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@FLRW
Are you saying Gp could beat Tyson?
Based on Tysons performance. He should remain retired.
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The multiverse is science fiction.
Science fiction has been exploring the multiverse for decades, using it as a backdrop for some of the most exciting and imaginative stories ever told. In many science fiction stories, the idea of the multiverse is used to explain why events or realities can be so different from one universe to another.
For example, in the popular television series “Sliders,” the main characters travel between parallel universes, discovering different versions of Earth with different historical events, social structures, and even physical laws.
Another example is the science fiction classic, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” in which the multiverse is used as a tool for satire and comedy. In the story, the main character, Arthur Dent, travels from one universe to another, encountering strange and absurd realities along the way.
The concept of the multiverse is as crucial as that of time travel. In fact, in some of the concepts, when you jump to an alternate timeline, you have hopped into another multiverse where things played out differently.
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@Sidewalker
And comically, you think Leviticus is in the New Testament,
Jesus did not quote anything from the New Testament because the Gospels and New Testament were written after his death.
Jesus quoted from 24 different Old Testament books.
He quoted the Old Testament 78 times, the Pentateuch alone 26 times. He quoted from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos, Jonah, Micah, and Malachi.
Therefore it certainly cannot be argued that Jesus affirmed or was indifferent toward the issue of homosexual sex. Jesus clearly endorsed the Old Testament vision of marriage as an inviolable covenant between one man and one woman and he clearly viewed unlawful sex as being the sort of thing that defiled a person and placed them outside the kingdom of God. Jesus did not use the word “homosexuality” but neither did he use the word “incest” or “bestiality”. He did not need to. In using the Greek word porneia he identified with how the Jewish law delineated lawful and unlawful sex.
The Jewish law provides a long list of what constitutes unlawful sexual intercourse in Leviticus 18-20. According to those statutes, a man was forbidden to have sex with the following:
1. His neighbour’s wife (Leviticus 18:21)
2. Another man (Leviticus 18:22) (homosexuality)
3. An animal (Leviticus 18:23) (beastiality)
4. His mother in law (Leviticus 20:11)
5. His daughter in law (Leviticus 20:12)
6. His sister (Leviticus 20:17)
Sex with any of these would be considered porneia – unlawful.
What did Jesus say about obeying the Old Testament?
“In the Old Testament, God always intended for the consummation and end of the ceremonial laws.” So, the good impulse starts, perhaps, with a text like Matthew 5:17–18. Jesus says, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them
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Google claims quantum chip may prove existence of parallel universes.
Astrophysicist turned science writer Ethan Siegel claimed that the success of quantum computers doesn’t necessarily prove the existence of a multiverse, the Daily Mail reported.
“You can have quantum mechanics work just fine, both physically and mathematically, without introducing even one parallel universe,” Siegel wrote in his essay for Big Think.
Regardless, experts believe that Willow’s capabilities are astonishing.
Professor Winfried Hensinger, director of the Sussex Centre for Quantum Technologies, deemed Willow’s achievement a “very important milestone” in the field of quantum computers.
“This result increases our confidence further that humanity will be able to build practical quantum computers enabling some of the highly impactful applications quantum computers are known for,” he said.
Google believes Quantum computing has “promising applications” in various fields from discovering new drugs to cybersecurity.
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I updated “The case for the historical Jesus “ to make Jesus more relevant.
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Fury and co believe he was robbed.The big sausage lost, he should stop moaning and whining and prepare for his next loss or retire. And what chest size were Fury's shorts?
You should have posted the actual fight. Where Usyk is the clear winner.
Proof size isn’t everything.
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@zedvictor4
Sex and violence are relative.Which might suggest that the de-sexualization of the species, would benefit the rate of human universal progress.Energy that goes into endocrine management, would perhaps be better utilized in data gathering, processing and development.
“Sex desire is the most powerful of human desires. When driven by this desire, men develop keenness of imagination, courage, will-power, persistence, and creative ability unknown to them at other times.”
Sex is associated with achievement, and it’s an amazing realization. But how did we get to a point where this seems almost controversial to talk or write about?
Reasons More Sex Will Bring You More Success
1. Sexual energy is transmutable.
Hill says that people of great achievement have “learned the art of sex transmutation”–they can transfer their sexual energy to other pursuits, like their professions.
Sex drive is one of the most potent forces that we as humans have access to. Imagine the possibilities if you used that energy to lead your career ambition. If you can channel that force positively, you will go to great heights in terms of thought and success.
Sex puts you in a peak state for creativity.
The energy, aliveness and desire you gain from sex can fuel your creativity and innovative thinking. There’s a physiological effect, too–the chemicals that are released during orgasm are healthy for you. Oxytocin is released throughout the body, and it relaxes you and makes you feel closer to your partner. It’s also been recently found that this hormone enables cognitive flexibility pathways, fostering creative thinking and problem solving.
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@FLRW
wink,wink,winkAnd yes, my pfp is Matt Gaetz.
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@MAV99
I believe you. Notice, I don't think you are obstinate heretic. But what you said about the Trinity is not what the Catholic Church says.St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Teologica can give you a much better explanation.
Catholic view on the Trinity.
"Now this is the Catholic faith: We worship one God in the Trinity and the Trinity in unity, without either confusing the persons or dividing the substance; for the person of the Father is one, the Son's is another, the Holy Spirit's another; but the Godhead of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is one, their glory ...
St. Thomas Aquinas begins his teaching on the Trinity by asserting that "God is Father, God is Son, and God is Holy Spirit," and that these are not three but one God. Further, God's Word is also part of his existence.
What Shila posted about the Trinity.
For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit. But the Godhead of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is all one. … So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God.
1 John 5:7
There are three in heaven who prove it is true. They are the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one.
God is a spirit, he appears to us as the Holy Spirit. But the two are one. God also came to earth as Jesus.
John 1:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.
John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
So god is a spirit, he appears to us as the Holy Spirit, he also appeared to us as Jesus. But the three are one.
Note the three concepts are the same.
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@Sidewalker
And comically, you think Leviticus is in the New Testament, hardly anyone besides you and Shila, is dumbshit enough to think Leviticus is in the New Testament. I don't even have to "walk all over his complete lack of knowledge about the Bible." He just puts it out there for everyone to see.
Jesus quoted from 24 different Old Testament books.
He quoted the Old Testament 78 times, the Pentateuch alone 26 times. He quoted from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos, Jonah, Micah, and Malachi.
Therefore it certainly cannot be argued that Jesus affirmed or was indifferent toward the issue of homosexual sex. Jesus clearly endorsed the Old Testament vision of marriage as an inviolable covenant between one man and one woman and he clearly viewed unlawful sex as being the sort of thing that defiled a person and placed them outside the kingdom of God. Jesus did not use the word “homosexuality” but neither did he use the word “incest” or “bestiality”. He did not need to. In using the Greek word porneia he identified with how the Jewish law delineated lawful and unlawful sex.
The Jewish law provides a long list of what constitutes unlawful sexual intercourse in Leviticus 18-20. According to those statutes, a man was forbidden to have sex with the following:
1. His neighbour’s wife (Leviticus 18:21)
2. Another man (Leviticus 18:22) (homosexuality)
3. An animal (Leviticus 18:23) (beastiality)
4. His mother in law (Leviticus 20:11)
5. His daughter in law (Leviticus 20:12)
6. His sister (Leviticus 20:17)
Sex with any of these would be considered porneia – unlawful.
What did Jesus say about obeying the Old Testament?
“In the Old Testament, God always intended for the consummation and end of the ceremonial laws.” So, the good impulse starts, perhaps, with a text like Matthew 5:17–18. Jesus says, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
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@Best.Korea
Nice to see Kim Jung Un and his country singing a happy song.
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@MAV99
That is not what the Catholic Church teaches.
The Catholic Church teaches the Trinity of God. I am a Catholic. I accept the Trinity.
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@MAV99
What exactly kind of Christian are you?
It says in my profile I am a Catholic.
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@Lemming
I myself rather like my electronics, am accustomed to them,Would have difficulty adjusting my attention to not be bored,But I think I 'could adjust my attention, don't 'want to though.
Your profile says: You don’t have any friends either or a pet or a Bible.
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@rosends
If I thought that there was any human being actually interested in discussing this topic, there is certainly more I would add, but if all that is here is a troll who, starting with a (mediocre at best) translation, then misstates that translation in order to push the same trolling agenda, then I'll just step away. If anyone wants to learn about Judaism, please let me know
The discussion topic is why did the Jews fail to recognize Jesus as God even though the Bible tells us.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.
John 1:14 The Word became flesh (Jesus) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The Hebrew Bible holds the answer to why the Jews failed to recognize Jesus as God.
According to the Hebrew Bible:
Moses asked God to show him his glory in Exodus 33
Exodus 33:18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”
God refuses to oblige saying.
Exodus 33:20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”
Then God turns around and shows Moses his backside.
Exodus 33: 23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”
The only description the Jews have of God is his backside which was shown to Moses as his glory.
Exodus 33: 23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”
If God wanted to show his glorious backside and did in Exodus 33:23
Do Jews see God’s backside as his glory?
Was Moses talking to God’s backside the rest of the time because God warned him.
Exodus 33:20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”
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@FLRW
Happy Chrismukkah !
That is OK we know you have a condition.
Merry Christmas.
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@FLRW
Bernie Barker, a retired nuclear engineer, was sixty when he launched his new career: dancing for women. Guinness World Records has since recognized him as the oldest male stripper. OBTW, I'm a retired nuclear engineer. Wink,wink.
But you are not a stripper. Wink, wink.
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@MAV99
I don't speak for protestants, but the Catholic Church merely only shows how what was revealed about it is not unreasonable. She does not attempt to give an explanation to understand it since She holds it as a Mystery.
God is a spirit, he appears to us as the Holy Spirit. But the two are one. God also came to earth as Jesus.
John 1:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.
John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
So god is a spirit, he appears to us as the Holy Spirit, he also appeared to us as Jesus. But the three are one.
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@Lemming
Because my family does.And they do, out of a mix of Culture and Religion.My family makes a point of remembering and taking some action that for them, Christmas is about Christ,Even if they also partake in the culture of Santa, Christmas lights, and food.
May your family enjoy a mixed Christmas celebration.
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@Lemming
I think problems should be focused on 'local solutions, more than Federal solutions.Not that I am 'against Federal or State aid in times of disaster,I just think it would be 'better, if the effected communities could handle it themselves better
Trump said he is the only one who can fix the country’s problems. The people gave him a second term as president.
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@Mall
I don't know if you can answer whether it is more than one spirit or not.You keep saying the two, the two. Then if I ask two what, you make it complicated. So I simplify it with the basic question regarding the nature of God. It comes down to the nature.One more time, is there more than one spirit of God?
God is a spirit, he appears to us as the Holy Spirit. But the two are one.
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@Mall
Does th scripture support or doesn't support homosexuality, which one?
You answered your own question.
The BIBLE calls homosexuality "an abomination" where the punishment is death. Homosexual practices are called "shameful" and an offence to god too.Example: Leviticus 20:13King James Version13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.Deuteronomy 22:5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man wear women’s clothing, for the LORD your God detests anyone who does this.
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@Lemming
Trump Towers in Toronto and Vancouver went bust. This must be Trumps way to get back at Canada to make it the 51 state. But bankruptcies laws are stricter in Canada.
The building consisted of the Trump Hotel on the first 15 floors, topped by 217 condos on the remaining floors. On August 28, 2020, the hotel reportedly closed permanently and was filing for bankruptcy. On December 23, 2021 all of the Trump branding was removed from the shuttered hotel.
Trump Tower in Toronto Is in Receivership After Poor Sales
Trump towers in Canada gone bust from www.nytimes.com
Nov 4, 2016 — An Ontario court placed the Trump International Hotel and Tower into receivership after the owners failed to make debt payments for more than a year.
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@Best.Korea
People became less violent because they were preoccupied masturbatingNo, they are still very violent, but at least now they have enough brain to know that witches arent casting magic on their vegetables.
Another way to look at it. People can do less damage with their hands holding their private part instead of a sword.
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@Mall
Why do you or don't celebrate Christmas 25th or December?
I will be celebrating Christmas. Merry Christmas to you and Best.Korea.
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@Best.Korea
There is some proof that masturbation increases intelligence, and I kinda believe it. Ever since porn appeared, majority of people became slightly smarter. They no longer shout "burn the witch!".
People became less violent because they were preoccupied masturbating. That suggested intelligence when it was self gratification.
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@FLRW
"Sex reduces stress," says Britney Blair, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and founder of The Clinic, a sex therapy clinic in Northern California. Blair clarifies that when she talks about sex, she includes both sex with a partner and solo sex, or masturbation."Sex can be like exercise, which is great for your heart, your lungs, and your immune system," Blair says. "Sex is also great for improving sleep and allowing you to fall into deeper sleep more quickly, so overall, masturbation is great for health."
It appears you chose sleep over improving your intelligence. Is that why you blink so much thinking about what to post?
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Are There Jewish Texts that Reference Jesus?
Yes. The first-century Jewish historian Josephus mentions Jesus, although the major reference in his Antiquities of the Jews appears to have been edited and augmented by Christian scribes. There are a few references in the Talmud to “Yeshu,” which many authorities understand as referring to Jesus.
The Talmud tractate Sanhedrin originally recorded that Yeshu the Nazarene was hung on the eve of Passover for the crime of leading Jews astray. This reference was excised from later versions of the Talmud, most likely because of its use by Christians as a pretext for persecution.In the medieval period, a work called Toledot Yeshu presented an alternative history of Jesus that rejects cardinal Christian beliefs. The work, which is not part of the canon of rabbinic literature, is not widely known.
Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah, describes Jesus as the failed messiah foreseen by the prophet Daniel. Rather than redeeming Israel, Maimonides writes, Jesus caused Jews to be killed and exiled, changed the Torah and led the world to worship a false God.
Yes. The first-century Jewish historian Josephus mentions Jesus, although the major reference in his Antiquities of the Jews appears to have been edited and augmented by Christian scribes. There are a few references in the Talmud to “Yeshu,” which many authorities understand as referring to Jesus.
The Talmud tractate Sanhedrin originally recorded that Yeshu the Nazarene was hung on the eve of Passover for the crime of leading Jews astray. This reference was excised from later versions of the Talmud, most likely because of its use by Christians as a pretext for persecution.In the medieval period, a work called Toledot Yeshu presented an alternative history of Jesus that rejects cardinal Christian beliefs. The work, which is not part of the canon of rabbinic literature, is not widely known.
Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah, describes Jesus as the failed messiah foreseen by the prophet Daniel. Rather than redeeming Israel, Maimonides writes, Jesus caused Jews to be killed and exiled, changed the Torah and led the world to worship a false God.
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@Best.Korea
You might have to do both all day if that is the only method left to improve your intelligence.I have about 40 methods.However, my parents and my religion has reduced my IQ by at least 30%, so I hope I can at least fix the damage with this.I should have had 150 IQ, but due to shitty parents and shitty country, I only have 120 IQ.I hope I can restore my IQ to 150 by doing logical games which are said to increase intelligence, but also doing meditation, breathing and binaural beats, as well as memory exercises.
Stay on top of it. Give priority to your health.
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@Sidewalker
If you opened your eyes you would have seen Trump does not wear a wedding ring on either hand.What type of person is desperate for attention?An attention seeker may have a personality disorder, such as histrionic personality disorder or borderline personality disorder. However, attention-seeking behavior can also be associated with other causes including poor self-esteem, narcissism, and loneliness.Histrionic personality disorderHistrionic personality disorder is characterized by feeling underappreciated when not the center of attention.Borderline personality disorderBorderline personality disorder is a continuing pattern of instability in self-image, interpersonal relationships, emotion, and impulsivity.Essentially, to ease the feelings of emptiness inside, they are willing to do almost anything to get people to focus on them. Therapy can often help individuals identify their underlying insecurities and develop healthier coping mechanisms.
Is that what you were taught at your therapy classes? Was Trump your role model?
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@Sidewalker
Question:Can something be more better than better?If 100% can be in the top 1%, then yes, something can be more better than better, in fact, 1% can be the betterest.
Two grammatical mistakes don’t make a right.
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@Best.Korea
Meditation and binaural beats are most likely beneficial in combination due to being unlikely to cancel each other. I just dont know what is the perfect amount of meditation and binaural beats. Like, could person do these whole day, or few hours a day?
You might have to do both all day if that is the only method left to improve your intelligence.
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@Sidewalker
WHat the fuck? Is it really possible that a man working 100 hours a week to save America and the world has very little time for his children? Say this isn't so.Maybe he could delegate some of the parenting to his assistant, Donald Trump.
Maybe he should have let their mothers take care of them instead of kicking them out after each divorce.
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What Jesus didn’t leave behind is also a historical fact.
What Jesus left behind is more astonishing when you think of what he didn’t leave:
No wife or child
No house
No clothes
No money
No business
No writings (directly authored while he was on earth)
No hymns
No portrait
No buildings
No cross remnant
No confirmed gravesite
So scant a corporeal trace did Jesus leave that some have claimed he was a myth. The only things he left behind were people who believed his gospel. Jesus left his Word (teaching) and his church (a few hundred people).
And these two legacies changed the course of history. They are, in fact, what history is all about.
Everything passes away: rulers, nations, professions, species, industries, families, possessions, political movements, houses, IRAs, 401Ks, heirlooms, photos, books, cars, schools, degrees, careers—every earthly thing we cherish.
Except for Jesus’ Word and his church.
Those were Jesus’ priorities and legacy. Are they yours? Are you investing in what will last? What will your legacy reveal mattered most to you?
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” (Matthew 24:35).
“I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
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@Sidewalker
Shila, Mall, and Stephen,Apparently none of you can see very well when you "supposedly" read the Bible, here's a suggestion that might help.If you cut the eyeholes of your sheet bigger, maybe then you will be able to see better when you read.
If you opened your eyes you would have seen Trump does not wear a wedding ring on either hand.
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Why did Hitler hate the Jews. If the Jews were more likeable could it have changed the course of their history?
Hitler did not invent the hatred of Jews. He capitalised on antisemitic ideas that had been around for a long time.
Hitler was born in Austria in 1889. He developed his political ideas in Vienna, a city with a large Jewish community, where he lived from 1907 to 1913. In those days, Vienna had a mayor who was very anti-Jewish, and hatred of Jews was very common in the city.
During the First World War (1914-1918), Hitler was a soldier in the German army. At the end of the war he, and many other German soldiers like him, could not get over the defeat of the German Empire. The German army command spread the myth that the army had not lost the war on the battlefield, but because they had been betrayed. By a ‘stab in the back’, as it was called at the time. Hitler bought into the myth: Jews and communists had betrayed the country and brought a left-wing government to power that had wanted to throw in the towel.
During the First World War (1914-1918), Hitler was a soldier in the German army. At the end of the war he, and many other German soldiers like him, could not get over the defeat of the German Empire. The German army command spread the myth that the army had not lost the war on the battlefield, but because they had been betrayed. By a ‘stab in the back’, as it was called at the time. Hitler bought into the myth: Jews and communists had betrayed the country and brought a left-wing government to power that had wanted to throw in the towel.
By blaming the Jews for the defeat, Hitler created a stereotypical enemy. In the 1920s and early 1930s, the defeated country was still in a major economic crisis. According to the Nazis, expelling the Jews was the solution to the problems in Germany.This political message and the promise to make Germany economically strong again won Hitler the elections in 1932. After he had come to power, the laws and measures against the Jews increased all the time. It ended in the Shoah, the Holocaust, the murder of six million European Jews.
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Merry Christmas!------wink,wink,wink
Thank you for your blinking wishes.
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@FLRW
Thirty years ago I bought a used airplane.
Must have been fun to own an aeroplane even then.
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wink,wink,winkAnd yes, my pfp is Matt Gaetz.
Stunning report out on Matt Gaetz a sexual predator.
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Modern Christianity has changed throughout the centuries and continues to adapt today. But did Jesus Christ intend the religion He founded to evolve? Are white supremacist behind the change?
We live in a time of change. We have seen attacks terrorize the West, revolutions topple long-standing regimes and technologies change the way we communicate.
And we are also witnessing changes in the world’s largest religion—Christianity.
Nominal Christianity is in a very fluid state of change. For example:
The pope is reaching out to different groups in a way, it seems, no pope has done before. The conciliatory positions of Pope Francis have led people to describe him as “the people’s pope” and “a pope for everyone.”
More and more denominations are endorsing and/or performing same-sex marriages or civil unions.
Megachurches that have no firm doctrines, but mainly serve as social and community service hubs for attendees, have become popular.
Many churches are changing their teaching of hell, transforming it into an ethereal “state of mind” of eternal separation from God’s love.
Changing beliefs of individual Christians
Polls conducted in recent years by the Pew Research Center revealed some surprising results:
38 percent of American Christians polled say Jesus Christ definitely or probably will never return to earth.
Only 33 percent of American Christians polled believe that the Bible is the Word of God and to be interpreted literally.
65 percent of American Christians polled believe that there are multiple paths to eternal life. Among this group, 80 percent believe at least one non-Christian religion (such as Judaism or Islam) could lead to eternal life.
Essentially, Christianity is heavily impacted by the social and cultural trends of today’s world.
Mainstream Christianity has clearly evolved within the last few decades!
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Unrefuted summary of Jesus by Harikrish.
Scriptural verses that declared Jesus a demon possessed lunatic.
John 10:20 Many of them said, "He is demon-possessed and raving mad. Why listen to him?"
Mark 3:21 when his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."
Jesus was deluded and believed God spoke through him.
John 12:49 For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.
But when the people listened to the words he spoke they did not understand him, even his disciples struggled to understand him. Jesus had to explain to them in secret what he was saying in his parables. But he explained with more parables which suggests God was also incoherent and inarticulate and failed to communicate through Jesus. But we know God turned Moses who was slow in speech and mind into a leader and messenger. The problem was Jesus not God.
Mark 4:34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
Jesus was a notorious liar. Even John the Baptist expressed his doubts to Jesus and asked Jesus if he was really the promised one.
Jesus lied when he said John the Baptist was Elijah. John denied he was Elijah.
Here are the scriptures to back my claims. Jesus said John was Elijah, John denies he is Elijah.
Matthew 11:14
And if you are willing to accept what I say, he is Elijah, the one the prophets said would come.
In John 1:6"8 and John 1:19"28, John the Baptist denies he is Elijah. Yet in Matthew 17:9"13, Jesus implies that he was. Isn't this a contradiction?
John 1:21"They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?"
He said, "I am not."
"Are you the Prophet?"
He answered, "No."
John expresses doubts Jesus is the promised one.
Matthew 11:2"When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples 3"to ask him, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?"
Jesus expresses his own doubts on the cross.
Matthew 27:46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?").
We know Jesus was crucified for his blasphemous lies.
Jesus did not fulfill any prophesies. By his own account he did not come to change the laws of the prophets. He proved he was subjected to the laws even in his life and thereby validating the Mosaic law given to the Jews by God.
According to the Jewish law:
Deuteronomy 18:20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death."
It is clear Jesus did not fulfill the prophesies. Instead, He was subjected to the law and put to death as demanded of false prophets according to Mosaic law.
Jesus lied that he was to be sacrificed.
Human sacrifice was forbidden by God. So Jesus was not sacrificed.
Many argue Jesus's death was prophesied. But even Jesus's prophesies were not fulfilled.
1. Matthew 10:23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Jesus never fulfilled that promise.
2. Matthew 24:34
Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
2000 years have passed and many generation have gone by yet his promise remains unfulfilled.
Jesus was a liar and a lunatic before and after his death. Unfortunately he could only be crucified once.
So why are Christians turning God into a liar and lunatic or turning a liar and lunatic into a God?
As a Vedantist raised in the Vedantuc tradition and trained in the reading of esoteric scriptures, Christian Theology and Islamic fundamentalist, I am not at liberty to speculate outside of scriptures. And the scriptures are clear that Jesus was tried, convicted and put to death for his blasphemous lies and lunacy.
So why are Christians perpetrating the delusions of a Jewish rabbi who was put to death for his delusional blasphemous lies?
We have to turn to our experts in tbe field of human behaviour. As a student of the behavioural sciences (CBT) I have also explored a diagnostic approach.
Kathleen Taylor, Neuroscientist, Says Religious Fundamentalism Could Be Treated As A Mental Illness - Huffington Post
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@Mall
Do you think the scriptures support homosexuality?
The Jewish law provides a long list of what constitutes unlawful sexual intercourse in Leviticus 18-20. According to those statutes, a man was forbidden to have sex with the following:
1. His neighbour’s wife (Leviticus 18:21)
2. Another man (Leviticus 18:22) (homosexuality)
3. An animal (Leviticus 18:23) (beastiality)
4. His mother in law (Leviticus 20:11)
5. His daughter in law (Leviticus 20:12)
6. His sister (Leviticus 20:17)
Sex with any of these would be considered porneia – unlawful.
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@zedvictor4
Yep. Should be technologically possible to achieve satisfaction without all the effort and mess.
Very encouraging words.
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@zedvictor4
Hey... Hairy and smelly is a natural vibe.Showering 10 times a day and depilating isn't.Be proud.
Showering is for the benefit of people around you. It should be natural to smell good around people.
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@zedvictor4
Question:Can something be more better than better?
The sentence should read "Can something be much better than he is." "More better" is not grammatical.
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@Savant
I'm less opposed to people wasting their own money than I am to the government wasting my money.
Good point. Either way you have no control over them.
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@FLRW
wink wink wink!
Three winks in a row.
1+1+1=3 wink wink wink.
Time for some math.
What is the God formula Euler?
Euler's identity is the famous mathematical equation e^(i*pi) + 1 = 0 where e is Euler's number, approximately equal to 2.71828, i is the imaginary number where i^2 = -1, and pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to the circle's diameter approximately equal to 3.14.
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@Savant
The point is receiving a lot at once without earning it.
Are you suggesting lottery and inheritance should be stopped.
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