Seraphim . said:

I suppose I am not referring to every single instance of people entering monasteries, despite the wording in the earlier post, but those who leave their parents despite their parents having different intentions for them (ie becoming doctor, engineer etc) and taking up the cross in monasteries.

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You made the remark about these nuns in particular, apparently for no good reason.

Seraphim . said:

If those people break their obedience to their parents, despite their parents insisting they should become a doctor or lawyer or whatever, are they wrong?

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Weird hypothetical that seems to have no relevance to this case.

Seraphim . said:

It's possible they should be obedient to their spiritual father over their parents in such matters, but in the end of the day, many people don't agree with modern instruction from the modern Catholic Church..

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I don't understand why you are making this argument in this thread - is this just a beef you have with the Roman Catholic Church in general?

Nithavela said:

You should start a gofundme. Or a kickstarter campaign.

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Ironically, I asked chatgpt and researched about it months ago. It advised me it's a temporary solution at best.

I need to get enough attention from social media, etc so it's not going to be "free money" in sense. I still had to put a lot of work into it and I don't have time for that right now.

I already researched many options, including becoming a social media influencer for passive income, even investing / trading, etc. Both simple online research and through AI. I even research how I can use AI to help me with these possible income streams.

Nothing will work (except for one option) and I'll admit, I'm the weak link. And I don't think anyone is going to believe me, my story and circumstances makes a very weak case for finding support for this project.

What will work, chatgpt (AI) told me is that my sister is able to find me work in Canada. As ridiculous as it sounds. My sister is living in Canada. In a few years time which ties exactly to the time I'm able to do any serious work on it.

While Canada can't support the project directly, living Canada can make living a lot easier. Enough to allow me to split my time between work and working on the prototype.

BelieveItOarKnot said:

Uh, the evil in no one has a relationship with God in Christ. Quite the opposite. That relationship is and remains adversarial to God.

Those who are honest have a part sighted relationship at best, again, just being honest.

Trying to justify the entirety of ourselves never works, scripturally. But people do have imaginary relationships based on what they've constructed from partial sights or what their fed by partially sighted doctrines, usually void of the reality of the evil that does come from within, via evil lawless thoughts, per Jesus: Mark 7:21-23

Then again we all love to rah rah on only one side of the story and ignore whatever else He has to say that isn't quite so flattering.

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I'll let you speak for you, lol, and let Christ speak for me.

Colossians 1:21-23
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—
23 if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Hebrews 12:24
to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

John 15:3
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

1 Timothy 1:12
For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.

I know who I am. Not because of me, but because of Him and His faithfulness. I keep my faith where it belongs, in Christ.

God will tell us all who knows Him and who doesn't pretty soon.

Angeldove97 said:

The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center reviewed mass public attacks from 2016 to 2020 and found that attackers were 96% men, 3% women, and 2% transgender.

Stick to the facts please.

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Well, first off, with all due respect to the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center, 96%, 3%, and 2% equals 101%, which is 1% too many, unless we're dealing with imaginary numbers.

Larniavc said:

You only have to look at how on social media many people were confidently proclaiming that the violence is from left leaning sources when ONCE AGAIN it was a right leaning white Christian what done it.

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We don’t know what his leanings were yet.

Yeshua HaDerekh said:

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It wasn’t antifa slogans. It was internet memes.

Platte said:

thats your argument for not taking the 6 days of Creation literally?

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No, it's [pointing out your hypocrisy in demanding that Genesis must be taken literally despite both scientific and scriptural evidence that is is not, yet dismissing our Lord's own Words in the instution of the Holy Communion as merely metaphorical. It's rather like discarding the cornflakes and eating the box.

Platte said:

Yes and Adam would have taken longer than a day to be a fully grown adult.

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A solar day, yes, obviously. But oncde again, how long do Moses and St. Peter tell is one of God's "Days" Lokks like, once again you're hoist on your own petard

Platte said:

I'm sorry - and how does "gravity" affect Scripture.

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It doesn't. It's Just A Scripture, right? And therefore of no significance. <Laugh>

Platte said:

When let go of an object in my hand - it will drop....that is a fact. The theory is we don't know for a fact why that happens.

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So there's theories you like, and theories yiu don't like. How very scientific! <ROFL>

Platte said:

Are you referring to the "light" that I made up that God saw in Genesis 1:4?

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No, I'm refering to the "light source" you invented about 20 posts back. The one you ned to make evenings and mornings when there's no sun.

Platte said:

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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Tweren't no sun yet, though, was there? Just some more rubbish you have to invent to plug hols in your hand wrought doctrine.

jacorian said:

Alright is there anyone out there with some depth of knowledge b/c of this question: why does God let good people die? Meaning if you look back over the history of humankind, from the apostles to the saints, to religious preachers, to well-meaning leaders or icons, they're always gunned down. This makes it hard to poke the darkness with rays of light. It appears to me that Satan is winning. Just listened to this query on Utube given by an atheist & of course the comeback line is there is no God. We see the big loss not only that the voice is shut down & a family is left with burdens now but this was a source of hope against the evil in this world.

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This is a fallen world.

If good people lived and only bad people died, it would not be a fallen world, it would be a naturally just world.

But because it is a fallen world, it is not a just world by nature.

NxNW said:

If you can find a medical book using that term, I'd be interested to see it. As far as I can tell, it's just a made-up term to get people emotional.

You'll note that it says "so-called".

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NxNW said:

If you can find a medical book using that term, I'd be interested to see it. As far as I can tell, it's just a made-up term to get people emotional.

You'll note that it says "so-called".

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The organization I am citing may be biased towards your perspective but at least their data acknowledges that many people have very serious different views. These are views on life itself and Christianity is pro life. There may be harsh social conditions that require coping with realities in a fallen world ( accepting Roe v Wade in secular law & practical empathy) but spiritually it is a sin.

Platte said:

thats your argument for not taking the 6 days of Creation literally?

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No. All scientific data shows the earth to be a lot older than that. Yeah, I know, you don't like science. But you don't like Scripture much either, when it says that a "day" in God's God's reckoning is incomparably longer than an earthly solar day. "1000 years is as a watch in the night", and "1000 years is as a day, and a day is as 1000 years". You just waive that Scripture of because it doesn't suit your doctrine. You also don't accept the Genesis account as to when The Sun, or any "sun", for that matter, is created. You just make up your own fictional "pre sun" to make your rubbish doctrine "work".

Platte said:

Yes and Adam would have taken longer than a day to be a fully grown adult.

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One of your "days" or one of God's days? They'ew obviously not the same thing.

Platte said:

I'm sorry - and how does "gravity" affect Scripture.

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Gravity is just a theory, innit? THerefore it doesn't count. Right? <Laugh>

Platte said:

When let go of an object in my hand - it will drop....that is a fact.

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Nah, that's gravity, and gravity is merely a theory. That's your understanding of "science" isn't it?

Platte said:

The theory is we don't know for a fact why that happens.

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Therefore gravity may be safely ignored, right?

Platte said:

Are you referring to the "light" that I made up that God saw in Genesis 1:4?

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Nope, I'm talkuing about the fictional "sun" you made up to provide "evenings and mornings" before the real aun was created.

Platte said:

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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That's good. Now, what constitutes an "evening" or a "morning"? The existence of light somewhere, or the earths position in relation to the sun? (BTW, I expect yet another bit of creative cosmology at this point, <Laugh>)

The most egregious bit of chicanery here is the outright denial of the understanding of "God's time" vs. human/solar time". You give the metaphorical rigid digit to both St Peter and Moses, cavalierly casting aside as worthless their explantion of God's reckoning of time. Your respect for these mighty men of God only only extends to such times as what they said suits your purpose in supporting your specious doctrine.

timewerx said:

Another person in my place could probably work two jobs, take care of a child as a single parent, lead community activities, and work on the invention at the same time. I just not that person I'm unable to focus on many things at once, it's my weakness. I have prayed to the Lord about it over and over, to give me strength and energy, tried my best to have faith but He's not granting me that prayer. Maybe the Lord have other plans for me.

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You should start a gofundme. Or a kickstarter campaign.

Hans Blaster said:

No, of course not.

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why aren’t you a Christian?

essentialsaltes said:

I have the liberty to do so.

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Why aren’t you Christian?

Freth said:

From a Biblical standpoint, I don't think anything man can do one way or another is going to stop prophesied events from taking place. When the last events start happening, climate change will be the least of our worries.

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OR hasten it, even fulfill those prophesies.

Imagine what superpowers like USA or China can do if they have engines to power their war machines that only uses air for fuel? Or Russia for that matter.

ThatRobGuy said:

Some some of that we ("we" meaning society as a whole) have brought on ourselves to a degree.

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I think it’s part of being human. Dishonest propaganda has been a thing since basically forever.

Whilst trimming down one of the bushes in my garden, I managed to slice my finger! Finally managed to stop the bleeding. The bad news is that there are spots of blood all over my garden and patio. The good news is it has started to rain!

Chesterton said:

He's been a political prisoner of a dystopian police state.

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So he is innocent of all the crimes he has been convicted?

His history of hooliganism, violence, fraudulism and stalking of young women is a matter of public record.

His real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon but he changed it to avoid police detection, commit mortgage fraud and enter America illegally.

Do you know anything about this man? He was a member of the British Fascist Party the BNP. Again, this is all public information; yet you call him a political prisoner?

If Britain so dystopian why is he currently at large staging protests in London over this very weekend. It’s been televised. He’s had Elon Musk as a guest speaker. He’s been on stage freely promoting his ideas.

And you know what? In the dystopian UK he did all that without being murdered. Unlike what has recently happened to a guy just talking on stage in the apparent utopian state of America.

Maybe look to you own dysfunctional country before you bemoan another’s.