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Now does everyone understand why the "right to refuse illegal orders" video was made?

From the link:

'Hegseth said he did not see any survivors in the water, saying the vessel “exploded in fire, smoke, you can’t see anything. ... This is called the fog of war.”

The man is an idiot.
Yes he is an idiot. And he is emblematic of this whole admin. They claim the US is in war against Narco terrorists. There was one strike where they didn't manage to kill everyone on board. They scooped up the survivors. Did they send them to Gitmo? Because you know that's what becomes of enemy combatants. No, they didn't. They released them back home. Why did they do that? I am not a lawyer, but it seems those in Gitmo are afforded lawyers. I kind of think they didn't want those who survived accessible to divulge who they actually were, or weren't.
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The Final Experiment (Flat Earth Bites The Dust)

Good point here, never looked at it like this. :thumbsup:
Ahem :mad:
I only pointed out this issue the first time you brought it up.

The problem you have is that the 'lost diary' was brought to your attention by Dean Odle which in your mind gives it an automatic pass since you appear to consider him to be nearly infallible.

Instead, what it should do is open your eyes to just how susceptible Dean Odle is to false ideas, and maybe take him down off that pedestal you've put him up on.
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Zions New Children

Are you aware that, in scripture, the singular nation only refers to the nation of Israel?

And that, whenever gentile nations are referred to, it is always nations in the plural?
Matthew 21:43


“Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

That is Jesus talking to the Israelites saying he will give the kingdom of God to non Israelite peoples.​
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The New Testament begins in Acts not Matthew chapter one.

Pentecost was a Jewish festival, no gentiles will be coming into Jerusalem (Acts 2:5), and Peter was only speaking to "Men of Israel" (Acts 2:14).

So the Body of Christ did not begin at Pentecost, God was adding the believing Jews into little flock.

As for your point about natural vs spiritual Israel, are you using Romans 9:6 to form that kind of distinction?

Yes, the Jesus believing Jews received the Promise owed to them first. Then the Gentiles. And along the way, all who were true OT believers, had the Gospel preached to them and believed (all that the Father gives Me )see Romans 8:29. We see this through out the book of Acts. This is the transition. The birth of the Church. The first to be baptized with the Holy Spirit are the first to be placed into Christ. This is why we call Pentecost the birth of the Church. Gentiles were added too. True OT believing Gentiles. See Lydia, Cornelius. To name a few. These were true Gentile OT believers who were predestined (Romans 8:29) to be conformed to Christ likeness. The sheep.

Anyways, follow...

OT--Matt 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He [Jesus] who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He (Jesus) will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

OT Acts 1:4-5 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, "which," He said, "you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." ---(at Pentecost)

Without the Holy Spirit, not justified, not born again, only the promise of it to those who believed.

OT John 12: 32-33 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself." This He said, signifying by what death He would die.

" the believers in Samaria who were converted under the ministry of Philip had to wait a short while to receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit, until Peter and John came up to Samaria and laid hands on the converts (Acts 8:17). In that unique transitional situation as the Church was beginning, those particular believers had to wait for the Holy Spirit, but they were not told to seek Him. The purpose for that exception was to demonstrate to the apostles, and to bring word back to the Jewish believers in general, that the same Holy Spirit baptized and filled Samaritan believers as baptized and filled Jewish believers--just a short while later Peter and a few other Jewish Christians were sent to witness to Cornelius and his household in order to be convinced that the gospel was for all men and to see that "the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also"(Acts 10:44-45). Those special transitional events did not represent the norm, as our present text makes clear, but were given to indicate to all that the body was one"....

"Why did the Samaritans (and later the Gentiles) have to wait for the apostles before receiving the Spirit? For centuries, the Samaritans and the Jews had been bitter rivals. If the Samaritans had received the Spirit independent of the Jerusalem, that rift would have been perpetuated. There could well have been two separate churches, a Jewish church and a Samaritan church. But God had designed one church, in which "there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female," but "all are one in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:2.)...

By delaying the Spirit's coming until Peter and John arrived, God preserved the unity of the church. The apostles needed to see for themselves, and give firsthand testimony to the Jerusalem church, that the Spirit came upon the Samaritans. The Samaritans also needed to learn that they were subject to apostolic authority. The Jewish believers and Samaritans were thus linked together in one body....

Today, believers receive the Spirit at salvation (cf.1 Cor. 12:13). There was no need for delay after Jews, Gentiles, Samaritans, and Old Testament saints were already included in the church.
(Macarthur)
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Illegal immigrant working as sworn police officer arrested in Illinois: DHS

What the heck! How is that possible and legal? UGH!
Anything seems to be possible and legal these days in post covid "twilight zone" America. Enemies of the United States from within (in and out of power) seem determined to transform our country into a dystopian society.
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Trump dispenses with trials, orders military strike on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boat (Now up to 2, 3, 4...)

Most of the people actually in the boats are just poor fisherman trying to make living with a side job (as opposed to the masterminds behind the scheme). But, regardless, does that really change the argument?

"Even the top Nazis were put on trial. How are these South American drug traffickers so much worse?"
How in the world would you know that these people are just poor fishermen?
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Is The Hunger Games good?

I was thinkin': "Is the value of Life truly appreciated in the Hunger Games books?" After all, this is a book & movie series about a nation that thought it necessary to literally have children fight to the death on national government sponsored TV. It may try to hint at God supporting certain characters like Katniss or Peeta (even Snow) and how that has affected their choices in life and the people around them. But I wonder if the idea that God values all human life is properly represented here if at all. You see (despite reading/watching the whole series), I don't know if Collins actually articulates clearly how all the characters in the series have value according to God. In essence, how we the readers or viewers can genuinely empathize with the actions that all the characters make or participate in by knowing how God loves these people and how they reject or accept His Love. If you know the series, what are your thoughts on this?

Zions New Children

Questions to ask when reading OT prophets​

Typical preterist avoidance of any possibility that Prophecy could apply to the present time.
Actually, most Prophesies could have applied to any time after they were given, but as most have not yet happened we must expect their fulfilment at some future time.

The context of Isaiah 49, is not the ancient Israelites. It is to the peoples from the far distant coasts and islands; plainly meaning the modern Christian peoples. THEY are the children born while the Land of Zion is bereaved by having godless inhabitants. Who will soon be all gone; Zephaniah 1:14-18
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Revelation 13 mark of the beast is the hexagram.

yeh what i said is right. the first beast in rev 13 is the synagogue of satans messiah and the mark is the hexagram. I posted all the bible verses then they tell you themselves in that video. AI will not help you with this like I said if you paste what I wrote into chat gpt it says it is not true and not what the bible teaches lol.
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Kingdom of Israel restored on Pentecost.

@samaus123456789 -
1/ The lost House of Irael is not yet rejoined with Judah. 3000 is not 'as many as the sands of the sea'.
2/ The Davidic Kingdom is not yet restored. Jesus hasn't Returned yet.
3/ What happened in 70 to 135AD, was just the conquest and dispersion of Judah.
4/ Christians are Gods Peoples, - 1 Peter 2:9-10, Revelation 5:9-10 From every tribe, race, nation and language.
5/ The Israeli flag displays the star of Rephaim. An ancient Satanic symbol.
6/ The joke about the 'lost tribes' now returning to the Jewish State of Israel, is that their qualification is to believe in Judaism.

Anyone who thinks you should be banned, must support their own beliefs with scriptural and other proofs,
It said although they were like the sand of the sea only a remnant would be saved. there was 7000 back at elijahs time. NT times the remnant was the 144 000 in rev 7 all saved via belief in jesus by 70 ad. rev 1-12 happened 70 ad rev 13-22 is future
2 the book of acts cites the prophecy in amos saying i will return and rebuild the tents of david. according to acts the davidic kingdom was restored on pentecost
3 70 ad was gods biggest judgement on OT israel in history and the end of OT israel never to come back again
4yes
5yes it is the mark of the beast i have a post on it
6 the lost tribes were lost from 700 bc until 30-70 ad pentecost regathered then all remnant israel was saved by 70 ad. james 1 says "to the 12 tribes among the nations"
a lot of christians dont like this. the christian zionists. they support the synagogue of satan religion regardless of what jesus or the bible says
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Christian OU student flunked after calling gender ideology 'demonic'

I am not convinced that flunking students and firing teaching assistants is a constructive way to engage in dialogue about controversial topics.
That’s fair. I think when it comes to controversy, both sides of the issue must be presented in an unbiased, non-emotional manner. If I’m making any sense.
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Rome’s Failure to Correct Germany’s Bishops has Emboldened Their Pro-LGBT Agenda

You guys gotta help me here.

I read the article.

What is the crisis ? I'm serious.

Maybe as an American my "crisis" threshold has gone up but...

.... I see a Theological disagreement and a lot of talk about Islam (which I thought was weird given the topic of the article). But I honestly don't a crisis.


What am I missing ?
A possible schism is always a crisis. That would be my main concern for the salvation of souls.
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