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There’s a Giant Flaw in Human History

For example a couple of academics linked to Karoly (who was also labelled a quack) were said to be amateurs and did not know what they were talking about.
Interesting characterization, can you show what was actually written about them?
Dunn's idea of the pyramid having some ability to generate energy into pseudoscience.
Who has shown that the pyramids have generated any energy? Without positive corroboration this just conjecture.
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Eve and the Fallacy of Moral Choices

But you see none of these observations are even accurate. What is accurate is that the package of Adam and Eve came PREPACKAGED with FAULTS.

Paul outlined this clearly in 1 Cor. 15:42-46 showing us exactly the conditions that
Adam and “all” natural people are planted in. These 3 things also correlate to Eve’s built in flaws:

Planted in corruption
Planted in dishonor
Planted in weakness

Is there supposed to be some surprise if outcome of making decisions with those pre-existing conditions is not and can never be moral? We make every decision from those planted conditions. Basically being seeded in dung, within the darkness of earth, our own dust body.
There were no preexisting conditions in Adam and Eve. They were two pure beings that had free will. The sin came from the serpent.

Before eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Adam and Eve were perfect beings, and had the right to eat from the tree of life. If there was any corruption in them, they would not have been given the right to eat from the tree of life.

But, when they exercised their free will, and ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they were filled with the wrong spirit. The spirit was Satan’s spirit that became apart of man.

As far as Planted in corruption, Planted in dishonor, Planted in weakness - this is speaking of man after Adam - man from the point of Adam sin, is born into corruption, etc. Through Adam, creation became corrupted.

If Eve had only eaten from the wrong tree, nothing would have happened to creation, because God created man; woman was made from man. It’s the man’s seed that became corrupt, therefore children born from the corrupted man’s seed is born into sin. Not the woman.

That’s why Jesus had to be born without the male seed, yet he still could be born through an untainted pure virgin and the Holy Ghost - God’s Holy Seed was placed in her.

That’s why the Bible tells us Jesus came in the likeness of sinful flesh - Likeness - He was born without man’s corrupted seed.
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The Mamdani Model: More Socialist Mayors to ComeBeware! The DSA will attempt to repeat Mamdani’s success in other Democrat strongholds.

Do you think that it matters in the reality of the world, which nations participate in that?

No, but it matters for that graph. It's measuring poverty rates between OECD peers. That's only capable because they have an agreement that ensures there is data sharing on a like for like basis.

The comment was made that socialistic economies are better for the poor than capitalist ones, while excluding a huge number of countries in the data set. That's not useful.

No, the comment was that "democratic socialist" countries populate the low end of child poverty rates.

Democratic socialist is a subset of socalist countries.

They - generally speaking - combine democratic representative governments with substantial state involvement in the economy with universal social safety nets. Typical features include state-owned monopoly corporations which act according to a charter rather than purely financial considerations, some form of state-led economic planning and strong regulatory controls, particularly around labour.

Some may seek socialist reformation of the economy, while others are more concerned with market socialism as a way to curb the 'race to the bottom' excesses of unregulated capitalism. Generally that's a social democracy vs democratic socialism distinction, but time and popular usage has blurred those lines.
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Couple quick questions, would a or The Catholic Church recognize my marriage? (We just went to the courthouse 4 yrs ago, legal and all, but not in a church of any sort) and how do they handle baptism? My 4 yr old and 2 yr old have not been baptized yet and I would like them to be.
You should definitely speak to the priest at your local parish, but here's my best shot at an overview. A Catholic is supposed to get married by a priest or have special permission by the Church to have a ceremony elsewhere which it sounds like your wife did not. If your wife decides to become a practicing Catholic again, and this is the first marriage for both of you, she goes to confession and then the next step is to get your marriage "convalidated." It's a short private ceremony usually with just a few witnesses to "bring your marriage into the Church." First there's some paperwork, some questions, you would have to agree to raise the children as Catholic and comply with Catholic teaching. They would ask for your baptismal record and your wife's. The children would get baptized. Again, it is essential to talk to a priest because there may be exceptions, but that should give you a rough idea of the kinds of things to expect.
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Seeking advice from lifelong virgins

I never had a girlfriend in my 22 years of life until I met the love of my life in 2024. She passed away earlier this year. She wasn't perfect but was closer to it than anyone I've ever met. Witty, innocent, gorgeous, thoughtful, forgiving, the whole 9 yards. We were waiting until marriage to have sex, both of us were virgins. She told me she didn't know what she would do if I died first, and that she would probably become a nun. I told her I would never remarry if anything were to happen to her. We didn't get a chance to get married to begin with, but sure enough, something did happen to her. I intend to honor the spirit of what I promised, I know there is no Biblical obligation, but I find it to be romantic to do so. But it has been and will be difficult for me. It's been 6 months since she passed now. I don't know why the Lord took her from this earth so early. She was just 19. I know that there's no marriage in heaven, but I really want to see her again. Without getting too graphic, we were not 100% innocent. We never had sex, but we definitely had very intimate moments together. Have I already defiled the marriage bed with her? Were/are we one flesh? Does that even matter when it comes to seeing her again? How can I find the resolve to honor what I promised to her? I don't mean to spark any played-out gender war nonsense but I am generally unimpressed with the American dating pool. I'm not necessarily longing for another woman, but I always envisioned myself having a family one day. Has anybody else been in a similar situation?

Disneyland 'MAGA Invasion' Organizers Reveal Plans to 'Trigger' Guests and ‘Make Disney Great Again’

Which 'certain libs' do you assert are triggered?
Those who would get triggered by the presence of that group at Disneyland. What do you want, names and adresses? If there's none who will be triggered by it, then it's a moot issue.
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Clinton's avoiding deposition

Why is it okay to copy and paste some article from a source that leans left, or right but it's not okay to use AI?
Because you don't know what source the AI got it from. How do you know hte AI source is good?

This should be basic stuff here.

Either way is dialing it in but I don't see anyone complaining about copy and paste jobs as long as a source is given
Yes. Because. source is given.

AI is not a source. AI is like a slave that finds you the information that it wants on the topic you ask it to. But it doesn't tell you where it found it all. So. The slave is not the source; where the slave gets it; that's the source.

It should not be a hidden trinket of knowledge to understand that knowing the source of information is going to add legitimacy to a piece of information.
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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

Last I heard, this was an urban legend. What school was this, when did it happen, and what is your source?
a billion percent.
One of my....very simple students came up to me last year saying she didn't want to go to her new high school cause "my dad heard they let kids be cats in there".

It is never ever true. And they never ever admit it. And they never ever stop listening to the liars. And so they never learn.
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Trump suggests he’ll release Jeffrey Epstein ‘client list’ if elected: ‘I’d have no problem with it’

‘She’s Trying to Take Down Trump’: Laura Loomer Slams ‘Despicable Traitor’ MTG for Joining Epstein Files Push

Far-right provocateur Laura Loomer is going scorched earth on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), accusing the congresswoman of betraying Donald Trump by joining a bipartisan push to unseal the long-buried files of Jeffrey Epstein

“There’s become two Americas,” Greene said during the press conference. “There’s the America for the rich and the powerful and the elite—where they never face any struggles or problems… And then there’s forgotten America that faces all the problems and deals with all the issues and never gets justice for being sexually assaulted and raped by a monster.”

“This isn’t one political party or the other,” she added. “It’s a culmination of everyone [who] worked together to silence these women and protect Jeffrey Epstein and his cabal.”

Greene later revealed on Real America’s Voice that she had received “a lot of pushback” from Trump’s orbit for supporting the petition—but stopped short of blaming Trump himself.

Will the true protectors of Donald Trump please stand up? Is it the group trying to hide the files or the group trying to expose the files?
Isn't this admitting that Trump will be damaged by the release of the files?
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A Christian response to "No Kings."

Who ever has to mention him every day and be completely consumed with him lol.

Are you kidding. The ABC is like the BBC lol. I would not trust them at all. Another State controlled media who push a partisan narrative.
The statue was real, and not reported only by ABC.
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Does atheism even really exist?

So I was looking into this idea a little bit more and it turns out a guy named Paul Tillich already had the idea like 70 years ago. Don't you just hate when that happens? It's like when you think of a good invention that will make you rich and then you google it and somebody already made it and it's not even that successful. Anyways apparently he is Lutheran which is crazy because I am Lutheran too. And he has German ancestry and lived in Illinois? I am thinking that I am an incarnation of this guy...I ALSO had a girlfriend named Hannah
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Questions and Answers

@Douggg doesn't seem to understand that you do believe that works are required for salvation in what you call "the gospel of the kingdom" that you think is only for the Jews. Can you explain your belief in two gospels to him so that he doesn't waste his time trying to defend you just because he doesn't understand what you believe?

I guess you won't agree, even when I point out the logical form of your reasoning, that you are saying works are necessary for salvation?
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Are the Jews Israel, or is the church Israel? Or does it depend on the context of the passage?

With the old covenant no longer being in effect because of being made obsolete, why would God expect people to continue following the old covenant law?

There is a simpler explanation, but it won't matter to you.
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DOGE NEWS

DOGE claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside ‍financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
At least I don't have to pay so much for Left-wing propaganda now.

I feel much better now.
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UK Supreme Court rules Northern Ireland's religious education requirement unlawful: Tantamount to 'indoctrination'

What does pluralist religious education look like. Is it learn prayer and hymes one week, Islam the following week and satanism the week after. To ensure all beliefs are covered and kids have a balanced view.

What about secular religion being pushed in State schools. How come that is never a problem. Kids come home speaking about how they learnt about race, LGBTIQ+ sex and that little boys can become girls. How come this religion is given priority over others lol. Heck some schools don't even tell the parents how they are brain washing their kids.
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