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I Have A Dream
"when all of God's children, Black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last. Free at last. Thank God almighty, we are free at last."
MLK Jr 8/28/1963
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Okay, state the other types of dangers associated with childbirth and another chart can be made accordingly.
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He is learning the 'feel good factor' that comes from helping others. It'll be reinforced when he sees how happy it makes others feel.
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Heartfelt wishes and prayers that all will be ok. Please relax and take care of yourself and your baby.
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Never said it was easy. And I'll pray for them. But about 8% of pregnancies result in complications.
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How about Eastern Orthodox and not Roman Catholic? Especially when many lived before the split.
Most assuredly the Apostles and Disciples were neither, but rather sought universality.
katolikos=universal
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Primarily Eph 1:5 is about God the Father and not Jesus the Son(Eph 1:3). So primarily it goes to the glory of God the Father and not Jesus the Son.
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All complications combined happen 8% of the time, so still less dangerous than other things
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The Orthodox title primus inter pares (1st among equals) was also the title of Peter as 1st patriarch in Rome.
Orthodox believes in the primacy of Jesus Christ as head of the church.
Both claim a direct connection to Apostles, Disciples, Bishops, Councils, and church fathers.
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True. But 3-mile was contained by secondary shielding, which chernobyl lacked. Fukushima had auto scram with no manual backup/override, and minimal 2nd shielding deemed unnecessary since it was too good to fail?
Hubris caused 2/3 radioactive releases.
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I would suggest they were schizophrenic and prone to violence before they started using pot, or drinking alcohol for that matter.
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Not saying levels are not dropping, but let's be careful. Testosterone wasn't discovered until 1935, and wasn't widely tested for until much later. Since tests began with bulls, has bull testosterone dropped?
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SCOTUS overruled history and tradition regarding marriage. Wondering if it will again regarding legal definitions of man and woman.
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No it should be smaller.
My mother suffered complications with me that after 2 other births resulted in my lost brother/her son and are still affecting her quality of life. I understand more than most.
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Thanks for the list 👍
All that combined happens about 8% of the time. So still less risky than other things.
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In the U.S. if it's a lie and there are "actual damages" (monetary, etc.) then it's actionable as slander and/or liable.
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Truth is neither right or left; it is either well-derived (valid and coherent) or well-conforming to nature (sound and correspondent).
The data you provide is truly sound, and the contradictions that it shows prove the invalidity of some climate theories. Truth rules science.
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But did he ever break open a cyalume stick, paint the bottom of his shoes, and leave glow-in-the-dark footprints in a theatre showing "China Syndrome"
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The disparity has always been clear, but the solutions have not.
Let's work to make affirmative action mean raising test scores and academic skill, rather than setting people up to struggle with subject matter.
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Many other translations of Luke 11:28 begin with an affirmation: "Jesus replied, 'That's true, but the people who are really blessed are the ones who hear and obey God's message!'" (CEV).
Thus Mary was blessed to be the mother of Jesus, but moreso for hearing and following G-d.
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So the History Channel's series 'Hunting Hitler' (2015-2018, 2020) wasn't all a conspiracy theory?
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The Gospels of Matthew and Luke trace the lineage to Abraham for Jesus and at least Moses for Mary. So they were Israelites.
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Yes, all complications combined happen about 8% of the time. I agree with pull yer bottom lip over yer head metaphor, but still less risky than other things.
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That is the American way.
My grandmother, GOP, took me to the capital and showed me the Governor's office. The Governor, DNC, asked us what we were doing for lunch.
Politically opposite; still friends.
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SCOTUS didn't rule on birthright citizenship. The ruling was about federal district courts issuing 'universal injunctions'.
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Eunuchs are not homosexuals by any scholarly translation. Remaining celibate or practicing abstinence is not practicing homosexuality either. The passages cited do not endorse lgbtq+ behavior or marriage by inference or deduction. Sense and reference matter.
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Interesting how the big-bang explanation is also making a cosmological argument for a beginning and cause. Science still looking for that 1st cause.
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From the world's lowest IQ record holder (IQ= -13,253), how would existence being a property and predicate affect existential quantification?
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"The majority of pregnancies go smoothly."
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Philosophical terms such as 'ontological' and 'epistemological' get bandied about on X without any understanding of what they mean.
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Creating lists of feminine vs masculine activities reinforce the stereotypical gender roles that civil rights activists fought hard to destroy.
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If you mean 3 different persons and 1 divine nature-yes.
If you mean the father=son-no, because that's a contradiction, it would mean 2 persons, and it departs from tradition.
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Then 100yr old single malt scotch is the most civilized, because the makers have left us before the casks are opened.
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That was never my experience as a bartender/server. "Keep the change" more often than not (8-10%). Sometimes an added dollar (30-35%).
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But Nietzsche never wrote "There is no God". He did, however, lament over the tragedy of humanity's immorality by writing "God is dead". A poetic phrase that should be taken in the light of the Apollinian-Dionysian struggle.
Nietzsche never said he was an atheist.
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Replies like that can be funny, but my sense of humor is twisted.
When appropriate, I've even responded with something like "that's a strawman eating a red herring while poisoning the well." Then the smoke rises like it's from a computer Kirk tricked on Star Trek.
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It would be a solution for some. Consider those who have affairs because it's 'exciting and nasty'. They might feel differently if there were consequences like in the Bible, ie back to Dad w/kids and Dad becomes responsible instead of former husband.
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The Gospels of Matthew and Luke say the lineage of both Jesus and Mary trace back to Abraham for Jesus and at least Moses for Mary.
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To say this eliminates the trinity. Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit are three separate personas. The Father is not the Son. Jesus is at the right hand of G-d. These could not be true if Jesus and G-d were different names for the same persona.
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Cows in the field warm up the air,
But not buffalo that were already there.
CO2 we've got more than enough,
We like the flowers that breathe it up.
Propagandameisters have their say,
Scientific discovery will have it's day.
Written with glizzy smackers on my brain. 🤪
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Early influencers, and bands that actually use the phrase 'heavy metal' (*) as a genre:
Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
*Manilla Road - Street Jammer
*Triumph - What’s Another Day of Rock and Roll, and, Rock and Roll Machine
Racer X - Street Lethal
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Apparently a statement about the greed, debauchery, and demeaning of Christmas into a secular reason to party while ignoring the suffering masses.
Note the removing branches from the tree while lights fall.
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Frequently most will not understand because their pastors and leaders do not understand, and preach that misunderstanding as if it was truth.
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The fun category is 'US 2 or more races', since most are if one is playing the race game. Eg. Japanese and Korean can be considered separate races.
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Discovered an alternative answer to a logic problem in Stanford's computerized logic course, and corrected another one in LSAT; later authorized and incorporated by both.
I fed Walter the squirrel a pistachio.
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Christianity changed the symbolism of the cross from one of political power, torture, and punishment to one of peace, love and forgiveness.
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A quote from Dan McClellan @maklelan which has gained popularity:
"Jesus never once brings up homosexuality anywhere in the NT."
I will examine this claim in the following thread: 🧵
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This is good info, but it should include fuel requirements of nuclear fission as well. Similarly with mining requirements for each including for required materials used in batteries.
My take is there are no purely clean energy sources and renewable only refers to a time frame.
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It would be a good exercise to watch her sermon again, and recognize the motte and bailey along with her other rhetorical tactics.
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Hume doesn't say all miracles are impossible. Eg. he said the likelihood of biblical authors to be truthful is greater than if they were deceived or lying.
Seemingly doesn't jive with dead coming to life, but when there is a lack of direct experience all that's left is testimony
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Can changing my personality be a trait of my personality? - or would that be a trait of my persona?
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Humane harvest yields best meat because of adrenaline. True of geese and turkey as well. 1s1d as they say.
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It would be interesting to hear an atheist's argument for the existence of a different transcendental concept...
Love.
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When in the wilderness there is wildlife and the spirit of nature. Amazing what one notices when still and quiet.
Upon returning to camp it's pretty much normal. Some people like to try and get one to utter a sound with jokes, pranks, etc. Mostly jovial.
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The Great Spirit is the Holy Spirit
“When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living.
If you see no reason to give thanks—the fault lies in yourself.”
~ Tecumseh, Shawnee 1768-1813
• our ancestors already knew how to live in the state of Gratitude… and how it was the fastest way to move from survival mode to that of creation—we knew of this field, and how to become-part-of-it, and trust it, to guide us in the physical and spiritual realm!
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Before a comparison and contrast between the ideas of any two philosophers can be made, a sufficient explication of the method used to reach those ideas is required.
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Thanks for the impressions, but it hasn't reached 90K like some others though...keep the ratios going.
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Jacob's syndrome (XYY) and Klinefelter's syndrome (XXY). The former doesn't develop 'female' during puberty and remains fertile; while the latter can have breast growth and is infertile. Both have weaker muscles and are taller when compared to the average XX or XY.
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Interesting how this passage parallels the reasoning for the Greek tradition of hospitality - because one may be unknowingly showing hospitality to one of the gods.
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subjective judgments become the objective laws of nature through the agreement of more observers with that individual's subjective judgment. I think Hume and Kant would agree.
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But the plaintiffs did "pick and choose" a civil court instead of a criminal court, because of a lower standard for factfinding. Insurrection should be proven true beyond doubt, like scientific or logical truth, and not reasonably beleved like religious truth.
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Miriam (Exodus 15:20), Deborah (Judges 4:4), Huldah (2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:22), Noadiah (Nehemiah 6:14), and Isaiah's unnamed wife (Isaiah 8:3) were all prophetesses. The Bible does not contradict itself. Scripture informs scriptural meaning.
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Could the problem be that the majority of them are Democrats, who support Democrat's policies?
This allegation has been made by seemingly reputable sources here on X. Is it wrong?
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Advocating for a community that's consistently underrepresented is admirable. I will stand 'among the wildflowers' with you to further that cause. Kudos to you 🙏🪶🌻
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Timaeus (the historian) is considered to be a source of Pythagorean thought, much like Plato is considered to be a source of Socratic thought.
Of course, since both Pythagoras and Socrates left no recorded writings, questions remain.
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Some sanctuaries are designed so the musicians are behind the congregation, out of view. Would praise bands be less 'visual' if they couldn't be seen? Some bands act like their music is a performance rather than a prayer.
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Not questioning the pull yer lip over yer head metaphor. But in context of discussion, 8% result in complications. So still less risky than other things.
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