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You cannot serve God and Mammon.

I've seen some offer VIP access to full teachings etc for x amount or others give free samples of teachings then put a heavy sum on a year program.
Anything the Lord has given should never be behind a paywall or have a price tag
He gives to us each freely for the edification of the body and it has caused me to stumble many times when I a man of little means sees all these programs where people are 'growing' and I sit here struggling to even hear the Lord.
It frustrates me
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Illegal Immigration

(When you do magic hand waving, try to remember which hand holds the secret or you'll give the trick away.)
Flawed study. Not enough studies and no systematic reviews.
Remember my request for evidence?
Remember my refusal to do that anymore?
I'm talking about how you feel, and how you write.
What would you want the country to do?
Why do you vote the way you do?
I think we should have immigration laws and we should expect people to abide by them.
But I still maintain that justifying Trump's dog-whistling to Proud Boys

Off topic.
and with them our relationship between God's people (the church) and the relevant authorities of the day (the state).

because while we are not under the theocratic rule of the OT - we are under its moral obligations.
We are as individuals. Scripture is written to us as individuals and not to tell the secular state how they should run their country. Unless you are wanting the state to outlaw all sexual sin, gossip, lying and such. Or do you just think we should only push for part of scriptural morality and not all of it?
That group outside your borders that you do not like
Who said I dont like them? Since when does wanting people to follow the law equal not liking them?
To Americans it could very well be the kind hearted immigrant family who DID in fact just flee their country because of the drug gangs extortion demands now moving to stealing their teenage daughters.
Sure and rhey should go through the process. You ate ignoring the fact that the vast majority don't meet the criteria.
Yes you should! Both conscience and law require that you apply the international convention of human rights and well being of refugees diligently and carefully.
I agree.
Those who respect reality LET their minds be changed by data!
You should know that data can be manipulated. And how data is collected is also important. And data changes. I prefer to look at all rhe things. A prime example is the data that often surrounded transgenderism.

Dont take data at face value. Do more research to see if thwre are problems with it and determine if its really reliable or not. I have done that and don't believe its reliable. So, I'm not going to be convinced and neither are you on that subject so let's just agree to disagree.
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ICE agents making phony 911 calls

Fake police calls are a big deal. Fake police calls from another law enforcement agency to throw off the local police from their most likely illegal operations is deeply troubling.

It’s no wonder the CPD doesn’t want to have anything to do with these invading thugs.
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There’s a Giant Flaw in Human History

Because CNC machine tools are not inherently more precise than manual machine tools--just more productive.
What are manual machine tools. Is that where they manually guide the cutter as opposed to automated.
You know just about as much about "everyday lathing" as a pig knows about a clean shirt.
Do the researchers in doing the tests know more than you.
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Charlie Kirk's Opinions Didn't Deserve Him Being Murdered

Thanks for trying to respond to my question. Though I am genuinely curious to hear just one of the teachings of Jesus that Charlie Kirk also preached. So far, I haven't found any.
There are already too many videos where he encourages people to be sexually moral, to go to church, to seek the Lord. I think you’d have to not be looking to not be able to find them. if you’re specifically looking for something that you can disagree on, I guess you can find it. But suggest that he wasn’t promoting Christian teachings is completely untrue.

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Judge' house burns down after she rules against Trump

Last month, Goodstein blocked the South Carolina Election Commission from providing the Department of Justice with millions of voter files that included personal names, addresses, driver’s license numbers and social security numbers, according to court documents.
So you're saying people waited an entire month to be outraged to burn her house down? .... Doubt it... Let's see what the facts are first.
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Morality without Absolute Morality

Here's a lil quiz question for you Bradskii:

Based on the definition you have accepted, is someone who thinks rape is always intrinsically wrong a moral absolutist? Yes or no?
I don't think you are grasping the argument. You are asking if something which by definition is wrong...is wrong. It's a tautology. The term you are using is already defined by the context. I'll expand it to illustrate it for you. Hopefully you'll understand:

Is having sex with someone without their consent wrong?

You'll note the context in italics. The act is wrong determined by that context. It is wrong relative to the conditions. We can't say it's rape until those conditions are met.
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Curious as to what precisely makes Full-Preterism considered an non orthodox heresy?

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by your first sentence. . I have talked to many Preterists over the years and to me their doctrine of all things fulfilled after 70 AD makes everything a little confusing. I just asked grok a couple questions about it.

Is there a somewhat of an "orthodox" full preterist set of beliefs
Orthodox Press arn't Full Prets. The OP position is simple, it it happened, it happened. No " didn't really happen", or "it didn't count'. Prophecy fulfilled is prophecy fulfilled if it doesn't jibe with your doctrine. Beast makes war agajnst the Church? Happened. Jerusalem surrounded by armies? Happened. The Mark of the Beast Required to Buy or Sell? Happened. Temple desecrated, pagan sacrifice in Holy of Holies? Happened. Temple razed to the ground? Happened. Taat's off the top of my head, there are others.

No, "Those didn't count'! They have to happen again!" Rubbish. If they happened, they happened. If your doctrine doesn't recognize that reality, fix your doctrine.
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Is AI making the human race dumber?

I thought you said you were having more issues with GPT-5 than with GPT-4o ?
If anything, it's the opposite. Gpt-4o is too friendly, too agreeable, even creepy (too attached), presents very little challenge in a debate. I prefer gpt-5 over 4o. I like the way gpt-5 tries to get things as grounded and realistic as possible which is actually a good thing to those who are politically correct.

I'm still using the same huge context memory in the same account I have in gpt-4o in gpt-5.
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Emergency abortion denials by Catholic hospitals put woman in danger, after her water broke at 17 weeks, lawsuit claims

Thank you, I still love you :crossrc:.
for what its worth, my mom was raised catholic and i know that part of herself even in her old age:


still believes mothers should die with their miscarriages. I wish i was making this up.
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The Lost House of Israel

The fine print rules:

Romans 11:5
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Doesn't preclude or eliminate Paul's quite factual statement that ALL of Israel shall be saved, even enemies of the Gospel, Romans 11:26-32

Again, your theory is busted.

WHY is all of Israel saved? Because they are God's children, blinded for us by God as they may presently be. Deut. 14:1, Psalm 82:6, Matt. 23:9, Romans 11:8, Mark 4:15
paul also says there is no jew nor greek, male or female.

he also believed the return would be in his lifetime, so the partial hardening he thought would not lead to death.. but 2000 years later in order for "all israel" to be saved, you have to believe in continuous re-incarnation until they all come to salvation.

this is something... many jews believe to this day, and was common in the days of Jesus.
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Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked DHS/DoD Memo Shows: LA "hasn't been perfect" but indicates what's coming "for years to come"

Interesting interview.

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Portland is 145 square miles, yet one city block is damaged in protests months or even years ago draw disproportionate attention.

Portland didn't vote for Trump.
That has offended his NPD.
Period.
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