Landon Caeli said:

I disagree that "every culture" contributes to the advancement of human society. I think, more reasonably, enlightened people, from any culture contribute in that way... Specifically. This is a worthwhile dichotomy in how we should view immigration. For example, the Trump approach, which seeks to invite people who are masters in their field, even though, it does have a high price tag, it still supports the idea of attracting more enlightened individuals. Nobody seems to appreciate this effort by the president for some reason - instead, they seem to not grasp the difference between the types of immigrants that actually do make the country better.

I cannot think of any reason why this approach should be considered "wrong" or "immoral", unless that description is being applied by those who tout a kind of toxic empathy, rooted in radical wokism somewhere within its current state or previous timelines.

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Setting aside morality and considering practicality, if the USA only accepted highly educated experts and not unskilled laborers, there would be no one to pick tomatoes or pack meat. These jobs are just as essential as those in biotech.

Desk trauma said:

Trump commutes prison sentence of ex-GOP Rep. George Santos​

Sigh.

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Fresh off his commutation, his "Santos Claus" holiday party is the hottest ticket in DC now that public corruption by officials is hardly even a faux pas. Who on the guest list (or footing the bill) wants to assemble pols with flexible attitudes?

Lauren Boebert Gains Entry to Exclusive George Santos Party After Her Staffers Were Denied at the Door​

Boebert could be seen pleading with the bouncer, former Matt Gaetz Show producer Vish Burra – who was fired from One America News last month after he shared a “highly offensive” video on social media.

“I know you’re on the list, Lauren,” Burra could be heard telling Boebert, who showed up with a group of staffers.

In a social media post made after the party, Burra explained, “Being the bouncer for the Santos Claus 2025 Christmas Party is not for the faint of heart, but all of you must understand: THE QUEEN SANTOS GETS WHAT SHE WANTS, AND SHE ONLY WANTED HANDPICKED PEOPLE ON THE LIST!”

Santos’ exclusive guest list for the party included several members of Congress, including Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

“I’m glad he’s out of prison,” Rep. Burchett told TMZ outside the event. “The party was rocking, man.”

He recalled, “I saw people getting turned away while I was coming in. I’m not used to that,” adding, “They had caviar, which I’ve never actually seen in real life… They had these humongous shrimp and then they had that chocolate fountain.”

FAITH-IN-HIM said:

It is possible that you are correct in your observation. The Democrats are behaving obstructionist and hindering President Trump from carrying out necessary actions. However, does their behavior justify placing a hold on our democratic system? Should this situation result in granting President Trump unchecked authority over our government?

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Again it's a matter of utilizing provisions that already exist. Trump didn't come up with them, he's just making use of them.

timothyu said:

They were made that way and flesh won out over spirit where they put their Will first

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I don't disagree with that.

The question I guess is, are they only a bad example? Or did their decision impact the nature of their progeny, so that our will is wounded making it impossible for us to not put our will first without divine assistance?

1Tonne said:

fire that is not quenched, and a worm that does not die. These are not descriptions of a momentary event. These are ongoing states.

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Again, unquenchable by human standards. But God's eternal fire did not last forever in the OT. They are set as our example. Jesus used Gehenna as example because that's where stuff was thrown into. It continually burned and that's what will happen with the LOF but it doesn't mean that things will not be destroyed. Christ states fear the one that can destroy (first meaning -fully) both body and soul in hell.

1Tonne said:

4. Malachi’s “root and branch” and “ashes” are about earthly judgment on Israel’s enemies.

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Malachi 4:1 "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave then neither root nor branch."

1Tonne said:

Regarding unbelievers from other religions: Scripture teaches that all who reject Christ, whether Jew, Gentile, or from another faith, face the same judgment.

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So someone like Anne Frank will burn for an eternity, gotcha!

1Tonne said:

; death in Scripture doesn’t mean non-existence.

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There's a reason that Christ calls it the "second" death. You are confusing earthly death with the second death which is to destroy both body and soul.

1Tonne said:

1. “Perish” in John 3:16 doesn’t mean cease to exist.

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Context matters. We should always take the first meaning unless the verse indicates otherwise. All of the verses that contrast life verses death should give us the meaning that only one gets life in that equation.

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but Scripture defines death as consciousness apart from God (Eph 2:1; 1 Tim 5:6; Rev 20:14–15).

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I will take Christ's words for his teaching on what is destroyed in hell. And the fact that he calls it the "second" death. Paul also calls it everlasting destruction.

1Tonne said:

“The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever.”

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Yes, I'm sure the smoke does rise of forever and ever. Which doesn't always mean an eternity. Sometimes when forever is used it's regarding that particular thing or person.

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, not just a tool for correction

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I never stated such a thing. It is the second death as Christ states.

CLEEB said:

The covenant of the Ten Commandments was only made with the Israelites. Moses plainly said, Deuteronomy 5:3 , Jeremiah 31:32 “those led out of Egypt by Moses” Romans 9:4 “the giving of the law”
Psalm 47:19-20 “GOD did this WITH NO OTHER NATION“ Moses gave the law, if the law was given by Moses the it was unknown previously. John 1:17 Romans 5:13 since the Ten Commandments were unknown before Moses the sin of breaking them could not be on anyone’s account when there was no law as yet to condemn them. Galatians 3:19 the law was added until the arrival of the promised seed , Christ, it was administered through angels by the mediator Moses. Acts 7:53 Hebrews 2:2 The was given 430 years after Abraham, Galatians 3:17 To someone who is intent on keeping the Ten Commandments all these facts will mean nothing.

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According to God, the Sabbath started at Creation Exo20:11, where there was no Moses, no Jew, just man and God. Why the Sabbath was made for mankind Mark2:27 not "Jew". And if you think it took 430 years for God to tell one person not to worship other gods or murder our neighbor is not reading our Bibles because He condemned people for doing this way before Mt Sinai and said it was sin- where there is no law there is no sin Rom4:15 and only God can define the law that is sin when we break and He does 1John3:4 Rom7:7 James2:11 Mat5:19-30. The law that was added because of sin until the Seed cannot be the same law that describes what sin is. Obviously two different laws.

You are confusing the covenant (agreement) with the Law of God that only God can define what they are and He did plainly Exo20:6 Exo20:1-17 Exo31:18 why each one of these commandments on how to love God has God's name in it, not Moses, or anyone else because only God can tell us how we are to love and serve Him and how to love our neighbor Exo20:6 John14:15 1 John5:2-3 not based on mans "feelings" of what is right or wrong, but on God's everlasting righteousness (right and wrong) Psa 119:172 Isa56:1-2 Psa119:141 because again, we are not God, but are just supposed to serve Him Isa56:6

Michie said:

Editors’ note: The Christian Post Opinion Page has published two countering views on Calvinism. To read the opposing view in the piece titled “Which comes first in salvation order: Faith or regeneration?” click here.

Want to know a secret? If you’re a Christian, you were saved before you knew you were.

Now, I’ll bet that the vast majority of you reading this think that you made a personal decision — all on your lonesome — to receive Christ, and once done, you were a child of God in the faith. John Chipman believes this, as evidenced by his article, “Which comes first in salvation order: Faith or regeneration?”

He says, “Faith precedes regeneration. Always. For everyone.”

Many think that the reverse is heresy and short-circuited. Still, I’m going to ask you to give me a few moments to make a case for the position of regeneration (the Spirit’s supernatural work of giving spiritual life to us, transforming the heart, and enabling faith, so that we become a new creation in Christ), preceding faith. I used to believe the reverse in my earlier Christian walk, but am now convinced that we can’t make that move of commitment towards God until He enables us to do it.

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Want to know a secret? You’re saved before you know it

Want to know a secret If you re a Christian, you were saved before you knew you were

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Want to know the truth - the writer is wrong.

Hindu persecution of Christians in India has been steadily increasing since the BJP came to power. St. Thomas, pray for us! St. Stephen the Illustrious Protomartyr, pray for us! St. James the Great and St. James the Just, pray for us! St. George the Great Martyr, pray for us! Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, save O Lord Thy flock in India.

DaisyDay said:

I hope it was a lot more than just a "feeling"

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That word was my own choice to use. As her feelings had to be made into a verbal decree and then a signed doctrine, in order for the DoD to decide to Act within the confines of the law.

Maybe your faith might change too, if you learn that the Coast Guard seized the tanker legally under anti-Terrorrism laws.

Shane R said:

She has been thinking she wants to go to the Citadel, which is a very prestigious college here in the US. It is located in Charleston, South Carolina and only takes exceptional students.

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How long does she have before she needs to apply?

Jerry N. said:

Why?

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I'm guessing they expect the propellant exhaust to be visible.

On Tuesday, a Utah court ordered John Banuelos held in jail until a January hearing. Banuelos was charged with kidnapping and sexual assault in November after DNA collected during the Jan. 6 prosecutions was matched with a cold case in Utah.

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# 1 THAT //. HOTI. is a CONJUNCATION

# 2 IF. // EAN. is a CONDISITIONAL. PARTICLE

# 3 THOU SHALL CONFESS //. HOMOLOGEP. in v the AORIST TENSE in. the ACTIVE VOICE SUBJUNCTIVE in. the SINGULAR

# 4 WITH. ///. is a PREPOSITION

# 5 THY. /// SOU. is a PERSONAL POSSESSIVE PRONOUN. in. the GENITE CASE in the SINGULAR

# 6. MOUTH /// STOMA. in. the DATIVE CASE in the SINGULAR in. the NEUTER.

# 7. THE LORD ///. KYNOS. in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE in. the SINGULAR

# 8 JESUS ///. in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE in. the SINGULAR

# 9 AND. /// is a CONJUNCATION

# 10. SHALL BELIEVE. /// PISTEUO. in. the AORIST TENSE in. the ACTIVE VOICE is a SUBJUNCTIVE in. the SINGULAR

# 11. IN ///. iOS a PREPOSITION

# 12. THINE /// SOU is a PERSONAL POSSESSIVE PRONOUN in. the in. the GENITIVE CASE in. the SINGULAR

# 13 HEART /// KARDIA. in. the DATIVE CASE in. the SINGULAR

# 14 THAT ///. HOTI is a CONJUNCATION

# 15 GOD /// THEOS in. the NOMINATIVE CASE in. the SINGULAR

# 16 HATH. RAISED. ///. EGEIRO. in. the AORIST TENSE in. the ACTIVE VOICE in. the INDICATIVE MOOD in. the SINGULAR

# 17 HIM /// is a PERSONAL POSSESSETIVE PRONOUN in. the ACCUSATIVE TENSE in. the SINGULAR

# 18 FROM //. EK. is a PREPOSTION

# 19. THE DEAD /// NEKROS. in. the GENITIVE CASE in. the PLURAL

# 20 THOU SHALL BE SAVED //. SOZO. in. the FUTURE TENSE. in. the PASSIVE VOICE in. the INDICATIVE MOOD

and. that mood means you. BETTER BELIEVE IT. in. the SINGULAR

And all these tenses can. be GOOGLED

AND YOUR LAST. REPLY. is good and I BELIEVE it BUT. all the BIBLE is FOR all. but nor ALL TOO US

And ONLY Paul says HOW all can show how to be saved Eph. 2 : 8 and 9 as we ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW

BUT UNDER GRACE and what I wrote is UNDENYABLE. and Paul only wrote 14 espistles. AND did not write

the ESPISTLE of JOHN

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essentialsaltes said:

Ignoring evidence, Kristi Noem says no citizens have been detained by immigration agents​

Noem’s comments might’ve appeared encouraging to those who don’t know better, but there’s ample evidence to suggest she was lying.

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Here's a new version from her hearing today. per atrupar

MAGAZINER (RI): How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

durangodawood said:

Sign me up! First I'll check for aliens upstairs. Then I'll check downstairs.

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Don't forget the attic. Classic hiding place.

It's just another example of Trump hiding embarrassing/incriminating evidence from Americans. Nothing new here.

ThatRobGuy said:

For certain technologies, that can be true.

Although, even for those, we still have people in the legislature who are in their 60's, and will likely stick around another 15-20 years if they had their way. And they're likely behind that curve.


AI appears to be a different beast in terms of how quickly things go from "new to obsolete".

Being in the field, I go to the major conferences every year, stay on top of changes and new releases as much as one can, etc...

The features/toolsets change very rapidly.

AI-based tools - and the knowledge required to use them proficiently - have changed more in the last 2 years (and will change more in the next year), than Microsoft's Visual Studio offering (an IDE for programming for those who don't know) has changed in the last 10-15 years.

A person who was familiar with building solutions using Visual Studio 2012 (and haven't touched it since) wouldn't have that drastic of a learning curve if they cracked open VS 2022 and started tinkering around with it, there would be a lot that felt familiar. The same will certainly not be true for the various AI toolsets out there.

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Thats insider stuff. Time in a dev environment or similar should not be a pre req to effective representation. That would be like expecting all congress people to be medical doctors if they are going to deal with health care matters.

We just need people who can A. relate to what the typical contemporary consumer is going through. and B. are educatable and responsive to ever changing tech and its consequences. I do get that many in congress dont cant satisfy either of those. But age will be increasingly less an indicator. The generations who do seem have a mental block re tech are naturally receding.

Using the Bible to date the earth results in an age of 5,786, meaning 5,786 years ago God created the heavens and the earth.

It is reasonable to consider, if this method is accurate, what evidence, besides the Bible, has God provided? IOW, an all-knowing God knows the Word of God will eventually be challenged as untruthful by those who use physical evidence from God's creation to disprove the Word of God.

Carbon-14 occurs naturally. It is a result of creation. The half life of Carbon-14 is 5,730 years. Therefore, if the world is around 5,786 years old, I would expect every fossil to have some amount of Carbon-14. In addition, since Carbon-14 as a result of how the sun affects the earth, I would expect the oldest fossils to have the smallest amount of Carbon-14 (because they lived and died during a time when the amount of Carbon-14 in the environment was low).

The fossil record is exactly as expected.

The Bible is not a scientific textbook, but the Bible does make statements science can test. It's a matter of choice as to how one interprets the data of Carbon-14 found in fossils. What is not up for interpretation is the physical make up and behavior of Carbon. Physical life on earth is Carbon-based. Carbon is the 6th element on the periodic table. It is composed of 6 neutrons and 6 protons and 6 electrons. The atomic number is 12. Carbon-14 behaves like Carbon-12 but its make up of 6 protons and 8 neutrons is unstable. It will decay naturally; that is, of its own accord.

Eternal life comes from the Jews. At the time Jesus came to the created world, because Jacob adopted Joseph's two sons, the original 12 tribes could be named by choosing from a list of 14 names. The Book of Revelation reveals the list will revert back to 12 names. To borrow a term from science, a list of 14 names is unstable.

Since the Bible's explanation of physical life and eternal life agrees with the properties God created Carbon to have, I see that as objective evidence the Bible is correct. I would add the caveat that exactly 5,786 years could be slightly off. I prefer to say about 6,000 years.

A Virginia church is rallying behind two Iranian sisters active in the congregation who were recently detained by immigration enforcement officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands while traveling after Thanksgiving.

The U.S. Border Patrol Ramey Sector posted on its Facebook account last week that agents "encountered two illegal aliens from Iran" in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Ramey Sector agents responded and assumed custody of the individuals. Both subjects are being processed for removal proceedings," stated the Puerto Rico-based Ramey Sector.

"[U.S. Customs and Border Protection] in Puerto Rico and in the U.S. Virgin Islands remains committed to securing our borders and safeguarding our communities."

According to a CBP statement last week, "CBP officers were conducting outbound operations at the Cyril E. King Airport when they encountered two Iranian national women who were determined to be illegally present in the U.S."

"No fun in the sun when you are unlawfully present," CBP stated. "In coordination with US Border Patrol Ramey Sector agents, the two women were arrested and transported to be processed for removal."

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Indiana University star quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who is among the favorites for this year's Heisman Trophy and was named Associated Press Player of the Year on Thursday, gave God the glory after the Hoosiers earned a spot in the College Football Playoff.

"I want to give all the glory to God," the redshirt junior said in an interview with FOX Sports after the Hoosiers won the Big Ten Championship Saturday with a victory over No. 2-ranked Ohio State University.

“We were never supposed to be in this position," Mendoza insisted, as the Big 10 also includes powerhouse programs like Ohio State, Michigan and Oregon.

"But by the glory of God, the great coaches, great teammates, everybody we have around us, we were able to pull this off."

As the interview concluded, Mendoza turned to the camera and said, "God bless, go Hoosiers!"

Mendoza has consistently used his platform to share his Catholic faith.

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Love how man loves to blame an outside force to avoid taking responsibility for their own selfishness

Just like Christianity there are millions of Muslims who are not devout in their faith. They are good people who are just living their lives. Often they are secular, culturally Muslim

Then there are the devout Islamists who really believe in their religious cause and the Quran. They follow the "Abode of War" which allows them to do whatever they need to do to conquer. So whatever method is available they will use it. Whether that be violence or political take over to advance Islam. They will use society against itself. They will lie. They will even live lives that directly go against Islamic teaching as long as it is for the advancement of Islam and the take over of Islam. Allah will be pleased. That is what is going on in the West.

Yes we have the freedom of religion here. But our freedom of religion doea not support a take over of the state by religion. And by and large Christians do not support that either. But Islam's goal is to combine state and religion under Islam. And they will teach that to their children. And they are growing in number. As we have seen in the US already places that have been Essentially taken over by the Islamic community. Places in Europe are even worse off.

Well, the guy has a point, it's just, instead of boat, he should build space rocket. ^^

Aryeh Jay said:

He should have just stayed in the band.

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If only he’d remember some of his songs.

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At least 41% of G-rated series and 41% of TV-Y7-rated series on Netflix feature LGBT content, including trans-identifying characters and same-sex couples, according to a new study.

The new report, "LGBTQ Messaging Pervasive In Netflix Children's Programming," compiles references to LGBT-related messages and storylines across 326 Netflix shows aimed at children.

The study, released by the Washington-based Christian conservative advocacy group Concerned Women for America, analyzed licensed and original shows on the streaming platform, with ratings ranging from TV-G, TV-Y or TV-Y7.

The study, released by the Washington-based Christian conservative advocacy group Concerned Women for America, analyzed licensed and original shows on the streaming platform, with ratings ranging from TV-G, TV-Y or TV-Y7.

"Netflix's anti-child, anti-family agenda has finally been exposed — its children's programming has been infiltrated by adult preoccupations with sexual preferences and gender identity," CWA President and CEO Penny Nance said in a statement shared with The Christian Post.

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