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Recent content by PloverWing

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    My Introduction

    Welcome to CF! :wave:
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    Trump's history of acts of kindness and generosity

    Obviously, I need Grok to cite its sources. But assuming that the list is correct, or at least partly correct, I'm glad he has done some kind things for people along the way. It's a side of his personality that he keeps pretty well hidden these days, but it's encouraging to think that there...
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    Hello My name is Daniel

    Welcome to CF! :wave:
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    What is your Motivation to Discuss/Debate Things Online?

    How about broadening one's perspective? Here's one of the examples I had in mind in my earlier post -- a religious example, not a political one. I grew up in a tradition that strongly emphasizes the individual. It's the individual person, alone, who makes a decision to follow Jesus. The...
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    Kiwi in Tokyo – what’s the view from your window this morning?

    I'm in New Jersey. It's late autumn here. This week has seen clouds and drizzly rain. We haven't had our first hard freeze of the season yet, so some of the plants are still bravely flowering -- including my azaleas and my tomato plants, improbably. Gray weather tends to make me sad, but the...
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    Hello, Everyone!

    Welcome to CF! :wave:
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    CNN Dem Panelist Shocks Jennings with Major Admission on Lawfare Against Trump

    "Framed" makes it sound like he's innocent of the charges. Do you think he's innocent of the various charges brought against him, or do you just think the alleged crimes were minor enough that they weren't worth prosecuting?
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    Fundamentalist or Evangelical?

    If you were in the US, I'd suggest visiting an Episcopal church, as we're mostly free from the no-drinking-no-dancing prohibitions. But I don't know enough about the Anglican congregations in Northern Ireland to know how culturally similar they are to our Episcopal parishes.
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    Fundamentalist or Evangelical?

    Ah. In that case, it's not very helpful that I've been throwing the names of American denominations at you. Sorry. I didn't know that the no-drinking-no-dancing thing was found outside the US. I also thought that Christian Fundamentalism was primarily an American phenomenon. Well, I get to...
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    Fundamentalist or Evangelical?

    If you're asking in particular about prohibitions against drinking, dancing, cards, movies, and similar recreational activities, I can speak a little from my own experience of churches. I've encountered these prohibitions amongst some kinds of Baptists, some kinds of Presbyterian and other...
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    Fundamentalist or Evangelical?

    That's an interesting perspective on the question. I'm used to thinking of the categories "Fundamentalist", "Evangelical", and "Liberal" as attitudes toward modern scholarship, with Fundamentalists rejecting most modern scholarship of science, history, and biblical studies, Liberals embracing...
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    WHERE TO POST A QUESTION ABOUT CHRISTMAS CARDS?

    For years, I have bought my Christmas cards from Conception Abbey: Christmas Cards . (They used to call their shop "Printery House"; now it's called "Altar + Home".) They also sell cards for Easter and other holidays, along with cards for occasions like baptism and confirmation. As to the OP...
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    Street Preaching

    This may be a cultural difference. Do you genuinely remember a time when street preachers were looked up to? I've read that there were times in history when street preaching was a respectable thing that people did, but I've never witnessed such a time myself. My first associations with street...
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    Anti-Muslim Bigotry Directed at Mamdani

    Sigh. From the article, "Notably, the office of the president does not have legal authority to directly remove a New York City mayor from office." Used to be, people would only embarrass themselves in front of their families by making speeches at Thanksgiving dinner. Now they get to embarrass...
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    What really is "dividing the body of Christ"??

    Do you mean that you see a movement toward unity in the church now? Or that you see God correcting the church now? Can you elaborate?