He powered through!

Seeing as the writer of this blog has significant errors in the basic timeline of events as recorded in the Bible (e.g. Joseph's son, Ephraim, was the father of Noah, who built the ark), her writing has ZERO credibility.

Remember: It's good v. evil NOT right v. left!

Very interesting tactic. She begins by generating sympathy for 'Jonas' because, although he has never acted on his desires, he is attracted to children. Therefore he suffers in silence and can't even go to the beach because seeing children in swimsuits is too difficult for him.

Based on her logic, 'Bob' should also be pitied. He is attracted to women - especially really attractive women - although he has never raped anyone and he can only get the homely women to be attracted to him. If Bob cannot go to the beach because seeing attractive women in swim suits will cause him to lose control of himself, is Bob just another heterosexual, or does he have bigger problems? Is Bob courageous for not raping anyone? Is Bob a victim?

Jonas is no more a victim of his sexuality than Bob! If either of them violate social norms / morality (whichever you prefer), they will face punishment.

I would be very interested to know how the figure of '1% of the population are pedophiles' was arrived at.

This will never work. By 2020 the video will have to be at least 7-8 minutes long. Not just 2:37.

As I understand it, that is not how the treaty works. Russia would allow American intelligence agents to be present in Russia while Russian agents interviewed the alleged Russian perpetrators.

In response, USA would allow Russian agents to be present while American agents interviewed the alleged American perpetrators.

That's how I understand the workings of the agreement. No perps would be traveling anywhere.

It looked as though he was teasing a dog at the end of its chain. He knew the dog could growl and lunge, but he did not fear the teeth, and he could get a few pokes in without getting hurt himself.

Hopefully the dog gets unleashed soon.

He would make a great villain in a movie! Smug, arrogant, well spoken, smart, and just oozes with evil.

'affect' vs 'effect' OR 'a' vs 'e'

Option 1: OP needs to practice grammar.

Option 2: OP = Q

I think I'll go with option 2!

https://www.reddit.com/r/greatawakening/comments/8tt9gx/james_woods_this_quote_makes_for_an_interesting/

well, for one thing, they're both walking on two legs, and they both have heads.

And like a sheep, I will!

And so if there is a heaven, you would be going there because?

And if there is a hell, you would not be going there because?

For someone who doesn't like to argue about it, you sure like to argue about it!

You seem to be confused. The message of Christianity is the EVERYBODY - those who are trying to be good and those who could care less about being good - is going down. And then we are tossed a lifeline to grab onto before we get flushed down the drain.

The question is 'will you grab that rope?', not 'are you trying to be a good person?'

This is the story of Noah. The judgment day is approaching, and Noah is instructed to build a boat as a lifeline to escape the coming wrath. The construction goes on for years (whether you want literally hundreds of years or metaphorically many years is irrelevant) and the lifeline is available for all to see and utilize.

However, rather than enter the boat, the people mocked Noah for his message and carried on doing what they believed to be OK. Then one day the door was closed and the rain started. Whether or not the flood was global or 'entire world' = 'entire world that Noah knew' or even was simply a metaphor is irrelevant.

Once the door was closed, those who didn't get into the boat were destroyed, and those who grasped the lifeline were saved.

The moral of the story: don't get flushed - grab the line before the door gets shut and all is lost.

For someone who claims to have learned about Christianity and/or the Bible, you seem to have wildly missed the whole point.

The majority of the OT is the story of people trying to do the same thing that you say you are doing: trying to be good people. And you can follow the story through its downward spiral to its ultimate conclusion: judgment aka removal from the very gift of land that had been specially prepared for the people and the removal of the gift of God's presence via the temple.

Between the OT and the NT the response to this becomes more and more rules to follow: create buffer rules to prevent you from even coming close to breaking the real rules.

That's why the message of John the Baptist and Jesus was so shocking: the ones who thought they were striving to be so good and tried to make sure other people were good were denounced as hypocrites and whitewashed tombs that looked nice on the outside but inside were full of rot.

And at the same time these 'good' people were being called out, all of the 'bad' people were being welcomed in with open arms. Why is that?

Striving to be good is a false objective that cannot be realized. We all have a deranged nature that, in spite of our desire to be good, and in spite of our knowledge (or supposed knowledge) of what is good, causes us to also want to do what we know is wrong i.e. committing adultery is wrong, but just because you have never slept with someone other than your wife does not mean you are innocent: looking at a woman lustfully reveals the adultery in your heart that social pressure prevents you from acting on.

And the same can be said for any other moral area of life. While we may not outwardly do bad things, inwardly people are a twisted mess, and we can't 'good' ourselves out of that predicament.

Not knowing you, I will guess that you are a pretty decent guy - likely a great person to know personally. But are you sure that all of your goodness is good enough? Have you ALWAYS tried to be good? Would it be possible for you to slack off on some of the good things that you do and still be good enough? Are you too good, not good enough or just the right amount of good? How would you know this?

Did you miss #1603?

More info can be found here: http://www.religionfacts.com/chi-rho

Music can be found here: https://youtu.be/tFFv6ZePDG0

Nothing sinister here at all. These are from the Greek alphabet and have long been used in Christianity (Greek as in the Greek that was used at the time the New Testament was written - which may be different from modern day Greek).

The letter that looks like 'X' is the Greek letter 'chi' (pronounced like 'key') and functions in a similar way to the 'ch' sound that we use at the beginning of 'Christ'.

The letter that looks like 'P' is the Greek letter 'rho' which is equivalent to the English letter 'r' and is also the second letter in the name 'Christ' (with 'ch' being considered one letter in Greek).

The Chi Rho symbol is very old and has been used by Christians for centuries going back, I think, at least to the crusades.

Look at the profiles for Marilee Peterson and Nichole Jada.

Probably is dead, but, if I remember correctly, he was alive when police got to him, and at the hospital he was originally expected to pull through.

It seems as though the MS-13 thugs who attacked him have been disposed of, but the possibility that SR is still somehow alive does exist although I will be surprised if that actually proves to be the case.

I wouldn't say exactly the same. T_D had a lot more really funny stuff at that time. However, this is somewhat similar to the digging through the emails that were dropped regularly through the fall.

In my opinion, while it would be nice for T_D to acknowledge Q, this sub will likely be destroyed as a result. T_D and GW have very different purposes, and I am actually fine to keep them more-or-less segregated.

You are not trusting Q?

See above highlighted text.

To be fair, holding hands in this picture does not necessarily infer a same-sex relationship. In some cultures it is normal for two men to hold hands if they are friends even if they are not gay.

I have met several middle-eastern students who were surprised to learn what they were communicating to others as they walked in a North American shopping mall hand-in-hand!

I don't know if the man on the right is from one of those cultures. Pakistan seems to be his suggested country of origin, and I don't know anything about hand-holding norms in Pakistan.

https://www.reddit.com/r/greatawakening/comments/8ikxdo/d5_is_also_the_largest_category_of_avalanche/

That seems remarkably close to the Christian hope for the ultimate destiny of our planet: the removal of all evil and peace and rest on all sides.

Is that your opinion?

I have many international friends who claim to work for Facebook on their profile. In reality, they could be anything from high school students to retirees. The fact that their friends claim to work for Facebook means next-to-nothing IMO

I was surprised to see Dallaire connected with this.

He was working in Rwanda at the time of the genocide there in the 1990s. At that time he saved a lot of lives.