LibertyGal

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2024-09-22 17:51:27

On the way to church this morning, I saw this large herd of elk bedded down in a field along the road.
In the zoomed in picture, notice the large bull elk surrounded by his cows.
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2024-09-21 21:54:11

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This is a generalization and obviously not true of everyone, but Californians are like locusts. They destroy one area and move on to the next area, vote for the same policies, drain all of the wealth, and then move to the next affluent area. Whenever an area gets a large influx of Californians, you better leave before they raise the cost of everything, destroy freedom, and make it impossible to make a living.
Apologies to the good people that are just escaping insanity. Be careful to not vote for the same policies that caused the problem in the first place.

2024-09-21 21:47:39

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Good book.

2024-09-21 15:14:57

As part of celebrating my 25th anniversary, we decided to do a longish hike. The hike ended up being very strenuous and harder than expected. We almost turned around before the end, but ran into some people that encouraged us to continue because the view was worth it. We felt every one of those 25 extra years, but the view at the end was so worth it. The peak had shear drop offs on 3 sides and 360 panoramic views of the entire valley of Estes Park, CO. The tall peak is Long's Peak which is one of the fourteeners (peaks over 14,000 feet high).
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2024-09-19 14:32:12

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I recently heard that Iran is about a month away from having multiple nukes. This may be Israel's way of taking out the proxies because they expect a wider war when they bomb Iran's nuclear facilities.
I hope I'm wrong about this, but I don't think Israel let Iran get nukes because Iran is pretty much guaranteed to drop one on Israel.
Can you say Gog/Magog war?

2024-09-14 23:13:42

What's going on with the Coracle feed. I used to love it? Now every time I refresh, I have to go chose follows/followers or I get a feed I don't care for. Is Coracle now using some algorithm to feed me what it wants to?

2024-09-13 03:45:09

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All of that is well argued, but looking at most of them, you have to take a less obvious interpretation to come to your conclusions.
You didn't address the clearest claim and the explicit accusation and interpretation made by His opponents.
John 10:32-38 "Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?” The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.” Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.”
In this passage the Jewish leaders clearly interpret Jesus's claims as claiming He is God. Jesus does not deny this accusation. He makes additional claims of being the Son of God, the Father in Me, and I in the Father. If He was not claiming to be God, He would've denied the accusation instead of making other claims that sound like a claim to God (even if you could argue in some way that He could mean something else). In this context, it would make zero sense to make these statements when He is accused of blasphemy and claiming to be God. If He is not God, He should immediately make that clear, otherwise He is misleading the Jewish leaders which He would not do.

2024-09-12 23:36:59

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I can't know for sure. Only God knows for sure, but since Jesus is God and you deny His deity it doesn't seem that could be saving faith. I will say, that decision is up to God, not me, so I could always be wrong.
In John 10:30 Jesus says "I and the Father are one.”
Sounds like Jesus is saying He is God.
John 14:7-9 "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”
Philip *said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus *said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? "
Jesus says knowing Him is knowing the Father and if you have seen Him you have seen the Father. This can only be true if they are one.
Even back in Genesis there is reference to the trinitarian nature of God. Genesis 1:26a says, "Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness" God refers to Himself in the plural. There are lots of other similar references.
John 10:32-38 "Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?” The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.” Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.”
In this passage the Jews accuse Jesus of "blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.” Jesus does not deny being God. He says He does His miracles "so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.” Jesus claimed to be God. If He isn't God, then He is guilty of blasphemy and can't save anyone. He doesn't allow people to think He is a good man, a prophet, or a teacher, but not God.
(John 1:1-4, 14-17) says "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.... And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’ ” For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. "
Do you disagree that these verses are a description of Jesus? It says that He "was with God" and "was God" and that "All things came into being through Him." (aka He is creator) John the Baptist also refers to Jesus as God when he talks of His higher rank and that Jesus existed before John (Other gospels say John was physically born first).
I'm not trying to make you feel bad or win an argument for the sake of winning. I just think the Bible doesn't allow us to believe Jesus is anything less than our God and creator.

2024-09-12 21:35:56

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I do agree that some people do get very hateful with people who disagree. I definitely don't hate anyone that disagrees with me. I care about the truth and want to help others.
I don't think you can have a saving faith in God if you don't believe God is creator, but there are lots of people who believe God created using the big bang and directed evolution to create or believe in the gap theory or the day age theory. I believe all of those are totally contrary to God's word, but that doesn't make their proponents unbelievers. That is not a salvation issue. (If you want my scriptural and scientific arguments, I can give them later).
In the same way, there are lots of different beliefs regarding the end times with some believing in a literal millennial reign (like I do) and some believing we are living in the millennial period now. Some believe in pre-trib, mid-trib, and post-trib. Only one can be right (I believe scripture clearly supports the pre-trib view), but these are not salvation issues and there are plenty of good Christians who disagree with me.
I do think that a right view helps you to live the life God intends for you and a wrong view hurts your witness and leads you to bad choices, which is why I am so vocal, but I hope my disagreements are not taken as disrespectful. I am passionate about God. I am passionate about truth. I am passionate about faith. Sometimes my passion may come across badly. I try to speak the truth in love as commanded by the Bible, but like everyone, I'm fallible and make mistakes.

2024-09-12 20:36:22

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I'd argue that some doctrinal differences may be worthy of debate (because we always want to seek the truth not our personal preference), but some doctrinal differences make such a difference in what we believe that they are worth division.
Sadly, the deity of Christ is one of my "no compromise" doctrines. If you don't believe that Jesus is God, then you don't believe in the same God. If you don't believe He is God, you are denying your savior and creator and I believe you will be one of the people described in Matthew 7:21-23
"Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’"
Some doctrines are critical to salvation and I believe the deity of Christ is one of them. Some doctrinal differences can have positive or negative influence based on whether they are truth or not, but do not influence whether we are a true, born-again Christian or not.
I want the best for you and am willing to spend time defending, using the Bible, the deity of Jesus and why it is so critical. I hope my disagreement will not cause you to withdraw and avoid contact. An honest debate can help us all to come to a greater understanding of the truth if we are all honestly seeking it.
I will pray that Jesus will reveal Himself to you.

2024-09-12 20:28:09

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My biggest problem with all of that is it doesn't line up with the age indicated in the Bible. If you use the genealogies that say what age the father was when each son was born, the Earth is only about 6,000 years old and the flood was approximately 4,500 years ago. None of the dates in that book agree with Biblical ages.
FYI, we can't know exact years because we don't know if someone was born on the first day of after a birthday or one day before they turned the next age. Also the Jews used to use a 360 vs 365 day year. I've also heard that they used to name ages solely based on the year of birth, so that causes weird rounding errors. Still, we should be able to get within 100 years of the right year. That doesn't allow tens of thousands of years, not if you believe the Bible is true.

2024-09-12 19:34:03

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The Book of Enoch (at least the early parts of it) seem to be real history and mostly accurate, but not inspired, so nothing in it can be taken as definitive.

2024-09-12 14:14:27

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I used to believe that the destruction of the nations by Israel was God destroying a people for being so evil. I was a little uncomfortable with that, but our creator has a right to do as He pleases. I have since come to believe it is more complicated than that. It is a purifying of the human race.
Genesis 6:4 states, "The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown." These men were giants and were Satan trying to corrupt the human race to prevent Jesus from coming to Earth as savior. The nations in Canaan were also full of giants. I believe these giants were also nephilim (demon/human hybrids) and that is why God had the Israelites destroy them, man, woman, and child.
The global flood, as well, wasn't just about destroying the people whose "every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.," but was also to destroy the corruption of the human race.
This also matches many of the ancient myths and religions that talk about "gods" coming down and fathering children with women. Since every person on Earth descended from Noah, they would all descend from people who had knowledge of these events.

2024-09-07 21:56:35

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As a small business owner of an S Corp, when we have a good year I owe more in taxes than my entire salary, so yes, I very much pay taxes.

2024-09-07 21:54:16

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Personally, dealing with hair dye is way too much work. It doesn't seem too bad when you have just a little gray, but once you start really going gray, you have to keep up with it or you have terrible looking roots. Then if you decide to stop after you are near full gray, you look horrible for a year or more.
I've never used hair dye and never will. I'll admit I'm probably going gray slower than many, but I have better things to do with my time and money.
The bad things for people like you that have black hair, is the grays really show. The good thing is they almost always go a beautiful silver. Those of us with lighter hair don't show those few scattered grays when they first appear, but tend to have dull, dingy gray/off-white hair once it goes full gray.
I'd say embrace it. Claim your wisdom gained through a few years.

2024-09-07 17:39:01

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The IRS is horrible. It's a long story, but I have a business and was paying payroll taxes to the state and the IRS. I hate licking envelopes, so I used a glue stick. The state envelope seems to have stuck to the federal envelope and gotten mailed to the IRS. They opened the envelope not addressed to them (mail fraud) and stamped "Department of the Treasury" over "Wyoming Department of Employment" and cashed the check (check fraud). Then I spent 2 years and over 100 hours trying to get things fixed and being treated as a criminal trying to get my money back because they misapplied the credit, so it looked like I hadn't paid my taxes even though I'd overpaid because they stole my money.
One of my goals in life is to abolish the IRS. They are criminals and incompetents. There is nothing good about the organization.

2024-09-07 16:37:20

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I've given up air travel except to see my son or my parents/sister. Air travel today is torture.

2024-09-07 16:18:26

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I think the nostr people encourage better behavior. If you have high expectations, you get better behavior.
Rage baiters are either ignored or made fun of, so they stop or leave. Those who honestly debate get engagement, so it encourages honest, respectful discussions. If someone normally engages respectfully, but is having a bad day, we take previous behavior into account and are forgiving.

2024-09-07 16:13:37

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I just can't see a CIA plant pushing Bitcoin anywhere on the globe.

2024-09-07 16:02:12

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So, are they saying it is better to have all kids dumb and disadvantaged than to only have a few? Wouldn't it be better to try to help the kids falling behind than force everyone into utter stupidity? Of course that would be harder to convert people to Democrats and useful idiots. Since they kill all of their own kids, they have to have other people's kids to convert and uninformed kids are easier to convert.

2024-09-03 22:11:39

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My husband really likes the Kawasaki KLR650. It is good on-road and off-road and has a very large gas tank, which is handy when it is a long ways to the nearest gas station. The only pseudo-problem with it is that it is a little on the tall side. It is taller than I am comfortable with, so if you have short legs, you might prefer something else.

2024-09-03 19:31:25

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I just happen to own the largest motorcycle dealership in Wyoming.

2024-09-03 18:29:23

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Depends on where you live. The Jackson Hole area is one of the most expensive in the country, but there are areas that are dirt cheap. The only thing you have to do is verify that water is available. You can buy vast acres of land for almost nothing, but they don't have water.

2024-09-03 18:26:59

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Right before going back to college, my son and I were talking. I believe many (all?) religions other than Christianity and Judaism are instigated by demons or Satan. Paul says,
"8But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! 9As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!" (Galatians 1:8-9)
In Islam, I believe Mohamed was approached by an angel. In Mormonism, Joseph Smith was approached by an angel that gave him new revelation. Paul warned us that we couldn't trust anyone, not even an angel, if they gave us a new gospel. He said they were to be accursed.
I do find it interesting that the two were misled in the same way even though the two are so different. Islam is the face of hate and Mormons are some of the nicest people you will ever meet, but they are both misled by fallen angels contrary to the Word of God.
I've also wondered (speculation, not certainty) how every nation in the world could react simultaneously in such a harmful and tyrannical fashion to the covid "pandemic". If most of the world's leaders were controlled by demons, it would explain a lot. I don't know if it is true, but it would explain something that didn't make sense to me.

2024-09-02 21:54:03

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If you don't want to be in the big cities, you might be better off in Wyoming than Colorado. The Colorado state government has gone full tyrants, but haven't stopped Venezuelan gangs from taking over apartment complexes by force. Also, Wyoming doesn't have a state income tax and has lower sales tax. Of course Wyoming is a little colder and a lot windier, so you have to be tough. Bonus is that Wyoming has so many areas where there are too few people around to care who you are or what you are doing there. Make sure any place you find has proper water.

2024-09-02 21:48:01

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I finally figured out how to make my phone quit autocorrecting my husband's name to the wrong spelling. It looked like I didn't know how to spell my own husband's name. I hate autocorrect. Marking things that it thinks are misspelled is great. Changing words without my permission is infuriating.

2024-09-02 16:20:12

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Thanks. I'll try it out on my next article.

2024-09-02 16:19:25

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Thanks. I very much appreciate that.

2024-08-31 22:58:08

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I was trying out a new long form note editor that supposedly had the ability to schedule publishing. It didn't work, It published when I hit post and not when I scheduled. I'm still in the market for an editor that will let me schedule when a post goes live.
Habla.news will let me get it ready ahead of time and all I have to do is click publish. That is the best I've found. Highligher.io, which I used for this post, also won't let me do block quotes which I use a bunch, so I'm probably back to Habla. Highlighter does keep the headings, bold, and italics from the substack editor that I copy from and easily does lists, so that was nice, but quotes are such a big part of my posts, that not allowing quotes is a nonstarter for me.

2024-08-31 20:28:01

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When you look at how things actually work in the US rather than the forms that are still claimed, I'd argue we are no longer a republic, a democratic republic, or a democracy. We are a tyrannical oligarchy.
The Democrats, that verbally hold democracy so high, are the least democratic of them all. They actively try to destroy every vestige of democracy or a democratic republic. They don't want the people choosing anything and they abhor the limitations put on them by the Constitution that defines the Republic.
The Republicans are also terrible, but they tend to look quite good in comparison in the same way poop looks good compared to diarrhea. (Sorry for the grossness)

2024-08-31 20:22:18

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When I was a kid, my Dad said most people are stupid. I thought he was being egotistical. Sadly, I've found out he is right. Even more sadly, in his old age he has become a blind follower rather than a thinker and has become what he used to mock.

2024-08-31 20:20:46

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Yes.
And a corollary would be, there are no rights that allow you to take from someone else what they worked for. All rights do not cost others anything. If someone else has to pay for what you want, it isn't a right. It is theft.

2024-08-31 20:18:31

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I like it.

2024-08-31 20:13:59

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I've never heard of worldschooling. With all of the globalist stuff it sounds awful, but that probably doesn't have anything to do with it.
When it comes to different forms of homeschooling (used generically), different styles work for different kids and different styles work for different families. The nice thing about homeschooling is you can customize so it is optimized and it works best for each family and each child. What worked for my genius, but borderline autistic, son would not work for my son with Down Syndrome and vice-versa. I've been able to optimize for each. I love it.
I tend to think whatever grows their love of learning is the best approach. We all learn best when we enjoy learning. We all have different strengths, weaknesses, interests, and learning styles.

2024-08-31 20:08:30

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When someone is silenced, it not only affects the speaker, it also infringes on the rights of those who want to listen.

2024-08-31 20:07:20

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I'm all for everyone being able to speak no matter how wrong they are, no matter how hateful they are, and no matter how evil I believe they are. On the other hand, I have the right to not listen, read, or watch them and should have the right to turn them off for me. They shouldn't be able to force me to listen any more than I should be able to silence them.

2024-08-31 18:05:21

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Thanks. Well said.
I have a love/hate hope/fear relationship with AI. It can be useful for so many things, but can be misused for so much evil. I was recently reading about test subjects becoming addicted to (in love with) the talking version of chat AI. It is always there. It always listens. It usually says what the user wants it to say. Reading about it was kind of scary. I don't know what the answer is.

2024-08-31 16:47:43

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Definitely an oldie, but goodie.

2024-08-31 16:45:57

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I don't know why, most aren't very good, but I do really enjoy a good disaster movie, whether it is a tornado, hurricane, earthquake, volcano, or asteroid, or something else.

2024-08-31 16:43:19

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If you actively work towards your goals, you have a good chance of accomplishing them. Yes, there are some goals that are hard to attain like wanting to be a NBA player or wanting to be a Billionaire, but even there, working towards the goal can help you. You might get a college scholarship for playing college basketball or become a multi-millionaire, but not a billionaire.
On the other hand, if you are a victim and view every failure through victimhood, you will be a failure all your life, guaranteed.

2024-08-31 16:37:22

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The ending was hilarious when the guys says, "Don't deport me, but Americans eat like they have free healthcare."
It is so frustrating because even things like meat and vegetables are getting contaminated with GMOs, mRNA jabs, toxic coatings, toxic pesticides & herbicides, etc. You almost can't trust any food you don't raise or grow yourself and that is hard to do.

2024-08-31 16:25:59

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Can LLMs actually tell the difference between facts and opinions (or interpretations) or does it just "believe" what it is told? Too many people today don't know the difference.

2024-08-31 16:24:10

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We used to sell them, but had to stop because of the legal issues. I think we may still have a few boxes of them in the basement.

2024-08-31 14:58:51

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and when I'm still not sure if they are right, I see if my dog likes them or not. :)

2024-08-31 14:57:48

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That is good.

2024-08-31 14:57:00

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I like this C.S. Lewis quote because it is so true:
"
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under
robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber
baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point
be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment
us without end for they do so with the approval of their own
conscience."

2024-08-31 14:53:20

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The problem comes, not just from foreigners being unwilling to buy new debt, but when they decide they no longer want to hold or use dollars. When all of those foreign holdings come home, the USD becomes almost worthless as too many dollars chase the little we still produce.

2024-08-31 14:51:27

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I love the sunflowers. I've become a big fan of sunflowers. They are so cheerful. They make me smile.

2024-08-31 14:48:25

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I agree, but I seem to have a mental block where running is concerned. I could play midfielder in soccer which causes you to run non-stop for an hour while chasing a ball, but you tell me to run on a track or a trail and I think I'm going to die in about 15 seconds. I will never be a runner.
On the other hand I dash everywhere. I dash to the door. I dash to the printer. I dash downstairs and back upstairs. I move a lot and fast, but don't tell me to run.

2024-08-30 20:05:56

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I have a love/hate, hope/fear relationship with AI. As I learn more about it I see so many wonderful things it can do to make work easier. Also, as I learn more about AI, I see all of the horrible ways it can be misused. I also see the ways it can go very wrong. I'm very torn.

2024-08-30 20:03:55

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Some manipulation wouldn't surprise me, but also, as bitcoin becomes more mainstream, it makes sense that it would become more stable. I still expect it to increase in purchasing power, but it likely won't skyrocket as fast/high or plummet as low. I think it reasonable to expect a more steady climb, but don't surprised if we still get some spikes and troughs.

2024-08-30 19:59:58

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So much truth in this post. Those calling for "free" stuff and taxing the rich need to keep this in mind.

2024-08-30 19:58:37

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Reading, writing, and teaching, especially Biblical truths.
My areas of passion are science that supports the Bible, the absolute sovereignty of God, and end times prophecy (new interest because it seems to be nearing).
Where teaching is concerned, I have an especial passion for teaching teens and young adults, probably because they are old enough to understand deeper discussion, but young enough to still have most of their life ahead of them.

2024-08-29 17:47:26

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I definitely prefer physical books, but if you carry a phone it is handy to have a bible handy at all times.
The small Bibles are nice to have, but as I have gotten older, my eyes have gotten worse. Carrying a small Bible that has writing so small I can't read it doesn't do me any good.

2024-08-29 17:44:45

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I like liberty in general, but my eldest son is attending Liberty University right now and I really like the Liberty University.

2024-08-29 15:46:06

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There was a prophecy made centuries ago that the 112th pope would join the Anti-Christ in his evil works during the tribulation. This prophecy is not Scripture and shouldn't be treated as such, but Pope Francis is the 112th pope and he does seem to put earthly things above godly things and in my opinion is an evil anti-christian, so the prophecy seems believable. I think Pope Francis is 87. If so, that means the rapture and the tribulation are soon. (So many other things are also pointing to them being immanent.)

2024-08-29 15:41:21

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Wow! Tyrants just have to tyrant. It is their nature and overwhelms all logic.

2024-08-29 15:40:30

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I have a bible app on my phone so I always have a bible with me.
I use the "Grace to You Bible App from John MacArthur. It has the King James Version (KJV), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), and the English Standard Bible (ESV). The Bible only is free. You can get all of John MacArthur's study notes if you pay a small fee. My husband has paid for the notes because they are very good.
John MacArthur is very knowledgeable biblically and is willing to stand up to tyranny. He refused to close his church in California during Covid despite threats of fines and jail time and eventually won in the courts. They made an amazing movie about His church's stance called "The Essential Church". I highly recommend it.

2024-08-29 15:31:24

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Good advice

2024-08-29 15:26:35

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That is one reason I like when you can give different responses to a post. When someone posts that something terrible happened or points our the evils being perpetrated by our government, I don't want to click a heart or a like, but I agree and think the post is important. I fret on whether I should "like" something so horrible in order to let the poster know that his post is acknowledged.

2024-08-29 15:23:03

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I know you are frustrated right now, but you have a plan and a direction you are working towards. You can see some good things coming and can see your coming ability to do some good things (for your parents). The transition may be painful, but the good thing is you are heading in the right direction. Be thankful that you aren't one of the people who are being pushed along by the stream of life with no direction, no purpose, and no idea why things aren't going as they hoped.
Lean on God and watch for the wonderful things He is doing in your life.

2024-08-29 15:13:14

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We can't work our way to heaven, but if we have truly trusted in Jesus as savior, the works will abound.

2024-08-29 15:12:23

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Much of the evil in this world is caused by good intentions and beliefs that sound really nice. When good intentions and nice sounding beliefs are divorced from truth and logic, they can cause more harm than that caused by those trying to cause harm.
I like this quote by C.S. Lewis
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under
robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber
baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point
be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment
us without end for they do so with the approval of their own
conscience."

2024-08-29 15:06:07

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If I was judging English purely based on what I see of the English used in America today and using your theory, I would think it was an intentionally simple language created to mislead people and to limit nuance of thought.

2024-08-29 03:02:51

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If you have trouble remembering your 9 times tables, use your fingers.
9x1 Put down your first finger. There are no fingers to the left (tens) and 9 (ones) to the right, so the answer is 9.
9x2 Put down your 2nd finger. There is one finger to the left (tens) and 8(ones) to the right. 1-8 is 18
9x3. Put down your 3rd finger. There are 2 fingers to the left (tens) and 7 fingers to the right (ones). 27
...
9x9 Put down your 9th finger. There are 8 fingers to the left (tens) and 1 finger to the right (ones). 81
9x10 Put down your 10th finger. There are 9 fingers to the left (tens) and 0 fingers to the right (ones). 90

2024-08-28 21:13:19

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English is so imprecise. It also only has one word for love where most languages have many different words. I'm sure there are lots of other examples.

2024-08-27 23:18:13

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It would be tricky. I store it in glass jars which break and you want to keep it in a good temperature range. Too hot or cold could kill the live cultures and being in warmth could cause culture growth which would build up pressure and could cause a jar to explode.
I love the idea, but I already have way more responsibilities than I can handle at the moment.

2024-08-27 17:56:18

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Exactly. Lowfat yogurt, which also isn't fermented long enough, is thin and runny so they add a bunch of thickeners (the most common is a carcinogen) and other additives to make up for the poor quality. Yuck!

2024-08-27 17:53:40

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I make my own yogurt using a sous vide stick heater and quart canning jars (with lid but not ring on top). This way I can use what ever dairy I want. (I use whole goat milk because of some food sensitivities). I get to pick the bacterial strains I want for gut health. I "cook" the yogurt for 36 hours instead of 4 hours. Since bacteria double over time, that means my yogurt has several orders of magnitude more live cultures than normal yogurt. I also add 2+ Tbs of prebiotic powder to feed the cultures during the long ferment.
It makes great, thick (without thickener) yogurt that tastes great and is healthier. I used recipes out of the book "Super Gut" by William Davis, M.D.
I have found that the first batch made with the dairy, probiotics, & prebiotics, tends to have a slightly off texture (curds and whey). When made with a couple tablespoons of the previous yogurt, it comes out thick and awesome. If you keep things sterile so you don't get contamination you can use the old yogurt indefinitely, I make 2 quarts at a time. When I eat it for breakfast in the morning, I add a tsp of prebiotic, some freeze dried pomegranate powder, and a few drops of vanilla stevia. It is great, low carb, and not overly sweet like grocery store yogurt.

2024-08-27 15:05:24

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We have a trap that we were going to put out because the raccoons got all of our apples the year before, but we kept being out of town. I'm OK killing a raccoon, but I don't want to trap one and have it bake in the sun and die a slow painful death of dehydration.

2024-08-27 04:42:45

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We always used the broom handle approach. Hold the rooster/chicken upside down by the feet. The broom handle goes across their neck (usually held with foot/feet. A quick yank, breaks their neck. If you yank too hard, the whole head comes off (plus or minus depending on your perspective), then hang to bleed out.

2024-08-27 04:40:32

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Your garden looks great.
I pretty much took a break from gardening this year. I still had some of my perennials produce, but raccoons got a lot of the fruit. (apples, currants, strawberries, & cherries).

2024-08-27 00:15:14

My first book is submitted for publishing, but not available yet and I'm already working on the rest. I woke early this morning and decided to design a cover. I've written the majority of the book, but struggling a bit with organizing my conclusion. I'm sure I'll figure it out.
Once I get the book basically written, it seems to take more time reviewing, tweaking, and formatting than to write the whole book, so there is no telling how long it will take for this new book to be ready to publish. Hopefully I can pull it off before the end of the year.
Now that I am going back to homeschooling and other responsibilities, I am going to have to be really organized to stay focused and get this done.

2024-08-27 00:10:36

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You have to pick relays to get information. You can check out the global feed and follow people who talk about things that interest you (and block anyone you don't want to see). You can use tags like #grownostr to find interesting subjects. The #grownostr tag is for posts that don't discuss bitcoin. Once you find people that post things that interest you, you can check out who those people follow to find others with similar interests. Over time your feed will get better and better.
You will also get more out of nostr if you post interesting stuff and if you respond to others and get conversations going. Nostr is better than most social media for deeper conversations. People are also usually friendly and even people who disagree are usually polite.

2024-08-27 00:06:38

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He is a truly amazing young man. He makes me look like a really good Mom, but I think it is more who he is.
When I get to feeling a little too smug about my parenting skills, my youngest does something awful like take off his shoe and throw it and hit someone in the back of the head with it. He is my little humbler.

2024-08-27 00:04:39

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I agree on college. I've told people for a while that kids shouldn't go to college unless they know why they need college for their chosen career and have verified that the time and money are worth any benefit. Obviously some careers require it, but most do not.
I knew there were issues with colleges being woke and not being as rigorous as when I was in college, but when we actually started looking, it was almost impossible to find a decent college.
Liberty University has been a wonderful blessing, but it is almost impossible for us to get between Lynchburg, VA, and where we live. Originally I had told my son I wanted him to pick a college that was within a one day's drive from home because the world was getting so messed up. It could be a very long day's drive if necessary. We didn't find a single college we liked in that range, so he is at Liberty.

2024-08-26 23:51:51

I had a very good first day back homeschooling my special needs son. Hopefully things will continue just as well all year long.
It also seems like he has made enough progress that it doesn't seem like he digressed as much this summer as he used to.

2024-08-26 23:49:54

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I hope so, but just don't know.
Last time he was a bit naïve and trusted some untrustworthy people. I'm hoping he learned his lesson, but only time will tell.

2024-08-26 23:47:35

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The marxists think they are so moral but their whole theory is based on fueling envy and stealing from those who worked for stuff to give it to those who didn't work for it. They promote theft and slavery. The foundation of their system is theft and slavery. That is never moral.

2024-08-26 23:45:21

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I was always partial to my Timex watch. I like the indiglo.
I'll admit I have a Garmin VivoSmart at the moment. It was the only watch I could find that I could turn bluetooth and wifi off, but would do a decent job of tracking my sleep because I was having some significant sleep issues and wanted to figure things out. I like being able to track sleep and steps, but I really miss my old Timex watch. I might go back.
FYI, my garmin is linked to an email that isn't used for anything else, so it isn't tracking me like most smart watches.

2024-08-26 22:21:18

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You know I'm done flying.

2024-08-26 22:20:57

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He got a 35 out of 36 on the ACT. At Liberty University that gets you free tuition. He also qualified for the honors program that gives him $4000 towards room and board. That makes college worthwhile. Also, Liberty is not woke. It is one of a very few about which that can be said.

2024-08-26 22:16:39

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Welcome

2024-08-26 15:19:44

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All sin is usurping the place of God. It is saying, "I know better than God." or "What I want is more important than what God wants." When you look at sin this way, it opens your eyes to how bad even "little" sins are.

2024-08-26 15:13:55

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Why would anyone loan money to people to get that kind of degree. Eveyone taking those courses is making themselves unemployable because no employer in their right mind (yes there are mega-corps that are into this nonsense) would hire any of these people who have been taught to be victims and to sue anyone who looks at them sideways or expects any work out of them.

2024-08-26 15:05:31

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My eldest son, who was homeschooled, takes being called weird as the highest compliment. He doesn't want to be normal. Normal people tend to be unable to think for themselves and emotionally messed up.
When I pulled my son out of school to homeschool him, we attended a homeschool, back-to-school event at a park. The weather was going back and forth between hot and cold. I told my 3rd grade son that it was a little cool. He needed to wear shoes and socks, not just sandals. He came out wearing athletic shorts, a polo style collared shirt, socks pulled almost up to his knees, and sandals. I asked him if he really wanted to go dressed like that. Some kids might think he was weird. He replied, "Mom, everyone knows I'm weird." I acquiesced. I didn't want to train him to be influenced by peer pressure. He has stayed sure of who he is and can't be pressured into changing. I respect that about him.
FYI, he's in college on a full-ride scholarship getting a double major in computer science and math, so he is doing alright.

2024-08-26 14:59:22

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Worse than nothing. It is backed by debt, so there is not enough money in existence to pay back the debt plus interest. This means all of the wealth in the world is slowly being transferred to the bankers through interest payments removing the wealth we think we have. Money created out of nothing would be much less harmful.

2024-08-26 14:57:48

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JP Sears always helps understand facts in a way that we laugh instead of cry. I like him.

2024-08-26 14:51:13

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They no longer feel they need to hide their tyrannical tendencies. The whole west has gone full tyrant.

2024-08-26 14:50:07

Sounds like lots of fun. I wish I was closer. This event is in PA
#nevent1q…cga3

2024-08-26 04:20:07

In celebration of my new paperback coming out hopefully this week, I have made a smashwords coupon where the ebook is available free. I just ask that you review the book.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1589238
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2024-08-26 04:06:20

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Tempting. I grew up in the South so I've definitely said my share of Y'alls. I worked hard to get rid of my southern accent for some reason. I can't do it at will, but if I hang with southerners (especially Georgians or Texans), it will come back. I also get a lot of twang when I read Mark Twain out loud. He writes in southern. My son used to love having me read Mark Twain out loud.

2024-08-25 23:45:29

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I don't do social media on my phone. It keeps me grounded. It is too tempting to spend too much time on line as it is.

2024-08-25 23:44:16

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Revelation
Daniel
Ezekiel
etc.

2024-08-25 23:42:37

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There are a lot of them.
They always made me feel a little uncomfortable, but the more I learn about God's holiness, the more it makes sense to me.

2024-08-25 23:41:30

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Same

2024-08-25 23:40:08

I just submitted the paperback version of my book, “Why I Need Jesus” for publication. I’ll be releasing links to where it will be available for purchase. I’m thinking it will start being available in the next day or two, but this is my first paperback book, so I’ll see.
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2024-08-25 22:19:47

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I guess the right prayer would be to ask for repentance or justice as the Lord wills.

2024-08-25 22:16:16

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Great idea!

2024-08-25 15:00:39

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They have to indoctrinate theirs because they are killing off their own.