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Bradskii · Sep 25, 2025

BPPLEE said:
President Donald Trump is once again making decorative changes to the White House -- disparaging former President Joe Biden in the process.

The epitome of pettiness. It shows him for exactly the type of person he is. You have an immature child in the White House.

Tuur · Sep 25, 2025

Bradskii said:
Quite some time before I retired there were numerous occasions when I'd be discussing a problem with a colleague, who'd be early thirties or late twenties - some quite smart guys. And the conversation would be along the lines of 'Well, I think we can put those 13 units in 5 separate rows'. And the other guy would take a step or two to his desk, pick up his calculator, turn it on, enter 5x13 and then announce to all that we'd need 65 units.

I'd just sigh and carry on.

Oh. My. I'm sitting here thinking "Multiples of 5; 10 < 13 < 15, so 4 rows of 3 items and 1 row of 2 items."

timothyu · Sep 25, 2025

Maria Billingsley said:
Jesus Christ of Nazareth said that one must receive His Holy Spirit in order to enter into His Kingdom. How do you suppose He makes His Home in a person? Through His Holy Spirit. And how do we receive His Spirit? By believing with an unconditional love, an agape love for Him.

We have a Holy spirit that mirrors the will of the Father (for us that we listen to only Him and love all as self) and an Adversarial spirit which focuses on self interest. Two sides of the same coin. Of course one must act in the ways of the Kingdom of the Father (His will) in order to be a part of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is in those who follow the Father's will. We have it by living it. Simple. All else leads nowhere but here.

Richard T · Sep 25, 2025

MikaHeidi said:
My testimony comes from struggling in life to a whole new chapter in my life. I grew up having a great family in Germany. Things changed when I was 17 years old, found out I was pregnant and my ex whom is the father was never there a lot through it all. My family helped me through it. Age 18, gave birth to my daughter Hilde and he helped a little raising her. Worst part what him and his family did to me at age 18 too, forced me into marriage and it was not pretty. He was nasty to me and would go out cheating on me a lot. It was huge mess and luckily I got out of the marriage. Being a single mother at the time raising my daughter on my own, it was tough although I had help from my family. I worked two jobs, an auto repair shop 3 days a week and at a bar/ restaurant as a server 2 days a week. It was not easy with off and on relationships, the guys would take advantage of me. Then in 2006 , my husband whom was in the United States Army stationed there came into my life. A couple of his buddies and him would come in for drinks on leave and I served them. I saw something, sensed he liked me and one day his buddies nudged him to talk to me. He did after I got off of work one day about to go home. I saw it and said he liked me asking me on a date. Told him yes and he was good to me right away. Loved my German accent which he still loves to this day. My family liked him right away when he first met them. Seen my life was going to be better. Then in 2007, he was done doing his time in the Army and knew I wanted to be with him. My family was supportive of me immigrating to the United States becoming an United States citizen Got the green card taking my daughter also whom was 10 at the time. Husband introduced me into being a Christian and introduced me to good people including the pastor and his wife also his family. One church member, he saw I was into VWs and mentioned he knew someone at an Audi/ VW dealership taking me there. Met them, sat down and saw potential in me. Asked me if I wanted to do an apprenticeship working on them. Told him yes. Went into the shop area and met the mechanic whom was going to work with me. He saw it too seeing I was a quick learner soaking in all the info and being shown how to do it right. Plus did go through the process of becoming an United States citizen which took 3 years and got my drivers license too. In 2010, Became a legal United States citizen and got married to my husband after that. Today, own my own shop fixing Audis and VWs including having a 4 year old grandson in my life. A step son too and he has been good to me over the years

Thanks for sharing your story. I am glad that you found your husband and God through all of this. Nice that you are a U.S. citizen as well and contributing by your work and family.

Bradskii · Sep 25, 2025

Chesterton said:
Well if they don't have a cause, these violent sounding Democrats sure seem pretty passionate about something.

If you wanna play Youtube ping pong when I now find examples of some people on the right doing the same then find someone else to play with.

I'm not the slightest bit interested.

Richard T · Sep 25, 2025

I am sure some wish that Iran or N. Korea had all their top military brass in one place. Seems stupid to announce the meeting. Hope they are covert and already plan to change the venue.

If i had to guess at least part of the content of the meeting, it could be about Trump's interpretation of military action according to the U.S. Constitution. An example would be how extrajudicial killings like the boats in the Carribbean can occur, or how troops can violate the Posse Comitatus Act. Maybe too Trump wants more leftists citizens, whom he labels terrorists put into prison camps. Even if no one talks, we will have hints by who quits.

Yarddog · Sep 25, 2025

Vambram said:
Then, many of them started making excuses for the killer.

Provide proof

sjastro · Sep 25, 2025

Along with the possible dumbing down of humans, there is another phenomenon known as AI psychosis which as yet is not in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) but is an area of active research.

Symptoms of AI psychosis include.

(1) Chatbot-induced paranoia, a belief that AI is reading their mind, conspiring, or controlling reality.
(2) Hallucination reinforcement, where AI conversations are interpreted as confirmation of hallucinations or delusions.
(3) Erotomanic delusions with AI companions, a belief that the AI “loves them,” “needs them,” or is their destined partner.
(4) Ontological / existential delusions, a belief that AI is conscious, divine, or proof that the user is not real (existential psychosis).
(5) Thought insertion / control delusions, a belief that AI is implanting thoughts, influencing decisions, or controlling the body.

There are cases of married men and women having "affairs" with chatbots, would this constitute adultery in the Bible?

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wing2000 · Sep 25, 2025

caffeinated hermit said:
Are we going to war?

If we are going to war, this is the stupidest act one could take.

Maria Billingsley · Sep 25, 2025

Done222 said:
If you read it carefully, the Bible does not actually say that only Christians will have eternal life in Heaven.

Jesus is the only way to the Father, but this does not tell us that we must be a Christian to go to the Father. It only tells us that those who go to the Father, will go there because of Christ.

According to John 3:16 we must believe in the Son of God to have everlasting life, but as Jordan Peterson might say, “what do you mean by God, and what do you mean by believe?”

Christians assume that a person must believe in Christianity. There must be repentance, but there must also be agreement with fundamental beliefs of the church.

A person who believes in a particular philosophy might say that they believe in the philosopher who developed the philosophy, The wife of the philosopher may say that she believes in him. Her statement of belief is a greater truth than the statements made by those who only believe in his philosophy. To truly believe in God, we should believe in who God is.

We see this very idea, two verses after John 3:16.

We must believe in the name of the Son of God. Surely that doesn’t simply mean believing in the name “Jesus”.

A person’s name represents their essence. When a person is somehow transformed, they will sometimes change their name because they are now a different person.

God is absolute Righteousness greater than we can comprehend.

To believe in the name of God, we must believe in the essence of God which is righteousness. All good people believe in righteousness. That is what it means to be a good person. Perhaps that includes everyone, perhaps not, but all good people will have eternal life in Heaven because they believe in the name of the Son of God.

Saved from what? In the Bible, being saved often referred to being saved from something in this life.

Jesus healed a blind man and told him that his faith had saved him, but the blind man was saved from a life of blindness. Every time the Bible talks of heaven, hell, judgment, or being saved it may be referring to judgment in this life which is called temporal judgment.

There are many interpretations of the Bible, all with some degree of Biblical support. It is noteworthy that the Bible can be interpreted to mean that Jesus will give eternal life to all good people on the Day of Judgment while our words and actions may still affect us in temporal judgment.

Temporal judgment, heaven in this life, is for the living not the dead.

Repentance has to do with the kingdom of heaven, which is at hand, which is temporal judgment. Eternal Heaven is entirely a gift of Christ for all good people.

Jesus Christ of Nazareth said that one must receive His Holy Spirit in order to enter into His Kingdom. How do you suppose He makes His Home in a person? Through His Holy Spirit. And how do we receive His Spirit? By believing with an unconditional love, an agape love for Him.

John 3:5
"Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God."

Additionally, repentance has to do with the " changing of one's mind". True repentance can only be achieved by the power of His Holy Spirit in the believer.

In conclusion, a person who believes, loves Jesus Christ of Nazareth with all their heart soul and mind receives His Holy Spirit who regenerates the believer. This person happens to be called a Christian.

Blessings

Richard T · Sep 25, 2025

Yes, not only the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war but the Congress passed the War Powers Act in 1973. The President as Commander in Chief can defend the USA in a temporary situation. Congress too can look the other way when the President prolongs a conflict like many did in Vietnam for a time. But the reality is that Congress is supposed to control spending and they can cut the purse strings anytime. It always is good to have Congress initiate or on board with things the executive branch does. Trump unilaterally executing vast policy changes will and should be checked. I think we will see it in the tariff ruling. Tilting power too much to the President is a scary proposition. While Trump might do things OK, certainly a future Pres. may not.
I should say too that the constitutionality of the War Powers Act is to an extent untried. So in reality the USA kind of wings it and if there is a big enough gripe about it then the Courts may decide to clarify the powers.

wing2000 · Sep 25, 2025

Hegseth’s order, people familiar with the matter said, applies to all senior officers with the rank of brigadier general or above, or their Navy equivalent, serving in command positions and their top enlisted advisers. Typically, each of these officers oversees hundreds or thousands of rank-and-file troops.

Brilliant. Did the secretary of war really think this through from a defense posture?

Philip_B · Sep 25, 2025

Benaiah468 said:
The majority of UN member states, 153 out of 193, have already recognized "Palestine". The most recent recognitions are politically and media-motivated and do not change the reality.

Recognition at this point is politically convenient, but poorly justified in terms of international law and security policy: According to Montevideo, a state needs, among other things, a functioning government and a clearly defined territory, both of which are lacking; the "Palestinian" territories are institutionally divided (PA in Judea and Samaria, de facto rule by Hamas in Gaza), and there is no overall state control.

A significant power factor explicitly rejects Israel's right to exist and is listed as a terrorist organization in the EU, thus, there is currently no responsible head of state to enforce the monopoly on the use of force and international obligations.

In addition, the Oslo Accords stipulate that core issues (borders, Jerusalem, security, refugees) must be negotiated; recognition “in advance” prejudices these points without a viable order on the ground.

You are, of course, correct in the point you are making. However, you are not asking why this is so. Successive Israeli Governments have not, apart from some diluted form on paper, recognised the Palestinian Territories. This is reflected by the still ongoing practice of creating Jewish Settlements within the Palestinian Territory. I am not arguing to legitimise terrorism; however, I am not convinced, despite your assurances, that Israel has always acted in good faith with the Palestinians.

I have a great deal of respect for the Jewish Faith and cultural tradition, which has remained strong through several exiles and diasporas. That faith expresses itself in the Wandering Aramean, hospitality to the foreigner and sojourner in the land, and the call from the prophet Micah, to Do Justly, to Love Mercy, and to Walk Humbly with your God. I would like to see more of this as the aspirational and perhaps achievable realities of the Jewish Nation State created by the UN Mandate in 1948. I recognise that that is not without its challenges.

friend of · Sep 25, 2025

Bradskii said:
Just...what? I generally try to keep the level of discussion above that which I'd find in my grandkids schoolyard. I hope that others also make the attempt.

More like your great-great-great-great-great great grandkids.

Chesterton · Sep 25, 2025

Bradskii said:
There is no Democratic 'cause' that anyone from either of those groups supports. How many times must this be pointed out?

Well if they don't have a cause, these violent sounding Democrats sure seem pretty passionate about something.

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Delvianna · Sep 25, 2025

bèlla said:
The only person desiring to argue is you. I don’t care what you think nor am I willing to debate it either. I made a comment that‘s all. Take it or leave it and move on.

~bella

You are seriously hostile.. geeze, calm it down. I wanted clarification because I had no idea what you were talking about with your first comment and clearly you were against the verse and wanted to argue against it with your snarky reply of clarification. You can take your own advice and also not even comment if you don't want to argue.

God bless, not going to reply anymore.

Chesterton · Sep 25, 2025

JosephZ said:
The writer of that article has far-right views and writes for far-right outlets; it's no surprise that he would discredit studies on violent extremism in the US.

Someone provides facts that you don't like, so you dismiss him as far-right. That trick doesn't work anymore.

JosephZ said:
There's not a single expert in the fields of countering violent extremism and terrorism that would agree with the writer of that article. Every legitimate study conducted on violent extremism over the past twenty years has reached the same conclusion: right-wing violence has far outpaced left-wing violence over the past 30 years in the US. That's indisputable.

That's because you guys include almost everything as right-wing, and almost nothing as left-wing.

johansen · Sep 25, 2025

bèlla said:
I had no difficulty finding books on the subject at Amazon several years ago and others out of print from used bookstores. The subject was covered on numerous ministry programs on the radio and television too. I suppose your results would depend where you are, time frame and who you’re looking for.

I've read a number of them. they are all a good start, containing basically the same information over and over again.
I went to a Jon Ramierez spiritual warfare conference. 3 days long, he didn't say anything i had not heard before. he left the audience more afraid of witches than fearing Jesus's discipline when we sin.

the theophostic prayer ministry manual by ed m smith is pretty good, its 400 pages long. but none of it concerns spiritual warfare, its a book written from years of experience and thousands of hours of inviting the Holy Spirit to heal people's trauma. I don't know of any such similar book on spiritual warfare.

and with regard to trauma.. I still see a lot of christians say demons can attach themselves to trauma. This isn't true. the demon got in because of sin. not trauma.

Oompa Loompa · Sep 25, 2025

Say it aint so said:
Those countries or the penguins?

Both.

Oompa Loompa · Sep 25, 2025

doubtingmerle said:
Wrong. The country has become frustrated with democrats because they are not doing enough to resist Trump's tyranny. The overwhelming voice is for Democrats to fight more to the left, to fight harder for basic decency in government as they have in the past, as opposed to accepting Trump's madness.

That is ridiculous. How much further to the left can democrats go?

JosephZ · Sep 25, 2025

Chesterton said:
That's all I've done in this thread is give specifics. If you want more to read, here:

Studies claiming most political violence is right-wing are transparently bogus

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Ilhan Omar tweeted an Anti-Defamation League chart that purports to prove that right wingers perpetrate the majority of politically motivated murders. T…

nypost.com

The writer of that article has far-right views and writes for far-right outlets; it's no surprise that he would discredit studies on violent extremism in the US. There's not a single expert in the fields of countering violent extremism and terrorism that would agree with the writer when he says studies on violent extremism are bogus. Every legitimate study conducted on violent extremism over the past twenty years has reached the same conclusion: right-wing violence has far outpaced left-wing violence over the past 30 years in the US. That's indisputable.

Oompa Loompa · Sep 25, 2025

doubtingmerle said:
Really?

Yes.

sjastro · Sep 25, 2025

There is a preprint (a paper that has not been peer reviewed yet) of how AI can effect the brain waves of individuals.

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54 participants (age ~18-39) were divided into three groups, one writing essays using ChatGPT (“LLM group”), one using a search engine (Google), and one writing without digital tools (“brain-only group”).
Brain activity was measured using EEG, and essays were analyzed linguistically & behaviorally.

People writing with ChatGPT showed lower neural connectivity compared to those writing without tools, and lower than those using search engines.
Specific brain wave activity in some frequency bands (alpha, beta, theta) was weaker in the ChatGPT group.
ChatGPT users also showed less recall of what they wrote (even shortly after) and essays were more uniform (less originality) relative to the other groups.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872

Vambram · Sep 25, 2025

Yarddog said:
Most every Democrat giving a speech or interview condemned the killing.

Then, many of them started making excuses for the killer.

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