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There’s a Giant Flaw in Human History

Because CNC machine tools are not inherently more precise than manual machine tools--just more productive.
What are manual machine tools. Is that where they manually guide the cutter as opposed to automated.
You know just about as much about "everyday lathing" as a pig knows about a clean shirt.
Do the researchers in doing the tests know more than you.
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Charlie Kirk's Opinions Didn't Deserve Him Being Murdered

Thanks for trying to respond to my question. Though I am genuinely curious to hear just one of the teachings of Jesus that Charlie Kirk also preached. So far, I haven't found any.
There are already too many videos where he encourages people to be sexually moral, to go to church, to seek the Lord. I think you’d have to not be looking to not be able to find them. if you’re specifically looking for something that you can disagree on, I guess you can find it. But suggest that he wasn’t promoting Christian teachings is completely untrue.

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Curious as to what precisely makes Full-Preterism considered an non orthodox heresy?

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by your first sentence. . I have talked to many Preterists over the years and to me their doctrine of all things fulfilled after 70 AD makes everything a little confusing. I just asked grok a couple questions about it.

Is there a somewhat of an "orthodox" full preterist set of beliefs
Orthodox Press arn't Full Prets. The OP position is simple, it it happened, it happened. No " didn't really happen", or "it didn't count'. Prophecy fulfilled is prophecy fulfilled if it doesn't jibe with your doctrine. Beast makes war agajnst the Church? Happened. Jerusalem surrounded by armies? Happened. The Mark of the Beast Required to Buy or Sell? Happened. Temple desecrated, pagan sacrifice in Holy of Holies? Happened. Temple razed to the ground? Happened. Taat's off the top of my head, there are others.

No, "Those didn't count'! They have to happen again!" Rubbish. If they happened, they happened. If your doctrine doesn't recognize that reality, fix your doctrine.
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Emergency abortion denials by Catholic hospitals put woman in danger, after her water broke at 17 weeks, lawsuit claims

Thank you, I still love you :crossrc:.
for what its worth, my mom was raised catholic and i know that part of herself even in her old age:


still believes mothers should die with their miscarriages. I wish i was making this up.
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The Lost House of Israel

The fine print rules:

Romans 11:5
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Doesn't preclude or eliminate Paul's quite factual statement that ALL of Israel shall be saved, even enemies of the Gospel, Romans 11:26-32

Again, your theory is busted.

WHY is all of Israel saved? Because they are God's children, blinded for us by God as they may presently be. Deut. 14:1, Psalm 82:6, Matt. 23:9, Romans 11:8, Mark 4:15
paul also says there is no jew nor greek, male or female.

he also believed the return would be in his lifetime, so the partial hardening he thought would not lead to death.. but 2000 years later in order for "all israel" to be saved, you have to believe in continuous re-incarnation until they all come to salvation.

this is something... many jews believe to this day, and was common in the days of Jesus.
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Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked DHS/DoD Memo Shows: LA "hasn't been perfect" but indicates what's coming "for years to come"

Interesting interview.

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Portland is 145 square miles, yet one city block is damaged in protests months or even years ago draw disproportionate attention.

Portland didn't vote for Trump.
That has offended his NPD.
Period.
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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2

1 Cor 9:1
Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the [a]seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Do we have no [b]right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along [c]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

It doesn’t even allude to baptism.
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Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

There is no such thing as free will,
Then none of us is guilty of anything.
So you either accept what Christ has said or you deny it and believe your teacher instead.
And neither decision can be said to have been made "of your own free will". I
So it's all about Gods sovereignty, and nothing to do with your non existent "free will". tined to do
Then we all do what we were designed/destined to do. Cool!
Sin does not exist, until you bring it into existence.
Which happens whenever God's will dictates
God does not tolerate, not having His will be done.
Kinda like saying that a software developer doesn't tolerate wehen his software does something he didn't tell it to do. But then his code can't do anything he doesn't tell it to do.
So His will always has been done and always will be done. Nothing can happen, apart from His will. He is sovereign over ever single thing in the whole universe, everything is subject to His Ruling Authority. Your free will does not exist.
Cool, then we needn't worry about anything. Pure determinism, and nothing at all for which we can be either praised or blamed.
Everything is equally pointless. I think I'll have another beer. Come On You Lions!
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Three ICE detainees shot, 2 dead, at ICE facility in Dallas; suspected shooter committed suicide.

No, but the difference is that Conservatives want illegal cheap labor. Illegals can be paid substandard wages and denied the protection of US labor law. If they're here on a work visa they have to be treated fairly. That's one of the issues the Left has with ICE. Except for a few staged raids they have left large corporate employers of illegal labor alone. Showily rounding up a few day laborers from Lowe's parking lot doesn't cut it.
ICE, racing to fulfill President Donald Trump’s goal to increase deportations, has increasingly targeted work sites for immigration sweeps in recent weeks. The escalation is creating a chilling effect on the businesses that rely on immigrant labor and the workers themselves, with some staying home out of fear. America’s agriculture, construction, health care and hospitality industries are powered by immigrant workers, both legal and undocumented.
“Recent immigration enforcement raids on businesses nationwide are creating serious challenges for local economies, communities, and industries that depend on immigrant labor to operate and prosper,” said Rebecca Shi, the CEO of American Business Immigration Coalition, a group representing employers with immigrants.
(From CNN)
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BUSTED - 12 False theories refuted:

1 Timothy 6:12 - take hold of the eternal life which you received .......
Where is Timothy now? If he did actually become immortal then, why did he remain on earth as Pauls helper?
All of your "proofs', can be seen for what they are; the Promise of becoming immortal at the final Judgment.

Our lives are; to God, all about testing and the choices we make.
He has set up our world in a very clever way, so we all can choose our path in life. Basically; those who decide to ignore the plain facts of Creation and live the hedonistic lifestyle, will be discarded at the final Judgment, but those who do acknowledge God, keep His Commandments and believe in Jesus, will be given Eternal life at the GWT Judgment, Revelation 20:11-15, Revelation 21:1-7
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Anyone attempt to start a Bible Study with the people you evangelize who are mostly homeless?

We have been bringing bibles and handouts with the gospel readings for each upcoming Sunday and having all manner of discussions from those readings alone.

All are invited.

Anyone else try this or want to try it?
May you be blessed with this initiative ... it's a challenging demographics !
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The law, the commandments, and Christians.

You have neglected to give any reason to think that that the commands of Christ are not in complete accordance with the Law of Moses, especially considering that he said that man shall live by every word that comes from the mouth of God. Christ set a sinless example for us to follow of how to walk in obedience to the Law of Moses, so do you think that he gave commands that were not in accordance with what he practiced and that he hypocritically took the position that we should only do as he said but not as he did?

The scripture texts say "His" commandments, as in Jesus, not moses.

The way to love the Father is by being a doer of His character traits in obedience to the Law of Moses, which is exactly the same as the way to love the Son, who is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact likeness of His character (Hebrews 1:3).

You're not obeying Jesus if you're obeying moses. In fact, a person obeying moses does not know Jesus, and He does not know them.
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Are infants guilty because of Adam's sin?

Ro 7:9 is absolutely not figurative, nor did I say it was.
Paul is speaking there of his own experience from the vantage point of his present understanding.
Before he realized that the law condemned him to death, he was alive.
"When the commandment came;" i.e., when Paul came to the realization that he stood guilty before the law and was condemned to death.
So, if you aren't using "alive" figuratively, then what exactly does it mean? I'm taking it to mean he was spiritually alive. It looks like you are saying it means psychologically "alive", that it's a point of view, that since he is ignorant of guilt, he doesn't feel condemned. Is this your meaning? If so, then you are certainly interpreting it figuratively. In my mind, "alive" is a literal term, meaning spiritually alive, since he is speaking of the spiritual condition in this passage. If you mean that when the law came to him "I died" means he came to the realization that he is guilty, then you are certainly using it figuratively.
Ro 5:17, 18-19, 14-16, is not mere premise, it is Biblical fact:
What do you mean "mere premise"? Who said the verse was a "mere premise"? You misunderstood what I wrote, and it appears to me you are confusing the text with your interpretation of it. This is the basis of the argument. It does NOT say the sin of Adam is imputed. That's your interpretation. Can you see a difference? You approach the text with the preconceived idea that it means Adam's sin is imputed. But the text doesn't say that. So how you are reading the text is faulty.
death is the wages of sin (Ro 6:23),
sin is trangression of the law (1 Jn 3:4),
where there is no law, there is no transgresion/sin (Ro 4:15)
and, therefore no death.
When applied to infants, what you quote here could easily mean they are spiritually alive and innocent.
There was no law between Adam and Moses and, therefore, no transgression/sin to cause their deaths.
Then what caused the deaths of those between Adam and Moses when they did not sin against the law?
Their deaths were caused by the imputed sin of Adam (Ro 5:17, 18-19) to all mankind when there was no law to transgress and cause death.
This is your interpretation, which I differ with. In the first place, you are interpreting Paul's statement as "there was no law between Adam and Moses, therefore no transgression." But Paul has to mean something different than that, because there was certainly law, albeit not the law of Moses. Examples: Cain most certainly knew he had violated an unwritten (or unspoken) law "you shall not commit murder." If he thought he was innocent, he would not have lied to God saying he didn't know where Abel was. But he did lie, because he wanted to escape the impending judgment in violation of that moral principle. This is how we know there was law prior to Moses. Another example is when God said to Noah if a man sheds another man's blood (murder), his blood shall be shed (capital punishment). This is most certainly law before Moses. A 3rd example is God rained fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah because their sins stunk to high heaven. In this we can see there was most certainly law and transgression prior to Moses. Therefore Paul had to mean something different than what you claim.

Sin is sin regardless of whether one knows it or not. Ignorance of the law does not make someone innocent, not guilty, or not a sinner. So everyone who sinned prior to Moses still suffered the consequences, which was death.
Physical death wasn't "natural" until Adam sinned. . .physical death is the consequence of Adam's sin.

Now I see where your problem is.
Mine is not a figurative but a literal understansing of Ro 5:12-19 (post #7), where in Ro 5:17, 18-19 Adam's sin is imputed to all those of Adam, and which imputation is the pattern (Ro 5:14) for Christ's righteousness being imputed to all those of Christ (Ro 5:18-19).
I disagree with you, you only see a problem because I am disagreeing. No, your understanding is figurative, mine is literal. But you can't see that, can you? In that whole passage Paul is talking about spiritual death, not physical. Therefore, my interpretation is literal, in line with Paul's conversation.

And I disagree with your premise "physical death wasn't "natural" until Adam sinned." Nowhere does the scripture say that. Rom. 5 is speaking of spiritual life and death, not physical life and death. Adam died because he was denied access to the tree of life. This is clearly taught in Genesis. Physical and material death is all around us as a natural process, so your theory doesn't hold water.

Can you see the truth in my response here?
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