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What's on your mind?

May the Lord give you peace from your troubles and fears, and give you better drive and enthusiasm for working and living for Him. :angel:
Thanks. I should pray for this more often. I tend to worry or vent about my concerns instead of bringing them to God.
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Pentagon investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over 'refuse illegal orders' video

Maybe, maybe not. I know of a couple of circumstances in combat where soldiers refused to follow illegal orders (orders to break clearly known and understood law) and their superiors wisely chose not to press it.

What were the orders.
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The rise of menace as a mainstream political tool

2 National Guard members shot in an ambush attack just blocks from the White House


Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital were shot Wednesday afternoon just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor described as a targeted attack.

National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom dead after DC shooting: 'Highly respected'​

National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of West Virginia, has died after she and another guardsman were shot in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced.
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There’s a Giant Flaw in Human History

The zero evidence for modern lathe work, stone softening, moulding stones etc is also reflected in the vocabulary used in the Old Kingdom.
While the Old Kingdom had words to describe tools attested to by archaeological discoveries such as abrasives, saws, copper chisels, hammerstones, and verbs for cutting, carving, grinding and polishing, there is nothing to describe lathe work, softening and moulding.



Isn't it a 'remarkable coincidence' the absence of hi tech evidence also shows up as an absence of terms describing them.
Thereit is, the extreme and absolute claim that there is no evidence. You throw a latex mold showing evidence of striations you claim were caused by random hand grinding. Somehow achiveed a super flat and sharp edged cut.

Yet even skeptics on your side disagree with you and claim it was a big copper saw using the same striations as the evidence. So already your own side is undermining your absolute claim.

Let alone the fact I showed you this is clearly the result of a fixed cut of some sort with the sharp arc cut where it stops against the uncut stone. Showing the striations follow that same uniform arc.

Clear and obvious observation science right before our naked eyes. Who said there was zero evidence.
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Origin of Life

Kent Hovind entered an academia arena and gave a three minute (?) answer to someone who asked where God came from.

The audience cheered and clapped.

Some posters here think his answer is wrong, because he did time in prison.

Good thing he didn't say 2 plus 2 equal 4, else his "prison record" would show his statement to be a lie. :rolleyes:
That's not even close for why I have little regard for what Hovind says.
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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

They are. The fact that you've been missexed is irrelevant. It was a mistake. Just like someone can think one is white when in fact you might be native American. You are what you were born as and pronouns are tied to sex. "He" is tied to the male sex. She is tied to the female sex.
So how do you determine sex before using anyone's pronouns? No, it is all convention.
If it wasn't then it wouldn't be such a big deal to those who want to be called the opposite sex pronouns.
It is not even important to all trans people.
If tgey were truly neutral you could call anyone whatever you wanted.
Why, many feel that they are important markers of gender. It is you who claim that they are linked to sex, but no one of you have mentioned your preferred way of ascertaining sex.
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Catholics Only: What are you Thankful and Grateful for this Thanksgiving 2025?

Thankful to God for all His Blessings and care. Thankful for all of you, family, faith, and life. Just the many various little things in our daily lives. A Blessed Thanksgiving everyone!
I hope you and everybody had a blessed Thanksgiving too.
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Suspect in DC Ambush of 2 National Guardsmen Is Afghan National Who Entered US During Biden Admin

I wonder if his previous CIA affiliation and resulting immigration came with a price of recall for future use
That caused me to raise an eyebrow. This is not an ordinary crook or even an ordinary Muslim terrorist.

If it's a false flag attack, I still can't guess which fly he is flying under.
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Two National Guard soldiers shot in Washington DC

Your point has been made and I agree that they shouldn't be deployed there. Considering that, maybe it is time to stop deliberating on that aspect.
It’s an aspect about this many want to overlook but yes, I agree it’s not the most central part of the story. I think it’s important to highlight. Another side is how determined he was to drive across the country to carry this out in the nation’s capital. Makes me think the blame lies a bit more on our foreign policy of the past 25 years than any specific action from any recent administration.
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Christ in Christmas?

Is Christ in Christmas?
Is this His business?
Is this His witness?
Christ now within us?

And does this matter?
Not empty chatter,
Not meant to scatter,
Nor faith to shatter.

Yes! It’s important,
So not leave dormant,
Remain informant,
The truth to warrant.

Christ not in Christmas.
It’s not His witness.
For in His strictness,
For truth He bids us

To know His teachings,
His truth now seeking,
Be we not sleeping,
His Word now reading.

Christ has a purpose,
Be in His service,
Not live on surface,
Your life He purchased.

Not follow idols,
Your sins now bridle,
Know what is vital,
Be His disciple.

If Christ to worship,
Do what He tells us,
What He compels us,
Not what world sells us.

An Original Work / November 27, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Biblical Basis of 10 Catholic Distinctives

The Council was called to address those who insisted that Gentiles must be circumcised. It it true there is no record of anyone at the council challenging Paul's particular teaching below:

Cor 2:11-12 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ; and you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Also while Gentiles were not considered God's chosen people in OT times, with Christianity Gentiles were included. The old is fulfilled in the new.
The topic of discussion at the Jerusalem Council was the relationship between circumcision and Gentile believers. On that we are in complete agreement. If, in fact, God had replaced circumcision with baptism does it not seem at all odd that it was not even recorded??

Also, if baptism is salvific for Cristians was circumcision also salvific for Jews?
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