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This is why the Whole-Food, Plant-Based designation is gaining popularity. 35 years ago when I first heard the term "vegan" it had very little, if any, activist connotation and it was not in mainstream usage in any way similar to the way it is now. The movement, by name, began in Britain by...

The only link that is really necessary is that the Pope, no matter which iteration of personawe're dealing with, is the head of a sovereign nation we recognize with diplomatic ties and, still more, just happens to be the visible head of a religious body, of which roughly 50 million of its adult...

Cont'd... The American Declaration of Independence stated, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The Constitution...

Boy, you step away for a week or two and you can miss a lot. (Other times, not so much.) Not sure how much expansion you want, but: America was raised up by God to receive the flood of immigrants escaping religious persecution by Rome and, by extension, her daughters throughout Europe...

Would you mind being a little more smug and cynical? Just when I think I couldn't be any more convinced that putting you on my ignore list would harm the flow of discussion in the slightest, you outdo yourself. :

Much of this seems so cynical to me. I assume that your heart is in the right place, because that's what Jesus has trained me to do, and because we've talked at length outside this platform. But you sometimes seem like a different person here. What religious views have you reconsidered lately...

Boy, you can say that again. I wonder what these folks would be doing if they didn't have some character to assassinate somewhere. How exhausting. I guess it's served its purpose. I think it definitely informs my decision about whether to participate. I put these folks on -Ignore- often...

I guess I wasn't very clear. The Lucifer remark was in direct response to your claim that those who hate God haven't met Him. And I can't honestly say I'm convinced of your distinction, which you seem to admit is only an opinion. The "moot point" comment was only in reference to the OP. I...

Lucifer was very familiar with God. I'm not sure an eternal security debate isn't a moot point within the framework of UR—especially as presented in the OP. Now, let's dance. :p strs

Man, chatting with you is really rewarding—you're so remarkably thoughtful. It was a long and defiant process that got us to the isolated, detached, and yet interdependent state in which we now find ourselves. We are being visited by the sins of our fathers to the 3rd and 4th generations, so...

A person could easily drive himself crazy trying to get the absolute best quality food possible. And then there are other considerations: When to eat exactly; how much exactly; what kind of exercise to do and when, to aid optimal digestion; whether to drink or not with meals (dilution of gastric...

The Interweb is so packed with AI-generated Bible information websites containing typical AI-liable misinformation that folks practically need a degree in AI Technology to decipher them. I read one just today comparing the KJV to the NKJV that was so obviously buggy I gave up less than halfway...

Encouraging someone to eat the best quality of food they can afford is a doctrine of demons——Got it. Now, shoo! :

I'm just using the words in the OP. So, the purpose of the thread was to help you recover from (rather than celebrate) the benefit of your own retention of the biblical emphasis of your religious upbringing? Am I understanding you correctly? :)

Do you feel like you've been successful in celebrating your own retention of the biblical emphasis of your religious upbringing? A serious question for which I wouldn't mind a serious answer. :)

Boy, you could feed a lot of starving kids with $66M. And prevent the Vitamin D deficiency that will surely result from dimming the sun—which they're not very likely to succeed in doing anyway. strs

I couldn't agree more, Sister! I read posts here that I really want to respond to, but so often it seems I'm barely speaking the same language as some folks. People quote me and respond with answers to questions I haven't even asked. The big isolator seems to be Christ, Himself. Start a...

I'm so glad that Jesus took the pain for us, so we can identify with Him and He with us, which makes the pain so much more bearable. The refiner's fire is thus a genuine part of the "easy yoke" and the "light burden" of Christ. It is by faith only. But it is not masochism. He has said that in...

The words that Christ speaks, they are Spirit, they are life. If we don't realize and internalize them as such, we are dry, formal, dead bones. If what we love most is to be accurate and correct about what His words say, so that we can correct others and hope to win arguments with them, we are...

I don't disagree with this in any substantive way. I also don't see how it addresses what you've quoted from me. Either there is a counterfeit for the genuine love of the Bible or there isn't. Either way, it's a person's prerogative to believe as they wish. I'm not interested in coercing...