Is our individuality important? Did we even know we were individuals in the Garden if we were not even aware of self?

If someone would have tried that in Russia they would be in torture. Here in the US they have Democrats feeling sorry for the guy.

Seventy convictions... No Democrats feeling sorry for the poor lady set of fire!

It is true that dreams can be unrealiable, but there are some criteria that can help you determine which ones are from God or not. First, you are more apt to wake up abruptly. Nightmares do this as well though. If it is fearful or dreading the dream is not likely of God, and most likely it has demonic involvement. When you do wake up, and the meaning is not straightforward, ask God what it means. Any interpretation that does not follow the bible is not God. If the meaning remains a mystery, then simply shelve it. Perhaps one day it will make sense. I have had a couple of this things from God that did not make sense until decades later. Normal dreams come usually during a deeper sleep called "rapid eye movement." If you were only asleep briefly and wake up with a dream I think it is a greater chance also to be from God. Lots of dreams have no real spiritual meaning, many of which you do not even remember. If it is God, or the devil, they will try and put something on your heart. God can be very direct too, no interpretation needed such as the one below.

Matthew 2:12 (ESV)
12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.

Alot of dream interpreters use more traditional symbolic meanings. Like a snake means _______. or something similar to that. Non-Christians often do that too though and I personally avoid those type of interpretations. Instead, just ask God, mull it over and see if anything unfolds. Remember too that the Holy Spirit bears witness to true interpretation.

If one does see something that you dread to happen in the future, you may not have to embrace that evil. An example, would be if someone dreamed of a pandemic like Covid. You as an individual may not be able to pray and stop it, however, you can pray for your own personal proetection according to Psalms 91 or another promise of God. If you dream you are sick or have a personal mishap you can pray in advance against it using the word of God. This may also work for you praying for other friends or family.

I will say too that dreams are associated with faith. If you shut God out of dreams (or visions) then spiritually that part might not be very active to you. Read the word though, and if it has happened to others, why not you? Are there promises for this?

Acts 2:17 (ESV)
17 “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

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Now I wanna see what the Saturday Night Live version is going to be like.

9Rock9 said:

So, do you think the Bible is completely without error in everything it touches on?

I do believe the Bible is infallible, but idk if I would go to say that it is entirely without error on matters of history, details, etc. The point is to point people to Christ. It's not meant to be a collection of raw information to mine through.

I do think Scripture is God breathed, but unsure whether I lean towards verbal plenary inspiration or dynamic inspiration.

What about you?

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I guess I consider it the pure infallible inspired Word of God. I say I guess because I turn only to the Scriptures as the final word on any topic as well as on any doctrine.

I am aware of the existence of some slight variations on the Gospel accounts of the resurrection and maybe elsewere. Nothing which causes doubt to my faith or doctrine. God works purposefully we know and the why as to these variations can really only be His good and perfect will. The Bible leaves out many dates which theologians and historians and even scientists use to their own advantage… goes back to then, faith.

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I checked the distance on a Google map 3.7 miles

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So what are the elevations at the camera and the target? Without those details your photos tell us nothing.

RileyG said:

There are no social factors. Men who prefer feminine roles are still men, women who prefer masculine roles are still women.

Never heard of tomboys or metrosexual?

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So how do you determine sex before deciding what pronouns to use? You don't look at hairstyle, fashion, mannerisms, listen to speech patterns? Check the characteristics of their friend group? Talk to them and ask? You go up to them checking for external genitalia, get a blood sample or what?

dlamberth said:

That's not even close for why I have little regard for what Hovind says.

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I suspect it's because he dares to disagree with your beliefs.

Martha Stewart?

No problem.

She doesn't threaten your beliefs.

Kent Hovind? Ken Ham? David Mainse? John Ankerberg?

Look out!

Now there's a Who's Who of pariahs!

rjs330 said:

In a statement to ABC News' Boston affiliate WCVB, a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Lopez Belloza had a removal order since 2015 and confirmed her removal.

This judge overstepped their authority. The judge is not an immigration judge.

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Is it your claim that if the executive department disagrees with the legality of a judges order it can simply ignore it?

Pepperdoodle said:

Name one thing you are thankful for this year

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Most thankful still for Gods gift of faith to me…and all believers! I consider it such a profound mystery that I was numbered with the believers before the world was born!

Hank77 said:

You might want to do a little homework before making statements like this one.

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He is being facetious.

throughfiierytrial said:

I believe you must find yourself a church… God will lead and guide you.Seek one out.

Hebrews says, Do not give up meeting together as is the habit of some, but more and more as you see the day approaching.

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Here is the quote… Hebrews 10:24-25:

24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

DaisyDay said:

But Mussolini got the trains to run on time....

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What? Wasn’t the county of Germany obsessed with efficiency and time management?

Moving on….

How sad but not surprising

Yttrium said:

Extremely unfortunate. Looking at both Trump's and Biden's involvement in all of this, I conclude that... I put the complete blame on the murderer, who should receive the full weight of the law.

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Well said and I agree completely!

essentialsaltes said:

Although some initial reports that both had died were wrong, now one has, alas.

1 of 2 National Guard members wounded in 'targeted shooting' has died, Trump says​

The other wounded National Guard member remained in critical condition.

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May he rest in peace and rise to glory! May God comfort and strengthen those who mourn! Amen!

bbbbbbb said:

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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Yes. Yes, it was.

concretecamper said:

Lex orandi, lex credendi

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Amen!

Bob Crowley said:

Somewhere in one of his Space Trilogy novels, CS Lewis dabbled with the idea of angels directing the "heavenly bodies".

At one point Professor Ransom, the central character in the trilogy, met an angel.

Ransom's character was based upon Lewis himself - an Oxford don specialising in literature who loved hiking, although he walked with a limp from "a sound Blighty" - World War I wound from an artillery shell.

He wrote that the physical surroundings seemed to revolve around the angel, and not vice versa.

Granted it is only fiction, but he used the idea.

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I still need to read them! But my TBR list is endless!

God bless them!

GodDoesListen55 said:

Happy Thanksgiving! I am grateful for God and my angels in Heaven.

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Amen! Me too!

stevevw said:

That is a silly way to look at people. In fact it hinges on the very idea of using negative assumptions and stereotypes to generalise people.

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What is the alternative?

stevevw said:

But even if we go along with this assumption irs suppose to be a unknown one and not one that used against the person to discredit them. If its a neutral assumption that we just don't know.

Then using it as a weapon to discredit someone is no longer being neutral. It is then made into an absolute fact that the person is an amateur. Without the proper investigation to determine that.

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If they want to convincing that is what they have to do, either by making their method explicit so that other experts can evaluate them or by providing credentials.

stevevw said:

That was never discussed. It was automatically assumed. Karoyl explained why and as far as I know nobody has mentioned this explanation as being wrong. As the vases were unprecedented there was no existing software that could capture the vases. So existing software was adjusted.

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Needlessly so.

stevevw said:

In fact Dr Max used a similar approach. But also the Vase project team did use the metrology software and came to the same findings. Which confirms the modified softeware was within the range of the metrology software.

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No they didn't. Max used a different process and different definitions.

stevevw said:

But also to further confirm the measurements guage metrology was also done which also came to the same findings.

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So what was the overlap of tested vases between the different measures.

stevevw said:

Basically the objections came down to the accuracy over what amounted to microns of difference. So I reduced the whole dispute from skeptics down to whether the circularity and concentricity was the result of lathing. Then it was a case of what level of lathing sophistication.

Fixating on microns of difference or even the vases as a whole is misleading. When we take a step back and realise that the vases look out of place for that time which did not even have the potters wheel.

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No they didn't.

stevevw said:

Looking at the precision looking vases in the context of other signatures such as the obvious machining marks on stones, the softening of stone and other precision works allows us to understand that overall these ancients were capable of something greater methods than pounding, grinding and rubbing stones into such precision and quality.

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This just your assertion.

stevevw said:

The point is if someone is going to make a claim of being an amateur then they should investigate first if this is the case. I am saying that no investigation at all was done beofre this accusation was hurled.

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If they are not involved in the field professionally they are amateurs.

stevevw said:

Karoyl states that the researchers that helped develop the software were "professionals" and not amateurs. So theres the first hint. Why would Karoyl use an amateur who knows little if his aim is to prove the precision of these vases. He chose to measure vases in museums because of the provenance issue. So why would be then throw another obstacle in his work.

A simple search gives you one of the researchers Marian Marcis who is a Professor in Photogrammetry, Image Scanning, #d reconstructions and Digitalisation of cultural images. That seems the exact expertise needed. Or at least beyond the amateur level lol.

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I've read his output, he is no professional coder.

stevevw said:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marian-Marcis-2

Why do you skip the most important points about how bias is being used. How Christ King like the professional software researchers are called amateurs as part of discrediting the whole research project.

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I don't think it is important.

stevevw said:

The new tech that was derived from the modelling is stated by the scientists involved. Unless you think they are lying.

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They are exaggerating, it is what is in the article that is important.

stevevw said:

There are two aspects I think. The modelling of the entire structure, its shape and how this itself causes radiowaves of a particular length are concentrated into the chambers and base.

Then there is investigation of the specific of the internal structure as to how this may further concentrate electromagnetic waves into the chambers or other parts of the pyramid. Such as thermal or acoustics. Thats not to say that the placement and use of granite or specific stone types are not themselves the generator of certain effects. Such as the granite in chambers being under tremendous pressure.

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No one has connected the radiowaves(200-600 m wavelength) to any way to extract the energy.

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I am pretty sure there have been tests done in the pyramid chamber and ante chamber that have shown high piezoelectric effects. I know there have been acoustic tests.

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So link the article that describes how they measured the voltages caused by the piezoelectric effects in the chambers.

stevevw said:

What do you mean by energy extraction. Is this the mechanism that can utilise the energy that has been generated. As far as I understand the modelling and evidence shows that the pyramid could potentially be an energy generator

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Not really it might focus radiowaves of a certain length, but the source in the simulation was external to the pyramid.

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and that this could be a source of energy that could be utilised by the Egyptians.

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There is no source proposed and no mechanism for turning the radiowaves into a useable energy source.

stevevw said:

They just have not yet joined the dots in showing how that energy could have been utilised.

Yes and my point is like all good science the modelling and theorectic science is done first based on a hypothesis. Which is usually imagined based on some indirect evidence ie good acoustics in pyramid, some anomelies such as finding certain signatures.

Then its a case of testing directly to confirm. My point is as this is all fairly new science due to the new tech available that these preliminary tests and science is not psuedoscience as its all been labelled but part of the science process. That its being lumped as all part of the conspiracy of lost advanced tech nutters is bias.

I think I have more than proved the bias and double standard. So its hard to take anything further on this thread as serious.

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Landon Caeli said:

What were the orders.

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One case in Afghanistan, a fire fight left a patrol with a critically wounded Taliban on their hands. Legally, they were obligated to treat him as a prisoner of war and treat his wounds. The captain on the scene ordered their medic ignore the wounded man. Their Afghan interpreter parroted that order.

The lieutenant understood the legal requirement to treat the injuries of a PW, but he also understood it wouldn't work well for him to directly countermand his superior while on patrol with their men amongst possible enemy. So, he admonished the Afghan interpreter (in the clear earshot of the captain), explaining the law to the interpreter...and side-eyeing the captain while doing it. At that point the captain ordered the medic to attend to the prisoner.

"Patently" and "manifestly" illegal orders are most likely to come in situations like that...under fire, in the "fog of war," when soldiers are angry, frightened, or exasperated.