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RileyG · 2025-12-03T19:01:15-0600

PloverWing said:
I am not convinced that flunking students and firing teaching assistants is a constructive way to engage in dialogue about controversial topics.

That’s fair. I think when it comes to controversy, both sides of the issue must be presented in an unbiased, non-emotional manner. If I’m making any sense.

RileyG · 2025-12-03T19:00:26-0600

Unqualified said:
Please help him to look to you o God, the almighty, the eternal, the supernatural God for our needs for what we can’t do and only you can. Help us the to keeping turning to the one who can do all through us. In Jesus Name.

Thank you! God bless!

RileyG · 2025-12-03T19:00:06-0600

Cosmic Charlie said:
You guys gotta help me here.

I read the article.

What is the crisis ? I'm serious.

Maybe as an American my "crisis" threshold has gone up but...

.... I see a Theological disagreement and a lot of talk about Islam (which I thought was weird given the topic of the article). But I honestly don't a crisis.

What am I missing ?

A possible schism is always a crisis. That would be my main concern for the salvation of souls.

Unqualified · 2025-12-03T18:57:42-0600

Mark, how are your eyes? I might have to get cataract surgery done soon. Was it uncomfortable…

samaus123456789 · 2025-12-03T18:55:24-0600

Delvianna said:
There are instances of people in scripture quoting secular sources because that truth was correct but that doesn't mean the entirety of that writing is correct. For instance, Paul quotes the Greek poet Aratus in one of his poems "For we are also his offspring" but the poem was to Zeus. Paul repurposed it, but that doesn't mean we should go and accept Aratus's poem to Zeus and start incorporating it or believing in it.

The book of Enoch is widely regarded as a Pseudepigrapha. One reason why it was not written by Enoch is because it's in Aramaic (specifically the dialect that puts it around Daniels time) which puts the writings MUCH later. Now, as far as the "many authors" account, is because the styles, focus, and context changes. If there was a single author, it wouldn't do that. That's not even taking account of the inaccurate origin of evil vs what the bible says. There's a lot of scriptural problems between what the bible says and what the book of Enoch says. Examples:

1. Enoch (1 Enoch 6-8) says the primary source of corruption is the rebellion of 200 angels who had sex with women.
Scripture says its the fall of Adam and Eve due to sin. (Genesis)

2. (Pure blasphemy) Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71) says the heavenly figure of the "Son of Man", the "Elect One" and the ultimate judge is Enoch himself (1 Enoch 71:14)
Scripture says the "Son of Man" is Jesus (Mark 2:10, Mark 14:62, Mark 10:45, John 8:28)

It comes down to, which do you believe? The scriptures, or the book of Enoch because I choose the bible. Just because Jude referenced it, doesn't make the whole dang thing correct.

the greek writers never claims to be writing on behalf of the god of abraham / adam / eve (except the sybils which also are not pseudepigrapha well not for the wise) nor do they prophecy jesus like enoch does (well the sybils did). enoch has a lot of prophecies about jesus in it. according to you satan wrote them. lol.

1 enoch mentions adam and eves sin. it says the cause of the flood was the angels having sex with women.
Isaiah 45 1 God himself calls cyrus king of persia the messiah! blasphemy according to you! enoch was a shadow of jesus like solomon was the star of david in the ot a shadow of jesus same with cyrus. jesus is the star of david in the NT rev 22 16. some people think it should say 'he is that son of man' because in the surrounding verses it is referring to someone else not enoch himself. it doesnt bother me either way
you are ignorant of the scriptures delvianna like the sadducees were. this is why important books like 1 enoch are hidden and why jesus said dont throw your pearl before swine because you mock them. 1 enoch is not for you. is is only for the wise.
all of 1 enoch was written pre flood and none was written after
I am not hyper preterist and apparently you do not know what preterism is. rev 13-22 is future. you likely do not know the structure of the book of revelation yet still comment on it.

Always in His Presence · 2025-12-03T18:54:52-0600

Akita Suggagaki said:
He is too incompetent to replace. Perfect for this administration.

If he were forty or fifty times more incompetent he could be a presidential candidate for the other party.

Do insults prove points?

Unqualified · 2025-12-03T18:52:01-0600

Please help him to look to you o God, the almighty, the eternal, the supernatural God for our needs for what we can’t do and only you can. Help us the to keeping turning to the one who can do all through us. In Jesus Name.

samaus123456789 · 2025-12-03T18:48:47-0600

Guojing said:
If you read that scripture verse carefully, it was given to a nation, not nations.

When it says the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation producing its fruit the greek word is ethnos ethne which when referring to non israelite peoples elsewhere gets rendered as gentiles which is what Jesus was saying. the kingdom of God will be taken from you people following the abrahamic mosiac religion and given to uncircumcized pagans that have never known the God of abraham and never read the torah. it is a good spot to render the word as gentiles but not a single english bible does it. i consider it to be propaganda

GoldenBoy89 · 2025-12-03T18:47:10-0600

Hentenza said:
These are not random fishermen. I don’t think fishermen use speed boats. They are drug traffickers that cause havoc with our youth and people in general.

Allegedly.

iluvatar5150 · 2025-12-03T18:46:46-0600

ThatRobGuy said:
No, I actually think they should aim to be either as balanced as possible (where every viewpoint gets a seat at the table for healthy debate) in the "soft sciences" & humanities, and as values-neutral as possible in the hard sciences.

There's been a noticeable shift on that between 1994 and present day.
View attachment 373972

And mind you, this was all pre-Trump in this chart. (because I've heard the rationale given that Academia has become more galvanized in progressivism as a response to Trump)

This big shift happened over the time period where Republicans were pretty vanilla. (Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney were all about as provocative as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread)

If both political viewpoints were getting equal time and equal access to the proverbial "town square", I would expect the results to look more like the 1994 results, and not like the 2015 results.

Those charts show that the growth in liberal votes came predominantly from the ranks of the “mixed”. From 1994-2015, conservatives lost some ground among people with graduate degrees and a HS diploma, but stayed about the same with “some college” and college degrees.

Maybe there’s something about contemporary conservatism that turns off people who’d previously been moderates.

Cosmic Charlie · 2025-12-03T18:43:51-0600

You guys gotta help me here.

I read the article.

What is the crisis ? I'm serious.

Maybe as an American my "crisis" threshold has gone up but...

.... I see a Theological disagreement and a lot of talk about Islam (which I thought was weird given the topic of the article). But I honestly don't a crisis.

What am I missing ?

Cosmic Charlie · 2025-12-03T18:36:16-0600

Well,

Smoking is bad for you.

Aryeh Jay · 2025-12-03T18:35:50-0600

iluvatar5150 said:
You’re still mammalian, right?

Krap, I am on something amphibious.

Hentenza · 2025-12-03T18:35:13-0600

reBoot said:
This is off-topic, but since you mentioned it...

Breathlessness is one of the top five symptoms of radiation toxicity. Individuals can be tracked, traced, targeted, and terminated via RF (radio frequency), with a main symptom of inability to breathe. The cell phone is the interface.

I’m sure Apple Sky does not post such a risk to warrant such an action by covert operations. Also I’m sure you know that because you work or worked for them. They might just target you now that you revealed their secret weapon.

iluvatar5150 · 2025-12-03T18:33:27-0600

Aryeh Jay said:
I am starting to get worried about reaching my 60s. I don't want to become a cold blooded killer.

You’re still mammalian, right?

Lukaris · 2025-12-03T18:31:16-0600

Actually the King James Bible is a little over 400 years old. While it is increasingly challenging to read for every new generation, it is basically readable . It is not subject to copyright laws so it is inexpensive and convenient for all kinds of communication.

It is the Wycliffe translation of 14th century English that is much closer to 700 years. While Wycliffe did a great service, the language in his translation is truly obsolete now.

Compare ( for ex.) John 3:16

John 3:16

King James Version

John 3:16

“¶ For God so loued þe world, that he gaue his only begotten Sonne: that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.”

1611 King James Version (KJV

John 3:16

King James Version ( modified)

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

To the 1382 Wycliffe translation:

16	For God louede so the world, that he yaf his `oon bigetun sone, that ech man that bileueth in him perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf.

Hentenza · 2025-12-03T18:30:34-0600

RocksInMyHead said:
Most of the people actually in the boats are just poor fisherman trying to make living with a side job (as opposed to the masterminds behind the scheme). But, regardless, does that really change the argument?

It doesn’t.

RocksInMyHead said:
"Even the top Nazis were put on trial. How are these South American drug traffickers so much worse?"

After the war the ones that escaped and were captured were put on trial. During the war most top nazi’s were either killed or took their own lives.

DragonFox91 · 2025-12-03T18:29:26-0600

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. I hope you are all doing well & may God bless!

I'll tell you a long time ago nobody cared it was my birthday other then my family. But yesterday, I got so many birthday wishes from different people I've met since that time. I wouldn't have thought so back then

reBoot · 2025-12-03T18:29:23-0600

prodromos said:
So, is it supposed to somehow link to Christ who was 33 when He was crucified?

Yes, that's just one aspect of it (as a mockery of Christ).

Apple Sky said:
Yes the number 33 is very significant for them, not sure why.

There are many other occult aspects to it, which I won't get into here.

Apple Sky said:
I thought I were dying.

and

Apple Sky said:
Yes it was [scary], I couldn't get my breath & I could hardly walk & felt so weak but I prayed & prayed and fortunately I'm here to fight another day.
Thank you all.

This is off-topic, but since you mentioned it...

Breathlessness is one of the top five symptoms of radiation toxicity. Individuals can be tracked, traced, targeted, and terminated via RF (radio frequency), with a main symptom of inability to breathe. The cell phone is the interface.

RocksInMyHead · 2025-12-03T18:26:10-0600

Hentenza said:
These are not random fishermen. I don’t think fishermen use speed boats. They are drug traffickers that cause havoc with our youth and people in general.

Most of the people actually in the boats are just poor fisherman trying to make living with a side job (as opposed to the masterminds behind the scheme). But, regardless, does that really change the argument?

"Even the top Nazis were put on trial. How are these South American drug traffickers so much worse?"

PloverWing · 2025-12-03T18:12:03-0600

I am not convinced that flunking students and firing teaching assistants is a constructive way to engage in dialogue about controversial topics.

seeking.IAM · 2025-12-03T18:10:46-0600

Oompa Loompa said:
Here you go.

Thank you for providing the source. The only thing that interested me in my quick read was that the article was published in 2014 and their measure was the WISC which was replaced in 1974 by the WISC-R. I think the results are relative (no pun intended) and would not have been changed by using the current version of the test, but I wonder why they did that. I doubt it is a textual error given the thoroughness of the article.

RileyG · 2025-12-03T18:09:25-0600

Oompa Loompa said:
Estimating the Inbreeding Depression on Cognitive Behavior: A Population Based Study of Child Cohort - PMC

Cognitive ability tests are widely assumed to measure maximal intellectual performance and predictive associations between intelligence quotient (IQ) scores and later mental health problems. Very few epidemiologic studies have been done to ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Here you go.

From a very basic scientific understanding, that doesn’t surprise me, sadly. Genetic diversity is a must when it comes to reproduction- BUT we are starting to get off topic.

essentialsaltes · 2025-12-03T18:06:49-0600

DOJ charges former Navy sailor, 4 others for alleged roles in 'monstrous' online extortion group

Authorities say the group, "Greggy's Cult," later helped spawn the 764 network.

For much of the past year, federal authorities have been issuing similar warnings about online predators operating much like "Greggy's Cult," especially members of the online extremist network 764, who often extort young victims into self-harm but also desensitize them with neo-Nazi or other extremist propaganda and push victims to commit extreme acts of violence against others, including mass shootings.

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