Marakesh 𓅦

Christ Follower • Truth Seeker • Freedom Lover

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2025-03-05 06:04:24

Ooh, this would be tough, and I'm not Roman Catholic but I might do this too...
#nevent1q…kk37

2025-03-05 05:31:17

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😂 https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/114/107/838/723/863/254/original/c790de1838822c90.png

2025-03-04 18:49:44

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Can you refute any of what he is saying, or do you just accuse him of lacking evidence? (And I haven't listened to the podcast yet)

2025-03-04 03:34:51

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This is a pretty wild and tragic story, if you look at the context (and no, it's not about Jesus riding a donkey).

2025-03-04 03:16:44

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I would have to check back on the podcast I was listening to, but it was some foreign policy guys that would know better than I

2025-03-03 17:14:26

What you lack in skill make up in passion 😄

2025-03-03 05:28:38

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Someone deeper than James Comey could be a lot of people, but I'm thinking Bill Barr, former attorney general, who I also learned today got his start in the CIA.

2025-03-02 01:11:45

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It's almost like Christianity: when folks have so much truth and get so much right it's hard to see them believing even a little bit of error! 😂

2025-03-01 21:08:30

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I don't believe it's money, yet. But one should beware of loving it 👀

2025-03-01 20:54:38

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Would love to see this on Android, too!

2025-03-01 20:08:27

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I don't favor the combination of church and State, as was the case in the Eastern (Orthodox) Roman Empire, aka the Byzantine Empire. I believe the State actually took over many of the societal functions the church previously performed, and, as with most everything the State does, it does a poor job of it.

2025-03-01 17:46:48

Why we don't need a "Government®" and you should get your laws from nature and nature's God:
#nevent1q…5qm7

2025-03-01 17:44:02

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I should give them a look-see as well, due to their historical significance. But weren't they determined to be either Russian or British intelligence disinformation?

2025-03-01 17:41:12

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Of the Elders of Zion? 👀

2025-03-01 17:29:06

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But is Bitcoin money?
And if so, is the love of Bitcoin the root of all kinds of evil? 🤔

2025-03-01 15:02:41

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Some of those liberals probably just need to save the money now that a subscription cost them since they have lost their useless government job.

2025-03-01 14:55:18

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Thanks for sharing these excerpts. I agree with you and Calvin that sabbath-keeping is not a 'law' for Christians but is a 'pattern' and a good example for us to follow.
I also particularly enjoyed this from Vos:
"The Sabbath brings this principle of the eschatological structure of history to bear upon the mind of man after a symbolical and a typical fashion. It teaches its lesson through the rhythmical succession of six days of labour and one ensuing day of rest in each successive week. Man is reminded in this way that life is not an aimless existence, that a goal lies beyond."
Similarly, to me, the daily, rhythmic pattern of working during the day, sleeping at night, and then rising again, foreshadows the resurrection: we work in the day (life), we sleep at night (in the image of death), and we rise again to a new day/life (resurrection).

2025-03-01 05:27:18

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Thanks, I'll take a look at these resources. I'm currently under the persuasion, however, that Christians have no specific commands as to how frequently or when to gather together, only that they do so:
"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing..." (Hebrews 10:25, NIV)

2025-03-01 04:50:38

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I looked it up earlier, too. I thought he had invented peanut butter but no. 300 other uses for peanuts, but not the butter.

2025-03-01 03:53:25

This was an interesting interview with a #Christian intellectual, touching on topics of #Christianity, C.S. Lewis, #atheism, #science, suffering, #AI...
https://fountain.fm/show/KbjrkEdvrXlwUa13l2Uk

2025-02-28 23:33:17

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Carver was a devout Christian who prayed "Lord, show me the mysteries of the peanut," and he believed that his discoveries arose from communing with God (also true of Isaac Newton).

2025-02-28 17:10:22

AltGov: The Democrat/Bureaucrat Resistance is Organizing on Bluesky...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/altgov-elon-musk-doge-federal-workers

2025-02-28 00:06:06

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Beautiful, but I hope there's no one in that church hungry or in need...

2025-02-27 21:48:25

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I don't know. Democracy and socialism might more seek equality in wealth. At least democracy does, I believe.

2025-02-27 16:43:39

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Where do you find a weekly day of rest creational ordinance prescribed for Christians? Is it through extending the Ten Commandments to Christians, even Gentile believers in Christ?

2025-02-27 12:59:12

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But what did the Apostle Paul say?
"One person judges one day to be more important than another day. Someone else judges every day to be the same. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind. Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honor of the Lord [*but whoever does not observe the day, it is to the Lord that he does not observe it].
(Romans 14:5–6, CSB) https://ref.ly/logosres/LLS:CSB?ref=BibleCSB2.Ro14.5-6)
* included in some manuscripts

2025-02-27 12:38:54

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Sounds similar to what just happened in Germany's elections, with AfD winning around 20% of the vote but being excluded from the government...

2025-02-27 12:24:07

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> "...you will never know true manhood, never know true love, commitment, peace, and fulfillment, as long as you live your life between your legs. You are not a dog prowling the alleyways looking for a ten second thrill each night. "

2025-02-26 17:12:11

Doing some traveling, and I just met a nice young lady who is on her way to Japan soon. As we talked, we discovered we are both believers in #Jesus. When we parted, she was like
"It's so nice to meet a fellow believer. We'll see each other again in heaven!"
And I was like "Yeah, when I see you again in heaven I can ask you 'How was Japan?'" 😄

2025-02-25 05:25:53

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I'm glad you liked it. I've become a fan of this podcast myself.

2025-02-25 04:38:20

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👀 Did life imitate art? or was Poe strangely prophetic in this?
It can't be coincidence. They say there are no coincidences.

2025-02-25 02:51:23

> HOST: I'm reminded of a recent story on this show about an exorcism in Madagascar where an evil spirit comes out and says,
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> "Well, the jig is up. We know that your God is the true God."
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> And most of us are thinking, "Wait, what?!"
https://fountain.fm/episode/yzEZPGK8aDEN7xNQz2l2

2025-02-24 15:48:55

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https://image.nostr.build/7d85680ee062c437a25adeac3a6910b69c95e036354201267f45abf0087f8ea8.jpg

2025-02-24 15:14:12

"Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."
–Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Peter Carr (1787)
ReasonableFaith.org
#nevent1q…lvke

2025-02-23 00:00:12

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This kind of has the makings of a slogan: "#Nostr: The Protocol to Replace Platforms"
https://media.tenor.com/pe29WBMbN-wAAAAC/toy-story-look.gif

2025-02-20 21:28:23

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Years later you can look back on it and laugh

2025-02-19 23:43:38

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> "What [Open Theist Greg] Boyd has to say is that God is so smart that he has contingency plans for everything that happens. So he's like a sort of chess master who's playing a game against a novice and the chess master is so skilled that he knows whatever he will do in response to the novice's move. Now, he doesn't know what the novice will do – the novice may do things that are unexpected – but he knows that whatever move the novice makes he knows how he will respond to that. Now, what's odd about that is that ascribes to God a kind of divine middle knowledge of his own decisions, that God would know whatever the novice does this is how I would react. And that actually destroys divine freedom because it would make God have middle knowledge of his own actions prior to God's divine creative decree of a world. And on the Molinist view what God has middle knowledge of is statements about what creatures would freely do in any circumstances. But God doesn't know the truth of statements about what he would do in any circumstances prior to the divine creative decree—that would remove or annihilate human freedom. Rather what God knows by his middle knowledge is what any creature would freely do in any circumstances, and then God chooses to actualize one of those worlds involving those circumstances and, at the same time, simultaneously declares what he would do in any of these circumstances. So on Boyd's view, if he thinks that God has this pre-volitional middle knowledge of his own decisions that's actually going to destroy divine freedom, paradoxically. So I think Greg's view is not carefully thought out..."
https://www.reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/four-views-on-divine-providence/#:~:text=What%20Boyd%20has,carefully%20thought%20out

2025-02-19 23:41:08

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An argument of Craig's that stands out to me is that there are true future contingent propositions, some things that WILL happen in the future, and that God knows they will happen. In the transcript of the Reasonable Faith podcast episode I linked to above Craig states: "There's no argument given as to why there cannot be future contingently true and false propositions." It is often said "God knows the end from the beginning," and Scripture and history bear that out. How does Open Theism deal with that?
I'll look for the episode of Unbelievable?, a great podcast, by the way. I may have heard it before, but I thought it had more to do with Calvinism. Incidentally, I've been privileged to meet both Drs. Craig and White.
I'll continue to try to expand my understanding of Open Theism, especially since I don't know how it got started, and why. It seems to me that it may have tried to solve problems with Calvinist doctrines, but I think they were already adequately solved with Molinism.
While I do think these issues seriously impact our view of God, I don't think disagreement on them means we both worship different a God! I'm inclined to believe this is one of those non-essential issues we should give each other liberty in.

2025-02-19 18:33:08

Bring them all home. From Western Europe, too.
#nevent1q…px7p

2025-02-19 16:59:13

> ...God would create a world of free creatures to whom he gives the ability to reject his gracious initiatives and to separate themselves from him forever, even though this is contrary to his will. And so he allows creatures to even damn themselves forever, if that's what they should choose to do.
https://tinyurl.com/5af9835e

2025-02-19 16:07:08

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https://image.nostr.build/97eec96db78ef786c3015ec17173a30aab2e37d39039fba36b2869a4a92c74be.jpg

2025-02-18 23:40:01

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Thanks for this chart; I've seen it before and it also came to mind.
It is true that the Protestants/Evangelicals jumped out of the Roman Catholic Papists boat, though not out of the ark of salvation.
Christ is the ark of salvation. The church is His body and we various Christians are members of it. In this analogy, someone might be an arm (or part of an arm), or part of a leg, or some other part. Christ is the head, of course.
Another biblical analogy that Christ gave is that He is the vine and we His followers are branches. If you took that chart and turned it sideways, it would look more like a tree, which Jesus also said the kingdom of God is like, which started from a tiny seed and it grows into a large tree, and the birds make their nests in it's branches (Luke 13:18-19). Jesus is the root and the trunk/body of the tree, and us followers are various branches.
I consider myself "catholic" with a small "c" in the sense of the word that means "universal". I believe the body of Christ, the church, is comprised of believers in Christ throughout the world, in various fellowships, hence universal. But I am not a Roman Catholic, with a big "c", nor a papist. I agree that Christ alone is the head of the Church.
I consider myself "orthodox" with a little "o", in the sense that I believe in Christ and the teachings of His apostles, contained in the scriptures and articulated in the early creeds of the church. These are the correct doctrines, hence "orthodox". But I am not Eastern Orthodox with a big "o", as I do have some issues with their practices.
I usually say "Roman Catholic" rather than just "Catholic" and "Eastern Orthodox" rather than just "Orthodox" because all Christians should be catholic and orthodox. I suppose I could call myself an orthodox catholic 😄, but I do stem from the Protestant/Evangelical branch.
As is often attributed to Augustine: "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity (love)." I believe the various branches of Christianity are united in the essentials, the main ones being Jesus is Lord and God has raised Him from the dead (Romans 10:9-10), but we need to show more liberty and charity to other Christians with whom we differ in non-essentials.
Anyway, just articulating some of my views on the various branches in the great tree that is Christianity. I hope it is edifying for some who took the time to read it.

2025-02-18 20:01:00

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I appreciate your gracious response, brother, and I'll keep this brief for now. I think I will have to read some things by open theists to examine it more critically. There are things I don't understand how they could work, such as prophecy, which would seem to require God to know the future; that there had to be an actual future that would exist.
Don't feel obligated to explain that to me right now, but you can if you would like to. I have to be going at the moment. Blessings to you!

2025-02-18 19:04:15

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Where do you put the Protestants/Evangelical Christians? Under Orthodoxy, or with the Roman Catholic Papists?

2025-02-18 04:25:22

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That would seem rather irrational of them. Those countries aren't led by neocons, though.

2025-02-18 04:08:49

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Cooler to me than tattoos! Is this an ancient art, or something modern? Some of the designs look like those on ancient Greek pottery.

2025-02-17 05:37:44

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When I see the diversity and beauty and creativity in all of nature I see artistry, and I can't see how there could not be a mind behind all of this.

2025-02-17 05:28:56

How could you see these cute little critters and think they just randomly evolved?
#nevent1q…7ztr

2025-02-17 03:05:31

#nostr-ideas #note1qqq…f38h

2025-02-17 02:57:53

#nostr-ideas
I know people aren't crazy about ads, but if you could receive Bitcoin for viewing ads... #note1qr4…tl6c

2025-02-17 02:37:13

What if there was like an #AskNostr app or feature that had zap bounties for answers to questions asked? The person who posted it could offer like 500 sats or whatever for what they decide is the best answer, after a certain period of time. It could incentivize answering questions. The app could even boost/surface questions that haven't been answered yet.
You could even use this for best memes contests. I know this can be done with regular notes now, but a special app or feature for it could be cool, too.
#nostr-ideas #nostrdevs #Nostr

2025-02-16 12:39:08

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I do like the ESV, although lately my preferred version has been the Christian Standard Bible (CSB), formerly known as the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB).

2025-02-16 12:36:14

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The open source nature of the KJV is one thing I forgot to mention but intended to; thanks for reminding me. Aside from it's beautiful prose, the KJV owes it's popularity in large part to the laws, originally by King James putting his name on it and making it "the Authorized Version" to be read in the churches. This is true as well as in modern times, ironically, since the KJV is one of the few versions you can freely quote from and use as it in the public domain. Copyright laws actually keep people from being able to extensively cite or use newer translations in books or apps, etc., which leads people to go back to using the KJV.

2025-02-16 11:51:54

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I love the King Jimmy (KJV) as I grew up on it. I believe that familiarity with it gave me an advantage when it came to reading and watching Shakespeare when I got to jr. high and high school. I've even listened extensively in the past to this recording of the Bible by Alexander Scourby, and it is excellent.
This year I'm listening to the Bible in the New Living Translation (NLT) and find the contemporary English of it refreshing. While I appreciate having memorized many passages according to the KJV, I do prefer that people read a Bible version that they can understand. I don't think language should be a barrier to understanding God's Word, and for some, the "THEEs and THOUs" of the 17th-century English of "the Authorized Version" can be off-putting. God and His Word is for today, and today we speak modern English. You don't still talk like the Pilgrims do (unless, perhaps, you are Amish or Mennonite, and I'm not certain they do, or if that's just a stereotype).
Someone said "The best version of the Bible is the one that you will read." The best version is actually the original language versions, but I find some truth in this saying, since most people don't read Greek and Hebrew. And, if you're not big on reading, listen to the Bible. "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
https://fountain.fm/episode/rAdIHvQGMt5exOyfW4rT
#Bible #Christian #bookstr

2025-02-16 11:04:40

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Trump's, right?

2025-02-15 21:46:15

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Here's my understanding of this passage, and why I believe it's different from "Render unto Caesar":
This was the Temple tax that God commanded to be paid under the Law of Moses. Exodus 30:13 stated: "Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord." Peter found a whole shekel in the fish's mouth which was enough for his payment and Jesus'.
This was not a payment to Caesar, i.e. the government, but to God, for the upkeep of the house of God. Jesus' question "From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” is interesting because He was actually making the point that as God's Son, He was exempt from this tax. However, He paid it on this occasion to not give offense.
So this incident does not indicate that taxes should be paid to the government, but does show that sometimes it might be expedient to pay a tax.

2025-02-14 17:45:56

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It's curious how people/Democrats are madder about D.O.G.E. accessing government databases than when the Chinese hacked the Treasury Department a few years ago...🤨

2025-02-14 11:01:10

How much better could the world be if the United States weren't destabilizing governments, overthrowing democracies, and engaging in psyops?
#nevent1q…zr4a

2025-02-13 19:55:43

Elon Musk: U.S. govt should delete entire federal agencies... 💥💪
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/13/elon-musk-calls-for-the-us-government-to-delete-entire-agencies-remove-the-roots-of-the-weed.html

2025-02-11 16:16:43

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'OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed the offer in a pointed response on Musk’s social platform X, stating: “no thank you but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.” Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion in 2022 before rebranding it as X, responded with a one-word post: “Swindler.”'
H/T: @nprofile…6rqg, @nprofile…gsje

2025-02-11 16:07:33

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Either it had a very bad lawyer, or wasn't even afforded legal representation!

2025-02-11 15:17:03

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So a strategic reserve won't work in the United States?

2025-02-11 14:47:22

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Is that a video or documentary? I have heard of it.

2025-02-11 01:46:43

👀
#nevent1q…3hjq

2025-02-10 02:20:31

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How about the USA get out of the "dirty deeds" business? Get back to Jefferson's policy of "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations—entangling alliances with none." The USA should not do to other countries what it does not want done to itself. Benz is lacking this kind of moral clarity. The word "smarmy" often came to mind listening to this. At one point he even said "The Blob is family," and lamented how devastating it would be economically to the region of Northern Virginia if USAID funding stops. Aren't those zip codes around the District of Corruption already the wealthiest in the nation? Apparently from grift...

2025-02-09 21:25:11

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On the show they say that there are already 80 million Americans that don't file. I wondered how many of those include children that don't have to file? But if 80 million is an accurate figure, how many would be enough for critical mass?

2025-02-09 17:14:26

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Is this what zen looks like? 😄
Can they actually breathe underwater for lengthy periods of time? 😯

2025-02-09 16:56:52

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"Unless it's against my whiskey tax."

2025-02-08 19:00:12

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It sounds to me like they want inside of a Department of Education building, which the Administration has said they intend to shut down.

2025-02-08 18:59:06

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Like Paul Craig Roberts said, how about we keep the illegal aliens and instead deport the liberal Democrats?

2025-02-06 19:33:09

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Lysander Spooner chimes in:
https://image.nostr.build/6c09809fb05622fd53b3a8a68878b043379cd0e48a4b564d59d93095826802c0.jpg https://image.nostr.build/6c09809fb05622fd53b3a8a68878b043379cd0e48a4b564d59d93095826802c0.jpg

2025-02-05 20:42:44

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Followed! Is that yours?

2025-02-05 19:46:14

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It would be great if there was a Meme News account. I'd follow it!
#nevent1q…sn8l
#nevent1q…fp00

2025-02-05 18:00:31

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I just realized I could have made that rhyme:
Maybe of tortoise 🐢 and hare 🐇
'Twill be the case,
Slow and steady wins the race...?
#imapoet and didn't even realize it 😄

2025-02-05 02:36:55

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It foreshadows the resurrection.
"Jesus said this, and then He told them, 'Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m on My way to wake him up.'”
John 11:11

2025-02-04 22:11:10

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Some say it's "...so that Trump’s son-in-law can become a multi-billionaire by developing Gaza as a resort."
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/02/02/us-to-impose-tariffs-on-canada-mexico-and-china-on-feb-1-and-tyranny-on-america/#:~:text=so%20that%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20son%2Din%2Dlaw%20can%20become%20a%20multi%2Dbillionaire%20by%20developing%20Gaza%20as%20a%20resort.

2025-02-03 01:31:57

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Nah, it's time to stop bribing other countries with borrowed money.

2025-02-02 21:07:30

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Happy to help.

2025-02-02 19:50:59

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"I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once."
C. S. Lewis
Letter to Arthur Greeves (February 1932)
#bookstr

2025-02-01 06:16:25

Austrian economist Bob Murphy weighs in on Trump's tariffs: "historically, tariffs only bought in a small fraction of what income taxes currently yield, meaning federal spending would have to be sharply cut in order to phase out the income tax"
Tariffs could work in the late 19th century because government spending was a fraction what it is today. D.O.G.E. and Congress would have some serious cutting to do to make them work, absent an income tax.
https://fountain.fm/episode/mGZekFYo6bhO2yV6cFf8

2025-02-01 03:59:03

> #nevent1q…m7yg
Austrian economics professor Thomas DiLorenzo has written:
> "Protectionist tariff taxes are nothing more than a price-fixing conspiracy orchestrated by the state that enriches a relatively small group of politically connected corporations (and their unions) by plundering their consumers with higher prices. After all, if it is possible to use tariffs to force foreigners to pay a county’s taxes, every government on earth would be doing it. Yet President Trump apparently believes that he has discovered some kind of holy grail of economics that proves you can get something for nothing after all."
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/01/thomas-dilorenzo/william-mckinley-prostitute-of-protectionism/#:~:text=Protectionist%20tariff%20taxes%20are,for%20nothing%20after%20all.

2025-02-01 02:31:04

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The free market side of me is uneasy about tariffs. What say the Austrian economists about this?

2025-01-31 23:24:05

Was this a "Christian" thing to do, or just foolish? Some even say it was hateful. Was he doing to others what he would want them to do to himself? He probably would not want others to disrespect his holy book in that matter.
If he's indeed a Christian, imagine him showing up before the judgment seat of Christ with this awkward way of departing this life!😟 #naddr1qq…ssyw

2025-01-31 21:34:52

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I think many people already believe that, and they're trying to live that "good life" now.

2025-01-31 18:10:03

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I see "Secret Key" as an option, but wouldn't it be best practices to NEVER include that as an option? Newbies might not know not to use that.
https://image.nostr.build/f7c440114216feeaeb345e079f0d9b58ce6833c0393805314b9d0a043bae48fc.jpg

2025-01-31 17:56:21

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I first heard "Dark MAGA" from Elon Musk.
Is this a "Dark MAGA" hat Trump is wearing in this pic?
https://image.nostr.build/3b3bb8d6d1a5312325af8cf6594126bcf7e1e6129ea21c6cd0a729a143577ac8.jpg

2025-01-31 17:30:47

https://image.nostr.build/6dc5f1d3b25dca8bdc78d7dc409872dc60448b12b093cf4163e0c5e2628b8492.jpg #EndSlavery #BeHealedStatist #GovtIsTheProblem #anarchy #voluntarism

2025-01-31 17:07:20

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I first heard about this the other day on the Tucker Carlson Podcast:
#nevent1q…ejf0

2025-01-31 17:02:43

An Israeli connection to the JFK assassination?
I've never heard about this. So maybe it wasn't just about the Deep State getting their war in Vietnam by killing Kennedy...
#Israel #USA #JFK
https://fountain.fm/clip/fWTVg1z9enrVwt3RqA9W

2025-01-30 20:57:07

Will the American Republic go the way of the Roman Republic?
#nevent1q…83z0

2025-01-30 20:56:48

> Unfortunately, the Constitution has long been just a chimera and a dead letter. We’re seeing a replay of the collapse of the Roman Republic, followed by the institution of the Principate. After the death of Julius Caesar and a civil war, Augustus kept the trappings and appearances of the old Republic, but the reality was a veritable dictatorship.
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> And, again, unfortunately, the sword cuts both ways. My view is that after the financial markets and the economy collapse in the next four years, the public will likely blame it on Trump’s reforms. They’re fickle and will look for a savior. That’ll be some leftist who will promise to kiss it all and make it better. Perhaps by offering three hots, a cot, and free internet for the “unhoused.”
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> My guess is we’ll get a left-wing general since the military is the last government institution that still has some trust from the public. The shoe will then be on the other foot and, courtesy of Trump, ruling by executive order will have become a kind of SOP. Morning in America, as mornings do, will only have lasted 6 hours.
–Doug Casey,
[Ross Ulbricht: Implications for the Future of Freedom in America](https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/01/doug-casey/ross-ulbricht-implications-for-the-future-of-freedom-in-america/)

2025-01-30 20:31:11

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What got you permanently banned from X, the free speech absolutist platform? 😄

2025-01-29 19:16:17

I like seeing Moscow time decrease as it asymptotically approaches $1/sat.
What I don't get though is whether 21 sats then would have the purchasing power that $21 has today? Or is it more like $21 then will only have the purchasing power that 21 sats have today? #AskNostr
Ask @nprofile…uyz3
#nevent1q…30kr
#nevent1q…kfym #Bitcoin

2025-01-29 05:00:11

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https://fountain.fm/clip/gndQbPrjTX9XDyVav3CG
#cronyism

2025-01-28 21:25:04

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Did you ever hear about the plan that the CIA had to try to fake the Second Coming of Christ for some ridiculous reason related to their war on Cuba⁉️ Probably also to test their gaslighting and psyop capabilities. 🙄

2025-01-28 05:07:37

I read on X today that Trump is alluding to getting rid of the federal income tax...
#nevent1q…e820

2025-01-27 06:30:46

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Would all this mathematics underlying the universe imply design, or is it all just random?

2025-01-27 06:12:15

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> Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
–Jean-Jacques Rousseau
*The Social Contract* (1762), I, ch. 1

2025-01-27 05:41:16

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I read it a few years ago and enjoyed it. So much so, I read two other books by him last year:
*Titans of history : the giants who made our world*
and
*The World: A Family History of Humanity*

2025-01-27 04:40:25

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Just checked my Proton VPN. Yes, Yakihonne is working.