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    Were Jesus's brothers born of another woman?

    I wish it did fit into my propositions in a way that avoided the logical dilemma! Your image is exactly the problem, in pictorial terms, of the illogic I have been highlighting. Orthodox Trinitariaism is threatened on one side by accusations of tritheism (Father, Son and Holy Spirit are...
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    Praising, thanking God for a Trump win!

    Yes. Rational profit-maximizing suppliers expand or contract output to the point where marginal cost and marginal revenue are equal. Marginal revenue is determined (in the absence of price discrimination) by utility-maximizing consumers in the aggregate determining their willingness to pay at...
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    Praising, thanking God for a Trump win!

    Yeah. Buyer's remorse . . .
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    Were Jesus's brothers born of another woman?

    I'll try it another way. The siolistic view of @BreadOfLife is this: 1. Mary is the mother of Jesus; 2. Jesus is God; therefore, 3. Mary is the mother of God But to see why it just doesn't work, please bear with me, because we must delve into Trinitarian logic a bit (hope we don't get...
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    Were Jesus's brothers born of another woman?

    I don't see it as that simple. If X has a status at time t-1 (say, God) and receives a second status (say, incarnation) at time t-2, with Y being drafted to deliver that status to X at time t-2, Y clearly did not deliver that status to X at time t-1. The fact that X is the same X before and...
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    Were Jesus's brothers born of another woman?

    If it's a mystery, I assume you can't solve it -- but feel free to try. Meanwhile, kindly stop telling me what I don't understand about the difference between birthing and mothering the human being named Jesus, and birthing and mothering the all powerful Creator of the Universe.
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    Praising, thanking God for a Trump win!

    Too late. They are tanking . . . https://www.schaeffersresearch.com/content/news/2024/11/26/3-auto-stocks-sliding-on-trump-tariff-concerns
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    Praising, thanking God for a Trump win!

    So your solution to bullying Mexico into submission is to butt heads until both sides are concussed and bleeding, hoping they cry uncle first. That's super intelligent. More manufacturing jobs? No. Demand is elastic, and the higher the price the less will be purchased. Tariffs raise prices...
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    Praising, thanking God for a Trump win!

    I'm not in possession of all the answers, but I can offer a couple of general suggestions: There are two general (but not mutually exclusive) categories of immigrants swarming to the Southwest border: those seeking asylum and those seeking economic opportunity. Asylum seekers should be...
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    Praising, thanking God for a Trump win!

    Actually, I never spent a day in public school. My comments are a refection of two Ivy League degrees, one in political philosophy, one in law.
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    Praising, thanking God for a Trump win!

    Happy to close borders. But this is not the way! We are all going to pay more for Canadian and Mexican goods, and for American products with Canadian and Mexican components.
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    Praising, thanking God for a Trump win!

    When the first Trump Administration negotiated the USMCA, it called the deal a "mutually beneficial win for North American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses." Is that now suddenly untrue? Do we really want to torpedo USMCA? We import nearly a trillion dollars annually in goods from...
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    Luke the Investigator

    We both agree that the NT is inspired. We disagree on Paul's meaning. It's quite clear to me from reading the three verses together what he had in mind when he mentioned "all Scriptures." He didn't have the foggiest notion that, say, Hebrews or Second Peter or Jude or Revelation would be...
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    Praising, thanking God for a Trump win!

    He is going to put tariffs on Canadian goods because Mexico is the source of illegal immigrant crossings? Smart. Real smart. Don't you see that tariffs will hurt US? Tell me you understand that.
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    Praising, thanking God for a Trump win!

    If God is guiding him to put tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican imports -- as he said today he would do Day 1 (“On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States...
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    Luke the Investigator

    You know that Luke wasn't in existence yet when Paul wrote this to Timothy. Paul wasn't referencing future writings that, centuries later, would be compiled into the tome we now call "Scripture." He was referring to the OT. Go back a few verses and you will see this clearly: 14 But as for...
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    Were Jesus's brothers born of another woman?

    This is illogical. The Son of Mary cannot exist qua Son of Mary before Mary herself existed. Women don't have children before those women are born, last I checked.
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    Why Don't the Synoptic Gospels Mention the Raising of Lazarus?

    It's been a few weeks of daily reading now. Still no change . . .
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    Your favourite bible hero/heroine, besides Jesus?

    Simon Peter. His short comings were ultimately overcome by his faith.
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    Were Jesus's brothers born of another woman?

    Sorry, but the union of two natures --though true -- doesn't make Mary the mother of GOD. The Son of God existed long before the Son of Mary existed.