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  21.  @ComradeJetski  "You do know that Israeli settlements evict indigenous people, right? i.e., the retaliation. Just think of Native Americans, and you might get it. " In 136 AD, Emperor Hadrian, after expelling the majority of Jews from the land of Israel; decreed the name of the land to be "Seria-Palestinia". That over time was shortened to Palestine. God's removal of the Jews from the land was for a limited time and in no uncertain terms did God intend that the Jews would remain out of the land permanently. When Mark Twain toured the land in the late 1890's, he stated that the land was so barren that one could barely meet out a living. It was not until after 1897, when the Jews began returning to the land that the land began to be fruitful again. The Jews would move to the land; pay exorbitant prices for worthless sand, and through hard work and technological know how; restore the land to fruitfulness and begin growing food. At that point, the Arabs that sold the Jews the land would accuse them of stealing the land. During the British mandate, every charge of land theft against Jews was investigated by the British authorities, and every charge was determined to be false. This brings us to the two problems with your assertion; 1) The Arabs claiming to be Palestinian are not necessarily indigenous people, they are mostly Arabs that immigrated to the area from foreign lands and expected to steel ownership of the land from the Jews after Israel was defeated in the wars of those time. Defeats that did not happen. They took a gamble and they lost. As far as the evictions are concerned, those individuals that were evicted were evicted because they refused to pay rent to those that hold the legal title to the land and have held the legal titled to the land since the days of the Ottoman Empire. No one was simply removed from the buildings. The eviction came after years of litigation in the courts and the squatters lost. Here's an easy solution to prevent eviction; if you don't want to be evicted from what you consider to be your home; then pay the deed or title holders, the real owners of the land; rent. 2) God dispossessed native Americans from the land that is the United States of America in the same way that He dispossessed all the nations that dwelt in the land of Canaan prior to His giving that land to the Children of Israel (the Jews). It doesn't matter how many generations that an Arab clan has lived in the land of Israel prior to Israel's rebirth in 1948. The land belongs to the Jews by Covenant decree of God almighty in heaven. There is absolutely no way anyone can keep the entire land of Israel from being restored to the Jewish nation. IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN! It is your prerogative as a human with free will to oppose every good work that God almighty is doing in His intentional actions to restore the land of promise to those whom He promised the land. Just don't be surprised when the day comes and you find that you have been sentenced to an eternity of agonizing torment in the lake of fire.
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  36. "Try this: - prove God wants to be worshiped" It's human nature to worship a higher power. This is proven by following; 1) People worshiped idols. 2) Today, people worship government. 3) Totalitarian regimes in which people worship government, the leader or leaders often require the people to worship them. 4) People worship the famous. Look at some of the screaming fans during beetle mania, or Michael Jackson. They are worship their idols. Certainly, if the God created in us the desire to worship; one can conclude it is because He desires us to worship Him. "- prove there is a heaven and hell, or any afterlife" The only way to truly prove that is to kill you and then raise you from the dead. "- prove the magic stories in the bible are true" Archaeological finds in Israel have proven that the stories in the old testament are historical events. The fact that you refuse to believe that science indicates a lack of sincerity on your part. "- of the thousands of religion that exist, prove which one is correct" How about the religion in which ancient prophesies come to pass in our day. Daniel 7:4: The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. Look at the UN's November 9, 2021 post. A new statue was erected at the UN. Read the description of the first beast that Daniel saw in his vision, then go to the UN November 9, 2021 post at the link below. A bit on the creepy side don't you think? I mean, do they really think that statue is going to defend international peace? https://twitter.com/un_photo/status/1458178013082816513 "- prove that god still exists" Proving that God exists is more so dependent upon the person wanting the proof. Jesus Christ raised Lazarus from the dead, yet was rejected by the people of His day. If you are unwilling to accept any evidence or argument that God exists, then no one can prove to you that God does indeed exist. Many atheists have set out to prove God does not exist, and to prove that the Bible is a myth, yet, during the course of their research to prove that God does not exist, repented and became Christians. Many Muslims in Islam controlled countries in the middle east have converted to Christianity as the result of a dream or a vision of Jesus Christ. Such conversions are illegal and put their safety and their life in jeopardy. How about proving that the lake of fire exists? There are two contenders. 1) The molten center of the earth. 2) The Sun. Both are lakes of fire. However, if it was the sun, it is likely the author would have mentioned the sun. A lake of fire on the earth however, would only appear to be a lake of fire. Revelation 19:20: And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Revelation 20:10: And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Revelation 20:14: And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. Revelation 20:15: And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. "If you cannot prove any of that, then the issue of the existence of a god, or gods, is academic." Two more points; who said it is on us to prove that God exists? The overwhelming majority of the people on earth believe that there is a God. This belief is the historical norm. You are the accuser and that being the case; the burden is on you to prove that God does not exist. The thing about that is; you have a greater difficulty proving that God does not exist, than one who has experienced God first hand. Again, the person demanding proof is in fact the problem, not that there has never been proof. Those that receive legitimate, instant healing do not need any further proof than their restored health. This legitimate, instant healing is disregarded by those that demand proof God exists. What of those that have seen visions and dreamed dreams? What of someone like myself that has dreamed a dream that came to pass several months in the future after having forgotten the dream, yet was reminded of the dream when an individual made a statement that was made in the dream? What of someone like myself that, being threatened by a charging dog, was saved by an invisible hand that struck the dog in the side? The fact that you are unwilling to accept the living witnesses that God has placed in the earth shows a lack of sincerity on your part. A sincere person would hear of these things and search them out to determine if those bearing witness were sincere in their witness. A sincere person would also look to see if there were any religious commonalities between the many experiences which would indicate an influence by the same God. And if these things only happen to Christians; that leads you to Jesus Christ.
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  53. "I don't know how anyone can call themselves a Christian while teaching leftist principles utterly disgusting" There's an easy explanation to that apparent dilemma. The Marxist left are liars. Teaching marxist leftism is lying. Claiming to be a Christian while teaching marxist leftism, is lying. Does that clarify it? Matthew 7:15: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16: Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Matthew 7:21: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22: Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23: And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24: Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26: And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
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  55.  @69smilodrone85  "christianity is inherently against individualism. Look at history. Every time western civilization has moved towards freedom, human rights and democracy was done by pushing away from religion. Reformation, renaissance, the enlightment. History proves my point." Your interpretation of history does not prove your point. It only demonstrates that your point of view is corrupt. The Reformation was to bring the Church back to Biblical Christianity and away from the corrupt religion that had taken over the catholic church at that time. Christianity is not against individualism. Christianity acknowledges individualism. You are not a Christian just because you were born in a given nation or family or are part of a specific group or congregation. You can only be a Christian by you yourself believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that He died on the cross to redeem you, yourself from your sins and ask Him to forgive you of your sins and come into your heart to be Lord of your life. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20: For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Jesus Christ addressed people on an individual basis as well as a corporate basis. First as an individual as above, secondly, believers as a corporate as follows. John 13:34: A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35: By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 14:15: If ye love me, keep my commandments. The only thing history ever proves is that every succeeding generation must stand up to and reject the stupidity that caused mayhem and destruction in previous generations. Otherwise they will suffer the same fate as previous generations that chose to follow the stupidity that caused the mayhem and destruction.
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  59.  @Dontaexy  "You said it yourself. They're not teachers, they're educators. There's a difference. Please educate yourself and what that means. " You're in college, and you don't know that educator and teacher are synonyms. Then tell me to educate myself. I think you need to follow your own advice before you give out the advice. From Webster's 1913 Dictionary Educator (n.) One who educates; a teacher. You need to look up the definition of words more often. You will be surprised how often a word is used in a way that is not consistent with it's actual definition. "You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make them drink.. So whatever constructs they may have been touting to you. If it didn't come with data to back it up then you should not have listened to it. Hence "the bring you to the water." I don't except a person's argument on a subject if that person's response to a request for sources is; "You need to do you own research." While it is good that people do their own research, it is a mistake to assume that you do not have to be prepared to point people to your source of information. It is especially necessary to require a link to a source if the person is making an accusation against someone. "That said..Just because someone offers you information in a way that you do not like, it does not make that information incorrect." This is true, however, keep in mind that data can be manipulated, so if you are being given a snapshot of the data, then odds are the data has been manipulated to put forth a view that is not correct. This happens on both sides of the isle and the real facts tend to fall somewhere in the middle. That is unless the proponents of the view point are not intentionally trying to mislead people to the extreme. "The difference between a high school teacher and a college professor at least when it comes to their students is. WE ARE GROWN or at least I am and I can tell the difference between misinformation and quality information." Regardless of whether you are grown or not; educators that engage in cultural transition and do not educate; are defrauding their students. In other industries, that would be a criminal offense and subject to prosecution.
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  66.  @youtubesucks3393  "lol, Jesus died for your sins because he wants you to feel safe to sin some more!!" Wrong! Anyone that believes it's OK to sin is very ignorant of the Scriptures and it is doubtful that they are an actual believer in Christ. Those that believe it is OK for them to sin do so by cutting a verse in the bible apart, then taking their preferred partial verse and claim it as truth. Those words are; "ye are not under the law". There however, is not a single sentence in and of itself, in the bible that states; "we are not under the law", nor is there any passage that implies it is OK to sin. There are two verses that have; "ye are not under the law" within them. Romans 6:14 and Galatians 5:18. However, those sentences include prerequisites that one must abide by in order to not be under the law. When you read the previous verse or verses and the following verse or verses, the message as a whole makes it quite clear that believers under the blood of Christ, do not have a license to sin and are expected to obey the laws of righteousness not follow after unrighteousness. Romans 6:13: Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14: For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15: What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Galatians 5:14: For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 15: But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. 16: This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17: For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18: But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Those who like to pick verses apart in the way the "we are not under the law" wicked do; are not under the blood of Christ. They are in fact rebellious to Christ. In fact, a couple chapters later in Romans 8:2; Paul puts forth that despite the fact that we are in Christ; we are yet under law. Not the law of sin and death that brings condemnation and eternal punishment; but the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus that brings forgiveness and life. Romans 8:2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. If the law has freed me from the law, then am I yet under law. Those that stand upon the statement; "we are not under the law" are rebellious to the law and not under the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. They confess it to being so with their words. Believers in Christ receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit enters a believer, the first thing He does is write God's law in their heart. Jeremiah 31:33: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. The second thing He does is begin to give the believer a new heart that walks in God's statutes, keeps His judgments and does them. Ezekiel 36:26: A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27: And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. The Holy Spirit works these things in believers because we are saved by grace through faith; not of the works we do ourselves, lest any of us boast in ourselves that we have saved ourselves from sin. Ephesians 2:8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9: Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. The whole purpose of salvation by grace through faith is so that we become God's workmanship in Christ Jesus unto good works which God has before ordained that we should walk in them. "Exactly what Satan wants!! Your cult lied to you!! See you pretend you’re smart but really you’re just institutionalized by your cult :( Satan deceived the whole world! " I don't have a cult. I have a resurrected savior. You are free to continue following after the deceptions of your lies. But you will do well to repent from those lies and believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ; only begotten Son of God. "America is Babylon!! Everything you know is a LIE!! But don’t take my word on it, because your god is coming for you!" If you believe that America is Babylon; you are the one that is deceived. China fits the description of mystery Babylon more so than the United States; even though we currently have politicians that are seeking to turn the United States into a marxist totalitarian regime like China. You will do well to stand against these efforts.
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  71. "That's what we all want isn't it?" No it's not. "Then why aren't we doing it?" Because it's not what we all want. Whether tough love is tough love or not is solely dependent upon one's definition of tough love. There is not a one size fits all approach to tough love. The tough love one gives to an addict will be of no benefit to a non addict. I was homeless from march 2004 until august 2008. In May of 2007 I was hospitalized with a heart condition that required surgery. Despite this fact, after leaving the hospital I was expected to go into any business that may or may not have been hiring, and take any job that I was or was not qualified to do. The only way I was able to get off the street was to go through a training program that was a hundred miles away from my home town until I was offered a HUD section 8 apartment. And even that was a bit iffy because, despite having an obvious physical disability from heart disease, not a single doctor was willing to declare me disabled. If you treat a healthy person that is having a difficult time finding work during a depression; like a drug addict; rather than getting that person back go work, you will end up disabling that person permanently. There are plenty of programs for a homeless drug addict. I could find absolutely none for an unemployed homeless man that needed time to analyze the situation without all the stress and figure out what the best course of action would be. Oh, and it would have been nice if I was given such information that lead to a training program that would lead to employment, rather than just a bunch of raw data that didn't really tell me much. If you want to help the homeless, help the individual. Don't try to help people that don't want your help, and then refuse to help those that are genuinely trying to straighten out their lives with the disingenuous lying excuse that all homeless people choose to be homeless. Some homeless are homeless as a result of long term unemployment or underemployment, not a drug addiction.
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  81.  @tonycatman  "He was incredibly radical in his time. So much so, that his words and acts are still revered thousands of years later. It's unreasonable to expect the person on the street to live up to that kind of standard." The seemingly unreasonableness of the expectation is most certainly reasonable. Without that expectation, you would refuse to acknowledge that you are incapable of living up to that expectation. John 15:5: I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. God knows we cannot live up to the expectation, that is why Jesus died for our salvation and the remission of our sins. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20: For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. God want's you to strive to achieve that standard with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your might, but He does not expect you to do it alone, that is why He puts the Holy Spirit within you. Ezekiel 36:27: And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. John 14:15: If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16: And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17: Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. John 15:26: But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: John 16:13: Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
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  85.  @Dontaexy  "words that are synonym are not the same. That's why they're called synonyms and not the same.." Really? Now, I did warn you about looking up word definitions to make sure you have the correct one. But this word gets murky and contrary to itself. From English explanatory dictionary (main) synonym ˈsɪnənɪm n. 1 a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another in the same language (e.g. shut and close). 2 a word denoting the same thing as another but suitable to a different context (e.g. serpent for snake, Hellene for Greek) or containing a different emphasis (e.g. blindworm for slow-worm). 3 a word equivalent to another in some but not all senses (e.g. ship and vessel). øøsynonymic adj. synonymity n. [ME f. L synonymum f. Gk sunonumon neut. of sunonumos (as SYN-, onoma name): cf. ANONYMOUS] From WordNet® 3.0 (En-En) synonym noun two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context Perhaps you were thinking of the following definition of synonym. Apparently, when you capitalize the s, the definition changes. I wonder whose not so bright idea that was. From Webster's 1913 Dictionary Synonym (n.) An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; -- so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority. "When it comes to the rest of what you said, it's all about how to interpret information when literally that's what I said. Whereas your argument was if you go to college, you're only learning what the professors tell you. And again, if you only learn what the professors tell you in college, you did college wrong. Period" Unfortunately, the majority of college grads these days, are as you say; "doing college wrong".
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  89.  @1Skeptik1  You certainly do use a whole lot of words to say absolutely nothing of significance. Your whole premise is from a position of offense. You take offense to those that preach the Gospel of Christ, obeying the commandment of Christ to make a living of the Gospel. However, you do have one thing going for you. That is; you have not claimed to be Christian like so many I have come across both in person and on social media that will not lift a finger to help a neighbor in need. That by the way; includes some of those men in the pulpit. Because of the experiences I have had in Christ and with God, some have rebuked me with the words: "experience does not make truth". It's quite hypocritical of them when you think about it. In my experience, I have heard the voice of God call me by name and declare to me what He wants me to do. I have seen visions and dreamed prophetic dreams of events that came to pass. In there experience, they have experienced non of these things. Yet, they judge and declare that what I have experienced does not equal truth, while what they have experienced does make truth. Then there are people like you that think themselves so much more intelligent in matters of things they know nothing about. Because you take offense at every preacher you see on TV asking for money, you cannot see the truth of the valid message that some of them give. That Jesus Christ, the only begotten, The Son of God, came to earth, born of a virgin. Lived a sinless life. Died for the sins of mankind. Rose the third day and is ascended up to heaven. Seated at the right hand of God a high priest to those that believe on His name. Is soon to return to earth the King of Kings and Lord of Lords to reign over all the earth 1000 years and there will be no wars, but there shall be peace. The Lion and the Wolf will eat grass like the Ox. Take care not to allow that which offends you; blind you, to that which is truth and that which can redeem your eternal soul from the lake of fire which is not quenched.
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  93.  @tophatmetagross1497  "you just called literally EVERYONE AN ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES." No, only those that enter illegally. "If someone wants into the country, they will just climb the wall. It’s a waste a money." Protecting the United States of America from foreign invaders, from foreign criminals is never a waste of money. "This is like how making alcohol illegal just pushed it underground. It doesn’t stop the problem, just wastes money and makes it more difficult to keep track of people entering the country." Your lack of intelligence and logic is showing. Where did you hear that lie; from the Chinese Communist party? How are people easier to track when they enter the United States without the knowledge of the border patrol? "We should probably work on trying to let more people into the country so they can add to the work force and bring new ideas." You're as ignorant as the non thinker that told me; during the great recession, with a 20% unemployment rate that; the way to reduce the 20% unemployment is allow more immigrants in because every consumer creates 4 or was it 8 jobs. What the non thinker didn't realize is that if an individual consumer did in fact create 4 or more jobs; there would be no such thing as unemployment and there would always be a shortage of employees in every country. We do not need foreigners to add to the work force and bring new ideas. We just need to let Americans apply that good ole American ingenuity and creativity that has been a tradition of America for a hundred years or so. But then, leftist enemies of America like yourself; are more disposed to the destruction of America; not the excellence of America.
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  100.  @youtubesucks3393  "no you did! You said Jesus didn’t die for their sins! You said it! You said Jesus was a liar!! Lol 😂 you talk so much you have no clue what you’re saying!" You cannot find anywhere in my post that I said Jesus didn't die for our sins. My words were and still are; True Christianity does not enslave people. Jesus Christ died to liberate people from the bondage, slavery and penalty of their sin. In addition, my response to your statement; "lol, Jesus died for your sins because he wants you to feel safe to sin some more!!" Was and still is; "Wrong! Anyone that believes it's OK to sin is very ignorant of the Scriptures and it is doubtful that they are an actual believer in Christ." You are wrong because Jesus did not die for our sins in order that we may feel safe to sin some more. Taking my words out of context to suite your wicked mind does not bode well for you. You are bearing false witness and bringing a false accusation against God's man. I do hope you have the good sense to repent from this wickedness and cease and desist from bearing false witness and bringing a false accusation against people by taking their words out of context. But if not, know that the hand of the Lord is upon you for His good purpose. You are in God's just hands for God's judgments. But the Most High God in heaven is a merciful God desiring that non should perish but that all should come unto repentance. Even though this is the case; there are limits and one ought not and should not temp the Lord God to say He can do nothing and will do nothing. For one can never know what the Lord God will choose to do. 2Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. I have shown you all that you need to know to come into salvation through Christ Jesus. If you refuse to walk through the door and die in your sin; it is on you, not anyone else.
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  106.  @aidendevere6693  "keeping trans people from sports isn't a form of transphobia it's just transphobia," Why do you lie? It's ridiculous how you leftist can take truth and twist it into a lie, and then turn it into a false accusation against people. It's appears to be second nature to you. You really need to stop following satan, the father of lies. Anyone who follows him, follows him into eternal damnation. No one said anything about keeping people that have chosen to mess up their bodies with an operation and mega doses of hormones from sports. They can compete with one another as a another poster suggested. "private prisons having prisoners work for pittance pay that they use to buy a chocolate bar since they can't afford anything else with that pay isn't a form of slavery, it's just slavery." The biggest participant in prisoner slave prisons is China. However, I've heard of private prisons in America having some major issues as well. I don't agree with private prisons. I heard of stories where people have been falsely accused of crimes, tried without proper representation and due process, sent to a private prison and left there with no way to contact an attorney. They should be outlawed. The prison system is to be a system of punishment and reform. Reform is to be the primary return on investment unless the individual refuses to be reformed, then the return on investment is to keep that individual from victimizing more people. Private prisons will always fall on the side of profit over quality of reform.
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  109.  @69smilodrone85  ""Slaves are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior." Is this the freedom you want? No thanks." You are so blind to your biases. The whole of the New Testament was written under Roman rule and the dominion of an Emperor dictator as well as during times of severe persecution. Under the laws of the Roman Empire, slavery was legal. Paul therefore; provided instruction on how slaves that became believers were to act towards their masters. We live under a Constitutional Republic that outlawed slavery with the 13 Amendment at a time when maybe 50 blacks nationwide, were allowed to vote. Yup, that's right! On December 12, 1865, a nation of people, that the left today accuse of being a nation of systemic white supremacist, ratified an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States that made slavery illegal. Now you who detest any notion of bondage and servitude are enslaved to your passions and to your sins to do them whether you wish to do them or wish to refrain from doing them. Yet, God having so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son to die that by faith through grace, we might be liberated from our nature of sin which makes us an enemy by nature to God. What you begrudge as a requirement to serve God is in fact walking in the liberty to choose to serve God because He first loved us who deserved nothing but His wrath. You are bound by your nature of sin which is an enemy of God, and you protest the requirement to serve God just as your nature, the enemy of God enslaves you to do. For it rather than desiring the things of God which is in your best interest, desires those things which make you the enemy of God. It lusts after those things which are to your destruction, not those things which are to your healing, salvation and advancement in eternity. Romans 6:14: For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15: What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Galatians 5:18: But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Rom:8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3: For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
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  116.  @paprikathesigfig8302  "conservatives have an agenda too certain states and counties tax ppl who have solar panels more even in areas where there is the most sunlight they don’t want clean energy too look good cas that makes democrats look good and vice versa" That's not a conservative agenda and is more so the utility companies protecting their turf. The tax is actually a gouged price for using electricity from the grid should you need it. I watched a video where the person was explaining that when the power goes out on the grid; his solar system is designed to shut off power to his home. That's like having a back up generator that doesn't give you power when the grid goes down. It's absolutely ridiculous. The fact is; putting solar or wind energy on your home is in fact practical and does lower one's power bill if they can afford it. However, the government should not be subsidizing that move. If a poor person cannot take advantage of a subsidy or tax break, then there should be no subsidy or tax break. In addition; if a policy is going to end up hurting the poor in the long run, then that policy should not be implemented. The George W. Bush car swap to get polluters of the road is a good example of this. If a vehicle exceeded a certain age, it did not qualify for the credit. What that program actually did was force the poor to drive their older, more worn and more pollution generating vehicles longer rather than being able to purchase one of those qualified vehicles that produced less pollution and was mechanically, in better shape. In the long run, the program didn't reduce pollution; it hurt the poor by making them drive their older vehicles longer.
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  118.  @Ajourneyofknowing  "Just because that one person you spoke to had his solar setup dependent on the grid doesn’t make the whole energy plan flawed" That one person did not have his solar setup dependent on the grid. State code requires everyone in his state to have their solar dependent on the grid. It's a stupid regulation as you can just as easily isolate the grid from the solar supply when the grid goes down. But that comes down to being the people's fault for; 1) not standing up to stupid regulations like that and 2) reelecting politicians that vote for stupid regulations like that. "Then every single tax break/subsidy would be canceled besides those apart of social welfare then" I wonder how that would affect the economy. "Getting conspiracy theorist levels with that “traitor levying war” despite the lobbying campaigns of the oil industry" When the policy hurts the nation rather than benefits the nation; it's levying war against the nation. Shutting down American petroleum production to make America dependent upon foreign energy producers, then blaming the foreign energy producers for not producing more petroleum; is levying war against the United States. An act of Treason. Shutting down the economy in order to prevent the spreading of a virus all the while releasing illegal immigrants, that test positive for that virus to enter the United States; is levying biological, viral warfare against the United States. An act of treason. Shutting down the Keystone pipeline and then allowing Russia to complete their pipeline which will give them an economic leverage over Europe; is adhering to the enemies of the United States, giving them aid and comfort. Adhering to the enemies of the United States is an act of Treason. Pulling American troupes out of Afghanistan and leaving billions of dollars in war equipment and allowing the enemy takes possession of; is adhering to the enemies of the United States, giving them aid and comfort. An act of treason. Article 3, section 3 of the United States Constitution does not require one to prove intent as treason has nothing to do with intent. Treason is the outcome of one's actions and one's actions alone prove the intent. Anyone that makes a mistake and sees the mistake quickly makes corrections to undo the mistake. Some of the policies Biden put into place can be corrected and those problems solved. But handing billions of dollars of advanced US military equipment over to a group of terrorists; cannot be undone. The act of treason is solidified by their possession and the need to put boots on the ground in order to correct the act of treason. Other democrats have committed treason as well. Every governor and mayor that ordered the police to stand down during the riots of 2020, used those rioters to levy war against the people of that city. Used the rioters to levy war against the United States of America. They have all committed treason and ought to be prosecuted for doing so. Despite the clear and obvious harm that Biden and the democrat policies have done; they do not make any corrections. For that matter, they do not even acknowledge that harm has been done unless they are forced to by their voters. All those harmful policies are intentional. They are not mistakes. Everyone was implemented for the sole purpose of; "burning the whole thing down". These are not conspiracy theories; they are the facts of history, the historical acts that the democrats have taken beginning in 2020. They have all thorugh their actions and support of the marxist left propaganda, have committed treason.
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  120.  @dinohall2595  " As someone who signed up for mail-in, I can confirm you are wrong. When I voted early in person (out of concern Trump would try to get the election called on November 3 before all mail-ins were counted), they immediately voided the ballot they had sent me in the mail. I didn't have to bring them that ballot; they voided it by its ID and informed me that felony charges would be filed if I or anyone else sent in that ballot. It has since been shredded." You have not confirmed anything. 1) You signed up for mail in ballot, it was not sent to you regardless of whether you wanted it to be sent or not. 2) You went in to vote in person and they voided your mail in ballot. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. By the way; who has your mail in ballot? 3) What of all those people that do not go in because they are in a completely different state, did not sign up for a mail in ballot, and a mail in ballot was mailed to their former address? Will those mail in ballots be voided? Fact is, they should not have been sent in the first place. The only thing you have confirmed is that you watch way too much main stream news media. You have confirmed that despite the integrity that Donald Trump has shown while in office (he kept many of his campaign promises), you choose to believe the lies that are being told about him. 1) He said he would cut taxes - he did. 2) He said he would build a wall - he did. Granted, the wall project didn't go as smooth as he had hoped, but then, you can blame the leftist globalist agenda for that. 3) He said he would appoint conservative judges - he did. 4) He said he would reduce economy stifling regulations - he did. 5) He said he would create jobs - he did. 5.a) The combination of economic growth and job growth brought about the lowest unemployment numbers in decades, and those low numbers included record low minority unemployment. 5.b) The strength of the economy coupled with low unemployment brought about an increase in wages not seen during the 8 years of Obama Biden administration. Donald Trump has done nothing to threaten the legal vote, he has only made moves to protect the election from the unlawful mass mailing of ballots. All of his moves have been to uphold state election laws and quash those actions that are in violation of state election laws. The Michigan secretary of state sent out ballots in violation of Michigan election laws. Then, the democrats files a law suite and an activist judge ordered the State of Michigan to accept and count mail in ballots up to ten days after election day which is contrary to what is legislated in Michigan election law. Look, if your state has had mail in ballots for years, then I suspect that your state and local municipalities have everything setup to deal with a large influx of ballots. The State of Michigan has absolutely nothing in place to deal with the massive mail in ballots that the secretary of State, mailed out against Michigan election laws.
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  127. Bible verses that support a strong defense and the destruction of the enemy.. 2Samuel 22:40: For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. 41: Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 42: They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 43: Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. Psalms 18:39: For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. 40: Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. 41: They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 42: Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. The reference Dennis could not remember; Psalms 29:11: The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. KJV At the last supper, just prior to going to the mount of Olives Jesus had the following discussion with His disciples. Luke 22:35: And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 36: Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. 37: For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
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  128.  @stanced3277  "Wait so Scott, your argument is that the hospitals don't care about helping people over bean counting," Not hospitals, individuals. " and that there may be some secret force propelling them to count beans. yes, there is, it's called a brand new Rolls Royce Dawn, and a house in Miami." Not everyone dreams of owning and expensive car. "Maybe if we treated healthcare more as a human right and less as an capitalist industry, the people who are out to make profit will no longer find profit, and the people out to get a life saving surgery will get to have that life saving surgery." Your rights end where another's rights begin. If doctors cannot earn a living; who will be a doctor? You cannot force people to be doctors, that makes it slavery and slavery is illegal in the US. There are two ways two withhold medical treatment from people. 1) excessive prices that are not controlled by market forces. 2) socializing and thereby reducing the availability of the service. Socializing anything including medicine only serves to make it less available and is never the solution. "Hospitals are not being used to heal, they are being used to profit, now imagine that being a good practice in any other situation. Maybe there's a war, and to get on the hospital ship, a bill will be sent back to your family, the poor soldiers, are just going to need to die. There's even a meme about it on the Internet," Don't be delusionally stupid. There's no way any government is going to use civilian hospitals to treat injured soldiers on the battle field. It makes no logistical sense. "And I really hope you are pro abortion because with a name like @ Scott Tovey you must not know what it's like to carry another human being inside of you for 9 months because you were raped in the state of Mississippi." Given the fact that, it is always the baby's body that is destroyed, and never the body of the woman carrying that baby; I find no justification in terminating the life of a baby that is not in deed and in fact, threatening the life of the mother. Destroying the baby's body therefore, is unwarranted and criminal. The fact that the woman's life will be altered yet not destroyed if she chooses to keep the baby, rather than adopting the baby out; there is no justification for shedding the blood of the innocent and sacrificing them on satan's altar of murder.
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  141.  @carawadley317  "If my friends were so desperate to get into my house that they were breaking in, I would assume it is justified by either fleeing from something, or needing something within. They would not be my enemies, but rational human beings. Also, my friends have a key to my house. They don't break in." The only justification to break into any house is if is on fire and the occupants need saving. Anyone that breaks into a house where there is no danger or immediate threat to life; is an enemy. You can be choose to change the definition and call them your friends all you want but just remember that when the patriots stand up and the bullets start to fly; those who support open borders will be counted traitors and enemies of the United States along with those that enter the United States illegally. "The reason people have to enter illegally is because we do not have an easily accessible key." The only nation on earth that is expected to have that delusionally insane standard is the United States of America. No other nation on earth gives people easily accessible keys to enter; neither should America and America didn't until Kennedy's immigration reform of the 60's. You're a globalist not an American. If you are a citizen of the United States; you are a traitor. If you are not a citizen, you are an enemy. God Himself instituted the borders of nations, even the borders of the tribes of Israel. Contrary to your dystopia dreams; open borders has never existed and will not exist in the future. Trump's immigration policies showed that it is not necessary for anyone to enter the United States illegally as many people waited in Mexico to have their cases heard and be properly vetted. All the arguments that the left and globalists like yourself put forth in support for easy immigration are futile attempts at arguing in favor of doing away with law and order. You seek America's destruction therefore; you are an enemy of America.
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  143.  @generalkenobi4683  "(I am a conservative politically, so don't call me libtard)." I don't believe that I have ever called anyone libtard. I tend to resort to calling those on the left educated idiots as they are educated, yet reamain the idiots they were before they received their education. "I am a Hindu, so you think I'll go to hell? Prager himself is a Jew, so will he go to hell as well?" There is only one passport into heaven and that is through the blood of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God which takes away the sins of those that believe on His name and ask Him to be the Lord and Savior of their life. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Contrary to what some believe; Jesus Christ is not a man that ascended and became a god. Jesus Christ the word of God; is God come in the flesh. He was God before the foundation of the world. He was God while He dwelt upon the earth as a man and after His resurrection and ascension into heaven; He remains God to this day and throughout eternity. All who reject this fact of who Jesus Christ is; do not believe on the name of the only begotten Son of God. They believe on a fake Jesus, and a fake god. John 1:1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2: The same was in the beginning with God. 3: All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4: In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5: And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. Many take offense at the claims and assertions of Jesus Christ. They take offense for one of two reasons: 1) They are arrogant and have deceived themselves into thinking that they are able to obtain righteousness. These take offense because they are not willing to give up their pride for an eternal life of peace, joy and happiness. 2) They have an evil heart and are not willing to give up their evil ways for an eternal life of peace, joy and happiness. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. There is none righteous; no not one. Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Romans 5:19: For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. With the exception of Christianity; all religions require one to do works in order to obtain heaven whereas Christianity requires one to obtain heaven by faith through grace in order for one's works to be counted worthy of a reward. Ephesians 2:8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9: Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
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  151.  @Rising_Pho3nix_23  "You were taught to hate yourself because "you're trash" according to the ultra loving creator that made you." The only begotten Son of the loving creator God did not die for trash. He died to redeem men whom He says is more valuable than sparrows. Matthew 10:29: Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30: But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31: Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. " Interesting. Religion does that. Science does the opposite. I believe in peace, the scientific method, asking questions, listening to answers, going to the experts for things I don't understand." You are lying. You won't go to God for things you don't understand and not only is He expert in all things, He invite you to come and reason with Him. Isaiah 1:18: Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. "I believe in caring about others and sometimes sacrifice my well-being for the well being of others (I can tell you how I became homeless)." Again, you have lied. You said you are not religious yet, you sacrifice for those in need as one that practices pure religion. James 1:27: Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. "And yet, with all these socially conscious and moral views I have, I am an atheist." "Yet religion teaches us that we are trash." Which religion teaches you that you are trash, it is certainly not Christianity. And you cannot find anything that teaches that in the Bible. There are statements referring to specific people as being worthless, but then, that was the character of those people. "That we must follow arbitrary rules such as unfiltered nonstop eternal worship and adoration." Everything has arbitrary rules of unfiltered nonstop eternal worship and adoration. Socialism, communism, marxism, in some cases monarchism. Only God in heaven is worthy of such and He seeks those that will worship Him in spirit and in truth. "It often teaches immoral things such as deferred or even redirected accountability (such as the crucifixion of jesus)." The crucifixion of Jesus is not redirected accountability. The crucifixion of Jesus is the pure blood sacrifice that the law requires in order for men to approach and be reconciled to their creator God in heaven. All the animal sacrifices in the Jewish Temple were pointing to this one man, the only begotten Son of God that would come and give His life for us so that our clear and obvious tendency to sin, would not damn us to an eternity away from Him. This is not teaching a redirection of accountability. This is teaching forgiveness and remission of sins. Matthew 26:28: For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Luke 24:47: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 1John 4:9: In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10: Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11: Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Do you really want to argue about sin? Do you really really want to play this game? You're not as clever as you think you are. In fact, because you think you are so clever, you do not realize that you are deceived and have fallen for one of Satan's evil tricks. You are so blinded by the wrongs that evil people do, that you cannot see, and refuse to see; the good that righteous people do. God has already declared what is and is not sin. Go by that.
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  152.  @Rising_Pho3nix_23  "same promise for thousands of years." "If you know anything about the art of war, wilderness survival, hunting, politics, parenting, or relationships, you'd realize that people lash out when they start losing." People don't lash out just when they are losing. Ask any counselor, and they will tell you that the people they are trying to help; tend to lash out at them. It's sort of like terminating medical staff because they won't take a drug that has kill many thousands of people. "And those damn left wing bastards respecting election results, playing with makeup, having colorful fabrics on a pole, getting vaccinated and not attacking government buildings. I swear the left will be the downfall of a society that holds onto values of the past. Like racist slavery. Like human sacrifice. Like being allowed to beat and oppress women." You are allowing the left to deceive you. The Judeo-Christian values are the reason that America has made so much progress in getting rid of slavery, racism and oppression of women. It was Christians Pastors that stood up and preached against slavery. That preaching is what brought about the birth of the Republican party. The democrats preferred slavery over liberation and because they were fearful that one day enough non slave states would exist to pass a constitutional amendment to end slavery, they receded from the Union. However, they to this day will claim that the civil war was over state's rights. "Like going to a building every Sunday and listening to some stranger tell you how you're trash." I used to attend church on a regular basis; I never heard any preacher tell me that I am trash. Unless you are talking about a song called Amazing Grace. "Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saves a wretch like me." That song is about how amazing God's grace is in that He sacrificed and paid the price for our redemption. "Man those values are going away and the CONSERVative side is fighting against the LIBERal side." That's because the LIBERAL side voted for the marxist that are working so hard to destroy the United States. "Will we be able to liberate the liberals and conserve the values that brought us countless wars?" If I walked up to you on the street and without warning slapped you in the face, did your values bring you that assault? Or was I just being and evil bastard? Not standing up for Conservative values will bring war sooner than later. Why, because the left will start that war just as they have waged war and murdered innocent people in countless cities across the United States during 2021 without just cause or provocation. All in the name of equality and justice. Whether you stand up for conservative values or seek to relinquish them in an act of appeasement, you will find yourself at war. The acts of appeasement was the standard political operating procedure prior to WWII. Everyone wanted to appease Hitler and Nazi Germany. All that did was give them the notion that the allies were weak and unwilling to fight. Right now, the policies of Joe Biden have brought the world closer to war because he has shown himself to be a weak leader. Because he has done this; Russia, China, North Korea and Iran have all become threatening. Why shouldn't they? The big kid on the block is too afraid to stand up and protect their allies. Rather than remain focused on all that is wrong in the world, how about you ask Jesus to forgive you of your sin, reveal Himself to you and help you see His truth and His light? As annoyed as you may be at the state of the world; this state is temporary and won't last very long, even though it may seem long for those that choose to go through the worst by not asking Jesus Christ for salvation and the remission of sins.
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  158.  Robert Ramsey  "and people in major cities keep buying what they are selling. I wonder how long it takes someone to realize they are getting the shaft? Apparently more than 50 years." It is quite possible that they cannot realize they are getting the shaft. God says through the prophet Isaiah: Isaiah 66:1: Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2: For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. Speaking of the Temple sacrifices God says: Isaiah 66:3: He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. The penalty for not loving and refusing the truth: Isaiah 66:4: I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. Speaking of this the Apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonians regarding our the wicked: Thessalonians 2:7: For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth(restrains) will let(restrain), until he be taken out of the way. 8: And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, The penalty for not loving and refusing the truth: Thessalonians 2:10: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11: And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: What is very disturbing is the fact that, in his book the Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn shows that; beginning with Bill Clinton's election to the Presidency, the United States began walking down the same path to destruction as the ancient northern kingdom of Israel did, when king Ahab and his wife Jezebel ruled the throne of ancient Israel. America is currently under judgment, yet God set Donald Trump in the presidency to remove much of the cancer that globalist administrations have infected the United States with for the past 50 years. The main reason that the mainstream media is so openly against President Trump, is because he has been succeeding in undoing the globalist policies, despite their opposition. Time will tell whether or not they will wise up and realize they have been following a lie. Given their propensity to violence, it is more likely that they will start an insurrection after Trump wins re-elected and the military will have to put them down like the traitorous, rabid dogs they choose to be.
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  161.  @isecretlyvotedemocratbut2426  "Arabs. They were promised it" Who promised them? It sure was not God. The land of Canaan was promised to Abram whom God named Abraham by a Covenant which God made with Abraham. God called Abram out of the land of Ur of the Chaldees when Abram was 75 years old. Genesis 11:31: And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. Genesis 12:1: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: Genesis 12:4: So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5: And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. God made Abram a promise of a son named Isaac by his wife Sarai. At that time, God named Abram; Abraham and Sarai God named Sarah. Genesis 17:1: And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 17:2: And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. Not only did God promise Abraham a son named Isaac, God promised to establish His covenant with Isaac, the promised son. Genesis 17:19: And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. Genesis 17:20: And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. Genesis 17:21: But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. Genesis 21:3: And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4: And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. There is no promise given to the Arabs of any part of the land of Israel which God gave unto Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who is Israel. No promise made to the Arabs by man is valid because the Land belongs to God and not man, and God has promised that land to the nation of Israel. Those that oppose Israel possessing all the land that God promised to Israel, are in opposing God and shall fall by the wayside. None of their efforts against Israel shall prosper endlessly because it is the Lord God almighty that stands with Israel; to reprove Israel, and to try Israel, and to bring Israel completely into the kingdom of God on earth. And that day is quickly approaching and shall come to pass.
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  165. @domhnall777 "group #2 - the idiots who started the violence - you don’t consider them to be Trump supporters. Do they consider themselves to be trump supporters?" Did the actions that day in any way resolve the question of election fraud? No it did not. The evidence was not examined. There is a court that is examining their States election machines to determine if there was fraud or a malfunction. That is how you dispel any questions of election fraud. You do not dispel questions of election fraud by declaring that those bringing the law suit do not have standing in the court of law which is an unconstitutional ruling. In fact, those actions did exactly the opposite of what Trump supporters wanted done. The machines examined and audited properly to determine whether they were used fraudulently or not. Those not willing to have the machines examined; are in fact admitting that the machines were used to violate election laws and conduct a fraudulent election. Even when a person considers oneself to be a supporter of someone; their consideration is factually irrelevant. The outcome of their actions however, is more telling of what and who they support. There are a lot of people that consider themselves to be Christians yet are as unsaved as the atheist that declares that there is no God. They are Christian in name only. When they stand before Christ, He will declare to them; "Depart from me ye workers of iniquity. I never new you". Matthew 7:18: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Matthew 7:21: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22: Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23: And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
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  168. @domhnall777 "YouTube keeps removing my comment with the URL... " I've had the same problem. They call it removing fake news. You shouldn't be trying to post fake news about Trump on YouTube. LOL Actually, I'm not for sue about this but I think they may have enacted a no links policy; but you will have to post a link to a video on a kids channel to verify that. "The point you should take is this: denying everything you hear about Trump is just as delusional as believing everything you hear about him" Oh really? Last year someone posted a comment claiming that a certain preacher denied the power of the blood of Christ. Not just a heresy in Christianity but blasphemy. I asked for a link to the video. The poster proceeded to rebuke me for being lazy and demanded that I search the web for this alleged violation of a Christian Pastor. My response to that and any allegation an accuser is not willing to provide evidence to support is to flatly reject it and dismiss it. It is the accuser's responsibility to prove their case and never the responsibility of hearer to go about wasting time proving an allegation is true when the alleged violation may not exist. A week went past and another post from a different user claimed to be a second witness to this event. It was probably the same person using a different user name. A week after that, two weeks from the initial accusation; that very pastor posted a video on his channel doing exactly the opposite of what he was accused of doing. This is why I always ask for a link to the evidence of an accusation. The democratic house spent four years lying about an alleged Russian collusion between Trump and Russia. After all the evidence was finally released, it turned out that the FBI knew at the beginning of those four years that the whole thing was a hoax and had the falsified evidence to prove it. In my view, after that and so many more lies spread against people for the sole purpose of destroying their incomes and lives; any accusation including those against Trump, must be taken with a great deal of skepticism. There is one exception to this rule however; anyone that spends four years accusing and lying to the public about the President of the United States has proven themselves to be habitual liars. Thus, any accusation of wrong doing against them is likely valid and true. Their longstanding practice requires one to be very wary and assume the traitors, as they are now proving themselves to be, are guilty as accused. That's not to say we don't allow them the opportunity to prove their innocence. Given the fact that they want to impose that kind of justice system on America; we must give them the opportunity to experience their unjust system first hand and attempt to prove their innocence. "Just search YouTube for “Trump proud boys” and it’s the 1st hit... it was a presidential debate, it’s not exactly hard to find." OK, I watched it. Trump told proud boys to stand down at the behest and prompting of the moderator. That does not make him the leader of the white supremacist. It does make you a false witness. You have proven yourself to be an evil lying leftist, an enemy of the United States.
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  169. @domhnall777 "false witness? You said you never heard of the proud boys. I informed you that Trump referred to them in a debate. You demanded evidence and I provided it. End of story. If you want to make claims about who really stormed the Capitol, educate yourself on who was actually there. You clearly didn’t watch the debates. You’re not up to speed on current events. Therefore your opinions about the MAGA insurrection are not backed up by facts." Yes false witness. You clearly misconstrued Trump's mentioning of the proud boys. Trump asked for a name, he was given a name. That whole exchange looks like a leftist setup so that they could claim that Trump mentioned the proud boys while leaving out the fact that the moderator demanded that Trump denounce white supremacist which he has been doing all along. Now, I didn't watch the CNN video I watched the second one that is the second hit and it is so obvious that Trump mentioning a white supremacist group is a set up. If you want to be trusted as a valid source of information; don't twist the facts. Don't leave pertinent details of the source out. You people are so prone to lie that you no doubt will try and pull that nonsense with Christ when He returns. Doing so will be a fatal, self destructive mistake. Oh and just an FYI; despite my not being up on all the facts I am still winning this discussion because lies can never defeat truth. You're so blinded by hate and leftist propaganda and bias that you can't recognize what truth is. You think it's your prerogative to remove existing facts that oppose your narrative and call the remainder of what you put forth as truth that supports your bias. Once you leave out facts such as the moderator demanding that Trump renounce white supremacists; what you are putting forth is no longer truth; It's a lie! Oh and by the way; why would the President of the United States not be aware of a group called proud boys or any other extremist group that threatens the security of the United States. It's his job to know who and what those groups are. Your claim that President Trump being a white supremacist makes him a white supremacist is a lie.
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  175.  @Jabberwocky99  "Jesus didn't really comment of the economy per se, but he very clearly believed in living life free of material wealth and doing things for others "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." - Matthew 19:21" Many self proclaimed righteous get that wrong. You do greatly err not knowing the scriptures. Because you do not know the scriptures; you pick and choose whatever verses you need to support what you desire to be true. It is not proper to make a doctrine based solely on a single verse in the Bible. The reason Jesus said that to that particular individual is because that particular individual had an idol in his heart that stood in the way of his right standing with God. That idol was his wealth. He therefore needed to get rid of the wealth in order to turn away from the false god and idol worship in his heart. Capitalism Job 42:10: And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. The generosity of others. Socialism confiscates all wealth and does not permit individuals to have an abundance over and above their need so that they can give to others, let alone have enough to meet their need. Job 42:11: Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. Again mentioning the wealth and abundance that Job had. Job 42:12: So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. 13: He had also seven sons and three daughters. 14: And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. 15: And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. 16: After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. 17: So Job died, being old and full of days. Peter asks Jesus what they shall have for forsaking all to follow Jesus. Matthew 19:27: Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? 28: And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29: And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. 30: But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. Mark 10:28: Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. 29: And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30: But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. 31: But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. Your claim that Jesus did not support capitalism is a false claim based on a single verse that is taken out of the context within which it took place.
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  176.  @69smilodrone85  "you're wrong. It has everything to do with it. During the enlightment the freedom fighters were all thoose who wanted the separation of the church and the state, the founding fathers wanted a separated church from the state. Also all the churches (especially in europe) sided with the feudal landlords and with the absolute monarchs, they justified their tyranny with their judeo-christian values." Anyone that justifies tyranny with Judeo-Christian values does not have Judeo-Christian values. They have nothing more than a form of godliness all the while denying the power of godliness. This is not surprising given the fact that Paul prophesied that such as these type would come. Not only have they come in these last days as we approach the return of Christ, but they have come throughout history as wicked people will use anything at hand in order to gain a profit or to manipulate others to take advantage of them to satisfy their own lusts and covetousness. 2Timothy 3:1: This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2: For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3: Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4: Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5: Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. Jude 1:4: For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  177.  @69smilodrone85  "The typical no true scotsman fallacy. Weird that when christians were in power that was during the dark ages." You confuse Christianity with religion. There is a big difference between the two. Religion puts upon people so many oppressive rules that one is removed from serving God. Christianity liberates people from religious oppression so that they can serve God by 1st believing in Christ as Lord and savior; thereby receiving the indwelling of the Holy Spirit; and then being led by the Spirit to obey the true commandments of God. While there are rules to live by in Christianity; those rules are not so oppressive that one must believe, contrary to the evidence that exists in the sun, the moon and the stars; that the earth is flat. True Christianity does not oppress nor prevent prosperity. True Christianity enables prosperity. Paul himself testifies of the wealth of the Corinthian church. 1Corinthians 4:8: Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. 9: For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 10: We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. Then contrasts that with his own suffering. 1Corinthians 4:11: Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 12: And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: Paul admonished the Thessalonians to work not on in his first epistle to them but his second as well. This is far from socialism. It is working for a living. 1Thesslonians 4:11: And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12: That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. 2Thessalonians 3:7: For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8: Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9: Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. Socialism and corporatism does not permit allowing one to go hungry for lack of work. Capitalism and individualism does allow one to go hungry for lack of work; however, it is poor form to demand that people have such power over their circumstances as to never be unemployed. That is in fact; an unrealistic and delusional fantasy that is a policy governed by hatred which is often born by false witnesses to be; "tough love". 2Thessalonians 3:10: For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11: For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12: Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 13: But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. 14: And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
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  178.  @Jabberwocky99  "You're literally contradicting yourself: Your passage from Matthew is him explaining how everyone who gave up all their lives for him will go to heaven...as does his common in Mark about "the first shall be the last and the last the first"...he preached "riches" of the afterlife, not material wealth...he is rewarding people after the fact" The reason you say that is because you do not understand that God rules His kingdom by principles. Where one sows and reaps in this world, one sows in this world and reaps in the kingdom of God provided one is believer in Christ, born again, and thereby a citizen of the kingdom of God. Luke 6:38: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Will everyone that believes and obeys God in this world become rich? Absolutely not! There is in fact a purpose for the poor. Some are poor for the sole purpose of testing those that are rich to see if they love the Lord their God to obey His commandments. Deuteronomy 15:10: Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11: For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. Job spoke of individualism. He spoke of mutual respect for his fellow man whether they be rich or poor yet; Job himself was rich. Job 34:19: How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. Jesus rebuked those that criticized a woman that poured an alabaster box of very precious ointment upon His head. They became indignant declared it a waste. Yet, Jesus upheld the woman's right to do with her wealth what she chose to do and rebuked them for their criticism. This act, which others claimed to be a waste; is capitalism. Matthew 26:6: Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7: There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 8: But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9: For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10: When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. Matthew 26:11: For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. 13: Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
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  179.  @69smilodrone85  " "christianity liberates people from religious opression so that they can SERVE god" If you're free you serve no one. That's my problem with religion (christianity is a religion) you're just a servant you have to serve God or you're going to hell." That is true; but I have news for you. I don't have children so this should be very eye opening to you. If I had only one Son, and my one and only Son sacrificed his life for a group of people to save them; and members of that group of people despised and criticized my son; I would be looking to put those individuals in the grave and as far away from me as can be achieved. But those that revered and respected my son for his sacrifice in saving them; those I would count as friends and not enemies. I would certainly not allow them entry into my home or my kingdom if I had one. If any man has a differing point of view; that man needs to turn in his man card. He is a pathetic looser, a disgrace to his gender. You have to answer 4 for the equation 2 + 2 = or your teacher will mark it wrong. Whether a freeman or a man in bondage, you are serving someone. If you are employed, you are serving your employer in exchange for gain. If a man is married, he is serving his wife. If a woman is married, she is serving her husband. Children serve their parents and parents serve their children. The reality of life is that as much as it offends our ideals of liberty and freedom; we are all servants to someone. If you are not serving God you are serving God's enemy the devil. You may claim to be neutral, but in this war between the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of hell; there is no neutral position. But God has given us provision through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, and empowered us to choose to be for Him rather than be against Him in opposition to our best interests. Matthew 12:30: He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Matthew 23:13: But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Luke 11:23: He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
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  185. Contrary to the belief of the socialist in the LA cap; talking about something doesn't mean you give a crap. All it means is that you are yapping your hole and exhaling words. Giving a crap requires that one get grasp hold of truth and disavow all lies. Socialism has never worked, nor will it ever work. The future of the world will be a true capitalist society under the reign the king of kings and Jewish Messiah Jesus Christ. In that day, there will be no other choices and all marxists, communists and socialists will be removed from the earth because they refuse to repent from stealing, robbing, murders, and all their totalitarian despotisms. Anyone that truly cares will not be attempting to rob those that are down trodden, from the hope that one day, they too may be able to climb out of their abased state, work and grow into a state of abundance. Socialism can never work because socialism robs God of His divine prerogative to have mercy on whom He will have mercy and to bless whom He will bless. Exodus 33:19: And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. If God were a socialist, Job would not have been blessed twice as much as he had before his trial during which all that he had was stripped from him. Job 42:10: And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11: Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. 12: So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. Marxist execute false judgment and do not show mercy or compassion to his brother. For no man is showing mercy or compassion to another man when he is robbing that man of his hope. Marxist and marxism will not survive the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Zechariah 7:9: Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: Psalm 109:1: Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 2: For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3: They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4: For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. Psalm 109:12: Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. 13: Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15: Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. Psalm 109:16: Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. 17: As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
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  189.  @misplacednewyawker  "Get a life, instead of celebrating holidays for fictional characters ." The fact that you refuse to acknowledge the historical fact of Christ's birth, ministry, death and resurrection; and prefer to adhere to the brainwashing of your religious zealots, does not produce the need for anyone "get a life". The fact of the matter is; I not only have a life, I have THE LIFE. THE LIFE that is the Lord Jesus Christ. I have the life that comes from believing on Him and in Him. I have the life because I have accepted the absolute truth that God sent His one and only Son into the world as the Lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world, to die for man's sins. That through His death, we who believe on His name and accept Him as our Lord and Savior, as our King and Sovereign, receive the remission of sins and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth. That by His resurrection, we have a promise of resurrection and of a life that will not end. John 11:25: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: John 14:6: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 1) I have heard His small still voice call me by name. 2) I have seen Him defend me with my eye, as His invisible hand struck a charging dog that sought to do me harm. 3) I have dreamed dreams of future events that have come to pass. None of these three things could happen if, as you so erroneously claim; the Holiday of Christmas was for a fictitious character.
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  190.  @misplacednewyawker  "Grow up son, fairy tales are for children. Religion is a joke and the biggest con job ever." You're the one that needs to grow up. Atheism is for little children that are proud and arrogant and can't handle the truth. "Fairy tales". Jesus Christ is not a fairy tale. "Religion is a joke" "Religion; pure religion is never a joke. James 1:27: Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. "and the biggest con job ever." You cannot have the biggest imitation con job ever without there being the real thing to imitate. The fakes and the con jobs do not disprove the existence of God as you erroneously believe. They in fact prove His existence. Your problem is not that you disbelieve in religion, your problem is that you believe in the wrong religion. Atheism is a religion. The socialist leftist cancel culture is a religion. It takes more faith to believe that the intricate design of the universe came about without intelligence than to believe that a creator God designed the Universe that way. It takes more faith to believe in and seek to implement an economic system(socialism) that has failed to deliver it's promises 100% of the time it has been implemented in the past; than to follow a working system that has lifted millions out of poverty. There is no question that there are religious leaders that abuse their positions and take advantage of the poor. I have been abused by them. However, I have also been abused by those that assume they are ultra spiritual when they demand that a preacher not make a living from preaching the gospel. People such as these are just as evil as those religious leaders that abuse their flock. In fact, you are just as abusive of those religious leaders that take advantage of people as you yourself no doubt, does nothing to show forth good in the world. So, rather than complaining about religious leaders that are hypocrites and going out and doing what they should do so that you can put them to shame, you complain that religion is a con job. That makes you a bigger hypocrite than those you accuse of being fake! The abuse however, does not disprove God's existence. The abuse not only proves God's existence, it proves what God has said about the mankind; "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God", "There is non righteous, no not one" , "There is none that does good". Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: Romans 3:12: They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. There are four verses that speak of atheism specifically. This is how God views those that say, there is no God. Psalms 14:1: The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. Psalms 14:3: They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Psalms 53:1: The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. Psalms 53:3: Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
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  191.  @misplacednewyawker  "You are an adult. Act like one." Why are you lashing out? Stop being childish. Like the marxist left, you accuse people of doing what you are in fact the one doing. "There is no evidence for any supernatural being." I have seen the cloud of God and stood in His very presence. In a vision, I have beheld the coming of Christ in the clouds of heaven and the catching away of His bride the Church. I have dreamed dreams that were foretelling the future and those dreams came to pass. I have seen the invisible hand of God strike a charging dog in the side. My experiences with God, in both dreams and visions is evidence enough for me to know that there is a God. The very DNA structure in biology contains a digital programming code that enables life to exist and live. Digital languages do not exist unless an intelligence has created them. That intelligence not only designed our bodies but the entire universe for the sole purpose of creating the earth to contain life. That intelligence is God. Your lack of experience, your refusal to accept scientific facts and truth and your refusal to accept God's existence, does not remove God from existence. Your refusal to accept that the re-birth of the current State of Israel was prophesied around 2400 years ago, does not invalidate the prophesy having been fulfilled in 1948. Isaiah 11:11: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. "You must have real low self esteem to care what others believe." I actually care very little of what people think about me. I do care whether or not they end up in an eternity of pain and suffering in the lake of fire. You have chosen what you have chosen. If by chance you decide one day to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, you will know that if it were not for the grace of God dealing with your hardness of heart, you would be destined for everlasting punishment. "Probably because you know deep inside you have no justification and you get reinforcement in plurality of suckers who believe what you do." There aren't a whole lot of people that believe exactly what I believe. In fact, those that claimed to believe what I believe have opposed me preaching the gospel. They had the same judgmental, condemning attitude that you do all the while claiming to be "christian". I have since decided that actions are more telling than words, and since their actions were in opposition to the kingdom of God, and in opposition to the commandments of Christ, and in line with those whom Christ calls the cursed that go into everlasting punishment, they can not be Christian. You referenced the fire at the end of Revelation and that it was unjust for God to punish people in that way. The reason that those people get torched like they do is because after 1000 years of peace on earth, 1000 years of little to no disease, after 1000 years of lives that extend beyond 120 years, those idiots decide to believe a lie, rebel and take up arms to wage war against the King of Kings, the Prince of peace that maintained that 1000 years of peace. Those people violated the commandment that man shall learn war no more. Isaiah 2:4: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Micah 4:3: And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. You wicked think that you should be able to do wickedness without consequences. There are always consequences to doing wrong. Whether the consequences are immediate, or come about after many years.
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  193.  @misplacednewyawker  "The GOP are the same lying bastards that say that Hillary had a pedo pizza ring in the basement of a basementless pizza parlour." Really? I've never heard that one. But then, I would have asked for a link to an article and annoyed them to no end by demanding that they support their claims with evidence. That's not because they are republicans; it's because they are liars that go about throwing false accusations around as if it doesn't matter. Do you know what the penalty for bearing false witness is in the Old Testament? It's whatever punishment the innocent would have received if found guilty. "They are the same fascist autocrats that had a sitting , sore losing POTUS organize an attack on our Capitol. I know what I see with my eyes. " You need to get your news from another source; you're being fed lies and believing everyone of them. Trump didn't organize an attack on the Capital. That is as much a lie and false witness as the Russian collusion was proven to be. The FBI new while the impeachment trial was going on, that the Steele dossier was a work of fiction and none of the claims in it were true. " The GOP courts bigots since the 60's when the Democrats passed civil rights legislation. A backwards party that wants to go back to slavery. Spare me your lies , I know better. I am not WT." Do your homework, the democrats voted against the civil rights act. It was the Republican run congress at the time that passed it and most likely had some democrat allies along for the ride. Jim Crow was a democrat. The members of the KKK were all democrats. And no, it is you BLM anti-American leftist that want to bring back slavery. It's so obvious with all the lies you all tell.
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  195.  @mr.2cents.846  "He kept His view on the greater picture." Actually, He kept His view on His Father in Heaven. John 5:30: I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. 31: If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32: There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33: Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34: But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35: He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 36: But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. John 8:23: And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24: I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. John 8:28: Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. 29: And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. John 10:25: Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
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  197.  @tonycatman  "Perhaps it is you that doesn't see the real Jesus. I'm not sure that your judgement is superior to mine in this matter." You see Jesus as just another man in history. I see Jesus for who He is; God, our creator come in the flesh seeking to save us from our sins. John 1:1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2: The same was in the beginning with God. 3: All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4: In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5: And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. "I also don't think that you are right that it is necessary to believe in God at all, in order to live a life that he would approve of." Hebrews 11:6: But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. I didn't say you need to believe in God to live a life that He would approve of. I said you have to believe in the name of Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son in order to have eternal life. You claim to have an equal judgment on who Jesus is as I do yet, you are calling Him, who cannot lie; a liar. As Jesus Himself said: John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. "I completely fail to see how Jesus could be responsible for my misdeeds. It is my belief that God wants me to take responsibility for those things myself, which is why he granted me (the illusion) of free will." You on the left have the same mental block. You think that Christ, taking your place in penalty box; makes Him responsible for your misdeeds; it does not. You remain responsible for your misdeeds. We each are responsible for our misdeeds, no one else. As a result of those misdeeds, we are all under the sentence and condemnation of eternal separation from our creator. However, in the kingdom of God there is a law of substitution. Under that law; Christ being innocent of all sin, taking upon Himself the punishment for all sin; empowers and enables God to forgive the sins of all those that believe on His name. The innocent being willing of His own free will, to accept the punishment of the guilty, satisfies the demands of Justice under the laws of the kingdom of God. "And, of course, it is utter nonsense that Jesus rose from the dead in a corporeal literal way. We know that this is impossible." This is impossible for men. It is absolutely possible for God. The evidence of Christ's resurrection is found; not in the records of the gospels, but in the willingness of those that were witnesses of these events, to go from hiding, being fearful of their lives, to boldly proclaiming the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, despite the threat and the risk to their lives. What those Jews were declaring after the resurrection of Jesus Christ; was according to the religious leaders of the day; unlawful and worthy of death. "The story is an allusion to the fact that he lives on through the extraordinary life that he lived, while those who opposed him are forgotten, with their lives are consigned to the garbage can of history." He lives on because He lives. Not because His memory lives on. All these things we bare witness of having; in visions and dreams, beheld Him face to face and eye to eye. In vision, beholding Him come in the clouds of heaven and the catching away of His saints. In dreams, peering through the hole in His hands and seeing Him face to face and eye to eye. I have seen things happen that would not, could not have happened if He were not alive. You do not see, you cannot see who He truly is because you refuse to believe His truth.
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  203.  @pepeoccult4269  "By your logic, trying to help our country was treason, right?" No! Claiming to be helping America while hurting America is Treason! Any policy enacted that does harm to America is an act of treason, except and unless that policy is revoked as soon as it is known that the policy is harmful rather than helpful. From a program developers point of view; a programmer may enter code that he thinks will accomplish the task he wants accomplished only to find out that the code does not do what was desired and expected. The developer does not leave the code as is; he will delete the code and correct his errors. The democrats, despite seeing all the harm they have caused, and hearing the complaints of the people, do not make a course correction and change the policies. They double down and lie about what the people want. By doing so; they crossed the line from intending to help to intentional harm. The crossed the line that makes their actions treason. The cities that defunded the police did so under the guise of justice despite the fact that the vast majority of people know that when you stop making arrests and prosecuting laws, you encourage uncontrolled lawbreaking. Defunding the police is an act of treason. No elected politician or bureaucrat has the right to pass laws and enact policies that are unconstitutional. When they do so, and those policies turn out to be detrimental to the nation, those people have committed treason. If you fell into a mud puddle and in the course of helping you out of the mud puddle I through you into a dung pile; would you consider that helpful or harmful? You would certainly not consider it very friendly.
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  204.  @pepeoccult4269  My definition of treason comes from the Constitution of the United States which does not require the government to prove intent. All that is required is for the government to prove that the actions of the charged, falls under one of the two descriptions given. US Constitution Article III. - The Judicial Branch Section 3 – Treason Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted. "I was trying to ask if pulling out because someone else did treason was in fact treason itself due to it causing ISIS." Obama pulled out of Iraq and left billions in military equipment for the enemy that became ISIS. That act was treason. Pulling out is not treason. Pulling out and leaving billions of dollars in military equipment for the enemy is treason. "Secondly, I have to ask you something about the police. Do you think that giving them military grade stuff without military grade training on how to approach a person based on the rules of aggression," If the police are facing military grade stuff, they need military grade equipment to combat it. While all police officers must go through police academy; not all police officers are without military grade training. Some of them have served in the military and have the training. "and if not, then what would be simpler, making sure they don't get military grade stuff, like vehicles and military-grade assault rifles, or reteaching all the police to be as rigorous in aggression as the military? Obviously the first, right?" The idea that the police always have to take a suspect alive is a false one. When a suspect points a gun at an officer, that officer has every right to draw and shoot to kill. Keep in mind that if there was a military invasion; the police would be the first one's on the lines resisting that invasion. There is no need for them to follow marxist left wing demanded protocols to take the enemy alive. "Now, you have a point to saying defunding the police is wrong, but their feelings as to why are in the right place. What I personally think is that we should either retrain the police to work with the equipment, or we should limit what they can get. So you have a point on the police defunding, but it's still lame." The equipment that the police have used for the most part is standard equipment and not military grade. Swat teams on th either hand, do use military grade equipment. They also receive additional and intense training as well. By the way, you use military grade equipment on a daily basis. Take the humble butter knife for instance; do you need special training to use the butter knife? How about the more dangerous butcher knife. Don't let semantics confuse you. For a person that is trained to take out the enemy in war; everything and anything is a military grade weapon. Including that butter knife. "Three: people do stuff that pass as laws, but are technically unconstitutional all the time. For example, the right to bear arms. As written in the constitution, only the militia could technically be classified as an option. Do you think the hillbilly who is loaded on guns is illegal? No, because the supreme court said no? Then that is a passing of unconstitutional law, making it treason through that part of the constitution. If that is not treason, then that argument is null there, right?" When was the last time you read the second amendment. Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Every citizen of the United States is a member of the militia of the United States. This is not about having a standing army. It is not about an organization that calls itself a militia. The well regulated Militia, are those citizens that, through the use of their arms in practicing and hunting are well regulated. To violate the right of the people to keep and bear Arms is to reduce the military readiness of the United States. It is in effect, disarming the military and the reason for doing so is not because each and everyone of those individuals has violated the law in some way. The dangers of gun ownership is so far over stated it is beyond understandable. A school gets shot up, children die. Is that tragic? yes. That incident however, does not justify taking the guns away from 30 million hunters that went hunting this past deer season and didn't shoot and kill a human being. When you take the guns away from those 30 million law abiding hunters that did not kill anyone, the only people that will own guns are criminals and crime will go up. In addition to not reducing crime; it will not stop school shootings. The only way to reduce the violence in schools, is to bring back Christian prayer, the King James Bible and the Ten Commandments. I did a search a few years back; and before columbine the only school tragedy that I found was when an adult man bombed a school house. I don't recall the year but it was in the State of Michigan. Note; kids were not involved in blowing up their school house. There is never a justification for punishing the innocent for the crime that another committed. There is never a justification in putting you in jail for the crime your neighbor committed. In addition to punishing you for the crimes of another being obviously unjust; it is in fact unconstitutional. Taking guns out of the hands of Americans, and America will turn out like Cuba, Venezuela and now the way Australia is going. Article III Section 3 of the US Constitution does not only safeguard against punishing you for the crime that another person committed; it safeguards against giving descendants of slaves, reparations for slavery from the descendant of slave owners. It also guards against passing the punishment of the crime down to the children of the guilty to insure that the crime has been paid for. The reason the definition of treason is worded in the way it is; is because quite often, when a person was found guilty of committing treason against a king; the children were punished along with the parent that committed treason even if the children were faithful to support their king.
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  209.  @slwsnowman4038  "The difference between the left and the right in terms of destroying the country is the left doesn't let laws get in the way while the right wants to do the destruction legally." Claiming to be on the right, does not make one on the right. As Forest Gump's mama always said; "Stupid is as stupid does". Only a moron would think that it is possible to destroy the country "legally". Indeed, seeking to destroy the country, in and of itself; is an illegal act. The Constitution requires all elected officials take an oath of office to uphold the Constitution. Doing anything to subvert the constitution is dereliction of duty, and a violation of one's oath of office; unlawful acts. The Constitution also contains the definition of treason which is levying war against the United States OR, adhering to their enemies giving them aid and comfort. Seeking to destroy the country "legally" may not technically be "levying war", but it is adhering to the enemies of the United States, giving them aid and comfort. It is treason an act of treason. That said; we can more easily deal with those that think it is possible to destroy the nation legally by simply revealing their true intent and inform the general public that those nitwits lack the intelligence necessary to govern. The hard part is not removing the enemies through the election process. The hard part is determining which of those running for office are sincere conservative patriots and electing them so that they can conserve our constitutional Republic. Unfortunately, given the lefts willingness to use violence, may force us to deal with them as is done with all pests.
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  211.  @cL-bf2ug  "Literally every first world nation does this, as well as some states in the US." That is completely besides the point. You cannot go from not having a mail in ballot system to suddenly having a mail in ballot system without having first, set up the infrastructure to deal with those ballots in a secure way that cannot be hacked or corrupted. The way the democrats are suddenly pushing it on everyone, it is ripe for corruption and deception. This takes proper planning and well designed logistics so that the people can be confident that the vote are being counted properly and honestly. Without that confidence, you move the nation to civil war. As a result of her unconstitutional executive orders that she used to shut down the State's economy, as well as other moves the democrats have made to abridge the rights of the people, some ultra right wing anarchist, anti-government nitwits were planning to charge into the State of Michigan Capital and take hostages as well as; kidnap the Governor, take her to Wisconsin, try her for treason, and leave her adrift in the middle of one of the great lakes. Rather than taking responsibility for both her actions and the actions of other democrat leaders; the governor chose instead to blame this on the Republicans in the State House and Senate who, along with their employees; were also at risk of being injured or killed by those same anti-government terrorists. This is why all things must be done in accordance with both the US Constitution and the State Constitution. When elected officials start arbitrarily breaking the law, and applying it to their political adversaries while exempting themselves, the individuals that are on the fringes of society, become emboldened to take actions they might not otherwise take. When the civilians elected to government positions break the law, they must be held to account under the law, so that those they injure, as a result of their unlawful actions, can see justice served and know that such unlawful actions are discouraged from happening in the future. If they are not punished, then the fringes start to unravel and do what the rest of society is reluctant to do. Democrats are not willing to follow this long standing rule that has governed the United States well these past 244 years.
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  214.  @cL-bf2ug  "I’m not watching that either" That video sites real cases in which people were arrested and tried for ballot fraud. Your unwillingness to watch that video, shows that you are choosing to be willfully ignorant of the truth. That makes you part of the problem and an enemy of the United States, an enemy of your children, and your children's children. The leftist democrats have a history of breaking the law and then, claiming that it was the republicans that broke the law. The investigation into the accusation that Donald Trump colluded with the Russia brought out evidence that it was in fact; Hillary Clinton and her campaign that Colluded with Russians. "and talk about an election with integrity when the GOP were caught putting fake ballot boxes all throughout California." Those are not fake ballot boxes. According to California law, anyone can set up ballot boxes. The democrats have been doing it for years and corrupting the vote. The democrats do not see it as being wrong for them to put up ballot boxes, BUT: When the Republicans decided to do the same, then the democrats declared it to be unlawful. Why? Look at the state of California. Do you seriously think, that the people of California, intentionally continued to vote for the very policies that have disrupted their lives, brought danger to their homes and children, and made it near impossible to have a stable electrical gird? Would you vote for those policies after you have been burned out of house and home? Would you vote for those policies after your children's very lives were put in danger as a result of poor forestry policies? In reality; Democrats cannot win an honest election in the State of California. They can only win a corrupted and dishonest election.
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  222. @Lucas Lombardo "Ya, there’s a lot of stuff in the Bible promoting the murder of babies, genocide, pedophilia, rape, and a lot of incest" You have a very warped view of the Bible blasphemer. Repent lest the anger of the Lord be kindled against you and there be no place for you to repent. Believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation and the remission of sins. Luke 24:47: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Acts 2:38: Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 10:43: To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son(Jesus Christ), that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17: For God sent not his Son(Jesus Christ) into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:18: He that believeth on him(Jesus Christ) is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. The ban on baby sacrifices. Leviticus 18:21: And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. Rape Deuteronomy 22:29: Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. Deuteronomy 22:25: But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die. incest Leviticus 18:6: None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. 7: The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8: The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. 9: The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. 10: The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. 11: The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 12: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. 13: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. 14: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. 15: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 16: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness. 17: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. 18: Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. 19: Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. Leviticus 20:11: And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 17: And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. 18: And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19: And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. 20: And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. 21: And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
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  223. @Lucas Lombardo "Quick question: If your Christian, why are you so upset about Abortion? You think Heaven is this grand wonderful place yet you spend your whole lives DESPERATLY trying to avoid getting there" You are destroying God's property. Ezekiel 18:4: Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. If the Lord has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, how much less pleasure does He have in the death of the innocent? Ezekiel 33:11: Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? One of the problems with American libertarianism is the fool notion that one's personal sin does not affect the nation. When the children of Israel went up to war against Ai, they lost their initial battle because of disobedience to God's commandment. Primarily, the commandment to not take any spoil from the defeat of Jericho. The result of one man's sin of greed, cost the lives of 36 men in the battle. Joshua 7:1: But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. 2: And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3: And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. 4: So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5: And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 6: And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7: And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 8: O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9: For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? 10: And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 11: Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. God demands that we not slay the innocent and the righteous. Who is more innocent than the unborn child that cannot do any harm to any person. Exodus 23:7: Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. Deuteronomy 19:10: That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. 11: But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: 12: Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13: Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. Deuteronomy 21:8: Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. Deuteronomy 21:9: So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. There is a curse on those that slay an innocent person, and I dare say that when a nation has allowed men to slay innocent persons as is the case with abortion; the curse comes upon all the nation because the laws of the nation are corrupt and evil. Deuteronomy 27:25: Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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  224. @Lucas Lombardo "Why, though? " Why though is an irrelevant benign question that means absolutely nothing. "So the they can sin and risk going to Hell rather than going straight to heaven to be happy for eternity? " Again, your line of questioning is not disseminating your actual thoughts. If you're not going to quote me when responding to my statements, be more specific and exact in your questioning. "That's the logical conclusion of the Heaven and Hell system? Best to die early and sinless." Nonsense. That goes against the very nature of one's will to live. I've been so sick and depressed that I wanted to die, but I could not just lay down and die. "Besides, God's never had a problem destroying his "property". " So, what your saying is that it's OK if some yokel comes over to your home and burns the thing down? I suggest that if you want people to respect your property, you best start respecting God's property. Or is it that you think you're an all powerful god, more powerful than the creator Himself, and that you may go about damaging the creators property, and do so with impunity? Claiming that God never had a problem destroying his own property and therefore it is OK for you to murder an unborn child is illogical. Arguments such as this come from people who do not truly use their brain and think through what they are putting forth. It's as stupid as telling a person that is struggling to survive; "you have to do whatever it takes", and then denying that you just told him to go about robbing, pillaging, and murdering. All of which are included in "whatever". "If were going by the Bible, God is Pro-Abortion" If I were king; I would have every one that believed that lie, and uttered that lie; executed for being that blood sucking stupid. If you're not going to take the time to actually read the bible all the way through, don't try and use the Bible to justify your wickedness. You can find NOTHING in the bible that is pro-abortion. Two people have put forth the exact same passage in Numbers, claiming that it speaks of pro-abortion. The passage has nothing to do with abortion. It has to do with a man that has become jealous because he thinks his wife is secretly committing adultery, and there is no pregnancy involved because their is absolutely no evidence of the adultery. It's the typical leftist corruptions. If you can't find real, valid evidence to support your belief, you just claim that it exists. There is only one time in the Bible where God actually asked someone to sacrifice his son. That one time was God asking Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, and God stopped Abraham before he actually did it. Everyone and anyone claiming that the bible is pro abortion when God provides clear punishment for those that cause an injury to a child in a woman's womb, is lying. Exodus 21:22-25 starts out regarding the hurting of a woman with child and causing her to miscarry. However, the penalty imposed is not due to hurting the woman. The penalty imposed is due to the injury that the child suffers. This is God clearly stating that if you intentionally injure an unborn child so that that child dies, you are guilty of murder. The penalty being death. Exodus 21:22: If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23: And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25: Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
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  226. @Lucas Lombardo Genesis 6, - God's judgment on a wicked idolatrous and violent world. Exodus 11 - God's judgment on a wicked Pharaoh. Numbers 31:15-18 - God's judgment on Midian. Deuteronomy 20:16-18 - God's judgment against the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. These people practiced idol worship and sacrificed their children to their idols. Deuteronomy 20:17: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: 18: That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God. Joshua 6:21 - Joshua 6:21: And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. Joshua 10:36-37 - God's judgment on Eglon. Joshua 10:36: And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: 37: And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. 1 Samuel 15:3 - God's judgment against Amalek. 1Samuel 15:3: Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 2 Kings 15:16 - God's judgment on Samaria which departed from Him and sinned against Him after that Jeraboam became king. This is revealed in verse 9. 2Kings 15:9: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. "he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat" 2Kings 15:16: Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. Hosea 9:11-16 - God's just judgment on Ephraim. Hosea 9:11: As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. 12: Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! 13: Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. 14: Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. 15: All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. 16: Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. Hosea 13:16 - Hosea 13:16: Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. War sucks doesn't it? Hosea 9:11-16 is the closest you can come to an actual statement regarding the unborn; but even that is not a judgment against the unborn, it is a judgment against the people for their sins and their wickedness. In truth, you don't have a leg to stand on. In every instance that you sited; God is exercising His divine, just, right and authority as the supreme judge of all the earth; to both judge, condemn and order the execution of wicked and evil people that will not repent from their wicked ways. Much like He will do with every person that continues to practice and support the unjust killing of the unborn baby that is innocent and unable to do any of those sins that God judges nations for. There is nothing in the Bible that gives mankind the right or justification to kill an unborn child that is innocent of all wrong. The only valid justification for terminating a pregnancy is when the mothers life is truly in danger. In that case, one is taking a life in self defense. All those nations wherein God judged, were given ample time to repent and turn from their wicked ways. They refused to repent and as a result; God had no choice but to judge those people and destroy them. God's judgment and destruction of the guilty wicked, does not give anyone the justification or the right to murder the innocent and unborn. You, and those like you will no doubt continue using God's righteous and just judgments to justify your unrighteous and wicked judgments. As such; because you refuse to turn from your wicked ways; God's judgment will come upon you. It is not a matter of if; it is a matter of when. Life begins at conception and both the Bible and life science supports this truth. When Marry the Mother of Jesus had just conceived Christ; she immediately arose and went to visit her cousin Elisabeth whom the angel told her was six months pregnant. Mary would not have been more than 7 days pregnant when she arrived at her cousin's home. When Mary arrived at Elisabeth's home and greeted Elisabeth, the babe within her womb; leaped with joy and Elisabeth being filled with the Holy Ghost prophesied over her cousin Mary and the child she was carrying. Luke 1:30: And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31: And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32: He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 34: Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35: And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. 36: And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. 37: For with God nothing shall be impossible. 38: And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. Luke 1:39: And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; 40: And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. Luke 1:41: And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: 42: And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43: And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Luke 1:44: For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 45: And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
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  227. @Lucas Lombardo "So your okay with killing as long as a book tells you it’s okay by giving some half @$$ justification?" You are not as righteous as you make yourself out to be. Years ago, I read an article where the murder about to be put to death for murder, declared that the state had no right to execute him. On the contrary. He violated a persons right to life and thereby, forfeited his right to life. God was there when He cast judgment on those people, you were not. You are in absolutely no position to cast judgment on God who is righteous and holy. If God were not as merciful as evil people like yourself make Him out to be; you would not be able to make your corrupt judgment. Isaiah 55:9: For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. "Wow, I am definitely not gonna become a Christian" The fact of the matter is; as long as you think you know better than the most high God, you cannot become a Christian. You cannot have forgiveness of your sins. You like every other human being are a sinner that needs salvation and the remission of sins. That is the reason Jesus Christ died on the cross. It was for your deliverance, for your redemption. You were not living in those days and have no idea of just how corrupt and evil those people were. However, you know just how corrupt and evil you yourself are despite all your claims of superior righteousness. You know very well that you are just as worthy of death as all those people that died in those judgments. That's the real reason you disagree with those judgments. You disagree not because those people did not deserve to die for their wickedness. You disagree because you know that like them you do deserve to die for your wickedness. Despite this, God revealed His love for us in that while we were yet sinners, enemies of God; Christ died for us to redeem us and to purchase us and to restore us into a good standing relationship with God. Romans 5:8: But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9: Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10: For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. This is what it means to be a real Christian. It means to acknowledge that there is absolutely nothing I can do to deserve mercy from God and to rely solely on the work of Christ's sacrifice on the cross. Christ is not just some random man that happened to live a good life, was wrongfully executed and then rose from the dead. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Jesus Christ is God, becoming man; for the purpose of being the lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world. John 1:29: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:36: And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! But you have to choose to believe, and choose to turn from your wicked ways unto God's righteous ways. You cannot do that as long as you think yourself more righteous than God which in truth; you are not. None of us are. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20: For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God? Do you believe that God raised Him from the dead the third day? Romans 10:8: But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; Romans 9: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 11: For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12: For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. Romans 10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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  228. "Are there any studies on the “efficacy” of religion for mental illness? When Dennis talks about how to market religion and the happy religious person, makes me wonder if religion has been studied as “therapy” or treatment for mental illness." Religion in and of itself will not do a whole lot for those mentally ill due to a chemical imbalance. People that are mentally ill due to a lack of forgiveness in their heart towards those that have offended them; is another story. Jesus teaches us that if we do not forgive others, then neither can we receive forgiveness. Matthew 18:33: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 34: And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. 35: So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Mark 11:25: And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 26: But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. Luke17:3: Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4: And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. But true religion begins with faith in Jesus Christ the only begotten, the Son of God. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:19: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20: For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. We must confess our sins before Him and take Him as our Lord and Savior; as our sacrificial lamb before God. 1John 1:6: If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1John 1:9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10: If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. James 1:27: Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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  229.  @TheARE316  "and when you forgive, and when you turn to light, and when you believe in Jesus… does it heal stress? Heal anxiety? Heal depression? Heal addiction? Improve ones life compared to before practicing?" Some people receive an instant healing even from addiction; most do not. Everything is dependent upon what you personally need. If you need to struggle through those things in order to grow in character, strength and patience; God is not going to give you an instant healing. Romans 5:3: And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4: And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Romans 8:25: But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Hebrews 10:36: For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. James 1:2: My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3: Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4: But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 2Peter 1:6: And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7: And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. Everything in God is line upon line, precept upon precept. Isaiah 28:9: Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10: For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11: For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12: To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13: But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. I cannot say as some would; that you will be instantly healed if you choose to believe in Jesus Christ. I do not have a word from the Lord that entitles me to make such claims. What I can say however, that in choosing to believe in Jesus Christ, you receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and He remains with you for ever. Not only does He remain with you and in you; He works in you all manner of faith and good works and empowers you to overcome all things you have need to overcome. Ezekiel 36:27: And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. Ephesians 2:10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. But it all starts by believing in Christ and being saved by grace through faith. Ephesians 2:8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9: Not of works, lest any man should boast. There is much that men can do through their own grit and determination. But no matter how much good man does in this world; it will not merit him a place in heaven because heaven is not obtained through the doing of good works or obedience to the law. Heaven is obtained by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit can only be obtained by grace through faith and asking Christ to forgive you of your sin and be Lord and Savior over your life. Someone put a clever meme up on Facebook. He changed the color of the k and w in the word know so as to distinguish to different statements with one; it was similar to the following. (k)no(w) Jesus (k)no(w) peace If you know Jesus you will know peace. If there is no Jesus, there is no peace. The vast majority feel peace when they accept Christ as Lord and Savior and the remission of sin. I have never heard of anyone that sincerely accepted Christ; say that they did not feel a difference. That I believe is due to the Holy Spirit indwelling each and every true believer and is what distinguishes Christianity from every other religion including Judaism. We have not only the promise of God dwelling with us; we have the promise of God dwelling within us. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 7:37: In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38: He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) John 14:26: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 20:22: And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Luke 11:13: If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? Luke 24:47: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
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  233.  @DittyDafku  "why would god create humans just to eternally damn most of them?" Why do humans have children, some of which grow up and become so offensive and evil that they must bar their children from coming into their home, put them in prison for years and in some cases; execute them. God did not create humans to eternally damn them. Humans chose to be disobedient to God's commandments and bring upon themselves eternal judgment damnation. "I don’t know if there is some sort of God but i know for damn sure he does not have a rational brain in any way that we do and he would not care about the little problems that we humans have on our daily lives." Despite the humans choosing to reject their creator and be disobedient to His commandments; God choose to work a work of redemption for the purpose of redeeming those that would choose to be save. You are quite the arrogant one aren't you? As it turns out, you are not smarter than God and your claim for logic and rational has failed you. Can you form the mountains on a hill? Can you speak and cause the sun to shine? Can you create in an instant, a universe that will take humans billions of years to travel across? Can you form a man of the dust of the earth and breath into him the breath of life? You can do none of these things yet, you claim to be more rational than God. The truth is; your anger against God, your hate of God and your unforgiveness of God, interferes with your ability to be rational. For God's ways and thoughts are beyond our comprehension. Isaiah 55:9: For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Despite our inability to comprehend God's ways and God's thoughts, God offers to show us great and might things if we will call unto Him. Jeremiah 33:3: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. God takes our lives so personally, that He sent His only begotten Son to die upon a cross for the penalty of our sins. God the Son chose to die in order that we may, through faith in Him choose to live. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. "If there was a God, it wouldn’t be some scripture version of it but rather a passive higher existence that serves a function of some sort with birthing universes per say." Ardit Dafku does not exist. If there was an Ardit Dafku, he or she wouldn't be some athiest, he or she would be some God loving, scripture believing zealot that fanatically preaches the Gospel to get people saved. You want a fake god created in your image, that allows you to go about doing as much evil and wickedness as you desire without consequences. That is the real reason you reject the existence of God. "It is so unbelievably stupid when you consider the fact that most of humanity existed without any religion." What idiot concocted that lie? The Billions of communist Chinese worship government as god. Their religion is a religion of being against God. Of the people of India which has a population of one billion, many are Christian, many Hindu, and many are Buddhists. Some 2 billion people are muslims. Another 2 billion are Christians. Look at the marxist left, the cancel culture and the LGBTQ community in America. They are all religious zealots evangelizing their religion and demanding that all worship at the alter of their gods, government, drugs and sexual debauchery. That makes the majority of people on earth, religious. "So fishy that when humans began to master writing, suddenly many religions are formed out of thin air." Think about that statement. Do you not see the flaw in it? Someone is claiming that because humans did not have a mastery of writing; they were not religious. That's complete nonsense and is not proof one way or the other. I've even heard people argue that history passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth are just a bunch of myths. Again, complete nonsense. "Religion will die off quite quickly in the coming decades, it is a natural evolution of mankind." Now here you are, a person that claims there is no God, prophesying the future. Religion and the religious spirit will not be eliminated for another 1007+ years. It is at that time when the last and final rebellion against God on earth will take place. In that day, God will destroy all those that rebel against His commandments eternally punish those that chose to be His enemies. "If God exists, he would stop us from not worshipping, but i would be willing to bet all my silver coins that he won’t." As I said in the previous statement, God will not accomplish that for another 1007+ years. "The only people attempting to stop the evolution are mortal humans who believe that God should stay with us." Over the next several years, all that is prophesied regarding the end times will take place and Christ will return to earth to rule and reign. You are powerless to stop it. You are powerless to prevent it. In it's time, it will come to pass, and do so quickly. "There are no special humans, Jesus did not have any powers, because no one has powers today when it is needed." Even Jesus said that He could not do anything unless He first saw His Father in Heaven doing it. John 5:19: Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. What I infer from your statement is that because God won't submit to your dictates and become your slave, and you become His god, you choose to reject the existence of God. That is as irrational and narcissistic as it gets. "So what will become of religion? Probably remain for a small sector of civilization like any human interest. Studied by historians, and maybe a small percentage of the devout." Religion remaining for a small percentage of the devout? Do you not realize that there is no such thing as a devout person that does not believe in and practice their religion? There are many that claim to be Christian, yet do not hold to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Amongst those many are those that claim it is OK to sin because in their corrupted view of scripture and false doctrine; "we are not under the law". James 1:27: Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. Your problem is not so much that you don't believe there is a God, your problem is that you want to be a god and force the creator God to submit to your will and your passions. To be your genie in a bottle. If you continue down that road, you will join all the fake gods throughout history in the eternal lake of fire.
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  234.  @walterbyrd8380  ""It's human nature to worship a higher power." That would not prove god wants to be worshiped. If anything, it would prove that people have some need to worship." You think your logic is superior to the facts of God's word. It is a self evident truth, that the need to worship was put their by the creator God. Now, if God does not want to be worshiped, why then did He instruct Moses and others to worship Him? Why did He say; "worship ye afar off", and again; "thou shalt worship no other god"? Exodus 24:1: And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. Exodus 34:14: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Exodus 20:1: And God spake all these words, saying, 2: I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6: And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7: Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Exodus 32:8: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Exodus 33:10: And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. Exodus 34:8: And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
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  236.  @walterbyrd8380  ""Proving that God exists is more so dependent upon the person wanting the proof. Jesus Christ raised Lazarus from the dead, yet was rejected by the people of His day." Did Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead? Prove it." He who refuses to accept the historical record of eye witnesses, stands in falsehood and hazards his eternal soul. For the arrogance of declaring those that recorded and bore witness of the events they lived a lie, or are myths, is evidence that such a one is given over to a delusion. And it is doubtful that such a one would believe and receive Christ as Lord and Savior; even after bearing witness of the multitude of miracles that Christ Himself performed. I have heard some that claim to be Christian, doubt that miracles exist and are performed in our day. They are so cynical of miracles and bound by their false doctrines; that they will claim that that which was performed by the Holy Spirit, may have been a natural occurrence. It is a sad state of mind when a person refuses to believe the true report of living eye witnesses. In any case, the Lord God may choose to perform miracles in abundance prior to the Church being caught up into the clouds by Christ. Will you believe then, or remain in your unbelief? Given that you refuse to believe Moses, the prophets and the Apostles; I am very doubtful that you will believe. Isaiah 66:4: I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. 2Thessalonians 2:10: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11: And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. And what of Paul's perfect picture of this modern society and those that are so quick to reject the truth of God which is given in His word the Bible. Romans 1:18: For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19: Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22: Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23: And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24: Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26: For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. Romans 1:28: And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29: Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30: Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31: Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
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  244.  @Hardeleiar  "interesting. why, though? A lot of government do price fixes, right? especially in daily necessities (sugar, flour, etc). wait, sorry, not price fixes, price cap/ceiling. my bad." The leftist marxist democrats that disregard the Constitution of the United States will never understand this but; the fourth amendment makes it unconstitutional in the United States for the government to put price caps or fixes on products; even though there are rent controls in some cities. Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. The people cannot be: "secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects," if the government is preventing them from charging a sufficient price to make a profit. And when government imposes a price cap or fix; the government has in effect; seized your property without due process. The fourth amendment also makes it unlawful for the US Government to impose a digital currency on the people as the people cannot be the people cannot be: "secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects," if the people do not have access to cash for which to pay for food and other living expenses. With digital currency; all it takes is a major power outage to put people in a position in which they cannot purchase food and other life necessities.
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  249.  @charltinion5615  "as today really does feel like the end of times." There are two definitions of "the last days" used in the New Testament. The general definition which began with the advent of Christ; and because people like to start and engage in stupid arguments; I will call the second definition of the last days; The last days of the last days which precedes the return of Christ. There are two passages that speak of the general definition of the last days; Referring to the day of Pentacost in Acts 2:17; Peter specifically says last days. Acts 2:14: But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 15: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16: But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17: And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: In Hebrews 1:2 Paul says: "in these last days" referring to God speaking to us by His Son Jesus Christ. Hebrews 1:2: Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; There are three passages that speak of the last days of the last days which precede the return of Christ. Paul speaks of perilous times in the last days of the last days. We are certainly in perilous times. 2Timothy 3:1: This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2: For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3: Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4: Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5: Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6: For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7: Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. James speaks of the judgment of the rich in the last days of the last days. James 5:3: Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4: Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5: Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6: Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. Peter tells us that scoffers asking where it the promise of his coming; will come walking after their own lusts in the last days of the last days. 2Peter 3:3: Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4: And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. "They will learn that tradition is good and trying to do something new is bad. We must follow the bible. God bless you."
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  250.  Skeptical Libertarian  You cannot take an evil tree and grow good fruit from it. Trashing common core and going back to the three R's curriculum of 1960's and 1970's would instantly begin raising test scores. The only thing that the three Rs curriculum needs added to it are tech skills which falls under science. Matthew 7:15: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16: Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Matthew 7:21: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22: Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23: And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24: Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26: And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
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  265.  @xxxh4x0rxxx21  " "When government takes money out of my pocket and gives it to someone else [...] that's socialism" What you are describing is taxation and the government doing things with it. And you are calling it socialism. " Stop the lying and misinformation. You know very well that this debate is regarding the government giving handouts to people and corporations. It is not on the legitimate taxation and spending money in accordance to what the Constitution mandates; such as national defense. When government takes money out of my pocket and gives it to someone so that they can attend college without having to pay for it, or live without having to work, that is socialism. It's one thing to help those that are legitimately in need and I for one think that we need to reform the system so that it is not denying people that have a legitimate need. I experienced both sides of this nasty system. On the one hand you have people demanding that people not use food stamps because it's socialism. Then, when a person that followed that bad advice ends up nearly dead in the hospital; they don't want to reach out a hand of compassion to get that person back to health. The end result of that hypocrisy is that the person has no choice at that point but to utilize the food stamp system. On the other hand; you have idiots running the programs that will take that same individual that underwent surgery, spent 12 days in the hospital and came out unable to walk faster than a crawling toddler and declare; "there's nothing wrong with you; you can get a job"; yeah, maybe on the fantasy world they grew up on; but not on planet reality with a 20% unemployment rate and employers seeing that obviously not very healthy individual walking a mile away. It is a moral imperative to help people that are downtrodden and oppressed. There is no moral imperative to help people pay for worthless, over priced college degrees. They can go through an apprenticeship program and learn one of the skill trades. They will end up further ahead a lot sooner without the debt.
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  271.  @killerlamas3532  "many many studies show that people work for other reasons than just money. in the future when many hard labour jobs are gone all people will hopefully be able to work in whatever profession they please and it’s then that socialism will have a great chance of working if done well" First and foremost; people work to earn a living. Socialism has not chance of working in the future. It will be implemented world wide but as you stated in a previous post; it will be implemented alongside a dictator and as typical, there will be forced distribution of wealth. There will also be capitalism in that dictator as socialism cannot survive without capitalism. Only; the only people that will be allowed to participate in that capitalist system are those that worship the dictator as god. In the end; that world government will be destroyed with the return of Christ and the restoration of the Kingdom to Israel. In that Kingdom; > There will be no more an infant of days. > Food will be plenteous and readily available. > Illness and disease will be eradicated with the medicine produced from the leaves of the tree of life that will grow in Jerusalem. Socialism has no chance of success as it opposed the one true God in heaven and makes government god. The plans that the most high has for the earth and the people on it are far greater than any idealistic lie that socialists and tyrants put forth. But before His kingdom comes; man will choose a false god and a false kingdom, and will be punished for that stupidity.
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  272.  @karozans  "*That all would be nice if it were true; but it is in fact a lie.* And your sources that prove it's a lie are what??? Working 40 hours a week at minimum wage will not move you into the middle class no matter how stable you are. Assertion without any backing or data. Thus it can be safely ignored." You ignore my statement at your personal peril as I speak from 20 years of personally doing it. It is not possible to work a minimum wage job and earn a middle class salary. Especially if you are around people that keep telling you faith alone will solve all your problems and you are naive enough to believe it at the time. Everything I stated is from personal experience. The fact that self deluded people like you go around telling lies, the same lies by the way; that got me into the nasty situation that I was in, does not make your lies truth. "*I am disabled as a direct result of going without sufficient food during the great recession. That is starving.*" First, that's more than likely a lie. Secondly, there are free food banks, as well as food stamps." It's morons like you that make life much harder on people than it needs to be. Idiocy like that nearly drove me to the point of picking up a gun and ending the life of a couple of liars like yourself. The only reason I didn't is because the Holy Spirit intervened with a nightly conversation of love and obedience to Christ's commandments. You people are damned stupid when it comes to dealing with the oppressed. It's a wonder that there are not a few more of you shot dead as a result. It must be the grace and mercy of God. "Thirdly, if you couldn't afford food, you should have turned off your internet and sold your computer/phone." There wasn't anything to sell. There wasn't anything to turn off. I was homeless at the time. "If you went hungry it was because of your own Iunacy." Stupidity more like. I gave over 11 grand to a church that preached "give and it shall be given unto you" while I was working. I helped them when they asked for it. When I asked for their help they changed their doctrine to: "there's no free money". Guess who I don't pay attention to anymore. "Don't worry, Kamala and Biden will save you from your delusional fantasy." Your delusional if you actually think that! They've already made things worse and committed treason in the process. In fact; every governor that enacted pandemic restrictions beyond what was necessary to "lower the curve" layed siege against their state and is guilty of levying war against the United State.
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  273.  @karozans  "Even better. There are tons of free services for homeless that involve lots and lots of food. Heck you can even make $30,000 per year tax free if you panhandle right." It's funny you keep saying that because at the time; I couldn't find squat, but then, I was also following a stupid religious conservative standard that said: "don't use food stamps". But I ended that nonsense after being terminated due to not be physically capable of doing a job. 2 + 2 = 4 = absolute truth. If you find a single individual that can prove otherwise; it's no longer absolute truth. And I'm not talking about the idiots that make a claim like 2 + 2 = 5 but they won't tell you what 2 is being added to what 2 that enables it to equal 5. My experience alone refutes the data and the report that you put forth. That experience is more truth than what anyone will ever say or any amount of data that is out there. Do not put so much weight on data like that unless you can personally verify the ease of not just finding the alleged help; but qualifying for it as well. Help not given, is not help, that's available. Some years ago I heard it reported on the radio that a researcher came to the conclusion that growing a beard stunts a man's growth because; more short men have beards than tall men. Every man knows the fallacy of that data and the conclusion of that report. Very often data that is used in reports is manipulated in order to come to the foregone conclusion that the report is intended to come too. Any individual's experience that contradicts the data; is evidence that there is something wrong with the data. It's like the jobs expert that informed the SSI judge that there were plenty of jobs for people that are physically disadvantaged. Despite making this claim; she wouldn't go into detail as to where those jobs were and how one would go about finding those jobs or applying for those jobs. The only conclusion anyone can come to under those circumstances is that the jobs do not exist and the claim is nothing more than an attempt to prevent those in need; from obtaining the help they need. It's not enough to say there is plenty of help out there. People have to be able to find the help and if they cannot; then there is no help regardless of how much you say is out there. Help not given, is not help, that's available. By the way; I do not advise anyone to go through what I went through. It's detrimental to one's health as well as one's mental stability. Don't be so quick to judge a person that takes being lied too or about as a threat against their life. Look at the false charges against President Trump. Both impeachments were predicated on lies and a lack of evidence. If your local prosecutor did that too you; you would be able to suite for false arrest as well as false imprisonment. I don't think a President has that right. No, I don't give a lot of weight to data; the last time I gave too much weight to what people were saying; I ended up hospitalized, underwent surgery for a fatal heart condition and after I came out of the hospital not able to walk ten feet without stopping for a rest; people said there was nothing wrong with me. No; I don't give a lot of weight to what people say. I suggest you not give that report as much weight either.
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  274.  @karozans  "As you should be. If you cannot do a job, then an employer should not be forced to pay you for work you don't do. You should have planned for such an event with insurance and savings." You are delusional aren't you? Even with an above minimum wage job working 40 hours a week; all it takes for poor planning is to listen to bad advice that sounds good like: > Use all your spare cash to get out of debt. > When paying down credit cards; focus on the highest interest first. Both of those may sound like sound advice; but they both turn out to be poor advice. If you are spending all your free cash to get out of debt you end up with no savings. If you focus on the highest interest rate debt rather than the lowest principle debt; you end up paying more in interest over the long run. But hindsight is always 20/20 "If you find a single individual that can prove otherwise; it's no longer absolute truth. And I'm not talking about the idiots that make a claim like 2 + 2 = 5 but they won't tell you what 2 is being added to what 2 that enables it to equal 5. I have no clue what you are talking about." There's a guy with a PhD that thinks he's of a superior intellect and claims that 2 + 2 = 5. He doesn't go into detail how his equation works, but he asserts that he is right and everyone that disagrees with him is wrong. The bad part is that there are people that actually buy the nonsense. The only valid use of that equation is to prove that the statement: "there are no absolute truths" is false. "No it doesn't. The Universe doesn't revolve around you. All it proves is that you are an exception to the rule and society should not be forced to conform to the exceptions." Exceptions to the rule prove that the rule is not absolute. Change the rule to address the exceptions and you have an absolute. "I don't need to personally verify data. That's not how statistics works. When someone presents a study with data in it, then other studies are created that agree with it, the studies become factual. After enough studies are collected and a meta analysis is done, we can safely say the studies are an accurate reflection of reality. Until you can tear down the studies with studies and MAs of your own, the studies remain valid." That is only true if the studies were not tainted to begin with. If a data is specifically targeted to insure that it conforms to the desired outcome of the study; the study is corrupt and invalid. No amount of confirming studies make it factual. "Some years ago I heard it reported on the radio that a researcher came to the conclusion that growing a beard stunts a man's growth because; more short men have beards than tall men. You are committing a Red Herring argument and a Strawman argument here. Just because you can point to a ridiculous study in one area does not mean that all studies are ridiculous." That is not a red herring argument. A red herring argument is an argument that is used to suggest a given outcome. I am simply providing a factual, real life event that occurred. "Every man knows the fallacy of that data and the conclusion of that report. LOL yeah, sorry but denying a study by simply denying it, isn't a valid rebuttal or argument. You have to take bits and pieces from the study, break them down, show why they are wrong, then present your own rational arguments that show the data says something else than what the authors stated." As a man, I don't have to break down data to prove that conclusion to be wrong. It is simple biology. Every man that has gone through puberty grows a beard on a daily basis. Some have thicker beards and some have thinner beards. The beard does not have anything to do with a man's height. What is really sad about that particular study is that no one bothered to inform the participants of the study; most likely all women that grew up without a father in the house; that the only difference between a man with a beard and a man without a beard is the use of a razor on a daily basis. There are the occasional men that can't grow much of a beard, but they still have to shave and women identifying as a men don't count as they are not biological males. "Any individual's experience that contradicts the data, is evidence that there is something wrong with the data. Incorrect. All that demonstrates is you have found a few outliers and exceptions, and exceptions do not disprove the rule. It is commonly known that men on average are physically stronger than the average woman. Just because you can find 10 women on planet earth that can beat up most guys, it does not change the rule that on average men are physically stronger than the average woman. You will not find a single system on planet earth where you have a 100% representation in statistical data." As long as you are using "on average" then you have a properly stated rule. When the on average is omitted, the author is implying that there are no exceptions. "If what you are saying is true, then it is your duty to provide a counter argument with actual data. If you can't be bothered then it's your own fault." Actually; claiming to have special knowledge is not evidence that what you claim to be so; is in fact so. Quite simply; anyone that is unemployed will be more than willing to apply for jobs they qualify for provided they are given the information as to the whereabouts of those jobs that are alleged to exist. And applying for a job does not equal getting hired for the job. "I will most certainly judge you and you are now changing your story. First you said you would kiII someone because they lied to you. Now you are moving the goalpost and putting on more qualifiers about trying to get you thrown in prison and destroying your life with the law." Don't be naive. A person that is lying to you is threatening your life whether you think they are or not. If you follow false information they gave you and it puts your life in danger; their lie has threatened your life. If people are willing to falsify information and frame you for a crime you did not commit; those people are threatening your life with their lies. Because hey; why stop with a felony that puts you in prison for 10 years; why not go with a capital crime that allows them to execute you? Don't think for a second that lies do not threaten your life. They do! "No, I don't give a lot of weight to data; the last time I gave too much weight to what people were saying; I ended up hospitalized, underwent surgery for a fatal heart condition and after I came out of the hospital not able to walk ten feet without stopping for a rest; people said there was nothing wrong with me. I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure that it is impossible for data to give anyone heart problems." Data is information that people claim to be truth. If that data is false and you follow it; it can be very bad for your health. "No; I don't give a lot of weight to what people say. I suggest you not give that report as much weight either. I will, unless someone can provide data and evidence that disproves it. Anecdotal evidence doesn't cut it." Then you will most likely end up making very costly mistakes that affect your health in a negative way. I know of a gal; a successful business woman that followed the information given to her by a supposed "guru". Rather than basing decisions on her tried and true methodology that has made her successful; she doubted herself and listened to this "guru". The cost? A loss of 500 grand and unable to continue her business. When she stopped following his advice and went back to the foundation of how she got started; she was able to turn things around. He had his data. Data that you will be so willing to accept, follow and be swindled by because you have no refuting data. If you put corrupted, manipulated, bad data into your brain; you will make bad decisions based on that bad data; not good decisions. Is it me, or is the length of this discussion getting out of hand?
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  279.  @oldgreg716  "we can't fix poverty because God wants us to feed the poor? Homie umm what?? Did you fall and hit your head?" No. I got a good taste of stupid when I lost a job during the great recession and could not find a replacement. I nearly died as a result. It was a rude awakening when the preachers that preached "give and it shall be given unto you", and whose ministries I gave money too when I was gainfully employed, changed their message too; "there's no free money", and disavow any offering I put in their plates when I could not find a job and needed their help. Over 30 years of my life I heard people recite the saying; "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." That saying is a valid proverb and truism. There's just one problem with it. The people that don't want to give a man a fish and feed him for a day; also refuse to teach the man how to fish so that he can eat for a lifetime. It's far from a valid biblical precept. Deuteronomy 15:11: For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. Mark 14:7: For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. Galatians 2:10: Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. Matthew 25:31: When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34: Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37: Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38: When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39: Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40: And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Christ said that those that claim to believe in Christ yet will not give assistance to the poor in the church; are cursed and go into everlasting punishment. Matthew 25:41: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44: Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45: Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46: And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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  282.  @MKCarol-ms7lg  "Though He does hate the sin, He loves the sinner. They only need to repnt and change their 'walk'." Don't interpreting scripture to suite your personal doctrine. You will learn more when you focus on comprehending rather than interpreting what you read. Read the passage again; Proverbs 6:16: These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18: An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19: A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Verse 17; "a lying tongue" and "hands that shed innocent blood" refer to the person, not the sin. Verse 18: "an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief" again, these are referring to the person, not the acts themselves. Verse 19: "A false witness that speaketh lies". A false witness is a person that speaketh lies. While the speaking of lies is the sin, the false witness is the person. Verse 19: "he that soweth discord among brethren". Again, he that soweth discord is the person. Sowing discord is the sin. It clearly states that God hates people that sow discord. It clearly states that God hates people that speak lies. Are there any other places where Scripture speaks of God hating a person? Yes. Malachi 1:2: I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, 3: And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. Romans 9:13: As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Romans 1:28: And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29: Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30: Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31: Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. So, why then did Jesus say; "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not parish but have everlasting life"? Aren't these two contradictory? They are not contradictory. The hating of those that do those things mentioned is the result of Justice. The sending His Son to die for our sins is the result of grace and mercy. What scripture is teaching us is that God's love for those that do evil things; is greater than His hate for those that do these things. Psalms 86:15: But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 2Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Even though God's love for us compels Him to be long suffering towards us as He is not willing that any should perish; there is a point that God will no longer be moved by His compassion and graciousness to suffer long, and must move in judgment, the first step of which is to give them over to a debase mind. - Romans 1:28
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  283. @Brisbane Socialist "That's a clear misuse of religion to fit your ideology" Typical false accusation and the bearing of false witness from those that don't believe the word of God and habitually interpret it to mean something it does not. When Jesus was tempted by Satan, He always responded; "as it is written" and used the literal comprehension of Scripture as I have done here. If you don't like being told God hates you as a result of your running around and habitually lying and bearing false witness; stop being the kind of a person that God hates. Stop running around lying, bearing false witness and sowing discord among the people. Read it again, it means exactly what it says. Proverbs 6:12: A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13: He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14: Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15: Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. Proverbs 6:16: These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18: An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19: A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. When Christ returns, He will send His angels to gather all that offends and those which do iniquity and cast them in a furnace of fire. Matthew 13:41: The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 42: And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Another thousand years hence, and all the wicked that hate the Lord will be cast into the lake of fire and removed from off the earth forever and ever. Revelation 19:20: And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Revelation 20:10: And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Revelation 20:14: And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. Revelation 20:15: And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 21:5: And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6: And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7: He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. Revelation 21:8: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Repent and believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation and the remission of sins. Then your name will be written in the Lamb's book of life and your place will be with God on the New Earth forever and ever.
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  284. @Brisbane Socialist "You're saying that everyone who disagrees with you is lying and evil. Why? And how do you know that your side isn't the one that's making shit up?" My side is God's side. God doesn't make things up. God speaks truth and truth alone. If you disagree with me, you are disagreeing with God due to the fact that I do not ascribe to "My truth" I strive to insure that the truth I speak is God's truth. "I'm not religious because all religions claim to be true and that all their competitors are lying. If God exists, it would almost certainly be in a very different form to anything we can imagine." Just as I do not get to dictate who and what you are supposed to be, you do not get to dictate who are what God is supposed to be. "Christian God is a also a bit of an asshole for creating eternal punishment with no means to escape out of spite, because his creations do the things he created them to do." What idiot told you that God created eternal punishment with no means to escape? Whoever told you that lied to you. God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, that whosoever believes on Him shall not parish but have everlasting life. God provided for us a means in which we may receive a pardon. atheists and others that reject the Bible as God's word, often reject the idea that someone had to die for their sins, and therefore claim that their is no means to escape punishment. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. I think that the primary reason they reject the Bible and reject Christ is because there is no way for them to "earn" their way into heaven. "I get how you can explain evil existing by God giving us free will, but why would he even bother punishing people, and why would he put in a drive to sin? if I bred a pit bull to specifically attack children, and when the pit bull mauls a child I torture it to death as punishment that whole situation is my fault." God did not create sin in man. Sin came into man because man chose to disobey God's commandment. You yourself cannot produce offspring that has a better nature than yourself. You cannot produce sinless children because you are a sinner, therefore, you can only produce children that are sinners. Romans 5:12: Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: "The bible passages you are linking are just condemning people for lying and being evil and unpleasant in general. This is incredibly easy to interpret in different ways to try and make it fit whoever you don't like." It doesn't fit whoever I don't like. It fits whoever disobeys God's commandments especially the chiefest of all His commandments which is to believe on His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, and be forgiven their sins. If you interpret those passages other than as they are written, you have corrupted and falsely interpreted them. You hold to the false assertion that there are no absolute truths. There are in deed absolute truths. No biological woman can get another biological woman pregnant without the assistance of a biological man. Despite the lies that the LGBTQ claim; this is an absolute truth. Biological men do not menstruate. Those that go about claiming that men can get pregnant and women can get women pregnant, are violating the laws of nature. They think it OK to change the definition of "man" and "woman" and then decry anyone that stands up to protect the traditional definition of the words. These people are evil, as their deeds are evil, and they are not concerned about the harm they are doing to others. The harm they are doing to children and the harm they are doing the America. Because there are absolute truths. Because there are traditional definitions of words. One cannot with integrity, interpret those verses in anyway other than as they are written. Anyone that does so is condemned for calling God a liar.
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  285. @Brisbane Socialist "God is all-powerful. Why would he create hell in the first place? Same thing as breeding a dog to be incredibly aggressive and attack people, and torturing the dog to death when it inevitably ends up attacking someone. You are overly punitive. Punishment for its own sake is evil, barbaric and medieval. Punishment must serve as a means to an end, that end being deterrence. If the harm caused by the punishment (in this case infinite hell) outweighs the gain from discouraging bad behavior, it is bad. No amount of sin justifies eternal punishment as hell is infinite, and therefore outweighs any possible gain in a finite world." Why do you constantly confuse me with God? I am not God. Be thankful for that as i would prefer to just do away with those that go after wickedness and follow it rather than attempt to redeem the ingrates. The words in the Bible are not mine, they are God's. I am an ambassador of Christ, I am not Christ. The purpose of punishment is to put evil away from the midst of society. The punishment for breaking what we would consider the major laws of Moses was death. Deuteronomy 13:5: And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. The purpose of sending the devil, his angels and all humans that reject Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior to an eternal punishment, is to put evil away from the new heaven and the new earth, the kingdom of God, and the rest of the universe. When those that are evil such as satan who goes about deceiving the nations and all his followers are put in an eternal inescapable prison, they cannot go about the universe stirring up strife, sewing discord among the brethren and causing general mayhem, chaos and death. This punishment is not about putting a band on the problem to provide for a temporary deterrence. This punishment provides a permanent solution to the continual wars that satan and his followers start. There are only two ways God can put the evil away from us. 1) Transform us into the image of Jesus Christ His only begotten Son, which He will do to all who are believers in Christ Jesus beginning with the rapture of the Church when Christ comes to take the church with Him into heave. 2) By taking all those that refuse to believe in Jesus Christ and lock them away in an inescapable prison and punish them forever for their refusal to repent from all their evil deeds and accept the forgiveness and remission of sin through the blood of His only begotten Son. God has not only given us fair warning of this impending judgment on all that He has declared to be evil and offensive to Him, but He has given us a way to escape that punishment through the blood of His righteous and Holy Son the Lord Jesus Christ. All we need to do to achieve that escape and receive that Pardon is both believe God regarding the report He gave concerning His son and ask Him for forgiveness and the redemption from sins. Romans 10:8: But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; Romans 10:9: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Romans 10:10: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11: For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Romans 10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. The thief on the cross asked for this salvation when he asked the Lord to remember him when He came into His kingdom. Luke 23:40: But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 41: And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. Luke 23:42: And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. Luke 23:43: And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
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  286. @Brisbane Socialist "The vast majority of people who would go to hell are just those who believed in a different religion, but otherwise aren't evil." They are not evil in your eyes, but they are sinners in God's eyes. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12: They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Romans 5:12: Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: "If I was god I'd just make everyone infinitely happy for eternity, why bother with punishment?" Not a single one of us deserves an eternity of happiness, but those that believe receive mercy and forgiveness; not condemnation. God told Moses that He will be gracious to whom He will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom He will shew mercy . Exodus 33:19: And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. It is neither just nor merciful to not have punishment. Without punishment for sin, there is no justice. Without justice, there can be no mercy. Without mercy, there is no love. You can refuse to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. You can disagree with who and what God is. The only thing you succeed in doing however; is disagree yourself into the lake of fire. God's judgment will always be just and true, and there are non that can say Him nay. Wherefore, Let God be true and every man a liar. Romans 3:3: For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4: God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. Romans 3:5: But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) 6: God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? 7: For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8: And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. 9: What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
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  287. @Brisbane Socialist "Justice serves to keep society together and discourage bad behaviour. For what purpose? - to minimise suffering and maximise happiness. Punishing people when that brings nothing but suffering is pointless, no matter how much you think they deserve it" Without justice, oppressors are allowed to oppress with impunity. The end result is anarchy. If you don't want yourself, your father, your mother, your brothers, your sisters, your wife and daughters raped, abused and murdered, you make sure that there are as few people around that do those things as is possible. You insure that there are as few people around that do those things by demanding and fighting to insure that the law is enforced and that justice is served by them being punished. People have an unalienable right to a society of law and order. People do not have an unalienable right to anarchy and mayhem. "The idea of "deserving" exists so we funnel resources to those who need them or can make use of them." Funneling resources to those who need them in order to survive is one thing. Funneling resources to those that do not need them, yet make use of them is foolhardy. A valid millionaire does not have many needs, and those needs he may have he can no doubt attain. No good purpose is served by funneling resources to people for the soul purpose of their using those funneled resources rather than their own resources other than the impoverishment of the nation. "To deny someone something that could benefit them at no cost to yourself because you see them as undeserving is cruel and immoral" It is not cruel and immoral to deny a person that which they are undeserving. It is justice. There is no such thing as no cost to yourself. Government social programs cost every tax payer personally through taxation. Always remember, when the politicians say it won't cost anything, what they are really saying is that it won't cost them anything; because they are going to take your money through taxation, and spend your money on those programs. The democrats passed campaign finance reform that will require the federal government to provide a multiple of 6 in matching funds for all funds donated at 200 dollars or less to a politician's campaigns for. When AOC ran for the senate, she raised she raised 18 to 19 million dollars from donations that were all at $200 or less. With that law in place, the government would have to have given her $114,000,000 million dollars for her campaign. Not only is this bad for the nation and federal budget, it can only be done by increasing taxes and forcing Americans to pay for the campaigns of politicians that they do not agree with. Regardless of their political views. It can only be done by raising taxes that is unless the whole objective is to cause America to go bankrupt. In which case, you don't raise taxes. You keep printing paper money until the US dollar is completely worthless. How do you like the increase in inflation? That inflation is caused by both the excessive government spending and the excessive fiat currency that the federal reserve has printed in order to pay for that spending. That spending and inflation is costing you personally and you didn't have to take money out of your pocket for it to cost you. Your savings account. Is worth less today that it was worth six months ago. There is no such thing as diverting resources not costing you personally. You are going to pay for it either in higher taxes, or the higher cost of goods and services you need. The only way to stop your wealth being confiscated without just cause, and without due process, is by forcing government to hold to the same budgetary principles that every citizen must hold to.
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  288. @Brisbane Socialist "What if God said that raping children was moral, and that kindness was a sin? And what about different interpretations of the bible, which one is correct?" The god that says raping children is moral or says kindness is a sin, is not the God in heaven that commands us to "Love your neighbor as yourself". God will not say anything that is contrary to the law He has given us in the Bible. The different interpretations of the bible are irrelevant. God's interpretation of the bible is the only correct interpretation and that interpretation is found in the "as it is written" proper comprehension of God's word the Bible. "Christianity is the product of a collection of social norms that were needed to maintain society in ancient times, solidified into religion over generations - both intentionally and unintentionally." Christianity is the product of the Son of God coming down to earth, dying for our sins and rising from the dead the third day. Everything the good that Christianity has produced over the nearly 2000 years since then were all intentional. Not only were they intentional by God Himself, God used sincere men and women that believed on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to effect the changes that occurred during their times. The Christian that was the most instrumental of ending slavery in Great Britain, was a slave trader before converting to Christianity. Likewise, it was American Christians that stood up against slavery in the 1800's that ultimately brought a forced end to slavery in America and the passage of the 13 Amendment. "The idea of an omnipresent God that punishes and rewards you for certain behaviours is certainly a useful one, and religion provides a unifying force that encourages co-operation between believers." It encourages? It does more than encourage co-operation between believers, it mandates the co-operation between believers. Unfortunately, some believers are not so sincere and will fight you tooth and nail to insure that anything good you attempt to do, will fail. Even if the Bible specifically states that it is to be done. "That kind of organised religion is a specific product of feudal society that helps reinforce it, just like religions of god-kings emerge from centralised empires, and religions of nature spirits emerge from hunter-gatherer society." The only real problem with your view is that it is a lie. While yes, there have been times throughout history when religionists turned their religion into an oppressive monstrosity of deplorable wickedness. Those individuals were not truly members of that religion and after their deaths found themselves in hell rather than heaven. True Christianity however, has always reformed and returned to the way that Christ expected and will always do so. Christianity and biblical truth is the only reason that the United States is the most exceptional nation on earth. Though not perfectly, generations of Americans have followed the principles and commandments of Christ and by virtue of that have elevated and liberated people rather than enslave them. As you have shown in your statement, is is very easy to deceive and fool men. You actually believe that just because a man claims to be a Christian, he is a Christian and you are foolish enough to believe his words despite the fact that all his actions are an annoying amplified mega phone that declares, he is not. The outcome of one's actions are as important as the claim of good that one's actions are supposed to deliver. A true Christian will stop any action that he is taking when he discovers that they do not bring about the expected outcome. A wicked person will continue with the actions because the wicked person is not genuinely concerned with obtaining a good outcome. The wicked person is only concerned with taking advantage and defrauding others for his own personal gain.
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  290. Those that advocate for the destruction of these United States, and the removal of the Constitution of the United States; will one day find themselves in chains being ordered about by their slave master. Why so? Because in advocating for the destruction of these United States, and the removal of the Constitution of these United States with such un-relentless judgment and condemnation of the founders of these United States; they advocate for a return to slavery which they themselves also decry. And what punishment is more just to those that seek to enslave people; than that they themselves be sold into slavery and made slaves. Matthew 7:1: Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2: For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4: Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5: Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Luke 6:37: Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 39: And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40: The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. 41: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? John 7:24: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
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  293.  @jamesgriebler  Lie 1) Jesus was basically a socialist. The wicked take the parable in which the good man of the house gave to the last who worked not as long as those that had worked all day as being socialism. Socialism does not give the good man the right to choose to do what he will with what is his. What socialist claim to be socialism, is in fact a man having a compassionate heart and not willing that those who had worked for him, should go away without sufficient means to feed their family. There is a big difference between socialism and capitalism. Socialism enslaves and robs the individual of the opportunity to show love for his neighbor by robbing him of that which is lawfully his. Capitalism liberates and provides the ability and opportunity, but does not require; an individual to show love for his neighbor. Genuine love is voluntary and not mandated. Love that is mandated, is not love, it is bondage and slavery. Matthew 20:1: For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2: And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3: And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4: And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5: Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. 6: And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7: They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. 8: So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 9: And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 10: But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. 11: And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, 12: Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. 13: But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 14: Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 15: Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 16: So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. Jesus taught us that the Kingdom of heaven is a capitalist society. Not socialism which based on thievery and steals and robs The servants were rewarded for profits earned, not for profits stolen or for talents wasted. Matthew 25:14: For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15: And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16: Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17: And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18: But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19: After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20: And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 21: His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22: He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 23: His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24: Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26: His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28: Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
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  294.  @jamesgriebler  Lie 2) Jesus didn't preach country first. Jesus didn't just preach country first, He practiced country first. Matthew 10:5: These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7: And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 23:37: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Luke 24:46: And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48: And ye are witnesses of these things. 49: And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. Acts 1:6: When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7: And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 8: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. In fact, Jesus even called the Canaanites dogs. Something you marxist left would use as a propaganda tool to claim He was not loving. So, why did Jesus refuse her request and then subsequently heal the woman's daughter? Because of her faith. Not only did Jesus want to show that His ministry was not just to Israel, He wanted to demonstrate to the Jews, the faith of one who was not a Jew, but a foreigner. Matthew 15:22: And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23: But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25: Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26: But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
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  317. ​ @Afghan31  "The majority of young people can exercise, so whats your point?" My point is; your so broke you can't pay attention: If you had read what I posted before, you would have seen my point and why in my view, you are an idiot. Focus on number 2. 1) You don't need government mandated healthcare for all of that to happen. 2) Just because a person can improve their health with exercise; does not mean a given person can actually exercise. You have tunnel vision; your mind is so focused on the young and healthy, that you disregard the issues that the unhealthy have. It's no different than the fool that sucker punched a man in the store for not wearing a mask. The man not wearing a mask in question has health issues that prevent him from wearing a mask and is therefore exempt from any order. The sucker puncher completely disregarded the possibility that this individual, not wearing a mask may have valid reasons for not doing so such as diminished lung capacity. The end result of the sucker punching incident is that the sucker puncher moving in to attack the non masker again; ended up sprawled out on the floor unconscious. You completely disregard the fact that not everyone can exercise and go to the young and healthy mantra. That's what makes you the idiot. You are focusing on the young and healthy that for the most part do not need to exercise, while disregarding the sick ones that cannot exercise. That's as intelligent as the self proclaimed genius Linux geek that declared a medical doctor an idiot for not being able to administer his computer. He was not aware of it but the delusional Linux geek was the actual idiot, as he is following a world view that can never, and will never happen. That world view being: every human being on the planet must become an advanced computer systems administrator. It really is a bimbo minded position to take. "You're a useful idiot for the fast food corporations." Coming from a person that has a history of heart disease; fast food does have some benefits that is not generally regarded or accepted. There were times when I would be having chest pains due to the surgery to drain fluid off my heart and when I went to McDonalds for the rare, once a month or so burger and fries; the pain would go away for a week or two. There was something in that burger that my body needed which it was not getting from my; non fast food "healthier diet". Things are not always what they seem; this is especially true when your stuck in an infinite loop, unable to see beyond trying to solve a problem with the same solution that failed the last several times you tried it in the past two hours. The only way to break out of that infinite loop is stop what you're doing, get up and walk away from the problem. Then, once you are away from trying to fix what is not working with what will not work; you may see clearly to a genuine solution.
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  326.  @f430ferrari5  "I’m not sure where you’re coming from pertaining to not getting help from religious organization. What you give to the the church is God’s money. You should never ask for a helping hand back. I don’t think it works that way." That's a false doctrine. Jesus gave two commandments and one prophetic warning regarding how Christians are to treat one another. 1) Make friends that have your back and be the kind of friends that have each other's back. >>>Luke 16:9: And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 2) Love one another even as He loved us. >>>John 13:34: A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. The warning in the sheep and goat judgment in Matthew 25:33-46. >>>Matthew 12:47: Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48: But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49: And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! >>>Matthew 25:33: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34: Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: >>>Matthew 25:40: And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. >>>Matthew 25:41: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: >>>Matthew 25:45: Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46: And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. The only time Jesus said to give without expecting anything in return is to give to the poor without expecting anything in return. >>>Luke 14:12: Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. >>>13: But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: >>>14: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. Jesus also said that when we give, we will be given unto. >>>Luke 6:38: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Now if you give unto men, then men shall give unto you, but the hypocrites demand of men to be given unto themselves, then when such men come into need, demand that they receive not of men, but of God. Now, even if I give without expecting nothing in return, most assuredly, God expects that those to whom I have given and are richer than myself, should most certainly give unto me. If I have given unto those wealthy so that they may go about preaching the gospel, and those same wealthy refuse to give unto me, the poor, so that I may go about preaching the gospel; what does that say about their religion and their doctrine? The doctrine that you should not ask your church for help is a false doctrine and for a Church that has received from their members tithe and offering to refuse to aid the member that gave tithe and offering, is an act of war against the kingdom of God. They have brought upon them a curse as Jesus has judged and declared. Besides, this if they are not willing to aid the poor in the congregation with food and water. If they are not willing to have faith to aid the poor of the congregation to do God's will and preach; of whom it is most often demanded that they give in order to be blessed. How then have they obeyed Christ's commandment to love one another as He loved us seeing that they have allowed an able bodied man to become disabled for lack of food? "Do you ever see Japanese Americans blaming whites for what they were out though?" I can't say that I have. Though I do believe Congress passed a resolution a few years back apologizing to the Japanese Americans that were sent to internment camps. "Some Koreans and other Asians of today still blame Japanese saying stuff like do you know what YOUR people did to MY people? Some people just harbor victim mentality. They tend to be liberals and miserable people. This hate just consumes them." People that do not exercise forgiveness, get stuck in that mentality. >>>Matthew 12:47: Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48: But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49: And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! >>>Matthew 25:31: When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34: Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37: Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38: When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39: Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40: And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44: Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45: Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46: And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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  327.  @f430ferrari5  "the church is the body of Christ. It’s not a building. Whatever you tithe is to the Lord." I asked people that claimed to be Christian for help. I didn't ask a building for help. "If you are need the you pray and you shall receive if God sees fit. " Why are you so rebellious against the Lord's commandments to love one another? "When you give to no matter who it’s a gift not a loan." So, I am obligated to give to the church and others, but they can murder me with hunger and destitution. That is one of the most vile, evil, and hateful things ever devised by religionists. On the one hand; they promise a blessing from God and say God will provide when you give to them. On the other hand; they blaspheme the Holy name of God, and declare God to be unable to provide by refusing to obey the commandments of God to love your neighbor as yourself, and to love one another as Christ loved them. God did not promise to bless the poor if they give to the work of the church. God promised to bless those that have, if they give to the poor that are in need. As I have shown in scripture, refusing to give aid to a brother or sister in Christ that come into need when you have this world's good, is a curse unto those that refuse to give. America is cursed with a curse because your false doctrine has cursed America and many church leaders operate from a hate based doctrine that does not give aid to the needy. Jesus calls those that do so cursed and sentences them to eternal punishment. I will no longer consider people who hold this selfish, greedy, and wicked doctrine Christian. Because Jesus said they are not Christian.
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