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ARBITER01 · 2025-10-12T11:03:09-0500

HIM said:
What, that we are to speak truth at all times? That we are our brother's keeper?

That's what I thought. There is no scripture for being nosey.

If there are problems in my walk or anybody else's with The Lord (and I've been with Him about 35 years now), then things like that are for The Lord to address with us, not you.

I don't think it is ok for me to go asking people on here if they are caught up in willful sin, and neither should you. In other words, mind your own business. You're not my keeper and I'm not in your church.

My walk with The Lord is perfectly fine, in fact, maturing day by day towards perfection and an anointing. That's His responsibility with me.

Pepperdoodle · 2025-10-12T11:02:03-0500

ViaCrucis said:
Please answer the question I asked.
Are Palestinians of equal value as Israelis?
Are Muslims of equal value as Jews (and Christians)?

I did when I said...
Killing innocent ones world wide is wrong...and hamas is evil.
All innocent life is of value, even innocent ones growing in the womb.

Is your moral rubric just for those you can see outside the womb, but not the innocent growing ones you can't see in the womb?

BCP1928 · 2025-10-12T11:00:37-0500

stevevw said:
I do defend them lol. Thats the point. I would rather believe the researchers who have done the work and formally published the results. Than someone on a social media platform objecting to them. Until there is a formal refutation of their work thats all I can go with.

Where did they publish?

stevevw said:
Then why are they objecting to the view of those who propose these unorthodox ideas about ancient advanced knowledge. The two positions are clearly destinguished.

That is the orthodox tools and methods which are on the walls such as the Bore stick or bow drill method, chisels and pounders and rubbing.

Or some sort of lathing like modern machining.

There are two different industries. The Bore stick, pounding, chiseling and rubbing produce the imprecise vases as per tests and experiments done. The precision vases belong to a different method with different signatures which are more like modern day than the ancient methods as mentioned.

Simple as that. Except if these vases are from the pre dynastics and Naqada people. Then this is a problem and these vases are out of place artifacts or evidence of lost advanced knowledge because at that time there was no Bore stick, bow saw, potters wheel let alone a sophisticated lathe.

That you know about.

stevevw said:
Sophisticated lathe because such tight tolerances of precision require a sophisticated lath that is tight, stable and the cutter is fixed or the vase is fixed and spinning at a fair speed. Or the cutter is very stable that it can handle high pressure to cut into granite. THis level of tech seems unreal for basically a mud brick and flint tool Neolithic culture according to the orthodox narrative.

Ah, yes. I had forgotten about the "Orthodox narrative."

stevevw said:
Yes, its a good example of a bush lathe. Basic wheels, pullies, leverage ect. But thsi was not yet introduced to these ancient people. This is the point. Its not that later dyansties or in fact the potters wheel came from Mesopotamia to Egypt around 2600BC. But these vases go back 1,000 years earlier.

The weird thing is even the later Flywheel type lathing that wobbled could not produce such precision vases even in soft stones. So the tech 1,000 years later was not as advanced as the tech that went into these predynastic vases.

The precision of that lathe in the video depends on two things: the rigidity of the structure and the closeness of fit of the lathe centers in the countersinks in the workpiece. If the lathe bed is rigid and the centers a tolerably snug fit to the workpiece then there will be rotational symmetry to a high degree of precision. Those two constraints are exactly the same as the constraints on precision of rotational symmetry of a modern machine tool.

The Liturgist · 2025-10-12T10:57:29-0500

By the way speaking of the word Immaculate which I put an asterisk next to in my earlier post, no. 51, I forgot to provide a footnote:

While the Orthodox deny the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception as superfluous and an innovation, since our understanding of original sin which is derived from St. John Cassian is more sophisticated than that proposed by St. Augustine*, we absolutely describe the Theotokos in our hymnody as immaculate.

For example, from Matins:

*St. Augustine we instead venerate for his morality, his moving repentence from sin, the exquisite hymn he wrote with St. Ambrose, Te Deum Laudamus (of which there is a Byzantine Rite version, although I’m not sure where it is actually used; the recording I have of it is in the context of a Russian Orthodox marriage liturgy, but it is not sung at every Matins, which is good, because there are so many other things sung at every Byzantine Rite Matins such as the Six Psalms that if we dared include it St. Ambrose might reprimand us for having made the service too long to the point of tedium … forgive the pun.** Nonetheless this hymn is exquisite and is also used by the Western Rite Orthodox at Matins, just like in the Western liturgical tradition. Many of us, myself included, also love his work The CIty of God, for it moves our mind away from material distractions and lifts it up to things spiritual, thus helping guide us away from the sinful passions, and it provided a great comfort for the people of Rome by causing them to focus on their salvation even as their city collapsed around them due to a failing government and the predations of Gothic tribes.
**But St. Ambrose cared a great deal about liturgy being beautiful - during the vigil he held in a church that Emperor Theodosius had been frightened by the thought of unrest into offering to the Arians, which St. Ambrose would not allow - he was not giving the Arians so much as a disused storage shed in Milan, not under his Episcopate, but the laity and clergy who volunteered to hold the vigil with him, for his benefit he introduced antiphonal singing “in the manner of the Greeks, lest they perish in soulless monotony”, for indeed at the time the very traditional Roman church only sang in monotone, and in this manner antiphonal music finally was introduced into the Western church, and in the late 6th century St. Gregory the Great would introduce a system of chant in eight modes based on Byzantine Chant (in turn closely related to West Syriac Chant, both of which use eight modes, although the numbering of the modes differs between them, but the core idea of having eight sets of melodies and eight sets of lyrics to go with them originated with the Syriac hymnal, the Beth Gazo (Treasury) and the Byzantine hymnal, known as the Parakletike or less romantically as the Octoechos. However, as late as the ninth century, the Low Mass was still being chanted in monotone, before the Roman church decided to say it quietly or silently. In the Slavonic churches, we still use something very close to monotone for the Third, Sixth and Ninth hours, except on the eves of certain feasts such as Christmas, the Baptism of Christ and Pentecost Sunday, and also on Good Friday, when we sing much longer and more beautiful services at those hours, more akin to the Syriac third, sixth and ninth hours, which are known as the Royal Hours.

bèlla · 2025-10-12T10:55:32-0500

Gregory Thompson said:
If people didn't support this form of false prophesying, the people making videos saying God said, when He said nothing ... would lose their motivation.

The internet is the modernized version of christian radio and television. You can find everything now and that’s what happens when gatekeeping isn’t a factor. Everyone gets a voice. We may not agree with them but if you’ve been online long enough you know likeminded people will find one another. They’re not going to stop making the videos nor will people cease to watch them. We all have free will.

Gregory Thompson said:
Whether that motivation be monetization of their youtube channel or being the centre of attention .. God knows. And the fruit tells, once again the faith is dishonored because people flock to fortunetellers who call themselves prophets and the prophets say things, because it is what people want to hear.

The church has had false teachers for ages. The only difference now is their reach and it‘s easier to get started. You don’t need a pulpit. A microphone and camera will suffice.

Gregory Thompson said:
So, we can demonize the fortunetellers for doing divination, but what about the broader issue? There are a vast number of people who want to hear messages like this ... this points to a lack of proper discipleship in this generation.

It points to their disenfranchisement with institutions. They know how to find a church if they want to but they don’t. That’s the part many refuse to accept. We’ve entered a shift and many are more spiritual than religious and setting aside tradition. Their belief in God is unchanged but they don’t want the system. You probably have more people watching videos than sitting in seats on Sunday.

~bella

orbiter · 2025-10-12T10:54:00-0500

We bless God and out of the same mouth curse men. We become in the likeness of God…becoming like Him as judge of others when we do so.

James 3:9 is mistranslated. We who judge others are the ones who become in likeness of God as Judge. We assume His position as judge of others when we curse men.

Only God can curse men…not us. We are not judges in God’s authority. Death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it shall eat of its fruit.

Jas 3:9-11 KJV
(9) Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
(10) Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
(11) Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

Behold, the man is become one of us….become as God… as being a judge who knows good and evil. We become in the similitude/likeness of God when we become a judge of others. We supposedly do this in His authority when He is the only Judge of others.

Gen 3:22-23 KJV
(22) And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

We therefore “till the ground”…we serve the ADAMAH…we serve the people of the outside world who do not have the Spirit of God rather than them serving us.

We were taken from them and was given His Spirit….but when we make ourselves judge of others, we become their servants. We then have no power over the nations. They rule us instead.

(23) Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till (SERVE) the ground (ADAMAH) from whence he was taken.

The man of THE sin (those who are practicing the lie) is opposing and exalting himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sits in the temple of God showing himself that he is God.

He is judging others as God ….supposedly in His authority. He has placed himself in God’s position as Judge of others. He has exalted himself above the commandments of God as he keeps the commandments and doctrines of men instead. He honors man rather than God. This is lawlessness.

The son of perdition…the son of destruction… is already there in the man-based churches…and they are many but act as one man whose end is destruction. Many are following them down to their own destruction. We must come out from among them and be separate.

2Th 2:3-5 KJV
(3) Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
(4) Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

The following verse is a hint to look at John 16:1-4 .

(5) Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

REMEMBER ....these things....remember that I told you of them. The time comes when those who will "kill you" (judging....judge, jury and executioner) thinks that they are doing God service. They will put you out of their church gatherings....judging you as "devils" supposedly in His authority.

Joh 16:1-4 KJV
(1) These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
(2) They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
(3) And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
(4) But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

BCP1928 · 2025-10-12T10:45:43-0500

ThatRobGuy said:
For starters, any population increase is going to increase housing costs. Scarcity increase prices, regardless of who the source is. Doesn't matter if it's 50,000 software devs or 50,000 independent musicians/artists, that's still going to increase housing costs.

And while they all may be a part of "American Culture", the transplants weren't part of "San Fran Culture" ...which is why one of their main gripes was that it was ruining the San Fran vibe and what originally gave the city its identity.

That's why the long time residents and activists were pushing their local government to stop allowing it.

Likewise, everyone on planet earth are all part of "human culture", but that doesn't mean I should have to embrace the idea any other region-specific subculture becoming ubiquitous in my city.

You don't have to "embrace" it, just coexist with it.

ThatRobGuy said:
So like I said, progressives understand the concept and have embraced it themselves... but for this particular, the political elements are driving the difference in thought process.

?

ralliann · 2025-10-12T10:44:24-0500

Benaiah468 said:
Just as Jacob, later called Israel by G-d, had 12 sons, YHVH chose a people from 12 tribes, which is called the whole house of Israel

Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Ez 37:11

The whole house of Israel is biblically divided into the house of Judah and the house of Israel. As in Isaiah, for example:

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. Isa 5:7

We have been grafted into this entire house of Israel and thus belong to the confederation of Israel.

And this entire House of Israel was created for the covenant with YHVH. I repeat this again: We were created for the covenant with Yah. The covenant is characterized by the terms of the covenant, by keeping which we remain in YHVH's blessing, by transgressing which we fall under the curse.

And sin is defined in the renewed covenant, i.e., in the NT, as transgressing the terms of the covenant, more precisely as transgressing the Torah

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 1 John 3:4

Instead of lawlessness, one should say Torahlessness, because wherever Torah appears, it has been translated as law in most Bible translations, which is of course incorrect.

And now the big question arises:

How does YHVH deal with the Torahlessness of His children, that is, the whole house of Israel and those who have been grafted in?

As we read in the Hebrew Holy Scriptures, which are mistakenly called the OT, YHVH has sent His prophets over and over again throughout the centuries to preach teshubah, that is, to exhort repentance and conversion

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. Zec 7:11-12

And when the people did not listen, YHVH finally intervened. For example, the house of Judah was taken into captivity in Babylon, which, as the prophet Jeremiah had announced, would last 70 years. And the house of Israel, the ten so-called lost tribes, were scattered throughout the world, where they remain to this day. But neither the house of Judah nor the house of Israel nor we who are grafted in ceased to belong to his whole house of Israel. There is even a wonderful promise for the end of days:

In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. Jer 3:18

In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their G-d. Jer 50:4

What sin did the house of Israel, that is, the ten tribes of the northern kingdom or the house of Ephraim, commit?

What sin was so great that YHVH scattered them throughout the world for over 2000 years?

These 10 tribes in the north stopped traveling to Jerusalem for the feasts and instead visited the new holy places of Dan and Bethel. In addition, they moved the autumn feasts from the seventh to the eighth month. Their motto was: The main thing is that the autumn festivals are celebrated. And this kind of sin continues in Christianity to this day, where even the Torah has been declared no longer valid for Christians.

I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. Hos 8:12

In Hebrew, law is referred to as Torah.

I think that all or almost all of those who have now or for some time recognized the Hebrew roots of their faith and have converted to the validity of the Torah had been living in the sin of Torahlessness. We have all been running to the right of the home stretch, just as many Christians are still running to the right of it now. And many from the House of Judah run to the left of the home stretch, placing Talmudic writings above the Torah and claiming that the rabbis have the final say, not YHVH. But part of the House of Judah has preserved the Torah, also for us.

Now that we, who belong to the house of Judah or the house of Ephraim, have experienced so much grace in our lives and YHVH has removed the veil from our eyes, the question arises: how do we deal with certain movements that are rising up against the Jews?

It is about buying up time and standing by their side, in prayer and practical help. And that is especially true right now, as they fight against the spirit of Hamas, which will one day turn against us as well.

Just as YHVH deals with the house of Ephraim, He will also deal with the house of Judah. And we who are grafted in or belong to one of the twelve tribes should not look down on the house of Judah with pride and arrogance, thinking we know better than they do.

My opinion on all of this is......What God swore on oath to Abraham will be his inheritance. That is the kingdom we are graffed into.

1 chr 16:13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; {the lot: Heb. the cord }
Israel remains called in Isaac, and will remain called as long as this earth endures

Michie · 2025-10-12T10:38:09-0500

Socialism says conflict is good. A Catholic can't sign on to that.

Social conflict—blaming one group for why something’s wrong in a given society—is a phenomenon old and new. There have always been proclivities to fault a particular group when things go wrong in a society. One reason Nero persecuted the early Christians is that they were convenient scapegoats.

Such skullduggery usually doesn’t like to admit what it’s up to, at least openly. That changed in the last century and a half, when political philosophies explicitly incorporated blaming social conflict into their theoretical assumptions. The Nazis, for example, insisted that “Aryans” were victims, so their victimizers—pre-eminently the Jews—had to be eliminated.

The worst example of in-built scapegoating in a political system was socialism. Karl Marx’s entire theory is built upon the assumption of conflict: one social group fights another, victim becoming victimizer, until the “proletariat” prevails and . . . with no explanation, suddenly, social conflict as the engine of change sputters out. Note, however, that socialism actually maintains that conflict among people is a good thing; it’s what makes history “progress.”

That is utterly not the Catholic view of society. It’s a view of human society no Catholic can ever subscribe to, because it predicates that some of your neighbors necessarily have to be your enemies.

There may be other flaws in the socialist worldview that fuel that thinking. One of them is its materialist foundations: by focusing on worldly goods, whether theoretically (we focus on the material because that’s all there is) or practically (do your spiritual stuff on your own; we’re talking “practical living” here), socialism marginalizes (if not denies) the spiritual.

The problem is that material goods, unlike spiritual goods, necessarily diminish by division. That is in stark contrast to spiritual goods, which do not. Four people can be loved as much as three, because love is infinite; four people don’t get as much pizza as three, because the pie is finite.

Continued below.

How a Catholic Handles Social Conflict

Socialists want conflict to keep the revolution moving forward. Catholic social thought, however, would say this is wrong.

www.catholic.com

FenderTL5 · 2025-10-12T10:34:12-0500

Hold the Line- Toto

Login to view embedded media I grew up on the plateau in Tennessee in a strict Independent Baptist household. Rock music was forbidden in our home. My personal collection of music consisted of "mix tape" cassettes taped from the radio, a couple of bootleg Kiss albums on cassette and a vinyl copy of Kansas Point of Know Return that I kept hid, only to pull out when they were away.

I still remeber where I was when I heard this Toto song the first time.. after dark, in the living room of my parents house, the TV/Phono?radio console on WLS Chicago as I listened and kept an eye out the window for the headlights of my parents return..
This song came on.. and I had to have it. I still have the vinyl copy of Toto's first album that I secretely bought 47 years ago.

Michie · 2025-10-12T10:34:01-0500

Satan is not as blatant as most think.

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SabbathBlessings · 2025-10-12T10:31:37-0500

RandyPNW said:
Yea, it's time for you to move on. I'm not sure you even read what I said. The "teachers of the Law" is there in the Greek. You just don't read Greek. I can only just read enough to know it's there.

Jesus referred to the 10 Commandments in Matt 5 because it was part of the entire Law, which is what the Pharisees and teachers of the Law taught. Matthew confirms what the Pharisses and teachers of the Law taught later on in his Gospel.

You shouldn't be trying to teach others your beliefs if they can't hold up in Scripture. And if they can't hold up in Scripture, you should think about changing your belief about the legal necessity of keeping Sabbath Law. It would be great if we could get on the same page.

Sorry if I don't take your word for it over the translation in Greek as shown written word for word The History of the “Two Laws” Theory in Romans 3:20

The Pharisees were teachers of their own laws, not God's Mat 15:1-14 Rom 2:21-23 which Jesus condemned harshly, following their path is not the way back to reconciliation. Mat 5:18-20 Rev 22:14-15

There is no Scripture that says the Ten Commandments are the same laws as the sacrificial laws that Moses wrote placed besides the ark of the Covenant. This goes against the very teaching of God, as shown too many times to count. You quote you and think it trumps what God said in His own written and spoken Testimony the Ten Commandments Deut 4:13 Exo 34:28 that no more were added Deut 5:22 sorry if I choose to believe the Testimony of God Exo 31:18 over man. There was no Moses at creation according to God in His written and spoken Testimony, the Ten Commandments Exo 20:11. But you are free to believe what you wish

The law that describes what sin is can't be the same law that was added as a prescription for sin. I pray one day you will see this.

Michie · 2025-10-12T10:26:25-0500

Honestly, I’ve had it. I’m now all but certain there has never been a movie about exorcism that has had Christ at its heart. Thanks to Catholic author William Peter Blatty, the original Exorcist was good. Director William Friedkin deserves credit for a fine assist. It comes close but misses. No reverence.

I asked Grok3 to list all the movies about exorcism. It hedged a bit:

While it’s impossible to list every motion picture ever made about exorcism due to the vast number of obscure, international, and low-budget films produced worldwide (including many direct-to-video releases), below is a comprehensive compilation drawn from major film databases, critic rankings, and horror genre resources.

It’s almost comforting to see an AI bot use the word “impossible.” In five seconds, it churned out a 1200-word list with descriptions of 51 films. Despite how it sometimes feels to me, this proved I haven’t seen them all. The Grokster ended helpfully: “If you’d like expansions on specific eras, countries, or sub-themes (e.g., non-Christian exorcisms), let me know!”

Oh, no! I don’t want that. I’m just here to say ave atque vale to the Conjuring franchise that, in some ways, set a standard both high and low.

There are nine films in what is now called The Conjuring Universe. Why do producers add “Universe” to their sequel-isms? To make lofty what is repetitive and often banal? Perhaps they don’t care for the actual universe they’re living in.

Continued below.

'Conjuring' No More - The Catholic Thing

Brad Miner pleads for Catholic filmmakers to make a movie about exorcism that is truthful, reverent, and faithful to Catholic doctrine.

www.thecatholicthing.org

ralliann · 2025-10-12T10:24:20-0500

bèlla said:
You‘re wrong and if you don’t know what I was citing you should say so and ask for the resource. This isn’t a conversation about celibacy or anything related to it. The OP is clear and my comments concerning women are the other side of the phenomenon we’ve covered previously.

~bella

So touchy on simple disagreement.

Michie · 2025-10-12T10:23:24-0500

ROME (AP) — For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s world-renowned Colosseum will have the opportunity to walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors to reach the ancient amphitheater unseen.

Continued below.

Once-secret Emperor Commodus' passage to Rome Colosseum opens to public for the first time

For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s Colosseum can walk through a hidden imperial passage.

apnews.com

BCP1928 · 2025-10-12T10:22:47-0500

rjs330 said:
Thats how the left sees it. Both the left and the right has seen it that way. Neither side is to blame anymore that the other. I've said that, everytime this comes up. The right at this moment (not the politicians) is wanting to end this influx of illegals including illegal labor. I cant tell you how many times the left on this board has tried to change our minds by saying something along the lines of, "well you better be prepared for higher prices." As they keep talking about how illegal labor keeps prices low.

It does keep prices low by exploiting illegal workers. Are you disputing that? It's the Right and the neolib faction of the Left who think it's a good thing.

rjs330 said:
Yet the politicians NEVER address the issues, no matter who is in charge.

We have to do things different.

ralliann · 2025-10-12T10:22:34-0500

bèlla said:
Are you a student at the university? Was your presence approved or did you walk on?

~bella

It seems the student was talking as well.

Mercy Shown · 2025-10-12T10:22:13-0500

bling said:
OK Good, but is there a question?

Just a praise!

Hentenza · 2025-10-12T10:20:06-0500

Apple Sky said:
What & read more lies - Thank you, but no thanks.

But you can’t prove that it is a lie. There is absolutely no evidence that it is a lie. Your conspiracy theory has crumbled. Your belief has been proven wrong. Why do you continue to hold on to a lie?

Hans Blaster · 2025-10-12T10:19:05-0500

o_mlly said:
Do all atheists possess your supernatural mind reading skills? It seems so. It is their usual predicate to post their strawman arguments.

That is how you present yourself. No mind reading is needed.

o_mlly said:
By my reckoning there are 2 atheistic types in these boards:

1) He who knows not,
and knows not that he knows not,
is a fool; shun him.

2) He who knows not,
and knows that he knows not,
is a student; Teach him.

You will know how I categorize you in the absence of any further replies to you.

There are things I know and things I don't, but there are two relevant things that I do know...

You are the most arrogant poster I have encountered on this board, and I don't think it is even close.

There are many who claim absolute morality, but none have demonstrated it and merely claim it in reference to their god.

Manuel1983 · 2025-10-12T10:17:52-0500

Shalom

The first Jesus March will take place here in Salzburg, Austria, on October 31st.

Can you please pray that God's will be done and that the Lord Jesus is glorified in Jesus' name?

We are also experiencing a lot of opposition. Can you please also pray that all evil is disempowered, disarmed, and exposed in Jesus' name?

Thank you for your prayers!

May the Lord bless you abundantly (Luke 6:38; Job 42:10) and bless Israel in Jesus' name. Amen!

Soli Deo Gloria

RamiC · 2025-10-12T10:17:01-0500

Paulwat said:
under the 14th Amendment (Section 3), which literally bans anyone who engaged in or incited an insurrection from serving in government.

I am not in America, so I may not know about your system, but - how is someone defined as having engaged in or incited insurrection? Does a court have to find them guilty? Was Donald Trump found guilty in a court? Do your government decide?

We did have news coverage of the events you are refferring to here, and it did look very disturbing, but as I said, it is not my country and I might be ignorant of what amounts to what over there.

stevevw · 2025-10-12T10:04:27-0500

Its not just religion. It is the worldview of society. Well western societies that have been allowed to cultivate such ideas. A natural progression from modernisim and critical theories. We are either deep into a Postmodernist world or maybe even coming out. But what that will be who knows.

But definitely todays thinking is relative and plural. There are no objective truths or facts or canons of western knowledge. Knowledge is relative to culture and experiences. In fact experiences and narratives are the new truth and reality.

So this has spilt into the church. Which really is another way of saying the church has conformed to secular thinking. All is contextual and needs to be adjusted to todays thinking and modernised. Changed with the times.

In fact in some ways theres a general adversion to rules, laws, disicpline and punishment as they are cruel and harsh and Christ was soft and loving. A sort of watering down things so as to not come across unloving.

But this seems a general idea of how society softened. The cotton wooling of upbringing. As though feelings were the measure of right and wrong and not Gods unchanging law and truth.

That there are so many denominations who are increasingly becoming divided and even conflicted. But certainly not united in mind and spirit is another sign of how relativisim has blurred the lines of Gods word and truth.

Another sign is that even other religions are regarded as equal. Even promoted as an equal right by a growing number of churches. Like trying to build a DEI utopia on earth rather than Gods Kingdom.

It seems people generally hate there being a single truth or God.

But I think by the very nature of Gods truth in Christ that it cannot be sustained that there is so much ambiguity of faith. I think just like in the wider society where these divisions end up creating clear lines of either standing with the truth or with hate and evil. The nature of Gods truth is that it will divide people either for or against Christ. So people will have to choose whether they are for or against Christ.

eleos1954 · 2025-10-12T10:01:37-0500

Clare73 said:
Tell it to Paul in 2 Co 5:1-8.

Spirit as Life Force: The Hebrew term rûach and the Greek equivalent pneuma mean “wind, breath.” But the emphasis is on the dynamic nature of the wind, its movement, and power. When applied to humans, it describes individuals who function as a dynamic life force in bodily form. The spirit is the breath of life that God breathed into Adam (Gen. 2:7), the life force that characterizes a person. It is God who gave it to us (Isa. 42:5), and it is He who takes it back (Eccl. 12:7; Ps. 104:29; Acts 7:59).

Nowhere in the Scripture is the spirit defined as a self-conscious entity that preexisted the body or continues after death.

Genesis 2:7 states that Adam was formed from “the dust of the ground,” and was lifeless until God breathed into his nostrils the “breath of life”—not an immortal soul. Without breath, human beings will die.

18I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.” 19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. 20All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

The Bible does not explicitly state that humans possess an inherent "immortal soul," and verses like Ezekiel 18:4 state, "The soul who sins shall die". The concept of an immortal soul entered Christianity through Greek philosophy and isn't directly taught in the Hebrew texts where the word for soul (nephesh) means "living being". Instead, the Bible emphasizes God as the sole immortal being, with humans receiving immortality through faith in Jesus Christ and the promise of a resurrection.

Paulwat · 2025-10-12T10:00:53-0500

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