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the myth of flat earth debunked again

So how did Ivan inherit the title Tsar? King and prince is also a title of the Roman Empire.

He didn't 'inherit' anything. The Russian principalities had contact with the Eastern Roman Empire and so knew Latin from them, and when Ivan became the leader of Muscovy and began to expand his power west, he needed a title to legitimize his rule. Since he knew the Latin term, he took that and Russified it to fit the Russian language.

Ivan the Terrible didn't inherit squat.
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Obama care collapsing.....

You seem to be struggling with basic math concepts. Allow me to help below.



The mathematical principle we are dealing with here is less than and greater than,. Since $500 is greater than $100, no, your costs are not lower.

It really is that simple.

The counterfactual of what woulda, coulda, shoulda, mighta happened over 10 years is speculative and anyone's guess. But the reality is that you are now paying 5x as much as you were before, because 500 > 100, and therefore your costs are not lower.

The details of the counterfactual may be speculative, but the fact that prices increase over time is not. About the only things that decrease in nominal dollar prices over time are those things which can be manufactured in large quantities, like shoes and televisions. Health insurance is not that, er go, it was virtually guaranteed to get more expensive over time. Reducing the rate of that increase is reducing folks' costs.

If you want to argue that the magnitude of that savings was oversold, go for it. I have no contention with that claim.
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Are the Jews Israel, or is the church Israel? Or does it depend on the context of the passage?

Exactly when do you think Peter, James and the other apostles realized that to be true?
That’s a good question. The Bible doesn’t tell us exactly but certainly by the time Jesus gave us His two commandments that encompass the law and the prophets. However, the covenant of blood became effective at the resurrection which is when He fulfilled the law. I’m going to have to give this one a bit more thought.
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House Democrat exchanged texts with Epstein during 2019 congressional hearing

And...?

At worst, I could fault her for not checking the info that she got from a known criminal, but that's a pretty minor quibble, all things considered.
I mean, if you want some information on Trump and his criminal entourage, who better to ask than a good friend of his who is also a criminal?
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Is the Bible inerrant?

I guess it's the same as I have with the KJV. I was taught, rightly or wrongly, that King James omitted/edited certain parts which can be found in the Geneva e.g. specifically as it pertains to 'tyrants' and the rights of Kings.

So, the concept that the bible has been edited is not a foreign one to me. I'm just not sure how true it is because it's what I've been 'told' and I don't believe (or disbelieve) everything I'm told. It is taken under consideration pending additional evidence to sway it one way or the other if that makes sense?

I know that the NIV came into circulation c. 1970s based on an introduction excerpt in an NIV bible I found at a hotel which provided the reasoning behind the NIV, who was consulted to come together to a common ground regarding how it was published and translated etc.

But, again, that is putting a lot of trust into 'translations' via 'organizations' and 'individuals' etc.

If Luther, Tyndale, Matthews etc were willing to die for their translations, I feel more inclined to believe in theirs over anything else that came afterwards.
It's not so much that they edited or omitted parts, but they engaged in text criticism of sorts and came to the conclusion that certain parts weren't as likely to be original. Even the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts we have are from incomplete copies that sometimes have different readings that have been argued over by scholars to put together a Greek and Hebrew codex to translate from. The issue with inerrancy is simply that even if it is true that the original documents were inerrant(and modern scholarship even calls into question whether there were 'original" documents in some cases) everything we're working with has errors. So if our trust in the Bible depends on inerrancy, we don't have a trustworthy Bible. It is the premise that it must be inerrant to be trustworthy that those of us who deny inerrancy deny, not just inerrancy itself.
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Campus Prayer at Univ. of South Florida interrupted by harassers; felony hate crime charges filed against two men

This is the start of Islam getting privileged protected status
Sure, that's what the caliphate of Tampa Florida is all about. The law itself, obviously, is neutral toward any and all religions.
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And, behold, I am coming (present tense) quickly (without delay); and my reward is with me...

Peace in Christ.

Again, If we keep the “daily” sacrifice of our Lord in our mortal bodies, then the life also of Jesus shall be made manifest in our body…in our MORTAL FLESH. We are to lift up the Son of man by always bearing about in the body the dying of our Lord Jesus so that that His life is made manifest in our outer mortal flesh.

This is the manifestation of the Son of man to the world. We are to receive the promise of His manifest presence so that the world may “see” Him through us and be saved.

2Co 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

We must lift up the Son of man so that the people of the outside world may “see” Him and believe. We lift Him up by the keeping of His daily sacrifice in our mortal bodies so that His life is made manifest to them. We are instrumental in bringing salvation to the people of the outside world through the keeping of the dying of our Lord Jesus in our mortal bodies.

Joh 3:14-17 KJV
(14) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

(15) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For God loves the world in this way, that He GIVES NOW His only begotten Son (of whom we are to receive His presence). Through Him, the world might be saved. We are instrumental in manifesting the life of the Son to them so that they may "see" Him and be saved.

(16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

This is the "death" we are to die: We are to die to the sin…keeping the daily sacrifice of our Lord Jesus in our mortal bodies. This is lifting up the Son of man in this earth so that all shall be drawn to Him (and us as we manifest His shining light to them.)

Joh 12:32-33 KJV
(32) And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

(33) This he said, signifying what death he should die.

We are to receive the promise….the promise of His presence …in our mortal bodies. We do not mortally die while we await His arrival. He does NOT DELAY as being universally preached in all of the man-based churches who are preaching in error of the Word of Truth.

Heb 10:36-37
(36) For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

He IS COMING now (present tense) and will arrive and NOT DELAY. The enemies of the cross of Christ are preaching that He DELAYS His coming.

The original Greek is erchomenos (coming, present participle) and ēxei (will come, future tense). He does NOT DELAY.

(37) For yet a little while, and he that IS COMING will come, and will NOT DELAY.

We are to manifest the presence of the Lord to the people of the outside world who are sitting in great spiritual darkness. This is why the disciples asked what shall be the sign of His PRESENCE (Parousia) so that we may know we have it.

Mat 24:3
(3) And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming (Greek: Parousia = PRESENCE), and of the end of the world (AGE)?

We shall know we are manifesting His presence to the people of the outside world by the effect of shining of His light rays from us (the “east” = the dawning light) to them (the “west” = where the sun had gone down.)

Mat 24:27 KJV
(27) For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming (PRESENCE) of the Son of man be.

The effect will be thus: one person of the outside world who is in the deep darkness (“in that night”) shall SEE His life being made manifest to them and will believe and be received unto Christ (“taken”) while one shall be left.

Luk 17:34-37
(34) I tell you, in that night there shall be two in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
(35) Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

(36) Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

The “eagles”…those who are “taken”…shall be gathered together wherever the living body of Christ is.

(37) And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body (Greek: Soma -sound body) is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

Our light….Jesus Christ who is the light of the life of men…shall come (arrive) and the glory of the LORD is risen (shoot forth beams) upon us.

Isa 60:1-4 KJV
(1) Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

His light shall shoot forth to those of the “west” who are in deep darkness. They shall SEE His glory upon us…and come to that light. They will come to our light...to the brightness of our rising (the dawn.)

(2) For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
(3) And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Those who are saved among them shall then come to that light. They shall gather themselves to us…like the eagles do with the living body.

(4) Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

Yet, right now there is a great misinformation campaign being fought against His people by Satan and his ministers who are not preaching that Jesus Christ IS COMING (present tense) in the flesh…our mortal flesh. They are enemies of the cross of Christ as they are actively removing the keeping of His daily sacrifice out of the lives of those they are deceiving.

2Jn 1:7
(7) For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ IS COMING in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

The deceivers are not preaching from the spirit of Christ but rather from the spirit of the antichrist….the spirit of error concerning the “doctrine of THE Christ.”

They are instead preaching many “strange doctrines” and are actively cutting off the life of Jesus from being made manifest in the mortal flesh of anyone that they are deceiving. And so the people of the outside world are not being saved as a result. They do not "see" the light but are in deep darkness because of the false prophets who are not preaching the truth of the gospel to His people.

2Jn 1:9-11
(9) Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of THE Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of THE Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
(10) If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him “rejoice”:

(11) For he that biddeth him “rejoice” is partaker of his evil deeds.

The Son of man ( His manifest life in our mortal flesh) is being betrayed (given up) into the hands of sinners. We must rise and depart from the man-based churches where His life is being cut off from being made manifest in this earth.

Mat 26:45-46 KJV
(45) Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

(46) Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

In Revelation 22, Jesus says that He is coming “quickly”…that is, WITHOUT DELAY.

He promises “I am coming without delay.” It is important to note that the word “come” is in the present tense. He is COMING now.

He does not say that He will come (that He is delaying His coming) but that He is coming now (without delay) in the present tense.

Rev 22:7
(7) Behold, I come (coming) quickly (without delay): blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

He is coming (present tense) without delay:

Rev 3:11
(11) Behold, I am coming (present tense) quickly (without delay): hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

Rev 22:7
(7) Behold, I am coming (present tense) quickly (without delay): blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

Rev 22:20
(20) He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I am coming (present tense) quickly (without delay). Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

This is a very important message of Revelation. He is coming presently without delay. The time is at hand. Do not be deceived by the deceivers who are preaching that He is delaying His coming when He is not. They are the people of the prince that SHALL COME someday and not of the Prince of Life who IS COMING NOW and will arrive.

Rev 22:10-13 KJV
(10) And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

(11) He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

How will we respond to that message? His reward is according to what our response shall be towards the hearing of that message.

(12) And, behold, I am coming (present tense) quickly (without delay); and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
(13) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

The evil servant will hear and yet not believe.

The evil servant will say in his heart that the Lord DELAYS His coming…and will begin to beat upon those who will preach otherwise.

Many will join together in their unbelief of the message and will respond with evil towards those who will preach the Word of Truth. They will take pleasure in their unrighteousness.

Mat 24:48-51 KJV
(48) But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

(49) And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

Yet, He will come and reward according to their deeds towards the hearing of the Word of Truth.

(50) The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
(51) And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Rom 2:6-10 KJV
(6) Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
(7) To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
(8) But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
(9) Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

(10) But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:


Rev 22:20 KJV
(20) He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

the myth of flat earth debunked again

More than you, but tell me: how exactly can the Volga Tatars, the Siberian Tatars, the Crimean Tatars, the Lipka, Astrakhan Tatars, and their ilk be considered the 'heirs of Rome'?
Because they were serving the legitimate hier of Rome. Some didn’t of course.
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the myth of flat earth debunked again

What is your evidence? It's all very well writing that the stars aren't millions of miles away & neither is the sun 93 million miles away, but unless you have evidence to back up that statement, what reason does anybody have for believing it.

What is your eviendence for believing that they are ?
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the myth of flat earth debunked again

But it didn't. The Eastern Roman Empire fell in 1453, and the Tsardom of Russia didn't begin until a full century AFTER the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire.
But that’s not how it works. The Russian monarchy was well incorporated into the Byzantine Empire when the Turks took over.
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