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iluvatar5150 · Sep 4, 2025

Valletta said:
Winston Churchill

Churchill was known for being pretty uninhibited, to the point that he frequently talked to advisors while on the toilet and once had a meeting with FDR in the nude. I would be pretty amused if Trump tried something like that.

Dan Perez · Sep 4, 2025

Hoping2 said:
Good observation.
With God, there are no "gray areas".

And just to questions ??

# 1 And the word CHRISTIAN // CHRISTIANOS was first written in Acts 11:26. !!

# 2 And you said that the BURIED treasure. , the BORN AGAIN Christians to be saved , are you speaking of John 3:3 and 5. ?

# 3 Since you believe that verse How can anyone be BORN AGAIN. in John 3:3 ??

# 4 And how are you born of WATER and the Spirit in verse 5. ??

dan p

iluvatar5150 · Sep 4, 2025

probinson said:
What they objected to was being told that they had to comply with unscientific claptrap.

lol, the people balking at the covid vaccine while listening to "America's Frontline Doctors" and trying to get hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin were not mad about having to comply with "unscientific claptrap."

probinson said:
You seem to be glossing over the fact that PPE in certain contexts has been shown to be beneficial, mostly because people are trained how to wear the PPE so that it is effective and because the PPE is specific to the task at hand. OTOH, telling everyone to make masks out of old T-shirts and wear them outside when they were alone was always ridiculous nonsense.

What people objected to was the imposition of things that had no evidence base.

And yet, most of those same folks also balked at restrictions on large, indoor gatherings. What better way to spread a respiratory infection than corporate singing like you'd have in church?

essentialsaltes · Sep 4, 2025

Vambram said:
Those lower level judges are consistently being overruled by higher appeals courts and the SCOTUS.

Nuh-uh. Most of these cases are so new that nothing has reached full SCOTUS review, though SCOTUS has allowed some actions to continue (and forbidden others, like eliminating birthright citizenship in certain states) for the time being. And things are only slowly getting to the Appeals stage.

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Carl Emerson · Sep 4, 2025

MarkRohfrietsch said:
Henry, good to see you and good to be here, don't worry, I won't be apologizing for mine either. As I get older, I have became more resolute in my faith and more steadfastly confessional Lutheran; the faith my ancestors suffered for in Europe and that which they built and maintained here in the new world. I have witnessed (physical and not just spiritual) healing through the eucharist, both personally and in others who had made their peace with God. I have also witnessed how the Eucharist affected one who was demonically possessed. My faith in Christ and the Holy Sacrament is unwavering.

We can all rejoice in what Jesus does during the breaking of bread.

Many from all denominations gathered from the streets and participated together in this way and I was not ordained, yet had the support of my church. Many were healed at this time as you also witnessed. Such is our Fathers Love for all.

DragonFox91 · Sep 4, 2025

Some low moments this week:
---In addition to my aunt passing away:
---I found out an online friend elsewhere committed suicide the other day. It really stings. It'd be like if one of you did. Please don't. Please remember the Lord & his goodness to you.
---My friend is struggling w/ health. Probably nothing to fret over, but you never really know, we are too young to be struggling w/ health.

A reminder he changes the times & the seasons

rambot · Sep 4, 2025

Aldebaran said:
If criminals feel so oppressed that they stop their criminal behavior, I'm ok with that.

What are you even talking about "if criminals feel oppressed?"
Do you think there are no common citizens in Chicago? Do you think EVERYONE is a criminal there? Do you think every Chicago citizen would be happy about the NG coming there.

Also, if big city American police aren't going to stop gangsters....you seriously think the NG is going to get it done?
That is some signficant, baseless, hope.

Aldebaran said:
Seems to have worked out well in DC.

What are you even talking about? There was insufficient crime to send the NG to DC too. They're doing landscape work because there is nothing to do.

They weren't needed before. Their impact is nothing. Their morale is low (probably because they are 100% aware that this is political posturing and nothing a necessary operation)

camille70 · Sep 4, 2025

Always in His Presence said:
Remember we are talking about minority on minority crime, since the good mayor took office:

Total Estimate (May 15, 2023 – September 3, 2025):

Victims:

2023 (May 15–Dec 31): ~1,591 victims.

2024: ~2,125 victims.

2025 (Jan 1–Sep 3): ~1,120 victims.

That is 4,836 victims

Source?

Vambram · Sep 4, 2025

essentialsaltes said:
Judges are literally telling them to stop violating the law.

Those lower level judges are consistently being overruled by higher appeals courts and the SCOTUS.

iluvatar5150 · Sep 4, 2025

Always in His Presence said:
500,000,000 weapons - a whopping 0.028% of which are used in some type of crime. That leave 99.972% of that 500 million never used for criminal activity.

Let me explain - I have x number of weapons in my home right now - not one of which is registered - why? Because I don't have to. I'm not alone - there are tens of millions of gun owners just like me. How does the Government know what I do and do not have? There is no way for them to know.

What if someone changes their barrel?

In addition, it has been suggested and roundly defeated for reasons already cited. But your post bring something else up I would like to ask about.

According to the ATF

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Between 9.9 million and 13 million weapons are manufactured each year.

Picture what would be needed to build a database that would house 500,000,000 current weapons and 9-13 million additional weapons a year that would actively track them from manufacturer to subsequent owners - giving access to 3,142 counties and innumerable police departments.

While it is not a bad idea - I doubt if it is even partially obtainable from the start.

Somehow I doubt that.

But thanks - It is an interesting point.

None of this is different in scale than what we already do for motor vehicles, of which there are currently about 280 million registered in the US. The total number of vehicles owned may be lower, but turnover is far higher, with total sales numbers being around 16-17 million per month.

Aryeh Jay · Sep 4, 2025

keith99 said:
I'm pretty sure there once was a European country that did this. But that is what The Leader wanted back then, and it is what Leader Trump wants now.

Yep, and the playbook hasn't changed much.
Redefinition of citizenship and who are citizens.
Replacing judges with those who support the party line.

probinson · Sep 4, 2025

iluvatar5150 said:
You read and responded to that entire post and yet somehow managed to miss my point, which was that it wasn't specifically vaccine mandates that people objected to.

I got your point. I disagree with it.

iluvatar5150 said:
What they objected to was a disruption of what they were used to.

What they objected to was being told that they had to comply with unscientific claptrap.

iluvatar5150 said:
People had normalized and accepted mandated vaccines in certain contexts for years such as for school admission and for certain jobs like healthcare and military service. And yes, whether or not you like the term, it largely was anti-vax kooks who balked at them prior to covid. There was no large scale backlash to those mandates.

That backlash is growing quickly now. Vaccine uptake was harmed across the board because of ill-advised, ineffective COVID vaccine mandates. Gruber and Krause warned of it and pandemic preparedness plans talked about how coercion of forced vaccinations were counterproductive. It's not even a little bit surprising to me that ALL vaccine uptake has suffered because of foolish COVID vaccine mandates.

iluvatar5150 said:
Likewise, there was no backlash to mandates for wearing PPE in certain contexts, like construction or health care jobs, because people had grown to accept those mandates.

You seem to be glossing over the fact that PPE in certain contexts has been shown to be beneficial, mostly because people are trained how to wear the PPE so that it is effective and because the PPE is specific to the task at hand. OTOH, telling everyone to make masks out of old T-shirts and wear them outside when they were alone was always ridiculous nonsense.

iluvatar5150 said:
What people objected to was the imposition of something new.

What people objected to was the imposition of things that had no evidence base.

Hvizsgyak · Sep 4, 2025

MSN

Why is America back at trying to win the space race? We should have been miles ahead of everyone else. And I admit, we have been doing a good job of getting back into shape lately but we should have never let ourselves get slowed and flabby in the first place.

Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Back in the mid 90's, there was a call to all outer space enthusiasts - NASA should focus more on short manned flights near Earth (possibly more dangerous and expensive) or inexpensive unmanned scientific probes to the ends of the solar system. I was very much in favor of the more expensive and manned flights around Earth's neighborhood. Many manned space enthusiasts lost that election. Less expensive unmanned space probes won out. But they did bring a sense of awe to the space enthusiast with excellent video and pictures of our solar system and beyond. In the end, these unmanned probes may have kickstarted the desire for manned missions nowadays.

But instead of cutting costs by working more with other nations (China India, Japan and Russia), we decided to make a race of the situation like we did with the Soviet Union back in the 1960s and 1970s.

Clare73 · Sep 4, 2025

fhansen said:
As I said. So the question for you today remains the same. Did God want his people to remain in captivity or did he want his people to be set free as he told Pharaoh?

Does not address God's "duplicitousness" with Pharaoh in commanding Pharaoh to do a thing which God hardened his heart against doing "so that" he could not do it (Ex 4:21).

Pommer · Sep 4, 2025

essentialsaltes said:
Epstein List Could Be Read On House Floor Under Constitutional Immunity
Republican Representatives Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene have said they would be willing to take advantage of a constitutional immunity rule to read the names of Jeffrey Epstein's associates allegedly involved in abuse.

But will she show us anyone's junk this time?

Tales of the Stopped Clock?

timewerx · Sep 4, 2025

BeyondET said:
None are preaching core Jesus teachings.

You mean the church doesn't preach the core teachings of Jesus anymore?

You don't believe in God because something or someone says so. You do it because you believe no matter what anybody or AI says

In the absence of sane churches or sane Christians who preaches the core teachings of Jesus, you may have to source your truth elsewhere.

The Holy Spirit won't always show you the truth directly but can also guide you to it. Lead you to it wherever truth exists. Even in science, music, creative expressions, and now AI. Not everything that comes out of them are lies and not every truth would be present in the Bible. (John 21:25)

John 16:13
However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak; and he will tell you things to come

DragonFox91 · Sep 4, 2025

Why do you say that, Cherub?

Also remember this: the church does best when it's hurting

NxNW · Sep 4, 2025

BeckyJ said:
Yes, it's the democrats party.
So you don't trust your vaccines, got it.

You might work on your reading comprehension.

keith99 · Sep 4, 2025

Aryeh Jay said:
When the goal is to remove the undesirable, you just have to make it look somewhat legit.

I'm pretty sure there once was a European country that did this. But that is what The Leader wanted back then, and it is what Leader Trump wants now.

fhansen · Sep 4, 2025

Clare73 said:
Lying is duplicitousness.

As I said. So the question for you today remains the same. Did God want his people to remain in captivity or did he want his people to be set free as he told Pharaoh?

That's the only relevant question here. Did God lie to Pharaoh when He told him that He wanted His people to be free

Hentenza · Sep 4, 2025

MarkRohfrietsch said:
Henry, good to see you and good to be here, don't worry, I won't be apologizing for mine either. As I get older, I have became more resolute in my faith and more steadfastly confessional Lutheran; the faith my ancestors suffered for in Europe and that which they built and maintained here in the new world. I have witnessed (physical and not just spiritual) healing through the eucharist, both personally and in others who had made their peace with God. I have also witnessed how the Eucharist affected one who was demonically possessed. My faith in Christ and the Holy Sacrament is unwavering.

I’ve seen a bunch too. After I left here I spend 5 years doing missions in 4 continents and to see God’s hand in action is humbling and awe inspiring. Our Lord is truly amazing.

Carl Emerson · Sep 4, 2025

MarkRohfrietsch said:
Sure. Right.

Please explain your response.

Carl Emerson · Sep 4, 2025

MarkRohfrietsch said:
Zionist Christians need to wake up and see what Israel is doing to the Christians in Palestine; they have earlier this week, told them to leave. There is no place for Christians in Israel's Zion, just as there is no place for those who do not accept Christ in God's "New Jerusalem". Sorry if this is offensive, but someone had to say it.

There is plenty of room in Israel for believers given a love for the Jews as Paul had.

That does not imply agreement with all that Israel is doing on the world stage.

Nor does it imply salvation is available except through Jesus their Messiah.

Yet I see many Christians supporting the initiative to construct the third temple - this cannot be a noble cause as long as an antichrist spirit drives Israel's spiritual endeavours.

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