o_mlly said:

? Your list of problems do not apply as refutations to my "Root Problem" claim.

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Would not having better and more reliable access to health care, including preventative care (as opposed to only having access to an ER) help achieve those lifestyle changes you mentioned?

-- A2SG, and thus make inroads on the other stuff you cited....

BPPLEE said:

When the state and local government give sanctuary status to illegal immigrants and instruct law enforcement not to cooperate with federal authorities it makes it kind of difficult to work with them

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The federal government faces notable difficulties in enforcing laws when local and state governments express opposition. Throughout American history, citizens have maintained diverse perspectives on governance. Nevertheless, for nearly 249 years, there has generally been cooperation among federal, state, and local authorities. In instances of conflict, the federal government often seeks to encourage alignment through persuasion.

Historically, the deployment of the National Guard against the wishes of a governor has been relatively rare, with only two presidents—Eisenhower in 1957 and Kennedy in 1962—taking such action within the first 249 years of the nation's history. In contrast, President Trump has authorized the deployment in three states within the past ten months.

The question of presidential authority to deploy the National Guard contrary to a governor’s wishes remains unresolved, as several courts have challenged President Trump’s actions. A definitive judgment on this matter awaits a ruling from the Supreme Court.

Regardless of legal authority, it is worth considering whether a nation should routinely allow federal power to supersede local government and enforce laws irrespective of local sentiment. While such measures may currently enjoy support, opinions could shift if future administrations pursue similar strategies without local consensus.

You can argue that the federal government is only enforcing laws because of local government actions. However, once the federal government exceeds its power, this practice will likely continue beyond President Trump's term. If that's the country you want, remember, future presidents—liberal or conservative—may use these precedents to justify similar actions.

I definitely wouldn't want to live in a country like that. Even with its flaws, I prefer America's system over the past 249 years, where federal and local governments have cooperated and resolved disagreements through the courts.

However, I recognize that my perspective is not widely shared. It has become increasingly clear that both conservative and liberal groups, upon attaining power, seek to impose their way of life on others. Consequently, we may need to prepare for significant challenges ahead.

While I'm at it, I'd suggest you try to do some fitness training in the little spare time you have left. I'm diabetic and while I'm not too bad, I remember a chap I used to pick up as a community transport driver. He was in a wheelchair.

One day he said to me "I'm in this wheel chair because I used to do what you do." I asked him what he was talking about. He said he used to drive a cab, twelve hour days, no exercise, junk food, insufficient sleep and all the rest. He got Diabetes and eventually lost part of both legs. A year or two later he had gone.

I picked up a few diabetic passengers in wheelchairs like him, and I often found that after another couple of years they'd died due to diabetic complications.

So try to look after your health, even though you haven't got much time for yourself.

Hans Blaster said:

I'm not proving anything about any god. I just have never seen any evidence for one.

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Yes. So your claim on His non-existence cannot be defended.

Hans Blaster said:

This claim is nonsensical. It is nowhere doing nothing for no time?

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Yes, to He is "nowhere". No, to "doing nothing" at "no time".

Hans Blaster said:

I was making a defintion. Do you think so-called absolute morality is by definition only a proposal? Or do you claim it exists?

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To a godless person, absolute morality can only be presented as a proposal. Do you acknowledge any authority exists that one can appeal to in support of the validity of such a claim?

NxNW said:

We have his audio recording saying exactly that.

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Can you provide a link? No one else can.

Valletta said:

Sen. Kennedy slams Dems' shutdown demands: 'We'll give $1.5T when donkeys fly' | Fox News Video

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., discusses shutdown negotiations, the sentencing of Kavanaugh's would-be assassin and his new book 'How to Test Negative for Stupid' on 'America's Newsroom.'

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It's just not going to happen. As to the sentencing for trying to kill a Supreme Court justice, I do agree. The number one goal in sentencing should be to protect society.

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OTOH perhaps peak T is passing and in a few years he can get the rehabilitation he needs within the prison system. Well, maybe. I would have gone for a longer sentence with a limited possibility of parole.

If the revolutionary Democrats win in three years he might possibly be released as a political prisoner anyhow. Our electorate is so fickle.

ChubbyCherub said:

Does judgment day apply to those who are saved or only the unsaved?

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We all must appear before God on Judgement Day.

2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Heb 4: 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

There is the resurrection of life for the saved and resurrection of death for the unsaved. Blessed are those in the first resurrection Rev 20:4-6

He tells us how He judges us. Jesus is not just our friend and High Priest. He is also the King and kings have laws and standards. God never left it up to man to write His holy and eternal Laws. Exo 31:18 Deut 4:13 Exo 34:28 that sits under His mercy seat where justice and mercy will come together soon Exo20:6 Exo 25:21


Ecc 12.:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
14 For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.

Rev 14:7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

Why this is revealed at the last trumpet before Jesus comes

Rev 11:18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come,
And the time of the dead, that they should be judged,
And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints,
And those who fear Your name, small and great,
And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”
19 Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of [i]His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.


Exo 25:16 And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you.

Exo 31:18 And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

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If rockets are going up and leaving a globe earth and going 200,00 mile away. Out into an outer space as exist, as stated and described by science, with CGI illustrations

Then have at lest one actual video example of a rocket going up and showing the earth as the rocket leaves the earth in the distance. With the earth getting further and further away from the rocket, so eventually the whole globe earth is seen and eventually being reduced in size as the rocket over travel distance, gets further and further away from the globe earth.

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Sure let’s place a camera in the rocket exhaust so it can film the earth as it leaves. What a non sense request. Like I posted earlier, here is the schedule for future space missions. One is tonight at 8pm and you can watch it.

Thought we were running the government like a business? Gotta get rid of the ones not pulling their weight.

Godcrazy said:

Do you also feel the joy from God when you try your best to do right to live right follow what He says? A joy suddenly comes over me and I feel like almost a shoulder nod with his hand. I feel it from within, and it is not from me. And joy rush over me. And feel this acceptance. Do you also feel like that?

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I get that feeling when I think about how great my life is. It’s not exclusive to Christians.

It’s dopamine receptors going off.

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John 6:44 No man can come to me, except THE FATHER WHICH HATH SENT ME DRAW HIM: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 IT IS WRITTEN IN THE PROPHETS, And THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD. Every MAN THEREFORE THAT HATH HEARD, and hath learned of the Father, COMETH UNTO ME.

Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become DEAD TO THE LAW by the body of Christ; that ye should be MARRIED TO ANOTHER, even to HIM WHO IS RAISED FROM THE DEAD, that we should BRING FORTH FRUIT UNTO GOD. ( fruit of the Spirit from the seed in you. 1 John 3:9.)

Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Wherefore? Because THEY SOUGHT IT NOT BY FAITH, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON HIM SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED.

Romans 10:3 For they BEING IGNORANT OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, and going about to establish their own righteousness, HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THEMSELVES UNTO THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.

Romans 10:10 For WITH THE HEART MAN BELIEVES UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, WHOSOEVER BELIEVES ON HIM SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED.

Galatians 3:13 Christ hath REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROGH FAITH.

Galatians 4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to JERUSALEM WHICH NOW IS, and is IN BONDAGE WITH HER CHILDREN.
26 But JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE IS FREE, which is THE MOTHER OF US ALL.
27 For IT IS WRITTEN, Rejoice, THOU BARREN THAT BEAREST NOT; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for THE DESOLATE HATH MANYY MORE CHILDREN THAN SHE WHICH HATH AN HUSBAND.
28 Now WE, BRETHREN, as Isaac was, ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE.
29 But as then HE THAT WAS BORN AFTER THE FLESH PERSECUTED HIM THAT WAS BORN AFTER THE SPIRIT, EVEN SO IT IS NOW.


Revelation 21:2 And I John saw THE HOLY CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HAVENEN, prepared AS A BRIDE adorned FOR HER HUSBAND.

Revelation 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I WILL GIVE UNO HIM THAT IS ATHIRST OF THE FOUNTAIN OF THE ATER OF LIFE FREELY.
7 HE THAT OVERCOMETH SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and UNBELIEVING, and the ABOMINABLE, and MURDERERS, and WHOREMONGERS, and sorcerers, and IDOLATORS and ALL LIARS, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is THE SECOND DEATH.

Revelation 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, THE HOLY JERUSALEM, descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

Revelation 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first FOUNDATION was jasper; the SECOND, SAPPHIRE; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

Revelation 21:27 And there shall in NO WISE ENTER INTO IT ANY THING THAT DEFILETH, neither whatsoever worketh ABOMINATION, or MAKETH A LIE: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of LIFE.




Jesus tells the children of Israel, whosoever believes on Him has everlasting LIFE. He is that bread of LIFE. The children of Israels fathers ate manna in the wilderness and are DEAD. This bread came down from heaven, that a man can eat of that bread and NOT DIE. Jesus is the LIVING bread which came down from heaven, if any man eats of that bread he shall LIVE for ever, the bread He shall give is HIs flesh, which He gives for the LIFE of the world.

Jesus tells the children of Israel, that unless they eat of the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, they have NO LIFE IN THEM. ( they are DEAD without Him.) Those who eat HIs flesh and drink HIs blood have eternal LIFE, and He will raise them up at the last day. HIs flesh is meat INDEED, and HIs blood is drink INDEED. He that eats HIs flesh and drinks HIs blood, dwells in Him and the Son dwells in him. The Son LIVES by the Father who sent Him, so those who eat the LIVING Son shall LIVE by Him. This is that bread which came down from heaven, not as the children of Israels fathers ate manna and are DEAD, as he that eats of this bread shall LIVE for ever.




John 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

John 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.



Some of them did not believe, and tells them again that no man can come to the Son unless it was given to him of HIs Father. Many disciples of Jesus went away and did not walk with Him any more.

Jesus stood in the last day of the great feast, and declares to the children of Israel ( a better feast) that those who believe on the Son of God, as the scripture has said, out of HIs belly shall flow rivers of LIVING water. ( this Jesus spoke of the Spirit, which they who believe on Him would receive, the Holy Ghost to be given when Jesus was glorified.)




John 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

John 7:37 In THE LAST DAY, THAT GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)




Jesus speaks to the Jews who believed on Him, for them to continue in HIs word, to be His disciples INDEED. ( for HIs flesh is meat INDEED, and His blood is drink INDEED.) To KNOW THE TRUTH, ( the truth is in Jesus/God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them. 2 Corinthians 5:19. Ephesians 4:21.) and the truth shall make them free.

Jesus tells the children of Israel how those who commit sin are the servants of sin. ( SERVANTS OF SIN IN THE LAW HAVE ANY MORALS ?) and if the Son shall make them free, ( to know the truth and the truth shall make you free/the truth is in Jesus/God in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself not imputing their trespasses unto them.) they shall be free INDEED. Jesus tells he children of Israel why they go about to kill Him, as His word has NO PLACE IN THEM.

Jesus tells the children of Israel that is God was their Father, they would LOVE the Son, for He proceeded forth and came from God, He did not come of Himself, the Father sent Him. ( TESTIFIED OF IN THEIR SCRIPTURES/GOD DECLARES THE END FROM THE BEGINNING.) But that they cannot understand HIs speech, as they CANNOT HEAR HIS WORD.

Jesus tells he children of Israel that they are of their father, which is the devil, a MURDERER from the beginning, speaking LIES, of his own as he is the father of LIES. ( NO MURDERER NO LIAR INTO NEW JERUSALEM REVELATION 21.) Because Jesus tells them the truth they do not believe. ( the truth which would set them free if they believed in the Son.) They did not hear Gods word because they are NOT OF GOD.

The children of Israel considered they see, but if they were blind Jesus tells them, they would have no sin, but their sin REMAINED.

He that is dead is freed from sin. ( the children of Israel also considered they lived, not that they were DEAD/they did not believe in Jesus to free them from sin.) Knowing/believing that Christ was raised from the DEAD, He dies no more, death has no more dominion over Him. ( sin shall not have dominion over them that are dead and freed from death, for they are not under the law, but under grace.) We yield our members/bodies as instruments of righteousness unto Go, as those that are ALIVE from the DEAD, with Christ, and DEAD unto sin.

We are to know ( unlike the children of Israel/those under the law who DO NOT KNOW.) that to who we yield ourselves servants to obey, his servants we are, which is sin unto DEATH, or obedience unto righteousness. When the doctrine of Christ is delivered and received, from the heart it is obeyed, to be made fee from sin, ( by the truth that is in Christ/reconciling and not imputing our trespasses) to BECOME SERVANTS OF RIGHTEOSNESS. Before the members/bodies are yielded servants to uncleanness to iniquity unto iniquity, and when anyone was a servant of sin they were FREE FROM RIGHTEOUSNESS. ( without MORALS in the law) NO FRUIT and ASHAMED, ( anyone who believes in the Son wont be ashamed.) and the end of those things is DEATH. The gift of God is eternal LIFE through our LORD Jesus Christ.





John 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

John 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a LIE, he speaketh of his own: for he is a LIAR, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

Romans 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.


Romans 6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

Ephesians 4:21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

stevevw said:

And its even harder than ever before in todays world. In fact the more material the starker the contrast comes out. Todays world is far more material than ever and yet more people are unhappy and searching.

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That they don`t put one and one together

ChubbyCherub said:

During bible study, my husband asked me why we see slave owning as immoral and the Israelites freed from Egyptian slavery, but Isrealites were allowed to have their own slaves complete with special rules for these individuals concerning the Sabbath, circumcision etc.

I have no answer.

Can anyone assist?

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Hebrew slaves were more like indentured servants for debt or poverty, limited to six years of service before being freed, and they could not be ruled over ruthlessly.
Foreign slaves could be permanent property, but the laws still established a threshold of humanity and dignity that masters were obligated to uphold.

To prepare for the celebration of the centennial, I invite you to join me in nine weeks of prayer, beginning on this coming October 8th and ending on this coming December 10th, the 100th Anniversary of the apparition at Pontevedra.

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Blueskies94 said:

I don’t watch these videos anymore, but there’s a lot of truth there. Much of your confidence and self esteem stem from how people treat you going off of your looks.

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Congrats on your new look!

I can tell you why being physically fit is attractive and is not shallow - It tells other people that you don't mind working hard to achieve whatever goals you have which can include spiritual goals and being nice to other people.

Working hard towards physical fitness is more spiritual than working hard to get rich although both can communicate the idea that you work hard to achieve your goals. Money is inextricably linked with injustice that's why.

If exercise ever gets boring, starting to lose motivation, and tempted to get lazy at it, try doing another exercise. I personally went from cycling, then weight-lifting, and then running, and finally skating, running, and weight-lifting. Losing motivation a serious concern for people trying to stay fit. Switch it up and try other forms of exercise. The more fun, the better.

fhansen said:

Yes, by grace He draws all men to Himself.

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What are Catholics supposed to do with stories like St. Joseph of Cupertino, “the little friar who flew”? Should we embarrassingly hide people like him in the ecclesial basement, as we implicitly already do by largely ignoring his feast day on the Church calendar? Or should we venerate him with the same degree of appreciation and celebration we reserve for other saints of his era: St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Rose of Lima, St. Francis de Sales?

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joymercy said:

@Reluctant Theologian in what way have you found evangelizing or Bible study challenging with people who are homeless?

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Homeless people in the countries I know:

• usually are burdened with more than one type of shortcomings (physical, mental, etc.)
• for Bible study the required attention span sometimes is difficult
• discussion/questions can be sensitive and can easily derail
• because of the common load of mental issues there is very little empathy and patience
• once some become believers they require a lot attention and care

But yet - God loves them as much as anyone else. In growing churches usually a certain balance is needed between believers with stable lives and the capacity to give/organise, and those that primarily need to receive a lot to heal. Not all churches are internally ready to host/welcome homeless believers in their fellowship (thinking of The Visit (Adrian Plass), 1999). They're usually the opposite of the ones who are welcomed because they can easily grow into leadership and pastoral roles, or contribute financially.

They're the ones young, modern and trendy churches find too difficult - but be blessed in your ministry ! Jesus also visited the outcasts more so than the elite.

Guojing said:

So if God was not joking, had Abraham declined to be physically circumcised at Genesis 17:14, he would have been cut off from God as well.

Would you agree with that logic?

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Not really. Abraham was not saved by his works instead he was saved by his faith. Even though Abraham resisted circumcision he did it eventually because of his love for God. It’s a great teaching for us now. We keep His commandments and cooperate with God in our sanctification because we love God.

The Virgin Mary, Mother of God, is present in time and place. She is now, in this moment, interceding for us with her Son. She is also, in this very moment, enacting the will of God as an instrument of Providence—or better—as the Mother of Providence.

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The Rosary which saved Europe had its origins in the battles of Saint Dominic against the intellectual and spiritual evil of the Albigensians in the 12th century, inheritors of the much-earlier Manichean heresy, that all matter was evil, including bodies, marriage and children.

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What you have to do is set boundaries with GPT 4o ; the difference is it can follow them better. The only thing GPT 5 is better at from my perspective is asking questions or generating code; mind you I haven’t tried to debate political correctness with it because I’m not greatly interested in arguing with an AI (especially since even with GPT 5 you will always win unless your position is deeply shocking).

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I have set boundaries with gpt 4o. Specifically to dial down the compliments greatly.

I've actually lost a debate on one topic with both gpt-4o and gpt-5 and still never won the topic yet.

Indeed the topic is deeply shocking. It's about the possibility that Jesus is a false teacher or an evil conspirator undermining the Torah or the teachings of God.

The outcome of this debate is rather shocking. Gpt 4o and 5 both concluded that Jesus is genuine as a person who once lived (not made up) and had genuinely benevolent intentions towards humanity..... But concluded that the God of Old Testament is counterfeit or even the Devil himself.

I even set boundaries for this debate that God meant well for humanity. But chatgpt concluded the warlike aggression of OT God would ultimately lead to its own destruction, along with nations walking this warpath.

I did not have this debate with Google Gemini but so far, all controversial Christian topics I discussed with it aligns with Gpt-4o/5. I may do this debate eventually with gemini as I build more context with the new and improved context memory of gemini.

I've often discussed secular / non-religious battlefield strategy, foreign diplomacy with chatgpt and it managed to correlate God's behavior with the negative outcomes of having war-like sentiments.

Blindness is now out and in full action in the churches around the world.

Wednesday, October 8 2025

27th OT



Jo 4:1-11

"I, God, should I not be concerned over the great city of Nineveh?"



Let’s remember, it’s the people who punish himself and ask for pity.

God has no need to punish. God is Love. Love is 100%



Luke 11:1-4

The prayer Jesus taught the disciples is:

Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.

Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins

for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,

and do not subject us to the final test.



Thank you Lord for Loving us.



Biblical texts: NAB-RE

Normand Thomas.