what are you feeling right now? (24)
- By DragonFox91
- Depression Disorders
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I am really struggling right now. It is sad. I think it's supposed to be bad. Being saved is no fun.
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We do have a rule against promoting commercial products or services.Now you're asking? Would that be From Testimony to Knowledge: Evaluating Near-Death Experiences (available on Amazon), which you have mentioned at least twice?
This is flaming the new member. There's a difference between a Contempt of Christianity violation and this unbeliever simply explaining his own view. We have unbelievers who do that in the science forums all the time. And, if another mod disagrees with me and decides that it is, he was goaded into it by the question he was asked.divulgence to my earlier question implies that theology and apologetics will be stepped on here in the attempt to explicate a particular view of The Philosophy of History and/or Historiography, you run the risk of having this thread closed and removed. And that would be an unfortunate waste of time for both of us.
Are you a mod? Do you have authority to make these sorts of determinations and dictate his options to him? I told him this thread was okay here. I don't see any rules that he has violated. He's not a troll. Do you think the members of staff are so blind that we can't tell the difference?However, and as unfortunate as it is, you've been preceded here by a number of vitriolic, atheistic, rambunctious trolls who a few years ago, through their constant needling of Christians and their respective views on faith, have caused the rules of Christian Forums to be changed so that discussions that delve into the depths of Philosophy and Apologetics can no longer be had between Christians and non-Christians.
So, even though I consider myself as someone who has been partially influenced by philosophers like Wittgenstein in my own outlook on the world, that sort of discussion won't go far here on CF. So, you have two choices 1) leave CF and forget about it, or 2) change your approach to one that doesn't dig in too much and overturn the apple cart, so to speak.
Go in peace. I am sorry that you have been treated badly here.I don't want my speech to be limited by anyone, especially if my speech is not harming anyone. I'm moving on.
Yes, Fuentes has appeared on other people's podcasts, which are popular. ButSnort. The Claim on the table was
"Fuentes broadcasts his flaws publicly, and his messages are amplified by those on the right."
From your source:
Nick Fuentes, an online personality known for his racist and antisemitic views, has elicited renewed interest from national news publications and political figures in recent months, exemplified by a series of his appearances on podcasts popular with right-wing audiences
At this point I'm just answering replies I'm getting about something that might happen three months from now. I expect everyone here will have forgotten all about it way before the end of February. And I doubt anything will come of it to remind anyone about it.Plenty of other threads here if you don't care about this topic.
Thanks for keeping up on this.Trump Canceling GDP Report Comes Under Scrutiny
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Monday that it has canceled the release of its advance estimate of third-quarter GDP. [And no future release date has been set.]
The department said the release was being canceled due to disruption caused by the federal government shutdown, but the announcement has sparked criticism and speculation that the report is being held because of disappointing data.
Are you getting your insurance via the ACA? That is via the exchange either with or without a subsidy?I read what you said just fine. You said that the ACA lowered costs. It did not. You are demonstrably wrong. In fact in my case, after the ACA was passed, the rate of increase of my healthcare costs accelerated vs. how much it had increased in prior years.
You're hanging your hat on the unverifiable claim that the ACA reduced the rate of healthcare cost increase. But neither you, nor I, nor anyone else has any idea how much or how quickly the rate of increase would have been without the ACA. That is a counterfactual that literally NO ONE can know, because it didn't happen. The whole of your "lower costs" assertion rests on this unknown.
I suppose it's easier to pretend like the recipients of your message are incapable of understanding what you've written than it is to admit that you're just plain wrong.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
IP (Intellectual Property) is more precious than you realize. If a tech give you a capability nobody else has, you can sell that capability instead as a service while maintaining the use of such tech in secret. You maintain full control of your IP.When has that ever been the case? Must be a huge waste of money to ever advertise anything ever if there is more profit in something that no one knows anything about.
Sigh.
Material science is not some philosophical argument it is an actual science, I was a materials scientist working in forensic engineering.But it certainly is not a cold, hard factual thread of just objective science but also of philsophy of science. Otherwise all it would be doing in doubling down on the idea that it is the material science that is partly to blame for creating the flaw in the narrative by pushing this worldview over all else in this thread. It becomes another situation dominated by one methodology and epistemics in how we should see the world.
Partly. Like I said you could look at the things they made and if the ancients did use say chemistry and messing around with the physics of material nature. If the ancients knowledge came from their belief and experiences how would you prove this.
We could perhaps prove the out of place signature is real and was caused by some sort of machining. We could prove the ancients purposely designed the pyramids to generate some sort of energy they used.
But you will not ever believe that this was the result of some transcedent knowledge.
So it is better to prove that there is transcedent knoewledge before trying to show in in specific examples that your never going to believe and will always want a material and scientific explanation for.
| Stage / Group | Sequence of Responsibilities |
|---|---|
| 1. Police / Accident Investigators | - Arrive first and secure the crash scene- Coordinate emergency response- Collect initial evidence (photos, measurements, witness statements)- Retrieve vehicle data if available- Begin preliminary accident reconstruction- Notify the coroner/medical examiner when fatalities occur |
| 2. Coroner / Medical Examiner | - Take custody of the deceased- Conduct autopsy and toxicology- Determine medical cause of death- Document injury patterns- Issue death certificate |
| 3. Forensic Pathologists | - Perform detailed trauma and injury analysis- Assess whether injuries match collision dynamics- Provide findings to police and reconstruction experts- Offer expert testimony if required |
| 4. Crash Reconstruction Experts | - Reconstruct crash mechanics using physics, scene evidence, and vehicle data- Determine speeds, trajectories, impact sequence, and forces- Link mechanical events to injury outcomes- Produce formal reports for investigators and insurers |
| 5. Manufacturers / Forensic Engineering / Material Science | - Investigate suspected component, structural, or material failures- Conduct materials and metallurgical analysis (fracture, fatigue, corrosion)- Assess design, manufacturing, or maintenance-related defects- Provide engineering reports for investigators or insurers |
| Stage / Group | Sequence of Responsibilities |
|---|---|
| 1. Archaeologists / Field Excavators | - Identify and document workshop remains, unfinished artifacts, tool marks, and quarry sites- Record context, stratigraphy, and dating- Collect samples of stone, residues, and copper fragments- Photograph and map tool marks and manufacturing traces |
| 2. Egyptologists / Textual & Iconographic Analysts | - Examine reliefs, inscriptions, and tomb scenes depicting craft activities- Interpret terms for tools, materials, and workshop processes- Compare evidence across Old Kingdom sites (e.g., Giza, Saqqara, Abu Rawash) |
| 3. Materials Analysts / Microscopy & Petrography Specialists | - Use optical microscopy, SEM, and thin-section petrography to study tool marks- Analyze abrasive residues (quartz sand, emery, corundum, etc.)- Determine stone composition (granite, diorite, schist, limestone) and hardness- Characterize copper alloy composition and hardness (pure copper vs arsenical copper) |
| 4. Experimental Archaeologists | - Reproduce cutting, drilling, sawing, turning, and polishing using period-appropriate materials- Test copper saws, tube drills, bow drills, chisels, pounding stones, and sand abrasives- Document resulting tool marks for comparison with ancient surfaces- Assess labor time, wear rates, and practical feasibility of techniques |
| 5. Engineering / Mechanics & Tribology Researchers | - Model cutting forces, abrasion mechanics, and tool–stone interactions- Quantify material removal rates using copper tools with added abrasives- Analyze efficiency of rotational drilling (tube drills), sawing, and pounding methods- Compare mechanical signatures with archaeological marks (striations, grooves, kerfs) |
| 6. Forensic Archaeologists / Comparative Analysts | - Match experimentally produced tool marks with ancient examples- Evaluate consistency of patterns (circular striations, sawing kerfs, drill holes)- Identify whether the observed evidence fits known Old Kingdom techniques- Rule out or confirm exotic or anachronistic tool hypotheses |
| 7. Synthesis by Interdisciplinary Research Teams | - Integrate archaeological, experimental, chemical, and engineering data- Produce coherent models explaining how specific artifacts (vases, sarcophagi, granite blocks) were manufactured- Publish findings for peer review and comparison with other sites and periods |
Maybe your wires. are not there. ??Jesus was not of the priesthood of Aaron / Levitical but of Melchizedek. Hebrews 7:7 You attempt to connect what Jesus did with the Levitical system will not apply. If Jesus was on Earth today he would not be a priest. Hebrews 8:4 Jesus could not even be a priest under the law because he came from Judah not Levi. You have your wires crossed and your comment has short circuited.
Why was the president withholding federal funds?If Trump was a fascist, Mandami would not have been able to step foot in the White House, much less have a meeting with the President. Mandami knew that, which is why he went to Trump, begging for the federal funding.
Sometimes we get photos of the family. Rarely, do we get updates or old fashioned cards. Maybe it's becoming rare nowadays?Do people still send Christmas cards? Some years I sent 70. At any rate I always sent several cards. Now I'm blessed if I receive two. Are cards a thing of the past? I have some boxes of beautiful cards and i hate to throw them away. I also miss receiving them. Can someone enlighten me about this custom?
I still remember the Scout Promise I had to make:Good observation. Historically, it appears they are/were Christian based, therefore monotheists. So saying 'a God' is unnecessary, and a bit odd. IMO.
(There is also a LDS (Mormon) Branch. And LDS/Mormons are accused by some to be polytheists, but that is not the nature of this thread, so I won't derail it).
The Vatican is his home. It's the spiritual center of our Church. It's not meant to be a home for immigrants.I don't see the Pope offering to take all of them into the Vatican.
Thanks be to God!Notre Dame reversed itself;
Notre Dame Returns ‘Catholic Mission’ to Its Core Values After ‘Confusion’
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Notre Dame Returns ‘Catholic Mission’ to Its Core Values After ‘Confusion’
Father Dowd emphasized that the school’s Catholic mission ‘guides and informs all that we do and how we work together.’www.ncregister.com