together the transport of cats to the island and the burial of the human with a cat indicate that people had a special, intentional relationship with cats nearly 10,000 years ago in the Middle East.”


The Evolution of House Cats

When were sheep domesticated?

“Now, research at an 11,000-year-old settlement in Turkey shows that some early farmers kept wild sheep penned up in the middle of their village—thus setting the stage for the dramatic changes that led to today's domesticated animals.”


A Brief History of Goat Domestication - The Livestock Conservancy

When were cattle domesticated?

“All cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East some 10,500 years ago, according to a new genetic study.”


https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2012/mar...mall-herd-domesticated-around-10500-years-ago
This is University College, London, England

When were goats domesticated?

“Judging by early signs of domestication, such as bones from the slaughter of male young [goats], this started around 10,500 years ago in Anatolia (Turkey) and the Zagros Mountains (Iran)


A Brief History of Goat Domestication - The Livestock Conservancy

When was wheat cultivated?

“Cultivated for 10,000 years, wheat is one of the world’s most important plants.”

Wheat 101 | National Associate of Wheat Growers
This is the National Association of Wheat Growers


When was barley first cultivated?

“Remains of barley (Hordeum vulgare) grains found at archaeological sites in the Fertile Crescent indicate that about 10,000 years ago the crop was domesticated there from its wild relative Hordeum spontaneum.”


https://www.researchgate.net/public...mestication_History_of_Barley_Hordeum_vulgare

When was rice cultivated?

“...the earliest archaeological evidence [for cultivation of rice] comes from central and eastern China and dates to 7,000-5,000 BCE.

That would be between 9,000 and 7,000 years ago.


Rice | Description, History, Cultivation, & Uses | Britannica


Everything we know about the history of humans on earth contradicts the claim that the earth could be only 6,000 years old. The Bible is a source of moral and spiritual truth, but it is not a history text.
One either believes the clear teaching of scripture of not. The estimated 6,000 years is derived from the careful record of genealogy that was kept (history of decedents)

People Poo poo the 6,000 years ... the animals on the ark were in pairs according to their family kind with the ability of variation within their own kind .... 6,000 years is plenty of time for us to see all that we see. There is no definite proof of macro evolution. It is based on theory. We have collected information and the interpretation of that information varies.

While the scientific method aims for objectivity, the process is carried out mostly by human researchers who have inherent subjective biases (no consideration of a divine creator)

Archaeology is not foolproof; it's a science with inherent challenges, prone to human error, misinterpretation, biases, and even deliberate fraud.
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Anti-Semitism on the rise around the world

Stop pretending that the current state of Israel is the fulfillment of God's promise to the Jews.
This is a confusing reply. First it seems to be a non-sequitur, no where does the article or poster mention the state of Israel and God's promises. Secondly, it could be interpreted to mean under certain circumstances it's Okay to kill random people at the beach. i.e. if they feel Israel is the fulfillment of God's promise. I'm sure that isn't what you meant, just letting you know your comment could be misinterpreted.
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The 144,000

The 144,000 belong to the bloodline of Christ

Christ our Lord, while in principle biologically able to, did not father any children. The suggestion that the 144,000 are descendants of his and of various Byzantine-adjacent royal families is not only not Orthodox but probably constitutes ethno-Phyletism.
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Shootings at Bondi Beach

It's breaking news but there have been multiple shootings at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.


The death and injury toll is as yet unkown.

Two suspects have been arrested but not identified. I'll bet a pound to a penny that they are Moslems.
On a day of celebration and remembrance, the Jewish community of Australia gathered on Bondi Beach, Sydney, for a "Chanukah By The Sea" for a planned menorah lighting for the first night of Hanukkah, and associated festivities. Only to be killed or wounded by these two Muslim men with guns, following the precepts of Islam, who assaulted the event.

At least 11 people are dead (plus one of the shooters), and over 29 were hospitalized in the attack. Among those dead are a 12 year old girl, at least one Holocaust survivor who has been identified, and Rabbi Eli Schlanger (a well known Australian Rabbi, who was born in London, and who just recently greeted the birth of a fifth child into his family in October)

Israeli officials heap blame on Australian government after Bondi Beach shooting: 'Countless warning signs'​


Israeli officials were quick to lay blame for the deadly shooting in Sydney, Australia, at the feet of the nation's government on Sunday, saying it had ignored "countless warning signs" of antisemitism.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu read aloud at a government meeting a letter that he sent to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese earlier this year when Albanese declared his support for a Palestinian state.

"Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on the antisemitic fire. It rewards Hamas terrorists. It emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets. Antisemitism is a cancer. It spreads when leaders stay silent; it retreats when leaders act. I call upon you to replace weakness with action, appeasement with resolve," Netanyahu read.

"Instead, Prime Minister, you replaced weakness with weakness and appeasement with more appeasement. Your government did nothing to stop the spread of antisemitism in Australia. You did nothing to curb the cancer cells that were growing inside your country. You took no action. You let the disease spread and the result is the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today," Netanyahu said.


Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar also released uncommonly stark statements following Sunday's shooting, which killed at least 11 people and hospitalized 29.

"Time and again we called on the Australian government to take action and fight against the enormous wave of antisemitism that is plaguing Australian society," Herzog said in a statement on social media, posting an image of a prayer shawl stained in blood.

Saar was even more heavily critical of Australian authorities, arguing they had ignored clear signs of rising Islamist extremism and antisemitism.

"I am appalled by the murderous shooting attack at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia. This is the result of the antisemitic rampage in the streets of Australia over the past two years, including the antisemitic and inciting calls of 'Globalize the Intifada,' which were realized today," Saar said in a statement, sharing the same photo as Herzog.


"The Australian government, which received countless warning signs, must come to its senses!" he added.

Police say at least two gunmen participated in Sunday's attack, which targeted a Jewish "Chanukah By The Sea" event at Sydney's famous Bondi Beach. One of the alleged gunmen was killed in the attack, and the other is hospitalized. Police are investigating whether there may have been a third shooter.

Police say they also found evidence of multiple improvised explosive devices in a vehicle near the scene of the attack.

"We have our rescue bomb disposal unit there at the moment working on that," said the police commissioner for New South Wales.

New York Post also had a good article, more on the victims:

Famed Australian rabbi Eli Schlanger, who just welcomed newborn son, among 11 killed in Bondi Beach terror attack​

A popular rabbi who had recently welcomed a new son just two months ago has been named as one of the first victims in Sunday’s deadly terrorist attack in Sydney which targeted worshippers at a Hanukkah event.

Rabbi Eli Schlanger, 41, had been one of the 2,000 in attendance at the event on Bondi Beach to mark the first night of Hanukkah when two terrorists opened fire on the crowd, killing at least 11 people and wounding 29 others.

Schlanger, the assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi in Sydney, had shared news of his new son in an Oct. 12 post on Facebook.

The father-of-five was born in the UK, where friends and family remembered him as “vivacious” and “joyful.”

His cousin, Rabbi Zalman Lewis, from Brighton, England, only learned of Schlanger’s death when a relative saw a list of the victims people were being asked to pray for.

“I left shul this morning and saw messages from my wife and sister on the family WhatsApp group. They recognised one of the names people were being asked to pray for,” Lewis told the British outlet Jewish News.
“We are just beginning to process this. It makes no sense at all. How can a joyful rabbi who went to a beach to spread happiness and light, to make the world a better place, have his life ended in this way?” he said.

Schlanger’s great-uncle, the late Reverend Lesli Olsberg, served as a rabbi at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, where two congregants were murdered in a terror attack during Yom Kippur last October.

Following that attack, he had criticised Australia’s Prime Minister for “fuelling terrorism” in the country.
“In these difficult times, we must stand united. Terrorism must never be excused, rewarded or negotiated with,” he wrote, as reported by Jewish News.

“To Anthony Albanese [Australia’s Prime Minister], I say this with urgency – stop fuelling terrorism by legitimizing those who spread hate. Listen to the voices of those who understand it firsthand,” he wrote.

Just weeks ago, Rabbi Schlanger had written a letter to the PM begging him to support Israel.
“As a rabbi in Sydney, I beg you not to betray the Jewish people and not God himself,” Schlanger wrote to Albanese, a left-winger widely seen as critical of Israel, according to Australian outlet Channel 12.

“Jews have been torn from their land again and again by leaders who are now remembered with contempt in the pages of history. You have an opportunity to stand on the side of justice,” Schlanger wrote.

“I congratulate you in advance for the courage to do what is right and stand firm against this act of heresy,” he wrote.

Israeli author Hen Mazzig shared a sweet video of Rabbi Schlanger last year celebrating Hanukkah.

“May Rabbi Eli Schlanger’s memory be a blessing. Tonight, I will light the menorah in his commemoration and in memory of every victim who was murdered solely because they were Jewish. You cannot extinguish our light,” Mazzig wrote in an Instagram post sharing the clip.
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Busy, busy. Even in the cold.


here is our back yard and the neighbors. A rare photo I got from my wife. It was too cold to go out and spend much time, about 0 degrees Celsius. Looks kind of neat and we were all rejoicing. It was when our daughter was still alive. Surprisingly the yard is still short cut. And I think we had a fire that day, in the fireplace.
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Netflix's promotion of LGBT themes, sexual preferences in kids' shows 'pervasive': report

In fairness, Wikipedia tells me that Boots is a TV series based on the book The Pink Marine, which is apparently a memoir written by a gay man who joined the Marines at a time before "Don't ask, don't tell". I haven't watched the series, but given that description, I would expect the show to have some gay stuff in it.

I see also that Netflix's description on its preview screen is "This coming-of-age series follows a closeted gay Marine recruit through the ups and downs of boot camp -- and the even tougher journey of self-discovery." It's rated "TV-MA: language, nudity, smoking". I'd say Netflix did its job in telling the viewer what the show was going to be about.
The main actor, Miles Heizer, was in 13 Reasons Why (it had a few same-sex kiss scenes), and is openly gay in real life.

Thanks for the info!

I've never seen Boots though.
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Anti-Semitism on the rise around the world

Leftists, Muslims and Nazis all seem to be teaming up against Jews right now.

The attack at Bondi is symptomatic of this larger trend.

What can be done to address the haters and overthrow their agenda?
Only removal of them from civilized nations can deal with it fully
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How we Philosophers approach our evaluations of the world

I sometimes wonder whether “revelation” sometimes contaminates the rational process. Gender issues bring examples. “Revelation seems give us plenty of answers from homosexuality to trans gender affirming care. Rational work can support those answers but it can also challenge them. For some, Revelation constricts the process and predetermines the conclusions.
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Earliest denial of sons of God meaning angels

Angels were not given the capability to procreate ... if they were what stopped or is stopping them from doing it now? No such thing as a angel/human hybrid.

Genesis 6

1Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, 2that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. 3Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

It states here they were MEN (mankind) men/man not angels.
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God’s Politics

The answer to your question is that the Body of Christ should not be interested in using the sword of Ceasar to perform any of the mission that Jesus has set for His Body.

By the sword Caesar keeps order.

By the sword Caesar extracts taxes to do good or to do evil.

The only way Caesar does anything is by the sword.

The first mission of the Body of Christ is to proclaim the gospel. The first mission is not to make sure all the poor of the globe are provided for.

But we are commanded to make sure everyone in the global Body of Christ is provided for--when it is evident that there is no scarcity of resources within the Body of Christ, when every Christian on the planet is fed, housed, and clothed--that demonstrates the power of Jesus to the world.

We are commanded to make sure peace and justice prevails in the global Body of Christ, and when it is evident that peace and justice prevails within the Body, that demonstrates the power of Jesus to the world.

If we can't do those two things within our own Body, why are we trying to use Caesar's sword to force it to happen outside the Body?

We haven't yet removed the log from our own eye.
To be clear, are you saying that Christians should take responsibility for providing for all the weak among us and should not accept any use of governments to perform part of that function.
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Christmas and Legalism

Hello!

I was talking with a lady who has recently lost her husband, she reports being under intense peer pressure, which she thought was a form of legalism, to do silly stuff she doesn't want to do. Specifically regarding trees/decorations/turkeys and the like. She said she hates this time of year, wishes it was over and that people would stop pressurizing her. I agreed with her, at this time of year there is pressure to do things you don't want to do from other Christians. Maybe well meaning people, sometimes maybe trying to make conversation, but I find it rather wearing. Pressure and competition, I detect a lot of people are trying doing this stuff as a form of oneupmanship. Like the guy who needs a bigger tree and more glowing gnomes and Odins in their garden than the person next door.

Leaving aside the possible pagan origins of much of this stuff is it Biblical to pressure people to do something they don't want to do? There's no biblical command telling us to put up a 'Christmas Tree', or to take a present from a man dressed as Santa aka Odin at a church party, or to sings songs about flying deer. Or forcing someone to wear a Santa hat or an Elf hat when they don't want to (yes, in a previous year I was forced to wear an elf hat to participate as a helper at a church event). Why then are people pressured into doing this if they don't want to? Isn't it a form of legalism? Being forced to partake in possible Paganism in Church? I detect churches are more likely to have a Santa and a tree than a nativity scene.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery (Galatians 5:1).

I have been told that's it's a form of legalism to tell people not to engage in certain activities, so why then isn't it legalism to compel people to engage in those activities?

I have been told that it would be legalism to acknowledge various Old Testament Biblical Feasts or to encourage others to do so. Why then isn't it Legalism to compel others to revere a flying fat all knowing midget from the North pole?

For those who don't think churches could revere demons or compel others to do so, there's 'Tuesday' for example. A day of the week named to honour a pagan god of war. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are the same. Living in a pagan world aren't we meant to be aware of the devil's schemes, rather then going along with anything and everything, afterall Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

God Bless All :) and happy Christmas. Hope you find a time of peace and joy in remembering the Saviour's birth and please don't take my post as critical or judgemental. I'm asking Qs from a place of frustration is all.
The church is supposed to be 100% about Jesus always ... if it isn't find another church.
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Brown University shooting: 2 students killed, 9 injured, suspect at large

A gunman who opened fire on students at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, killing two and injuring nine others during a final exam review, remained at large late Saturday as hundreds of officers searched for him. Police said the suspect fled on foot.

The attack began around 4:05 p.m. EST inside a first-floor classroom during a final exam review for a large economics course, according to The New York Times. Law enforcement described the suspect as a man dressed in dark clothing, possibly in his 30s, last seen leaving the area without his face visible on security footage.

Authorities released video footage showing the man leaving the engineering building, but said his face was not clearly captured.

Investigators asked anyone who might recognize his gait or outfit to come forward.

Continued below.
They need to have armed security (and/or staff) on site ... instead of making the schools a "no gun zone" .... the assailants know they are easy targets. It's been reported the school has over 800 cameras .... cameras should be placed at all entry/exit doors and constantly monitored. They could also make it school policy that when in the school faces and the head can not be covered up (ie hoodies up while inside the school) they need onsite persons.
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Is there a Christian political philosophy?

It is a presumption to assume that the Canaanite governments Joshua destroyed were not instituted by God. God is fully capable of ordaining the governments he intends to destroy.

Sounds counter productive.

Did God not ordain the Babylonian government, and Jeroboam’s government He destroyed with it? Did God not ordain the Medes and Persians, whom He ordained to destroy the Babylonians? Did He not predict all this via the words of the prophet Daniel?

I take it Jeroboam was a wicked man.

Did God not also ordain Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire as well, and their destruction? This argument is flawed.

That was more of a prophecy, because a blasphemer would be in their ranks.
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Judge dismisses James Comey and Letitia James cases, finding prosecutor's appointment invalid

Yes, I agree with that. As it is the sole point I was trying to make... that Tish likely sat up, imagined that Trump might be committing the same bank criminality she's been committing for decades, created a campaign around the goal of prosecuting him, then... charged him, just like she promised to if she won.

Just a reprehensible and corrupt woman.
This presumes that James committed a crime. Given the lack of success in even obtaining an indictment against her, that seems a very dubious presumption to make.
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Is there a Christian political philosophy?

So, I want to explore political philosophy and how it relates to Christianity.

Ideally, our faith should inform our politics, but not the other way around. Yet, this unfortunately not the case in reality. I don't intend to turn this into a finger pointing game between the left and the right, I just want to explore options here.

Should the government enact policies that reflect Christian policies?

One could argue yes, since a Christian government could provide a moral foundation for an otherwise secular society and arguably improves everyone's lives. On the other hand, one can say that the government would just bastardize Christianity and use it as a weapon for social control.

What about libertarianism? The Bible says to help the poor and needy. Yet, does that mean we should petition the government to do it, or is charity a personal responsibility for us as Christians, and thus we should not outsource it to the state?

Should there be a government? There are verses that seem to advocate for submitting to earthly authorities. Then again, many of these earthly authorities have, and sometimes still do, put innocent people to death. It can also be argued that the government has a monopoly on force and violence.

What are your thoughts?

I'm personally undecided, but that's why I made this thread. I want to see what others think to help me find out where I stand.

There's a reason that outside the US, you'll find few Christians supporting libertarian politics. Libertarianism is incompatible with Christian anthropology. It assumes an autonomous self, not one that is motivated by love, but one that is self-interested and isolated. It's rooted in late Renaissance and Enlightenment Humanism and Skepticism, not Christianity.
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Had Mary guessed about resurrection ?

Hello, eleos and other forumers.

I deeply thank samaus for his search with chatgpt, but i'd like to see if there's no other reply to the last of my observation, just before this search,


and i'd like to add a few another questions, please :

Since she revealed herself so protective, together with Joseph (see 12 years old finding in the Temple, see fleeing to Egypt), she likely admitted Jesus could die. Let's suppose so..

For the fleeing to Egypt, God intervened through Joseph's dream. He asked for this fleeing. Let's forget it !
But for the finding in the Temple :

Is Jesus' reply to her mother (he had to stand in His Father's house) the true and magistral reason why they should never have worried for him ?

I mean :
About the fleeing in Egypt, even if it's been conducted with a protective intention from Joseph and Mary, should it have been done from this reason ?

Again from my meaning, two collateral questions :

Had he died in Herod's massacre, wouldn't God have resurrected him then ?

Or, could we make the assumption the reason why God wished the sparing of Jesus' life at this massacre is : He wanted first and foremost the planned death on the cross to happen ?
well no ... because all prophesy must be filled ... and it was. We have the more sure word of prophesy.

Isaiah 53:5-6 (The Suffering Servant): "He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed".

Psalm 22:1: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Jesus' words on the cross).

Psalm 22:16: "They have pierced my hands and my feet" (referencing crucifixion).

Psalm 22:18: "They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots" (fulfilled by Roman soldiers).

Zechariah 12:10: "They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him".

Psalm 16:10: "You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will you let your holy one see decay" (predicting resurrection after death).
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