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Feeling betrayed

Hi all,

I had so called “friends” from college. I thought they were some of my closest friends. One completely abandoned me and the other didn’t invite me to his wedding, even after many particular conversations regarding that topic.

I blocked most people from my hometown and from college.

I spend a majority of my time alone, and outside of work, I don’t talk to anyone outside my immediate family.

How do I move on?

Peace
Seek Christian friends, try to find a counsellor/coach to find out what the problem might be in finding and maintaining balanced bi-directional friendships. If it's always the others that seem to withdraw and not seek your company, there may be something going on you're not aware of yet. Getting some honest feedback from someone you can trust would be helpful. Feeling abandoned or even betrayed would feel terrible, sorry to hear that. But don't rush to blame others - try to discover what you can do to become a valued friend to others.
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Is This The New Normal?

The only people whitewashing anything are those people who pick and choose what they want to push as the “accepted” narrative who then suppress anything that points to a different reality and then tries to gaslight everyone into not believing what their eyes are seeing, and when that doesn’t work, to sic the DoJ on people to silence them. You know what I’m saying, straight out of the leftists playbook, time after time.
Except now, it's Trump and his administration doing those things.

-- A2SG, still nothing on those treason indictments, huh?
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Clueless, Trump fails to leave the stage after presenting the trophy ....

hmmmm



Trump kept FIFA Club World Cup trophy for himself - leaving champions Chelsea to lift a replica​


I don't believe Trump when he said that they would never pick it up and take it back. He has lied so much. But perhaps it is part of a plan to have Trump lighten up on how the US handles visas in 2026.
I’m sure that DHS scanned it for electronic listening devices, probably.
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WHY WATER BAPTISM WILL DISAPPEAR AND THEN REAPPEAR !!

That is right.
GR 908...
Baptisma means baptism consisting in the processes of immersion, submersion, and emergence.
And Acts 1:5 reads for John indeed Baptized ( WITH. was added ) WATER /. HYDOR , but YOU. will BAPTIZED with Holy Spirit

not many of these days AFTER !!

And there two different Baptism with WATER here , Water Baptism by John

and. one BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT , NOT MANY DAYS AFTER , meaning. Acts 2:38 , the gift of. the Holy Spirit

and verse 36 is speaking to Israel !!

dan p
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Pray For Them

Pray for those who are tattered and torn,
And for those who are sad and forlorn,
Those who need some encouragement strong,
For the many who are being wronged.

Many facing trials, no escape,
Many persecuted on this date,
Many hurting, though it not relents,
Trusting in The Savior God did send.

Many targeted, in Christ believe,
Died to sin, His pardon did receive,
Following Jesus, Savior, in His ways,
Do the will of Father day by day.

Satan, enemy, he wants them gone,
In his harem they do not belong,
Serve the Lord and Savior with their lives,
And on God the Father they rely.

Speaking truth of gospel, not lies tell,
Many not believe, end up in hell,
Satan, liar, though, convinces them,
They not have to die with Christ to sin.

Speaking lies, he promises God’s grace,
So from hell they surely can escape,
Death to sin, though, they do not require,
For the truth of Gospel they retire.

Satan does not like when truth be told
By those servants of the Lord who’re bold,
So he plots his evil plans to kill
Those who share the gospel, truth fulfill.

Pray for all who follow Jesus Christ,
That on Jesus, Savior, they rely,
Not give in to fear of what men say,
Follow where God leads throughout each day.

An Original Work / July 14, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

IF the New AI Tools are SO GREAT, Why Aren't They Being Used by the Big Social Media Platforms to do Fact-Checking???

Who supplies the information to artificial intelligence?

True fact checkers research all areas of a subject searching for truth. AI's can only research the data it has on hand, which may or may not be all the facts or even facts..
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Help me move on from King Charles and Camila

I recommend letting go of this idea: "A king ... is supposed to be righteous and holy." He's just a human being, like everyone else, except that he happened to be the oldest child of a sovereign and now holds the job of serving as sovereign himself. Not a hero, not a villain, just a human being. Let him be the ceremonial figurehead that his nation needs him to be, but don't ask him to be more than that. It's too much for any one person to carry.

I'll note that if you're American, he's not your king, so you can leave it to the UK and the Commonwealth to sort out. (If you're Canadian, then I suppose he is your king. Your profile says you're in the US, but I don't remember which side of the border you were born on.)

I'll also note that his sins aren't yours, or mine, to forgive. He sinned against his former wife and children, and they're the ones with the right to grant or withhold forgiveness. We're just spectators peeking in at his private life. We have no idea what conversations have happened in private with his family, or what regrets he may have. Mercifully, most of my sins have been private, so I don't have to endure seeing them on the evening news.

I note further that regardless of what came before, once he was widowed, King Charles was free to remarry. He's not living with a mistress now; he's living with his lawfully wedded wife. Given that none of us has the power to change the past, I think his best path forward is to live faithfully with Queen Camilla and to do his best to work for the welfare of the UK and the Commonwealth.
Well put.

To the OP, stop expecting people to be perfect. Look to Jesus, not others.

Did you know that Charles and Camilla wanted to marry, long before he met Diana, but were prevented from doing so? The people who prevented them (not his parents, as far as I know) are the ones I'm a bit annoyed with.

As for the adultery - yes, it was a sin, but it's not unforgivable and I understand that they have repented. In any case that is between them and God. What did Jesus say to those who wanted to cast stones at the adulterous woman? I suggest that you do the same and drop your stone and get on with your life. I'm wondering why you are so angry though. Is it touching issues in your own life? If so, I would deal with them.

I'm British and am almost the same age as King Charles. Over my life, I have seen him serve our country and the Commonwealth in many good ways. It must be a great strain living in the public eye and he has done so with a good grace and pleasant manner. Concentrate on that, not on his sin.
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AI Apocalypse Coming Hard And Fast

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Is artificial intelligence about to take your job? According to Daniel Kokotajlo, the executive director of the A.I. Futures Project, that should be the least of your worries. Kokotajlo was once a researcher for OpenAI, but left after losing confidence in the company’s commitment to A.I. safety. This week, he joins Ross Douthat to talk about “AI 2027,” a series of predictions and warnings about the risks A.I. poses to humanity in the coming years, from radically transforming the economy to developing armies of robots.

Ironically, I think openai's safety nets are working.

At least most popular AI providers have working safety systems.

They literally have AI bound and crippled by design. It's not just the rules that's stopping AI but for making the tech far more inefficient that what's already possible.

They made it incredibly inefficient on purpose.

They're not going to replace jobs. Not yet. However, a human + AI working together can make it possible to work on the same project with less people.
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‘The Chosen' season 5 Prime Video premiere date announced

I've only seen the John 3 scene. It was fine for what it was, but I'd like to to watch the whole show someday. I feel like Paul's teaching 'whether false or not, Christ is taught', so some one may be reached, is important for items we should recognize as strictly entertainment.
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Your Peace Is Getting Hijacked. Here’s the Fix...

Your brain is hardwire to look for threats, sadly watching any news on youtube or something activates this in me, i'm considering just stop watching the craze in this world, if something really important happens, i'm going to know anyway in some other way.
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Kilauea Volcano is spectacular today.

Here is the eruption type from my previous post in more detail.

TypeMechanismCharacteristicsTypical VEIExamples
HawaiianEffusive (magmatic)Fluid basaltic lava, fire fountains, gentle, low ash; flows build shield volcanoes (Geology.com)0–1Kīlauea (Hawaiʻi)
StrombolianMagmatic explosiveIntermittent bursts of incandescent cinders/bombs from gas bursts; builds scoria cones1–2Stromboli (Italy)
VulcanianMagmatic explosiveShort, powerful blasts ejecting dense ash clouds and bombs; clearing the vent; frequent pyroclastic flows2–4Vulcano (Italy); Mount Pelée (1902)
PeleanMagmatic explosiveDome growth and collapse producing glowing avalanches (nuées ardentes)3–5Mount Pelée (1902); Mayon (1968)
Sub‑PlinianMagmatic explosiveSustained eruption columns (~20–30 km), continuous tephra ejection; between Vulcanian and Plinian3–4Calbuco (2015)
PlinianMagmatic explosiveSustained, high columns (up to ~50 km), massive ash and pumice, climate impact5–6Vesuvius AD 79; Mount St. Helens (1980)
Ultra‑PlinianMagmatic explosiveUltra-high columns (>45 km), immense volume and mass flux≥ 5Samalas (1257); Pinatubo (1991)
SurtseyanHydromagmaticInteraction with water → violent steam-driven blasts in shallow marine or wet environments2–4Surtsey (Iceland, 1963–65)
PhreaticSteam-driven explosiveSteam explosions without new magma ejection; blasts rock/ash, forms maars0–3Mount St. Helens pre‑1980
PhreatomagmaticMixed magmatic + waterMagma contacts water → steam explosions with ash and magma fragmentsVariableSubmarine/surtseyan variants
Submarine / SubglacialWater interactionUnderwater or under ice; can vary greatly in explosivityVariableUndersea vents, Icelandic glacial eruptions

The VEI (Volcanic Explosive Index) scale.

VEI
Ejecta Volume
Column Height
Description
Examples
0
< 10⁴ m³​
< 100 m​
Non‑explosive, effusive​
Hawaiian lava flows​
1
10⁴–10⁶ m³​
0.1–1 km​
Gentle, small explosive bursts​
Small Strombolian eruptions​
2
10⁶–10⁷ m³​
1–5 km​
Explosive​
Mt Etna’s moderate blasts​
3
10⁷–10⁸ m³​
3–15 km​
Severe​
Nevado del Ruiz (1985)​
4
10⁸–10⁹ m³​
10–25 km​
Cataclysmic​
Eyjafjallajökull (2010)​
5
10⁹–10¹⁰ m³​
> 25 km​
Paroxysmal​
Mt St Helens (1980)​
6
10¹⁰–10¹¹ m³​
> 25 km​
Colossal​
Mt Pinatubo (1991)​
7
10¹¹–10¹² m³​
> 25 km​
Super‑colossal​
Tambora (1815)​
8
≥ 10¹² m³​
> 25 km​
Mega‑colossal (supervolcano)​
Early Permian New England Caldera, Australia (~252–257 Ma)—~10¹⁴m³ ejected, true VEI 8​

The mega-colossal eruption leading to the New England caldera in Australia wiped most flora and fauna over a vast area and was a precursor to the "Great Dying" extinction event.
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The Holy Peoples and the Treaty

keras, why are you being so scornful ? If you disagree, simply give your rationale.
I have given proofs of what the Lord plans to do. You seem incapable of understanding it, let alone believing the Prophesies.
1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 involves the resurrection of the bodies of Christians who have died, and the translation of the living Christians. As does 1Thessalonians 5:9-11 as Paul continues to talk about the resurrection/rapture that it will be before God's wrath begins.
But those scriptures simply do not say that at all. You add to what is Written, in a blatant and reckless way.
1 Corinthians 15:50-56, tells us when the translation into immortality for anyone, will take place; AFTER the Millennium, when Death will be no more...... Revelation 21:4

My aim and object here and in all my writings, is to get people to see the Truth of what actually is going to happen in our future.
WE are the peoples who will see it all, we have seen the resurgence of Judah and their success in fending off their enemies*.
Now; as over 100 Prophesies tell us, the Lord is going to send a world changing disaster to destroy His enemies, who include the apostate and Jesus hating Jews. Only a Christian remnant will survive in the Holy Land and the world population will be drastically reduced. Isaiah 34:2-3, Isaiah 13:11-13, +

* My belief is that the Israeli's have been helped by Satanic spiritual forces. They are not Gods people.
Proved by Daniel 12:1, where the Archangel Michael, who guards the House of Judah, will arise and save the few true and faithful Jews., ONLY those whose names are in the Book of Life.
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