Thomas Allsteadt

@SpeakerWelchIL @MeetThePress @kwelkernbc How has she earned "a right to be respected?" Everything she has done was given to her because of her identity and not because of talent.

This interview hurt my soul. The mistreatment of black women and journalists by this President is down right embarrassing and unacceptable. Kristin Welker is neither crooked or stupid. She is a history making journalist who has earned the right to be respected. The President should apologize immediately.

τί γὰρ ὠφελεῖται ἄνθρωπος ἐὰν τὸν κόσμον ὅλον κερδήσῃ, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ζημιωθῇ; ἢ τί δώσει ἄνθρωπος ἀντάλλαγμα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ (tí gár ofeleítai ánthropos eán tón kósmon ólon kerdísi, tín dé psychín aftoú zimiothí? í tí dósei ánthropos antállagma tís psyc

What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? quid enim prodest homini si mundum universum lucretur animae vero suae detrimentum patiatur aut quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua

ὃς γὰρ ἂν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν· ὃς δ’ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ, εὑρήσει αὐτήν (ós gár án théli tín psychín aftoú sósai, apolései aftín: ós d’ án apolési tín psychín aftoú éneken emoú, evrísei aftín)

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. qui enim voluerit animam suam salvam facere perdet eam qui autem perdiderit animam suam propter me inveniet eam

@MasterMaliq No, it isn't. The fact that there is a book that is completely anonymous proves that the other books are written by the people that said they wrote it.

As a Muslim, if you ask me who revealed the Quran, I will tell you without hesitation: God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Now ask many Christians a simple question: "Who wrote the Book of Hebrews?" The honest answer is: nobody knows for sure. So why would I base my eternal salvation on a book that contains an entire chapter whose human author is unknown? That's a question worth thinking about.

@7why__ydm Finding someone to lend it to you.

Serious question: if someone is already in their 80s, what prevents them from borrowing a large amount of money and enjoying every penny of it?

@QasimRashid Because there is nothing left.

Entering month 6 of the Mamdani mayorship of NYC and Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, and Murder is down an astounding 21%. And he did so without "Adding 5000 new cops" to the streets. Instead, he's invested in public safety with free childcare, accessible infrastructure, and better funded schools and libraries. He's proven once again that if we want safer communities, we must invest in People—not Punishments.

@JoelMCurzon I disagree.

“Pro-Life”: “Killing women who get abortions isn’t murder, but killing embryos is.” The “pro-Life” movement is full of lunatics. (FWIW: Roughly 1/4 of American women have an abortion at some point.)

@elonmusk @CommunityNotes Thank you.

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@LucifersTweetz First of all, St. Nicolas of Smyrna is and was a real person who is alive in Christ. So, believing in him is not delusional. Believing in all the myths and advertising that surrounds him is untenable. Second, attempting to draw a parallel to an evidenced God is truly disturbing.

If an adult told you they still believed in Santa Claus, you’d call them delusional. Yet billions believe in an invisible man who watches their every move, answers prayers, and judges them for eternity and society treats it as perfectly normal.

@MasterMaliq I would venture to say, that both are true. Christians follow the teachings of Jesus and the theology of Paul. It's to Christianity's credit that a person, trained in Judaism, and not a fan of Jesus can repent and then be able to explain God's plan to others.

I've been studying the New Testament lately, and something doesn't add up. A religion named after Jesus seems to be shaped largely by a man who never met Jesus during his ministry. Paul was a Jew, not one of the original disciples. Yet he wrote a huge portion of the New Testament and heavily influenced the beliefs taught in churches today. The more I read, the more I wonder: How did a faith centered on Jesus end up being defined so much by Paul?🤔 Are Christians following the teachings of Jesus, or the theology of Paul?

@MasterMaliq He left behind his body and blood. So his followers are in him and he in us. He sent the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth. That's much better than a text that people squabble over, don't you think?

When Prophet Muhammad died, he left the Quran and his Sunnah as guidance for Muslims. What did Jesus leave behind as a complete guide for his followers? No book written by him. No Gospel authored by him. So what was the original manual Jesus left for future generations?

@JoelMCurzon According to the standards of evidence from about 2000 years ago and undisputed for 1800 years, all of the Gospels are eyewitness testimony and are unimpeachable. Unless you can actually prove otherwise.

We have no eyewitness testimony, *none,* from any of Jesus’s chosen twelve apostles about any resurrection or ascension. Such testimony simply *does not exist.*

@Rachelchan222 Murder is society's business.

All of you condemning a couple for aborting their unborn Down syndrome baby. Whether you agree or not, it’s THEIR choice, THEIR decision. Mind your own business.

Τότε ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ· εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω μου ἐλθεῖν, ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι (Tóte o Iisoús eípe toís mathitaís aftoú: eí tis thélei opíso mou eltheín, aparnisástho eaftón kaí aráto tón stavrón

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. tunc Iesus dixit discipulis suis si quis vult post me venire abneget semet ipsum et tollat crucem suam et sequatur me

ὁ δὲ στραφεὶς εἶπε τῷ Πέτρῳ· ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, σατανᾶ· σκάνδαλον μου εἶ· ὅτι οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων (o dé strafeís eípe tó Pétro: ýpage opíso mou, sataná: skándalon mou eí: óti ou froneís tá toú Theoú, allá tá tón anthrópon)

He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” qui conversus dixit Petro vade post me Satana scandalum es mihi quia non sapis ea quae Dei sunt sed ea quae hominum

καὶ προσλαβόμενος αὐτὸν ὁ Πέτρος ἤρξατο ἐπιτιμᾶν αὐτῷ λέγων· ἵλεώς σοι, Κύριε· οὐ μὴ ἔσται σοι τοῦτο (kaí proslavómenos aftón o Pétros írxato epitimán aftó légon: íleós soi, Kýrie: ou mí éstai soi toúto)