IF I SAID THIS 50 YEARS AGO.

[Ray12614]

1 hour ago, Neighbor said:

Seeing that  also brings back memory of "the judge" in such disputes. At The USA he is a judge of civil matters, and acts very differently from a criminal court judge. He or she  has great latitude and tends to just let the claimants play out their financial resources until they are exhausted of funds to pay their legal expenses. He then waits for each to give up, no one really wins except those lawyers who indeed get very fat of wallet. 

I wish it were not true, but, I know that it is.

BTW: Did you see that Colorado has banned Trump from running for president this year? They are using the Jan 6th insurrection (falsely called an insurrection) and Trumps' call for peaceful protest as the basis to keep him from running. I want him to be able to run, yet, at the same time this is an states rights issue, much like abortion is now. I think that we will see it appealed to the SCOTUS, but, they probably might reject it. IF I lived in CO, I would peacefully protest at their capitol for sure.

Ray . . . 

[Neighbor]

52 minutes ago, Ray12614 said:

I wish it were not true, but, I know that it is.

BTW: Did you see that Colorado has banned Trump from running for president this year? They are using the Jan 6th insurrection (falsely called an insurrection) and Trumps' call for peaceful protest as the basis to keep him from running. I want him to be able to run, yet, at the same time this is an states rights issue, much like abortion is now. I think that we will see it appealed to the SCOTUS, but, they probably might reject it. IF I lived in CO, I would peacefully protest at their capitol for sure.

Ray . . . 

Well,  I  think it is appropriate law enforcement to ban everyone including former office seekers from running again if they have rejected previous election results, and encouraged mobs to gather and riot in order to overthrow the government, as the losing candidate Donald Trump did, and continues to do to this day.

To me it is no different than opposing ANTIFA and smash and grab rioters that steal from legal enterprises to sell the goods stolen for their own enrichment.

I am very conservative in my political leanings. I still do not understand how Barry Goldwater lost to Lyndon Johnson. Actually he was trounced by him! I found Rush Limbaugh to be on my far left horizon. I even went to "The National Rally For America" on Memorial Day  May 24, 2003  led by Glenn Beck. I still have and wear my signed by Glenn baseball cap from that event to this day.

BUT I oppose Donald Trump! He is obviously vile, vile of speech, manner, actions and motives. He is flat out evil filled, and not especially smart either. He is a fraud, one who even makes errant  claims about his own education.   His own book  The Art Of  The Deal  (Which I read) was not written by him.

As President of the USA he blew the deal, blew it big time. He doesn't manage except by chaos, even that he is not good at performing.  

Hey other than that I have little or nothing against this particular evil filled man. 

As to voting, I would vote for a yellow dog,  literally a yellow dog as a write in ballot box selection before voting for The Donald again.

 

 

[Neighbor]

Ha got worked up, mentioning the name Trump does that to me. 

I do think that if God allows us another USA national election, I will ask him for a pass an excused absence as I see little or nothing that  is something to plea to God to be elected from the choices out there now.

God is sovereign- even over USA election results. Guess He is unhappy with us corporately if not individually. We are getting I guess what we deserve. Wish He will extend His mercy on us by bringing forth a good individual to champion His will for us all. 

Right now it seems a near endless stream of  "judges'  and "rulers" forced on us for generation  and then more generations again by our angry yet just LORD.

Don't see us of the USA corporately being Blessed anymore nor do I see  the USA blessing God for that matter. Tis a sad state of affairs, but evidently necessary. This too will pass.

...And there will come a new heaven and and a new earth....

[Neighbor]

On 12/18/2023 at 3:45 PM, Dennis1209 said:

Luke 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

I have addressed my thoughts on holy matrimony and the two marriage differences above, so I will not rehash it again. Other than to say the latter is the traditional, where the father gives away the bride and between a man and woman.

In the following breaking news, the world's largest denomination with 1.6 billion adherents is a Pope turning the Catholic church on its ear. I believe there is an association with the former type of marriage. What do you think?

 Pope Francis Allows Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

When you think the world cannot get any more depraved and evil, something else pops up. I predict coming next, it will be exclusive and discrimination not to be allowed to marry your beloved dog Fido (bestiality). Think not?

When you have an encyclical or not, a man that claims inerrancy and is called holy father, men that claim your sins are forgiven if you confess it to them, and play a bead game and do some jumping jacks, your sins are forgiven. Pope Francis's successful ecumenical movement united some of the world's religions and protester denominations back under the umbrella of the universal church (coming one world political-religious system, I suspect). The Vatican and the United Nations work together for socialism, climate change, and other objectives.

Not to mention paying big indulgences to pray a loved one out of purgatory, last rights, the Eucharist is not in memory of, but Christ's actual flesh and blood, praying to saints for mediation, to name a few.

Is this infallible leader, the vicar of Christ, a false prophet, as in thus sayeth the Lord? Everything is changing faster than anyone can keep up with.

Sorry, to have wandered from the original post's subject.

 

[Dennis1209]

1 hour ago, Neighbor said:

Sorry, to have wandered from the original post's subject.

 

No problem, your thoughts are interesting. 

[Ray12614]

2 hours ago, Neighbor said:

Sorry, to have wandered from the original post's subject.

 

Actually, that is probably my fault . . . . 

Regarding the elections, we really are not voting for an man/woman for president, we are voting for an administration, and everything that comes with them (SCOTUS, bureaucrats, laws, social issues, military actions and support of Israel, education, and more). We MUST get our eyes off of personalities, and vote our core Christian values and push back against the devilish policies that are taking this nation down. IF we do anything less, than we are part of the problem and not slowing down the 'social rot' in this country.

Win, lose, or draw . . . at least I can stand before Jesus with a clear conscience regarding this issue at His Bema seat . . . 

Sorry OP for taking this more off topic, but, I needed to voice my opinion. I will not reply to any more of this OP.

Regards . . . Ray . . . 

 

[Marathoner]

9 hours ago, Neighbor said:

Seeing that  also brings back memory of "the judge" in such disputes. At The USA he is a judge of civil matters, and acts very differently from a criminal court judge. He or she  has great latitude and tends to just let the claimants play out their financial resources until they are exhausted of funds to pay their legal expenses. He then waits for each to give up, no one really wins except those lawyers who indeed get very fat of wallet. 

An accurate portrayal of how it works, my friend. 

[Marathoner]

Years ago when I worked for a state governmental agency (a regulator), my work had me dealing with lawyers on a regular basis. They would sumbit requests for media presentations for the Attorney General's office to use at trial, so I would produce flow charts and the like according to their specifications. I had a close working relationship with the head of the Legal department.

One day, I asked her why she decided to work for considerably less money than she would otherwise be making. She said that an uncle was a partner in a corporate law firm and that he had tried to persuade her to come on board, but she turned him down and chose to do this instead.

Why?, I asked. She grinned and said, "Because I have a conscience." Case closed. 

Edited December 21, 2023 by Marathoner
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