Prayers for @Michie and her mother, especially that her mother's back not be injured even as she feels better on it. Prayers for continued comfort and activity for her mother. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Belk said:

Something.. something.. old dog... new tricks.

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He’s well on in years. If his personality ever changes, that would be a miracle. But I’m not holding my breath, speaking as a MODERATE conservative.

Michie said:

Mom just said her back is feeling better and is walking better. Thank you so much for the prayers! Please continue if it crosses your mind.

God bless you all!
Michie

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God bless!

NxNW said:

There is a series called Drain the Oceans, in which they use sonar and other high resolution imagery to investigate oceanic and sea-related mysteries. Bermuda Triangle, shipwrecks, etc. The Nessie episode discusses how the waves can create an optical illusion under some circumstances, that resembles a creature on the water. The famous photo is now known to be a hoax.

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Thanks for the info! Will have to look into
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ThatRobGuy said:

Is there a chance, just a slight chance, that their video was specifically intended for drawing this reaction of out him and the predictable "Truth Social Frenzy" that would undoubtedly go along with it?

Obviously it was foolish for him to take the bait (and doesn't demonstrate level-headed leadership)

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....and yet, you go after the Congress members while the POTUS suggest they should be prosecuted for sedition?

RileyG said:

Trump doesn’t tolerate criticism, to put it mildly. He needs tougher skin.

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Something.. something.. old dog... new tricks.

Always in His Presence said:

Why did they make the video??

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I already provided an answer. Say, why don't you watch the video if you really want to know.

ThatRobGuy said:

If the answer to that is "No" (which it is), then they shouldn't be encouraging them to go rogue.

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Reminding U.S. military members of their legal obligations under the U.S. Consitution is not encouraging them "to go rogue."

BPPLEE said:

Are chemicals still self organizing?

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Sure. It's an inherent property of matter. Though you're not likely to see new life organize itself again, since it's no longer a sterile environment. There are lots of predators now. Craig Venter is/was looking to see if it may have happened in ancient times, though.

ThatRobGuy said:

Interpreting whether or not an order from a commander-in-chief to the military is unconstitutional is rarely is something so simple and clear cut that a 19-23 year old kid can make an accurate on-the-spot judgment call.

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It is rare and frankly, has not been on the minds of the military until this President. And I think you underestimate the abilities of a 19-23 year old. If they are ordered to take actions against American citizens on American soil, I'm certain a few will correctly conclude the order is illegal.

BPPLEE said:

Which is more believable
A. Life came from non life by random chance

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Nobody is claiming this happened.

BPPLEE said:

B. God created life

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There is no evidence of this.

Yarddog said:

SCOTUS will rule in favor of the US Constitution. They swear an oath to the Constitution, not the President.

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SCOTUS will rule in favor of the US Constitution. The US Constitution agrees with President Trump and President Trump follows the US Constitution. The President has also sworn an oath to the US Constitution.

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Not yet. The order has been stayed, but the ruling has not been overturned.

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It is not breaking law. That is the fail
No soldier in his right mind would think it was an unlawful order.

Try again?

Why did they make the video??

eclipsenow said:

And yet his use of the National Guard is before the Supreme Court, and he's having the military blow up anonymous, unidentified boats off the coast of Venezuela.

I've served. I've had the legal command lectures. It's not hard!

Disobey un-lawful commands.

Did poor Mr Trump read this too late and not register the "un" bit? Unlawful?

It's just embarrassing to watch him melt down every 5 minutes over some perceived sleight to his NPD

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Nevertheless, President Trump has not issued any unlawful orders to the military.

dlamberth said:

From what I've seen, it depends on the depth of a person's own inner experience of deep consciousness.

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As a meditator now of 50 years I cannot say I have an answer. Some deep silence and stillness, awareness without “thought” samadhi style. Something there but without faith to help interpret the experience it seems more of a silent void. John of the cross apophatic realm. Perhaps like the awareness of a molecule or lets get fancy and say monad.

jonojim1337 said:

it is not related to current state in Palestine.

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Does what the Bible Prophets tell us, have no real meaning for you, or others here. Is it all just Spiritual?
The Prophecy in Zechariah 9:9 was really fulfilled. How can people say other Prophesies, obviously unfulfilled, but which can, feasibly be fulfilled; will not be?

The current situation in the Middle East, is untenable and cannot continue. God has said that He is going to resolve it. Jeremiah 12:14, +
I say: Bring it on Lord!

essentialsaltes said:

Experts have long viewed thorium reactors as the next leap in energy innovation. Some scientists estimate that a single thorium-rich mine in Inner Mongolia could theoretically supply China’s energy needs for tens of thousands of years with far less radioactive waste than current uranium-based reactors.

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Having never studied physics, it took quite a few conversations to get my head around this tech.

THE CAMPFIRE
Nuclear waste does NOT have to be stored for 100,000 years. The only reason it is radioactive for so long is we have not got all the energy out of it. I’m no physicist and got the following metaphor from chatting with them. But after a regular uranium fuel rod has been in a reactor for about 18 months, it stops fissioning efficiently. It has not run out of energy, but instead is being stopped by ‘nuclear poisons’ - things that dampened the reaction. It’s a bit like a huge campfire that gets rained on. The fire is put out, but the fuel is still there. Only in this case, ‘drying out’ the ‘logs’ involves melting down the fuel rods, separating out the good ‘wood’, and then ‘drying’ it around the reactor core (where the fertile stuff can soak up extra neutrons to become fissile). As a result, breeder reactors can get something like 90 TIMES the energy out of each fuel rod! America has enough waste to run her for thousands of years.

There are many differences between standard fuel rods using uranium, and liquid thorium molten salt reactors - including RADICAL safety advantages. But one of them is my metaphor breaks down, because it's like the 'drying out the logs' process happens continually. They have the liquids in a self-cleaning loop in many models.

WHAT ABOUT THE ‘ASHES’ FROM THIS ‘CAMPFIRE?’
Some of the nuclear fuel is fissioned away into energy. (That’s what E = MC2 is all about.) By the time all the energy has been extracted this way, it’s only about a golf-ball of waste per human lifetime of abundant clean energy! Your whole life. One golf ball! That’s amazing!
So, what to do with the REAL waste - the broken atoms that cannot be fissioned any more?
We can melt it down into glass like ceramic tablets that contain it. (If there’s ever an earthquake or unanticipated event, we don’t want radioactive dust getting out into the water table, etc.) Bury these bricks in a bunker on site, and in about 300 years they are safe! The hotter it is, the faster it burns out. See this Argonne Labs video - 4 minutes. Login to view embedded media
Not only this, but they can also supply many medical radioactive isotopes useful for nuclear medicine.
It's an amazing technology. But they're going to have to work hard to bring the cost down, because solar panels are expected to halve in price AGAIN by 2030!

The Liturgist said:

your argument implies God as being one Person, when He is one God abiding in Three persons,

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God is revealed to us in three persons, but all are still one God.

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This is from earlier in that same post. I do not believe God to be one person. That makes no sense. I believe God to be one God revealed to us in three persons. I think you may have miss read.

If I believe in the Holy Spirit, do I not also believe in God? Same with Jesus. If I believe in Jesus, am I not also believing in God?

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In declaring that no one comes to the Father except through Him, Christ is declaring the doctrine of the Incarnation - that through Him, the Father, who is invisible, has made Himself visible, in the Prosopon of His only begotten Son and Word, who, in putting on our human form, remade us in His image on the Cross, and demonstrated God’s willingness to die to save humanity.

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Maybe I am miss reading this, but this statement tells me that Christ, putting on our human form, was still God dying to save humanity.

There is a series called Drain the Oceans, in which they use sonar and other high resolution imagery to investigate oceanic and sea-related mysteries. Bermuda Triangle, shipwrecks, etc. The Nessie episode discusses how the waves can create an optical illusion under some circumstances, that resembles a creature on the water. The famous photo is now known to be a hoax.

Are we talking about philosophical nothingness? A state of complete non-existence? If there was nothing, then nothing would exist, and if nothing existed, it couldn't be nothing.

Hm. I have deleted in the past but don’t see the option now.

Fervent said:

God didn't make you gay, life in a sinful world created the cocktail of early developmental factors that inclined you towards homosexuality and the accumulation of your choices solidified that inclination. Sexuality isn't as rigid as homosexual activists claim it to be, so there is hope that through making the right choices and continued prayer you can be set free of the trap.

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Well said, bro. It is remarkable to me how modern representatives of Romans 1 have taken over the seat of authority.

They are actually teaching pubescent (and even prepubescent) teens that the feelings they get that seem occasionally at odds with their plumbing indicates that their plumbing is at fault. Not so! Wayward urges of hormones are not indicative of anything but wayward urges of hormones.

The body is constantly being trained, but the older one gets, the more difficult it is to change habits of thinking and behavior. But the Grace of God is amazing.

For what it is worth, @Creativeguy , pursuing Christ ("come unto me and learn of me") can be simultaneously the most joyful and miserable thing! He will never forsake you. But you will learn of his incomprehensible grace in the face of the depravity of "the flesh". And re-learn again and again that what Jesus said is not hyperbole: "Apart from me you can do nothing". He is not a mere co-pilot but the very reason for your existence and the means by which your existence continues. Your life belongs to him, and not yourself.

Pray for relief. Pray without ceasing.

ThatRobGuy said:

As an FYI, this topic is already being discussed here

"Don't Give up the Ship"

Members of Congress, comprised of former US Military and Intelligence officers, released a video this week reminding members of the military that they can, and in fact, have an obligation to disobey illegal orders. Today, on Truthsocial, the POTUS reacted: “It’s called SEDITIOUS...

www.christianforums.com

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So I think if I delete OP the entire thread gos. Let’s see

Marilyn C said:

Hi eclipsenow,

John`s audience is all those who read, hear and keep the words of this prophecy. (Rev. 1: 3)

`soon, speedily, take place. Fine. That is what we see. The Lord reveals Himself to John and the rest follows on. However, are you trying to tell me that everything in Revelation has happened?


Rev. 1: 9 `I John, both your brother and companion in tribulation.....` (NKJ) I don`t see any `the.`

The book is about JESUS as is ALL of God`s word. To make it about US is to diminish the great work and person of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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It's a sermon on suffering, so of COURSE it reminds his audience that one day the Lord will return.
The problem for those that want to read it as a future timetable is this happens many times in the book!
EG: The Lord returns at the end of Chapter 6! And there's a triplicate return in 19, 20, 21 - from different 'camera eye' views.
It has the gospel events dressed up in picture language.

It's too all Christians across all time, reminding us that if our governments turn on us - to trust in the Lord with great patience. We're also warned not to be seduced by the wealth of our nations, and trust in those. (Rev 13 has the mark has an alternative Shema prayer to money and the state, rather than God.)

So once again.

IF I gave you a 'prophecy' about a battle on Mars in the year 4000 AD and said "OBEY IT!" - wouldn't that be nonsensical?

John is trying to identify with his mission field. Trying to comfort brothers and sisters in Christ.
And futurists think he's raving about thousands of years in the future for the majority of the book?
It just doesn't add up!

"Toughen up princess - you've got nothing to worry about! Wait till you see what happens in 2000 years!"