CTB777 said:

Hello Brothers and sisters

New to this forum. It will come in handy for the future if I have questions to ask or things on my mind or if I want to educate myself.

First off ( I will make another topic about this but I might as well ask here too) Can anyone help me with getting the bible on SD card or on something that I can listen to the Bible with head phones, MP3 player perhaps?

I'm useless when it comes to computers and gadgets so keep that in mind when dealing with me

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Welcome to CF!

About 9 years ago I went looking for the Bible in MP3 format, so that I could listen to it in the car and on my phone. I made sure to listen to samples and read reviews before I bought a set.

What I didn't know until I downloaded it is that the set wasn't separated by chapter or verse, it was separated by book. If I wanted to find a specific chapter I would have had to fast-forward through the book. I fixed this by using software to auto-split files by chapter by looking for the few seconds of silence between chapters. I then went through and renamed the files according to their book and chapter.

Alexander Scourby's audio bible seems to be a popular option, and they have a phone app, so no need to deal with MP3's.

I am a Protestant, & in addition to what's been said, I kind of agree w/ the Catholic idea of saying your sin to a Pastor. Not that b/c he can forgive sin, but just b/c it's good to. I wish this was encouraged more in Protestant churches

But overall I believe it's a general if you do wrong, don't be afraid to say you did it. & the Spirit working in your heart will lead you to

That sounds interesting. It's wonderful reading non-modern Christian works like that book you were reading.
I think some Christians were hostile to movies when they first were introduced. This is why for example there's not many in Hollywood. There's definitely a stereotype today Christians are against movies.
My own thought is they can be beneficial & good for what they are & they don't overtake your love of Christ & your own life or become an idol.

BTW, I like your avatar. I like Thomas the Train. Growing up we had a big book of all the original stories w/ that style art. Do you have model train sets?

That’s so odd. I’m happy she had the initiative to do it on her own!

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen

Me too!

Praying for an end to this practice worldwide and for all post abortive women!

That’s unfortunate. Thanks for sharing.

rjs330 said:

If the OP is true I am totally opposed to the lowering of standards. There were other police agencies that did that because they couldn't get officers and it didn't go well. So, no, not a fan of doing this in any LE agency.

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I agree.

Mark Quayle said:

Then you are saying that God is not omniscient which also means he is not omnipotent. That is not God. Also, your thinking demonstrates the notion that God is subject to time, and whatever other things you consider 'reality'. In your thinking, God is not the 'inventor' of time and reality.

All things begin with God. Apart from him, there was nothing—no principles, no fact, no reality— until he created. All other things depend on and logically descend from his creating.

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What scripture in your mind proves that he is either of those things? FutureAndAHope provided a scripture. Maybe only one, but there are others. In addition to Genesis 6:6, I would also add:

1 Samuel 15:35
Jeremiah 3:6,7

Of course, there are many that support your viewpoint as well:

Isaiah 44:6
Isaiah 48:12
Revelation 1:8
Revelation 21:6
Revelation 22:13

Whether or not God invented time is something neither of us can prove or disprove. Yes, we can infer from creation that God created "our" reality, but there is nothing that tells us what is in God's reality.

Mark Quayle said:

Can you prove that man has freewill? It seems to be one of the foundations of your theory.

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Can you prove that man does not have free will? Atheists believe that all of reality and our actions is a mere result of billions (or more) of variables that are the almost infinite calculations of every particle in the universe. How would that be any different than having a God that does not give mankind free will? And how do you have free will when God knows what you will do in every second of your life from the time you are created?

If man does not have free will, then all sin and evil (and good as well) is caused by God. That is the logical end result from his creation if God chose to know what our choices would be. Why warn Adam and Eve, if God knew they were going to take the fruit anyway? Why does God question them afterwards? He obviously knew at this point that they took the fruit, but maybe he didn't know if they would have remorse, or blame each other as the text states. Their punishment was only stated after their response, and prophecies in the Bible only began after man sinned.

Why are there so many places in the Bible where Israel, Judah, a specific king or prophet is given a choice? Why is Noah in 2 Peter 2:5 referred to as "a preacher of righteousness"? Why is he preaching at all if God knows already that they will reject him and everyone but Noah's family will die? Why do we as Christians preach, if only certain people are predestined to be called to God anyway?

Much of the Bible makes little sense without free will.

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Aryeh Jay said:

Since the government is back open, the House needs to start the impeachment process on these unelected bishops.

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LOL!

essentialsaltes said:

STOP THE PRESSES!

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WASHINGTON — It wasn’t the one he had in mind but Donald Trump did finally take home a peace prize.

Trump was the winner of the inaugural "FIFA Peace Prize," which the soccer organization awarded during its World Cup draw in Washington.

"This is truly one of the great honors of my life," Trump said as he accepted the award.

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Lol what a joke.

What next, a press freedom award for MBS?

There's too much going on here to address every point, but one thing came to mind when you mentioned that we might feel (or be?) closer to God if he was created.

Thay might be true, but if God is all that Christianity believes he is, it would be tragic to feel closer to him by deciding he is less than he really is and is more like us.

Say it aint so said:

I am a little older, but schools really need to hone on two things. The first is civics if that is still a thing. Should be mandatory. The second is just straight life schools like money, budgets, home mortgages, appreciation vs depreciation, interest rates specially compound interest rates. The other thing is congress needs to act against predatory lenders. There was a org in place that looked after consumers. Of course that got trashed by the current admin.

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I agree,

I've always tried to engage with people like Jehova's Witnesses when they come by. The last time I did this the elder, despite acknowledging this was extremely serious stuff, got into a hurry to write me off as a waste of time. Just that, in and of itself, speaks volumes I think.

His claims were full of shallow and illogical thinking. He claimed, for example, that God isn't omnipresent because the bible says he's in heaven. When I replied that that doesn't say he can't also be elsewhere, the elder replied again "but the bible says he's in heaven". I tried to point to the circular reasoning but just couldn't get throuugh.

CLEEB said:

Confusion

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you appear to be in a state of confusion in that post. Did you want to be specific about how you came to that point.?

Per the article:


Mangione’s defense is challenging the initial statements Mangione made to the police before receiving his Miranda rights. But this argument is baseless. When the police stop a person reasonably suspected of criminal activity — and there is absolutely no doubt that the police had a reasonable suspicion that the person they confronted might have been the Thompson killer — the police have the right to ask preliminary questions to either confirm or dispel their reasonable suspicion. This practice has been consistently reaffirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court and the New York courts for over 50 years.

Opinion of op-ed law school professor:


Bennett L. Gershman is a distinguished professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University