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A dying vet needed CPR. Hidden video shows his nurse laughing instead. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/11/18/a-dying-vet-needed-cpr-hidden-video-shows-his-nurse-laughing-instead/?utm_term=.09c7ed3e87bd

Will the racebaiters ever get tired of locating racism where it doesn't exist? http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/12/14/hallmark-christmas-movies-under-fire-for-spreading-caucasian-cheer.html "They brim with white heterosexuals who exclusively, emphatically, and endlessly bellow “Merry Christmas” to every lumberjack and labradoodle they pass. They’re centered on beauty-pageant heroines and strong-jawed heroes with white-nationalist haircuts," the Slate writer declared. There were complaints about the lack of gay people and feminists and Muslims in Hallmark Channel's movies. Slate also whined about what it called the network's "42 hours of sugary, sexist, preposterously plotted, plot hole–festooned, belligerently traditional, ecstatically Caucasian cheer."

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/15/miss-iraq-forced-to-flee-country-over-instagram-photo-alongside-miss-israel.html

I don't think this will effect Fox news

Thank you. I'm about to turn in myself. I've got to pick up a load of Hersheys chocolate and run it over to St. louis, mo for Friday. I'm trying to get home in Waco, tx on the 18th and that will be tight. Have a wonderful day. God bless.

I can do that, but a lot of times I post a question and am simply rolled over by those people in the midst of an ongoing debate. I've had that happen so many times because people get fixated on the one person they are arguing with and after a few tries, I just try to make what sense I can out of it or pm one of the people in the thread. I'm really thinking about just starting PMing either you or Gandalf for information. A lot of people will respond but many of them aren't very descriptive. A great many of them just post a scripture without even explaining what it meant to them and I'm supposed to figure out what that scripture has to do with what we are talking about. That's not very helpful.

My concerns are not about politics, but about Biblical teachings and wither my stance on such things are with Gods plans or against them. Like I said before. I need confirmation about what my stances are and information on what is out there that I don't even know about, that's written in the Bible. There is so much that is being discussed here about Christianity that is way over my head. What the issue really is is that I don't even know the questions to ask to get me to a better understanding of God and Christ.

That my friend was awesome. I love your style of thoughtful responses because it places everything into perspective. Very thought provoking. I think we are destined to talk again, in fact I'm looking foreword to it. Thank you a God bless.

I appreciate that. Do you know anything about this web site? https://www.christforums.org/ It says its a protestant site, but I think I've heard something about it being overrun by Atheists.

Guess I need to look elsewhere. Anyone know a good place to work on this, online?

I really need expert help in searching out what I think I know from what is scriptural. I have ideas that I am uncertain of and since I brought them up, like my "Christians not being into politic" thread and I am highly concerned that what I stated may be catistrohically wrong and I don't want to mess up or even more messing up someone else. I think I need an ordained minister or three or five to talk to because a lot of what is being talked about here is way over my head.

First of all the scripture to buy a sword in Luke 22:36 really blew my mind away. I had always thought that the Apostles went around as Jesus did and ministered in the same way. Without arms but in Luke 12:27-40 it states that God would provide all things to them. I have full faith in God and know that there is something here I don't understand or getting wrong, but I would really like for it to be explained to me. Not only for my benefit, but also to get the answers that I will need if asked by someone else. Thank you and God bless.

I wonder how much of a discount a congressman can get on purchasing a Kitchen Sink?

Ask yourself why there are so many organizations to save whales and dolphens and so few to save The blob fish. The world is filled with hipocracy and activism runs arm and arm. Look at the TV and see how many pretty women there are as opposed to those who are considered by the general public as being average looks. This is a sick world and Jesus is the only cure because the sickness comes from the heart of men, through the sins of Adam.

First of all. We are not arguing. Arguing is an uncontrolled savage bickering that happens when one or both parties are so at odds with each other that they've failed to listen. I don't know about you but I'm looking for something I can use to either validate my feelings on this or have them proven wrong. I thirst for information that will bring me closer to understanding. I'm not just bringing this up because of my health. I look at it this way. If a father has two boys who are 4 years apart and the older obeys his father and the younger does not. If the father walked in on his older boy punishing his younger sibling, would he be pleased at the older boy for confiscating his authority to punch his children or would he chastise that older child and say to him. Vengeance is mine! You can go ahead and do what you think you need to do. and If you aren't concerned with this question I guess you'll not be contributing to this thread any more, but I would like you to ponder this. What is the success ratio between Christians bringing sinners to God through the work of the holy spirit and those same sinners bringing social change to the world by dabbling in politics? I would submit to you that we have had phenomenal success in doing what God tasked us to do some 2000 years ago as we have the backing of the Holy Spirit in which to guide us. We have not had even a modicum of success in bringing social change through the political system and in fact we have lost ground. Of all that has been written here about the sickness and insanity of this world, what have we accomplished and why is it that we've accomplished so little in the political arena when in bringing souls to Christ it is the exact opposite? Maybe it is not tasked to us to do this and maybe it is apart of Gods plan that the casual observer see what is happening in this world and that is why so many are thirsting for something more than what is here. How will they know who has a better way when they see the Children of this world and the children of God screaming and yelling at each other and supporting people on either side who are falling into disgrace on an equal measure? In this world but not apart of this world is something that stands out as more than a catchphrase to me to use against Atheists in a debate and to me that also stands for not letting the cruelty of this world enter us through hate of what it does and insite us to do our own vengance seeking when God stated so plainly stated whose vengeance it was. That is the sum and total of my point here. If you are determined to go beyond that, then by all means tread on and see where it leads. I will pray for you.

There must be a disconnect somewhere in here, because I've been saying that we should restrict ourselves to the duties a functions of what Jesus gave us and not enter into the realm of politics, which is now the bloodbath between the Republicans and the democrats. This was the entire argument and here you talk about The Apostles doing just what Christ told them to do. That is spread the word of God and the message of salvation. Please point out, at any time, anywhere in this entire thread where I said anything about not doing what Christ tasked us with. You are right in saying that Christians can not do anything without the Holy Spirit behind them. That is what I truly believe, because I think it is the Holy Spirit that reaches out to those people who we talk to. The holy Spirit is the one who places the right words in our mouths as it did in the Bible, when all those people spoke in tongues. I'm I wrong here. Is there something I've missed that anyone can show me in scripture that I am wrong? Please don't degrade my assertion with negative remarks on supposed assumptions you think I meant. I never said anything to do with the message of God being weak., but the personal desires of his followers to go beyond that which we were tasked to do and try to police up the world, instead of reach out to those lost souls within it. It is these excursions that I don't think the Lord supports since it might push more people away from Christ than gathers to him. Rowe Vs: Wade was settled in a court of law, not public opinion and Abortion is more than murder. It is human sacrifices to the God of Hedonism and with everyone in Ameri standing up an screaming till their heads came off could not sway those who sat, at that time on the Supreme court. Even the legislators could not do anything after that because you can't legislate morality. The legislature are just as much a bunch of overpriced lawyers as those who set on the SC and they have not done anything, in the intervening years but fence this law in. Gay marrage was the same thing. It had nothing to do with public opinion and certainly nothing to do with the laws of God. If you want to get rid of Abortion, all you have to do is give the embryo a voice in all of this by giving them the vote, which would be afficiated by a person of legal authorty that holds life dear and the Democrats will run from their present stance as if their hair was on fire. You can call being an obedient servant and not overstepping your place in his plans apathy all you wish, but you are leaving out one essential element and that might just be the will of God. What does he say about all of this? We can't just assume that he will be good with it, just because you have good intentions. As they say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Politics are replete with good intentions and without the approval of God, that is all that will become of it.. Who says that I haven't got a sound teacher and who is it that makes the decision on soundness of anything? I've been listening to Martin Lloyde-jones. Specifically his sermon on May 30 1965 addressed Return to Christ. He speaks volumes about what the purpose of the Christian Church is and he speaks out about us trying to be a social or morale movement or a political one. This man, with all his eloquence and his passion for Christ is phenomenal. I wish I could have met him, face to face. He certainly had The Holy Spirit thundering through him.

Satan's hounds howling at the moon won't remove that moon, just because they howl at it

I apologize If my words were curt.

Are we not doing just that by preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christian and by doing so undermine the very fabric of Satan's lies? People seem to have the mind that the only way of fighting is the direct assault., when it is the sappers who take away the refuges that the minions of Satan depend on to marshall their strength. Satan can not count on those that have came to God and we, by reaching out with the Word of God are doing just that. God has a plan and that plan includes us to do what he has sent us to do, but if we, overstep the authority he has given us, are we in effect undermining that plan I say we might and I also say it is supremely arrogant to simply assume God will go along with us, because we feel compelled to act, because we see no other actions we are comfortable with. I have heard arguments from fellow Christian's that God would have warned us through the Holy Spirit if we were wrong, but I say that when we propose to do something on our own are we not saying to God that were have no need of his guidance and he merely withdraws himself from us, in order for us to hit reality face first like the rest of the world, who thinks such a way.

They are not at odds with God. They are at odds with man himself since what they propose is not sustainable. It is in every way a depletion of every facility of society that will allow any society to prosper and thrive. Man's society, not Gods. God's society is beyond this world and those who wish to attend that society need to understand that, The Christian Church was set up to save souls out of this world not to police it up as if those within it dob't have a choice in in matter and they need to be able to make that choice. Those that are addicted to this world are the ones that are entrenched in the battle to save it for the glory of their own ideology because they can't see anything beyond this place. We, as Christians are responcible for our own actions and not the actions of other and if we take our eye off the ball we will be just as vulnerable to the excesses of this world as those who reject Christ. Temptation is all around us and the pull of political activism is a danger of pushing us to act in a manner that does not reflect Christianity. The indulgences of the Democratic party can't be countered by holding signs and in front of their faces and screaming at them at the top of their lungs. It is through Gods glory and the power of the Holy Spirit that we can reach out to them. Anything else will just be us as human beings following the same pattern of activity that they have embraced . How do we stand out enough to show the light of Jesus Christ to the world if our actions are indistinguishable from those who we oppose?

What is at the root of any atheists argument about God is that he is nothing and has no authority, so they can use their ideals of morality against him. It's like they think he is someones Uncle, instead of God. and all the connotations that being the creator of the world encompasss.

The Democratic party is not at odds with God. It has set itself up as the champion of that which the Republican party is not. They have carved out their little sphere of influence with those they play lip service to in order to get their votes. They don't care about any of whom they promote or they would have done something about them ages ago. They use these people as the Republican party uses the evangelicals as political footballs to agitate ever four years so that we can place them in the only institution that produces absolutely nothing and gets paid for it.

No I have grown weary of people who use the reality of today to judge the reality of the past. Do you know how many times I have set in front of atheists who use today's sensitivities to judge the actions of Israel when they cleared the promised land out, when it was standard at that time in history to do far worse to those of conquered people. Human sacrifices to Gods. not withstanding..

No they don't. Politics is the realm of power and posturing. Religion is about influence and seduction. That is why I don't call Christianity a religion. It is not the dogma of spiritualism and opinion. It Is about a living breathing God.