Quote# 118764

Ancient Shopping Lists Confirm God’s Word

When soldiers at a remote desert fortress in Judah penned their shopping lists (or, more accurately, their provisions lists) over 2,600 years ago, they probably did not think that archaeologists would be poring over their handwriting years later!

Using a computer algorithm program, researchers from Tel Aviv University have been studying these ancient lists of military provisions written on pieces of pottery (called ostraca).1 By analyzing the handwriting, they were able to deduce that at least six individuals were involved in writing these inscriptions. The inscriptions themselves are rather mundane, merely featuring instructions on what supplies to send to a remote desert fortress; but the writing is accurate and well done. Much of the writing was penned by rather low-ranking officials, suggesting that even humble soldiers serving in a remote corner of the country could both read and write.

Literate or Illiterate?

Scholars have long disputed the level of literacy among ancient Israelites. Many believe only the educated—scribes, priests, royalty, and the bureaucracy—were literate and that the general populace was unable to read and write. But Scripture implies that literacy would be a necessity, even among the general populace.

SCRIPTURE IMPLIES THAT LITERACY WOULD BE A NECESSITY, EVEN AMONG THE GENERAL POPULACE.

Genesis 5:1 mentions the “book of the generations of Adam” (using the normal Hebrew word for book or scroll), suggesting that Adam was created with the ability not only to speak but also to write. It also seems reasonable that the genealogical information in Genesis 5 and 11 was also written down. And given that Noah and his family built the Ark, is it likely that they could not write? The Israelites were commanded to write the commands of the Lord on their doorposts and bind them on their hands and foreheads (Deuteronomy 6:4–9, 11:18–20). If they could not read or write, what would be the point of these commands? When Joshua prepared to allot the inheritance to seven of the Israelite tribes, he asked each tribe to send out three men to survey the land. These men “wrote the survey in a book” (Joshua 18:9); they could read and write. And in Joshua’s farewell address, he commanded the people to obey everything written in the Book of the Law of Moses, implying they could read (Joshua 23:6). When King Hezekiah made the decision that Israel and Judah would again keep the Passover, he sent letters across the land to inform the people. This would have been useless if they could not read his letter (2 Chronicles 30:1). Other passages also suggest literacy among the ancient Israelites (Judges 8:14; 2 Kings 17:37; Psalm 102:18; Habakkuk 2:2).

Widespread Literacy Supports True Scriptural Timelines

This question of literacy may seem mundane and unimportant, but it is actually a very important discussion. Many scholars have used the illiteracy argument (among many other presuppositions) to assume that the vast majority of biblical texts were not written until after the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC. They claim that the Old Testament, with the exception of some form of the Pentateuch, could not have been written prior to the exile to Babylon because most of the Israelite population was illiterate. Therefore it must have been written after the Babylonians, and later Persians, educated the Israelites.

This late dating of the Old Testament texts clashes with the biblical testimony that many texts were written as history happened or even before the event (prophetic). Most conservative biblical scholars who start with God’s Word believe the Old Testament record that the books were written by the persons associated with them or those who claim to have written them. They also accept that these books were written during the time period they claim to have been written in (e.g., the prophet Isaiah during the reigns of the pre-exilic kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah). If these books were not written until decades or even centuries after the events happened, the historicity, accuracy, and infallibility of the texts are called into question since they claim to have been written much earlier.

These ostraca researchers claim that their findings bear on the discussion of when the Old Testament books were written. They write, “However, widespread literacy offers a better background for the composition of ambitious works such as the Book of Deuteronomy and the history of Ancient Israel in the Books of Joshua to Kings.”2 They argue that, due to widespread literacy, many Old Testament books could have been written much earlier than is generally assumed by many liberal scholars.

Archaeology Again Corroborates Scripture

This new study supports the accuracy of God’s Word. It demonstrates that Israel was more literate than many scholars believe. This means that prophets—even prophets who were common folk such as Amos, a shepherd (Amos 1:1)—could have been literate and able to pen their writings.

IF HISTORY HAS TAUGHT ANYTHING, IT’S THAT EVENTUALLY RESEARCH AND SCIENCE WILL CONFIRM SCRIPTURE.

If history has taught anything, it’s that eventually research and science will confirm Scripture. We have an imperfect and incomplete understanding of history and science, but God’s Word was ultimately written by the God who was there and who never lies (Titus 1:2). Beginning with God’s Word, we have an accurate starting point for studying the world around us. When science or popular thought seems to contradict God’s Word, it is not God’s Word that needs modification, but rather our interpretations of the evidence.

The more we study the remains of lost civilizations, the more evidence will be found that, when properly understood, confirms God’s Word. As Christians, we can have full and utter confidence in the Word of our Lord.

Avery Foley, Answers in Genesis 23 Comments [5/6/2016 3:08:59 AM]
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Submitted By: Arceus

Quote# 118763

(human women aren’t dogs. We aren’t pigs. We aren’t cows.

Animal rights are important, but they are not, and never will be, human rights)

Ah yes. The only carnist technique of being offended that someone compared animals to humans because, guess what, animals feel joy and suffering as well, not realising what a tool it makes you look like.

‘Except like…white women aren’t negros.’

svartikotturinn, Tumblr 24 Comments [5/5/2016 3:21:45 AM]
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Submitted By: Ivurm

Quote# 118761

Seeing the desperation of so many middle-aged women out in flyover country has opened my eyes and humbled me. It’s very sad. These are really harmless, vulnerable people, and they’ve been roughed up by this free movement of capital and labor something awful. Charles Murray likes to blame this on the guys who supposedly won’t support them, but in my circles the women totally depend on the men and have little to offer in return. If anything really separates the white working class from the upper middle class it’s the incomes (and, unfortunately, the behavior) of the women in the respective positions. Blue collar working men are no slouches, they make decent money and in person they’re generally more impressive than their office-dwelling counterparts (this is probably a hidden aspect of Trump’s support — he has these guys behind him, and if he can get a few thousand of them to show up in one place, it’s going to seriously intimidate rivals). The women, well, they screw up a lot and have to be rescued over and over. They get a good job and are about ten times as likely to ditch it and try to file a lawsuit. The guys are always pulling them up and out of ditches they run into. The white death, IMO, is a measure of the disposable income of the men in any given community (if you check the census data I can all but guarantee that there’s a strong correlation there). The less they have, the less they can afford to help out the women around them, who somehow always seem to need help.

Bill P, Unz 19 Comments [5/5/2016 3:21:18 AM]
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Quote# 118752

The Hebrew word for “rod” literally means “to branch off” (literally, a stick); and the word “reproof” means “to chasten” (figurative, by words). Did you know that God put that padded area in the back of every child for a reason?

That's right! God padded the buttocks for the purpose of spanking. It is not Biblical to physically abuse any human being, but a good whipping across the buttocks never killed any child. The Bible teaches for parents to spank a child when they do wrong.

David J. Stewart, Jesus is Savior 36 Comments [5/5/2016 3:17:38 AM]
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Quote# 118750

A so-called “constitutional” sheriff is accused of intimidating Democrats and Latinos in her Texas county — which has been thrown into political turmoil since her 2012 election.

Sheriff Pamela Elliott has created an atmosphere of paranoia in Edwards County that causes her opponents to gather fearfully in “safe houses” to air their complaints, reported Alex Hannaford for the Texas Observer.

Elliott is a member of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), a right-wing coalition that encourages members to disobey laws they don’t think are constitutional.

She put out a “standby order for volunteers” during the 2014 standoff at Bundy ranch, which was supported by CSPOA co-founder Richard Mack — a former Arizona sheriff who suggested the anti-government militants use women and children as human shields during the armed confrontation with federal agents over unpaid grazing fees.

Elliott appears on the cover of Mack’s 2014 book, Are You A David?, which promotes his right-wing, anti-government agenda.

Hannaford found few Edwards County residents who were willing to be quoted by name out of fear the sheriff would retaliate.

“I’ve been told to install a camera in my vehicle just in case something happens,” said one man, who would not allow his name to be used in print. “People here, officials included, are very wary of the sheriff.”

Some of the sheriff’s opponents who agreed to be named told Hannaford tales of intimidation and retribution by the sheriff and her allies.

Local Democrats, who are greatly outnumbered in the county, said Elliott pushed her way into one of the party’s executive committee meetings in 2014, as an “angry mob” of county employees and the sheriff’s supporters waited outside a private home where the meeting took place.

“I was shocked that she was in uniform but wasn’t doing anything to control the crowd, keep the peace, or protect them or us,” wrote Caroline Ramirez in a complaint filed with state officials. “She seemed to be encouraging the mob. I wanted to call someone, but I had no idea who I should call if the head of our law enforcement is part of the problem.”

David Velky, the superintendent of the county’s Rocksprings Independent School District, chafed at the sheriff’s efforts to involve law enforcement in school disciplinary matters — which he said made an enemy of Elliott.

The superintendent and Elliott have sparred verbally through the media, and Velky said the sheriff recently flagged down two school board members as they were driving and ordered them to vote against his contract renewal.

“This is while she’s in uniform,” Velky told Hannaford. “I try not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I concluded this person either has some innate dislike for me or mistrust.”

The superintendent said Elliott’s close relationship with Rick Light, the leader of the local Edwards Plateau Rangers militia group, causes him to fear for his physical safety.

Velky said he believes Elliott and Light are trying to take over county institutions so they can establish their own right-wing fiefdom.

“I believe the plan is to get rid of me and certain board members in order to take control of the school,” Velky said. “I think they want control over the hiring of the teachers and staff members. I think they want to be able to bypass the procedural safeguards of the law — to arrest people without the grand jury, to bring charges without consulting the district attorney, to decide who is on the grand jury.”

That laundry list of “posse comitatus” aims matches up with rhetoric promoted by Mack and acted out by Ammon Bundy and other anti-government extremists.

Elliott has attempted to impose her right-wing agenda by intimidating Latino voters and elected officials — including her September arrest of Mayor Pauline Gonzales on public corruption charges.

The mayor’s husband performed $4,500 in remodeling work for the city, and she was indicted on four counts of official misconduct — although Gonzales claims she did nothing wrong.

Elliott accused a former mayor, who is also Latino, of lowering the sewer rates for friends and family — a claim the former mayor said could be disproven.

Rachel Gallegos, the former mayor, said Elliott sent her deputies into polling places in Hispanic neighborhoods during the 2014 midterm elections — and she said the intimidation tactic worked on older voters.

“They just said ‘Oh, they’ll come after me — they’ll go after my children, my grandchildren, it’ll just cause trouble,’” Gallegos said. “The elderly are easily intimidated.”

Gallegos said she called Elliott to complain, and the sheriff said it was none of her business.

The sheriff’s office accused Gallegos’ niece of voter fraud in September, saying the 42-year-old Renee´ Gallegos-Johnson illegally voted in Edwards County, where she grew up, owns a home and plans to retire, despite working in Louisiana.

Gallegos-Johnson requested and received a voter registration ID from the county, and she said an attorney with the state attorney general’s office told her she had not committed any offense.

“I think my last name must have screamed so loudly that I caught her attention,” she said.

Elliott also has a history of arresting Hispanic suspects on flimsy evidence, as both sheriff and as a police in Maricopa County, Arizona — where CSPOA co-founder and “birther” conspiracy theorist Joe Arpaio serves as sheriff.

“That’s why the DA won’t take a lot of her cases — she’s a very intelligent woman and doesn’t want to go to court and have the cases thrown out,” said Jay Adams, who worked for decades in the Edwards County Sheriff’s Office.

Adams told Hannaford the evidence that led to four arrests in a cold case murder was ridiculous, and those charges were eventually thrown out.

“I read the affidavit and it’s written on an almost eighth-grade level,” Adams said. “You can tell it wouldn’t float.”

Elliott is running for re-election in November, but she faces a tough Democratic challenger in fellow military veteran Jon Harris — as well as a possible campaign finance violation.

She’s accused of illegally accepting campaign contributions and making campaign expenditures to herself before appointing a campaign treasurer — but she’s carrying on with a Sarah Palin-esque appeal to voters.

“It’s no secret that I do not conform with any scripted expectations of ‘the political game’ when serving as your Sheriff,” Elliott said in a campaign ad. “I will continue to serve as an Army Reserve Officer, a mother, a sister, a neighbor who is loyal to the Lord in a position that should not be politicized but as so scripted in the bible: ‘Do not pervert justice or show partiality.’”

Sheriff Pamela Elliott, Raw Story 26 Comments [5/5/2016 3:13:31 AM]
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Submitted By: Demon Duck of Doom

Quote# 118749

The American Family Association is calling for a boycott of Target after the retail giant said it would allow men to use the women's restrooms and dressing rooms in their stores.

On its web site this week, Target announced, "[W]e welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity. ...Everyone deserves to feel like they belong."

This means a man can simply say he "feels like a woman today" and enter the women's restroom...even if young girls or women are already in there.

Target's policy is exactly how sexual predators get access to their victims. And with Target publicly boasting that men can enter women's bathrooms, where do you think predators are going to go?

Clearly, Target's dangerous new policy poses a danger to wives and daughters. We think many customers will agree. And we think the average Target customer is willing to pledge to boycott Target stores until it makes protecting women and children a priority.

One solution is a common-sense approach and a reasonable solution to the issue of transgendered customers: a unisex bathroom. Target should keep separate facilities for men and women, but for the trans community and for those who simply like using the bathroom alone, a single occupancy unisex option should be provided.

The American Family Association, American Family Association 22 Comments [5/5/2016 3:13:04 AM]
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Submitted By: Ivurm

Quote# 118747

Because only the bible has the power of prophecy fulfilled throughout
history to back it up as true. These other "religions" do not.
In
fact following God is not a religion,religion is a man made thing... And
because these false ones are created, it paints an idea that there is
no right choice, since there are many, none of them could possibly be
true.
But if you actually learn, you would see the truth for yourself.

AlwaysPursueTruth, Christian News Network 16 Comments [5/5/2016 3:12:14 AM]
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Quote# 118746

I tend to find sluts fairly likeable, for the most part, especially those who are sluts because they enjoy riding the alpha carousel as opposed to those who are merely ideologically slutty due to their incoherent feminism. And yet, I don't shed any more tears over a slut getting raped than I do over a gambler winding up broke. It's not inevitable, but the odds are what they are.

Vox Day, Alpha Game 21 Comments [5/5/2016 3:05:14 AM]
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Submitted By: David

Quote# 118743

Fyi, infertility or barrenness is usually a curse from God for the sin of incest, eg the barrenness of Sarah, the half-sister of Abraham, her husband.
.......Elderly marriages r also abnormal n foolish.

Fyi, ROMANS.1:18-32 say that homosexuals hv been cursed n rejected by God as normal heterosexuals bc they hv chosen to reject God n His Law/authority.

Yes, we should put a stop to such marriages for the good of society as a whole.

disqus_O2BUmbLecp, Christian News Network 20 Comments [5/5/2016 3:04:08 AM]
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Quote# 118739

So science has quickly debunked people being born gay?

Would you care to show us the evidence for that? Because, as far as I know, science says sexual orientation is caused by an interplay of genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences.

100% of these so-called findings have turned out to be flawed, self-serving or both.

Evidence does exist, however, that children are brought into the lifestyle by manipulation and/or abuse.

Where they? Now you're making me very curious. Care to join our evidence?

Until you do, I think we better stick to what science tells us.

But even if at the end sexual orientation turns out to be a choice, it would be at the same level as religion. Except for the part that homosexuals do not intend to discriminate people that are different, while thta seems to be a requirement for some religious worldviews.

"Now you're making me very curious. Care to join our evidence?"

Ask, and you shall receive:

"Ryan Sorba Disucusses The Born Gay Hoax Part 1 of 2"

"Gays Not Born Gay: Ryan Sorba on The Rick Amato Show"

Both are videos that can be found on YouTube.

"But even if at the end sexual orientation turns out to be a choice, it would be at the same level as religion."

False. The right to believe is God given and constitutional. Sexual behavior, especially abnormal sexual behavior, is not.


Slidellman4life, Christian News Network 19 Comments [5/5/2016 3:01:59 AM]
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Submitted By: Jocasta McFucken

Quote# 118736

"A new Cambridge University study argues that atheism is in fact one of the world's oldest religions – long predating Christianity and Islam." Source: Atheist Alliance.org

Atheism certainly is a religion, and atheists are its religious believers. The faithful follow their infallable pope--Richard the First, the believer who believes the scientific impossibility that nothing created everything.

Ray Comfort, Atheist Central 31 Comments [5/5/2016 2:59:39 AM]
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Submitted By: Chris

Quote# 118735

Flood Tales from the Canyon

Flood Evidence

Grand Canyon stands as an enduring monument to the worldwide Flood. Along with the geology, it turns out that native traditions also speak of a great flood!

Geology is typically what people think about when studying how Grand Canyon formed. But the region also preserves cultural evidence in Native American flood traditions, which are still being retold.

The Hualapai—“people of the tall pines”—occupy remote lands in western Grand Canyon where Ponderosa pine, elk, bighorn sheep, and cougar abound. At the foot of Wikahme, or Spirit Mountain, in southernmost Nevada, are ancient pictographs with a flood story interpreted for us in a published account by tribal elder and scholar, Lucille Watahomigie.

Prior to this, the story had been recounted only in oral tradition via dance and song. It contains these elements. Rains fell on the earth for 45 days. The rising waters wiped out all peoples with the lone exception of an old man atop Spirit Mountain. The Creator eventually sent a bird to the man with instructions to dig with a ram’s horn into the foot of the mountain to enable the waters to drain. The man obeyed and soon the bird returned a second time with grass in its beak to inform the man that the waters had receded.

A second pictograph depicts a vessel carrying eight passengers “across the waters,” from whom all the peoples of the earth were descended. It is unclear how the two pictographs are related. Mrs. Watahomigie insists the account came to her by oral tradition from her forefathers and that it borrowed no elements from Christian influences.

The Havasupai—“people of the blue-green waters”—live in western Grand Canyon, along beautiful Havasu Creek. According to their tradition, the medicine man prepared a hollow log for a young girl, animals, and provisions to survive the great flood. The rains came and the log floated on the water many days. The floodwaters covered the whole earth, killing all people. The log eventually came to rest at Grand Canyon, and this young girl became the mother of all peoples. In an interview, Dianna Uqualla, director of the Havasupai tribal museum, shared the Havasupai belief that Grand Canyon was formed by the receding waters of this great worldwide flood. In fact, other neighboring tribes have similar stories about the forming of Grand Canyon.3

These Native American stories are part of a growing list of hundreds of ancient flood traditions all over the world that share common elements with the Genesis account. While details vary, these traditions all share elements of the whole earth being flooded and only a few survivors. It appears that cultures around the world have a distant memory of a common event in history, which God’s Word flawlessly records in Genesis 6–8.

Jeremy D. Lyon & Bill Hoesch, Answers in Genesis 17 Comments [5/5/2016 2:59:25 AM]
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Submitted By: Arceus

Quote# 118734

Far too many children are suffering because of the sins of their very own mother. The church overall refuses to address this, but it’s a serious issue.

Single mother homes are really an ungodly counterfeit of what God intended to be a true family. If the father is not the center and head of the family; then it’s not a family.

Too many in the church come from dysfunctional family trees; where single mother households are the norm AND have occurred generationally. The dysfunction is so normal that no one ever questions or realizes that the tree is sick and not bearing good fruit.

In order to function properly as a family unit (as God intended), you must have a father present in the house, and be legally married.

Family trees where grandma (or great-grandma) was a single mother; where auntie was also a single mother; and even female cousins are single mothers; indicate there’s a serious spiritual issue—and shows the mother is rebellious toward God’s standards.

Here’s a hard bitter truth: A rebellious woman can only produce bad fruit. Bad fruit dishonors God. And if you continuously produce bad fruit, there is no place for you in the Kingdom of God.

This is serious, and nothing to take lightly. Because what you choose to do with your children directly impacts your salvation and your longevity in this world.

CHURCH LEADERS: we plead with you to begin teaching the unadulterated Word of God. Call out sin; don’t shy away from uprooting demons out of your church. Get rid of the weeds, so the flowers can flourish.

We need healthy women (who will submit their whole self to living out the Word of God). This means stop sleeping around with random men. Be a true woman of God and get married.

The scary thing is Jesus gave us a clear example of what he will do to ‘trees’ that don’t produce the good fruit that he desires. He will curse it; and it will wither away and die. Or he will simply just chop it down. (Matthew 21:18-19; and John 15:2)

We already see many women and their children dying because of this satanic dysfunction. Just do a google search and you will see…make sure this doesn’t end up being your reality.

When will whole families become the norm, specifically in the Black Church...

Eden Decoded, Facebook 17 Comments [5/5/2016 2:58:36 AM]
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Quote# 118733

Cupid is really a demon! It's not some cute, adorable concept about love.

Cupid is an actual demonic entity that lures people into lust-filled relationships where lives get shipwrecked, emotions are shattered and unwanted babies get born in these out-of-wedlock situations.

Cupid helps feed the American child support system. How many men right now today are bemoaning the day they ever met the person who turned their lives upside down, via an unwanted kid? How many women wish they never met that guy or allowed a few lonely moments of life to get them into a relationship that became a hellified experience on Earth where they now find themselves struggling alone to raise a child?

You can thank Cupid for that. This little demon has twisted more lives and turned more destinies upside down than any other.

Those aren't arrows of love Cupid is shooting: those are arrows of death dipped in lust! And once they penetrate your heart, you'll be led like a clueless animal to the slaughter.

The Word of God warns believers to stay away from lust. It actually tells you to FLEE from it:

"Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is without the body; but he that commits fornication sins against his own body." [1 Corinthians 6:18]

"Flee lusts of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of pure heart." [2 Timothy: 2:22]

The word 'flee' means to run away from a bad situation or danger. It means to escape with your life. Some of you were so busy entertaining youthful lusts that you missed all the warning signs telling you to flee from that person. And the end result has been utter chaos in your life.

All of this is demonic handiwork. In classical mythology, Cupid is believed to be the love child of Venus: the goddess of erotic lust - and Mars: the god of war. That alone should tell you that this little guy is nothing but trouble. When you mix lust with war, all you can expect is a volatile situation!

It should also be noted that a myth doesn't necessarily mean that the myth is not rooted in fact or genuine history.

Contrary to popular belief, myth does not mean false; it simply means a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

Personally, I believe many so-called myths are actual ancient 'pre-Flood history' that took place on Earth during and prior to the days of Noah. I arrive at this conclusion after studying hundreds of different myths from different cultures in conjunction with known human history, and Biblical research.

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Many of you have been celebrating Valentine's Day since you were kids. We were actually brought up to celebrate it as just harmless fun, starting in elementary school. Remember those little heart-shaped cards with the candy that you made your mom run around searching for, so you could take them to class for Valentine's Day? That was your childhood indoctrination and initiation into the cult of Cupid. We didn't know any better. But ignorance of such things is no longer an excuse.

When you celebrate Cupid and his holiday (Valentine's Day), you are actually celebrating the demon of lust.

Because remember: Cupid was the love child between lust (Venus) and war (Mars). And many of you wonder why you constantly end up in volatile relationships!

Also, note how Mars and Venus go together in this story? Sound familiar? If you've been reading relationship books the way I have for the past 20 years or so, you'll remember a popular series of books titled "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus." The author was actually a white Buddhist monk turned relationship coach... go figure. But even worse was that unbeknownst to those who followed the advice therein, you were being secretly lured into a relationship where Cupid's volatile arrows of lust and war would be constantly flying in your direction. What else can Mars and Venus produce but a lustful war-child: Cupid?

It's time to free yourself from the controlling influences of this demon. If you don't have a special Valentine this upcoming Valentine's Day, don't sweat it. Most people who celebrate it will be breaking up soon after anyway. That's just how it goes.

People get boo'ed up for the holidays when it's cold and wintery outside. They typically stay together until Valentine's Day: then break up just in time for Spring and Summer. Then they're off to meet someone new. It's the circle of sinful relationships.

But as people of God, we are not to be controlled by any demonic influences or impulses of the flesh. And this include those that are innocently presented to us in the form of Cupid. Our relationships are to be built on being equally yoked together with other believers in Jesus Christ. Violating this one highly important principle is to voluntarily place yourself under demonic authority for your relationship.

If you are married, don't place pressure on your spouse to celebrate a pagan holiday dedicated to a pagan deity. Besides, you should be celebrating your love for each other 365 days a year: not only on one day where you treat each other nice, then go back to being the same disconnected couple for the rest of the year that you already were. One day of chocolates, cards and flowers can never compensate for this:

"Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything." [Ephesians 5:22-24]

"Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself." [Ephesians 5:25-28]

Now what can compare to that type of love???

I'll leave you with this: to avoid falling victim to one of Cupid's fiery arrows during moments of weakness, make sure you have on your armor. And remind yourself that you are still at war!

"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against the flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the SPIRITUAL FORCES of wickedness in the heavenly places." [Ephesians 6:10-12]

"In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the FLAMING ARROWS of the evil one." [Ephesians 6:16]

See, I told you Cupid was a demon! The Bible even says he shoots flaming arrows at people! (Another word for arrow is 'dart' in the KJV).

Make yourself arrow proof by transforming your mind, and by allowing the Word of God to have its proper place in your life. Stop running off the world's programming.

The world is run by demons and those under direct demonic control. So why are you even listening to them, celebrating THEIR holy days? Choose instead to follow God. That way you won't go wrong.

Mack Major, Eden Decoded 15 Comments [5/5/2016 2:58:25 AM]
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Quote# 118726

As I have stated elsewhere on this blog, acceptance of faggotry is absolutely required on the Amerikan "Left," whether within the mainstream "Left" or on the fringes of it. Even groups which allegedly don't take a pro-faggot line, such as the Ray O. Light group, are not open about their views on homosexuality. My guess is some old people in control of the ROL group don't want to change the line on this question, while any younger people they recruit probably do, and they would just rather not talk about it than struggle on the question, possibly splitting their already tiny party in the process.

For those interested in the history of the communist movement's attitude towards faggots, it should be noted that it has always universally been negative. Engels was especially visceral in his opposition to faggotry. The German group Neue-Einheit has a webpage titled Unequivocal statements by Friedrich Engels which compiles all the remarks Engels made on the subject. Of particular interest to anyone interested in the theory of the Labor Aristocracy (and the Labor Bureaucracy) are Engels' remarks about the faggot Hasselmann. Basically what we have here is an instance of homosexuals becoming the leaders of the early German Labor Bureaucracy, and being extreme opponents of Marx and Engels. This episode in the radical careers of Marx and Engels should have special importance to anyone who might want to critically review Miriam Frank's Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America to figure out exactly when the Amerikan Labor Aristocracy embraced faggotry wholeheartedly.

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Given that all First-World "Maoists" groups will claim that the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was the greatest revolutionary advance in history (or some such garbage), and given that nearly all First-World radiKKKalism requires the acceptance of faggotry, we have an interesting contradiction on our hands. At this point, it seems to me First-World "Maoists" would simply dismiss the issue out of hand, because primary sources are lacking. This will eventually change, and people will see that it is undoubtedly true that faggots were persecuted under the GPCR, and that the CPC has never viewed faggots in anything but a negative light. This opens up the possibly of splitting First-World "Maoism" into two camps: those who, like MIM, refuse to give up the GPCR as symbolizing the greatest revolutionary advance ever, and those who love faggots more than the GPCR as a symbol. More importantly, it opens up the possibility of splitting Third-World Maoists who still adhere to all this dogmatic nonsense from the First-World "Maoists" who won't step away from faggot-worship.

And for those willing to listen, it is also an opportunity to spread the queer-theoretical attacks on homo-nationalism and the homosexual identity that can be found in the works of people like Joseph Massad and Jasbir Puar. This is important for getting people to realize First-World faggots are not only just as parasitic as their straight counterparts, but that imperialism will increasingly rely on faggotry as a rallying call for First-World radiKKKalism to get behind imperialist military campaigns. And the sooner the Third-World realizes that the imperialists and the faggots are joined at the hip, the better off the Third-World will be.

Free Criticism, Free Criticism 20 Comments [5/4/2016 3:12:06 AM]
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Submitted By: DrKilljoy

Quote# 118725

[I'll gladly remain a virgin if it takes forcing myself on someone just to get laid.]

Then you are fucking insane. This is like some Christian saying that you'd rather be starving than eating at a McDonalds set in what was once a Church. Modern women hate men who are virgins and love rape.

Caamib, Atheist Forums 65 Comments [5/4/2016 3:11:45 AM]
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Quote# 118724

Christianity is literally cultural marxism. “We´re all the same under god´s law. We´re all human beings. God has created all of us in his image.”
Tell me it isn´t so.

Read the slavic aryan vedas and get to know the laws of OUR ancestors of the great race.
Since it will take you some time here are a few thinks you should ALWAYS observe, especially as a woman.

Observe the law Rita and DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT DRINK ANYMORE ALCOHOL. It deals permanent damage to the DNA in your reproductive organs. In the case of men, you should wait at least 3 months after drinking alcohol before trying to make babies. As for women, they should NEVER drink any alcohol as in their case the reproductive organ does not regenerate.
I don´t know how to properly explain it in English and I can´t be bother to look up the translation but even our aryan ancestors knew that alcohol IS very bad for the women and therefore for the offspring.

Take care of yourself.

Philibert, Renegade Tribune 27 Comments [5/4/2016 3:11:33 AM]
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Submitted By: TimeToTurn

Quote# 118723

Blonde, Frat Boy, Hillbilly are all quite specific and antipodean counterparts in the form counter-stereotypes such as as the math nerd and city slicker. No one here uses any actual Chinese stereotypes. Rainies, Rockies, and Nongs are used to describe everyone.

The r/China subreddit is hardly the only place for expats to vent unless you are particularly lazy. You could always create a separate subreddit for it in the same vein as CCJ. Might I recommend r/Chinktown.

You are operating under the assumption that I am denying that I am a racist or that I somehow even find racism objectionable. I readily acknowledge that I am a blatant racist and I feel that this is both forthright, honest, and natural state of man. It is because I am a racist that I can see through the dissimulation and denials as obvious Taqiyah. I actually didn't write anything about not wanting Africans in China beyond saying that I didn't want Africans in China. You basically filled in all the rest off of heuristics. You were however right of course. I don't want Africans in China because Africans, relative to any other populations, bring increased crime, social dysfunction, and the inevitable sub-par half breeds. This is an observable fact, but it doesn't mean this observation belongs in r/Africa nor would I waste my time driving the point home ad nauseum to the users in that subreddit. Thought in all likelyhood I would most likely receive a site wide shadow ban for it.

Chinese people bring with them stratospheric real estate prices, a culture of corruption, and an asocial dog-eat-dog competitive behavior relative to Anglo whites. Many whites find this objectionable and don't want to live in proximity to Chinese. Some may feel that pointing this out is bigoted, most of the current r/China regulars would simply nod their heads. Yet because I make both observations I am a "racist" while mental firewalls that everyone else posses is somehow interpreted as speaking truth to power.

Do you even read the sub? Perhaps you think all the Rainiest, Rockies, and Nongs are terms of endearment. Familiarity breeds contempt and so-called understanding doesn't necessarily lead to acceptance. Sometimes when you truly get to know someone or something, you come to actively dislike them, even despise them. This is true for most of the prolific regulars on r/China. They post so much because they despise China and the Chinese and it is emotionally satisfying to express themselves in the company of like minded individuals when in their mundane lives they cannot do so in front of their race traitor concubines and coworkers.

DukeofQin, Reddit - r/ChinaCircleJerk2 8 Comments [5/4/2016 3:11:13 AM]
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Quote# 118722

Jesus Christ you jerkers are a bunch of white knighting pussies, especially the faggot mods that actually went to that trollxsub and were subsequently down voted into oblivion since they stepped out of their native circle jerk element here. It was satisfying see thenigger1 and kike_guan down voted so hard.

Waaa waaa waaa sexual harassment. Waaa waaa waaa Internet rape threats. Waaa waaa waaa patriarchy.
To use a term much cherished here what a bunch of Faaaaggots.

The only difference between sexual harassment and a "cutie" is if the woman decides the male's sexual market value meets her standards.

DukeofQin, Reddit - r/ChinaCircleJerk2 14 Comments [5/4/2016 3:10:24 AM]
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Quote# 118720

[Joining The Last Trump in mocking those who speak out against the Target boycott]

There are two types of corporations that liberals will always support, Trump: those that kill 1000 pre-born babies a day in Amerika and those that cave to the Gaystapo. Notice how the Bernie Sanders

On the plus side, Target can cut down on janitorial service costs since everyone is afraid to use their bathrooms. I predict that their stock price will recover. :-)

WorldGoneCrazy, Christian News Network 13 Comments [5/4/2016 2:59:37 AM]
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Submitted By: Jocasta McFucken

Quote# 118715

Former child star and heart throb of the TV show Growing Pains, Kirk Cameron, has apparently morphed into a giver of marriage advice that seems to come from a different decade.

The actor-turned-Christian evangelist had some of this advice this week, telling the Christian Post that women should “follow” their husbands’ leadership.

“Wives are to honor and respect and follow their husband’s lead, not to tell their husband how he ought to be a better husband,” he opined. “When each person gets their part right, regardless of how their spouse is treating them, there is hope for real change in their marriage.”

He added, “A lot of people don’t know that marriage comes with instructions. And, we find them right there in God’s word.”

Cameron has six children with his wife and fellow actress, Chelsea Noble, according to the Post.

This point of view isn’t unique to Cameron, the Friendly Atheist points out.

“He’s only expressing what most churches still preach on a weekly basis, what has been the common theme of Biblical marriage for thousands of years, and is still part of most wedding ceremonies today, reminding wives to, ‘submit to your husbands in every way,'” Horus Gilgamesh writes. “Did the secular world really not have any idea that this type of inequality is readily taught in scripture and practiced in Christian households around the world?”

Cameron’s sister, Candace Cameron Bruce, also actively promotes the idea that wives should be submissive to husbands.

“The definition I’m using with the word ‘submissive’ is the biblical definition of that,” Bure, who starred in the sitcom “Full House,” wrote in her 2014 book. “So, it is meekness, it is not weakness. It is strength under control, it is bridled strength. And that’s what I choose to have in my marriage.”

Kirk Cameron, Raw Story 21 Comments [5/4/2016 2:58:35 AM]
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Submitted By: Demon Duck of Doom

Quote# 118713

It took seven years, but a former Scientologist will see her lawsuit against the church — which she says kept her captive and forced her to have an abortion — go to trial, KABC reports.

Laura Ann DeCrescenzo, who began doing volunteer work for the Church of Scientology at the age of six, received good news this week when Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John Doyle denied a motion by lawyers for the Church of Scientology International to dismiss her case.

DeCrescenzo is suing the church for false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, unfair business practices and wage-and-hour violations, as well as claiming that the church coerced into having an abortion at the age of 17.

According to DeCrescenzo, she was kept a virtual prisoner by the church for years.

“I wasn’t allowed to speak with my family. You’re not allowed to have more than twenty dollars on you at any given time,” explained DeCrescenzo. “You’re not allowed to go anywhere without another person. You’re watched 24/7.”

DeCrescenzo says she remained a member of the church for years after the abortion, stating that church officials psychologically abused her after she became pregnant, telling her that she would be left homeless and unable to find a job and denied the ability to ever see her husband again.

According to the woman, she finally escaped the church in 2004 when she pretended to attempt suicide by swallowing a cup of bleach.

She abandoned the church for good four years later.

Church of Scientology, Raw Story 16 Comments [5/4/2016 2:57:04 AM]
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Submitted By: Demon Duck of Doom

Quote# 118709

[Thread "What if HIV began in ancient times?" - Formatting in original]

Your main proposed method of control was honour killings. No country in the world enforces honour killings, not even the Saudis...

Again, patriarchy is the main thing. Whether it is enforced by honor kills, actual govenment laws and police, shunning, or whatever else, it does not matter. A society that enforces patriarchy cuts down on promiscuity. It still exists, but it is not rampant, decreases sexual partners, and therefore decreases the spread of STDs.

...no ancient society would have a government set up any better than modern Sudan anyway.

Yes, but Shariah is not consistently applied in Sudan, likely (not that I know that much about Sudan.)

So there you go, great example of control-by-social-mores failing.

You have not showed that at all. The fact that the ancient world had most of the STDs we have today, but they simply did not spread, says a lot.

Take herpes for example. It used to be common just among prostitutes and those who frequented them (big surprise, not among "Respectable" or common women.) In the US, more than 50 million people today have the genital variety.

What changed? There's more condoms today and they're cheaper. Obviously, society changed.

pattersonautobody, Alternate History Forum 19 Comments [5/4/2016 2:56:22 AM]
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Submitted By: JeanP

Quote# 118708


N B 4

“THAT MAKES US JUST AS BAD AS THEM!!!”
I know I was whiskey boarded as a cherry as I think most grunts do (or used to, before hazing required congressional hearings) and it sucks ass, yeah, but it’s not gonna kill you and it leaves 0 lasting physical damage, and at worst will leave you with drowning trauma.
And anyway, anyone who makes it to the point of being waterboarded either doesn’t have long to live anyhow or will spend the rest of their life in a cell, so, who gives a fuck.

[ Torture is wrong, and it is wrong in so many ways: If you have any respect for the Rule of Law, you won’t torture anybody because it is illegal in every civilized country in the world. A moment you make exception or precedent for anybody, sooner or later it will be your turn to be tortured. That is something history is teaching us.
If you are doing it as revenge, you are descending to their level and when you do that, being their equal, you lose any right to criticize them.
If you are doing it to gather information, you will not get anything useful because people tortured will say whatever to stop torture. It is a fact that torture is ineffective as a tool of intelligence gathering. ]This is why my first comment was what it was.

Uniformed soldiers should never be tortured to gather information, you’re correct.
Non-state, non-uniformed terrorists and insurgents have no rights, you see, because they have declared themselves to be outside the purview of the rule of law.
“Descending to their level” is the oldest excuse in the book. They hit first, retaliation with whatever means are necessary is absolutely justified. If it isn’t, then shooting a home invader that’s raping your wife is “descending to his level,” nuking Japan to end the war or the fire bombings across Germany both of which killed hundreds of thousands of civilians, were “descending to their level.”
If torture never produces actionable intelligence, why would the CIA employ it? Aren’t they our resident experts in human intelligence extraction?
Of course some people will lie to make the torture stop. Many will also tell the blatant truth in hopes that they wont be subjecting again. Even a true believer can be broken if he’s pressed the right way. There’s a reason we have people who are experts in reading body language and physical cues to tell if what they’re saying is desperate hail mary, or the God’s honest truth.
As for that last bit, it’s called “sin eating.” Some people are prepared to do whatever is necessary to protect this nation, including surrender their own morals, values, “soul” to do so.

Why is it just in the face of this enemy that we feel surrender and defeat would be better than doing mean things? What the fuck happened? When did we as a society become so fucking spineless?
Be glad no one is asking you to do the dirty work that they’re willing to do on your behalf.


[ bill-11b
You are so wrong…
http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/torture
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/13/AR2007121301303_2.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11283082/Does-the-use-of-torture-ever-work.html
"Similarly, Americans may choose to draw their own conclusions about Wednesday’s 480-page report by the US Senate intelligence committee, despite its conclusion that “enhanced interrogation techniques” do not yield any useful intelligence.”
Torture doesn’t work at all. It’s a disgrace how we trample on the freedom of no cruel and unusual punishment. If a government wastes it time and resources on false claims, it’s not being spent towards towards actual terrorists.There’s a huge difference between warfare after you are attacked, and the torture of suspected terrorists.
When people say the whole descending to their level, it’s because we expect torture and other horrible things from terrorists. Not the U.S. military, which I hope you’re at least holding to higher standards than barbarians.
We hung people in WWII because of waterboarding.
http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2015/jan/12/bobby-scott/bobby-scott-after-wwii-us-executed-japanese-war-cr/
Here one from McCain was actually tortured in Vietnam.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2007/dec/18/john-mccain/history-supports-mccains-stance-on-waterboarding/
It’s chilling that anyone has to go through torture let alone ann american soldier ]

Okay, that’s great and all, but

bill-11b, tumblr 16 Comments [5/4/2016 2:54:04 AM]
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Submitted By: Menomaru

Quote# 118707


Non uniformed, non state combatants (say it with me now)
HAVE.
NO.
FUCKING.
RIGHTS.

Also, just because some of the people tortured give false information to make the torture stop, doesn’t mean that none of them ever give up actionable intelligence.
If 1 out of 100 waterboarded goat fuckers gives up AI, it’s completely worth it.

And because they’re not uniformed, and they have no state, we can summarily execute them and drop their fucking corpses in the Arabian sea, which is what we should have been doing from day one.


bill-11b, tumblr 21 Comments [5/4/2016 2:53:54 AM]
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