rambot said:

That is some serious reality denial there.

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FBI believes National Guard shooting suspect was from Bellingham (Washington State)​

Dreyma said:

Hello, my name is Dreyma! (Or at least, that is the alias I typically use online.)

I graduated from college last year with an education degree, and now I'm teaching English to high-school students at a small public school in a rural area. This is my first time working in a profession and my first time living away from parents, so it's been quite the adjustment.

I'm here because I spend too much time chatting in online communities that draw me away from Christ instead of towards him. I thought this might be a good substitute, a place that could strengthen my faith instead of making me feel ashamed or uncertain of it.

(I just need to make sure that I don't use conversations here as another excuse to procrastinate chores and lesson planning and grading...)

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Postvieww said:

Those despicable six can’t define what illegal orders they were talking about.

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el3venS1x said:

I've been thinking about the stark contrast between Christianity and Nazism, yet I've noticed that some people seem to conflate the two. One promotes love, forgiveness, and humility, while the other is rooted in hatred, domination, and prejudice.

Context: One prays, the other preys.

How is it possible for individuals to draw parallels between these two ideologies? Could it be due to historical misinterpretations, propaganda, or a misunderstanding of faith itself? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this confusing juxtaposition.

• What examples can you share that highlight these misconceptions?
• How can we better educate others on the true message of Christianity in light of such conflation?
• What role do you think social media plays in perpetuating these misunderstandings?

Looking forward to a thoughtful discussion!
el3venS1x (Dell)

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FenderTL5 said:

This one is easy, if the current adminstration doesn't issue illegal orders, there's nothing to bark about.

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RocksInMyHead said:

You find protesters to be "menacing"? I guess that says a lot.

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This diverse coalition is watchdogging L.A. immigration raids, driving ‘Liberty Vans’​

• A politically diverse coalition, made up of Democrats and Republicans, has dispatched vans to drive through L.A. and other cities to document ICE raids.
• The vans record enforcement actions at worksites and Home Depots, with footage published online to show the human impact.
• Volunteers include pastors, immigration lawyers and veterans who provide support and legal guidance to day laborers targeted in the immigration sweeps.

Noah Chan said:

In the beginning was the Word

And the Word was with God

And the Word was God

He was in the beginning with God

All things came into being through Him

In Him was life

And the life was the Light of men

The Light shines in the darkness

Jesus, the Christ

Messiah of the Most High

Blessed be the Lord

Blessed be the Lord indeed

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simplefaith said:

Interesting subject, not very often discussed-or mentioned in the churches themselves, but much discussed on the internet.

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Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety. Here are some companies that have cut jobs recently​

HP between 4,000 and 6,000​

Verizon more than 13,000 ​

General Motors about 1,700 ​

Paramount about 2,000​

Amazon about 14,000 corporate jobs​

UPS about 48,000 ​

Target bout 1,800 ​

Nestlé 16,000 jobs globally​

Lufthansa Group 4,000​

Novo Nordisk 9,000 ​

ConocoPhillips up to a quarter of its workforce​

Intel thousands of jobs​

Microsoft about 6,000 ​

Procter & Gamble up to 7,000 ​

Bob Crowley said:

I've often mentioned my (old) Presbyterian pastor whom I learnt a lot from, although he discouraged me. The night my father died he turned up in my room.

I was an atheist at the time, but he predicted I'd become Christian, and as part of that "... You will meet a pastor. You'll think he's great, but all he'll do is to discourage you even more!" (than he had himself).

I met the pastor circa 1982/83. When I was going to leave his church in 1991 (I was getting married and moving away) he admitted he had discouraged me, but as I said I still hold him in high respect. Incidentally he was not an admirer of some of the "last days" stuff which comes out of various (mainly Protestant) personalities in the USA in the main, saying "... they're a bit weird..."

But he had some thoughts on the issue. For one thing he was very firm on the business about no man knows the day or the hour of Christ's return. It could be tomorrow, and it could be 10,000 years down the track. We haven't been told.

However I find that if he thought something would happen it did sooner or later. Several of his predictions have come to pass since he died in 1992, including my becoming Catholic (1997); there would be a lot of priestly pedophile cases after I became Catholic (media from around 2002); my sister would get leukemia and not live very long which happened (2005 aged 45); his own eldest son would have a major health breakdown which was a stroke (1996 or 97); there would be a pandemic (Covid 2020); there would be a second Gulf War as the "... Americans will have had enough of Saddam Hussein and they will get rid of him. But I think they will lose a FEW men the next time (2003); I'd make a silly mistake at work and "they" would use that to get rid of me (1995); etc. These were all predicted and they all happened.

He wasn't an admirer of Zionism, commenting that ".... they've served their purpose ..." (it's up to the Jews to recognise Christ, not the other way round). But he also conjectured "I think He (God) is going to drive us off the planet... I think we'll learn to teleport..."

He died in 1992, and (from Wikipedia) "The first successful experimental quantum teleportation of a photon's polarization was achieved by two independent research groups in 1997", five years later.

It's a long cry from that event to teleporting material objects, and even more so living creatures which have a spirit.

But I think we'll get around that obstacle eventually, although there will most likely be a considerable hiatus between the first inanimate teleportation and the first biological teleportation.

We've moved a long way in space travel since World War II. Robert Goddard's rockets might have gone a couple of hundred feet into the air in the 1920's. The V2's were flying about 250 kms in 1944; NASA landed men on the moon a mere 25 years later; Voyagers 1 and 2 left the solar system in 2012 and 2018 respectively. Of course we now have AI and robotics both of which would be absolutely necessary for a civilisation in space. It's obvious God is letting us do these things, which implies they form part of His plan.

As Dietrich Bonhoeffer might have put it, Man has "Come of Age".

Now suppose his prediction happens, that God does indeed drive us off the planet - what price Jerusalem or for that matter Rome in a civilisation which might be spread through a fair section of the Milky Way? I'm Catholic and I accept the Petrine Chair - Christ was setting up an office and giving the church authority when He declared Peter the Rock.

But I know of no Biblical mandate for Rome to be the "eternal city".

The way politics is going we could well be heading for nuclear wars, and those cities could easily be destroyed.

So I'm not over impressed with hardline pronunciations about either Jerusalem or Rome for that matter. In the end they're just cities.

That's my cold blooded view, and that's what I think.

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MarkRohfrietsch said:

Actually, I am wrong, Jesus Christ chose Paul to follow him.

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ViaCrucis said:

I resonate with this a lot. I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder over 15 years ago. Many, many years ago I took up the practice of praying the Jesus Prayer after reading about The Way of the Pilgrim. I have frequently sought refuge in that Prayer more times than I can count when anxiety rises. To remind myself--for in the panic it is easy to forget--that I am in Jesus' hands and He has my back. I rise and fall by the mercy of the Lord.

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Studyman said:

I would also appreciate it if you wouldn't add claims I have never stated. Can you find a quote where I said "SabbathBlessings said that the other laws other than the Ten Commandments "have no significate value""? I don't think you can because I never said that.



"Many" people who call Jesus Lord, Lord, claim that Passover and Feast of Unleavened bread were not part of creation, yet it is written; "the Christ was slain from the foundation of the world".

Col. 1: 21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and "which was preached to every creature which is under heaven"; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

For me, I personally think it's foolish to suggest or imply that the only Words God spoke to the Adam, Noah or Abraham are recorded in Scripture. Clearly Paul didn't think so.

The 1st and 2nd Greatest commandment that Jesus Himself teaches, were not enumerated at Creation, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist. Wouldn't it be foolish to believe or imply that God didn't share with mankind HIS 2 greatest Commandments? Clearly Cain knew it was a sin to hate his brother, but where was the Commandment enumerated? I think it's a mistake to believe that God had every Word HE spoke to Adam, Cain, Noah or Abraham recorded in Scripture.

I think it's a mistake to assume God didn't know Adam would sin before Adam sinned. Or imply that HE didn't have His Salvation plan in place from the foundation of the world. Or assume that Abraham didn't know about "Passover and Feast of Unleavened bread", especially since his own life was a mirror of the "Exodus" and that he literally was instructed to "Deny himself, pick up his cross and follow God". After all, It is written:

Gen. 22: 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

And Jesus did say:

John 8: 56 Your father Abraham "rejoiced to see my day": and he saw it, and was glad. 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

And God Gave Israel Passover and Unleavened bread before He gave them His Weekly Sabbath or the 10 Commandments. Since you say everything God does is with intent and purpose, which I agree, shouldn't the timing of this event then be looked at through the same prism?



I have never suggested or implied that God "ADDED" His Feasts, including His Sabbaths, because of Sin. Not sure what you are talking about there.

As for the "ADDED" Law, Levi wasn't even born yet in Abraham's time, the Levitical Priesthood was clearly Added 430 years after Abraham, at least according to Scriptures. And like the Eternal Priesthood we have now, it was ADDED "Because of Transgressions". And the Priesthood covenant with Levi was only temporary, to be in place "Till the True Lamb of God, the Priest "After the Order of Melchizedek" should come. So we are now under a New, incorruptible Priesthood, that God provided for us in His Mercy, "Because of Transgressions". To replace the Temporary Priesthood Covenant HE made with Levi that God provided for Israel, in His Mercy, "Because of Transgressions".

How is this understanding not aligned with all scripture?

But the Law of God to Love Him and Love one another, as defined in Scriptures, and the Laws, Judgments and Statutes which hang on them, including the 10 Commandments, has existed since the creation of human life, and will be required by God as long as human life exists, as it is the foundation of all Righteousness.

I know how popular the preaching is, that God's Entire Law wasn't even given to mankind until 430 years after Abraham. That for Israel, Transgression of the Law came first, then the Law after that. It's absurd really, and yet there are huge religious businesses and sects of this world that promotes this very thing to whoever adopts their religion.

My hope is that someone might consider these things, ask and answer questions in a discussion about them as we are tasked to "prove all things".. I asked you some important questions, but you didn't consider them worthy of your acknowledgment or engagement.

This seems to always lead to frustration, then resentment. I'm not here to preach down to anyone. Just looking to examine and discuss in an honest and unbiased way, what is written in Scripture in search for, not justification for one religious philosophy over another, but the Truth of God.

I think you are attributing to God, a "Value system" HE incorporates towards His Laws, Judgments and Statutes, that doesn't align with what is actually written in Scriptures. I could be wrong. And clearly you have made up your mind.

So it might be best to just move on.

Thanks for the discussion anyway, it's always good to dwell on the Word of God, in my view.

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