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Dan1988 · 2025-12-05T00:55:28-0600

2PhiloVoid said:
You might be a bit too infatuated with your Minister if he's controlling your social choices.

And what exactly is the "TRUE GOSPEL" ?????????????????????? Which church do I have to go to to get that ???????????????????

Jesus also said to love your enemy as well. And I don't think He intended that to mean that all we need to do as Christians is simply flap our lips at people about avoiding Hell.

I think you've misunderstood my point.

My Minister, is appointed by the Lord, to teach me, to lead me and to watch over me, just as a Shepherd watches over his flock. The Lord raised him up and ordained him for this purpose, so I am obliged to submit myself to his authority because he is responsible to God for my soul.

Being a member of the Body of Christ, means that I'm a sheep and my Minister is the Shepherd. So I don't have the authority to challenge his teaching, so when He instructs me to have no fellowship with those who reject the gospel, then I must obey or, face disciplinarily action, including excommunication.

I can't tell you're not a leader of any kind yourself yourself, so you know what I mean.

There is only one true gospel and that is the gospel of the Lord Jesus, likewise there is only One true Church and that is the Body of the Lord Jesus. You can't find it because it's by election only, God draws His elect to His Son. He does this by quickening His elect to life (we are all born dead in sin), then He uses His men to preach the gospel to us and we respond by the faith that God gifted His elect with.

To understand what the Lord Jesus meant by saying "love your enemy", you first need to understand what the word "love" means. I'd suggest you do a bible study on what it means, but I'll just give you a brief overview here>>>

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things".

As you can see, love is not the sensual thing the world thinks it is. Gods people love ther enemies by living faithful lives and that preaches the gospel louder than words. So it's really about living the God given faith, and not simply "flapping our lips" as you rightly pointed out.

I still don't know what point you were trying to make, would you kindly stake your claim, in plain language. I'm not very good at solving riddles.

RileyG · 2025-12-05T00:53:32-0600

Nithavela said:
I'm sure some people gain weight easier than others, but in the end, you have to consume more calories than you burn. It's simple as that.

But people living in the USA don't have it easy maintaining their body weight, with all the added sugar, fast food offered around every corner and high caloric convenience food often being far more affordable (both in money and preparation time) than healthier alternatives.

I saw very few overweight people in Europe the three times I was there. I swear, most of the natives were in excellent shape, despite (from my limited experiences) all the eating and after dinner drinks I did when I visited.i wonder if that was considered a cultural norm? I don’t know.

Yeah, the United States definitely has something “in the water” as the old saying goes

you’re spot on!

tturt · 2025-12-05T00:53:16-0600

Curious to me why this subforum was selected to post the question.

stevevw · 2025-12-05T00:51:16-0600

Hans Blaster said:
What is the alternative to actual science?

Just like we can gain knowledge of the world through an experience of color that science cannot tell us with all the information about how the physical processes work.

All direct experiences with the world contain such knowledge. Being direct knowledge this means listening and taking more seriously what the observer and subject is saying about their experiences. Its all there except the materialist worldview will dismiss all this as imagination, coincident, and delusion.

Hans Blaster said:
Please be specific how it applies to Egypt, particularly with pre-dynastic vases, pyramid construction, and stone cutting/quarrying as these are the topics that have come up most often and from which you complain about our use of "material science".

I have already done this. I hypothesised that if we humans can gain a deeper knowledge of reality such as a 'Red Experience'. Then because the ancients were more immersed in the phenomenal realm of direct experiences and the transcedent aspects that stem from phenomenal beliefs.

Then this brought deeper knowledge and insights about nature and reality. How it worked. Just like another species that in part of nature and does not rationalise it comes to gain knowledge of how nature works. So to did the ancients.

That means they knew how to work with stone for example. Knew what changed its makeup. Such as chemistry and physics. So it was not that they may have needed modern day machines to make these machine like cuts or precision works. But that they knew how to manipulate the material itself.

Thus there was no need for machines as conventional tools would suffice. Because the material was now like putty or weaker that it was like working with wood for example.

This is one idea. Another may be that they also had some form of power. Be it through some sort of manipulation or concentration of the natural physics of nation that they understood. Which may explain who there are many alignmemts with location and dimensions. Maybe to do with acoustics.

But this may have allowed either some sort of weakening of granite or some sort of mechanism was used (not necessarily like modern machines). Maybe a process that involves the boxes in the pyramids. Or some sort of electrodes that created some sort of piezoelectric effect.

But this is all spectualtion. But something along these lines. The point is that if modern science is trying to understand fundemental reality and if consciousness is involved. If the ancients were more conscious then today and lived by direct experiences with nature.

Then it makes sense that they came across some deeper understanding of nature and reality that could only come from a direct subjective experience. Just like the knowledge that comes from a 'Red Experience'.

But remember that this should not be viewed through the lens of modern material science or methological naturalism for obvious reasons. This is a completely different paradigm lens in how reality is known.

Similar to the difference between for example an 'Information' paradign of reality as opposed to the physical aspect that is the result or reflection of that information basis. Its more or less understanding reality in the deeper sense as to how it is reflected in the material dimension.

If the ancients understood the basis of the material reflections of the physical world. Then they understood how it worked fundementally and could manipulate it. Sort of Mind over Matter. Except the Mind or direct conscious experiences gave knowledge rather than any power of the mind over the physical world.

Thats the best I can do. I am sure there better ways of explaining this with some of the emerging proposals. But a lot is unknown and that is why the more data the better. Much has only been discovered recently with modern tech and its interesting that its taken modern tech to discover it.

RileyG · 2025-12-05T00:49:32-0600

RileyG said:
Not to go off topic, but it reminded me of a study where if a grandfather ate too many pot lucks at his church get togethers, his future grandchildren would be obese, OR the more overweight friends someone has, the more overweight someone is likely to be.

Correlation does not equal causation

Maybe all those pot lucks and Church dinners have something to do with Baptists typically being heavier than Catholics?

It’s a social behavior, after all.

I dunno

Thanks for sharing! This is quite interesting!

Anecdote: my “devout” atheist friend who died in 2024, was morbidly obese for most of her adult life (300+ pounds). She was raised Episcopalian which is mainline.

Towards the end of her life, she became an avid walker, didn’t eat as much, and lost 120+ pounds, and even lost a foot size.

Sadly. She still passed away despite doing better.

tturt · 2025-12-05T00:48:37-0600

Unfortunate that they didnt stick to the same tone, support, and conclusion ("In other words, the qualities the Holy Spirit produces in our lives perfectly conform with God’s law and display His holy character)" in another Got Questions article "Are the Ten Commandments Repeated in the New Testament?" It includes where they're located in the New Testament, etc.

Bottom line: Jesus said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." (John 14:15)

Oompa Loompa · 2025-12-05T00:47:43-0600

perplexed said:
Why are people trying to justify this in a totally pathetic way ?

Poor narco terrorists. It is a shame the died trying to send poison to our country so that Americans would be killed.

RileyG · 2025-12-05T00:47:03-0600

ThatRobGuy said:
I question many aspects of the whole "it's genetic, I can't help it".

While it's certainly true that many overweight kids have overweight parents, the fact that there's regional and cultural components to obesity that are far more pronounced leads me to think that behavior is driving more of our obesity problem than genetics.

For the regional component...

View attachment 374006

It's not as if the people in Colorado are vastly genetically different than their counterparts 2 states away over in Arkansas.

Now, being someone who has half of the family that's Southern Baptist, and half of the family that's Catholic (with one tiny branch off of my Dad's side that are practicing Jews), this one I found interesting with regards to food culture.

(this is a little older, it's from 2008)
View attachment 374007

My extended family would fit this data almost perfectly.

My mom's side nearly half of them that are Obese, my Dad's side, not as many. (and the small branch of the family that are Jews practicing and following a Kosher diet all look pretty svelte)

We were raised Southern Baptist, I remember the pot luck meals that took place after every Sunday service and after every Wednesday night prayer meeting. (it would put Golden Corral to shame)

...and when we'd visit my mom's side of the family down south, I swear they wouldn't even touch a vegetable unless is was deep fried or swimming in butter.

My theory on that?
The practicing Jews stay thinner due to the stricter rules regarding keeping Kosher (things like Bacon Cheeseburgers, Bacon, and Pepperoni pizza are a no-go)

On the Catholic side of the family, they have -- for lack of a better way of putting it -- more "options of vice" (aka: they can have a few drinks at get togethers to have fun) ...whereas, in the strict side of the Baptist part of the family, no beer, no secular music, no watching movies, no fun video games... you cut out all of the things that are fun, what pleasurable experience is left? Eating.

Absent some extraordinary hormonal or medical issue, nobody, even sedentary, is bulking up to 350+ on a 2500 (or even 3000) calories per day -- given that the rule of them is to gain one pound of body weight, you need to consume 3500 calories over your caloric maintenance limit (and your BMR increases with your weight), I thought this was an interesting one to run through Claude's AI (since it's just a mathematical exercise) leveraging the Mifflin–St Jeor formula.

If a 30 year old was 6 foot and 180 pounds, they'd have to consume 4,500 calories a day (almost twice the BMR) regularly for nearly 2 years before approaching 350.

So this stuff isn't happening to people overnight. There are undoubtedly several iterations of having to go up in pants size over a period of years.

Not to go off topic, but it reminded me of a study where if a grandfather ate too many pot lucks at his church get togethers, his future grandchildren would be obese, OR the more overweight friends someone has, the more overweight someone is likely to be.

Correlation does not equal causation

Maybe all those pot lucks and Church dinners have something to do with Baptists typically being heavier than Catholics?

It’s a social behavior, after all.

I dunno

Thanks for sharing! This is quite interesting!

RileyG · 2025-12-05T00:42:38-0600

.Mikha'el. said:
You can have my share of the world's snow all to yourself if you want.

Can I have it all?

RileyG · 2025-12-05T00:42:25-0600

Multifavs said:
I love it! I don't like hot weather either! Nice to have snow at Christmastime too - most years we don't get a lot of snow until January.

Agreed! Love it as well!

BassLine · 2025-12-05T00:37:33-0600

I've been fortunate to have two hobbies that truly enriched my life.

I began making music for fun in the 60s, then played for church services in the 70s, and added gigging in bars and clubs in the 90s and early 2000s. While I haven't played for pay since about 2006, I still play for Mass 3 weeks a month and attend a jam session or two each month. I still have a lot to learn about playing the double bass, and I continue taking 2 or 3 lessons a month from a local pro. I practice at least 6 hours a week to stay sharp and overcome RA and other medical issues.

My other hobby was/is bicycling. My wife and I always enjoyed rides around the block, running errands, or taking the kids out for 15-mile runs to help them work off excess energy. When the kids left home, we started throwing panniers on the bikes and heading out for multiday, multi-state rides. That led me to get involved in bike safety advocacy and safety education. The RA put an end to the long-distance rides, but we still get out for a few hours during good weather. She is still on her touring bike, but I had to switch to a recumbent trike.

I've been blessed not just with hobbies, but with two lifelong sources of meaning, identity, and connection. Music provided community, service, expression, prayer, and decades of growth. Cycling provided adventure, family bonding, travel, health, and a way to help others through advocacy and training.

Brian Mcnamee · 2025-12-05T00:27:25-0600

Hi I see this chapter as the Isaiah 53 of the second coming of Jesus and regardless of where ancient Azal is or what happened in Hezekiah's day the literal nature of this passage taken as whole is the best way to approach it. On this day all the nations are gathered against Jerusalem. In Revelation they stage at Armageddon. Jerusalem is being overrun badly and the taken with half the city being captive with the houses rifled and the women raped. This earthquake coincide with the LORD coming with all His saints. This earthquake is going to be massive and create a valley and river that ill flow year round and in Ezekiel 47 this river mentioned here heals the Dead Sea and not the salt marshes. The LORD melts the invader Indiana Jones style and on this day it is dark in the daytime and light at night showing that this is a literal single day event. On this day the LORD is king over all the earth. Rev has the angels proclaim the kingdoms of this earth have become the kingdoms of our God and His Christ and He shall reign forever. It shows this river flowing year round so a clear continuation of life on earth after the 2nd coming of Jesus. It shows the nations which are left (this implies some nations wont exist anymore) will be require to come to Jerusalem to worship the King and keep the feast of Taberacles or they will get no rain. Rev 15 says
Prelude to the Bowl Judgments
1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete.
2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark[fn] and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. 3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying:
“Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are Your ways,
O King of the saints!
4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are holy.
For all nations shall come and worship before You,
For Your judgments have been manifested.”

It is here in Zech 14 we see the Nations now coming to worship before Him. We see the promises in Luke one Jesus taking the throne of David to order and establish it forever happen on this day. We see Isaiah 9
For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. This is when the government comes on his shoulder with justice and Judgment and the peace promised in many places will come when the LORD Jesus reigns. In that day they will say the LORD is one. Zech 14 shoes Israel now calling Jesus LORD and the blindness has come off and they have entered the new covenant . I could go on and on for pages of all the glory that comes on this day of all the bad that is over and all the good that has come and you guys are arguing over things that are technical and in a way that brings no glory, praise, edification or sanctification. When we pray thy kingdom come thy will be done this is the day that brings in the kingdom. There is so much to glory about in this chapter and who's right about Azal now or what happened with Hezekiah is certainly not the meat in this chapter and when it happens being right tor wrong on these matters are of little consequence. Love one another encourage us to not be divided over matters that do not profit and walk in the unity of the Spirit. I quite coming to this site due to all the pop up adds and all I can't stand it and have not been on for years but was researching chapter 14 and saw a link to this convo. I probably won't be back for another few years so God bless you all.

Gene2memE · 2025-12-05T00:15:25-0600

Servus said:
So foreign countries bringing in poison that's killed hundreds of Americans should only be addressed as a civil/criminal matter. Once again all the concern being show is for those in foreign countries invading the US, and no concern at all for American citizens.

1. I'm not an American.
2. I'm not showing concern for ANYONE. Or absence of concern.
3. My interest is in the legality of US action here. My contention is that these strikes plainly violate US and international law.
4. There are a VAST number of (legal) ways to deal with these boats that don't involve extrajudicial murder and breaking the law.
5. The "poisoning" argument seems both hypocritical and highly disingenuous when you consider things like the USA's historical funding and direct and indirect support for death squads in Latin America, the ongoing humanitarian impact of sanctions on countries like Cuba and Nicaragua, US weapons exports and US companies offshoring things like petrochemical processing and other dangerous/environmentally destructive activities.

stevevw · 2025-12-05T00:13:15-0600

BCP1928 said:
I don't reject it out of hand. I just don't see the point of it. Look, this is a question which has been considered by philosophers, theologians, anthropologists, psychologists, neurorophysiologists etc. for the past couple of thousand years without convincing resolution. I think there is no point at all in us debating it here. But my question remains, what good would it do? Suppose you demonstrated that there was consciousness beyond the brain. What then?

If there was such a thing a phenomena of consciousness beyond brain then it opens the doore for understanding fundemental reality more fully. That will lead to further discoveries based on the expanded possibility.

In fact consciousness as fundemental has been posed as the best fit for the data.

If there is to be any theory of everything then it has to include subjective consciousness.

Apple Sky · 2025-12-05T00:07:25-0600

If a plane were to fly all the way around the globe in one direction shouldn't it end up where is started ?

timewerx · 2025-12-05T00:04:38-0600

Landon Caeli said:
AI Overview

Morphic resonance is
a theory proposed by biologist Rupert Sheldrake that suggests all natural systems, including organisms and crystals, have a collective memory that influences their form and behavior over time. This proposed mechanism of "formative causation" claims that past forms and behaviors of similar systems create a cumulative, invisible influence that shapes the development and patterns of present systems, rather than being governed by fixed physical laws alone. It implies that nature is habitual and that new behaviors can spread more rapidly through a species because of this shared, non-physical memory.

Key concepts

Collective memory: Each species, from animals to plants, possesses a collective memory that individuals can access and to which they contribute.

Habitual nature: The theory suggests that the regularities of nature are more like habits that have been reinforced by repetition, rather than being immutable laws.

Similarity: The resonance is based on similarity. The more similar an organism or system is to past ones, the greater the influence it will have.

Behavior and form: Morphic resonance is said to influence both the physical form and the behavior of a system. For example, it is proposed to explain instincts and how certain patterns of behavior, like a new trick learned by rats in one location, can be learned more quickly by other rats of the same breed elsewhere.

Individual memory: The resonance of a system with its own past is also suggested as a way to explain individual memory, where memories are not entirely stored in the brain but are accessed through a resonance with the brain's past states.

I have a personal life principle similar to it based on something I've observed for many years.

It gives me certain advantages I prefer to keep. The vast majority don't care enough so I have no intention of sharing it.

Apple Sky · 2025-12-05T00:02:04-0600

prodromos said:
Still doesn't explain why everything rotates around a South Celestial pole in the Southern Hemisphere, how people looking due South from Cape Town in South Africa and people looking due South from Punta Arenas in Chile both see the Southern Cross while looking in directions almost 90° apart.

Yes it does.
Think of the sun, moon and the stars as one giant time piece.

stevevw · 2025-12-04T23:59:08-0600

essentialsaltes said:
We have not been offered any evidence to justify a conclusion that we "know" there were drugs on the boats. It was stated, but we do not know this.

Yet we have all these people making absolute claims based on fake news.

Apple Sky · 2025-12-04T23:58:41-0600

reBoot said:
reBoots' reply:
For those with patience and an attention to detail, here is documentation describing one way it is done:

There is a virtual reality patent:

Application programming interface and hypergraph transfer protocol supporting a global hypergraph approach to reducing complexity for accelerated multi-disciplinary scientific discovery
which describes "A system for connecting one or more client applications running on one or more clients with one or more knowledge representation servers"

where "clients" = YOU
and
"knowledge representation servers" = A.I. / IN THE CLOUD

How am I going to make the MetaVerse physically change the air molecules around your head so that you have a physical experience? From the above patent, "Atmosphere and hypergraph transfer protocol have the capacitance with the different types of entities and clustering structure to make physical changes in the pervasive and ubiquitous computing." For example, they can perturbate the air molecules around or within an electric vehicle and can rearrange the neurons in your head - at the same time, all for effect. IOW, they can spike your neural network (not to be confused with the spike protein red herring!).

I've no idea what this is all about yet but thanks reBoot.

Richard T · 2025-12-04T23:57:57-0600

Here is a critical view of Alligator Alcatraz. Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges.

Don't know what is true but I am pretty sure it might be hard to get a prisoner to a hospital if they needed it. I read some have been airlifted. I have to laugh at being able to handle just 115 MPH winds. So a low cat 3 can be handled by these tents? Hope I dont see that on the news.

As to the facility, it is subpar because of the lack of plumbing. All toilets are portable potties. To me that is unacceptable. I think American can do better especially at the price we are paying.

Alligator Alcatraz detention center are portable. Since the facility lacks permanent structures and plumbing, portable units are used for restrooms "and showers.

Details regarding the portable toilets:

Sewage Removal: The waste from these portable toilets must be collected and trucked off-site, which has led to logistical challenges.
Reported Issues: Detainees and former guards have reported that the portable toilets routinely back up, sometimes overflowing with fecal waste and contaminating the sleeping areas.
Conflicting Reports: The Florida Division of Emergency Management has denied reports of issues with the portable toilets, claiming that the facility is in good working order.

The estimated cost to house a detainee at the
Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility is approximately $245 per day"

Folks that is about 94k per year. Fl;orida's average is around 40k for their state prisoners. Here is a state by state breakdown of prison costs.

How much do states spend on housing prisoners? | USAFacts

States in the South spend the least per inmate and have some of the highest prison incarceration rates in the nation.

usafacts.org

Rescued One · 2025-12-04T23:52:47-0600

Rescued One said:
PLEASE don't forget to pray for Andrew!

Thank you, Pop D.

com7fy8 · 2025-12-04T23:45:11-0600

Kjelete said:
Why is so much nonsense coming from America?

Because in America there are mean people. But not all are like these people. And, because America traditionally is "democratic" with freedom of speech, mean people use their freedom of speech to say things that are not nice.

But it can be right to criticize people who really are wrong. And people try to encourage us to use our freedom for good criticizing, and not for mean stuff.

Kjelete said:
Everyday, something new and mean stuff is coming from American online.

Yes, mean stuff is coming from ones who do not know how to love. In America, we have a number of people who do not know how to love. Ones can be conceited, and they will look down on other people, and criticize others so they can make their own selves look good. And we see how they can have very mean emotional problems, very mean to their own selves >

The Bible says each of us will reap what we have sown > Galatians 6:7-8.

Right now, then, the mean ones are already reaping emotionally what they have been sowing against others. In their weakness for pride and pleasure, they also are deeply weak so they can keep suffering in various emotional and personality and relational problems and torment.

However, Jesus does have humble people in America, who love any and all people, and who have hope for the ones who do not know how to love > love "hopes all things" (in 1 Corinthians 13:7). Jesus uses their good example to help others.

Kjelete said:
Now it's like your dream of a society where everyone works will never happen, a kind of utopia.

In practical life, in America . . . many do work, yes, but this is not the dream. Plus, ones do work without getting paid > there are ones who stay home to home-school their children, and to care for their families and places where they live. And there can be even homeless people who do things voluntarily to help. And there are church members who do things to serve through their churches to help people. And there are people who are caregivers to relatives and friends who are younger disabled or elderly and disabled.

I will offer you, how being a nonprofessional caregiver is work. It can take a person from early morning until close to midnight, and not being paid by your friend or spouse or other companion or someone else you know.

One person was so busy, that he lost ten pounds in maybe a couple of months. He thought he had lost fat, from not eating. Then he passed out while walking . . . dehydrated, it seemed > he perhaps had not lost fat, but *water*, what with having constant end-to-end things to do all day so he was not eating and drinking.

But love is the reward, in us, while we do things God's way.

So - - may be you should not spend too much time paying attention to what mean people are doing; but learn how to take care of people, in case you will need this.

Kjelete said:
The reason I'm writing is because my mother worked in a factory for 32 years or something, and got a medal, and my father has worked for about 30 years also in different places, woke up to the same alarm every day for 30 years, yet they are treated degradingly when we are out because they "just" go there.

Indeed, there are people who do not know how to love. They have a major problem and are in big trouble, now and for the day of judgment. So, we are wise not to allow them to have power over us to control our attention to their nonsense and failure. But trust God to have us discovering how He has us become and love like Jesus. And then God uses our prayer and example to help each other but also to reach those who are enemies of love.

Kjelete said:
It's fun to be mean perhaps, I never understand it, but americans have to kinda weirdos to put all this nonsense out there.

While I was in the seventh grade, yes I found it entertaining to make another child cry and make kids squeal when I did mean things to them. Well, my parents were educated and seemed quite proud of themselves, so they could look down on others; from that, perhaps, I got some of my encouragement to be a bully looking down on kids and being cruel to them. And there were ones not so popular with other students; this also encouraged me . . . to go after the ones others did not like, even hoping I could get praise from more popular kids, by bullying the ones they did not like.

Kjelete said:
I'm always treated well because I've sung so much, but I think it's a bit the opposite of what it should be, maybe then, I've learned a lot on my own, worked hard, but I think 30 years in a factory is tougher

Yes, I would say to honor your parents.

And yes people can be popular because they give some kind of pleasure to others. Good singers can be a pleasure. And there is a lot of beauty discrimination . . . meaning ones more beautiful can be more loved and considered more desirable for marriage and certain jobs.

So, be wise to how people might "love" you because of the pleasure they can use you to get. With Jesus, we love without requiring that people give us what we want. And we are in America, too

FromWesternCanada · 2025-12-04T23:30:34-0600

I've just re-dedicated my life to God. I know this might sound a bit odd, but for some reason, I've never been charged with a single crime in my life. I feel like, God is responsible for that. Like he's watched me over the years. Like, my devotion to Christ, even if I fell away later, God kept me there. He's the only Reason I'm here to be anything. Thank you Lord God. Thank you, Immaculate Womb. The Pope, I haven't even begun to really grasp the Pope yet. Yes, but, God bless you. edit- When I say I re-dedicated my life to God, I mean, I had some things happen during the 'Protestant' version... and however it went, God was proud of me. God came to my life with those events you can't explain lately. I just woke up suddenly.

Richard T · 2025-12-04T23:26:45-0600

Bradskii said:
It's exactly the opposite of what you think.

From here (albeit from 12 years ago):

'In fact, over the course of the last two decades, warfare has been quietly disappearing from the planet. The world in 2012 is a less violent, less belligerent place than at any time in recorded history.

Although it may seem counterintuitive to those whose historical perspective has been warped by the twenty-four-hour-news cycle, levels of conflict, both in terms of number and magnitude, have been dropping steadily since the end of the Cold War. A series of empirical analyses done in the United States and Canada have consistently shown that the number of wars of all types—interstate, civil, ethnic, revolutionary, etc. —declined throughout the 1990s and into the new century. The risk for the average person of dying violently at the hands of enemies has never been lower.'

And as regards Israel's attack on Iran, from here: https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...es-hit-site-iran-abc-news-reports-2024-04-19/

'Iran's foreign minister said the drones, which the sources said Israel launched against the city of Isfahan, were "mini-drones" and that they had caused no damage or casualties.'

If that's what you want to propose as a definition World War III then maybe you need to look up the word 'hyperbole.'

Statistically you right, I think the elevated status of war is because nearly everyone is spending more and there are far more rumours of war going on now. Let's hope the causualties go down instead of ramping up.

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