jonojim1337 said:

Ok so explain how hot air particles travel upward.

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They don't, unless a large enough mass of them are enclosed in a light weight envelope. In such a case if the combined mass of the envelope and the hot air molecules contained is less than the mass of the surrounding air displaced by the envelope, then the denser air will push the envelope up since gravity has a stronger influence on the denser air than the less dense air.

Say it aint so said:

This has got to be straight Onion, no?

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Stories like this are why the Onion is struggling. Reality is so much more absurd than anything their writers could make up and still be at least a little humorous.

BCP1928 said:

What's wrong with that? That's the message Trump is sending continuously.

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The grand Trump et al GOP plan is to provide seed money of $1,000 for people ages 18 to 49 and $1,500 for those 50 to 65 for people earning up to 700% of the poverty level for a Health Savings Account. The catch is, and wait for it, in order to get the pre-funded HSA, people would have to buy a bronze or catastrophic plan on an Obamacare exchange. Yes, the exchange they are trying to kill. It is a non solution solution. It is I guess that Trump plan to make healthcare better and cheaper "the likes no one has ever seen" he has had for the past 9 years.

iluvatar5150 said:

You were a cop, weren't you? That's what I was referring to. Part of this largesse in taking care of more and more people goes to fund the salaries of government employees, like you and your wife.

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iluvatar5150 said:

You were a cop, weren't you? That's what I was referring to. Part of this largesse in taking care of more and more people goes to fund the salaries of government employees, like you and your wife.

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Taking care of more and more people is a net gain?

ThatRobGuy said:

On topics where I disagree with the Administration, I push back quite hard with the same approach...but those topics on here are few and far between. I went hard on the anti-vaxxers during covid, I've pushed back on climate change denialism in the past. When Israel funding comes up, I criticize that... I'd be more in-line with the left on matters of campaign finance reform, and drug policy. Rewind a decade when gay marriage was the hot topic, I sided with the left on that.

Those topics don't pop up as much anymore

The thread content is heavily saturated with the topics of immigration and DEI related stuff as of late. I can't help it that 75% of the threads that come up happen to fall into the handful of topics where I have some overlap with the conservatives.

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I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt that you don’t agree with this administration’s current approach to immigration and are just playing devil’s advocate here but I guess that answers that.

These people did everything right. Waited in line. Paid the money. They’ve been vetted and verified by the government and were about to take an oath to the country that no natural born citizen is even required to make. There’s no reason to cancel their applications at that moment other than targeted cruelty.

rjs330 said:

No they are not. The fact they are illegal or legal is not entered, unless the jurisdiction actually asks and the person is honest. The peraon could lie and the jurisdiction does not collect their birth certificate.

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When arrested police and I'm speaking of regular law enforcement ARREST ANYONE they ask QUESTIONS on the forms that they have to fill out. Information about the person they've arrested from name / to birth date / to address / to being a US citizen or not / whether they work or not / telephone number / etc, that should be common knowledge - they call it the BOOKING PROCESS. And those who lie about it or refuse to answer makes no difference. Definitely immigration and Federal law systems ask these questions.
If Questioned by Police, FBI, Customs Agents, or Immigration Officers - ACLU of Socal If Questioned by Police, FBI, Customs Agents, or Immigration Officers - ACLU of Socal

rjs330 said:

Then what was the point of saying Americans commit crime? It seems like you were arguing that it is no argument to say we shouldn't allow illegals in because they commit crime. I don't get your point then.

Then why mention it?

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The point is Donald Trump main reasoning for his actions is to take out the criminal element of people who entered this country illegally. And how they are committing this crime that crime in every other crime as if it outweighs what legal Americans do. Also mentioning he's going after those with visas and green cards

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Again what is your point in pointing out illegals do these jobs? How do you know Americans won't do them? Maybe Americans wont do them for the wages illegals will? If we get rid of the illegals maybe they would have to raise the wages to get Americans. Or at least the legal immigrants. It might actually force Congress to pass immigration reforms to allow legals in to work those jobs specifically.

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People who enter this country illegally have been doing those jobs for decades. I've witnessed it and I've been around quite a while.

And then you say maybe Americans won't do it because of the wage, yes they are all low wage income jobs. Jobs that Blacks typically done for decades prior.
There Are No Jobs Americans Won’t Do There Are No Jobs Americans Won’t Do

Jobs Nobody Wants | PBS News Jobs Nobody Wants

Most Americans say immigrants mainly fill jobs US citizens don’t want | Pew Research Center A majority of Americans say immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want

rjs330 said:

You were the one preaching how we as a country should follow scriptures. But I wonder if you really believe that or if its actually political for you. Because what I have found is so many who claim we should be taking in and helping people who cross our borders and want to use scripture as an admonition to do so, only want to use it for that purpose. They are not using scripture to support outlawing things that scripture says we shouldn't be doing.

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Preaching if that's what you want to call it. I'm no politician! And NOWHERE DID I CLAIM that we should be taking in and helping people across the border. You see there are those who need help, really need help / there are those who act like they need help / and there are those who are just looking for a free ride and personally I cannot make that distinction so I Claim nothing..........But if the government of the US decides to take in immigrants, ((the few dollars I pay in taxes isn't worth a hill of beans,)) but when combined with the working class of the over 300 million people of this country, there are people that can be helped not only American born, or immigrants, but other countries too after all America claims to be the richest country in the world and America spends billions aiding other countries and millions of American citizens lack and live in poverty conditions, some by choice but most can't be helped.

If someone comes to me and need help and it's in my power to help them I will !!!! I cannot help a country.

rjs330 said:

You either want the governemnt to follow scriptural admonition on all things or you should keep it to yourself. The Bible is not a club only to be used for your pet political positions.

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You can assume what you think I want !!! You can even say as you have I should keep it to myself BUT I can say what I want to say, you don't like it or don't agree with it, I don't care. You can't stop me from speaking what I choose to speak, and when I speak and I try to speak respectfully.

No one says the Bible is a club are uses it as a club and it's not my pet political position.

rjs330 said:

It is not a treatise for how government should operate. It was written to teach Chriatians how they ought to be in their personal lives and for how the church itself ought to govern itself.

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I know what the God and his word teaches _ thank you very much.

rjs330 said:

According to scripture we are not supposed to lie to anyone. Do you think we ought to follow scripture and ask government for laws against all lying.

I used that to prove a point. That often those who want to use scripture for certain things are often politically motivated to do so and not really interested in being consistent. And homosexuality is a quick way to determine where they really are. In the past I have used adultery as an example as well. Don't get hung up on the fact I didn't list every sinful act. My point is bigger than that.

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Don't get hung up on facts you say and yet you seem to as well as assumptions. I live in a world where there are 8 billion other human beings living in also, over 2 billion profess to be Christians. Christians as well as all others are sinners always has been and will be until they leave this earth, if there was no sin there would be no need for redemption. And again I am no politician, no I am I trying to prove a political point, it boils down to humanity to truths. There are politicians who are Christians and use or even miss use the word of God as a driving point, but that is few, when you calculate the number of politicians.

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To be clear, when it comes to asking, wanting or supporting the governement in following a scriptural standard, then we should not use it only for certain things we want, but should use ALL of scripture and not just the pet ones we like. That goes for all of us. If I am going to say that we should outlaw homosexuality because the Bible says its bad, then I should also support big government welfare taking care of all poor. We either accept all of scripture being followed by government or none of it. Picking and choosing is political and hypocritical.

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You say to be clear .... To be clear I don't have a pet political agenda. I speak for truth and what I have written is truth.

I personally do my best to follow the ways of my Lord God Yeshua and I mess up and repent daily.

I HAVEN'T picked and choose any Scripture to live by or not to live by / to do or not to do that is your assumption.

The headline seems to misrepresent what Rev. Bato was saying. The article goes on to say:

When asked whether he believes the Gospel presentation is central to Somali outreach, Bato said, “For many Somalis, if you begin a conversation by immediately presenting the Gospel, the discussion ends before it begins. The person may shut down or walk away because of fear, cultural pressure, or past experiences.”

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essentialsaltes said:

“This ban on wind projects was illegal, as this court has now declared. The administration should use this as a wake-up call, stop its illegal actions and get out of the way of the expansion of renewable energy,” said Kit Kennedy, the [Natural Resources Defense] council’s managing director for power, in a statement.

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A friend of mine a few years older than me can't remember if he was 3 yrs old or 5 years old when he started praying to Jesus for salvation.

Some of my memories prior to age 8 came back to me when i was complaining to God about some things, apparently i was called from the womb. At present my earliest memory would have been when i was 3 or 4 years of age, playing with a classic early 90's children toy in the church nursery thinking to myself that toys are useless, and there has to be a bigger purpose of life.

In my opinion God does not call everyone from the womb, many wait decades. and, we as believers can actually influence that process. about a decade ago i was inspired to ask God to pursue my mother as hard as he was pursuing me, and, i did, and i saw my mother transform a lot, she began reading the bible for herself, and i distinctly remember her opening the bible to a passage, asking my dad to read it, rather than starting an argument herself.

Hentenza said:

No. Why did you cut off the first part of my post? Here it is again.

“The writings of Ellen White, a prophet of the Seventh Day Adventist church, teach that those who worship on Sunday will receive the mark of the beast and will reject the seal of God. In other words, the vast majority of Christians are doomed for worshipping our Lord on Sunday instead of Saturday.”

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Here, let me amend my post.

"Go back and read your own words, and you should be embarrassed for being so dishonest in in them. “The writings of Ellen White, a prophet of the Seventh Day Adventist church, teach that those who worship on Sunday will receive the mark of the beast and will reject the seal of God. In other words, the vast majority of Christians are doomed for worshipping our Lord on Sunday instead of Saturday.”

You should be embarrassed, and amend your error.

SDA isn't teaching folks not to worship God on a Wednesday or a Sunday.

Just how far will you go to justify such foolishness.

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The truth remains, and you have not, nor can not provide any evidence that the SDA, or it's founders, teach that people who worship on Wednesday, or Sunday or whatever day of the week, "will receive the mark of the beast". Ellen White, John Wesley, John Calvin, Pope Pius X, Charles Russell, all promoted that men should worship God every day of the Week. I pointed out the issue SDA has concerning the 7th Day Sabbath Commandment, which has nothing at all to do with "Worshipping God" on a certain day of the week, and you are afraid to even acknowledge, much less have an actual, honest discussion about what I posted.

Ex. 20: 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

There is nothing here that forbids worshipping God on another day of the week, as God's People worship Him every day of the week.

The issue isn't about what day to Worship God. The issue is about whether to obey God's Commandments or man's Commandments.

Your statement, “The writings of Ellen White, a prophet of the Seventh Day Adventist church, teach that those who worship on Sunday will receive the mark of the beast" is a falsehood.

This is a falsehood, and you have not provided any evidence to the contrary. Your AI copy and past sermon does not teach that folks that worship God on Sunday with receive the "mark of the beast".


You are embarrassing yourself. But it is your choice, and I will leave you with it.

Fantine said:

Get with the program. In Florida and Texas they are rewriting history and call those words "critical race theory."

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Hahaha.
Critical race theory (
CRT) is an academic framework, primarily in legal studies, that analyzes how race and racism are embedded within American law, social structures, and institutions. It is based on the premise that racism is a normal, systemic feature of society, not just the product of individual bias or prejudice.
I'm sure you would be supportive if that was what they were teaching

Apple Sky said:

Yes there has what about Admiral R. Byrd & all his fleet of ships in 'Operation High Jump' ? Why do you think they called it 'Operation High Jump' ?

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Apple Sky said:

No idea, would have to research them all before I can answer your question.

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You would do well to actually research Admiral Byrd's expedition, as your claims are contradictory to what they encountered.

GoldenBoy89 said:

What’s that?

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I'm pretty sure the rest of the post explains that in detail. I was talking about the entirety of Europe, and showing similarities, while also showing potential solutions, which are up for debate.

Do you have something you'd like to share, Goldenboy?

Storm cloud

Larniavc said:

Gravity is what keeps us on the surface of the Earth. On Earth less dense air rises above denser air as there are most available states for the various atoms that make up 'air' to occupy. It's not unconnected with why things evaporate (but that's not for now). That's because of Entropy but I don't want to have to spend hours explaining that to you if you don't grasp the current discussion.

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If I pass gass, there’s no reason for the particles to stick together in some unity to be less dense than their environment. I would expect them to just blend in. So I am going to assume that the reason it moves upward has nothing to do with gravity.

Apple Sky said:

King James Bible
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

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The above describes yourself, heaping yourself teachers like Rob Skiba, Eric Dubay, Dean Odle etc.

Always in His Presence said:

As the son of two LEGAL immigrants - I and my family have no issue with the definitions -

Illegal Aliens is the formal term

8 U.S. Code § 1325 - Improper entry by alien​

Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.​

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alien​

(3) The term “alien” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.

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Nothing in that definition includes refugees, nothing in there includes immigrants attending green card hearings, nothing justifies that charming scene last week where the woman was apprehended just as she raised her hand to legally take the citizenship oath. I'm sure that gave you a thrill, but you're going to have to use a different definition for "illegal aliens."

Larniavc said:

Can you put it into your own words? The video did not seem to answer my questions but if I missed it I'd be obliged if you could point it out to me.

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Cosmic energy from the black sun below is split into two polarisations in the polestar and then concentrated in their respective focal points in our atmosphere. This explains why objects in the moon light are actually colder than in shade.

Landon Caeli said:

European culture

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What’s that?

Always in His Presence said:

I feel the same way - I answered one of yours - now it is time you answered one of mine - this is a two way street.


Second request

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My question was first. Post #7. The courtesy of a reply would be appreciated. So, fourth time:

So do you believe that all children are saved until they can make a conscious decision to be saved or not? Or do you believe that no children are saved until they can make a conscious decision to be saved or not?

Apple Sky said:

It is Antarctica that encircles the earth, as ice melts at 33 degrees, therefore lets hope Antarctica doesn't have a heat wave,

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The UK doesn't use the Fahrenheit scale.

Larniavc said:

That would be the Moon.

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That’s not what the video shows.

Larniavc said:

What makes the energy stop at the focal point?

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It doesn’t stop it’s concentrated the same way you have a focal point in magnifying glasses to concentrate light which is why you have two magnifying glasses and focal points in the great music video of Soundgarden.

AaronClaricus said:

Not sure about a metaphorical Adam but there is a less literal Adam interpretation. Not everyone see Adam as living to 930 after being specially created in 4004 BCE. Some put it at 5500 BCE or 3700 BCE based on greek and jewish texts. I place Adam on a timeline at about 10,000 BCE as that's the most plausible time on the standard history timeline for Adam. By 4004 BCE humans had cities that would be impressive in our post modern times.

Of course this interpretation would also support the hypothesis of pre-adamic men. Those individuals aren't necessarily theologically important to us. Life was a cruel and inflexible icescape before 9650 BCE.

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I understand the allegorical meaning and the ages have something to do with prophecy.

narnia59 said:

I would also add that if you do not know the answer to a question the genuine and sincere approach is to simply say "I don't know" rather than ignore the question and attempt to deflect.

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narnia59 said:

I'm not answering any of your questions until you actually answer mine. This will be the 3rd time I've asked you.

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I feel the same way - I answered one of yours - now it is time you answered one of mine - this is a two way street.

Always in His Presence said:

Here is a question for you - why does Paul in Romans 10 speak of Salvation, but not mention Baptism?

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Second request