rjs330 said:

And in America where Christianity is still dominant for now, there is no such thing.

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The fact remains that there are Christians in America calling for and celebrating the deaths of gay folks. And there are Christian’s Nationalists who want to rule America.

Remind me how that is different from American Islamists who want to do the same?

Say it aint so said:

Oddly enough, and to my knowledge and feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but that Luke sword blurb is not found any other of the Gospels.

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So???

Apple Sky said:

I've been through all this in previous posts, try reading them.

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Try not being rude.

If you have explained this before, you could at least give a link or the number(s) of your post(s).

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That is a noble ideal that was lost on the Obama and Biden administrations. The evidence is starting to be exposed. The truth will prevail. We shall see who really is above the law .

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Apparently it's a nobel ideal that you and many other conservatives in this thread disagree with, so I don't see why you have a problem with democratic governments not following it.

I'm joking. Of course I see why.

Fantine said:

Personally I believe that any and all "carry" makes us less safe, and I think that all those who read the Gospels with an open heart and mind would heed Jesus' message about non-violence.

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Luke 22:36
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

SabbathBlessings said:

I am referring back to God's written and spoken Testimony of what is the Sabbath.

Exo 20:10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God

And this never changed Heb4:4 because no one is above God to change His written and spoken Testimony. Exo31:18

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Right but in Revelation only those who are beheaded for Christ’s sake rest from their works so which way you gonna have it?

prodromos said:

I'm taking it that you haven't followed the advice of @Apple Sky

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Why don’t you prove me wrong.

prodromos said:

The atmosphere gets progressively thinner as you rise in altitude. Ask anyone who has tried to climb Mt Everest without carrying an oxygen tank. There is no sudden line where there is atmosphere on one side and vacuum on the other, it just gets thinner and thinner.

Yep, that's an apt description.

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That’s oxygen, but there’s also other gasses, and at no point will it be next to a vacuum, as that is impossible.

Do you have a copy of your divorce decree? If not you should be able to get a new copy from the courthouse, or wherever it is stored at your location.

That is your proof that you were married. You got married, and it ended. You have the freedom to heal, grow, and move on with your life, whatever that might be.

Get your mind grounded in reality, but do it in a healthy way.

jonojim1337 said:

I’m pretty sure no one has taken a measuring tape and measured the circumference of the earth, in both directions. Actually, there’s no cross polar flights recorded in history even.

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I'm taking it that you haven't followed the advice of @Apple Sky

Also, the Australian adventurer Dick Smith circumnavigated the earth via the poles in 1982.

Michie said:

A majority of pastors are now using artificial intelligence to prepare their sermons, with ChatGPT and Grammarly reported as the top two AI tools, new survey data shows.

"ChatGPT is the most visible generative AI tool that can engage in human-like conversations and assist with a wide range of tasks, from answering questions to generating content," researchers wrote in "The 2025 State of AI in the Church Survey Report" prepared by AiForChurchLeaders.comand Exponential AI NEXT.

“As the most popular AI tool among church leaders (26%), ChatGPT is being used for applications such as sermon preparation, research, and crafting church communications. Its versatility and ease of use make it a powerful asset for streamlining ministry work and sparking creative ideas."

The data, based on responses from 594 pastors and church staff members, shows that church leaders are now more concerned about "the weighty ethical and practical considerations involved" in the use of AI as they continue their rapid embrace of the technology.

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Majority of pastors now using AI to prepare sermons amid rapid embrace of technology: study

A majority of pastors are now using artificial intelligence to prepare their sermons, with ChatGPT and Grammarly reported as the top two AI tools, new survey data shows

www.christianpost.com

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So now AI is more reliable than the Holy Spirt? Some pastors may want to revisit their calling.

SabbathBlessings said:

We rest from our works to keep the Sabbath day holy Exo20:8-11 why Jesus and the apostles were going to church Luke4:16 Acts18:4, reading the Bible Acts 13:44 Acts 15:21, praying Acts 16:13 and doing things to keep the Sabbath day holy, honoring God Isa58:13. We do not enter into the Sabbath, we keep the Sabbath, its something man does Isa56:2 , we enter into Christ rests, through faith and obedience. Those who enter His rest also cease from their works Heb4:10 as God did, on the seventh day Heb4:4 Exo20:8-11

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If, by the seventh day, you mean the rest of your life, eternity in Christ, then yes.

If my ex husband emailed me and said he was wearing the wedding band from our marriage and wanted me to put mine back on, I'd lose it.

I'd tell him a few choice words and not to contact me anymore. I would tell him that if he continued I'd report him for harassment, and then I'd block him.

When you get a divorce it is over. Hanging onto it is unhealthy.

After my divorce, I gave my ring away to another woman who was married, had lost her ring, and they couldn't afford to get it replaced. That particular ring meant nothing to me anymore because that marriage was dead and buried. When I divorced my husband, I meant it.

I think you need to stay away from the incel culture. It's not healthy.

What you need to do is work on becoming a good friend, a good boyfriend, and a possibly a good future husband to someone else.

I've been divorced for 17 years, if I'm doing the math right. I have had men in my life since then that I've have tried having relationships with, but it hasn't worked out. That doesn't mean it won't eventually.

But I am coming to a place in my life where I am accepting that I might not be married again. When I was first divorced and in the first 10-15 years after, I would have been devastated to know this. Now I'm ok with it. I'd love to be married again, but I can be happy and healthy without another marriage.

If you don't want to spend your life solo, then work on your mental and emotional well-being, work on relationship skills. Don't immerse yourself in an echo chamber of incel communities and blackpill (whatever that is).

As to your mother, taking care of her in ways that are healthy and with boundaries is appropriate. Listening and considering good and reasonable advice from someone you respect can also be a good thing. Respecting her boundaries for herself and her home is the right thing to do when you are in her presence. But feeling you still have to obey her in your adult years for things that don't directly affect her is problematic. There are men I have rejected for this reason.

If you want a healthy relationship with a woman, you have to function as an independent adult, and in marriage your spouse and children have to come before you're other family members. If you're girlfriend or wife wanted you to do something but you told her you couldn't because you have to obey your mom, a lot of healthy and independent women will walk away from that situation.

A husband is told in Scripture to leave his mother and father and cleeve to his wife, live independently of parents.

You could find someone who is compatible in regard to caring for your mother, but that doesn't mean they have to accept you being obedient to her as if you were a child and not a functioning adult with adult relationships outside of your family.

12/07/25 Day 4

O St. Lucy, whose name proclaims the radiance of light, we approach you with humble confidence to seek your holy intercession. Obtain for us, through your prayers, that sacred illumination which guides our souls away from the shadows of sin and leads us toward the brightness of virtue.

Obtain for us also these petitions which we offer to you in this novena:

[Mention your petitions now]

We beseech you, St. Lucy, through your powerful advocacy before the throne of the Lamb, the protection of our eye sight, and for the grace to employ our eyes always in service of God’s glory and never for that which offends His divine majesty.

Help us to perceive with clarity the truths of our faith and the needs of our neighbor, that we may walk steadfastly in the light of Christ and labor earnestly for the salvation of souls.

Pray for us, St. Lucy, that having honored you as our advocate in this earthly pilgrimage, we may one day behold with you the eternal splendor of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ our Lord, in whose divine light all shadows flee away forever. Amen.

jonojim1337 said:

And the vacuum environment next to our gaseous atmosphere where all the satellites travel 50,000km/h without friction

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The atmosphere gets progressively thinner as you rise in altitude. Ask anyone who has tried to climb Mt Everest without carrying an oxygen tank. There is no sudden line where there is atmosphere on one side and vacuum on the other, it just gets thinner and thinner.

jonojim1337 said:

I’m the looney toon right.

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Yep, that's an apt description.

Homily Monday, December 8 2025



Genesis 3:9-15, 20

“I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid.”



Fear (evil) is the cause of all our separations from God.

Fear; anguish, worry, anxiety…



Luke 1:26-38

The angel Gabriel says to Mary, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.”



God greets us in this way every day.



Biblical texts: NAB-RE

Normand Thomas.

Nithavela said:

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

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That is a noble ideal that was lost on the Obama and Biden administrations. The evidence is starting to be exposed. The truth will prevail. We shall see who really is above the law .

jonojim1337 said:

Funny how nobody questions that to leave lunar surface, which is supposedly 1/3 earth gravity, you can do with a firecracker, but to leave earth you need a rocket the size of a skyscraper.

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Not remotely funny, seeing as the Apollo Lunar Ascent module had a weight of between 4.5 and 4.9 tonnes, with the Moon's gravity being 1/6 that of earth, whereas the weight of the entire rocket launching from Earth had a weight of 49.875 tonnes. The Ascent Module's engine was also hardly a fire cracker, producing 16kN of thrust, compared to the five Saturn V engines producing 34MN of thrust.

jonojim1337 said:

And the angled shadows from supposed parallel solar rays

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You mean like this.

I'm so glad that space does not exist & God created the earth just the way he intended it to be.

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SabbathBlessings said:

I was wondering the same thing about your point to be honest. You started it saying no man for the Sabbath and I showed you why and took that for not doing anything on the Sabbath, which is not what the Scripture states. Probably best we both move on, but wish you well.

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On the Sabbath, we rest from our works. If we are in Christ, then we have entered the Sabbath…

Hebrews 4:9-11

The alternative would be to keep toiling to earn your salvation.

Bradskii said:

I read a book a few weeks ago called One Second After. It's about what happens in the US, primarily in one small town, when some unamed enemy sets off a number of Electro Magnetic Pulse weapons over the country. All electrics are fried. So next to no transport, lighting, power, comms...almost everything is dead.

It is chilling how convincing the collapse in 'civilised' behaviour is portrayed and the rule of law goes out of the window. New rules are the norm. Brutal laws. Severe punishments. People who were upstanding members of the community revert to being judge, jury and executioner.

In one case a couple of relatively young guys are caught stealing and dealing drugs. Their 'trial' lasts a few minutes. The sentence is carried out when they are dragged out to the local basketball court and shot in the head in front of cheering God fearin' town folk.

I was honestly chilled reading that at the time at how society can revert to carrying out such barbaric acts so quickly. It's positively medieval.

You're already there, my friend.

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Currently there is only one side of the political spectrum involved in rampant anarchy. The video proof is readily available to anyone who really cares about truth.

SabbathBlessings said:

Of course not, it was never a sin to eat on the Sabbath or do good by helping people in need on the Sabbath, You were the one who just said we aren't supposed to do anything on the Sabbath which is not supported in Scripture.

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So what’s your point even? No one is saying we should do evil.

David Lamb said:

If Antarctica is not where believers in a flat earth say it is, why should the Arctic and the North Pole be at the centre as you claim?

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I've explained all this once.

The Antarctica encircles the whole earth leaving the Arctic in the center, there is no east, west & south when navigating by sea and this is why all compasses point to the Magnetic North.



King James Bible
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

Compass = Come Pass

SabbathBlessings said:

This was not me speaking most of what I quoted was God speaking directly I do not believing profaning one of God's commandments that He made holy and blessed is like straining a snap but believe as you wish.

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So Jesus was profaning the sabbath, when he allowed his disciples to pluck wheat, healed the sick?