The Jews say "Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you"
Just think about the meaning of the difference. August Compte said the meaning of your life is to serve others (the ethics of socialism). Fits nicely with: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
yes that is exactly what Zionist/Jews are doing .. they didn't like Christ's message millennia ago and they still only like their own Torah message that they are God's chosen people just like the NAZI on who's belt buckles read "Gott Sei Mit Uns" thus humanity will destroy itself so the JEWS can bathe in the blood of the Goyim ..
The people who talk and think like this are very low on the scale of spiritual development. They would do better living back to the Bronze Age where their beliefs would better resonate. And they could leave us the hell alone.
I do believe in God and Jesus Christ. Anyone who claims to know what God thinks had better be careful. If God or Jesus came to me in a dream or vision then I would listen. In my 79 years this hasn't happened yet but I'll know it if and when it does. I don't pretend to know everything in the bible but I am smart enough not to pretend to know what God is thinking. If you are going to claim God's support for your actions, you better make sure he agrees.
this makes more sense; God is way above the imperfect human tool of thinking. It helps us get practical stuff done, but when it gets to making judgements, confusion reigns. Thankfully God is not burdened with such tittle tattle.
There is God and there are the gods. "All the gods of the nations are idols." says the Psalm. I prefer to believe in the help of God rather than the whims of the gods, especially as our idols nowadays are things like Facebook and ChatGP - highly undesirable. And we sacrifice our children to them.
This life is the looking glass through which we see darkly and imperfectly. The faith I have is that once I experience this life of imperfect vision, I shall access the crystal-clear looking glass and gain perfect understanding. My question: will I like what I see? Happy Easter, everybody. Best always. PM
Staggering blindness! Rubio claims the mullahs want to usher in the end of the world, which is exactly what the "Christian" Zionists are trying to do. This is why Catholics used to tell their people not to read the Bible--because like the Fundamentalists, you can come up with all kinds of heresies and nutso beliefs; e.g., those of Pistol Pete Hegseth and his "pastor." And Nutty Yahoo forgot to realize that "an eye for an eye" was not a call to vengeance, but rather a LIMITATION on what you could do to someone who harmed you. Let's see how the math adds up--2,000 innocent Israelees vs. 70,000 innocent Palestinians. Guess that sounds about right to him.
You've hit upon something ive been feeling deeply uncomfortable about
We have a (Christian?) duty of proportionality in our response to attack (Sep 11th, Oct 7th) under the doctrine of "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth". This wasn't meant as a justification for revenge but was an attempt to stop the spiral of feuds that turn one death into ten, and ten into a thousand.
Let's look at WW2.
We condemn the Nazis for their treatment of the civilian population through massacres based on "kill one of ours and we'll kill 10 of yours."
At the end of the war, the Allies looked to justice rather than revenge. The Nazis were tried in court and appropriate punishments handed down.
Justice was done and seen to be done. It was proportionate and succesful given there is little enmity between German and Brit.
Contrast with the West from the 80s onwards.
Our ability to rain down death from above starting with the road to Basra showed us that we could massacre in revenge without seeing our enemies faces or looking them in the eye.
That led to the revenge of 9/11 and now Oct 7th where death is rained down on civilians. Now we have drone operators playing a real world Call of Duty even further removed from their actions.
So now we've gone well beyond the 10:1 ratio and kill our enemy leaders remotely.
Revenge, not justice.
The hard questions to ask ourselves are:
Do we believe in standards, or only in winning?
Are we seeking revenge or justice?
And is the real test of a society not how it treats its friends, but how it treats it enemies?
One more difficult day is coming to an end. You used to have dreams for a better life, but having dreams seems just a dream itself. You take one step forward to seeing dreams accomplished but life throws you back two steps. Something or someone interferes with your progress until hope itself is just a dream. Some still say there is a Loving God, but where is He in your misery or misfortune. If He ltruly exists, why is He allowing this or not helping? Any prayers seem to go unanswered, and the flicker of hope diminishes.
Why would a Loving God step in with people who live their selfish, evil lives as they want, not as this Loving God says is the best way to live? We want rewards for the good things we do and accomplish but not the harsh consequences of the accidental or intended bad things we do to others or even ourselves. Let us have the good consequences but not the bad ones. We think we know what's best for us -- what we want to happen and how it should happen. A "Loving" God would give us or let us have what we want but otherwise not tell us how we should live. And He would do it how we think He should: We know what's best for us ... until we don't and everything falls apart. Then we want or expect a truly "loving' God to step in and make everything right ... so we can go back to doing things our way.
A Loving God does see and care about what's happening and does make preparations to help us, but He also sees and understands our hearts and inner intentions. He does not split the skies and send an angelic warrior to destroy our enemies or wave a magic wand to take away our painful situation and give us what we want. He does it in ways that can truly rectify the situation and our lives.
A Loving God sends someone who can understand what our lives are like by living life himself. He sends a child to live and mature among us. He protects that child from those who would destroy him, those powers-that-be who would have their control and will continue, however it affects you. That maturing child, who would save us, is fully committed to the mission this Loving God sends him to accomplish, a mission that would turn our hearts -- our desires, dreams, and intentions -- back to Him, understanding that He, not We, knows what's best for us ultimately because He knows us better than we know ourselves and knows the consequences that follow our actions, whether good or bad, and desires what is best for us, not just what is good.
But do We want what (He knows) is best for us, or are We so committed only to what We want that We don't see Him working among us to bring us this best?
We still celebrate our Loving God saving His chosen people thousands of years ago from oppression and servitude, only for those people to complain and reject His best way to freedom in Him. But their descendants grew to follow His way and entered their Promised Land of desires fulfilled ... until further descendants rejected His way to follow their own way, their selfish desires, because they thought they knew what was best for them . . . and ultimately lost their Promised Land.
Again, our Loving God sees and understands our self-centered frame of mind and heart and intentions. Again, two thousand years ago, He sent a baby born and nurtured according to His ways and intentions, saving Him from the destruction intended by the powers-that-be at that time, nurtured to bring, not just our actions, but our hearts and intentions to His best way of life. He came, lived among us, showed us His Way, and died so that our hearts and desires could change to match those of our Loving God and so that We can live the best life He intends for us . . .
. . . if we so truly desire and choose it.
"Promise and Hope: Good News of God's Anointed One" (2024)
Our leaders would be wiser not to bring their religious views into their war strategies. As DT has said many times, his mandate is to protect the American people, and the Iranians, along with their scattered allies, have sworn over and over to destroy us and have pecked away at this for about 50 years. DT has stepped up and tried to put a stop to their efforts and capabilities, and though what he has done is far from perfect at least he has stepped up to the plate and tried.
Bill, what bubble you are living in? Who else in the world is constantly supporting terrorism everywhere, and attempting to kill everyone that doesn't submit to their insane religious beliefs? Really, should Trump and Netanyahu just sit back and allow their Countries to be destroyed? I know in ancient history these tribes were fighting each other, but we now live in a nuclear age! This evil force has to be dismantled by any and all means available. One side or the other is going to be killed, and I don't want it to be America!
When I was in college my freshman year, at Luther in Decorah Iowa we had to study the middle east. Those of you who are to young to remember this was the time of Menachem Began, Henry Kissinger, and Anwar Sadat. It was thought quite widely then that they were going to be able to bring peace to the middle east. Now I do not profess to be a genius and most folks don't take to much to heart of what 18 years old people think (not then and probably not today either). Sadat was an Egyptian politician, Menachem was the prime minister of Israel and Jimmy Carter was president of the United States who was represented as Kissinger. They signed a peace treaty in 1978. As young thinkers driven by our college professors we were to follow the going on of the time.
I recall that my thoughts then were the same as they are today. The middle east has always been a region of great strife. I expressed my thoughts then that there is no more determined fanatic than a religious one. How do you rationalize with anyone who is willing to die for their belief! I expressed that I did not see that the middle east would resolve itself. Looking back from then until now it is still a mess. My views differed with the general consensus at the time as I didn't see it being resolved - though hope springs eternal. I am 69 now but i sure would like to re-visit that professor, who i am sure has long since passed, and say look what has happened in the past several decades - the middle east is still a mess and region of conflict. My thought process as young developing mind raised this consensus which I brought to class and posited. So if god is on our side what does that say about the folks who choose to follow Allah, or Buddha, or Lao Tzu, or Confucius or any other historical figure. Are they wrong and we are right - we have to die to find out and I can wait.
What ever has happened in your lifetime is what you know, for sure if your using your own mind and judgement. Hearsay is what you have been told and in many cases you are expected to blindly believe it. This does not work very well if you tend to be a man of science. Galileo was forced to recant his thoughts and studies by the Roman catholic church in the 1630's when he posited his thoughts on the planets for not aligning with the church. But in the end he was correct! After re-canting it has been said that he muttered to himself that the planet move none the less.
I truly believe that people desperately want to believe in something and there are many who exploit that. Anyone remember Jim Jones if not google it here is the link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones
We'd all prosper if two simple admonitions were heeded by everyone:
--Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
--Let your flag follow trade
The Jews say "Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you"
Just think about the meaning of the difference. August Compte said the meaning of your life is to serve others (the ethics of socialism). Fits nicely with: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
The alternative phrase you proffered is negative; not pro-active
And socialism has no ethics.
It's simply a failed method by which wealth is mis-allocated; not made
yes that is exactly what Zionist/Jews are doing .. they didn't like Christ's message millennia ago and they still only like their own Torah message that they are God's chosen people just like the NAZI on who's belt buckles read "Gott Sei Mit Uns" thus humanity will destroy itself so the JEWS can bathe in the blood of the Goyim ..
The people who talk and think like this are very low on the scale of spiritual development. They would do better living back to the Bronze Age where their beliefs would better resonate. And they could leave us the hell alone.
‘Forty-one percent of Americans now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation'....
Sure. Especially all the university professors and fellow libtards spouting their Jew hate.
I can't say whether the poll is accurate or not, but whenever someone brings up a poll, I always wonder:
--how did they phrase the questions?
--what were the actual demographics (political affiliation, age, region, etc.)?
Some polls are reasonably conducted; others are absolute garbage.
I wouldn't be at all shocked if this one fell into the latter category. Gallup wasn't exactly spot on in November of 2024.
Polls also show that Israel is the most hated country.,,US is next…
and what ARE YOU "SPEWING"?
I do believe in God and Jesus Christ. Anyone who claims to know what God thinks had better be careful. If God or Jesus came to me in a dream or vision then I would listen. In my 79 years this hasn't happened yet but I'll know it if and when it does. I don't pretend to know everything in the bible but I am smart enough not to pretend to know what God is thinking. If you are going to claim God's support for your actions, you better make sure he agrees.
Jim Marshall
"God thinks" - where did that concept come from?
God thinks therefore he is ~
Well, he did "will" the Earth into being !
which comes first?
John 1:1-5
this makes more sense; God is way above the imperfect human tool of thinking. It helps us get practical stuff done, but when it gets to making judgements, confusion reigns. Thankfully God is not burdened with such tittle tattle.
My opinion.
Dear Bill,
There is God and there are the gods. "All the gods of the nations are idols." says the Psalm. I prefer to believe in the help of God rather than the whims of the gods, especially as our idols nowadays are things like Facebook and ChatGP - highly undesirable. And we sacrifice our children to them.
This life is the looking glass through which we see darkly and imperfectly. The faith I have is that once I experience this life of imperfect vision, I shall access the crystal-clear looking glass and gain perfect understanding. My question: will I like what I see? Happy Easter, everybody. Best always. PM
Staggering blindness! Rubio claims the mullahs want to usher in the end of the world, which is exactly what the "Christian" Zionists are trying to do. This is why Catholics used to tell their people not to read the Bible--because like the Fundamentalists, you can come up with all kinds of heresies and nutso beliefs; e.g., those of Pistol Pete Hegseth and his "pastor." And Nutty Yahoo forgot to realize that "an eye for an eye" was not a call to vengeance, but rather a LIMITATION on what you could do to someone who harmed you. Let's see how the math adds up--2,000 innocent Israelees vs. 70,000 innocent Palestinians. Guess that sounds about right to him.
You've hit upon something ive been feeling deeply uncomfortable about
We have a (Christian?) duty of proportionality in our response to attack (Sep 11th, Oct 7th) under the doctrine of "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth". This wasn't meant as a justification for revenge but was an attempt to stop the spiral of feuds that turn one death into ten, and ten into a thousand.
Let's look at WW2.
We condemn the Nazis for their treatment of the civilian population through massacres based on "kill one of ours and we'll kill 10 of yours."
At the end of the war, the Allies looked to justice rather than revenge. The Nazis were tried in court and appropriate punishments handed down.
Justice was done and seen to be done. It was proportionate and succesful given there is little enmity between German and Brit.
Contrast with the West from the 80s onwards.
Our ability to rain down death from above starting with the road to Basra showed us that we could massacre in revenge without seeing our enemies faces or looking them in the eye.
That led to the revenge of 9/11 and now Oct 7th where death is rained down on civilians. Now we have drone operators playing a real world Call of Duty even further removed from their actions.
So now we've gone well beyond the 10:1 ratio and kill our enemy leaders remotely.
Revenge, not justice.
The hard questions to ask ourselves are:
Do we believe in standards, or only in winning?
Are we seeking revenge or justice?
And is the real test of a society not how it treats its friends, but how it treats it enemies?
Why We celebrate:
One more difficult day is coming to an end. You used to have dreams for a better life, but having dreams seems just a dream itself. You take one step forward to seeing dreams accomplished but life throws you back two steps. Something or someone interferes with your progress until hope itself is just a dream. Some still say there is a Loving God, but where is He in your misery or misfortune. If He ltruly exists, why is He allowing this or not helping? Any prayers seem to go unanswered, and the flicker of hope diminishes.
Why would a Loving God step in with people who live their selfish, evil lives as they want, not as this Loving God says is the best way to live? We want rewards for the good things we do and accomplish but not the harsh consequences of the accidental or intended bad things we do to others or even ourselves. Let us have the good consequences but not the bad ones. We think we know what's best for us -- what we want to happen and how it should happen. A "Loving" God would give us or let us have what we want but otherwise not tell us how we should live. And He would do it how we think He should: We know what's best for us ... until we don't and everything falls apart. Then we want or expect a truly "loving' God to step in and make everything right ... so we can go back to doing things our way.
A Loving God does see and care about what's happening and does make preparations to help us, but He also sees and understands our hearts and inner intentions. He does not split the skies and send an angelic warrior to destroy our enemies or wave a magic wand to take away our painful situation and give us what we want. He does it in ways that can truly rectify the situation and our lives.
A Loving God sends someone who can understand what our lives are like by living life himself. He sends a child to live and mature among us. He protects that child from those who would destroy him, those powers-that-be who would have their control and will continue, however it affects you. That maturing child, who would save us, is fully committed to the mission this Loving God sends him to accomplish, a mission that would turn our hearts -- our desires, dreams, and intentions -- back to Him, understanding that He, not We, knows what's best for us ultimately because He knows us better than we know ourselves and knows the consequences that follow our actions, whether good or bad, and desires what is best for us, not just what is good.
But do We want what (He knows) is best for us, or are We so committed only to what We want that We don't see Him working among us to bring us this best?
We still celebrate our Loving God saving His chosen people thousands of years ago from oppression and servitude, only for those people to complain and reject His best way to freedom in Him. But their descendants grew to follow His way and entered their Promised Land of desires fulfilled ... until further descendants rejected His way to follow their own way, their selfish desires, because they thought they knew what was best for them . . . and ultimately lost their Promised Land.
Again, our Loving God sees and understands our self-centered frame of mind and heart and intentions. Again, two thousand years ago, He sent a baby born and nurtured according to His ways and intentions, saving Him from the destruction intended by the powers-that-be at that time, nurtured to bring, not just our actions, but our hearts and intentions to His best way of life. He came, lived among us, showed us His Way, and died so that our hearts and desires could change to match those of our Loving God and so that We can live the best life He intends for us . . .
. . . if we so truly desire and choose it.
"Promise and Hope: Good News of God's Anointed One" (2024)
Lots of good points in your message.
Our leaders would be wiser not to bring their religious views into their war strategies. As DT has said many times, his mandate is to protect the American people, and the Iranians, along with their scattered allies, have sworn over and over to destroy us and have pecked away at this for about 50 years. DT has stepped up and tried to put a stop to their efforts and capabilities, and though what he has done is far from perfect at least he has stepped up to the plate and tried.
Please enlighten me, which army goes to war without God on their side?
Chinese army
Buddhism and Taoism are big with the Chinese.
However, as Kevin points out, the CCP is strictly atheist.
Learn something every day here at BPR...
Father Billy Bonner, what time is confession at the Church of the F.O.K.?
Bill, what bubble you are living in? Who else in the world is constantly supporting terrorism everywhere, and attempting to kill everyone that doesn't submit to their insane religious beliefs? Really, should Trump and Netanyahu just sit back and allow their Countries to be destroyed? I know in ancient history these tribes were fighting each other, but we now live in a nuclear age! This evil force has to be dismantled by any and all means available. One side or the other is going to be killed, and I don't want it to be America!
When I was in college my freshman year, at Luther in Decorah Iowa we had to study the middle east. Those of you who are to young to remember this was the time of Menachem Began, Henry Kissinger, and Anwar Sadat. It was thought quite widely then that they were going to be able to bring peace to the middle east. Now I do not profess to be a genius and most folks don't take to much to heart of what 18 years old people think (not then and probably not today either). Sadat was an Egyptian politician, Menachem was the prime minister of Israel and Jimmy Carter was president of the United States who was represented as Kissinger. They signed a peace treaty in 1978. As young thinkers driven by our college professors we were to follow the going on of the time.
I recall that my thoughts then were the same as they are today. The middle east has always been a region of great strife. I expressed my thoughts then that there is no more determined fanatic than a religious one. How do you rationalize with anyone who is willing to die for their belief! I expressed that I did not see that the middle east would resolve itself. Looking back from then until now it is still a mess. My views differed with the general consensus at the time as I didn't see it being resolved - though hope springs eternal. I am 69 now but i sure would like to re-visit that professor, who i am sure has long since passed, and say look what has happened in the past several decades - the middle east is still a mess and region of conflict. My thought process as young developing mind raised this consensus which I brought to class and posited. So if god is on our side what does that say about the folks who choose to follow Allah, or Buddha, or Lao Tzu, or Confucius or any other historical figure. Are they wrong and we are right - we have to die to find out and I can wait.
What ever has happened in your lifetime is what you know, for sure if your using your own mind and judgement. Hearsay is what you have been told and in many cases you are expected to blindly believe it. This does not work very well if you tend to be a man of science. Galileo was forced to recant his thoughts and studies by the Roman catholic church in the 1630's when he posited his thoughts on the planets for not aligning with the church. But in the end he was correct! After re-canting it has been said that he muttered to himself that the planet move none the less.
I truly believe that people desperately want to believe in something and there are many who exploit that. Anyone remember Jim Jones if not google it here is the link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones
And time March's on!
Wow KDS didn’t know you had signed up to write articles. Keep it brief so others can follow your thoughts! Just saying.
Bill, A great rendition of the continuing conflict between the offsprings of Ishmael and Isaac, the two products of the gonads of Abram.
Another way at looking at this "file".
Bill, are you considering that the Jews did not build the pyramids and that Moses led them out of there are you saying that’s your position also