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    Antisemitism as a mechanism for Sunday laws

    I am not Adventist, but I believe in Saturday Sabbath and dietary laws: I am Messianic. So yes, Saturday is the Sabbath, but that doesn't necesserely mean Sunday is the mark of the beast. But anyway, even though I am not Adventist, let me help you out a little, just as a theoretic possibility...
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    Is "last trump" = "second Trumps term"

    First of all I am not predicting rapture since Deut 13 warns against this sort of thing, do it's just a theory. But it's interesting how Trump losing 2020 was instrumental in creating "last Trump". If Trump were to win 2020, we would have had single 8-year term, so it won't really be "last"...
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    Matthew 6:16 and the holocaust

    When I read Matthew 6:16, I keep thinking of Jews "disfigured their faces" in the photos in holocaust museums and getting lots of money from Germany as a result. I know it's not exactly the fasting he was talking about, but it's still Jews and a similar mindset. It's interesting how some...
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    Different Jesus (2 Cor 11:4)

    The verse about "different Jesus" always confused me. Just how do you define human identity? Lets say I alter just one detail of my life. Will I be a different person? Now lets say I alter a fair amount of my life events, but not all of them. Would I be a different person? Now lets say I rewrite...
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    Donald Trump disallows displaying Confederate flags

    I read news that Trump disallowed displaying gay pride and black lives matter flags MSN However as I read the article further it says So what that means, which article failed to notice, is that he doesn't allow Confederate Flag either. This means that it is not a one-sided attack on the left...
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    Kingdom divided against itself

    How do you reconcile what Jesus said about Satan not being divided against himself with the fact that non-christians fight with each other, such as 1) Jews and Muslims fight in Middle East 2) Muslims condemning pagans 3) Buddhists condemning violence 4) Antichrist establishing world peace...
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    How to reconcile Matthew and Luke birth narratives?

    One way I am thinking of, but it is a big stretch, is this. Jesus' patents used to have a house in Nazareth, but they wanted to sell that house and get a new one in Bethlehem because it is spiritual center. But then Herod's persecution deterred them from doing it so they returned back to the...
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    More symmetric running competition

    As a mathematician, I am fascinated by an idea of introducing negative numbers where negative numbers aren't typically used. For example, floors are typically labeled with positive numbers. But I had an idea of labeling with 0 and negative numbers ground and basement floors. As it turns out, its...
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    Does John's "last hour" imply old earth?

    Since, 2000 years ago, Apostle John wrote "it is the last hour", maybe Earth is, in fact, 4.5 billion years old, which makes 2000 years only an hour on that scale? That would simultaneously address two questions: a) Question about apparent contradiction between Bible and archeology: it would...
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    Cain's story is misunderstood

    Cains story is misunderstood. First of all, plain reading of it doesn't say it was because of plant offering instead of animal. Yes he made plant offering but that wasn't the reason. The main issue was his jealosy and temper. And the other thing is: God was super-patient with him. He said "if...
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    Older man with Asperger

    I am originally from Russia. I came to US when I was 14, and right now I am 44 years old. I was born Jewish and I came to Jesus when I was 22. After coming to Jesus I was Messianic, meaning I follow Jewish laws and go to Messianic congregations, but do it in the name of Jesus. I wanted to be a...
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    Biden claims stepping down was his own decision?

    I read the summary of September 26 interview where Biden said stepping down was his own decision and he wasn't forced to do it. Yet, in that same interview, he also said he was confident he could beat Trump. But these two statements seem to contradict each other. If pressure within the party is...
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    Was Jesus poor or not?

    I had a conversation with someone yesterday where I thought Jesus was poor and she thought He wasn't. Now, thats not the main point of the thread. The main point is that she perceived it as if I was badmouthing/gossipping/blaspheming Jesus (those are the three words she used, not me). I think it...
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    "Jesus is a Jew" vs "Jews killed Jesus" vs "God is (not) dead"

    Please note: I am not saying I agree with any of what I will write below. Those are just some logical thoughts on how to build on some of the other misconceptions people have. Even though the starting point is what has been said, if I follow the logic I get to some really exotic things that have...
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    Contradiction RE: Who leads NC?

    So in this article https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/harris-cuts-trump-s-lead-in-sun-belt-states-fox-news-poll/ar-AA1pBKLt?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=f891752b42494a3aa8497778148bdae1&ei=12 it gives contradictory information as to who leads NC based on the following two quotes. Was it a...
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    Cultural lobotomy

    Back in the 1950-s one of the ways of treating mental illness was a lobotomy. Since they didn't know how to cure the brain, and they wanted to "get rid" of the problem, they decided to destroy the brain instead. While lobotomy itself is no longer legal, other treatments of mental illness that...
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    Radiation exposure from CT scans

    Five days ago I had CT scan of the neck. Then, the next day, I read on the internet that radiation from one CT scan is 200 times larger than from the exray, so now I regret it. In addition to the current CT scan of my neck, I also had CT scan of my abdomen 2 years ago. Here are the things I am...
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    Comparing Pelosi's comment on Biden to people's opinions on me

    I read on CNN News that Pelosi said its up to Biden to decide if he is going to run, and that it was interpreted as she was saying he should step down. I wouldn't have interpretted it this way. In fact to me it seems the opposite: that she was saying they should stop pressuring him to step down...
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    Paul's thorn in the flesh

    I am not sure why some people say it was blindness. I mean, blindness doesn't resemble a thorn or anything physical. I think cancer is a much better candidate. Unless of course cancer wasn't around at that time. Was it? Also, since it was "messenger of satan", does it mean it sent to Paul some...
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    Global warming

    I am not sure why some Christians don't believe in global warming. I mean, Revelation 16:9 talks about great heat, which might be referring to global warming. Besides, the motivation of minimizing or denying global warming is to allow industries to continue to emit gas. But, again, I don't...
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