The Liturgist said:

Thus far I’m liking Pope Leo, but we have to wait and see what he does.

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Well, he is no Benedict, but no Francis either. I and many conservative Lutherans are watching him with a guarded sense of approval thus far. But he is not our Bishop, but he is a Bishop that we could work with, as was Benedict.

BelieveItOarKnot said:

And most of your list is fully and legitimately debatable with exemplary alternative sights also available, particularly your typical "doom and gloom" spinning.

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I have yet to see a 'fully and legitimate refutation' of any of those 12 wrong beliefs. I gave the scriptures which prove them wrong.

Far from 'doom and gloom' teaching from me, in all my articles on Bible prophecy, [about 800] I always end with how God Promises good for everyone who loves Him and keep His Commandments.

BelieveItOarKnot said:

The "doom and gloom" at the end is reserved for the devil and his messengers. Did you even bother to mention THEM in your lengthy claims? No, not once. Yet every enemy, every sin, every bad thing must include THEM. Yet your positions are technically void and blank on this entire subject.

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This is a ridiculous and unfair accusation.
Of course the Devil and all his minions, get destroyed in the end.

If he is dead he kinda died for his belief in 2A.

Edit: seems like he is really dead.

The Liturgist said:

The Eastern and Oriental Orthodox are seeing parishes with membership growth as high as 18% annually, which exceeds even the growthrate of the Pentecostal. Other traditional liturgical churches like some of the continuing Anglicans, some of the confessional Lutherans, and also the places where the Traditional Latin Mass has survived in the Roman Catholic Church the efforts of Pope Francis to suppress it with Traditiones Custodes, are also filling up.

So if some churches in America are weaker, it is no longer universally the case, and there appears to be a direct connection between reverence and vitality.

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After being stagnant for about 6-8 years, our Church is experiencing a positive growth that is fare exceeding attrition due to the elderly dying off. Individuals and families are desiring catechesis. One family stated that it was seeing our serviced on YouTube. We are about the most traditional Parish in Ontario, doing a sung "High Mass" almost every Sunday, singing the Psalms, using hymns both ancient and modern that have been selected for content and reverence from Lutheran Service Book, most make the sign of the cross, and most now are shunning individual cups in favor of the common cup, and a few are again receiving the host on the tongue. The Choir is in the loft (where they should be, not on a stage) with a more than adequate pipe organ. Pastor and Elders/deacons vest for service wearing historic vestments.

The age of orthodoxy in the Lutheran Church that ground to a screeching halt following the Prussian Union has regained new momentum due to the collapse of liberal Protestantism and the efforts of the former remnant, but now more implemental confessional Churches world wide.

I would not have it any other way!!

The formal reverence imparts peace and joy to the worship because it impart an atmosphere of Holiness.

ranunculus said:

I don't think I've seen this mentioned anywhere on this board yet and it's off topic but among the thousands of [movement that is not allowed to be named on this forum because it is deemed too harmful, toxic, and insane] -posts that Trump spreads on his socials there was this one where he seems to amplify the conspiracy theory that *all* vaccines are poison.

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This after the news that Florida is getting rid of ALL vaccine mandates for schools.

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He came out in favor of vaccines this week! He said, “Vaccines work.” Unfortunately he appointed an antivax crank with no public health experience or knowledge to be in charge of the nation’s healthcare.

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN said:

But as far as I know. She never sent her people to stop Trump. From going to any of his kids graduation.

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Did Trump send people to stop Rosie? Do you have a link to that news article?

Desk trauma said:

No, he doesn’t. His powers don’t rest on popular support, he won the last election he’s going to run in, now he’s in and can do as he likes.

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True, he is a lame duck but that doesn't change that he is a servant of the people.

Desk trauma said:

On paper.

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Most Presidents have accepted this but Trump only loves himself and is not a patriot.

AV1611VET said:

I have a pair of scissors that stretches from Earth to Alpha Centauri.

By opening and closing them, I communicate to someone there via morse code.

Is this an example of faster-than-light communications?

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Um...This dates back to at least the waning days of Science Digest and probably before. Given that Archimedes supposedly said that give him a long enough lever and a place to set the fulcrum and he could move the world, scissors longer than 4 light years isn't a hypothetical deal breaker. If you could somehow open and close the scissors so that the blades move at light speed, the point of intersection still only arrives at the end when the tips of the scissors do. But since they are moving no faster than the speed of light, the point of intersection doesn't get there before the tips meet.

MotoToTheMax said:

Can't wait to hear his thoughts on this one.

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Hey-o!

Tropical Wilds said:

That’s a super simplistic “back in my day” rant that, while fun (?) to read doesn’t really apply to modern needs of kids, teachers, and classrooms. I’m involved in a number of schools, and the whole “just pass kids because it makes us look good” is something people say happens but I’ve yet to see.

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Do you want school names? I can give you 4 schools here in Florida that I know of and I've heard of one in Pennsylvania that has. And listening to other teachers online in forums, it happens in other schools in other states. And what I'm saying about "back in the day" reminiscing is that learning was simpler - you had to memorize the stuff. These "new" approaches that the administration forces teachers to use are just a distraction to the learning. The kids need to clear their minds of the sports, social media, cell phone texting and video game clutter and memorize their school lessons like we use to. I'll give you though that some kids do take longer than others the memorize and learn things and the school should be set up to handle that.

bèlla said:

What does the Lord say? Rest in that.

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It's not based on attendance.

Strong in Him said:

Why are you forming a whole view of God from ONE verse?

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Because it "clearly" shows what God was thinking. There are no verses in the Bible that conclusively say that God has "perfect" foreknowledge. Even verses like:



Do not clearly say God has always had perfect foreknowledge. They show God has certainly planned many things. Acts 15:18 is referring to the saving work of Christ being foreordained. Isaiah 46:10 speaks of God planning the judgment on the nations for their sins.


God often devises plans based upon the actions of a nation or people. As we see in the above scripture, God was "fashioning a disaster, devising a plan". He did not say "I have always planned this to happen, I knew you would be evil", no, He was forming a plan based upon people's actions.

He is surprisingly into squirrels.

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