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Richard T · 2025-11-19T04:13:02-0600

perplexed said:
Why didn't the Biden administration embarrass Steve Bannon by leaking his connection to Epstein? He is a Trump ally.

I think that God's hand is in American politics in ways most do not imagine. All these negative seeds are coming to harvest. I think God wanted Biden, then Trump in place to show the American people how far off we are from His will. Unlike many I think we are going to roll downhill from here. Hopefully that will set in motion the humility ad discernment that is needed for a true move of God.

rjs330 · 2025-11-19T04:07:05-0600

Say it aint so said:
For one, Biden and his circle didn't run on a Epstein conspiracy.

So? The Democrats have been very clear about trying to get rid of him any chance they get. Like I said, anyone with half a brain knows if Trump was involved in a pedophilia ring it would have been used.

Say it aint so said:
Trump et al did.

No he didn't. That was not part of his platform. We had a reporter who asked him if he would release the files. He said he would have no problem with it. The truth is he also had concerns about it and expressed those concerns as well.

Say it aint so said:
What would be the premise for Garland to reopen up anything Epstein?

Because other people were involved beside Epstein? Are you telling me they had no interest in pursuing pedophiles? They went after Trump for everything else, why not the one thing that most likely would have prevented him from being reelected? It makes no sense and you know it.

Say it aint so said:
Biden like all presidents pre Trump stayed neutral.

Lol! So Biden wasn't interested in going after pedophiles they had information on in rhe Epstien files? Are you know admitting they are totally incompetent? Give me a food reason if Trump was involved in pedophilia why Biden wouldn't go after him for it? Not a big enough deal?

Larniavc · 2025-11-19T04:05:27-0600

mindlight said:
So the obvious question is whether Chinese communism is superior to the current Western system of governance when it comes to strategic decision making?

Both economic systems have their pros and cons but share the important facets. Toffs at the top Plebs at the bottom and Grifters in between.

Unqualified · 2025-11-19T04:01:05-0600

Running this one again the second year. Been wanting to talk about guns. My best friend is getting tired of hearing it from me. I don’t know who is going to hear about it though. Didn’t want to start a new thread and then have nothing to say.

Trying to get a new mold for PP. it’s a little larger bullet. Will have to use thinner paper. But that darn gun needs everything custom, for a cheapy. I don’t have any choice but to make it a .451. I don’t think all the paper is going to tear. It’s a .4505 bore and tight. I used a 442 with .oo8 paper and it started to work. Easy to push in bore, tore a couple strips. 443 would still give me 451. But 452 won’t fit in bore, pin gage.

rethink. I had my best group with PP. with cupped base @100. New bullet it might not get out to 200- 30 inch drop, sighting problem. I could accu rise my other new bullet but only to 100. It has a 40 inch drop to 200. You can put more powder with a PPB. Big plus. Which raises pressure for big bullets. Need more experimentation.

Richard T · 2025-11-19T03:58:13-0600

partinobodycular said:
That's a very slippery slope indeed, because by using the 'greater good' argument one could justify using AI to indoctrinate children. After all, if it would greatly reduce or eliminate crime then wouldn't taking child rearing out of the hands of amateurs, and putting it in the 'hands' of an AI designed specifically for that task, then wouldn't it be worth it?

Yes, education is going to be a surely affected. I think AI should be used for subjects that are straightforward, like math. I think though that there has to be a human element to better engage students, be creative and have the intuition that can help in ways AI cannot. I'm thinking too that ai might not be too useful until maybe middle primary, then used more in the upper grades.

I'm wondering if "amateur" child raising is better? Why because it creates diversity and it often is that non-conformity that pushes humanity forward? Other posts might label conformity as control, and they would be right, but the worst control is the unconscious cue that a child might get from a machine that has only computer guardrails. No real experience, trials, or temptation. The whole bible puts humanity in a test. That we learn obedience from the things we suffer. AI seems vastly insufficient to give humans the kind of exposure that God intended of "iron sharpening iron," etc., that only humans can provide.

Jerry N. · 2025-11-19T03:56:13-0600

Apple Sky said:
I have things to do, speak to ya all later

So let me try to understand this.

Eratosthenes of Egypt proved the earth was a globe in around 200 B.C.

Copernicus and Newton proved the earth is a globe going around the sun.

There is a very long list of astronomers have shown the earth is a globe.

Columbus knew the earth was a globe, but he was wrong about the distances.

A few dozen space agencies have shown that earth is a globe.

Christian astronauts have seen the globe of the earth.

Space probes, like Voyager, have taken pictures of the globe of the earth.

Satellites prove the earth is a globe.

The Southern Cross proves the earth is a globe.

The apex of the “dome” of the atmosphere proves the earth is a globe.

Students of several schools sent up balloons that show the curvature of the earth.

Surveyors can show the curvature of the earth.

Radio operators can show that the earth is a globe.

Airplanes like the Blackbird took photos of the curvature of the earth.

The length of voyage of a cruise ship proves the flat earth map is wrong.

However, I am supposed to believe Rob Skiba. (I watch some of his video.) His refractive arguments don’t help his case.

I’m sorry he died young, but I don’t believe him.

It is not like the discussions of evolution and creationism, where both sides have legitimate arguments and you are dealing with theories with limited scientific proof on both sides. The earth being a globe is something we can see and prove in the present with actual measurements.

truthuprootsevil · 2025-11-19T03:50:32-0600

Always been the plan of the Republicans to get rid of the actual named Affordable Care Act, especially Trump

Yusuphhai · 2025-11-19T03:31:34-0600

Why do other ethnic Americans generally not want to immigrate to their homelands?

Lady Bug · 2025-11-19T03:19:34-0600

Akita Suggagaki said:
Even as Ii wrote that I wondered. Small churches can be dominated more easily by prominent figures and families. Or at least I would guess.

I'm actually not convinced that a smaller church would necessarily work for me. It might be even more cliquey than the larger ones.

Zceptre · 2025-11-19T03:07:29-0600

peaceful-forest said:
I learned to write from doing all those papers in college! And God has also helped me! I'm a perfectionist and sometimes I experience a fear of coming up with something better later after I've posted.

My life's dilemma.. or worse, I read it later just to find out is doesn't read nearly as well as I would like and I want to take everything down. lol

I envy those people that just churn out material like a printing press running on diesel and never have a second thought. Lately have not had time to deal with the indecision and "pushing through" the contemplations.

linux.poet · 2025-11-19T03:06:15-0600

SabbathBlessings said:
This is New Covenant teaching ....because sin is still and always will be the same. What changed in the NC is how we handle sins, not what sin itself is which is clearly shown.

I disagree with you on this. Sin is dynamic, a function of our relationship to God. The reason why breaking the Ten Commandments is sin for the unbeliever is that those commands are given to them to show that they cannot follow them. They also do not change because God’s holiness is immutable.

As believers in Christ, we are held to a higher standard than the Ten Commandments, which is the teachings and commands of Jesus. I stand before God every day in my inadequacy and awareness of my sin in the face of the Holy Standard Christ laid out in Matthew. I am under grace for this failing. That is what “under grace” means.

Do you not believe in the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 5:21-48? That takes the Ten Commandments and makes them more potent. Example:

Matthew 5:21-26 said:
21 “You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be answerable to the court.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be answerable to the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be answerable to the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the [m]fiery hell. 23 Therefore, if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. 25 Come to good terms with your accuser quickly, while you are with him on the way to court, so that your accuser will not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you will not be thrown into prison. 26 Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last quadrans.

Are we not Christians? Should we not follow the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ? The point of these commands is “to be perfect, as your Heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48) To fall short of God’s perfection is to sin. The fact that these enhancements follow certain Decalogue commands and commands in other parts of the Law is no accident.

When I accepted the Gospel I submitted to Christ as my authority, not the Decalogue or other Mosaic Laws. Incidentally, I do follow most of the Decalogue, but only insofar as Christ taught from it as a basis for what he wanted his Disciples to do and learn.

linux.poet said:
The definition of sin is simple: to do what God tells us not to do or to not do what God says to do.

SabbathBlessings said:
This is New Covenant teaching ....because sin is still and always will be the same.

This doesn’t contradict my definition of sin, because said definition also doesn’t change.

SabbathBlessings said:
Sin is breaking any of the Ten Commandments.

This doesn’t contradict my definition of sin either since the Ten Commandments are all God’s commands.

SabbathBlessings said:
Sin is also defined as anything not of faith Rom14:23 and faith does not void the law it establishes it. Rom3:31

This definition of sin also does not contradict my definition because faith is trust in a God we cannot see. What does not procede from faith is sin because when we don’t trust God we act against Him to test him, and thus we commit sin. Trust in God will result in obeying God’s commands.

SabbathBlessings said:
1 John3:4 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

This is a mistranslation of that verse.

1 John 3:4 NRSV said:
4 Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

1 John 3:4 NASB said:
4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

If you translate the verse properly, it does not contradict the definition of sin that I posted previously. Laws are made of commands, so if you reject God’s commands you reject God’s Law and created order and sin against God. If you reject all laws, you reject God’s law, for God is a God of Law and Order.

linux.poet said:
It is. There is nothing to preclude God from updating His commands to us at any time in response to our success or failure in dealing with Him. All of His commands are perfect and holy, but not all are sufficient to deal with our fallen condition.

SabbathBlessings said:
Yes, but I would want a Text before saying only worshipping the God of Creation went from being a blessing to a curse.

Keeping the commands of God is not a curse, even though my fallen nervous system might try to convince me otherwise. Why post this? Is not following the commands of God how we worship Him? This statement seems to contradict the entire context of the presented argument.

1 John 5:3 said:
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

Do we not also have to obey the directions of other humans whom we are in relationship with? Bosses, husbands, friends, parents, siblings, pastors, etc. In order to be in relationship with someone in real life, we have to be willing to work with them and follow their commands. We are all God’s sons and daughters.

Romans 8:14 said:
For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God.

Galatians 3:26 said:
For you are all sons and daughters of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Imagine a little boy learning to repair a car with his daddy. The little boy has to follow his dad’s commands in order to learn the task, because that’s how our nervous systems work. But it is not a burden to the little boy because he trusts his father. In the same way, we trust God and His commands to retrain our fallen brains to be like Christ, Our Savior and Lord. We are conformed to the image of His Son. (Romans 8:24)

SabbathBlessings said:
John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

This refers to the teachings of Christ, not the Decalogue.

SabbathBlessings said:
Romans 14 deals with matters of personal choice, not matters of divine law.

Right, and the face that observance of days is on the personal choice list means that whether I observe the Sabbath or not is a personal choice.

SabbathBlessings said:
We also have verses like where there is no law, there is no sin Rom4:15 so sin is very much breaking the law of God.

Warden_of_the_Storm · 2025-11-19T02:59:35-0600

Kent Hovind? In the year of Our Lord 2025? Really?

sjastro · 2025-11-19T02:53:28-0600

stevevw said:
Yes so I was right that the base blocks on the pyramid were molded. I had people on your side claiming I was creating conspiracies for suggesting such ideas and there was no evidence. That you for confirming I was right all along.

Yes the limestone used in the moulded blocks comes from the Tura quarry. But its been crushed or broken down and reconstituted with some polymer or something like cement. Except it seems to dry naturally like its stone.

All you have confirmed is an inability to read and comprehend.

There’s a Giant Flaw in Human History

lol I forgot there are certain trigger words. Like a word suddenly is what makes reality. Just mention the word and it all reality becomes the word. Like the word has magic powers. Not about "trigger words" its about you sloppy writing. If you don't mean "new age sprituality" don't use the term...

www.christianforums.com

Douggg · 2025-11-19T02:35:29-0600

keras said:
Typical of how you and others insist on a Jewish redemption. Something never said to happen in scripture.

You claim that the church is Israel. But Paul said that Israel has been blinded until the fulness of the Gentiles comes in.

keras, the church is not blinded to the gospel of salvation in Christ. So your identification of Israel is incorrect.

The bible does speak about the Jews turning to Jesus. Romans 11:25 indicates that the Jews (Israel) has been blinded in regards to the gospel of salvation in Christ. But once the fulness of the Gentiles has come in, that the Jews will be saved, i.e. turn to Jesus and the gospel of salvation in Romans 11:26.

Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Zceptre · 2025-11-19T02:27:42-0600

BobRyan said:
Denominations don't save, Christ does.

John 16:13 Jesus said the Holy Spirit will guide you into all Truth.

And Jesus said "The truth will set you free"

But just as the disciples of Jesus had been given some bad ideas in the context of their Jewish church, so today tradition is everywhere.

Read 2 Thess 2:1-12 and tell me if you think knowing the truth matters at the end , according to Paul.

Read Matt 24:24 is Christ giving warning and then adding "I have told you in advance", so that we would not be deceived at the end.

Spot on brother! Well said.
Do not fear JohnB445, simply seek Christ. Read the shorter books in the New Testament first for faster clarity.

Crash Course:
John 14:6 (Jesus is the way to the Father)
John 17:3 (Knowing Christ is Salvation / Eternal life - The Word Of God - John 1:1)
John 6:37 (Will not cast away)
Luke 7:47 (Forgiven much loves much!)
1 Timothy 1:5 (Love is purpose)
Matthew 22:37-40 (God's law is law of love)
Romans 10:13 (All who call on Jesus Christ the Lord)
1 John 4:17 (Confident on judgment day - Reference 1 John 4:8 - God is love / Christ is love)
Ephesians 2:8 & Ephesians 2:9 (Free gift - Gift never earned)
John 6:29 (Work of God is Believe on Christ)
1 Corinthians 13:2 (Nothing without love!)
Luke 12:32 (Do not fear)
John 8:11 (Christ's heart is forgiveness - Reference Luke 23:34)
John 4:14 (No thirst - Overfilled with God's love and onto others)
John 15:13 (God's heart in every situation - Christ on the cross - God loves us most)
John 3:14 (How this works - OT Reference example)
John 3:16 (God loved us all so much - Reference Romans 8:32)
John 3:17 (Did not come to condemn! - Reference Romans 8:1)

Reading the Word (Jesus / Bible), is spending time with Christ (John 1:1), spending time with Christ is knowing Christ more, knowing Christ is Eternal Life and Salvation (John 17:3) and knowing you are loved, knowing you are loved fills you with the love of God that pours out onto others (John 4:14) and being love and forgiveness as Christ was (Luke 23:34) in the world gives us confidence on judgment day (1 John 4:17).

Larniavc · 2025-11-19T02:17:26-0600

Vambram said:
Trump is NOT dangerous.

He has been judged to be towards women. He even admitted sexual assault when he ‘grabbed they by their…..’.

Or is that history being re written.

CelticRebel · 2025-11-19T02:09:53-0600

Ten years later, and I found this thread again. I hope the OP found his answer. And I do miss Albion.

eclipsenow · 2025-11-19T01:49:30-0600

Marilyn C said:
And why does it have to relate to those who first heard the prophecy? All prophecy is about the Lord Jesus Christ and His purposes. They are not always to be fully understood by those who first heard them.

To John’s audience

John says he is writing to the 7 churches in Asia Minor - to show them what will "SOON take place". Futurists often say “God’s time is not our time” or something like that - so let’s check some other indications.

They should OBEY (1:3) his letter for the time is NEAR. Imagine you received a prophecy that said something like…
“The Martian Reds will attack the Zorn in the south of Mars in the year 4000!”
Now OBEY this message!
How? It’s incomprehensible - and you would be dead a few millennia before it happens!
OK - still not convinced?

Finally - in 1:9 John says he is their PARTNER in THE TRIBULATION. Not “a” tribulation - but THE tribulation.
The Romans have put him in exile. He already shares in their sufferings. It’s not just soon - it’s already happening! And he is advising them from his own tribulation situation. But when futurists come and pretend they have evidence that it’s all about us, now, today (because that’s just so tempting - so much more exciting isn’t it!?) - what’s the side effect?

They turn the Apostle John into someone impossibly heartless and patronising.
He is in effect saying to the Christians he’s ministering to, "You think you've got it bad! Wait till you see what happens in 2000 years!!!"

Summary: Soon, OBEY for the time is NEAR, and he SHARES in THE tribulation.

John’s book is a sermon on suffering remind them of the foundational gospel events and promises in Apocalyptic Symbolism - which is like the comic book of the bible.

NBB · 2025-11-19T01:38:19-0600

If being fundamentalist is taking the bible as truth, then being christian is fundamentalist,
the bible doesn't prohibit enjoying things, or drinking, or dancing/music etc though.

Zceptre · 2025-11-19T01:36:33-0600

CoreyD said:
CoreyD said:

That's usually a problem.
Proverbs 18:13 He who answers a matter before he hears it - this is folly and disgrace to him.

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I don't see a problem, unless you are stating it is a problem for you. Brother Fervent seems par for the course so far, I would agree with him generally speaking on this.

Could you elaborate on where the problem is you are encountering?

Fervent said:
Fervent said:

It takes engaging with it to make a determination

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I'm not sure what you mean by this.

CoreyD said:
I'm not sure what you mean by this.

I'm going to take the liberty of making a guess here and say it looks as though Fervent is using the word "it" to refer to "the truth."

If that is the case, it makes perfect sense. He is responding to your OP according to your inquiry.

CoreyD said:
As a Christian, how does one determine what is truth?

If I were to answer this question I would have replied exactly, and I do mean exactly verbatim with this statement or something very close. Maybe it wouldn't be as concise and precise, but meaning-wise, exactly that point.

Fervent said:
It takes engaging with it to make a determination

So this, essentially, is the short answer to your OP.

Correct me if I'm wrong Fervent

If it wasn't what Fervent meant, it is still what I would say. You have to engage with the truth to decide if it is the truth.

Pommer · 2025-11-19T01:22:52-0600

Aldebaran said:
All at at cost of $1,500,000,000,000 (and increasing each year) to the taxpayers (and their great-great grandchildren).
"Save money!" Ha!

$1,500,000,000,000 sounds low.

David Lamb · 2025-11-19T01:16:17-0600

Isaac the Recluse said:
The Wisdom of Sirach is canonical to the Orthodox Church and is in my Bible. It may not be in your bible, but that only makes it apocryphal by your definition.

I'm sure there's site rules about this.

Well, it wasn't in the Hebrew Old Testament, and unlike the actual Old Testament books, it is not quoted in the New Testament. I couldn't see any mention of the Apocrypha in the Forum Rules.

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