I voted yes, but I would allow the substitution of corn tortillas for wheaten bread and brandy for wine in special circumstances.

Eating early sounds extra brilliant.

BRLLI

linux.poet said:

The world's population has grown by 3 billion in 32 years?!

I learn something new every day.

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Same here! I suspect the population will rise steadily, and eventually go down. I cannot be sure. Just my opinion.

soldier of light said:

It's like I'm an outcast and misfit.

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So am I. But we are not alone, GOD and Christ are with us, they have made their home with us, tabernacle in our temporary dwelling of flesh. There are also others like us scattered to the four winds but extremely few in number. All who live GODLY in Christ Jesus suffer persecution. You seem to handle it well.

biblelesson said:

Most scriptures you referenced are taken out of context

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IF we believe Jesus' statement that man shall live by every Word of God there is no such thing as taking anything out of context because everything applies to everyone

biblelesson said:

you use those scriptures to support you, not what they truly mean.

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Well of course I use the scriptures for understandings of facts therein. There is no other way other than applying our own imaginations, if that's your preference?

biblelesson said:

It would take too much time to correct all of what you have said, so I will only address this part!

Adam was in a natural body - that’s true. But, his body was not a corrupted body?

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Paul states how Adam was created, cited to you multiple times now. I really don't care if you accept those facts or not.

Adam was never meant to occupy a wet dust body for eternity anyway, per Paul.

biblelesson said:

1 Corinthians 15:44 KJV
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

Before the fall, Adam had not undergone the change

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Already showed Adam was a sinner just like the rest of us, from the moment he was created because it was never an account of just Adam or Eve, but the tempter tempting them within. You only see Adam and Eve. Not my problem that you can't seem to connect the dot of evil thoughts and evil words to the defilement they both showed before they ate, and that defilement was of the devil, a sin. Mark 7:21-23

A lot of freewillers mistake sin as being only the external act and that is not the case, per Jesus.

You may love your own story more than the scriptural account. And that's fine with me. I'm not the guardian of your mind or the ruler of your beliefs.

I just don't think they exist in scripture. I'm interested in what scripture says.

I need to wear mine more often.

Anyone else surprised? Anyone? Bueller?

Lost4words said:

Bigfoot is real...

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Do SEVERAL of them exist? Surely the one "found" in the 60s is long deceased by now...

CLEEB said:

When Adam and Eve gained the knowledge of good and evil then they knew they were naked and obviously knew that this was not good because they attempted to cover themselves.

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It's not, IMO, that they knew that nakedness was wrong; it's that, with their loss of innocence they thought it was wrong. They thought they were wrong, in their essence, as God made them. They now knew something foreign: they knew shame. And we've never gotten over this and will not get over it in this fallen world; shame of self is part of the exile from God that we all experience in this world. JMO, tho.

ChubbyCherub said:

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Personally, I'm a very open book and have no fear of judgment because I know that we are all sinners and I do not judge others for their sin but try to instruct them in the ways of Christ.

That being said, I am reading that many are embarrassed or ashamed so this once popular action is not very popular, anymore?

I'm not sure it was ever popular in Protestant churches but I haven't lived since the beginning of when they were formed so am not an authority on this point.

Furthermore, is this why Catholics confess to priests?

Thanks, as always, for helping me! I know I always have lots of questions but you all are very good to me with your assistance.

God bless.

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(posting in fellowship)

A little known fact.

Private confession isn't just in the Catholic Church.

The Orthodox Church, all other Eastern Churches (Oriental, Assyrian Church of the East, Ancient Church of the East etc), Lutheran, Anglican/Episcopalian also offer private confession to the priest or minister followed by absolution, as well.

I will not comment further because I am NOT non-denominational, I am Catholic.

Peace

Guojing said:

Jesus never said anything, even after he rose from the dead, that the Law is now optional for any of them (Matthew 28:20).

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Did you miss Jesus explaining that He fulfilled the law, became the Lord of the Sabbath, and taught His disciples that He was instituting two love commandments that encapsulated all of the law and the prophets?

Guojing said:

So if obedience to the Law was required to enter the kingdom before the cross, it continue to be required after the cross.

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Not in the way you mean it. Several passages of Scripture clearly establish that the coming of Christ has brought an end to the Mosaic Law.

Romans 10:4, “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.”

Christ fulfilled the Ten Commandments by living a perfect and sinless life and so when man trusts in Christ as his Savior, Christ’s righteousness is imputed to that individual so we have justification (Romans 4) resulting in the fact that the Law can’t condemn us (Romans 4:4-8; 5:1, 7:1-6, 8:1).

Christ fulfilled the ceremonial ordinances, the shadows and types of His person and work, by dying on the cross for us and in our place.

Christ also fulfilled the Social Law, but now He replaces it with a new way of life fitting to our new salvation.

The believer now is under God’s new law, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:2-4).

Therefore, the doctrine of justification by means of faith in Jesus Christ upholds the Law for three reasons:

(1) Jesus Christ’s death on the Cross satisfied the demands of God’s Law that required that human sin be judged (Romans 3:26).

(2) Jesus Christ’s death on the Cross establishes the Law by fulfilling the purpose of the Law in driving men to Jesus Christ as their Savior (Galatians 3:24).

(3) Jesus Christ’s death on the Cross establishes the Law by providing believers the capacity to obey the Law through the ministry of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:3-4).

This is why I have stated in the past that the Holy Spirit gives us the knowledge of sin and the way to repentance since the law is not able to. This is why there is no longer condemnation for those in Christ (Rom. 8:1).

Thanks for sharing!

johnnypapa said:

Newman Guide adds Catholic elementary, secondary, graduate school sections

www.catholicworldreport.com

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Thanks for sharing!

Lord have mercy!

essentialsaltes said:

Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson unjustified​

The internal committee ruled that the university didn't follow proper procedures and didn't prove there was good cause to fire Melissa McCoul, who was a senior lecturer in the English department with over a decade of teaching experience.

[The professor's lawyer believes it will have go to litigation, as the school may not listen to its own committee.]

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Good! Professors should be allowed to have academic freedom.

FireDragon76 said:

Hate implies preference more than it does the kind of negative affective emotions and judgements we associate with the word hate in the modern world. Jesus isn't addressing what we think of today as self-loathing and self-harm. He's just saying there's a hierarchy of goods, with our life being situated within a set of values

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The word is hate. No sense trying to water it down.

I think we can all agree that God hates evil and we all have evil in our hearts. Not hard to hate ourselves if we recognize the presence of the tempter tempting us within.

Yep. Hate

That's pretty awful. I wonder if he has some form of dementia?

seeking.IAM said:

The evening news and any other talking head telling me what I should think and believe.

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I feel like I don't watch cable anymore.

wing2000 said:

...and President Trump will secure the great oil fields of Venezuela for the American people. Drill, baby, drill!

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The oil will be throwing garlands at the feet of American troops as liberators.

MotoToTheMax said:

Have they checked all the local churches? Seems they tend to offer safe harbor for these kind of people.

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Many predators become ministers because it's all about ACCESS. I don't even want to think about what is going through their minds. It gives the chills. ugh

essentialsaltes said:

Update time.

Mississippi Republican Takes Plea Deal After Destroying Satanic Statue in Iowa​

Michael Cassidy, a former congressional and legislative candidate, was set for trial June 3, but his attorney filed a guilty plea on his behalf to an aggravated misdemeanor count of third-degree criminal mischief, the Des Moines Register reported. [felony charges were dropped as part of the deal. He gets 2 years probation and pays restitution.]

Since that 2023 event, Iowa has refused the Satanic Temple's applications to have a holiday event at the Capitol.

State again denies Satanic Temple's request to hold event at Iowa Capitol building​

Matt Kezhaya, general counsel for The Satanic Temple, said the government is not alowed to deny pubic services or benefits to people or religous groups because officials disagree with their beliefs.

"Once state officials open up the Capitol to public events, as it has for displays and events around the holidays, they can't legally exclude The Satanic Temple because of its disfavored or minority viewpoint," he said in a statement.

In June, the ACLU of Iowa filed a civil rights complaint on behalf of The Satanic Temple Iowa alleging state officials illegally discriminated against the group based on its members’ religion when they denied the group’s event request in 2024.

[And now they've denied it again for 2025.]

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Vandalism is vanadism. I understand why he did it, from a retro-perspective*, but he has no right to destroy someone's property. That's so uncalled for.

*In Christianity, Satan is evil. NOT that I'm advocating for destroying other people's property. EVER.

Trump's trying to get more rigs.

Trump faces rare rift with Florida Republicans over offshore drilling plan​

“The new maps released today by @SecretaryBurgum and @Interior outlining potential new offshore oil drilling sites in the Gulf of America are HIGHLY concerning—and we will be engaging directly with the department on this issue,” Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) wrote in a post on the social platform X.

“Our Administration supports the 2020 Presidential Memorandum [when Trump 1.0 blocked drilling in Florida] and urges the Department of Interior to reconsider and to conform to the 2020 Trump Administration policy,” Molly Best, a spokesperson for DeSantis, said in a statement to The Hill.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s “updated reserve estimate of 7.04 billion barrels of oil equivalent shows the Central and Western areas will remain prolific for decades, but sustaining the Gulf’s long-term competitiveness means evaluating opportunities in the Gulf of America Program Area B as well,” Erik Milito, president of the National Ocean Industries Association, said in a statement to The Hill, referring to all of the drilling areas proposed by the Trump administration.

Vambram said:

That progressive liberal judge doesn't know the facts. She made a political decision instead of a lawful decision.

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Vambram said:

She ain't a liar.

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Everyone lies, it is part of our sin nature. Some just lie more than others. Psychologists have studied this enough that most psych tests will have questions on lying. Answer that you never lie may get your pre-employment application thrown out.

The above may show ignorance, hyperbole but perhaps not purposeful lies? Like the BBC is 100% fake news. Anyway, as to the case, from what I read it was quite legal. Not every court is political
A true progressive judge would have likely dismissed to where it can not be tried again. They did a favor to Trump because the insurance lawyer with no trial experience was losing the case.
Here is just one excerpt from google ai on this judge.
"U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie is considered
highly qualified and is widely respected in the legal community for her extensive experience, procedural rigor, and knowledge of the law."