What are you listening to?
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Well there is this:
Primary sources contain no such statements. Byrd’s expedition logs, radio transmissions, and official reports from his 1926 flight over the Arctic and his later Antarctic expeditions contain no references to hollow Earth entrances, polar openings, hidden civilizations, or unexpected warm areas.
• The infamous “secret diary” is not authentic. A text often cited as Byrd’s suppressed personal account, describing flying into an inner world or meeting non-human beings, surfaced decades after his death and is demonstrably not in Byrd’s hand, tone, or known writing style. There is no archival trail for its origin.
• Misinterpretation of a 1947 remark. Byrd made public comments in the late 1940s about the strategic significance of the polar regions, describing them as potential avenues for military attack or rapid travel. A key phrase—often quoted as him saying there was “a land beyond the Pole”—referred to the geographical and geopolitical importance of the Arctic basin, not a literal landmass.
• Operational records show the expected Arctic environment. Meteorological notes, flight logs, and scientific observations from Byrd and his contemporaries match what is now well-established about the polar climate and geography. No anomalous warm regions, hidden valleys, or unexplored continents appear in the data.
• No corroboration from other explorers. Amundsen, Nobile, Ellsworth, MacMillan, and later Arctic researchers crossed the same regions by air and ice, producing detailed maps and measurements that leave no room for the extraordinary features attributed to Byrd’s accounts.
• Fringe interpretations arise from later authors. Most extraordinary claims first appear in 1950s–1980s hollow-Earth or esoteric literature that used Byrd as an authority figure but provided no primary documentation.
Summary by ChatGpt. I shall expand on any of these to which you offer an evidenced refutation.
This issue is no longer relevant. It has been proven now that abortion has seen a rise with maternal death rising along with it. Overturning Roe.Wade made things worse. The pro- life advocates chose the wrong solution. The freedom of choice actually saved lives.In my profile it says I am a republican but that's only because I'm a single-issue voter when it comes to abortion. I believe there is no greater issue. I can understand the problems a Christian may have with Republicans based on immigration (problems that I myself have with the Republicans), but is it really worth siding with abortion enablers over? At least immigrants were allowed to be born!
Your statement is correct and has been presented similarly earlier on this forum as well by others - but not everyone agrees to it. Interpreting Yeshua's statement in Matthew 5:28 should be done in the context of what the definition of adultery was in those days according to Torah and given Yeshua is warning a thought/mind-set is preceding actual physical sin. Indeed an expansion on Exodus 20:17.I watch Christians (mostly male) torture themselves over lust. I think it is fair to say that most Christians have been misled about what kind of lust that Jesus was talking about. Here it is in a nutshell.
The word almost always translated as “lust” in Matthew 5:28 is the Greek ἐπιθυμέω (epithumeō). In every other place in the New Testament it’s translated as “covet” or “desire” (sometimes even positively), and in the Septuagint (the Greek Old Testament that Jesus and the apostles quoted) it’s the exact word used for “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife” (Exodus 20:17). So the context is clearly coveting → mentally violating the Seventh Commandment by fantasizing about adultery with a married woman.
Jesus was intensifying the Torah’s command against adultery, not issuing a blanket condemnation of sexual desire or attraction. The early Church Fathers (Augustine especially) later universalized it into “any sexual thought outside of procreative marital sex = mortal sin,” and that sex-negative overlay got baked into Western Christianity (and then influenced some Jewish and Muslim interpretations too). But Jesus didn't say that at all.
So yes: noticing an attractive single woman and feeling turned on? Perfectly normal, healthy, and morally neutral.
Mentally undressing your friend’s wife and cultivating the fantasy? That’s the “adultery in the heart” Jesus was talking about.
Other later church figures widened the topic to saying that all lust is bad. But that's not at all what Jesus said. I feel bad hearing Christian males feeling guilty for no good reason.
Can anyone relate to this?
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Many of us are standing with you. Life challenges us, but through Christ we are conquerors!Hello everyone, I would like to ask for prayer.
Lately, I’ve been feeling emotionally overwhelmed because of my father. In my daily life, I often have to be with him, and he frequently brings up heavy topics, complains, or speaks in ways that feel intense and pressing. This leaves me feeling anxious, drained, and afraid of losing my peace. I naturally long for calm, quiet, and a gentle environment, but daily life makes it very hard to find these moments.
I know that in January I will have to travel and spend whole days with him, which adds to my worry. I want to be emotionally strong, but I feel the weight of constant tension and pressure.
I am asking for God’s help to use the next two months to cultivate peace in my heart, so that I can:
Handle daily life with patience, calmness, and joy
Remain gentle, wise, and emotionally resilient when interacting with my father in January
Maintain healthy boundaries without dishonoring him
Keep my spirit connected to God’s presence and inner peace despite challenges
Please pray for God’s peace, strength, and guidance in my daily life, and that I may be prepared emotionally and spiritually for the month of January.
Thank you so much for your prayers. I deeply trust God to guard my heart, restore my calm, and fill my days with His peace.
Evening everyone. Got a cat scan tomorrow and getting ready to go to bed. I’d appreciate prayers for a good result. Thank you!![]()
Praise our great God for answered prayer! I'm so glad to read your post. Take it steady! Continuing to pray for you.@David Lamb @Strong in Him @prodromos & to who ever it may concern.
Just to let you know I am feeling a lot better now thanks to the Lord, thank you for all your kind concerns, I thought I were dying. You are really terrific people on here.
Many blessing
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Yeah and national socialism isn't real socialism
As long as we have the Supreme Court we're not a democracy.
The worry about driving in the fog is that when the data is released it may show a road that is alot rougher than expected. I would note too that with such potential data to make markets volatile, the temptation for insider trading for those in the know could be higher than usual. Trump also has proposals to switch some data to be reported every 3 months. If the economy is a patient that at times might need treatment, timely and as accurate data as possible is helpful, not a hindrance.In his second term Donald Trump has torn up not just trade rules but the machinery of economic measurement. After lashing out at weak job figures, he sacked the head of the Bureau of Labour Statistics in August, unsettling markets. A month-long government shutdown has since paused nearly all official data releases, leaving policymakers “driving in the fog”, as Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, put it.
IF you believe that is the case THEN Matt. 4:4, Luke 4:4 and Deut. 8:3 are all WRONGFirst off in Mark 4:15 Jesus specifically says: “Some people” and not “all people”.
| US Rank 2026 | WUR Rank 2026 | University | Overall | Teaching | Research Environment | Research Quality | Industry | International Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 97.7 | 99.2 | 95.3 | 99.6 | 100 | 91.9 |
| 2 | =3 | Princeton University | 97.2 | 98.2 | 97.3 | 99 | 98 | 85.4 |
| =3 | =5 | Harvard University | 97.1 | 95.9 | 100 | 98.9 | 86.7 | 88.3 |
| =3 | =5 | Stanford University | 97.1 | 97.5 | 97.4 | 99.5 | 100 | 83.9 |
| 5 | 7 | California Institute of Technology | 96.3 | 96.4 | 97.4 | 96.8 | 100 | 87.9 |
| 6 | 9 | University of California, Berkeley | 94.4 | 87.3 | 99 | 98.9 | 99.5 | 83.9 |
| 7 | 10 | Yale University | 94.1 | 94.6 | 94.5 | 97.2 | 87.6 | 81.4 |
Reminds me of the story about Haitians eating cats and dogs.Who is this? An Islamic group that follows a strict Salafi-jihadi ideology. They are seeking to establish an Islamic emirate in Somalia governed by its extreme interpretation of Sharia law. It is strongly anti-Western, anti-African Union, and opposes the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), which it considers apostate.
This coming from a State governed by someone who could have been VP.