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Galatians 3:7-9:
7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[d] 9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Galatians 3:15-17:
15 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[i] meaning one person, who is Christ.

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Add:Galatians 3:27-29:

27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirsaccording to the promise.

THE TERMINATION EVENT: Something big may be about to happen on the sun. "We call it the Termination Event," says Scott McIntosh, a solar physicist at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), "and it's very, very close to happening."

If you've never heard of the Termination Event, you're not alone. Many researchers have never heard of it either. It's a relatively new idea in solar physics promoted by McIntosh and colleague Bob Leamon of the University of Maryland - Baltimore County. According to the two scientists, vast bands of magnetism are drifting across the surface of the sun. When oppositely-charged bands collide at the equator, they annihilate (or "terminate"). There may be no explosion; this is magnetic discharge, but a huge hole in the suns surface makes it liable for a Coronal Nass Ejection.

"If this situation happens soon, as we expect, Solar Cycle 25 could have a magnitude that rivals any solar cycle since record-keeping began," says McIntosh. [Joel 2:2b] More information at; www.spaceweather.com

It will be a Coronal Mass Ejection, an earth directed explosion on the sun’s surface, that the Lord will send on His terrible and world changing Day of vengeance and wrath. Over 100 Bible prophesies describe the effects of this devastation and wide spread deaths.

It will be the Sixth Seal, Revelation 6:12-17, which will commence all the end time prophesied events, leading up to the glorious Return of Jesus as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, to reign on earth for the next thousand years.

Delvianna said:

Don't negate the promise to Abraham of the "seed" which will never die which means ethnic Jews (biological descendants of Abraham). We don't replace Israel, as Paul says, we gentiles are grafted in. The original branches are still there and will always be.

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Galatians 3:7-9:
7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[d] 9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Galatians 3:15-17:
15 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[i] meaning one person, who is Christ.

They staggered out into the city streets, their judgment clouded by the alcohol and disappointment. They didn’t notice the black van parked nearby until it was too late.
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The van screeched forward, headlights blinding. Before Johann could react, rough hands yanked him back. A hood was shoved over his head, muffling Hans’s protests as they struggled. Their kidnappers moved swiftly, bundling Johann into the van while leaving Hans behind. Johann’s world blurred into darkness.

Johann’s new reality began in a dim room in the beautiful rural town of Bad Goisern on Lake Halstatt. His two kidnappers' goal was to demand a ransom of 2 million. The two kidnappers were Robert and Rune—known to their friends as Rob and Run. They sat slouched in the dim room, their cigarettes dangling lazily from their fingers...

Isn't it hypocritical how people claim the State is neutral when it come s to religion and ideological beliefs. They arrest one person based on their belief while supporting another belief that this whole ideaology is good for children.

We are living in a time where the truth is turned into a lie and a lie into the truth. Where sin is celebrated. What usually happens when a world gets to that point.

Well for one God and Christians are mocked and persecuted. But God also does not allow for such evil to continue for too long when it gets to this point.

While some are persecuted others will rise up as bold Christians and they will be without fault that the world cannot deny the truth. God will also bring consequences for the evil being done to the innocents.

Remember Christs words that if anyone leads those children away who are for Him they may as well throw themselves in the ocean.

peaceful-forest said:

Would you be friends with a non-believer that has a lying problem?


I have a personal experience related to this that I think about on and off. On a different website, I wanted Christian friends; there were certain Christian individuals that I wanted to be friends with (that didn't happen). These certain people were friends with this one non-Christian person who clearly had a lying problem.

I didn't understand then and I still don't understand how these Christian individuals can be friends with this particular person. How do you trust the other person if they lie so much? How is friendship possible?

I would like to hear your thoughts, explanations, experiences, etc.

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The the person is truely lying to a point where it makes it hard to trust them. Then these other Christian friends will not be true friends in the sense that you may be thinking. As in a close relationship where you can depend on a friend and who may as a Christian even save you.

I think there are levels of friendship. I mean as a Christian I have relatives who are not Christian. But I still love them as famility in that sense. But I would not trust one in particular lol.

You can also have accquainences who are sort of like friends. Sometimes in that moment they are like good friends but you may not have an ongoing relation. You can sort of get to know people and determine if they are trustworthy. Though that can be assumed as well.

Sometimes I think being a friend when the other person cannot be a friend on that same level is being a friend. I mean you will know that you may not be getting the same back in return and there is a line that has to be drawn sometimes. But you can still sort of be a friend and not give fully of yourself at the same time.

In some ways its that destinction where your still offering to be a friend and be there if they really need help. Rather than allowing the person to get away with the lies that can make the difference. When the person really needs someone to talk to when ready they may see that you cared all along and were really showing love.

Akita Suggagaki said:

No big deal. He somehow does it in his apartment when he is still a student. Doesn’t make much sense. Nothing like any movie.

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Interesting, so no lighting strike.

Benaiah468 said:

Ireland's new president, Catherine Cnnolly, has been considered one of the loudest voices against Israel for years. But with her entry into the country's highest office, this political line takes on a new quality and a new responsibility. Her stance towards the terrorist organisation Hamas, her rhetoric about Israel and her long-standing political alliances suggest that Europe is facing a serious shift in its Middle East policy. For Israel, this means that Dublin will become a political outpost for those circles that not only criticise the Jewish state, but also seek to delegitimise it.

During her election campaign, Connolly publicly stated that Hamas was ‘part of the Palestinian people’ and ‘legitimately elected.’ She initially refused to clearly condemn the massacres of Oct 7 2023, a day on which hundreds of Israelis were murdered, tortured or kidnapped. Only after widespread criticism did she backtrack, later describing the act as ‘absolutely unacceptable.’ But her assessment remained contradictory. In the same breath, she called Israel a ‘terrorist state,’ thereby placing perpetrators and victims on the same level.

This choice of words is not just a political stance, but has real influence: as head of state, Connolly shapes the international perception of Ireland. Her statements are heard in a Europe that has seen a dramatic increase in anti-Semitic incidents since Oct 7 and where anti-Jewish narratives are increasingly fuelling violence.

For Israel, Connolly's election sends a warning signal: political voices that downplay Hamas or demonise Israel are gaining institutional weight. This also affects Jewish communities in Europe, which are coming under increasing pressure. The rhetoric of political leaders shapes social attitudes. When leaders adopt the narrative of the perpetrators, the threshold for aggression against the victims is lowered.

European history shows that enemy stereotypes rarely remain harmless. Over the centuries, Jews were expelled from dozens of countries: England, France, Spain, Portugal, Russia, the Arab world. Almost everywhere, political agitation was followed by social violence. Today, European Jews are once again witnessing demonstrations outside synagogues and hatred of Israel turning into open anti-Semitism.

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Dublin itself is now a hot bed of Islam and extremism. I was listening today an interview with a man from the area. The western side of Ireland has been nearly taken over by Islamists. Ireland is becoming unrecognizable in many places as the Irish culture is being supplanted. Its no wonder why someone like her was voted in.

Guojing said:

I already said, the Acts 2 church followed Luke 12:33 literally and sold all their possessions. They were expecting the Mark of the Beast anytime soon, that is why they did that.

Do you think they were doing that "for fun"?

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I am sure they did that because they were showing the sacrificial love that Jesus showed, taught and embodied.

What evidence do you have that they were expecting "the mark of the beast?"
How do you know what their motives were; were you there?

I haven't checked, but I somehow doubt that where I am now has rose vestments. And even if it did, it's not something I would invest with much importance, I'm afraid.

Michie said:

Catholics have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

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Well to receive God's free gift of Eternal Life, they individually must believe in Jesus for Eternal Life.

Belk said:

Do not get me wrong, I find the extremism of Islam troubling, but it is not currently the overriding worry.

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I'm glad at least you are troubled. But you know what? The stuff in Europe, they weren't too concerned and didn't have any overriding worry either. Now they are. And in places in the US it is headed that way. I'd rather not wait until we are in the same place as Europe.

Paidiske said:

Sigh. How is it the second Sunday of Advent already?

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Look at the bright side: Gaudete Sunday is next, with the exquisite rose-colored vestments (at least in some Anglican parishes), one of only two occasions when they get used (I myself think they ought to be used on the eve of the Feast of the Holy Apostles St. Peter and Paul, and between Transfiguration and the feast of St. Mary in churches that celebrate both in August).

I wonder how all these stories of systemic corruption and fraud within these immigration or lack of immigration programs. It seems they are proving Trump right that there is widespread corruption within the whole immigration sector and over the past few years under the Dems they have ripped off the US for billions.

Not to mention that this type of corruption usually comes with all sorts of other crimes and compromises of the law. I think we will find this is very deep and wide and a blight on the whole ideology of the Dems immigration policies and philosophy.

Most Americans are waking up to their own leaders allowing such a situation where billions of their own tax payer money was being siphoned off to corrupt people who were allowed in and to stay despite all the red flags.

Surely now people will be beginning to understand the gravity of this and how there is a need to stop this corruption and completely restructure the system. Sort out the US and its own peoples welfare before trying to save the world and bring all their problems.

This is crazy and I reckon we will see more of this happening in all nations that opened their arms without vetting millions of people who we now know many have brought their problems into what use to be free and safe nations.

Now when the radicals want to attac k ICE agents who are getting these corrupt people who have no right to be here out. They will think twice that the person they are wanting to free has actually ripped their own children off. How can they know. This crazy idea of defying authority based on some misguided ideology is crazy.

In fact the radical ideology belongs in the same basket as the leaders who allowed this and the cause of this whole mess. They are just adding more fuel to the chaos.

jas3 said:

The two are related. Often more formal language is also more archaic (e.g. using "whom" is expected in academic publications, but it's almost completely fallen out of use in casual, spoken English).

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That is true, but "whom" is still used on contemporary, formal English. It is not archaic, like saying "carriages" for "luggage", "fetch a compass" for "turn around" or "prevent£ for "go before," as the KJV does.

jas3 said:

Only in specific contexts. In the same way, for many (most?) English speakers, ye, thee, thou, thy, thine, etc. are only used in a religious context.

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Use of ye, thee, thou, thy, thine, etc. are certainly not a prerequisite of being a Christian, though.

Hans Blaster said:

So? We're not here to talk about how it makes you feel.

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Actually it is exactly about this and about Mind states. By equivicating the Mind as just feelings and unrelaible you are whether you know it or not pushing a belief that the Mind is just feelings or some unrelaible knowledge.

That only methodlogical naturalism can give us the knowledge and it claims that the Mind is just an epiphenomena of the physical brain. Thus this is a belief claim about an epiistemic and by extention ontological truth claim. Which is a belief and not factual or science.

Hans Blaster said:

Irrelevant.

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Isn't it hyocritical that you demand peer review or at least some scientific basis which I provide. Yet you just fob it off with a single word. No peer review, no science and no reasoning or explanation for why. This only supports the point I have been making in how this is blantantly biased.

Hans Blaster said:

I see. All you have for this guess (it ain't a theory or even a hypothesis) is some vague hand waving.

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No its not just a guess. I gave you the reasoning and evidence.

Hans Blaster said:

I thought a miracle was the suspension of the laws of nature. This isn't the miracle section.

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Whatever they are they are supernatural and beyond the naturalistic processes. I disagree with your short dismissal with no explanation. So from now on I will not give any reasoning or evidence and just use short dismissals.

Hans Blaster said:

It's not the point that it is impossible. If I want speculative physics, I'll take a trip at warp speed with the crew of the USS Enterprise.

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Its not spectualtive.

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I don't need to. That isn't the subject.

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It is the subject.

Hans Blaster said:

As a physicist, I can say they should stick to physics and not pretend to be something they aren't.

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It is physics.

Hans Blaster said:

See above.

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It is physics.

Hans Blaster said:

Like driving down the road, they should stay in their lane.

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They are in the right lane.

Hans Blaster said:

For some reason you are now responding to someone else in the same message...

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Sorry not sure how that happened lol.

Dave... said:

See if you can get a group to do it together. Maybe a church group. Sometimes public busses have a rack on the front to place a bike. Something to maybe look into.

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Nobody skates in our church. There are many cyclists but I'm not into cycling anymore. All they do is eat. That's one reason I prefer riding solo. It takes them the whole day to cover the same distance I'm doing because they make lots of stops to eat. Some members, instead of losing weight, they gain weight and I have to maintain a certain weight.

We have a skating group but I only meet them on sundays. Some of the members I know personally also meet on Friday and Saturday evenings but I don't go out at night.

Factotum said:

What I feel is saddest?
Is if we hate our nation and/or the US President so much... to whereas we vehemently protect Terrorists' desire to traffick that which factually exterminate vulnerable USA citizens and residents without regard for human life, as if USA humans are vermin.

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So we've gone from narco-terrorists to just pure terrorists, hmm?

If one is serious about human rights, one protects the rights of every human.

Of course it is a common trope that we can't spare a single ounce of compassion, or even basic decency, for "them" when we haven't fully taken care of "us".

Yet we never seem to get around to actually helping "ourselves". We are far too busy stomping on "them".

Nithavela said:

still people... They are not vermin you are free to exterminate without regard for human rights.

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What I feel is saddest?
Is if we hate our nation and/or the US President so much... to whereas we vehemently protect Terrorists' desire to traffick that which factually exterminate vulnerable USA citizens and residents without regard for human life, as if USA humans are vermin.

Desk trauma said:

Nurgle approves.

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Nithavela said:

I seriously doubt that even if you include drug deaths caused by people willingly getting into a drug habit and buying the drugs, you get to more than 200.000 deaths caused by "these cartels" every year.

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And besides, they don't actually care about the drug deaths. Everyone was suddenly very quiet when Trump pardoned a man responsible for bringing in a ton of drugs into the US. Because it's not actually about the drugs.

Oompa Loompa said:

Cartel drug smugglers are not uniformed combatants deserving of special rights and privileges. Especially after they rape the illegal immigrants the left loves so much before making them sex slaves to pay off their debts. Comparing these monsters to Japanese pilots is an insult to Imperial Japan. Pirates can be shot on sight, so why not drug smugglers?

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And they aren't given any. There's no "special rights" in the UCMJ, just rights and rules regarding this sort of situations.
The people killed haven't been shown to be traffickers, no evidence has been given, just claims that they are and "Trust me, bro". And you aren't going to give any either, you will just ignore this or post a link to an article that gives no evidence either, just a statement that they are. Which isn't evidence.
And the British saved the survivors of Bismarck from the sea as well as they could.

And for that last statement, any evidence that this is so? And I mean purely on sight, like while they are walking down the street and not actively engaging pirating with force being used. Because you're describing very different situations and trying to equite them. Are you going to be walking around the streets of US and gunning down drug dealers/smugglers while doing so? Apparently you seem to think you can. And now let's watch you ignore the rest of the post in any possible replies and just concentrate on this for moral outrage.

Oompa Loompa said:

Those are rookie numbers compared to the rape and deaths caused by these cartels every year.

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I seriously doubt that even if you include drug deaths caused by people willingly getting into a drug habit and buying the drugs, you get to more than 200.000 deaths caused by "these cartels" every year.

sjastro said:

Here we go again you can't stick to the same story.
So now the latest version is dolerite pounders at Aswan are not contemporary with the melting process technology???

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Stop trying to put things in my head lol. I never said any of this and your are creating strawmen. Its not an either/or answer. We are trying to work it all out.

All we can do is gather data to get a better understanding. I am not saying the marks are from melting stone or any particular method. Only that the studies done show it was not from small dolerite pounders. Along with the analysis of the patterns in the mark showing a different and more uniform method.

As though the granite was scooped or dug out with a uniform method that was similar to the shape of the scoops. Along with other evidence showing the impracticality of using pounders in tight situations where its impossible.

sjastro said:

Where is the support by showing evidence of vitrification on the unfinished obelisk, instead you post images that have nothing to with the unfinished obelisk let alone vitrification.

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Like I said this is not a one size fits all kind of determination. There may be a number of methods employed over 1,000s of years. Knowledge comes and goes and changes.

It may be that the scoops in stone come from a different method to thermal treatment. Look at the scoops in stone throughout the world. There are many that show no vitrification. Yet they show softened or weakened stone.

It may some way the structure of the granite was weakened and it was not melted but rather then material was changed at the molecular level. Such as with sonic cutting which weakens the crystals within the stone.

But the point is I am only guessing at the method. All we can do is look at the data which definitely shows the marks of a different method to dolerite pounders and nore like the stone has been scooped out as though the stone was compromised in some way.

sjastro said:

For example the image of "melted stairs" of the temple of Hathor is wrong on many counts.

Firstly the steps are not made out of granite but limestone which does not not undergo vitrification but chemical decomposition of the calcium carbonate to lime. This is basic high school chemistry.

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If its basic highschool stuff then the ancient Egyptians knew about this. We should expect that many of their works will contain softened or melted limestone. Making it easier to work with. Including the building works containing limestone.

But then we also have examples of basalt and granite melted. What do you say about these.

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Secondly the temple and stairs were constructed during the Late Period thousands of years after your invisible technology supposedly disappeared.

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No this is the point. Knowledge can come and go. The important thing is they were still living within the same immersion of direct conscious experiences of nature. Which enabled them to discover chemistry and physics. How nature worked and how it could change the physical world.

sjastro said:

Thirdly since the stairs are made from limestone which is vulnerable to a process known as haloclasty where salt crystallizes in cracks and pores which breaks down the limestone. This in combination with limestone being of low hardness and wear resistance results in erosion from centuries of people walking on the stairs giving the melted appearance look.
Limestone outcrops which degrade due to haloclasty but subject to wind and water erosion instead can also exhibit a melted look.

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I want to know why you specifically choose this example and avoided the others. None of what you have said negates the facts and reality that we have examples of softened and melted stones around the world. Showing there was advanced knowledge in how to mess around with the material structures of rocks.

sjastro said:

Fourthly vitrification can only be confirmed in the laboratory to precisely characterize the structural change from crystalline to an amorphous glass state at the atomic level.

• X-ray diffraction (XRD)
• Sharp peaks = crystalline; broad diffuse humps = amorphous (vitrified).

• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
• Reveals surface morphology: smooth glassy vs. granular crystalline.

• Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
• Atomic-scale imaging of amorphous vs. ordered lattice structures.

• Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
• Measures glass transition temperature (Tg) to confirm vitrification.

• Spectroscopy (Raman, FTIR)
• Detects changes in bonding and molecular structure after vitrification

As usual your images are next to useless they do not show vitrified or melted rocks, it is another example of pareidolia where you see things that are not there.

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As usual you skip over the evidence and ignore most of it.

Nithavela said:

Yeah, that was more an allied thing.

In a sense, not much has changed, hmm?

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I would not have assumed killing the shipwrecked was either allied habit or policy either.