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Trying to morally defend bullies is a pretty subpar move for what should be a compassionate person.Because some people want to morally fetishize illegal immigrants…
This could be the most stupid thing ive read in at least a few days.Basically there are two main positions on Immigration law. Those who want safety and secuirty of borders but also law and order in society. Then there are the radical Marxist ideologues who want open borders and defund the police as they believe there should be no borders and law and order is oppression.
How is that market crash coming along?Buffett's argument is that you can use that money to buy stocks
The Chinese are dumping them.bonds,
You can buy that with gold too.and farmland which actually produce profits and have intrinsic value.
There is plenty of third party evidence for the Apollo missions to the moon.There is absolutely no evidence of a mass (in the millions) deception. There is no testimony under oath that NASA faked the lunar landings. The proof though is absolute that they indeed landed in the moon. The telemetry signal from the Apollo missions was not encrypted so thousands of scientists and amateurs alike were tracking the mission Including the Russians. We are talking about a global network of independent observers. All of these track a signal coming from the moon not a signal coming from earth. This would have been easy to determine.
Secondly, crossing the Van Allen Belt takes 53 minutes not 6 hours. The Apollo astronauts crossed it at ballistic speeds, with shielding, and at the weaker, upper portion. All crewed missions from Apollo 8 to Apollo 17 crossed the Van Allen belt.
The opening sentence of long your winded rant is a perfect example of my analogy in operation.Because your questions are red herrings. You claimed the researchers did not measure these vases in 3D and they did. You are finding faults that are not there.
I haven't adopted any ancient philosophy, but I have been adopted by God, so I'm a member of His Body. As such I am also indwelt by the Holy Spirit, who keeps me from being deceived by the doctrine of Demons.No, that isn't what's going on here. You have adopted a popular ancient religious philosophy, promoted by this world's religious system for centuries, that men are born with an immortal soul/spirit. To justify this philosophy, men engage in the same tactics satan used on Eve to deceive. God shows men this from the very beginning so that those who are seeking His Wisdom, will understand the dangers of listening to "other voices" concerning His Creation. They carefully select certain sentences from God's Holy Inspired Scriptures, then they separate this verse from all the rest of the bible, then twist the meaning of the verse to defend, justify and promote the adopted philosophy. "Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? They do this because if ALL of God's Words concerning any topic, like eternal life, death, resurrections, tree of life, etc., are considered, this philosophy can not stand.
What I posted were relevant verses which speak directly to the very core of our discussion, verses you omitted.
The verses you omit from your sermons concerning immortality, do not destroy any Words of God, and I do not use them for that purpose. When considered, the verses you omit concerning this topic more clearly define God's Teaching to us regarding the topic. When all of God's Word concerning immortality, tree of life, death, life and resurrection are considered, it is clear that men are not born with an immortal spirit/soul/body etc. It is a gift from God some men will receive. This was difficult for me to accept given the religion of my fathers teach that I was born with the gift of immortality, same as you believe, and I believed it for a long time. My pride and self exaltation stood in the way of accepting God's Truth, not wanting to be humbled and/or corrected. This too is addressed in the Holy Scriptures for those seeking the Truth and Wisdom of God. It is a common evil among men.
You said, "I asked you to explain why you don't believe what God said about death, in the verses I referenced
I will not engage in the popular religious tactic you employ, of selecting a few verses from the bible, separating them from the rest of God's Word, then creating or promoting doctrines, that can't stand if "Every Word of God" is considered.
You and I have both sinned, and we will both die. "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
The only reason why we are here talking to each other today, and not dead and buried, is because of God's Long Suffering and desire that we might repent and turn to Him through His Son while we are still alive. So that we might "Yield ourself" a servant to obey God for the rest of this life, as Jesus Himself teaches, "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. That we might "put forth our hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:"
From the very beginning, the prince of this world has convinced men that they "shall surely not die". My hope is that men stop listening to all the "other voices" in the world He placed us in, "that profess to know God", and place our trust instead, on the Holy scriptures that are trustworthy
"for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. Not just "some" of the Words of God, while "omitting" others, as the mainstream religions of this world promote, but as the Jesus "of the Bible" teaches, "Every Word" which proceeds from the mouth of God.
That is still my hope.
You are here to promote a popular religious philosophy that you are already immortal and will "surely not die". That you will live forever in one capacity or another. The Holy Scriptures, when all of them are considered, do not support this popular philosophy as the my posts clearly show.
Thanks for the discussion, such as it were. These issues are good for men to engage in, not just for us, but for those reading along as well, in my view.
So yes you are saying celibacy. Not everyone wants to go without having children, either.That doesn’t mean they’re fornicating and I didn‘t get into that. Just because a woman is single doesn’t mean she‘s having relations. I was abstinent for years before I returned to the Lord and my tenure is extensive. Everyone isn’t ruled by their loins.
~bella
-What does debating abortion have to do with telling people how to receive God's free gift of Eternal Life.
The back of my truck tells people every time i drive it, how to receive God's free gift of Eternal Life
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a) no oneSo who are being persecuted during "The Great Tribulation"?
You spoke of not marrying, not having children.What are you referring to in relation to your comment?
~bella
Is there something in the US Constitution that prevents joint partnerships between the Feds and States? Australia runs our government owned and operated health system in the following way - designed to maximise efficiency and NOT take advantage of a government 'blank cheque' that the more right-wing friends here might worry about.
While states are responsible for running hospitals, the federal government shares responsibility for paying for them. The federal government also has the primary responsibility for keeping people out of hospital – through the primary care system, which includes general practice...
... (some irrelevant history)...
...Hospitals are paid for each procedureSince 2011, the federal contribution to public hospitals has been based on the number and type of patients treated. This is known as activity-based funding.All states and territories measure hospital activity by case “type”, weighted to reflect the complexity of a hospital’s activity. A lung transplant, for example, has a higher value than resolving an ingrown toenail.The idea of measuring hospital activity and even using this as a basis for funding is not new. What was new in 2011 was using activity-based funding to determine the federal contribution.Since 2011, the federal government pays 45% of the growth in the cost of delivering hospital services each year. This means the federal government’s annual increase in contribution can reflect both additional costs and activity.State and territory governments are responsible for the remaining costs.Since 2017-18, the growth in federal government expenditure has been limited to 6.5% each year. So even if a hospital performs many more procedures than the previous year, the federal government caps its annual expenditure growth at 6.5% more than the previous year.
Funding also encourages efficiencyActivity is one component of hospital funding, the other is the price paid for each unit of activity. The basis for this is the “nationally efficient price”.The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority determines this price, based on its analysis of actual costs and assessment of unavoidable and legitimate variations in costs. For example, the 2022-23 efficient price for a hip replacement was deemed to be A$19,798.This means the price is the same across Australia. Adjustments are made for patients from rural and remote areas, and for Indigenous patients. Sicker patients or those with multiple underlying conditions will fall into a different case type, with a higher price.This provides a benchmark for comparing hospital efficiency as well as the level of funding the hospital will receive.
The goal is to treat more patients but keep costs constrainedThe hospital funding system is designed to address efficiency by providing incentives to increase output, while constraining the growth in costs.Since 2011, we’ve seen a substantial reduction in the rate of increase in costs, with an overall growth rate of 2.1%.Annual growth in costs (per national weighted activity unit):![]()
Remind me, how are hospitals funded in Australia?
While states are responsible for running hospitals, the federal government shares responsibility for paying for them. But it’s an uneasy relationship.theconversation.com