I have been following this story and I know that many Americans are confused about some of the details because even I, who have watched news for a "long" time, am somewhat "confused."

I'm not confused about what mtg stands for. I agree w/ her a lot of the time. On Maria's show, she also had the former Speaker McCarthy who (maybe this is a duh thing) disagreed with mtg about whether Johnson should go. I mean, McCarthy likely doesn't think much of mtg. But just the same, is that any reason, all by itself, to reject what she is trying to do?

She is correct that Congress needs to be more focused on what We the People want, not politics-as-usual, which appears to be entrenched in Congress.

Some say she is trying to get attention. I really doubt that is her motive.

The telling thing for me is that the Democrats were the ones who saved Johnson from being ousted. That kind of says it all

Grip Docility said:

My motivation is always the same… to preach Christ Crucified

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PERFECT!

Gradually, soon, maybe already, maybe quickly,

as JESUS becomes your wisdom and your knowledge and your healing,
all opinions evaporate along with all questions ! (experientially found this to be simply true without expectations of same).

Zaha Torte said:

You understand that the word "trump" is not a reference to President Trump - right? No need to capitalize it as if it were a proper noun.

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Freudian slip. I noticed it but thought it fun not to correct it.

Zaha Torte said:

Transgenderism is being pushed on all of us - even our young and impressionable children - and it - like obesity - will destroy everyone it ensnares.

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God forbid our children grow up to be tolerant of trans people.

Zaha Torte said:

Explain this statement.

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In your post you expressed a series of beliefs about trans people which you believe to be objectively true. On the basis of those beliefs you are openly intolerant of trans people and object to being criticized about it. It is reasonable to conclude that you think you have a right to that intolerance, based on your beliefs.

But here is a thought experiment for you: I give you a straight male human being who uses a male name, accepts male pronouns and dresses like a "man" according to your standards. But he is effeminate in his manner and prefers female company. He occupies himself with social and occupational activities traditionally associated in our culture with females. What is your opinion of such a person?

Ana the Ist said:

Here we go...when it was pointed out to you that the children and parents are not being properly informed about the possibility of negative lifelong effects of these medications, you seemed to indicate that it was the fault of children and parents.

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If a parent feels that they haven't been given enough information to make an informed decision on the care of their child but do it anyway. It's their fault.

Ana the Ist said:

This makes it sound as if the parents are obligated to become experts in this field and not merely rely upon the doctors prescribing these medications.

Obviously, I don't think you can claim to be concerned about the welfare of the children if you want them to be experts on the medications they are being prescribed. If you expect the parents to be experts....that seems only slightly less realistic than the children being experts.

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It may have SOUNDED like that to you but it's not actually what I said. Did I say all parents need to be experts? No I said that they need to keep seeking information until they feel they have enough information to make an informed decision. I would think that is caring for a child. Shoving them back in the closet and trying to lock the door IS harmful. Oh, you didn't say that? Perhaps you can try again to show me where I said anything like I don't care if children are harmed or some such thing.

bbbbbbb said:

My question was in reference to hell. The specific problem that concerned our friend was the apparent unbelief of current Catholic clergy in the doctrine of hell. In your experience in Orthodoxy does doctrine play a significant role?

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I've listened quite a bit to Father Bill Casey (a Catholic priest) over the years who has spoken about hell, here's a sample:
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Landon Caeli said:

I'm firmly convinced that this emotional reaction were witnessing here, in regards to humanzees, is directly related to the reaction by religious and secular people who shun homosexuals.

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... I'm sorry, but how does the idea of people not finding your idea of crossing humans and chimpanzees in some kind of abominable chimera is in any way at all similar to homophobia?

tonychanyt said:

Will people have sexual intercourse after the resurrection?

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Do you mean people on earth?
People on earth do have sexual organs, and regarding the new heavens and new earth, God's word says at Isaiah 65:20-23

Going by that scripture, the answer is yes. People living on earth will have sexual relations, and produce offspring.

For those in heaven however, as the scriptures previously mentioned, they do not have sexual organs, nor are they male or female, They are all sons of God - spirits, carrying out service to God.
We can think of them as eunuchs, if that helps.
They are not people either, so your question seems earth related.

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying: "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they will be His peoples, and God Himself will be with them as their God.

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Now my credit union, which offers only Zelle, can’t transfer the money to my Wise account. It doesn’t matter that it’s a $ account in the US. They have everything set up, I mean everything, so that the rich can do whatever they want, and the little guy is screwed.
So if you could remember me occasionally in your prayers, I’m still in that mess.

Adventist Heretic said:

a human being is not Christ.

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Tell it to the apostle of Jesus Christ, Paul of Tarsus, who received his teaching from Jesus Christ personally (Gal 1:11-12).

"As the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands." (Eph 5:24)

Are we more wise than the teaching of Christ given to Paul?

Dan Perez said:

You did not reply , so moving ON !!

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Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. They spoke with power and a great number of Jews and Greeks believed. Acts 14:1

When we told you the good news, it was with the power and assurance that come from the Holy Spirit; 1 Thess 1:5

Valletta said:

Imaginative baloney.

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Describes not just the topic(s) here in this thread, mostly,
but also , generally, all politics, religion, medicine, and most of the internet !
and then there was more......
advertising,
promotion of ideas or products to distribute or to sell.
When the great oaks are burning,
what is the lowly sagebrush to do ?

Neostarwcc said:

If not maybe you guys can help me make it clearer.

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Purify yourself because He (Jesus) is pure.

PraisetheLordJesusChrist said:

Generally it’s been taught that the antichrist is going to declare himself to be God in some rebuilt Jewish temple, but I’m wondering how a rebuilt Jewish temple would even be legit?

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The so called 'Third Temple' is one of many theories I do not believe is necessary to fulfill Prophecy.

PraisetheLordJesusChrist said:

I have a theory: our bodies are the temple of God.

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You got it.

PraisetheLordJesusChrist said:

Old Testament things foreshadow future events. What if Antiochus Epiphanes’ defilement of the Jewish temple foreshadows the antichrist defiling our bodies with some idolatrous mark/implant.

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Sounds logical to me.

PraisetheLordJesusChrist said:

This would also make sense because Satan has his counterfeit trinity, and it would be in the same spirit to try and counterfeit the Holy Spirit.

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Exactly.

I will add my opinion:

The Mark of the Beast is Transhumanism. It is the ultimate blasphemy of the Holy Ghost. The Kingdom of God is the Word of God blueprints in the Soul.

Anyone who tampers with their original blueprints that God gave them are in danger of losing their Salvation. Never add or take away from God's Book...

Revelation 22:18-19
"For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."

• Our right hands identify us through fingerprints and palmprints.
• Our foreheads identify us through facial recognition features.

Any significant alteration to one's Genome will give them a new set of fingerprints and facial recognition features. In other words, a Mark and a NEW IDENTITY.

It is all about identification at the DNA level. If someone changes their identity enough, how will God recognize them?

Matthew 7:23
"And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

Get it?

Kokavkrystallos said:

Really?

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Yes. The world would be better without the Kim dynasty.

Kokavkrystallos said:

So you want Rocket SISTER instead?

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No.

If you don't feel sufficient with your infant baptism, then go ahead and get baptized as an adult. Usually, getting baptized again is not necessary.

Paedobaptism vs Credobaptism

The issue is debated: A Paedobaptist Position with R.C. Sproul vs A Credobaptist Position with John MacArthur

If you were baptized as a child but feel insufficient about it, you should get baptized as an adult.

If you were baptized as an adult but feel insufficient about it, then go ahead and get baptized again as an adult.

If you were baptized as an adult twice but feel insufficient about it, you should ask yourself: When will it be enough? The usual practice is that you get baptized exactly once.

See also Is baptism necessary for salvation?.

AV1611VET said:

How old SHOULD I say the moon is, if I'm a YEC?

How old do I actually say the moon is?

Let me guess.

You don't care what I say.

Else you'd have to admit I'm not a YEC.

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My guess is that you would say that the moon was put into place by God some 6000 years ago. That's clearly a YEC position.
With all of your statements and points of arguments I'm unable to view you as anything other than a YEC.
Sorry.

Grip Docility said:

Channeling a bit of Paul's style, could we then say that this contract is between an individual and God?

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How about a "contract" between God and Christ (in whom I am)?

essentialsaltes said:

I doubt that. At the level of K-12 education, there is no controversy over the facts and history of the Holocaust.

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Really?

Why were the Jews targeted?

That opens up a big can of worms right there.

Were the Jews killed under a Capitalist or Socialist regime?

Why did Germany invade eastern Europe?

What did Germany plan to do with Eastern Europe after they conquered it?

Did the Germans plan to kill all Jews everywhere?

Why didn't the Jews flee?

Were the killings of German civilians justified when the allies didn't have to kill the same proportion of civilians when retaking France or Italy?

Is the punishment of the German people as a group for the Holocaust justifiable? Can this justification lead to another Holocaust?

There are only so many times a teacher can tell students to repeat "Seven million Jews dies in the Holocaust" like a mantra.

ARBITER01 said:

Oh this is interesting.

Let's see here,...... I think most if not all of the disciples were water immersed prior to the death of Jesus. Jesus Himself water immersed people. There were various folks water immersed after their repentance, Cornelius's household being prominent on this list. The Eunuch over in acts 8 was water immersed after believing,... etc.

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My Thread does not teach that you are not to be water baptized, after you are born again.

It's teaching that being born again.. has nothing to do with water.

Its teaching that Paul's Gospel, was Given to Paul by Jesus, and Peter didnt have this "Gospel" in Acts 2.

It reminds me of..beach baptisms..
- during the 'Jesus Movement' of the late 1960's-1970's.

Diamond7 said:

I have read corrie tan boons book and I have also read tortured for christ.

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A more severe test is reading charles chiniquoy fifty years in the church. He pulls no punches about revealing who has caused and continues causing the wars, and martyring men, women and babies.

Zaha Torte said:

What do you mean by "anti-USA" and why do you accuse Lee and Jackson by such?

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Lee and Jackson went to war against the United States. It is not any simpler than that.

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Could it not be argued that the military leaders of the North were just as responsible for killing a lot of people?

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Military leaders on all sides in any war are responsible for killing lots of people. (And it is not "the North" it is "The United States of America".) It was only the confederate generals that made war against the USA.

Zaha Torte said:

What "delusional ideology" are you referring to?

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Secessionism, slavery, etc.

Ana the Ist said:

Now....does that seem like a more fair accounting of the start of this whole conflict?

If not...what would you like to add?

If so...why was any of that necessary to explain what started the current war?

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No. The Ottoman Empire did not cede, the League of Nations mandated the territory. Britain's real interest was the Suez Canal and the Trade Route to India, the Jewell in the Crown of the British Empire.

Ana the Ist said:

I'm an atheist so I don't give weight to either claim.

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Clearly, you don't. Yet that too is part of history, that helps us understand how we got here. Of course the real question remains, where too from here?