No longer surprising since this happens everywhere. ugh.

Lybrah said:

Well, everyone sings and there’s no music. I don’t like to sing, so I listen ir sing in my head. Then it’s like a RC where we get crackers and little wine things, and take “the Eucharist.” Then we sit through readings and the preacher comes on. I find the sermons to be pretty good but sometimes they have a Spanish guy there and they take turns where the preacher says a sentence and the Spanish guy translates.

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Ahhh, I see.

Bob Crowley said:

Catholic Church - Christ the King.

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Same here!

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

essentialsaltes said:

This is something the Department of Education has control over. 'Professional' is a specific category of college degrees that have expanded access to federal student loans.

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Thanks for the response.

rjs330 said:

Gender affirming care is expansive. It does not mean that schools are performing surgeries or school nurses hand out hormones. Don't be silly. Affirming a kids gender is more than that.

In Oregon the Dept. Of Education has gender affirming care in their schools.
They have entire documents on how schools are supposed to provide gender affirming care for the students.

Minnesota does the same.

In Seattle the schools allow gender clinics in the schools which do provide hormones to the kids. Can you imagine if schools allowed churches inside the schools to operate all day and hold services during the school day?

Or perhaps a pro-life pregnancy caring center?

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Extreme ideologies such as these don't belong in public schools. Impressionable minors don't need to be exposed to it. Let them live their lives. Boys are boys, and girls are girls. 15-20 years ago, we never heard of this! Now it's everywhere! What changed? ugh

Senate Republican Ron Johnson: ‘We can’t afford’ $2,000 tariff checks​

“Look, we can’t afford it. I wish we were in a position to return the American public their money, but we’re not,” Johnson told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo.

“We’ll have at least a $2 trillion deficit this year,” Johnson warned, comparing the staggering national deficit projected for 2025 to smaller deficits under former President Obama and during Trump’s first term.

Dan Perez said:

And you did NOT provide a verse how anyone can be saved under the Law of MOSES. ??

and you HIS SAINTS and not just Jews SO WHO are HIS SAINTS ??

And just where does. the BODY of CHRIST come IN by 1. Cor 12:12. !!

dan p

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God claimed the Ten Commandments as His commandments Deut4:13 Exo20:6 it is His Testimony not Moses written by the Holy Spirit, not Moses Exo31:18 Moses didn’t take credit for God’s work Exo32:16 and he was there. God’s commandments are under His mercy seat, not Moses Exo 25:21 and in His heavenly Temple, not Moses Rev15:5 Rev11:19, lets not lower the standard of what God claims as His, the God of the Universe in His own words the Creator Exo20:11, to a human being, the creation. That’s not to say Moses was not a very important person, but he did not create heaven and earth and he never once claimed the Ten Commandments as his commandments- because they are God’s, He took ownership of them, they belong to Him, they are His. He saints keep them Rev14:12 through love and faith which reconciles us Rev22:14


God is not going to have His heaven and earth separated- Jews on one side coming before the Lord to worship Him on the Sabbath, while the rest are profaning His Sabbath. Why He said all flesh Isa66:23 and I do not believe God will force anyone to keep His Sabbath day holy in the New Heaven and earth, if we don’t want to now, why His judgment is one of love, not everyone will be happy in a world of no sin John3:19-21

essentialsaltes said:

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.

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It’s a good thing that the American economy isn’t in thrall to Official Government Reports that shed light on what is going on in the American economy!
0h wait…

rambot said:

And what has been the trend in each of the polls.

Because this thread seems to be about trends generally.

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Polls are mostly about trends, changes from one point in time to another, rather than anything approaching absolutes.

Hentenza said:

View attachment 373640 This was the atheist symbol.

View attachment 373641this was the Catholic symbol.

Hentenza I will fear no evil for You are with me Angels Team Site Advisor

And this was me in 2011. lol .

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Nice! The old format brings back a lot of memories!

I lost someone young too though with far different complications than what you have. I can say too that while it has lasting affects, the problem with my relationships has not been any sort of promise, but rather the idea of other women not measuring up.
While your promise is noble, I think you should void it. Why? because there is no marriage in heaven. I imagine the woman who died would want you to have a chance. I would confess that promise as a sin, and try to move on giving yourself at least the option for marriage. It seems likely you are hardwired for marriage, so trying to short circuit that now is going to result in some pain for you. In your confession, I would tell God too that you are sorry you made that promise too if you did not consult with Him. Chalk it up to trying to do the right thing, that ended up in tragedy, but please don't carry that tragedy much further. Honor her life by remembering her and learning to grow in Christ with all that God can bless you with including a wife and family.
As to comparisons of her to other women, you will be able to overcome that. You have to see your role and any future woman you date from God's perspective, not yours. I will say too that God is very compassionate when you lose someone close like that. He will certainly try to bless you out of that loss when the time is right. Am alternative that helped me too was to consider foreign women.
I am certain the whole ordeal is like a test to you, with all kinds of emotions and thoughts. Rather than having even a hint of blaming God, which you may or may not be doing, you have to dig deep and let the relationship serve to inspire you to do even greater things for God. That death in my life inspired me to become a Christian, to this day, decades later, it continues to help me care more about others. I pray her death will be a positive catalyst for you too in every way, including marriage if you find the right person. God bless.

RocksInMyHead said:

Oh look, it's the "Live, Laugh, Love" font...

Tacky, trite, home decor - now coming to the Oval Office!

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It's gone! Perhaps antifa has stolen it!

What happened?

The White House won't say — but a spokesperson insisted the president personally crafted the lettering.

'He is very involved in these beautification projects… [President Trump] is making the White House beautiful and giving it the glory it deserves,' the spokesperson said, adding that only those suffering from 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' would object.

The truth of GOD can only be known by the elected saints of GOD. The carnal world will call GODS truth foolishness. We can know even the deep things of GOD. By the way, the holy spirit is the FATHER. The FATHER is holy and is spirit and as Jesus said is the only true GOD. HE is the GOD and FATHER of Jesus and through Jesus our GOD too. These are hard things , impossible things for the world to comprehend.

Platte said:

Good Lord - where does all this nonsense come from?

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The wisdom of GOD is foolishness.

Nike, I suppose?

Dogs or cats

May God bless them in his love!

Ora pro nobis

Disgusting!

There is more the one suspicious contract. Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts

Church employee in Texas allegedly posed as ICE agent to extort woman​

Donald Doolittle, 58, a safety director at the Gateway Community church in Webster, south-east of Houston, has been charged with impersonating a public servant.

According to police, Doolittle booked and received a massage from a woman operating out of a north-west Houston office building.

Police said Doolittle then pulled out an ID card labelled “ICE”, identified himself as an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent, and asked to see the woman’s identification. She showed him her temporary visa but Doolittle allegedly then demanded money.

“He demanded she Zelle him $500 or he would take her away and she would never see her family or children again,” a magistrate said during a court hearing on Saturday.

Invisible Monsters: Serial Killers in America

fhansen said:

Unless we resist His intention, His gift, that everyone repent and come to Him.

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That's not possible, when He draws it is the application of Salvation. Repentance and coming to Christ accompany the drawing.