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@dfziklag
aka Puddleglum, steadfast friend of Aslan / married to a Luke 10:39 woman
Knoxville, TN Katılım Eylül 2024
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@BuzzPatterson I would extend this ... the complete lack of any sense of the importance of time and opportunity costs
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@CynicalPublius Man I'll Never Be (Boston)
More (Mylon LeFevre)
The Boxer (Simon & G)
If I could add a fourth, The Warrior (Mylon LeFevre)
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Losing my brother and retiring from the law at the same time, while taking on new challenges, has left me in an overly emotive and philosophical mood, so please excuse what I am about to do, which some will label engagement farming.
But I really am interested in hearing what people think about what I’m about to say.
I helped my nephew put together a playlist of popular songs that defined his father---songs his father loved that defined him.
What three popular songs would define you at your funeral? (Putting aside for this purpose faith-based hymns, which I think most people would pick.)
Here are mine:
1. “Body of an American,” by The Pogues.
2. “American Soldier,” by Toby Keith.
3. “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” by Jimmy Cliff.
How about you?
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Life changing book. Like putting on glasses and finally being able to see.
K.L. Warden | Fantasy Author@KLWardenBooks
Amusing Ourselves To Death by Neil Postman. Even the foreword is incredible.
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One compromise/ reform that could end the standoff of DHS funding: ICE agents henceforth won’t wear masks in any situation where other law enforcement officers don’t wear masks, courthouses, the streets of our cites, etc.
Masks are reserved for the lawless zone along the border where the cartels dominate.
Bloomberg TV@BloombergTV
Republican Senator Rand Paul tells @jmathieureports that ICE officers should not be wearing masks in cities where other law enforcement are unmasked. They speak at the Capitol bit.ly/4bs79Dc
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I would say yes ... I would consider abuse abandonment, and I would consider abandonment valid grounds for divorce.
BTW, even the grounds based on adultery become very sticky very quickly. We tend to think of this as being physical contact only, but ... I know of many situations where one of the two has "fallen in love with" someone else, and then intentionally makes the other one's life ... well, I won't say the word ... but never consummates the "other relationship" so they "cannot be blamed for the divorce."
I even know of a case where someone /strongly/ encouraged their partner to sleep with someone else because they wanted out of their marriage but didn't want to "take the blame" ... to the point of enlisting friends to seduce their partner, setting up compromising situations and having the other person photographed, getting their partner drunk (ala Lot), etc.
We often imagine "pure actors" when discussing these things, but humans have many clever ways to pit the "letter of the law" against the "spirit of the law" to get what they ultimately want.
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@leftywinger @rootcausesleuth @yesiwetmyplants Interesting ... which means those who God does not make ontological changes in cannot even know or understand the truth. In this case, doesn't Paul's argument in Romans 1 fail?
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@dfziklag @rootcausesleuth @yesiwetmyplants Your second point is closest. The whole counsel of scripture says man is enslaved to sin from birth (Rom 3 & 8). God's truth is plainly displayed in His creation (Rom 1) and his word as we proclaim it. But John 6:44 tells us God draws by teaching and His sheep learning.
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This seems confusing ... does God draw by teaching, and God simply does not teach the truth to those he does not draw? Or does everyone know the truth, and only those God ontologically changes to desire salvation are able to "come?"
Are you arguing those whom God does not ontologically change cannot understand the truth?
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@rootcausesleuth @yesiwetmyplants It's not "for the simple reason that he doesn't draw them". It's because they are slaves to their sin. Of all that are enslaved to their sin, God draws and teaches all those He gives to the son. It isn't everyone, only those he effectively teaches (John 6).
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You claimed "no one was replaced." The logic of "fulfillment theology," however, is that Israel was replaced by "The Church" and Jews by Christians. Giving some made up reason for that replacement (a reason that impugns God's character, in fact) does not change the /fact/ that you hold such a replacement took place.
Just own what you believe. If you're embarrassed by your beliefs, don't change the words, change your beliefs.
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using the term "replacement theology" is a deeply unserious thing for any person to do
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@PlumblineFaith This is no different from "big church." The pressures are just different.
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People sometimes say that house churches are just a “pooling of ignorance” and that false doctrine is much more likely to be spread in a small group or house church.
Is that true?
tomwadsworth.com/answers-to-que…
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Some are looking for a ‘Christian Prince.’ Be careful what you wish for.
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Eddie believes justification is a moment in time, yet he does not believe that the rocky soil who did receive the word/gospel are saved because they fell away.
Apostasy does not negate salvation. If you believe in OSAS then you can not exclude those who have once believed...
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Fast Mail (and I'm certain other mail services) can create a "masked email" ... a random email address with auto-forwarding to your main account.
You can create the masked email, use it to get the discount, then destroy it.
I've wondered if hushed or some other virtual phone service might do the same for phone numbers, but I've not had time to look into it yet.
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The same two things are said repeatedly by CEOs and politicians and news media. But never at the same time.
1) AI will automate millions of jobs out of existence.
2) America must bring in unlimited H-1B's.
Both cannot be true.
They don't make any sense together.
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@infantrydort Making people doubt at scale seems to be the point of these tools. Another step in the direction of disconnecting us from reality.
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I will never forgive AI for causing the bot like humans among us to question everything a real person writes.
Possum Reviews@ReviewsPossum
This AI text detector says Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was written by AI.
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There are three questions that help frame the various solutions to the problem of evil ...
1- What is the "greater good" God is seeking? Is it his own glory, or relationship, or ... ??
2- Does God create to attain this greater good in spite of knowing evil will exist (God knows this evil must logically exist to achieve the greater good he desires) or does God ordain evil to achieve this greater good?
3- Is the greater good particular or general? Are there specific evil events or situations that are not "answered" by a specific countervailing good, or the answer for all specific evil events some overall goal God is seeking?
Different answers to these questions result in completely different sets of presuppositions when approaching the Scriptures ... hence answering them plays a huge role in the practice of hermeneutics ... and in the practice of Christian living, our understanding of who God is, the way we achieve spiritual maturity, etc. ...
The problem of evil is one of the two or three really effective ways to get to the "heart" of an entire theological system. We tend to focus on soteriology, but ... the problem of evil is a much more effective diagnostic tool.
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@dfziklag @OJarod3315 Hmmm, couldn't everything God does be classified as 'for the greater good'. I'm not so sure that really matters or is helpful. I think it's still interesting to try to understand it. But maybe we saying the same thing in different ways.
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Christians, whats the best theodicy (why God allows evil/suffering)
I’m reading a book on it so I’m curious
Does the free will defense hold up?
Is the greater good defense better?
What about a soul-making (building character) or redemptive theodicy?
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@DDFTSM73040 Modern churches are largely built to "get big," not to create a garden in the wilderness of the world, nor to teach disciples. Most pastors fear "division" above falsehood, and are frightened of anyone with a theology education.
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One of the clearest ways to tell that the church system is dying?
When one is going through something and when somebody else mentions it to the elders/staff/etc, the response is:
"We are praying for you"
Not:
- "How can we help you?"
- "Can I come to pray with you?"
- "What do you need from us?"
It is instead the typical cliché of "we will pray for you", while the prayer never comes because they are so busy 'doing church' that they ignore the fact that the people suffering ARE the church and not just 'those that attend on Sundays'.
God is the only One who is trustworthy. Not a pastor, elder, church friend or somebody else from the 'church world'.
In Christ alone our hope is found.
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