Lazy lynx

Expedition X

FenderTL5 said:

Which, for me, begs the question; why would Fr Josiah give two hoots promoting him or his ilk?

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Simple: because Fr. Trenham trusts Tucker Carlson and Tucker platforms folk like this. This is the underlying problem in my estimation. Too few understand how far Tucker has shifted, and Tucker takes advantage of this.

DamianWarS said:

The disciples where picking heads of grain and the pharaisees were splitting hairs. Yet Christ is silent on this. He instead says priests can desecrate the Sabbath and guys like David who were led by their heart can eat consecrated bread. Then he tells them he is Lord of the Sabbath but no comment on the grain. He is invoking authority and type of led-by-the-heart action but he is not telling them off for staining gnats (which he certainly wasn't afraid of doing)

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Jesus was not silent on this. He said the apostles were guiltless Mat12:7 because it was and is not a sin to eat on the Sabbath.

DamianWarS said:

How are the pharaisees being scolded by Christ in this instance? They have definitely missed the point but Christ doesn't see the manner of which he and his followers pick grain on the Sabbath needed to be clarified and instead calls himself the Lord of the Sabbath. The Pharaisees wouldn't walk away challenged that picking heads of grain is not breaking the Sabbath, their thoughts on that would remain unchanged. What they would be challenged by is Christ's authority to pick heads of grain on the Sabbath which is a different conversation.

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Jesus condemned the apostles for breaking the commandments from the same unit and holds on to their traditions of man over God's commandments Mat15:1-14 He said this is worshipping Him in vain. Jesus did not hold the Pharisees at a higher standard than He did for Himself and for His disciples and than tell us that our righteousness must exceed theirs if we are to see heaven Mat5:19-20 by breaking the least of these same commandments, this would make Jesus a hypocrite, which He is not. Its simply a misunderstanding of the Scriptures and not understanding the Sabbath. Jesus nor His disciples ever broke God's Sabbath, they broke the Pharisees sabbath, that was all about control and punishment when the Sabbath is and always will be a delight Isa58:13-14ceasing from all work and labors, spending time focusing on God on His holy day. That doesn't mean God never gave us clear direction on the Sabbath and that we can't do evil on it Mark3:4 like Jesus said by profaning it.Neh13:17 Isa56:2

DamianWarS said:

I would probably be considered by habbit and by intentionally obstaining from work someone who keeps the Sabbath but I don't call myself a Sabbath keeper. When I read the Sabbath message in scripture I don't see a call for physical rest, I see a call for spiritual rest through Christ and I see this for every moment. I have that rest, so the call for me now extends to spread that rest as far and wide as possible even if it involves labour.

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It involves both. Exo20:8-11 Heb4,9,10,11 The commandments will always be like the way God gave them, Jesus came to magnify them Isa42:21 which means make larger, not smaller and the way He explained it, the heart is the issue, if the heart is changed all of God's commandments would be kept exactly how He said Mat5:18-30

High Fidelity said:

Britain for the British is a very nice thought.

France for the French, too.

Yet another terror attack today as a Muslim rimmed 10 people leaving some critically injured before yelling Allah Akbar upon arrest.

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"rimmed"?


uhh........

EDIT: AAHHH!!! Rammed (with a vehicle...I...assume.)

Apple Sky said:

Then why are you posting on here ?

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I've told you before;
I don't like the implied, or sometimes stated, view that Christians who don't accept flat earth don't read/believe Genesis.
I don't like it when anyone says "the Bible teaches ........" when it doesn't.
Saying that the earth is a specific shape and the Bible backs that up gives the wrong impression to non Christians - although I hope that most are smart enough to realise that anything posted in the Conspiracy section of the forum is nonsense.
And I live in hope - though it grows smaller by the day - that you might stop wasting your time on this, stop laughing at, and mocking, scientific facts, stop posting insults when people don't agree with you and become the woman of God that you were made to be, and can be.

ChubbyCherub said:

I find all of this so interesting but also overwhelming. I don't know what sacraments, apostolic succession, liturgy, creeds and everything else means!

Here is maybe a not so interesting fact: My IQ is 140, for whatever that is worth. I'm university educated. I'm in a white collar, legalistic, professional job.

Despite all of that, I feel overwhelmed by all of these terms and feel like I'll never get to Heaven because I did not study the bible in university.

That's my tantrum done!

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Don’t feel disheartened. I was a nurse who worked in a large research hospital in NYC for years, surrounded by the smartest people alive, but it holds no candle to being in a relationship with Christ. I also was a member of a Christian cult that rejected many mainstream Christian beliefs and had to maneuver through the different religions and beliefs to find one that I believe sticks closely to God’s word. It took a while, and a couple really good friends who could help me interpret scripture so I knew how certain beliefs were or weren’t Biblical. I pray you have some spiritual guidance along the way.

CoreyD said:

The thing is, we note that light reached earth on day one. Genesis 1:3-5
So, before God started creating any living thing, light was available on earth.
What was not yet visible from earth, is the heavenly bodies, and that's understandable considering what might have been involved in the formation of the planet.

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That light wasn't necessarily coming from heavenly bodies. In fact, since the light had to be separated from the dark, that first light must have been full-time, before there was an evening and morning. In other words, it would appear that the light was coming from all directions. The Big Bang Theory postulates a similar event, and starting at a time the fits, in the Photon Epoch. This was about 3 minutes after the Big Bang. That epoch supposedly lasted 240,000 years, but if the big bang timeline is collapsed into just days, That would certainly fit in the first day. I'm not sure exactly what to make of the Big Bang Theory, but it seems like the scientists have made some reasonable conjectures.

CoreyD said:

That is true.
In contrast to the "Ancient of days". Daniel 7:9

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Yes, "Ancient of Days" appears to be a reference to someone who has been around for a very long time, measured in days. That would most likely speak of God's eternality, but only as compared to the people living and the earth itself.

stevevw said:

As I said, your assuming that it has to be like todays tech and devices. It would be rediculous to say that there was machines and computers like today everywhere. Yes we would definitely find it. We should have found something as its not small and the works are wide spread counting other signatures in blocks ect.

It may have been something similar to a modern machine but made of basic components of stone and copper. Or as some have said a copper cutter embossed with diamonds or some or very hard stone. Maybe aqua power. Most of the components will have been reused, melted down by later people.

Or it could be something completely outside the box like stone weakening or softening. Then hardly any tools or machines are needed. Am ordinary spatula or shovel can dig out or shape the stone. More about changing the material than needing powerful tools to cut such hard material. To me this makes the most sense.

The point is not to assume any particular tech or device was used and especially that it worked like modern tech. Their modern tech may have been in a completely different ball park. Something more natural perhaps and toying with the structures and makup of rocks themselves perhaps.

But I am not saying this is a fact. Only that we should not assume that over 100s of thousands of years and especially say in the last 12 to 14,000 years that knowledge and tech did not peak several times and was los. Then people began again. Some continue and others disappear. All sorts of alternative knowledge could have been around and lost.

THis is the exact testimony the peoples of the later cultures were saying. That their ancestors or people that came before them had advanced knowledge and it was lost. That they found their works and inherited them. Don't you believe them.

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An absolute load of bunk and bull.

I don't give a flying fig if the tech is the same as it looks now or if it looks totally different but functions the same way or looks totally different and functions a totally different way, the bottom line is that when you and others like you who claim that the ancients had advanced tech greater than anything we say they had, you present NOTHING of said tech existing. You always go with just saying "Oh, they created these things! That's evidence enough!", but when pushed by any skeptic to present evidence for the tech that created the so-called evidence, you suddenly go deaf, blind and dumb.

I don't give a care about groups who said that their ancestors had advanced knowledge and lost it, because it's just a 'just-so' story to explain something they couldn't explain back then. And it's such a brilliant example of hypocrisy from you, especially since you've shown that you ignore the traditional workmanship of others who actually know their craft and just go "But they couldn't do it!"

Why couldn't they do it? Simple: because your entire argument is nothing more than an argument from incredulity. You can't personally imagine how it could be done, therefore no-one knows how it could be done, so you have to use such extraordinary claims to fill in the gaps in your own knowledge and ignore what other more intelligent people, are telling you time and again.

Again: you want to make the claim that the ancients had advanced technology? Then present the evidence of the technology existing; either the technology itself or actual contemporary artistic depictions of said technology. Because the fact that the latter fails to exist is suspicious, but coupled with the fact that in over a century of exploration and discovery in Egypt and other places linked to so-called 'advanced ancient cultures', we have not found a single shred of actual advanced tech existing, it's pretty damning that your claims are bunk.

Graham Hancock must be someone you look up to, I bet.

[Insert biggest eye roll ever] Right... the white house just had a wing full of children and puppies... uh huh....

essentialsaltes said:

Trump just bragged about Walmart’s cheaper Thanksgiving dinner, but here’s what he conveniently left out​

“Walmart just announced that Prices for a Thanksgiving Dinner is now down 25% since under Sleepy/Crooked Joe Biden, in 2024,” Trump wrote Wednesday. “AFFORDABILITY is a Republican Stronghold. Hopefully, Republicans will use this as irrefutable fact!”

A community note on X pointed out that this year’s meal featured fewer brand-name items and six fewer items overall. The Turkey cost nine cents more [per pound] compared to last year, and 2024 items like a [2 pound Marie Callender's] premade pie, cranberry sauce and onions were dropped entirely.

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normal Trump
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cut out the pecan pie, whipped topping, marshmallows, corn muffins, sweet potatoes, fresh onions, celery, poultry seasoning
Substitute lots of mac and cheese
make your own cranberry sauce
count on Walmart to absorb the 70% increase in turkey prices

open office

How many times has that happened? I never knew this org even existed, This is what the weaponizing of the DOJ looks like. They claimed Americans lost confidence in the FBI (they mean MAGA) only to conduct actions of retribution where now they lost the confidence of the FBI agents themselves. Keep your head down, bite your tongue, be miserable, and keep from getting fired. What usually happens when a leader looses the confidence of those they are suppose to lead?

board games?

My favorite board game . . .

Always turn out the lights.

ChubbyCherub said:

Thanks so much for this because I don't get a lot of fellowship where I am and it helps to have the word of God reiterated with fellow Christians.

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Same, but I'm here for you if you need me!

ChubbyCherub said:

Like you, I was watching ASMR and mukbangs to manage cravings through third party but then I felt bad like I was encouraging sin through others so I stopped... I don't know...!

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Mukbangs might not be a good idea, since it promotes overeating. And when you're on a diet, that isn't going to help because you'll just crave food. As far as ASMR, I try and find wholesome artists to watch. I stopped promoting one after she came out saying she started OF... I was like, yep... not supporting that and unsubbed. But general ASMR isn't a sin as long as the content is wholesome. Latte, and Myaling are my 2 absolute favorites.

ChubbyCherub said:

Sorry about the milk intolerance! That must be a lot to manage because, as you say, there is milk in so many things!! But, congrats on your weight loss!!

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Thank you!

ChubbyCherub said:

I started out being Obese class II and managed to get to 'healthy' according to BMI scale but have crept my way up to 'overweight' by 10 pounds due to stress eating! I really want to get a grip on this so I can honor God through honoring my body and not resorting to anything worldly when stress and fear seem to consume me!

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Congrats at getting down so far!! And also, give yourself some grace to realize that you're headed in the wrong direction and you're trying to do something about it. That in itself is exactly what you should be doing! Remember, this is a race (I really like Pauls metaphor as it makes total sense), so the only thing you need to do is KEEP GOING. Struggles aren't going to be an overnight thing where suddenly you wake up in the morning and it's all gone and you're good and you can go take on the world!! It's conquering 1 thing at a time, step by step. If you fall off the horse, get back on. Your desire to get a grip on this is a wholesome one and I KNOW God is going, "YOU CAN DO IT!" Picture him like your cheerleader XD

ChubbyCherub said:

Thank you for the reminder that it is Satan. I think about God a lot but never Satan. I don't know why!

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You're welcome! Probably because you're just not used to looking at it this way. Don't worry, that's why we have fellowship! We help each other <3

ChubbyCherub said:

I'm still so scared. I have a paper journal and will try to use that more often. I had an online diary, because writing hurts (!) but I don't think it was helping because I only went to it after the fact AND I'm scared of anything being noted online in our current censorship era.

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I don't blame you. Things get leaked all the time but maybe it might help to open up a word doc, pour out your heart just so you can feel like you're getting it out there and then delete it. Then go to God and pray about what you just wrote. Writing helps me sort my emotions and thoughts and if physical writing hurts, maybe this method might help you.

ChubbyCherub said:

So, appreciate your help, thank you so much. If you need an accountability buddy, let me know!

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Will do! And if you need someone too, I'm here also!

rocknanchor said:

Grant them understanding Father for the loss they now exhibit, their destitution from that blessed engrafted word of God for which brother Kirk paid the price for.

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Understanding? More like, “engrafted word” of God's example for which brother Kirk paid the price for.

Has enough time passed for everyone within your given convictions to rise up within His will? No doubt, so many!


Understanding? You be the judge! What great shared blessings Charlie left. For many of us, an indelible mark on our hearts yet still now, not all. This leaves a poignant reminder of the divide of both reverie and spite for the truths he was capable of uncovering. Does this shadow cast seek to overtake our present longing for our brother, or push to reserve such care for ourselves as in ancient times as THEY DID in “one accord” to have Providence once again,‘lose the Apostle from prison’ type protection?

For give us Father for repeating the example you have recounted, just enough example for us yet, have nothing to show for it. Including worst of all Lord, for putting your patience to the test.

What example of understanding? Wouldn’t you agree of these glaring similarities of the Charlie Kirk’ amazing rise yet, lack of support and passing, to the scriptural account of Steven’s qualities and lack of support in the book of Acts 6:8 – 8:3

In the Church:

1 Wonders
2 Wisdom
3 Envy unaddressed

The assassin:

Why dither) the best the unaffiliated had to offer, Saul / Tyler

ChubbyCherub said:

Thanks for this! I will use this, if you don't mind, when talking to my church about the rapture.

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Certainly, show the sequence with the chart at your church.

Fervent said:

You claim it's just a subjective preference, but then you act as if it is an objective issue. You aren't consistent in maintaining that it's just your subjective preference, because you act as if it is well and truly wrong not just distasteful to you.

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That's because it IS an objective issue. It's as if we metaphorically put everyone in a room and let them fight it out, and morals is what you get when you remove the dead bodies. It's what you're ALWAYS going to get, and it has nothing to do with God, unless you consider nature to be God.

So it becomes a self perpetuating fact simply through the process of elimination, because all the other options fail.

FYI, that's the exact same way that ALL objective truths come to exist, because all the other options failed.

Not only a socialist, but an anti-semitic socialist.

I expect to see a massive exodus of Jewish New Yorkers leaving the city, if not the state.

iluvatar5150 said:

lol, i forgot all about this

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I was ten seconds short of material in my two minute hate this morning, and it popped into my head.