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stevevw · Jun 1, 2025

Runningman said:
As the subject suggests, I want to ask about the Trinity. Given that the Trinity is never explained, described, or mentioned in the Bible then why do you believe in it?

Sometimes you don't have to explicitly state it for it to be true or understood as being the case. We know there was God the Son as He was among us. We know there is God the Father because there was God the Son and a Son has a Father. But also that the Father is Yahweh the God of Abraham and Jesus referred to the Father and prayed to Him.

Then we have clear evidence in scripture of a third entity within the God head who had all authority, the same as the Father and Son. He is referred to as a Him and the Helper who is sent after Christ assends to heaven.

John 14:16
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,

John 16:7
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

In fact these verses are talking about the trinity of God. It is Christ the Son who is speaking and referring to the Father and Holy spirit in these verses ie

I (Son) will ask the Father (Father),and he will give you another Helper (Holy Spirit).

Christ qualifies they all have the same authority and are the same or have the same source.

This is also telling us how they work together the same and as one. Christ is explaining His mission on earth is finished for the time and He is going back to the Father and then announces the Holy Spirit as doing the same as what He was doing. A continuation and taking over so to speak.

Also the Holy spirit is not Christs ghost spirit of some sort because Gods spirit is mentioned in Genesis and other places ie

Genesis 1:1-2
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Landon Caeli · Jun 1, 2025

This is the culture of death and destruction.

Sif · Jun 1, 2025

Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World, by Roger Crowley. The book details the 16th century quest to dominate the "Spice Islands" where cloves and nutmeg grow. It does over the journeys of Magellans and the follow up expeditions sent by Spain and Portugal as well as England's expeditions to Canada as well as The Barents Sea and Russia in a quest to find the mythical 'Northwest passage' to get around confronting Spain and Portugal in the South Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Sif · Jun 1, 2025

This happened not too far from where I live.

The suspect has been identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old man who was heard yelling "Free Palestine" during the attack. The victims of the attack range in age from between 67 and 88. Here is a local news post about the incident.

FaithT · Jun 1, 2025

FaithT said:
I wasn’t really ill, it’s a health related problem, though.

I’ll either confess missing mass or not.

FaithT · Jun 1, 2025

RileyG said:
No. Being ill isn’t a sin. Ask a priest, but don’t stress yourself out.

God bless

I wasn’t really ill, it’s a health related problem, though.

NxNW · Jun 1, 2025

RileyG said:
An overwhelming vast majority of people are straight. I think it’s those who oppose lgbt relationship or identities are being shunned because have a different opinion.

If it's only those, then it's not straight people who are being shunned, it's bigoted people.

RileyG said:
Eh?

Eh?

NxNW · Jun 1, 2025

RileyG said:
lol, nonexistent. Really?

Really.

RileyG said:
I don’t care what adults do, just leave minors out of it.

Nobody's saying otherwise.

Always in His Presence · Jun 1, 2025

SimplyMe said:
Per the Military Times article, he was at the airport waiting from his wife; when he checked with authorities, they would not tell her where she was until she was sent to the prison and he was not allowed to see her.

FAct check. She did NOT go to prison.

NxNW · Jun 1, 2025

RileyG said:
Man or woman.

But which one?

MehGuy · Jun 1, 2025

Starship Troopers.

Not my favorite movie, honestly it mostly is bland. But I love how they portray the military with a lot of female soldiers. Really, it's one of the more extreme even handed representation of egalatarinsm I have seen in cinema. The film pretty much treats the male and female characters in the same way.. both in a masculine manner.

Ideas I like to portray with my own personal science fiction ideas.

notyourenemy · Jun 1, 2025

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keras · Jun 1, 2025

Dale said:
If that was a quote from the Bible, what translation is that?

The Revised English Bible; 1987 Oxford Press.
It is the version recommended by Wickliffe Translators, as most accurately conveying the basic meanings of the ancient scriptures.

I did add the 3 1/2 years, to clarify the time period of those martyrs. As Revelation 13:5-7, makes clear.

SuperCow · Jun 1, 2025

Oh, and please let me know if this violates some kind of advertising or self-promotion rule and I will remove it if necessary.

SuperCow · Jun 1, 2025

I officially published my first book today. Despite the fact that there are so many views here that diverge significantly from my own, I thought it was still appropriate to post here in case anyone was interested.

‎The Eye of God

SimplyMe · Jun 1, 2025

Vambram said:
Clearly, this appears to be an issue that should not have happened for that wife. Thankfully, stuff like this is the exception rather than the norm. By the way, I almost forgot to ask. But where was her husband when all that was being done to his wife?

Per the Military Times article, he was at the airport waiting from his wife; when he checked with authorities, they would not tell her where she was until she was sent to the prison and he was not allowed to see her.

Christsfreeservant · Jun 1, 2025

“And He who sits on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ And He *said, ‘Write, for these words are faithful and true.’ Then He said to me, ‘It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.’” (Revelation 21:5-8 NASB1995)

In context, John had just finished writing the Revelations of Jesus Christ, as he had been given them by God, with regard to the last days. Yet the message here is mainly directed to the people who are reading this at any time in history prior to the fulfillment of these final events taking place which were written about in the book of Revelations, and while the people still have the time to choose God and his will over their sinful and fleshly desires.

For what did God say? He said he will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost, and he who overcomes will inherit these things, and God will be his God, and he who overcomes will be God’s son (or daughter). But read this in the context of verse eight which gives the opposite rewards based on the opposite response to the Lord and to his offer of salvation from sin and of eternal life with God.

So, what is the message here? It is the same message which was taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles all throughout the New Testament books. Faith in Jesus Christ will result in us denying self, dying with Christ to sin, and us walking in obedience to his commands, or it is not genuine faith which saves. We are the ones who thirst after God and after his will and after his righteousness and for the purpose to obey him and to live for him.

And “without cost” to us means that we do nothing in ourselves to earn or to deserve such a great salvation. Only by the grace of God, via Jesus’ death and resurrection, as persuaded by God, and as gifted to us by God, can any of us be of faith in Jesus Christ and die with him to sin and now walk in obedience to his commands in holy living. And thus have the hope of salvation from slavery to sin and of eternal life with God in heaven.

And overcoming has to do with overcoming sin and its hold on our lives, by the grace of God, in the power of God, so that we can now serve the Lord Jesus with our lives in surrender to his will and purpose for our lives. None of this is possible in our own human strength and will. But we must overcome and be those who now obey our Lord, in practice, in order for us to be those who inherit salvation from sin and eternal life with God in heaven.

So, “without cost” does not mean that there will be no cost to following Jesus with our lives. For we are taught in the Scriptures that it will mean self-denial and putting sin to death, by the Spirit, and walks of obedience to the Lord and to his commands. And it will cost us friends and family and relationships and jobs and careers, etc. And we will be hated and persecuted for our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord, but it will be worth it all.

But, if all we do is give lip service to Jesus Christ, and we do not bow to him as Lord, and we do not obey his commandments, and we do not forsake our sins, then we will not inherit eternal life with God. For all who are immoral people, and thieves, liars, adulterers, murderers, and idolaters, in practice, are regarded as the unbelieving, and they will not inherit eternal life with God, but their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone.

So don’t believe the lies which are telling you that all you have to do is to make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, and now all your sins are forgiven, and heaven is now guaranteed you when you die. For the Scriptures teach that we must deny self, die to sin daily, and walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in practice, as evidence of faith in action which will result in forgiveness of all sins and eternal life with God. So take God seriously!

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

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An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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Always in His Presence · Jun 1, 2025

trophy33 said:
It seems the only solution is to not visit the USA. With a phone you will lose your privacy, without a phone or with an empty phone, you will be suspicious.

What a load of who shot John. I have been flying internationally since 1998. I average 205,000 to 240,000 miles a year on average.

In Fact I just got back to the US about three hours ago.

See my boarding pass above.

After 911 I got a secondary inspection 36 times in two years. Probably because of my looks and name.

When I was in the Middle East four or five times a year I was stopped another eight times that I remember.

So approximately 44 times. I am obviously not Caucasian and I have an ethnic last name.

Stopped for secondary inspection 44 times

Number of time they have asked to look at my phone. ZERO

Number of times they have asked to look at my iPad or computer. ZERO

No over of times I was placed in a detention center ZERO

Number of times I was strip searched. ZERO

It directly correlates with the following

Number times I lied to the agents like the lady in the article did. ZERO

NUMBER OF TIMES I WAS EVASIVE IN MY ANSWERS LIKE THE LADY IN THE ARTICLE. ZERO

Number bc of times I could not answer the simplest of questions like the lady in the article. ZERO

Lg story short. Be honest.

For those not familiar with the phrase. Who shot John.

The phrase "that's a lot of who shot John" is a colloquial expression used to dismiss or interrupt a long, rambling, and often confusing or irrelevant explanation, excuse, or blame-shifting narrative
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com7fy8 · Jun 1, 2025

Yes, there is God so good and all-loving. And yes there are horrible things that happen.

I think of how Job had such a hard time. But Jesus did not give Job an explanation. Rather, Jesus asked the questions. Job needed to answer to God!

Instead of getting God to answer to him, it helped Job to humble himself and answer to God.

Platte · Jun 1, 2025

2PhiloVoid said:
What we think of today as the "Old Testament" provided much of the paradigm in which Jesus and His earliest disciples lived and thought.

I'm not sure why we'd expect them to think otherwise about their world at that time. It's just that we know some things today that they---and even Jesus---didn't know. And that's okay.

The important thing is we get things wrong. Jesus never did.

The Barbarian · Jun 1, 2025

Bradskii said:
That is just the weirdest position. The guy admits that there is a galactic amount of genuine evidence to support evolution. But then says 'But hey, I'm going to reject it all anyway.'

It seems that he just wants to bolster his bona fides as a scientific literate and open minded individual so that it cuts off any arguments that accuse him of not being knowledgeable enough and close minded. Those two positions are not incompatible. Maybe he knows more about evolution than any of us. But his final statement proves that he is, by definition, close minded.

He's honest about it. Like Dr. Harold Coffin, Dr. Kurt Wise, Dr. Gerald Aardsma, and many others, they admit what the evolution indicates, but prefer their understanding of scripture. If every YEC was that honest, there wouldn't be a problem.

Maria Billingsley · Jun 1, 2025

Jerry N. said:
I didn’t mean to sew any confusion, but the 613 Laws have over 40 categories. However, here is a way you can deal with it. The following link gives all 613 laws.
"For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all."

A List of the 613 Mitzvot (Commandments) - Judaism 101 (JewFAQ)

Take out all of the laws that have to do with the Temple and priesthood and the holidays. Then take out all of the laws you already follow. Then consider what is left. You will probably be surprised at how few are left. I not asking you to follow them, but only to consider them.

Yet this directly goes against the teaching of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

James
"For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all."

BassLine · Jun 1, 2025

Here is a Link to an old Harrison Ford joke I stumbled across today.

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