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Michie · 2025-10-05T14:50:00-0500

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen

Clare73 · 2025-10-05T14:49:39-0500

ViaCrucis said:
I'm sure there probably are people who believe the Church has replaced Israel, but the overwhelming majority of the time the accusation of "Replacement Theology" is nothing more than a pejorative to dismiss what is basic, biblical, and historic Christian teaching.

It's not "replacement" theology, it is fulfillment theology.

ViaCrucis said:
St. Paul gives us a key to helping us get our cards laid out.
"I ask, then, has God rejected His people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? 'Lord, they have killed Your prophets, they have demolished Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.' But what is God's reply to him? 'I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.' So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace." - Romans 11:1-6

The Apostle compares the remnant of faithful Israel who refused to bow to Baal with those who have embraced Jesus as Messiah and Lord. This is relevant, because when the Apostle talks about the inclusion of the Gentiles, he speaks of the Gentiles as being included in the commonwealth of Israel, as wild branches grafted onto the olive tree.

"Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called 'the uncircumcision' by what is called 'the circumcision', which is made in the flesh by hands--remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that He might create in Himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who are near. For through Him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in Whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In Him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit." - Ephesians 2:11-22

In the Messiah the Gentiles have been grafted in, brought in, and along with believing Jews are together one new people; there is neither Jew nor Greek. In Christ both Jew and Gentile are one. The Gentiles are now children of the same promises given to Israel, they are members of Israel, and Abraham is the common father of all who have faith in the Messiah. And in this way the promise made to Abraham is fulfilled, that he would be the father of many nations, through the promised Seed--that is, Jesus Christ (see Galatians 3:16).

What has happened to Israel then? Has it been replaced? Of course not. Israel has always been Israel. But Gentiles, formerly estranged, foreign, having no participation in the covenant and promises of Israel are now, through the Messiah, included and are full citizens along with the Jews. So that Jew and Gentile, together in the Messiah, are Israel. But even as it was in the days of Elijah, where there were those who were faithful to YHWH and those who were unfaithful; faithfulness to YHWH is in believing in the Messiah--in Jesus. Not that God has turned His back on the Jewish people; but that those who are in the Messiah remain faithful to YHWH; and every Gentile who formerly was an alien and a stranger has come to know YHWH and is now a member of His House, His Covenant People. It is not circumcision in the flesh that matters, but spiritual circumcision of the heart that matters--for the one who has been baptized has put off the old self and is made new in the Messiah (Galatians 3:21, Colossians 2:11-13).

For there is a New Covenant established in the blood of the Messiah, as it was in ancient times foretold by Jeremiah the Prophet,

"Behold the days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant that they broke, though I was as their husband, declares YHWH. For this is the covenant that I will made with the house of Israel after those days, declares YHWH: I will put My law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know YHWH,' for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares YHWH. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." - Jeremiah 31:31-34

The author of Hebrews adds this:

"In speaking of a new covenant, He makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away." - Hebrews 8:13

The Old Covenant was established in order that it might serve to point to Messiah and His new and better Covenant. For Christ doesn't point to Moses, but Moses to Christ. It is Christ who is the spiritual rock in the wilderness (1 Corinthians 10:1-4). He brings in a new and better priesthood, one that isn't established on the basis of genealogy, but which precedes Aaron and Levi, in the order of Melchizedek. And He offers as Great High Priest the once-and-perfect Sacrifice of Himself which has atoned for the sins of the whole world.

The Church has not replaced Israel. The Church is Israel.

Precisely. . .the people of God are only those who believe in Jesus Christ.
Unbelieving Israel, having been cut off for unbelief, is no longer part of the tree of the people of God.
They are on the same footing as unbelieving Gentiles; i.e., salvation is only by faith in Jesus Christ.
"And IF (not "when") they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in. . ." (Ro 11:23), as will the Gentiles.

ViaCrucis said:
I, a Gentile, am a member of the commonwealth of Israel through the Messiah; and therefore can call Abraham my father. Not in arrogance, as though God has turned His back on the Jewish people, or as though I am as a wild shoot grafted upon the tree better than the natural branch which was pruned (for if a natural branch can be pruned, how much more the grafted branch?). But I am, along with all Jewish and Gentile believers in the Messiah, members of God's household which is of faith, established by His grace, that all who believe belong to Him.

Not as though God has turned His face away from those Jews who do not believe, but that they too should also repent and believe the Good News. Even as this Gospel is to go forth to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem, throughout all of Judea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth--so that every Jew and Gentile, every man, woman, and child, whether they be king or peasant, slave or free, rich or poor, might hear this Good News, and be transformed by the power of God's grace, and brought into the peace of Christ, reconciled to God, and have a place at the Table. For we should affirm with St. Paul, that we are "not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God to save all who believe, the Jew first, and also the Greek." (Romans 1:16), for the Apostle will go on to say in Romans 11, where I first began quoting in this post, that "God has consigned all to disobedience in order that He might have mercy on all" (Romans 11:32). For whether Jew or Gentile "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus," (Romans 3:23-24).

Therefore, God wills and desires that all who repent and be saved. It is the good will of God that all things should be united together in the Messiah.

"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight, making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His purpose, which He set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in Him, things in heaven and things on earth." - Ephesians 1:7-10

"I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, 'Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!' And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, 'Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen!'"- Revelation 7:9-12

"And He who was seated on the throne said, 'Behold, I am making all things new.' Also He said, 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.' And He said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The one who overcomes will have this inheritance, and I will be his God, and he will be My son." - Revelation 21:5-7

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Nithavela · 2025-10-05T14:48:17-0500

FAITH-IN-HIM said:
Fighting will persist after the war, just with new character. Instated of IDF , it will be Hamas who will be fighting on the street of Gaza.

If Hamas oversees Gaza they will oppress their own people, and fire rockets toward Jerusalem.

But no one would care because Palestine will be killing Palestinian, and Palestinian firing rockets, all the liberal will be ok with the situation in Palestine as long as IDF don’t retaliate. We have seen this movie again and again past 25 years.

Let's not pretend that it is only liberals that are apathetic to this.

Hvizsgyak · 2025-10-05T14:44:18-0500

essentialsaltes said:
In related hurt feefees...

MAGA Figures Call for Creed to Play Rival Superbowl Show
After Bad Bunny was confirmed as the performer, Posobiec posted on X "By every measure Creed has earned the Superbowl halftime gig. It is time for them to take us Higher. To a place with golden streets."

Auron MacIntyre, the podcast host and author, posted on X, "Demanding that Trump replace him with Creed through executive order." As of reporting, that post has been viewed 1.6 million times.

In November of 2024, a post went viral on X claiming that Creed had replaced Kendrick Lamar as the Super Bowl halftime show performer. The post amassed over 100,000 views but was ultimately untrue.

Creed, who the heck wants them? After the ex-band members of Creed dumped their fellow Alter Bridge front man Myles Kennedy to restart Creed, I wouldn't go see them even at a horse and pony show.

Gregory Thompson · 2025-10-05T14:37:10-0500

So like, what's the difference between Adultism and Adultery?

Is this just a case of teenage angst?

Hvizsgyak · 2025-10-05T14:34:07-0500

GoldenBoy89 said:
No calls for boycott from prominent right wing influencers?

I don't think anybody from the right wing uses TikTok (except maybe their kids and they probably don't let their parents know they are using it). If they do, "BOYCOTT IT NOW!!!". How was that? I personally would not allow a kid to have a cell phone until they are at least in High School. Unfortunately, most people would disagree with me so I'll have to pass my complaint onto Trump and see if he can executive order that proposal

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Valletta · 2025-10-05T14:22:46-0500

Valletta said:
You were there? What sins do you accuse the mother of God of having committed? What sins do you accuse infants of having committed? You are also wrong about there supposedly not being any righteous people, the Bible contradicts you.

Michie · 2025-10-05T14:06:41-0500

saved24 said:
sorry for your loss

Thank you saved.

Tigger Boy · 2025-10-05T14:06:02-0500

Douggg said:
Daniel, what is your breakdown explanation of Ezekiel 39 ? Since the Gog/Magog event has not taken place yet.

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Doug, have you ever convinced anyone yet of your interpretation of closing events?

Based on the following is why I belief you need to rethink what you believe. Do you understand the unique difference between apocalyptic prophecy and Ezekiel's prophecies. Ezekiel's pertained to the Nation of Israel, and their fulfillments was based on Israel's willingness to uphold their side of the bilateral (two side) covenant with God. God gave them one last chance to reform and uphold their side of the covenant during the seventy week prophecy of Dan. 9. They were to except Chirst as the Lamb of God and offer Him up as a sacrifice upon the altar of burnt offering within the rebuilt temple. This as you know did not happen, instead they thought He was an imposter and had Him crucified as a criminal outside of the temple complex, in A.D. 30. The seventy week prophecy/ 490 years ended in A.D. 33.

At that time the bilateral covenant ended, because Israel failed to uphold their side of covenant. Jesus them redefined the nation of Israel. (Gal. 3: 28,29) Spiritual Israel, is based on faith in Christ, not ancestry. Therefore, the prophecies of Ezekiel will never come to pass. Whereas, apocalyptic prophecies (Dan, & Rev.) are one side, unilateral. They do not depend on the obedience of anyone, or any religion, or nation to be met, in order for God fulfill all the events revealed in those prophecies.

To mix these two types of prophecies is total confusion, as most people would agree, and why you are not convincing others of your interpretations. Your views are not based on valid hermeneutics, whatever they might be. Have you ever posted them that other could better understand how you arrive at your interpretations, and validate your views should they prove to be valid? I would be interested.

saved24 · 2025-10-05T14:01:20-0500

In Canada , Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are travelling across the country this weekend to receive their sentence in Ottawa on October 7th. The crown wants 7 years in prison for Tamara Lich and 8 years in prison for Chris Barber.
It's vindictive and wrong. Please pray they don't have to go to jail, thank you. God bless.
(The Freedom Convoy was a series of protests that began in late 2021 and continued into 2022, primarily in Canada. It started as a response to government measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccine mandates and restrictions on travel. The protests grew significantly, with large numbers of trucks and supporters gathering in Ottawa and other cities, leading to widespread disruptions and debates about freedom of expression, public health policies, and the rule of law.)

Hans Blaster · 2025-10-05T14:01:02-0500

ThatRobGuy said:
Not sure.
...having a few teachers in the family, based on what they said, it does seem like there's an emphasis on that sort of thing though.

My one aunt is a 4th grade teacher (covering math and reading), and had been doing the job just fine for 15+ years with a bachelors. She went back to complete her Masters because A) they offered to pay for it, and B) it got her an instant 20% pay bump because the district she teaches in uses the "step & lane" salary schedule. And completing the degree allowed her to move to a different "lane" (which is based on what type of degree you have) that had additional step levels, and retroactively apply "steps" (which are based on tenure) that she would've had.

Which, as best I know, the standard way teacher salaries are deterimined at public schools. Salaries are set by experience and by educational preparation (degree attainment). Increasing either increases your salary.

ThatRobGuy said:
This isn't her district, this is just an example I found from a real school district that uses a similar model.

Manhattan-Ogden Unified School District 383

Manhattan-Ogden Unified School District 383

www.usd383.org

OK.

ThatRobGuy said:
Did that new degree make her any better at her job? She says not really lol. After teaching 4th graders for 15+ years, one would assume a teacher has it pretty dialed in by that point.

They go to teachers school and learn more about teaching and students. The districts and state education departments certainly think teacjers should continue to engage in ongoing education (and generally require some to maintain their credentials)

ThatRobGuy said:
Not to mention, is a relatively "green" teacher with Masters better than a veteran teacher with a bachelors who's been doing it for well over a decade? In the context of elementary or Jr. High, I'd say probably not.

The top salary for bachelor's (no extra credits) is $53140. The rookie salary with a Master's is $50315. So, no they don't think that. (I assume the levels are basically years.)

The rookie masters degree teacher is likely to be young science teacher with a BS that then gets a MEd.

Michie · 2025-10-05T13:59:13-0500

“When I went to the garden one afternoon, my Guardian Angel said to me, ‘Pray for the dying.’"

How often do you turn to your guardian angel?

Saint Faustina Kowalska recorded numerous visions and spiritual experiences in her diary.

Saint Faustina's Diary is more than 600 pages. It includes prayers, spiritual experiences, and interesting stories about her life.

Saint Faustina had an incredible spiritual encounter with her Guardian angel in a garden in 1934.

A nun Faustina knew was dying, but there was no way for her to know it at the time.

The nun spoke to Faustina as she died with the help of her guardian angel - and they weren’t even in the same city!

Here’s Saint Faustina’s story about her Guardian Angel:

“When I went to the garden one afternoon, my Guardian Angel said to me, ‘Pray for the dying.’

Continued below.

When Saint Faustina's Encounter With Her Guardian Angel Saved a Dying Nun's Soul: 'Pray for Me!'

“When I went to the garden one afternoon, my Guardian Angel said to me, ‘Pray for the dying.’"

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orbiter · 2025-10-05T13:48:49-0500

Peace in Christ.

We are to be raised up together by Him and made to sit together in heavenlies (Greek: epouranios = above heavenlies) in Christ Jesus.

Eph 2:5-6
(5) Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved
(6) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

We are to be seated with Christ above the heavenlies….far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this AGE but also that age that is to come. He gives us power over the nations when we sit with Him at the right hand of God. We sit in His throne with Him.

Eph 1:20-22
(20) Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places (ABOVE the Heavenlies),
(21) Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world (AGE), but also in that which is to come:
(22) And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

This is why KINGS shall come to the brightness of our rising. The kings of this earth shall see Him shine through us and come to His light.

Isa 60:2-3 KJV
(2) For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
(3) And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Kings shall SEE and arise….princes shall also worship Him.

They once despised Him/us and were once a servant of them…the rulers of this earth.

But we are to arise and shine…to manifest His glory to them. We are be a light to the nations of this world so that they be saved. They will then see Him and come to the light that we shall shine to them.

Isa 49:6-7 KJV
(6) And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
(7) Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers,
Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

His visage…His view…is being currently “marred” so that they cannot see Him. The man-based churches are not shining the glory light to the people of this earth.

Yet, when He raises us up with Him, then kings shall shut their mouths at Him for what they had not been told they shall SEE and what they had not heard they shall consider. We are to manifest His “view” to them so that they may see His glory and consider it.

Isa 52:13-15 KJV
(13) Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
(14) As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
(15) So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

When He shall appear (being made manifest in our mortal flesh to the people of this world), we shall also appear with Him in glory.

Col 3:4 KJV
(4) When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

In His “times”…set occasions, God will SHOW our Lord Jesus Christ to them...the kings and lords of this earth. He will show to them…the kings of this earth… through us who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords.

And the kings shall SEE Him (shining through us) and will arise….princes shall also worship Him.

1Ti 6:14-16 KJV
(14) That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
(15) Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
(16) Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Currently though, the man-based churches where they are serving their handwritings of dogmas (such as a statement of faith) are not manifesting His “view” to the people of this world. His “visage” …His view …is being currently marred by them so that the people of the outside world have no desire to come to Him.

The earth became without form….the form of Christ…and void…void of the knowledge of the glory of God. We have no light to shine to the people of the outside world (the “earth”)….as we.,.His people…the “heavens”,,, have no light. His people are foolish and have no understanding and are not shining His light to anyone of this world.

Jer 4:22-23 KJV
(22) For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
(23) I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

We must come out from among the man-based churches and be separate….no longer being attached to them (they are unclean gatherings.) The man-based churches will not believe in what they will hear: the Word of Truth. What part does the believer of the Word of Truth have with the unbelievers of the man-based churches? What communion does light have with darkness?

2Co 6:14-18 KJV
(14) Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
(15) And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
(16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
(17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

We must “awake” and arise out of the dead ones…out of the dead man-based church gatherings…and Christ shall give us light so that we may shine to the people of the outside world who are in deep darkness.

Eph 5:14
(14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from (OUT OF) the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

This is the way of righteousness…to come out from among the man-based churches and be separate. The LORD call us in righteousness and will hold our hand and keep us.

He will make us a light of the nations. We are to be His light of the world.

Isa 42:6-9 KJV
(6) I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

So that their “blind eyes” may open and see His light. They will then see the Son of man being made manifest through us.

(7) To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

The LORD will not give His glory to any man-based church.

He will not give His praise to “graven images”…to churches who keep and serve their handwritings of ordinances. The people of the outside world will not praise God by looking at any denominational church where they are keeping and serving their church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas.

(8) I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
(9) Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

It will be church business as usual in the unbelieving man-based church denominations while the Son of man (the manifestation of His presence…the manifestation of the life of Jesus in our mortal flesh) IS BEING revealed to the people of the outside world.

Mat 24:37-42
(37) But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming (Greek: Parousia = PRESENCE) of the Son of man be.

The man-based churches will continue on in their things OBLIVIOUS to what is going on while they ignore the presence of the Son of man.

(38) For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

They will NOT KNOW anything until the “flood” of the believers of Christ among people of the outside world becomes so visible to them and all of the world.

(39) And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming (PRESENCE) of the Son of man be.

For at the time they (the unbelieving man-based churches) are being oblivious…not knowing what is happening outside their churches, the Son of man is being revealed to the people of the outside world ...and many will be received (taken) to Him. One person of the outside world shall be see Him and be received unto Him while another will be left.

(40) Then (AT THE TIME) shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
(41) Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
(42) Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

They…the man-based churches… will say that they we are “gluttonous” and drunkards because we are friends with the people of the outside world (publicans and sinners) who will fellowship with us because they will see the Son of man being made manifest in us to them. They will see and believe and come to the light in us while the man-based churches will scoff at us.... until they see a “cloud”....a "flood".... of the people of the outside world coming...and then they will know (but it will be too late for them).

Luk 7:34-35 KJV
(34) The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
(35) But wisdom is justified of all her children.

HARK! · 2025-10-05T13:44:35-0500

BCP1928 said:
Of course not. Only conservatives support such things.

I'm not drinking that Kool-aid.

Biden's policies supported such things; and many Biden supporters supported his policies.

BCP1928 said:
That's why ICE is avoiding those situations except for specially staged show raids.

Can you prove that; or is this some new Left wing conspiracy theory?

Michie · 2025-10-05T13:44:06-0500

caffeinated hermit said:
Honestly, that sounds uncomfortable. All of my actual female professors just wore comfy, loose-fitting business casual clothes to lectures.

Well those were authentic females. We are discussing a male drag queen here that makes caricatures out of the female sex.

Michie · 2025-10-05T13:26:29-0500

For the first time in the United States, Catholics will have the opportunity to venerate the full-size habit worn by St. Pio of Pietrelcina, also known as Padre Pio.

The rare opportunity will take place from Oct. 11–14 at the National Centre for Padre Pio in Barto, Pennsylvania, in the Diocese of Allentown.

A group of Italian Capuchin friars from Padre Pio’s friary — the Our Lady of Grace Capuchin Friary in San Giovanni Rotondo in southern Italy — will bring the habit to be displayed at the national center, which has been designated a jubilee site within the Allentown Diocese.

“This unprecedented visit from the friars of San Giovanni Rotondo is an amazing opportunity for us to be able to share a rare and intimate relic of Padre Pio with his devotees,” Vera Marie Calandra, the vice president of the center, said on the group’s website.

Continued below.

For first time in U.S., the faithful will be able to venerate habit of Padre Pio

The rare opportunity will take place from Oct. 11–14 at the National Centre for Padre Pio in Barto, Pennsylvania, in the Diocese of Allentown.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

Valletta · 2025-10-05T13:20:51-0500

Say it aint so said:
Doesn't help you. That law they were arrested under, where no one has actually seen the indictments, was struck down once and is under appeal at the appellate court. But Ken Paxton, the guy who hides in the house from people serving him subpoenas, enforced it anyway.

The political affiliations are known for 170 defendants: 39.4% of those convicted were Democrats, 41.1% were Republicans, while the remainder were Independent, nonpartisan, or unaffiliated.

I'm an independent, I'm pleased that there were over 100,000 observers in the last presidential election and that created a lot of confidence in the process. There is more to be done, voter ID needs to be strengthened and is still being resisted in a number of blue areas. Here's a commentary update from last month on the previous story:

"The Texas Supreme Court has given the go ahead to Ken Paxton to continue going after illegal vote harvesters across the state. It appears we have a significant problem here, and it behooves law enforcement to root out the corruption."

Texas Voter Fraud: Ballot harvesting an illegal practice

Ballot harvesting is illegal in Texas, as well as in many other states. It basically involves someone taking ballots around to be voted and then transporting those same ballots — which were filled out by people unrelated to the distributor — back to the elections department.

www.anjournal.com

Hans Blaster · 2025-10-05T13:14:03-0500

I was trying to figure out why in a thread about "charlie kirk" we were discussing B Weinstein (it was because he'd apparently made some sort of conspiratorial comment about the Chauvin jury) when I found this little gem:

ThatRobGuy said:
It's weird how people can be respected academics for 2 decades with no issues, but as soon as they take the "wrong position" on 2 issues, all of the sudden they should be relegated to "performative reactionaries"

I'm sure that's what was going through Bret Weinstein's mind... "I'm going to throw away a $300k (guaranteed for life) tenured professor position after almost two decades, in hopes that I'll be able to be a guest on some podcasts some day"

He wasn't paid that much, more like 1/3 that much:

Faculty Salary Grid and Guidelines

www.evergreen.edu

I'm sure podcasting the IDW pays much better.

Chrystal-J · 2025-10-05T13:11:52-0500

Learning always said:
Oh dear, there are such priests in your diocese??

Yes. But, the good news is that my current priest is a decent guy.

Chrystal-J · 2025-10-05T13:10:31-0500

Wolseley said:
Oh, come on, Charlie! Really?

I don't agree with you on three-quarters of what you post here, but even I would have thought you'd be above the "boo-hoo, poor me, I'm going to pout" elementary school-level mindset employed by the Woke Left these days....good Lord.

I read, hear, and see things every day that offend me, and offend me deeply---even disgust and repel me, coming from the progressive liberal side of the aisle, but I don't pout about it and expect the world to change its opinions because I'm offended. That's a load of baloney.

He's offended that the Truth is being spoken at a Christian site.

ralliann · 2025-10-05T13:09:13-0500

SabbathBlessings said:
Yes, there was never a law that one could be saved just by circumcision in the law of Moses, eliminating the need for Jesus. It was never the point of circumcision. As addressed in Acts 15 and several places in Scripture.

I find it odd Acts 15:21 was left out of the OP. How the gentiles would learn the rest of God's word. Acts 13:42, 44, Acts18:4

A covenant not made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob....Saved by grace, through faith

Deut 5:1 ¶ And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. {keep … : Heb. keep to do them }
2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

GoldenKingGaze · 2025-10-05T13:04:46-0500

Fervent said:
This is all just speculation on your part. Do you think God was somehow taken off guard when the fall happened? If so, why was the lamb slain before the foundation of the world?

You can check the meaning of the name Eden. Genesis also mentions cursed land. Curses are powered by evil spirits. Childbirth was then to become painful. We have to work according to the same Genesis passage. There is disease, sourced by the work of Satan. Also war (not mentioned in Genesis), drought. Paul mentions war waged within our members, loins, eyes, stomach... appetites swelling beyond the human spirit. The need to be born again is here, and unlike Adam, we are not Spirit filled at conception. John the Baptist an exception.

John the apostle says God loves all sinners. Their temptation and the accusations against them, well God doesn't want them to fall. God does not wish the death of a sinner.

Brightfame52 · 2025-10-05T12:58:05-0500

Even the ability to come to Christ in faith is a gift based upon the cross of Calvary. At the cross, Christ purchased for His people the Grace to believe in His name Phil 1:29

29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake

Gal 6:14

14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.3

zippy2006 · 2025-10-05T12:51:47-0500

RDKirk said:
If she's only interested in proselytizing you into "her" kind of Christianity, you can just move on. Otherwise, you've found a friend: "Whenever two or more of you come together in My name...."

That gain is worth the risk.

Indeed.

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