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lucypevensie · 2025-11-18T21:05:06-0600

Yes, my son cooks noodles.

MYSON

RocksInMyHead · 2025-11-18T20:41:05-0600

probinson said:
Then why include all the language about "responding" to and "neutralizing" Texas?

Because they wanted to state the reason for the change.

RDKirk · 2025-11-18T20:35:28-0600

Posing as true events, either current or historical.

boughtwithaprice · 2025-11-18T20:25:19-0600

Hentenza said:
Raiding private businesses without probable cause can be oppression. The 4th amendment protects ALL against unreasonable searches.

I do.

This is irrelevant to our convo.

The 4th amendment should work the same way.

Again, what does an illegal look like? Is the color of their skin sufficient probable cause?

I am not attacking ICE but I expect for them to work within the legal constitutional framework.

No you expect them to be constrained and prevented from ever thinking that the law needs to be enforced

Presence in the US without authorization is a civil offense

Re-entry after deportation is criminal. Entering through a non designated point of entry is criminal

Even if your argument is merely civil offenses, the civil penalty for unauthorized presence is deportation. Deporting for civil offenses is not unreasonable, criminal acts involve jail time and imprisonment. ICE is deporting, not imprisoning unless there is also concurrent criminal offenses.

Here illegally? Expect to be civilly deported. The government is even offering a free plane ticket and a thousand dollars for those who choose to self deport

Keeping ICE from enforcing the law does nothing to elevate Latino dignity. It even lowers it by giving the perception that as a group of people, they are exempt from the law. No society functions like that just because you call it racist

concretecamper · 2025-11-18T20:03:48-0600

ChubbyCherub said:
Furthermore, is this why Catholics confess to priests?

Sort of. The Priest stands in as a representative of the faithful so James 5:16 is fulfilled.

Also, at Mass the following prayer is recited by all, which also fulfills James 5:16

I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned
in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do; through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

com7fy8 · 2025-11-18T19:19:54-0600

Tim and Delvianna have given you good things to pray about and be honest with God about these things they have shared. What I offer below is not meant to disagree with what they have said.

JohnB445 said:
I have only gambled very small amount of money $2, the excitement of the chance to win big was there,

Ok, so it can look, here, like you are saying you would like to be rich. Beware >

"But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition." (1 Timothy 6:9)

"be content with such things as you have" > in Hebrews 13:5.

I think now of this > maybe > perhaps > by being more or less interested in using money to get a lot of money, you could be cutting yourself short. You can do better to develop in your ability to do good things which money is not enough to get. So, I mean, by giving such attention to what money could do, you could be short-circuiting your attention from what God is able to do in you as a younger child of God who needs to mature more to discover and appreciate what God and His love in you can make you ***creative*** to do.

JohnB445 said:
I wasn't really disappointed it was $2 not enough to buy a bag of chips these days.

You mention chips, which can be a weight gainer and a money user-upper

And yes food can be a substitute for the satisfaction of learning how to relate in God's love with various people. So, yes you can discover doing with God what money and enjoyment of food can not do. However, God's word does say God "gives us richly all things to enjoy," in 1 Timothy 6:17. So, I do not mean you must not enjoy certain nice things and the money to get them; however - - - learning how to love, with Jesus and His example and word, is the most fulfilling education and adventure and accomplishment that there is.

JohnB445 said:
I figured i'm not lucky and moved on.

How social is it? I suspect you do this by yourself. At least, get into some cheap-prize bingo, maybe. Even get some socially needy people together for some gaming which has no prize but that they are sharing with one another.

JohnB445 said:
I can see how it can develop into a problem with people gambling excessive amounts of money, and they are devastated. But what about gambling such small amount of money it has no effect at all to the person who lost?

It depends. Our Apostle Paul says >

"All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any." (1 Corinthians 6:17)

If you are depending on it for excitement . . . this can mean you are under its power . . . including its power to affect where your attention is going. So, we need more prayer, with attention to God and God guiding our attention, then discovering.

If ones are isolating with things they like . . . Jesus wants us to get into how God has us loving >

"if you love those who love you, what reward have you?" (in Matthew 5:46)

The Bible says various things about how to relate with one another as God's children and how to relate with ones who are not God's children. You need to invest your time - - - your **attention** - - - in God's word, including about how to relate with one another as His family. And spend time with Jesus people who are good examples of this. Feed on their example, enjoy the chips

JohnB445 said:
Could a Christian also ever be involved in the gambling business?

There is always risk in loving. But with God so creative we can create His good in spite of however others do us wrong . . . even using what anti-love people do - - - using their evil to bring about God's all-loving results. Have you read and fed on how God did this with Joseph? > this is in Genesis 37-50.

JohnB445 said:
Although some people move on, for others it destroys lives and they wished they never gambled. or is gambling seen as a legitimate business just like farmers?

We could have quite a debate about this. You could say gambling ruins lives, and I could argue that farmers produce food which people abuse so they are overweight and dying of diabetes and heart attacks. But I rule in favor of what Delvianna and Tim have said > my argument might be clever . . . but not really relevant!!

Among other things > it can be the farmer has learned many skills and has been providing for his family and bringing up his children to have character and the right kind of work ethic and to know how to love and relate as family. There is much investment, so more than gaining money, in so laboring. I suspect that a gambling business might not be so useable, like farming can be. Where would your children be, what would they be learning??

You can grow in Jesus to discover what God can do with you. What you can think about now can evaporate as you mature with . . . us.

BrotherJJ · 2025-11-18T19:14:18-0600

Righteousness obtained thru FAITH
Rom 3:22 This righteousness of God comes through faith in Jesus Christ for all those [Jew or Gentile] who believe [and trust in Him and acknowledge Him as God’s Son]. There is no distinction,

Justified thru FAITH
23 since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God,

24 and are being justified [declared free of the guilt of sin, made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life] as a gift by His [precious, undeserved] grace, through the redemption [the payment for our sin] which is [provided] in Christ Jesus,

25 whom God displayed publicly [before the eyes of the world] as a [life-giving] sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation (propitiation) by His blood [to be received] through faith.

Saved thru FAITH
Rom 5:
1 Therefore, since we have been justified [that is, acquitted of sin, declared blameless before God] by faith, [let us grasp the fact that] we have peace with God [and the joy of reconciliation with Him] through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).

2 Through Him we also have access by faith into this [remarkable state of] grace in which we [firmly and safely and securely] stand. Let us rejoice in our hope and the confident assurance of [experiencing and enjoying] the glory of [our great] God [the manifestation of His excellence and power].

9 Therefore, since we have now been justified [declared free of the guilt of sin] by His blood, [how much more certain is it that] we will be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

Eph 2:
8 For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God;

9 not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].

FAITH placed in Jesus sin atoning work unlocks salvations door
Rom 10:
8 But what does it say? “THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART”—that is, the word [the message, the basis] of faith which we preach—

9 because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

10 For with the heart a person believes [in Christ as Savior] resulting in his justification [that is, being made righteous—being freed of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]; and with the mouth he acknowledges and confesses [his faith openly], resulting in and confirming [his] salvation.

MotoToTheMax · 2025-11-18T19:13:43-0600

Fervent said:
who are these mythical fiscal conservatives?

Why don't you ask the one who brought it up:

rjs330 said:
When did liberals become fiscal conservatives?

RileyG · 2025-11-18T18:51:16-0600

Rescued One said:
Friends and relatives pass away; old age is for the birds!

May the Lord be your strength and support in your time in need, and in his holy name, I pray! Amen! :prayer:

Guojing · 2025-11-18T18:35:44-0600

Spiritual Jew said:
In the rest of James 2, it's clear that he said we are justified by faith, but what kind of faith someone has is revealed by their works.

So you are saying the same as me, "When I said works are required to show faith, that is not the same as saying one is "saved by their works".

You are agreeing with me about the role of works in the gospel of the kingdom.

SabbathBlessings · 2025-11-18T18:30:31-0600

WordSword said:
Yes, that would be nice, but it's not the Decalogue that saves, it was used to show the Jews their wrongs and sins.

You are right that the law cannot save, it shows us our sins, not just the Jews. So we know God's standard of right and wrong (righteousness) so we are not depending on our own or covering our sins, where one does not receive mercy Pro28:13 Heb10:26-30. The law shows us we are sinner and our need for Jesus to save us from our sins Mat1:21 (not in them), we need to be willing to come to Him and repent, which means a change of heart and in direction, turning from what is wrong and doing what is right through love and faith. John14:15 Exo20:6

This is New Covenant teaching ....

1 John3:4 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
James 2:11 11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law

timewerx · 2025-11-18T18:26:45-0600

Landon Caeli said:
I don't think the Force of air molecules could ever provide enough Power for the Work involved in the movement of larger parts, such as human-sized things like an engine or a generator... If I'm understanding this correctly.

...Not enough oomph.

I have to give you credit for thinking in the right direction.

You could if you can convert oscillating Brownian motion into electricity (link below) via huge numbers of nanoscale generator units and somehow able to consolidate all those tiny voltages and current.

This approach looks VERY expensive though. The concept nanoscale units approaches that of computer CPU or GPU microprocessor chips in complexity. You only have few such microprocessor chips in a computer but to power the computer itself, you'll need a hundred thousand of such "energy chips"!! Other concepts are similar in theory and similarly expensive! Even if you can reduce price to $1 per chip (which is unlikely), you still have to pay $100,000 for a power unit that can power a laptop computer!!

My concept is totally different. It directly exploits macroscopic fluid dynamics and can have the power density of a turbocharged car engine. It's far less sophisticated in tech, many orders of magnitude cheaper, and all the tech needed to build my concept engine is already available in the early19th century. You could in fact build it in your garage if you have a small but good quality CNC.

https://medium.com/@gabriel.macedo.brother/harnessing-brownian-motion-for-energy-generation-using-graphene-based-systems-fafe8b81e25c

RabbiJames · 2025-11-18T18:14:18-0600

PARASHAH: “Chayei Sarah” (Sarah lives) GENESIS 23:1-25:18

The title of the Parashah or Torah portion is “Sarah lives” or “Sarah lived”. Yet Sarah is dead, so how does she live? She lives on in the memory of Abraham; her legacy lives on, her influence lives on, and this is what the patriarch wants for Isaac.

So even dead, Sarah continued to live on as a godly wife and mother, no doubt that Abraham wanted to bless Isaac with a similar wife. The Bible says that Sarah lived 127 years. It is not often that the Torah records the age of women, but Sarah is the exception.

One way we can look at this is, from the Hebrew text, “One-hundred years, and seven years, and twenty years. Why is this worded this way? The rabbis say that when Sarah was one hundred years old, she was as beautiful as when she was twenty, and when she was twenty, she was as innocent and holy as when she was seven.

127 can also symbolize “echad” (1) "unit of oneness" , (2)“Two united with God in a covenant blessing” (7) “godliness.” Sarah received the blessing of being a godly woman, who joined in the “covenant blessing” of Abraham with YHVH, and together became “Echad Am” (One people), the Hebrew people who later became the Nation of Israel.

When we add 1+2+7, we get 10, which is the number of “Torah” (some say “law” Personally, I don't like using that word; it is misunderstood, but “Torah” means “instruction.” Sarah honored Abraham and YHVH by submitting to their instruction; she was submissive, in the right way. Yet Sarah had her times of happiness and sorrow, as all marriages go through.

Abraham and Sarah loved each other, and in death, Abraham showed his love towards Sarah by purchasing an overpriced piece of real estate. 400 silver shekels was a lot for a cave on a piece of property in Hebron, but He didn't mind paying for it, It had to be “written down, and documented” legally, not just “words”, we see that today, words are nothing, but if it is signed, sealed, written down, you can take it to court!

So Abraham honored his wife both in life and in death. One of the biggest and drastic changes in one’s life is the “death” of a spouse. We see the words in the Torah that recount the time of Sarah’s death.

“And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying…”

There is a time for mourning and weeping, and a time for joy, a time for continuing with life, as life does go on, with or without a spouse. Abraham had the right to mourn and weep, since Sarah was part of his life for many, many years. We do not know when they got married, but when Abraham was called by Adonai, he was 75 years old, and he was married at that time. We could say that for about 50 years, Abraham had Sarah by his side. The Adonai called her home.

There will be a time when Adonai calls home our spouses. How will we respond when that happens? Will we cry out to God? Why? But are our spouses our own? Or do we all belong to Elohim? What are we but souls inhabiting finite bodies, which will eventually cease to function and return to the earth?

A baby enters the world with clenched fists, yet leaves the world with open hands. We all want to hold on to everything, even spouses, yet we have to let go and let God have his way. A spouse, a wife or husband, is like a library book. We will take the library book and read it cover to cover. Do we understand what we read? We have “x” amount of years to do it. But the master Librarian will call for his book to be returned someday, and we will have to deal with that.

A spouse is like a jewel to be worn and cared for, for “x” number of years, but the Jeweler will call for his gem someday, and we will have to take “her” or “him” off and return “her” or “him” to the Jeweler of all creation. I think that the more we love our spouse, the more difficult it will be for us to let go someday when our spouse is at death’s door. It wasn’t easy for Abraham, and it will not be easy for us.

I think that the time for caring, for loving, for giving flowers is now, when our spouses are alive, not at the grave site. One wonders what the surviving spouse will say? “May he (or she) rest in peace!” …or…” Now that he (or she) is gone, I can rest in peace!!” Abraham wept and mourned, but then, he got up and “buried his dead out of his sight.” He continued with life, searched out a wife for his son Isaac, and eventually Abraham got remarried, to Keturah, who bore him six children (Chap 25).

There is life after the loss of a loved one. The most difficult part of losing a loved one, especially a spouse, is if the spouse is an unbeliever, lost, without salvation. THEN we shall never see that spouse again, EVER! All the more reason to be “equally yoked.” To lose a spouse in death is to be separated for “a season” but be reunited with her or him later on in heaven. That is the way we have to look at it, because it is the truth.

Some people, like Abraham, will marry again; others will not. That is a decision every widow or widower will have to make.

The true meaning of the word “love” is NOT about feelings. "Love" is a verb in Hebrew, "Ahav." John 3:16 demonstrates that. "For God so LOVED the world that he GAVE his only begotten son..." Love is giving. The giving and sharing of one's life with another. He proved his love toward us that He GAVE His Only Son, Yeshua, as a sacrifice for our sin.

When a couple chooses to marry, share life together, provide for one another, in health and in sickness, and not “cop out” on each other, THAT is TRUE LOVE. Abraham stuck by Sarah for over 100 years, in good times and in bad times, like the time of drought, the “Egypt” times, the “Ishmael” times, and the long-awaited “Isaac” times.

Abraham sent his servant Eliezar to look for a wife for Isaac. He carried 10 camels with gifts, the “bride price” for the “bride to be”. He had to go to Mesopotamia, to Abraham's family, He did NOT want a Canaanite woman for the bride of Isaac, a pagan Canaanite woman would have been an “unequal yoke” that is wisdom for us today, a “born again believer” should only marry another “born again believer” where the two worship and serve the “same God YHVH/Yeshua”

Eliezar observed “Rebecca's actions.” Rivka watered the thirsty camels, sought not her own comfort, but had a servant's heart. This is what Elazar was looking for: Abraham would be happy, and so would Isaac. The “engagement jewelry” was a nose ring and gold bracelets. Today, in our society, we give an engagement ring.

Abraham wanted a wife like Sarah for his son, Isaac. We might think, what kind of wife (or husband) would a believer look for? Well, there are certain qualities to look for in looking for one’s “life mate”.

If a man is looking for a woman to be his wife. I would think that he might want a woman whose first love is for God, for Yeshua, and to obey and follow the Torah. That the woman also be humble, who will run the home with wisdom, and will manage money with wisdom, being a wise spender. She should be a woman who will raise her children according to the Word of God, and to not waste time with “fairy tale reading” but with “Torah/Bible Tale reading”

Just as “Riv’kah” was willing to follow Eliezar to Isaac’s home, so should the wife be willing to follow her husband. Where he is, she should be as well. UNLESS there is some sort of danger or unwise decision-making on the husband’s part, then the wife needs to help the husband “re-think” the decision.

Now “Rivka” had to be “willing to go with Elazar to be Isaac's wife”. We can see this is our relationship with Yeshua. Yeshua/Jesus is the “bridegroom” and we, the “Kehillah” (Congregation of “called out ones”), are the bride. We have to be a “willing bride” to go with our “heavenly bridegroom”.

Just as Elazar brought gifts to the bride-to-be, Yeshua has given “gifts” to us as HIS Bride: Salvation (Yeshuah), an eternal home/mansion in Heaven, spiritual gifts to do service and minister with. Healthy bodies (for the most part) in which to inhabit, spouses and children, jobs to earn a living, if we think about the list could go on, as to the “Blessings” we have through Yeshua.

Yeshua is looking for a willing bride to follow HIM. Not by force, but by love. He showed us His love by being the sacrifice lamb. Our sin debt has been paid. Will we accept the bridegroom? He has eternal blessings for his precious bride.

Shavua Tov. Have a blessed week.

Pommer · 2025-11-18T17:26:34-0600

CBP seems to be performing operations well beyond its operational jurisdiction, as Charlotte is about 125 miles from the nearest border.

eclipsenow · 2025-11-18T16:59:45-0600

The "Board of peace" is vague and fluffy language so far. We don't know what it will do.
It COULD be a good strategy to keep it that way for now.
But given Netanyahu is a bit like Trump - a hard right guy avoiding jail by staying in power - he REALLY wants to keep the hard right in his coalition happy! Otherwise, jail! So when he says he does not support Palestinian statehood - the world better take notice.

What's Trump's plans for that? For Israel in the West Bank?

Are they going to spank Israel's Militant Zionists when they inevitably break this agreement because they want to steal all Palestinian land?
Are they going to expel over half a MILLION illegal Zionist settlers in the West Bank? Are they going to give territorial sovereignty to the West Bank as well as Gaza?

I'm listening to a history of this whole conflict right now, and let me let you in on a little secret. There's only one reason that Gaza was handed over to the Palestinians. Israel ran out of Jews! That's it.

Israel decided to continue their slow 'killing me softly' strategy of illegal settler colonisation in the West Bank where they could concentrate their population resources. But they ran out of foreign Jews willing to uproot from their homelands and move on mass into another country to colonise it!

If expelling over 500,000 illegal colonisers from the West Bank is not part of the Palestinian solution - there is no Palestinian solution.

They also need to build an internationally protected DMZ super-highway and fast rail between Gaza and the West Bank so that Palestine can have a functional state.

lucypevensie · 2025-11-18T16:53:03-0600

“Wrong answer!” said the teacher.

lucypevensie · 2025-11-18T16:50:25-0600

Since I don’t know, can you tell me?

Bro.T · 2025-11-18T16:42:27-0600

See, spiritual wickness is in the pulpits of the church, which is the highest place on the earth. The church is the true government that governs the earth. The men in the postitons of feeding the flock teaches the lies of the Devil, they deceive the people into worshiping another Jesus. Paul said in 2Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. Now any Christian in their right mind wouldn’t dare say that it’s okay to steal, kill or commit adultery or break any of the other seven commandments. But when it comes to the fourth commandment, people avoid it like a plague! They are either uninformed about which day is the Sabbath day of the God of the Bible or they are just following the tradition of religion that was passed down through the family or maybe they have let some preacher give them other excuses for ignoring God’s true day of worship.

Lets take a look at some very important imformation Paul said in Ephesian 6:13-17 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

We must have the whole armor on, not half or one piece but all. The enemies’ weapon is bad doctrine; this bad doctrine is all around us. Our faith or belief in the Lord will protect us from all our enemies. How you might ask? By walking in righteousness, which is following the commandments, we will be at peace. Not only peace, if we endure to the end we will obtain salvation. As we have seen, we have an offensive weapon also. The sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. The word of God spoken in truth and in righteousness will defeat any enemy.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)

peaceful-forest · 2025-11-18T16:39:37-0600

I'm surprised that my discussion thread about Adam over in the Egalitarian forum hasn't had any responses.

joymercy · 2025-11-18T16:37:48-0600

The OP article states that:
"Bozorov first crossed illegally into the U.S. in February 2023. Border Patrol arrested him, but he was later released into the country under Biden administration policies. ICE says he is now in custody pending removal."

Who hired him?

RileyG · 2025-11-18T16:37:36-0600

essentialsaltes said:
Old news, but Trump pardoned all these people at the beginning of his term.

Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances
Lauren Handy was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for leading the blockade by directing blockaders to link themselves together with locks and chains to block the clinic’s doors.

The detail about the pardon showed up in another story in Cosmopolitan involving Handy and the PAAU that can't be shared, due to language.

Sigh. I have no words.

RileyG · 2025-11-18T16:36:14-0600

BPPLEE said:
Good job

Thank you!

Belk · 2025-11-18T16:00:21-0600

essentialsaltes said:
Man Regrets Trump Vote After CBP Drags Him From Truck: ‘Worst Decision’
Willy Aceituno, 46, a Honduran-born United States citizen, described being stopped twice by Border Patrol agents while on his way to work in North Carolina's largest city, according to the Associated Press.

He said that during the second encounter, agents broke his car window, forced him out of the vehicle and placed him on the ground. Aceituno was released after officers verified his U.S. citizenship.

"It was the worst decision of my life," Aceituno told MS NOW. When asked why he voted for Trump, Aceituno cited the president's stance on border security and the economy.

"He said he was going to catch the criminals, but right now, he doesn't follow criminals. He goes specific to Latino people," Aceituno told the outlet.

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