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Melchizedek

I heard this from a commentator a while back, I forget which one but it has stuck with me. Basically that there were 4 ideologies that were at war during WWII. Nazism, Fascism, Communism and Liberalism.
Nazism: Idolatry of race. Failed.
Fascism: Idolatry of the state. Failed.
Communism: Idolatry of class. Failed.
Liberalism: Idolatry of self. Failing.
Man will always attempt to fill the god-sized hole in his heart, but only God can fill it. Only the Kingdom of God will satisfy.
#wwii #politics #god #jesus #christian #communism #fascism #kingdom

2025-10-31 13:53:56 UTC

https://www.luther.de/en/95thesen.html
#reformation #christian #christianity

2025-08-31 22:45:49 UTC

I've been lifting pretty consistently for about 2.5 years now but only in the last 7 months did I get serious about pushing myself to lift heavier, push to failure and to watch my protein intake. Since approximately March, I went from 145lbs to my goal of 160lbs with a much healthier body composition. Now I'm getting questions from friends and family asking what I've been doing when I've just taking the process seriously and being consistent. I'm super proud of hitting my 160lbs goal, not just for hitting a number but proving to myself that I can be self-disciplined and that I can achieve goals that I set out for myself. Thank you for reading.
#weightlifting #weights #goals #discipline #consistency

2025-05-23 14:13:45 UTC

Just PRed 185lbs for 2 reps on Bench Press yesterday.
#gains #weightster #lifting #ProofOfWork #PoW

2025-04-16 22:40:37 UTC

I'm so tired of every news and internet personality calling everything a "crisis". If everything is a crisis, then nothing is.

2025-04-07 19:23:33 UTC

Just saw a headline saying highlighting a Bloomberg analyst predicting #BTC drops to $10k. FTX couldn't even get #Bitcoin to $10k. What a 🤡

2025-04-04 16:54:07 UTC

I've held a position in a BTC ETF for a retirement account for about 6ish months and it has been and still is the best performing asset in my portfolio.

2025-03-27 13:03:00 UTC

Saw an ad on a billboard on my way to work labeled that it was sponsored by the Canadian Government bashing the tariffs. I'm shocked that political messaging from a foreign government was permitted to be put up.
#tariffs #tradewar #us #canada #trump

2025-03-03 19:01:59 UTC

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Prior to making these comments, Jesus takes a denarius and asks, "whose face is in this coin?" to which the pharasees respond with "Caesars" to which Jesus says, "Give to Caesar what is Caesars and give to God what is God's."
Nothing of this world is eternal and will fall away. It is a better use of time to focus on the eternal. I.e, give to God what is God's.

2025-03-03 03:50:13 UTC

Jesus said "give to Caesar what is Caesars, and give to God what is God's." Why, then, are we so surprised when Caesar does what he wants with what is his?
#God #christian #Jesus #thoughts

2025-02-13 14:06:29 UTC

If you are a Christian, I would venture to say that it is not wise to allow non-Christians to effect your perception of the world and the things happening in it.

2025-02-12 15:42:26 UTC

The Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America name change is giving me Constantinople to Istanbul vibes.

2025-02-11 02:28:36 UTC

Give to Caesar what is Caesars and give to God what is God's.

2025-02-05 21:52:52 UTC

I've been lifting regularly for a few years now. As a Hobby. I weigh the most I've ever weighed at 150lbs. I just benched a PR at 155 and is also the first time I benched a weight more than my own weight. I'm very proud of this.
#weights #lifting #personalgrowth

2025-02-02 02:24:36 UTC

Everyone should stop what they're doing and give this a listen.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/02ywAbDV76J2QYNIORMhW0?si=TZEQhM9cTRCYAQXcTSs-4Q&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1FgnTBfUlzkeKt

2025-02-02 02:23:44 UTC

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wishing death on people you don't like isn't a good look and isn't a way to win credibility...

2025-01-30 19:06:37 UTC

https://www.ncregister.com/features/jubilee-2025-holy-souls-purgatory-plenary-indulgence
BREAKING NEWS:
If you are an extra good person or give even more money to charity, you can get DOUBLE the number of souls out of PURGATORY. But you better act quick because this is a TEMPORARY offer.
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This is why the protestant reformation is still ongoing. Ephesians 2:8-10 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Doing good things does not lead to salvation. That was done completely and finally on the cross. Good deads grow and develop us into being more faithful disciples of Jesus. It is the sanctification of the believer over the course of their entire life. We are saved and then get to do good works. We are not saved by good works.
#faith #christian #jesus

2025-01-03 14:37:49 UTC

Why is the community so obsessed with 1 coin? It's 100 million Sats. Yea, having 100 million Sats is going to be super rare someday, but so are people who have hundreds of millions of dollars. There isn't even enough Bitcoin for all the millionaires in the US to own 50 million Sats and barely enough for them to own 25 million Sats. And that's assuming distribution of the 21 million is equal, which it is not. As BTC/USD price continues to appreciate, we shouldn't demoralize those who are still trying to stay humble and stack sats as much as they are able with the means they have. We shouldn't want people to feel like they missed the boat.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/takes/owning-1-bitcoin-is-better-than-being-a-millionaire-

2024-12-29 00:51:33 UTC

Do people still like the old school hardware wallets like cold card and ledger? Been seeing a lot about BitKey lately

2024-12-18 21:09:09 UTC

It continues to amaze me how the words of a few unelected guys can move the entire market so drastically.
#endthefed

2024-12-07 20:12:49 UTC

Just thinking out loud here. The two income household is a trap. If there was a movement of families across the country where one parent stays home and the household severely cuts back to cover expenses, the whole economy would have to adjust to accommodate for this. Your spending speaks louder than any vote you can ever cast.

2024-12-05 02:46:17 UTC

Congrats everyone
#bitcoin #100k #satoshi

2024-12-05 02:37:04 UTC

$100k Bitcoin happened just now

2024-12-03 01:48:19 UTC

Seek wisdom, not education.

2024-11-28 23:12:15 UTC

I'm really over the post election animosity that I'm seeing towards fellow citizens who don't agree with them. It really makes me sad, having family on both ends of the spectrum, seeing disdain and borderline hatred towards other human beings. In the end Jesus is king.

2024-11-21 13:38:17 UTC

Only 21m people can own 1 BTC
28m can own .75 BTC
42m can own .5 BTC
84m can .25 BTC
(Assuming all of it is distributed evenly, which of course it is not.)
There are approx. 261m adults in the US alone. We’re so early.
Stay humble, stack sats.
#bitcoin #btc #satoshi #us

2024-09-11 18:06:11 UTC

Democracy and freedom are idols. Seek first the kingdom of God and everything else will follow.
#Jesus #Christian #Democracy #Freedom

2024-09-06 20:26:05 UTC

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If it is true that Jesus is truly God, came to earth to live like one of us as a human, was unfairly sentenced to torture and death in the most gruesome possible way because of his claim to be God and spiritually as a stand in for all of humanity, and then came back to life 3 days later and over 500 people witnessed him alive again, then based on that alone would force me to have to reevaluate my own entire perspective of reality and what that singular moment in history means in relation to literally everything else.
If the God that created literally everything, became human, allowed himself to suffer as a human, and to be killed as a human as a spiritual stand-in for the moral judgement enacted by himself and then to come back to life from the dead, then that would be the most consequential moment in history.

2024-09-06 12:37:52 UTC

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/mastercard-launches-euro-denominated-non-custodial-bitcoin-debit-card
This seems like almost the ideal for someone who would want to live on a #Bitcoin Standard. Sad it’s Euro only atm. Being able to spend from your wallet without first having to convert to fiat and all the converting happening in the background seems like the perfect situation! The fees aren’t ideal but otherwise, am I missing something? Wen @npub1ex7…vyt9 @npub1cn4…3vle

2024-08-26 10:33:34 UTC

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Just the fan store in the stadium. Nothing special. I didn't transact in Bitcoin. Spent USD and then sold the BTC equivalent.

2024-08-26 03:03:14 UTC

I spent my first bit of Bitcoin today. I was stacking a little bit specifically so I could start spending and getting into the mindset of really living on a Bitcoin standard. I bought a jersey for my home MLS team after they beat LA in the Leagues Cup. Got to be at the game with my wife and in-laws. On one hand I was debating about wanting to spend the Bitcoin for the future gains, on the other it was a great memory. Feels good. Keep stacking.
#bitcoin #btc #memories #football #soccer #bitcoinstandard

2024-08-13 21:28:40 UTC

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I mean... she won't even do an interview... and the democrat billionaire donor class took her boss out...

2024-07-02 17:32:02 UTC

Democracy as the highest ideal or good is idolatry.

2024-07-02 13:41:34 UTC

Politics replacing religion/faith in the modern world is one of the greatest societal tragedies.

2024-06-07 16:01:07 UTC

The One Piece is real.

2024-05-31 03:16:28 UTC

Christ is King

2024-05-13 02:40:56 UTC

I feel like I get value from #Instagram. I enjoy seeing what my friends and family are up to and see what they think is valuable. I enjoy posting a few times a year as like a "virtual holiday card". I enjoy how it's not ramblings that you get on #FB and #X. BUT, the fact that #Meta decided to add in #Reels to compete with #TicTok has ruined the app. It has become such a temptation to suck my attention for hours that the things I actually do enjoy the app for are such a small percentage of usage. I've deleted all other corporate social media accounts except Insta and I am very tempted to do the same for Insta but those reasons listed above keep me there and it sucks. The fact that companies will manipulate the mind in that way while hiding behind the genuinely valuable aspects of the platform really makes me think that the executives running them are evil.

2024-05-10 19:12:21 UTC

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Maybe our legislature can stop twiddling their thumbs and actually provide some regulatory clarity around stablecoins that would actually differentiate the assets.

2024-05-02 01:51:53 UTC

Everything coming out now about the United States government being so militant towards its own people and it's own economic drivers makes me feel like we aren't that far off from a catastrophic uprising. The American Revolution was fought for much less as were other revolutions since.
#politics #usa #government #lawless #bitcoin

2024-04-30 02:24:47 UTC

The upfront costs of buying a house is insane. You think you're spending X but in reality you are probably paying 5-10k more.
#housing #money #economy

2024-04-21 00:13:59 UTC

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The Runes protocol literally went live with the Halving Block

2024-04-20 16:45:34 UTC

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Runes weren't valid transactions until today.

2024-04-20 02:55:22 UTC

These fees are making me feel like Ordinals and Runes are ruining the original value proposition for #bitcoin. How in the world is the Bitcoin community/nodes allowing this sort of BS and spam? Shouldn't we be rejecting this kind of shitcoinery?
#halving #ordinals #fees

2024-04-20 01:41:04 UTC

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Is it because of the halving and reduced block subsidy? or is it because people are apeing into the network with misc BS to "celebrate" the halving?

2024-04-05 14:35:19 UTC

If I didn't have so much taken out of my paycheck from taxes, I could easily afford for my wife to stay home on just my income as it stands now. But no, I have to continue funding wars, subsidize others crappy healthcare and politicians that don't care about me rather than take care of my family.
#taxes #usgov #usa #politics #war #healthcare

2024-04-01 03:44:42 UTC

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I pray that you will come to see Jesus for who he is... You obviously aren't interested in anything I've said, so I won't continue to waste your time.

2024-04-01 03:37:49 UTC

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There are only those who are in Christ, and those who are not in Christ. Sin is sin. Much of the New Testament are Paul's letters to gentiles. Not Jews. If your interpretation of the New Testament is focused on Jews and not the death resurrection of Christ and what that means for us and the world... then I pray someday you can see it for that...

2024-04-01 03:31:38 UTC

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Define "Christian Fascism"... Cause fascism implies use of forcible suppression of opposition, and ultranationalism. If the entire focus is on the Catholic Church, I still want to reinforce that Christianity is very diverse and the Catholic Church is an exceptionally small percentage of global Christianity. Again, ad hominem attacks when we are here having a very non-violent and fairly well meaning debate which is the opposite of fascism.

2024-04-01 03:24:38 UTC

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I completely agree that Catholicism has been filled with corruption and idolatry! We have the Word of God as our main tool! As Christians we are still called to rebuke in love, not hate. We are called to be the light shining on top of a hill, to show the world a brighter and better way! The reformers didn't call out the church out of hate for them, but out of a love for Christ.
I agree, Romans 9, 10, 11 make that fairly clear. It becomes dangerous when it becomes and "us vs them" mentality. Christians should be going to the ends of the earth to preach the Good News about Jesus, not point fingers at people who are being mean. As Paul admonishes Timothy to hold fast to the Gospel that he received from Paul.
It's lazy and doesn't represent Jesus well when we de-emphasize the gospel and the work of the Holy Spirit as the solution in favor of blaming others for the state of things. We have the solution. The Gospel is a caged lion, we just have to let it out and let it do the fighting. We are not victims in Christ. Make the arguments as Paul did to the Athenians. Own the faith. All people are made in the image of God despite the things they say or do. Paul was once an enemy of God. But just as Jesus saved him, He can save any of those who is an "enemy". Love conquers all things.

2024-04-01 03:10:16 UTC

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I've read the Hebrew Bible, brother. If you don't want to address any of my arguments and focus on an ad hominem attack, that's fine. Little ironic that your rebuttal is my precise argument on the leaving out of large amounts of history and context. I'm sorry if you've been hurt by Christians in the past. We don't always get it right and are just as sinful as everyone else... I just pray you can see Jesus for who he is and for who He says he is and not for who sinful Christians portray Him as...

2024-04-01 02:51:30 UTC

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But like... who cares? Luckily, the texts in the New Testament we're written within decades of the death of Jesus and we still have manuscripts from as early as 58 AD, so we can know that the Word of God is true and accurate regardless of the Catholic Church. So who cares about the Catholic Church? We have the Word of God. We can trust in it's durability to show us the Gospel of Jesus throughout generations. Despite any and all corruption, we still had the Reformation to reorient believers back to Scripture. We can try to use labels all day long. We know believers by their fruit and their fruit is of things that direct away from Jesus, then we can be confident in where their allegiances lie. And so what that the Talmud says mean things about Jesus/Mary? Lots of people say and have said mean and nasty things about Jesus. The Bible records nasty things being said about Jesus as he was being led up to be crucified. Like... this isn't breaking news that people don't like Jesus. So Jews don't like Jesus. Yea? Get in line. As Jesus says, dust the sand off your sandle and move on. Even as the world hates faithful followers of Jesus, He says that we should not be surprised because the world hated Him first.

2024-04-01 02:30:25 UTC

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Also a wild take. You're making the same lazy argument but instead of blaming Christians, you're blaming Jews. The apostle Paul teaches us that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God but that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. Human nature, regardless of background, is fallen and separated from God. Human nature is that of thinking we can be like God and know better than God but when we do that, bad things happen. Regardless of background.

2024-04-01 02:13:01 UTC

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Tell me you don't understand Jesus without telling me you don't understand Jesus. If you are a Jew believe the story of Christ, then you should even more appreciate his life, teachings, death, and resurrection... Jesus offers more than just a new political or monetary system. Jesus did not come as a conquering Messiah as his own Jewish disciples thought, but as a great high priest and suffering servant to justify us, once and for all before God. Have "Christians" historically created systems that were antithetical to Christ while claiming His name? Yes. 100%. But Jesus is very clear about what the nature of his kingdom is, which is why Rome was not threatened by him and Pilate wanted to let him go. To attribute a "fascist" West to Christianity is lazy and is conveniently leaving out countless variables as to why we got here. Jesus never advocates for violence or force which is inherent in fascist systems and actually reprimands Peter when Peter cuts the ear off of the guard who was trying to arrest him by saying "those who live by the sword, die by the sword." Plus, Christianity spread and was thriving in Africa before it took hold in any meaningful way in Europe. Again, attributing a global and diverse religion to some bad actors throughout a few centuries in the dark ages, while conveniently leaving out 2 thousand years of western history of dozens of individual nations with their own unique histories is lazy. Even if you want to argue against the evils of the modern Vatican, it is still intellectually dishonest to attribute it to the whole of Christianity when there have been centuries (see the Reformation) at this point of Christians who have died at the hand of the Vatican to preach against it's practices.

2024-03-31 21:34:44 UTC

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Sad take

2024-03-31 03:06:37 UTC

It should be fairly obvious to see who the genuine Christians are and who the partisan hacks are. Don't get caught up in the quarrels of this world
#politics #christianity

2024-03-30 19:23:47 UTC

Trying to buy a house right now and it makes me realize how fucked the housing market is. Bidding wars on a very limited inventory, with rates north of 6.5%, all while wages haven't caught up with the inflation the housing market has seen. My in-laws are seeing many good, single family homes in their neighborhood get bought up by hedge funds to rent. How is this affordable for anyone? How is this sustainable? If there's a catalyst for a revolution, this housing crisis would not surprise me in the least. I don't even live in a traditionally expensive market either.

2024-03-29 22:58:13 UTC

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💯! The priests and Pilate are cowardly and false! We are all the priests. We are all Pilate. We are all Peter who denied Jesus 3 times. Praise Jesus that despite our sin, He STILL died for us.
‭John 21:25 ESV‬
[25] Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
I understand frustration. But take heart that God is not a god of secrecy. He wishes to be known and He can be fully known in His son and in His word. We can have faith that even in the areas where we don't know, He knows. And in Jesus, we can look forward to the day when He can tell us those stories face-to-face. Jesus doesn't want us to be angry. Look to Jesus' example in the garden when Peter cut off the ear of the guard coming to arrest him!
Something to remember on this Good Friday, brother ❤️🙏

2024-03-29 22:01:07 UTC

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The Gospel according to John provides an interesting account:
‭John 18:33-38 ESV‬
[33] So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” [34] Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” [35] Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” [36] Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” [37] Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” [38] Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him.
Jesus was not concerned with worldly power. He was concerned with ushering in the Kingdom of God. Remember, Satan promised Jesus the world as He was being tempted in the wilderness. Jesus addresses the Sanhedrin as they are accusing him prior to Pilots to bring forth any accusations of anything that He said were false and they were unable to. The Pharasees are merely trying to appeal to Roman brutality in order to get Rome to kill Jesus.

2024-03-12 21:24:35 UTC

I never changed the time on my cats automatic feeder from "fall back". She's been living on permanent #DaylightSavings this whole time. Her life was not inconvenienced in anyway on Sunday. If she can do it, so can we.

2024-03-07 15:27:51 UTC

I hope someday to own 1 Bitcoin, but I'm darn proud of owning more than .5. There isn't enough Bitcoin in the world for everyone to have that much and I have to remind myself constantly about what is "enough" for me and my family. I'm not trying to play the Wall St. games of who has the biggest wallet. Thankfulness in God's provision for my life goes a long way and takes the pressure off of having to have as much as possible.
#bitcoin #btc #bullmarket

2024-03-06 01:45:32 UTC

Make Sabbaticals Great Again

2024-02-21 00:55:00 UTC

The US is just an elected Monarchy. Congress is just an oligarch club with little interest of actually using their power.

2024-02-18 22:34:29 UTC

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🤔So, it would be like the Republic, but the Sith have already infiltrated everything but the masses don't know it yet till shit hits the fan... Empire in the shadows

2024-02-18 21:45:51 UTC

Is the West currently the Republic or the Empire from Star Wars?
#StarWars #Politics

2024-02-16 14:09:38 UTC

God instituted age limits on the Levitical Priests... 25-50... (Numbers 8:23-26). The US President 81, average age in the House of Representatives is 58, and the average age in the Senate is 64. USA retirement age is 66. Something is out of whack.
#Government #Bible #Age #Termlimits #Politics #Christian #Bitcoinfixesthis

2024-02-15 13:31:52 UTC

”Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.“
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬-‭14‬
”Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.“
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭14‬
”But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,“
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭16‬ ‭
”Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.“
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭23‬ ‭ESV‬
Guard the truth, remind others of the truth, don’t stoop down to the level of those who don’t hold the truth and don’t engage in things that will only get in the way of the truth.
#Bible #Christian #Motivation #Devotional #Jesus

2024-02-14 18:32:09 UTC

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Centralized, algorithmic social media is a cancer on civilization. The less of it you can have in your life the better off you will be.
#note1dsf…rtwz

2024-02-14 14:10:43 UTC

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Feel the same way about HOAs.

2024-02-14 13:40:19 UTC

"The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace."
Num. 6:24-26

2024-02-02 20:08:14 UTC

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Sorry, I was referring to the author of the NYT article 😅 should have been more specific. I fully trust Walker is the Nostr account that is sharing this screenshot

2024-02-02 20:05:16 UTC

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No no no, I mean author of the NYT article that Walker shared. I have full faith that the Nostr post is Walker lol sorry should have been more specific

2024-02-02 19:54:06 UTC

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Is this even real? The authors name is "Dick Cuckerson" lol seems like pretty high level satire

2024-01-22 01:06:28 UTC

What is going to be the breaking point in this country? Not Right/Left, but those who are living paycheck to paycheck with two incomes unable to afford a house, working 40+ hours a week till they're 70, with massive amounts of debt against the elites

2023-12-06 14:53:50 UTC

I don’t think people realize just how scare Bitcoin is and how important it is to just get a little… Think about it… If you were to own .25 Bitcoin.. only 84 million people can ever own the same amount… That’s not even factoring in the illiquid supply that we currently have.

2023-11-29 02:31:33 UTC

I think we should just abolish congress, keep the executive and judiciary, and allow the state legislatures to act as the sole legislatures over their respective states while the executive only keeps the power over things like foreign policy. All of congresses current powers just get transferred to the state legislatures. On issues of going to war or to check the executive, all 50 legislatures convene to vote. All legislatures would be set up in proportionality to the states overall population and be similar in structure. Maintain federalism, and checks and balances while also keeping each branches respective roles.

2023-11-09 13:22:58 UTC

“The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them. So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered; they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them. “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep, therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them. “For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice. “As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats. Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet? And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet? “Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad, I will rescue my flock; they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep. And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the Lord; I have spoken.”
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭34‬:‭1‬-‭24‬ ‭ESV‬‬
Jesus says:
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.””
‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭11‬-‭18‬

2023-10-22 19:27:21 UTC

Am I the only one who has to remind myself periodically the my favorite sport teams are just multi-billion dollar corporations?

2023-08-31 12:49:58 UTC

Is modern capitalism descending into feudalism?

2023-08-25 15:08:37 UTC

Is it true that having a baby can cost upwards of $30,000 after insurance?

2023-08-24 01:55:03 UTC

Every politician is a pedophile, unless they publicly support the release of Epstein’s client list. Seems like the exploitation and trafficking of minors should be something everyone can agree is bad and shouldn’t be tolerated. For some reason it isn’t.

2023-08-23 01:05:19 UTC

The American colonies revolted against the strongest military power of their time over a minor tax on tea on principle of “no taxation without representation.” At what point does the average American feel so choked out by all the taxation/ inflation that they revolt and over throw the current government? At what point does democracy stop working?

2023-04-24 14:24:20 UTC

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭5‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

2023-04-16 18:44:12 UTC

I used to be a missionary overseas after college (not Mormon). Went into it after the realization that our world doesn't need more of me, but needs more of Jesus. Stopped due to funding difficulties. Been working with individuals with disabilities for the last 4 years. Feeling the nudge to get back in. The world needs Jesus, not me.... Lifestyle is comfortable, no debt except mortgage. Feels like a big risk.

2023-03-08 13:39:46 UTC

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I think I just did! Hopefully it works! Thanks for the encouragement 😊Next stop is my own weight

2023-03-08 02:07:53 UTC

I just bench pressed my wife's weight today. Good feeling.

2023-03-02 03:02:11 UTC

"If someone despises me, that is their problem." -Marcus Aurelius