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You seem to speak pretty freely about God’s assumed actions and motives. I wonder if He agrees.

You sound really self-centered. Marriage can’t survive without self sacrifice. I’m sorry for you both.

Looks like the press was just as hyperbolic and wrong then too. The rumors of the Confederacy’s imminent demise were unfortunately greatly exaggerated.

No.

That’s right, isn’t it? Everything is temporary and a mere distraction from what is eternally important. Supposed Bible- believing people waste their time and mental energy on the wrong things.

Interesting. I’ve been a freeper for about a decade. I’m also familiar with Beth Moore’s teaching on scriptures- it’s solid. I’m surprised to learn that “Christians” on here would apparently label Erick Erickson a liberal, screaming, ungodly shrew as well for not elevating Trump based on his character and for supporting vaccines:

“ You can believe a lot of things. You can believe in the Easter Bunny. You can believe Elvis is still alive. You can believe a lot of things, but believing something does not mean it is true.

With the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is why the apostles note the number of people who witnessed both the death and resurrection of Christ. Paul wrote into a skeptical age of cynics. He documented the people Christ appeared to, fully alive, after the resurrection. He notes that Christians would be fools to preach a risen Lord if it really did not happen. He does not accept it by faith but provides evidence and names that you can believe him and believe in the resurrection because it actually happened and is true.

Ultimately, Paul was willing to die because he knew it was true. So too with all the other apostles except John, who died a natural death still proclaiming the gospel.

I’ve been thinking about this because I think the media coverage of people with COVID is deeply condescending and unhelpful. But I do think it is remarkable the number of people who had to get COVID to realize they should have gotten vaccinated.

They had a belief, but it was not true. They believed COVID was no big deal or the vaccines did not really work. Now they know and sadly some will or have already died because they didn’t realize they believed a lie until it was too late.

Mistruths and lies are running rampant in our society. Many of you are still convinced the election was stolen because you’ve chosen to trust sources who are dishonest or engaged in sleight of hand. They’ve convinced you any flaw or an accumulation of flaws in an election is proof it was stolen. No election is perfect. They’re run by mostly retirees. But an imperfect election with some errors is not a stolen election. And some of the errors are not really errors. They are just interpreted as such by hucksters, charlatans, frauds, and malicious malcontents.

Then there are the viral deniers. Over twenty percent of Americans now know someone who has lost their life to COVID — actually to COVID, not shot in the head, put tested positive for COVID so therefore dead of COVID. The hucksters have now shifted the goalposts to cast doubt on the vaccine, which they claim is now somehow worse than a virus.

“But it has a 99% survival rate,” is the common chant, that unknowingly takes into account hospitals being able to treat the people when the spread can be handled. And pay no attention to the senior citizens who died. And also, when did every life stop being precious?

Concurrently, however, are the medical charlatans who insist our kids in school must be in masks. “Trust the science,” they scream as they demand we wear masks alone outside and our kids keep snot against their faces all day in school. Then there are those who made a really big deal about people previously infected having immunity, but suddenly accusing these people of being vaccine deniers when the whole reason they didn’t get the vaccine is that they were told they did not have to get it.

It is no wonder so many people have no idea who to believe and engage in their own research on YouTube while taking a dump in the office bathroom during break.

But the truth still matters. You can believe the election was stolen. You can believe COVID is no big deal. You can believe the vaccine is worse than the virus. You can believe in the Easter Bunny. But your belief does not make it true.

And if you believe those things and are a Christian, well, at least God is sovereign and I’m a Calvinist because otherwise, I think someone screaming a bunch of lies and then wanting to share the gospel would give a curious unbeliever pause.

“The election was stolen. The virus is a scam. Now let me tell you about my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” isn’t good witnessing. Truth still matters. In fact, truth matters most.”

Interesting. I been a freeper for about a decade. I’m also familiar with Beth Moore’s teaching on scriptures- it’s solid. I’m surprised to learn that “Christians” on here would apparently label Erick Erickson a liberal, screaming, ungodly shrew as well for not elevating Trump based on his character and for supporting vaccines:

“ You can believe a lot of things. You can believe in the Easter Bunny. You can believe Elvis is still alive. You can believe a lot of things, but believing something does not mean it is true.

With the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is why the apostles note the number of people who witnessed both the death and resurrection of Christ. Paul wrote into a skeptical age of cynics. He documented the people Christ appeared to, fully alive, after the resurrection. He notes that Christians would be fools to preach a risen Lord if it really did not happen. He does not accept it by faith but provides evidence and names that you can believe him and believe in the resurrection because it actually happened and is true.

Ultimately, Paul was willing to die because he knew it was true. So too with all the other apostles except John, who died a natural death still proclaiming the gospel.

I’ve been thinking about this because I think the media coverage of people with COVID is deeply condescending and unhelpful. But I do think it is remarkable the number of people who had to get COVID to realize they should have gotten vaccinated.

They had a belief, but it was not true. They believed COVID was no big deal or the vaccines did not really work. Now they know and sadly some will or have already died because they didn’t realize they believed a lie until it was too late.

Mistruths and lies are running rampant in our society. Many of you are still convinced the election was stolen because you’ve chosen to trust sources who are dishonest or engaged in sleight of hand. They’ve convinced you any flaw or an accumulation of flaws in an election is proof it was stolen. No election is perfect. They’re run by mostly retirees. But an imperfect election with some errors is not a stolen election. And some of the errors are not really errors. They are just interpreted as such by hucksters, charlatans, frauds, and malicious malcontents.

Then there are the viral deniers. Over twenty percent of Americans now know someone who has lost their life to COVID — actually to COVID, not shot in the head, put tested positive for COVID so therefore dead of COVID. The hucksters have now shifted the goalposts to cast doubt on the vaccine, which they claim is now somehow worse than a virus.

“But it has a 99% survival rate,” is the common chant, that unknowingly takes into account hospitals being able to treat the people when the spread can be handled. And pay no attention to the senior citizens who died. And also, when did every life stop being precious?

Concurrently, however, are the medical charlatans who insist our kids in school must be in masks. “Trust the science,” they scream as they demand we wear masks alone outside and our kids keep snot against their faces all day in school. Then there are those who made a really big deal about people previously infected having immunity, but suddenly accusing these people of being vaccine deniers when the whole reason they didn’t get the vaccine is that they were told they did not have to get it.

It is no wonder so many people have no idea who to believe and engage in their own research on YouTube while taking a dump in the office bathroom during break.

But the truth still matters. You can believe the election was stolen. You can believe COVID is no big deal. You can believe the vaccine is worse than the virus. You can believe in the Easter Bunny. But your belief does not make it true.

And if you believe those things and are a Christian, well, at least God is sovereign and I’m a Calvinist because otherwise, I think someone screaming a bunch of lies and then wanting to share the gospel would give a curious unbeliever pause.

“The election was stolen. The virus is a scam. Now let me tell you about my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” isn’t good witnessing. Truth still matters. In fact, truth matters most.”

No they won’t. Those are just symptoms. Denial of God and gross moral decay and lawlessness are doing it right now. He has told us plainly: “ Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.” Proverbs 14:34.

I lived in Tallahassee during the Dynasty. I met him briefly. I’ve never met anyone like him.

God is the solution to fear and despair. Without him, fear and despair are inevitable- for nations as well as individuals.

This is completely confused thinking. God is YHWH, I AM- the only thing existing by its own will. Anything else that exists exists because he allows it. Satan is less than an impotent speck just like we are to YWHW, the eternal one who spoke all thinks into existence. Satan is not his equal; the truth is not same pagan notion of a pantheon of man made gods or even equal opposing forces of good and evil. Satan has been bound. The decision “who wins” eternally is not a question. God allows each of us to decide which way we choose to go: eternal life with him, or unending misery with Satan.

I think perhaps the passage you need to worry about is Psalms 14:1-2.

Please let this happen.

Ping

Until last month, I lived in a quiet, upscale northern burb of Atlanta. In the process of preparing the house for sale, I installed a Ring door bell. Now I get alerts in my phone about all the crimes within 3-4 miles of the house, replete with videos of the perpetrators. Most are breaking into cars and homes. Guess how many were not black? I’ll wait….

I’ve now escaped to rural Trump country, where people are armed and polite. I couldn’t feel more secure.

Somebody please destroy this perverted country.

I said it then and I’ll say it now: It takes a special kind of idiot to earn the hate of virtually everyone on both sides of the isle.

Despised the fake self-labeled “conservative” then, despise him and his whole beltway bastard family now.

ping

Please move to Georgia! Too many Kalifornicators have discovered what a great place this is to live (so long as you stay out of the Dark Continent of Atlanta proper.) We need to keep this state right- leaning and free.