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Conservative Marc Theissen column: Trump built a winning coalition. White nationalists will destroy it.

It's obvious you don't see what that has to do with Fuentes. Maybe focus a little less on information technology and a little more on information.
I've gone down the rabbit holes and watched several full Fuentes interviews and know what he believes.

I've even gone as far as watching full length interviews with people far more extreme than Fuentes, like Gypsy Crusader, who's like Fuentes on Steroids (both figuratively and literally)


Your personal insult notwithstanding... what exactly is this "information" you wanted to discuss?

Posting a 90-minute long video of an opinion-based interview isn't a valid rebuttal in a debate.

You're supposed to be giving me a counterpoint, not an hour and half long subjective homework assignment.
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Disneyland 'MAGA Invasion' Organizers Reveal Plans to 'Trigger' Guests and ‘Make Disney Great Again’

  • A California-based conservative group is planning an unsanctioned "MAGA invasion" of Disneyland
  • On Wednesday, Nov. 19, the group known as 805 Patriots posted an invite for the meetup set to take place in February
  • One of the goals of event is to trigger "as many liberals as possible in their home turf"

  • Some commenters were concerned with paying for the tickets and sending their money to Disney, to which the organization said: “This is to go have some fun by triggering as many liberals as possible in their home turf as well as giving conservative families at least one chance to take their kids to Disneyland.”

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No person can come to Christ by their own freewill !

So it's not about their freewill. It's Christ will and power
All men are drawn.
Many men are called, few chosen.
We are not coerced
Our response is our choice.
'Choose this day who you will serve.'
'Open the door and I will come in and sup with you.'
It isn't complicated.
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Do the Ten Commandments still apply under the new covenant today?

And does the NEW COVENANT SAVE ANYONE , and do you have a verse ??

dan p
Does Jesus save anyone? Yes.
John 6:53-58 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever.” This he said in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum. RSVCE
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Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign in January

Political currency wins elections evidently... you DO want the Democrats to win, yes?

at some point you have to let the chips fall where they may.

its not our job to be the morality police, or insist that tax dollars be spent effectively. people are complacent and you have to let them be complacent to the point they get hurt before they wise up and change their ways.

teach your children the games both sides play and invest your money instead of donating it to political campaigns, you'll have more left over at the end of your life.
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Do you keep the Sabbath? (poll)

It was you said you are the one who likes to but into other people's business. Perhaps you should consider that beam in your own eye first, before instructing others.
I am going to post when and where I want to. You have no say so in that. Secondly, when you are promoting the law I’m always going to be there to argue against it.
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There’s a Giant Flaw in Human History

Belief in transcendent reality is not at issue in this discussion or even in this forum. There is no need for a Christian or a scientist to reconcile such beliefs with science.
But if the knowledge stems from some transcedent source then it is a possible source that science cannot measure that may be involved.
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Is the Bible inerrant?

While I firmly understand your intention to inform @ChubbyCherub about the possible status about the letter of 2 Peter, just dropping the above statement on her without a finer, lengthier explanation about the possible problems with this letter probably isn't going to help her but rather upset her.

Personally, I think it's better to keep the label of Antilegomena for 2 Peter rather than placing it all too firmly into the Pseudepigraphal "file 13." But I'm not going to argue the point because I don't think the argument in favor or against its inclusion into the canon are as clear as the "majority voices" likes to make it out to be. In other words, although someday it might be shown that I'm flat out wrong, I think 2 Peter is underdetermined and it's probably better to refer to it with the benefit of the doubt.
This is one of those issues that seems to be problematic due to rigid theories of inspiration as the basis for authority rather than building the authority around the recognition of the canon by the church. If the authoritative nature comes from the role it's played in church history, questions of authorship become more curiosities than challenges.
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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

Never. You are misusing behaviour and construct.
A behavioral construct is the means by which one interprets their experience and organizes their understanding of the world. Since when did "transgender" interpretation of their experience and organization of their understanding of the world... become an identity?
Education like health care should not be a competitive market.
Why not?
There are many instances of the Bible dictating unethical and immoral behaviour so they are not by necessity; they can be but it’s not guaranteed.
According to who? According to you? What moral weight does your opinion hold over anyone else's?
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Six Democrats urge military members to 'refuse illegal orders' in viral video; Hegseth responds

To obey US laws. Yeah. To interpret the Constitution for themselves, no.
If a person can't read, they don't need to be in the military.
You're going to have to get the Supreme Court to call it murder, if you want any legal action taken.
Admiral Holsey sure knew it was illegal.
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Trump's history of acts of kindness and generosity

Jan 6th confirmed the obvious fact people should not have voted for Trump unless you thought the Democrat alternative was even more horrible, but in general he would have to be a nice guy to his household/personal staff because if he was not there would be a conga line of staff listing their woes.
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House Democrat exchanged texts with Epstein during 2019 congressional hearing

From the link:

In one exchange, Epstein texted Plaskett: “Cohen brought up RONA - keeper of the secrets,” referring to — and misspelling the first name of — Rhona Graff, a longtime Trump assistant.​
Plaskett responded: “RONA??” She added at 2:25 p.m, “Quick I’m up next is that an acronym,” suggesting that she would be questioning Cohen soon.​
Epstein responded: “Thats his assistant.”​
At 2:28 p.m., Plaskett began questioning Cohen and asked about Graff, along with other Trump associates he had mentioned, according to the Post.​
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India: Christian families denied right to bury deceased relatives

Two Christian families in India’s Chhattisgarh state were denied the right to bury deceased relatives in their native villages. In both incidents, locals blocked access to burial plots and insisted on Hindu rites as a condition for entry, forcing the families to travel elsewhere to perform final rites.

In the first case, a man from the Kodekurse area in Kanker district died on Nov. 5 after a long illness. The man’s family attempted to bury him in their ancestral land within the village but were blocked by other residents who objected to the family’s Christian faith, the U.K.-based group Christian Solidarity Worldwide reported.

Attempts to resolve the issue through police intervention failed. The officers reportedly declined to confront the villagers, leaving the family unable to proceed with the burial. With threats escalating, the Christian community placed the body in front of the local police station in protest.

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Kindness

Yes, kindness is not selfishness but it considers what is best for others even if it means being rejected by those we love.
Kindness is of the Kingdom. Selfishness is of the world we have made in our own image. Because we reject the world of man, its institutions, its politics, doctrines, the national way, etc, all based on selfishness, we set ourselves up as enemies, in churches and even within homes.
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Worst Possible Uses for AI imaginable

But how does one differentiate balanced from imbalanced? Surely you aren't suggesting that any attempt to override emotions with reason amounts to the introduction of imbalance. That would suggest that all reason amounts to imbalance.

I would suggest that balance occurs whenever emotions are tempered by reason, and that's all that stoicism attempts to do. It's not meant to 'snuff out' emotions, it's simply meant to temper them, so that the better of me can hopefully rise above the lesser of me.

It's a work in progress.
Not everything needs to be balanced.

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