Good as there is no biblical notion to support the nation-that-calls-itself-Israel.

I would quote the article, but instead I shall just warn those who are Roman Catholic that some of it is rather one-sided and scathing...

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Protestant group fires off complaint to King Charles III over papal prayer service

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Not all things can be addressed early but things like screenings and staying generally healthy weight, diet things like that can be.

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That was one of the strengths of the ACA - it made preventive care, including annual checkups and vaccines, be included in any covered insurance plan.

This is a good challenge.

The problem with the way that recent papacies have wielded these very subtle theological-moral doctrines is that they tend to simply pretend as if the legal sphere does not exist (cf. Where the Church’s Immigration Rhetoric Fails - First Things).

Hence the Catechism and the Compendium are much more careful than Dilexi te (and beginning with Francis, papal documents have become increasingly rhetorical and propagandistic). For example:

2403 The right to private property, acquired by work or received from others by inheritance or gift, does not do away with the original gift of the earth to the whole of mankind. the universal destination of goods remains primordial, even if the promotion of the common good requires respect for the right to private property and its exercise.

2404 "In his use of things man should regard the external goods he legitimately owns not merely as exclusive to himself but common to others also, in the sense that they can benefit others as well as himself."187 The ownership of any property makes its holder a steward of Providence, with the task of making it fruitful and communicating its benefits to others, first of all his family.

-Catechism of the Catholic Church

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176. By means of work and making use of the gift of intelligence, people are able to exercise dominion over the earth and make it a fitting home: “In this way, he makes part of the earth his own, precisely the part which he has acquired through work; this is the origin of individual property”[368]. Private property and other forms of private ownership of goods “assure a person a highly necessary sphere for the exercise of his personal and family autonomy and ought to be considered as an extension of human freedom ... stimulating exercise of responsibility, it constitutes one of the conditions for civil liberty”[369]. Private property is an essential element of an authentically social and democratic economic policy, and it is the guarantee of a correct social order. The Church's social doctrine requires that ownership of goods be equally accessible to all[370], so that all may become, at least in some measure, owners, and it excludes recourse to forms of “common and promiscuous dominion”[371].

-Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church

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The footnote 371 refers to Rerum Novarum #11, which says nothing about "common and promiscuous dominion" (it turns out that the translations and references are often inconsistent in these documents, including DT).

11. With reason, then, the common opinion of mankind, little affected by the few dissentients who have contended for the opposite view, has found in the careful study of nature, and in the laws of nature, the foundations of the division of property, and the practice of all ages has consecrated the principle of private ownership, as being pre-eminently in conformity with human nature, and as conducing in the most unmistakable manner to the peace and tranquillity of human existence. The same principle is confirmed and enforced by the civil laws-laws which, so long as they are just, derive from the law of nature their binding force. The authority of the divine law adds its sanction, forbidding us in severest terms even to covet that which is another's: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife; nor his house, nor his field, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is his."(2)

Rerum Novarum, #11

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More succinctly, Catholic doctrine involves a complex balance of opposed and paradoxical principles and values. The Francis papacy had a tendency to highlight one side of the paradox, pretend that the other doesn't exist, and mislead quite grievously. I haven't read this document, so I have no reason to believe that Leo is following in Francis' footsteps, but attempts to highlight the universal destination of goods without mentioning the complex and paradoxical context in which it resides do not do justice to Catholic doctrine. Historically, the universal destination of goods is treated as a kind of exception which applies in cases of extreme poverty. Most people nowadays want it to mean much more. Beyond that, the universal destination of goods is a specifically theological doctrine, absent from natural reason in its stronger forms.

Women who can take care of themselves don’t want to vote for conservatism. Also, water is wet.

ThatRobGuy said:

Her major claim to fame during her time with the gavel basically just includes getting the Affordable Care Act pushed through, which while a large piece of legislation, the numbers were stacked in her favor.

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So many claims to fame...was it the remarkable feat of voting for that bill without having read it, or the ingenious insider trading she pulled off, or was it successfully breaking the law by getting her hair did in public without a mask during covid, which she had self-righteously admonished we the peons for doing? Historians will have to sort it out.

This clip is so funny. One lady says people will get their hair done "at any cost". I picture soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy for a trim.

Then the SF reporter emphasizes the important fact that, Nancy didn't get her hair cut, only washed and blow-dried. There are volumes of scientific evidence proving that you can't inhale a flu while getting a wash, only while getting a haircut.

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Peace in Christ.

We are to come out from among “them”….the man-based churches…and be separate

We are to no longer be attached to the unclean body of the man-based churches.

They will not believe in the Word of Truth when they will hear it. What in common will we have with the unbelievers of the man-based churches? We are not to be unequally yoked TOGETHER with the UNBELIEVERS of the man-based churches.

2Co 6:14-18 KJV
(14) Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
(15) And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
(16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
(17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

We are to leave them for His sake and the gospel’s…..the truth of the gospel of our mortal salvation of which we will hear and believe in while they will not. They will persecute us for leaving them for His sake and the gospel’s.

A man’s foes shall be they of his own “household”….that is, of their own “church” family.

Mat 10:36-39 KJV
(36) And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

We are to hear Him and come forth from the man-based churches….being completely separate from them. He that will love his church family more than Him is not worthy of Him. Even though they might hear and believe, those who will love their own church family more will stay put in their churches rather than leave them for His sake. They will show that they are not worthy of Him and will not receive the promise of His presence....to shine His glory light to the people of the outside world.

(37) He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

He that does not take his cross and follow after Him is not worthy of Him. When we leave the man-based church family, they will persecute us for doing so. We are to be faithful to the His death on the cross and not return evil for their evil. We are to die to sin.

(38) And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Do not be afraid of their persecutions. Our souls shall be troubled by them…let us not shrink back to them in fear.

Do not seek to save your troubled soul by going back to their churches so that their persecution will stop. He that will try to save his soul (in order to stop their persecutions from troubling their souls) will lose it. Let us not "shrink back" to them out of fear of their persecutions.

(39) He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

We are to REJOICE instead when they revile and persecute us for His sake:

Mat 5:11-12 KJV
(11) Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
(12) Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Again, we must follow Him out of the man-based churches….and when we do, we shall receive now in this time all (100 fold) that we leave behind but also WITH PERSECUTIONS. The church “family”....the household... we leave behind will persecute you for leaving them for His sake and the gospel's.

Mar 10:28-31 KJV
(28) Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
(29) And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,

We shall receive all that we leave behind (and more so.) and in this age, THE COMING age-lasting life. In this age we are living in, we are to lay hold of the age-lasting life that is coming now to be had. It is set before us in this age to lay hold of. The coming age-lasting life is set before us to be had now in this age. The Lord comes so that we might have life NOW (the age-lasting life) and have it MORE ABUNDANTLY (receiving hundredfold now in this time.)

(30) But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world (AGE)to come (THE COMING) eternal life (AGE-LASTING life).
(31) But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

The age-lasting life is set before us. We are called to having it now. We must “lay hold” on that coming age-lasting life that is to be obtained NOW in this age. John 10:10 .

1Ti 6:11-12 KJV
(11) But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
(12) Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

If we suffer with Him (as the unbelievers of the man-based churches will persecute us), then we shall also be glorified together with Him.

We are to be glorified with His presence…and the rest of the people of the outside world (those who will see and believe) will see His glory shining through us to them. They…the believers among them… will come to that light. They will come to us and be saved. We shall manifest Christ to their seeing eyes.

Rom 8:17-19 KJV
(17) And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

The sufferings of this present time (the persecutions of the unbelieving man-based churches) are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us.
(18) For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

The rest of the creation is awaiting the manifestation of the sons of God. They will see His glory shine through us to them and will be saved.

(19) For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try us. We shall be persecuted by the unbelieving man-based churches for His sake and the gospel’s.

1Pe 4:12-14 KJV
(12) Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

We are to take the cross with us…dying to sin by not returning evil for their evil.

In doing so, we are made partakers of Christ’s sufferings so that whenever His glory shall be revealed (to the people of the outside world), we shall be glad with exceeding joy of which no man can then take away.

(13) But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
(14) If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

The man-based churches will trouble us on every side. They will persecute us and cast us down.

2Co 4:8-11 KJV
(8) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
(9) Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

But we are to be faithful unto His death on the cross by not returning evil for their evil, nor reviling for their reviling, nor threatening in return for their threats.

We are to always bear about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus so that His life shall be made manifest/shine in our body…our mortal flesh.

(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

We are “arise” and shine. We are to arise and depart from the dead man-based churches so that Christ shall give us His light.

Eph 5:14 KJV
(14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from (OUT OF) the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

The glory of the LORD shall arise upon us….and the people of the outside world who are in deep spiritual darkness shall see His glory upon us and come to our light.

Isa 60:1-3 KJV
(1) Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
(2) For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Kings shall come to the brightness of our rising.

(3) And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

The rich and the powerful of the outside world will also come to His light shining in us….and we are to charge them (the believers among them) that they be not high-minded nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God….

1Ti 6:17-19
(17) Charge them that are rich in this world (AGE), that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
(18) That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

For they themselves are to lay hold on an age-lasting life now in this time to come. They are going to also receive an age-lasting life.

(19) Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

We are to manifest the Lord Jesus Christ to them (to the rich in this age). They will see Him through us.

It will be the “epiphany”….the manifestation of Him …and we are instrumental in His manifestation of Him to their seeing eyes. We are to flee things (such as love of money) and pursue righteousness as far as the EPIPHANY of our Lord Jesus Christ goes. We are to manifest His presence to the people of the outside world….and God chooses those among them to “see” Him through us. He chooses the “times” to show Him to the believers among those in the outside world.

1Ti 6:14-15 KJV
(14) That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing (Greek: epiphaneia- manifestation) of our Lord Jesus Christ:

In His times/occasions, He is shown to them (the believing kings and lords of this age) and they will see Him who is the only Ruler (the only Potentate),King of kings and Lord of lords, through us.

(15) Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

Kings shall shut their mouth at Him. They will see His “visage”….His view…by looking at us as we shall shine His glory light to them. They will see what they had not been told and will consider what they had not heard.

Isa 52:13-15 KJV
(13) Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
(14) As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
(15) So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

Whenever Christ, who is our life, shall appear/shine, then we shall also appear with Him in glory towards the believers of people of the outside world who are sitting in deep darkness. God choose the “times” or occasions to show Him to those people who are chosen by Him to see Him through us.

In His times/occasions ( to the people chosen by Him to see Him and believe) , the people of the outside world shall see and believe through us.

Col 3:4
(4) When( WHENEVER) Christ, who is our life, shall appear/SHINE, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

All shall "see" Him....but all shall not see and BELIEVE.

Joh 6:36 KJV
(36) But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

In that "night"....in the people who are sitting in deep darkness...one shall see and believe and be received unto Him while the other will see and not be believe and shall be left.

Luk 17:34-37 KJV
(34) I tell you, in that night there shall be two in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
(35) Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
(36) Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Wherever the living body of Christ is, there the eagles be gathered together. The eagles are those of the outside world who will see and believe and gather to Him/us.

(37) And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

wing2000 said:

Does this man have any self-respect?

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"Might" have testified

I don't say anything about not sharing the gospel. It can be with everyone we speak with. Many were mistaken with their expectations before, when prophecy was yet to be fulfilled, and when prophecy was being fulfilled, and this seen now that those prophecies are already fulfilled. Bible passages not noted by others that I see do give support to what I said, that I can give that weight to, Isaiah 24 does that. I do not dismiss what is really actually happening in this world, nor what God required of humanity from the very start, in which their is failure, noted in Revelation 11:18.

Y-trap

DHS ‘erroneously’ told watchdog group it had no Noem text messages​

American Oversight said the admission raises questions about whether officials are following their obligation to manually save their messages and that they have yet to receive the public records it requested.

The disclosure came in a public records lawsuit brought by the group to obtain text messages sent by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during immigration raids in Los Angeles.

Court documents also show the National Archives asked the DHS to investigate the potential destruction of records and report back by Nov. 3. However, by Oct. 30, a National Archives official said they had not yet received a response from the DHS.

“After misleading us for months, DHS wants us to trust that the law is being followed. But the agency has not turned over the records we requested nor has it provided details about whether senior officials’ text messages have been preserved in accordance with the law. It’s time for transparency — not more empty assurances.”

NewLifeInChristJesus said:

So you understand and agree with the point I originally made about 1 Corinthians 10:13 (coppied below for convenience)?

12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. (1 Co 10:12–13)​

Do you see in 1 Co 10:13 that every time a person succumbs to temptation that it reprepresents a failure to take the way of escape that God provided?​

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He does provide a way of escape ... but often people don't take it ... this is true.

RileyG said:

As a faithful Catholic, I can only consider myself a very, very moderate conservative, and resisted Republican. Neither political party has my "allegiance."

Christ comes first. Always.

Very well said, my friend.

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Whether one is Right or Left the Catholic Social Teaching will be a challenge. The challenge is consistency. Our political biases are usually pretty inconsistent.

Ojeda-Montoya was arrested back in August of this year. She has not been tried or convicted.

Kudos to the Fitchburg police.

“Often forgotten “? I don’t think so.

I don’t know if this is the reason or not, but when the Basilica was dedicated in 324 AD., the Council of Nicaea that began the development of the Nicene Creed had not occurred, that would happen a few months later in 325 AD.


However, the form of the Nicene Creed was not finalized until 381 AD at the Council of Constantinople.

Also, I know that in the current Roman Missal, the option to use the Apostles’ Creed is prescribed. Who makes that choice????? Of course, the priest does. The plethora of choices in the Roman Missal all hinge on the priest’s likes and dislikes, whims and fancies. Whose whim or fancy was it to use the Apostles’ Creed at Sunday’s Papal Mass for the Dedication of Saint John the Lateran? Whoever makes these choices, normally a cleric, isn’t that clericalism on steroids?

I know that in Canada on Sundays, the norm is to recite the Apostles’ Creed not the Nicene Creed and that has been the case since Vatican II in the 1960’s. I presume that decision was made by Canada’s Conference of Bishops?

You can see the booklet for Pope Leo’s Sunday Mass at the Lateran HERE.

They called Trump a king, and we made fun of that. So now he's got a "galactic empire"? He's an Emperor? That is soooo cool!

Who will get hit hardest by ACA premium increases in four charts​

This next statistic is pretty astonishing. Red state participation has grown 150% over the past 5 years and hugely dominates the total ACA marketplace.

rambot said:

I'd be more inclined to think "accept the bad with the even worse"

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That is a matter of perspective.

@Hentenza @Strong in Him @David Lamb @prodromos

Thank you all for your guidance on how to read the Bible, in future I shall try to bear in mind what you have all said.
And from now on I will try not to use Bible verses to prove the truth that there is a level earth.

JSRG said:

It is a bit confusing to me as to what you are trying to argue. I pointed out how congress has the ability to set its own rules for House and Senate elections, overturning those of states. You seem to be arguing they can't? Except, once again, as the Constitution says:

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

So Congress can overrule them, and it has on various occasions (usually more in the form of establishing general requirements rather than micro-managing things).

Or perhaps you are trying to claim that even states can't decide things like congressional districts? But it's obvious that's included, because states have been doing that since the day the Constitution was ratified. The idea that states don't have the ability to set their districts doesn't make sense, that's obviously include in "manner" and is what every state has done since it started holding House elections.

Actually, the requirement of single-member districts is a requirement by Congress, most recently reiterated I believe in the 1970 Uniform Congressional District Act. I think they should get rid of it, which would allow states to experiment with things like multi-member districts or even proportional representation, but for now it is still the law and was an example of how these things can be set by congress.

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I think the mechanics of "holding elections" is categorically different than the set of things you will be voting on, and what constitutes those things.

I mean, the House could be abolished altogether and replaced by, say, a nationwide party-slate proportional body - while the time, place and manner that the states choose to hold their elections looks exactly the same.

So, Im suggesting that states (or congress) have constitutional discretion over how to manage the voting process. But they should not be able to change the sense of what congress persons are to the point that they are no longer really "representatives". The most fundamental aspect of all this is that we the people have actual representatives.

My contention is that partisan gerrymandering degrades the possibility of representation. Representation is the primary consideration here. I do realize that we're all conditioned by custom to view my idea as radical.