Ed Marlow

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@AudaciousAll @DavidLimbaugh So if you think the God of the old testament is overly judgemental you shoukd read up more on that Jesus fella.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@Adyl_1960 @bellaliberteaa How is reciting the word of God as an example of how we are not to malign or attack widows weaponization and manipulation? How? It's a reminder that God will not ignore evil.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

Just some of the reasons Mormons are not Christian-

Adding to / Changing Scripture:
Deuteronomy 4:2: "Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you."
Deuteronomy 12:32: "See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it."
Proverbs 30:5-6: "Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar."
Revelation 22:18-19: "I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City..."
Galatians 1:8-9: "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!"
Jude 1:3: "...I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people."

One God / No Other Gods:Isaiah 43:10:
"...so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me."
Isaiah 44:6: "...I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God."
Isaiah 44:8: "...Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one."
Isaiah 45:5: "I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God."
Isaiah 45:21-22: "...there is no God apart from me... Turn to me and be saved... for I am God, and there is no other."
Deuteronomy 6:4: "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one."
Deuteronomy 4:35: "You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other."
Deuteronomy 4:39: "...the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other."

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@stevesi I've travelled to many 3rd worlds countries. Looks very familiar.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@RepDelBene Excuse me, but the blame lies squarely on your party and your ridiculous policies around climate change. You have the gall to now blame Trump and completely ignore what you've done to this state over the last five years. You're insane.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@BillHeyman @stevesi It didn't stop Boeing from moving to Chicago.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@philiprosedale @Scobleizer Life. In the womb. Not just a clump of cells. A miraculous, beautiful creation. Made by a creator. The Creator.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@mschoening @stevesi Here’s a thought: physical switch, up is on, down is off. Problem solved.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@ColdblodedChrit @BrianK44316541 @RealCandaceO Like the devil. Not with the horns and pitchfork. But as the angel of light. Seems almost right, but the nuances are sinister.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@stevesi She is such a pathetic representative for the state of Washington. Truly atrocious.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

Even the savings promise of switching out incandescent with LEDs is a giant lie. I can't tell you how much money my family has wasted on "20 year lifespan" LED which fail within 2 years or less. And don't get me started with the damn LED flickering which then means you have to swap out the whole switch.

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

THE BIG REGRESSION

My folks are in town visiting us for a couple months so we rented them a house nearby.

It’s new construction. No one has lived in it yet. It’s amped up with state of the art systems. The ones with touchscreens of various sizes, IoT appliances, and interfaces that try too hard.

And it’s terrible. What a regression.

The lights are powered by Control4. And require a demo to understand how to use the switches, understand which ones control what, and to be sure not to hit THAT ONE because it’ll turn off all the lights in the house when you didn’t mean to. Worse.

The TV is the latest Samsung which has a baffling UI just to watch CNN. My parents aren’t idiots, but definitely feel like they’re missing something obvious. They aren’t — TVs have simply gotten worse. You don’t turn them on anymore, you boot them up.

The Miele dishwasher is hidden flush with the counters. That part is fine, but here’s what isn’t: It wouldn’t even operate the first time without connecting it to an app. This meant another call to the house manager to have them install an app they didn’t know they needed either. An app to clean some peanut butter off a plate? For serious? Worse.

Thermostats... Nest would have been an upgrade, but these other propriety ones from some other company trying to be nest-like are baffling. Round touchscreens that take you into a dark labyrinth of options just to be sure it’s set at 68. Or is it 68 now? Or is that what we want it at, but it’s at 72? Wait... What? Which number is this? Worse.

The alarm system is essentially a 10” iPad bolted to the wall that has the fucking weather forecast on it. And it’s bright! I’m sure there’s a way to turn that off, but then the screen would be so barren that it would be filled with the news instead. Why can’t the alarm panel just be an alarm panel? Worse.

And the lag. Lag everywhere. Everything feels a beat or two behind. Everything. Lag is the giveaway that the system is working too hard for too little. Real-time must be the hardest problem.

Now look... I’m no luddite. But this experience is close to conversion therapy. Tech can make things better, but I simply can’t see in these cases. I’ve heard the pitches too — you can set up scenes and one button can change EVERYTHING. Not buying it. It actually feels primitive, like we haven’t figured out how to make things easy yet. That some breakthrough will eventually come when you can simply knock a switch up or down and it’ll all makes sense. But that's at least 20 years down the road.

It’s really the contrast that makes it alarming. We just got back from a vacation in Montana. Rented a house there. They did have a fancy TV — seems those can’t be avoided these days — but everything else was old school and clear. Physical up/down light switches in the right places. Appliances without the internet. Buttons with depth and physically-confirmed state change rather than surfaces that don’t obviously register your choice. More traditional round rotating Honeywell thermostats that are just clear and obvious. No tours, no instructions, no questions, no fearing you’re going to do something wrong, no wondering how something works. Useful and universally clear. That’s human, that’s modern.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@stevesi Oh great. Just more confusion for my company who is still trying to deal with everything is M365 vs. office and choosing to NOT implement Copilot AI. That's really going to help service desk inquiries...

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@megbasham @AlwaysTexas1970 He needs to read or watch Ray Comfort's "God Has A Wonderful Plan For Your Life". Well, start with the gospel of John first. Praying Scott receives the Holy spirit, truly repents, and believes. He cannot do anything to earn salvation. His "good life" works are but filthy rags.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@SusanK1717 @NameSouthern @thereal_EstherG @JasonJournoDC @ScottAdamsSays @DailyCaller It is a peace which surpasses understanding. I pray you experience the true freedom and which God grants as a free gift.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

Pray for Scott that he truly is drawn by the Spirit, convicted of his sinfulness to the point of true repentance, believes that Christ came to save him, died and rose on the third day, sitting at the right hand of the Father. That there was never anything he could do to earn his way in, that it is a free gift. Ask and receive.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@monibucci @SecKennedy @POTUS Only if he repents and believes. Not by earning anything.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@CEOofIUE @SecKennedy @POTUS I'm sorry but that's just bad theology. Repent and believe. That's it. No more.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

This is terrible news and will lead to more human life being destroyed by the tossing of embryos. And alas, there is nothing President Trump or you can "do" to earn your way into heaven. It's a free gift, but you must only accept it by repenting and believing. Neither of you--or me or anyone--will ever be "good enough" to earn our spot in His kingdom.

[Ed Marlow @edmarlow]

@EricLDaugh This is very sad