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  1. JohnDB

    Biden says taxpayers will take over student loan debt repayments.

    Governments are not "For Profit" agencies which solely serve the politicians and big businesses....which our government has had no issues going into debt to help them make trillions with some fat cat at the top making big money too. Forgiving debts of the average citizen should have been a...
  2. JohnDB

    Reader Poll - Where did the Bible come from?

    ALL scriptures went through 100 tests to be considered cannon. These tests were somewhat modified because of the inclusion of the Gentiles....(Luke's writings being the scripture left out otherwise) Jude, Jesus's half brother, was the last book added to the cannon. (Some arguments exist that...
  3. JohnDB

    Reader Poll - Where did the Bible come from?

    Books containing the letters are somewhat rare and difficult to find. I should have bought the one I found in a bookstore that I read through. (Paul's letters are short...paper and ink were expensive at the time) I haven't found another even with a Google search. I keep hoping though.
  4. JohnDB

    Reader Poll - Where did the Bible come from?

    I've read the "lost letters of Paul". There's good reason they never became cannon. They are interesting only in that they say the same things as his other letters only phrased in a different way and not as efficiently as the canonized works do. Plus there's more direct greeting of names of...
  5. JohnDB

    Ukraine may actually win their war.

    Unions have nothing to do with this. Their workforce has shrunk to almost nothing. The EPA and MSHA do. But other countries are gloming on to mine safety....too many highly skilled miners and geologists dying in mine accidents...and they don't grow on trees. We don't really have much in...
  6. JohnDB

    Biden says taxpayers will take over student loan debt repayments.

    No... Republicans do too....but they are playing oppositional politics. So they claim it's bad and wrong. But that's just about it. No different than Clinton and the Southern border wall. The Government was using those loans as collateral for other loans they wished to make. Kinda stupid...
  7. JohnDB

    Biden says taxpayers will take over student loan debt repayments.

    This thread is a bunch of inflammatory rhetoric and very little truth. However, My take on the student loans is that the Government caused the severe inflation of post-secondary educations with the GSL program. And the forgiveness of the loans does indeed help some of the most productive...
  8. JohnDB

    Ukraine may actually win their war.

    I get that Trump may seem isolationist by comparison with Biden's open border policy and accepting of totalitarian policies and media censorship. But he has been actively investing and doing business internationally for decades. He's not that isolationist. I thought he was more like what...
  9. JohnDB

    Was baptism always by immersion?

    The location of Jesus's Baptism. Guess which rule I broke?
  10. JohnDB

    Was baptism always by immersion?

    Yeah....but "these stones" is a really big clue. And so Israel has a Kibbutz on the location. It aligns perfectly with scriptures with timing and descriptions. It's a natural location by how the topography lends itself to performing baptisms. This isn't exactly a salvation issue. People...
  11. JohnDB

    Was baptism always by immersion?

    No.... Baptizo means dyeing cloth, thread, or yarn. You might believe that the 70's were the start of tie dyeing...but nope. They were very adept at doing a LOT of things. And the location where Jesus was Baptized is not even knee deep unless it's at flood stage and out of its banks. It...
  12. JohnDB

    Ukraine may actually win their war.

    And without a link to prove what he says is true. He's a bot....has no theological beliefs only political beliefs (kinda) in his paycheck. Besides...this time next year the bots will be pushing another agenda. I have no doubt that Trump is going to do something. What exactly is a bit of...
  13. JohnDB

    Why do the wise virgins not share their oil with the foolish virgins?

    Peter spoke to Dorcas and she came to life....
  14. JohnDB

    Why do the wise virgins not share their oil with the foolish virgins?

    The hand laying was not for the benefit of the receiver but for the hand owners. God doesn't need people, He merely desires them. Huge difference. And it's more of a function of the passing of the gifts in the Elijah to Elisha as a "firstborn" son even though Elisha was not biologically...
  15. JohnDB

    Ukraine may actually win their war.

    No...no distraction at all when it is the truth. This war is going to continue for years. Many lives, cities, and heritages lost and destroyed because of simple greed by Russia.
  16. JohnDB

    The Crippling Effects of Christian Dogma - Mindless Parroting of Apologetics

    OK... Preachers, Teachers, other believers, and commentaries are not a resource. They are people. The Holy Spirit and Scriptures are the ONLY resource. What is required is diligence in Hermeneutics. That means very specific resources (usually not religious) to determine what was...
  17. JohnDB

    Ukraine may actually win their war.

    So you are a Russian propagandist?....how's the weather in Albania? Only a couple more hours for your shift to be done today. Then it will be time to grab one of them beers and let your hands have a rest. Be careful though....I'm hearing that the money in your paychecks is changing...
  18. JohnDB

    Ukraine may actually win their war.

    This war is going to continue for quite some time until Russia gets tired of fighting and losing soldiers. Yes, russia has a larger population to draw from...but that only increases the political pressure on Putin. With the amount of information both sides have there is no surprise. No one...