@jk_rowling The tradition of ministers asking the congregation to speak up if they knew any legal reason why a couple should not marry, needs to be returned with one additional question.
Renowned theoretical physicist Paul Davies has spent his life devoted to the study of cosmology, quantum theory, the fundamental laws of nature, and the origin of life, he wrote:
“The very fact that the universe is creative, and that the laws have permitted complex structures to emerge and develop to the point of consciousness—in other words that the universe has organized its own self-awareness—is for me powerful evidence that there is ‘something going on’ behind it all. The impression of design is overwhelming.”
-Paul Davies, The Cosmic Blueprint (1988)
We know for a fact that minds can create:
>complexity
>beauty
>intelligence
>order
>information
We do not know, nor has it EVER once been demonstrated that a non-mind can cause something to be complex, or beautiful, etc.
And yet we find these things in existence.
Based on all of our knowledge and observations, the ONLY rational inference is that our world is caused by a mind as well.
That would be God.
@DAConsult@AlinejadMasih People in hell will not stop sinning and, therefore, will create their own hell. However, I do not believe it will be eternal.
A WOMAN OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE IS SHOUTING THAT KING CHARLES IS A TRAITOR. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👑
And honestly… I’m starting to understand why people are coming to this conclusion and it concerns and worry’s me for the future of the monarchy.
This is supposed to be a Christian country. Our laws, our history, our identity were built on Christian values. The monarch’s title has been “Defender of the Faith” for five hundred years for a reason.
That faith is Christianity. Not “all faiths.” Not a vague space for every belief system under the sun.
Yet Charles keeps telling us he must protect every religion equally in this “multi-faith” Britain. He still says he’s Anglican. He still took the oath. But actions speak louder than titles.
When the head of the Church of England starts treating Christianity as just one option among many, something sacred is being diluted.
Some of us see it clearly: this new role weakens the Church of England’s historic purpose. It softens the very foundation this nation was built on.
If the King no longer stands firmly for the Christian faith that shaped this country, then how can he still claim to represent the Church of England?
Is he still defending the Faith… or has he already stepped away from it?
And if he has… does he still have any right to be its Supreme Governor?
I’m a Christian.
I believe in Christian values. This is a Christian country.
Christianity is built into the very fabric of our cultural heritage, our identity, and the essence of our society.
That can’t be changed or washed away and it never should be.
These questions matter.
What do you believe?
@SON_OF_ISHMAEL_@MikeWingerii You have taken these verses out of context. Luke 19 is about Jesus’ return and judgement. Matthew 10 is about the faith in Jesus that will bring division between those who trust in Jesus and those who don’t.
This isn’t what tongues is. This is trash.
How many problems can you list?
I’ll give you just six.
1. This is exactly the kind of “tongues” that the NT forbids. Of course the comments are full of people who think you’re crazy.
2. These aren’t any kind of real tongues. It’s repetitive gibberish unlike any real language. The Bible speaks of “tongues” which always means real “languages” and not just your tongue flopping around as you make weird sounds.
3. They are sending this stream out to everyone they can, as though tongues was meant to showboat or demonstrate their own spirituality. The opposite of the rule of edification in 1 Corinthians 14.
4. There is no interpretation and Scripture says if you don’t have someone interpret them stop talking openly in tongues.
5. There is no prayer FOR interpretation. Scripture requires this.
6. The dude is reading and responding to chat messages as he makes goofy noises, pretending it is tongues.
Look, I support tongues as we see it in the Bible. But what you see in this video is an all too common mockery of this beautiful work of the Holy Spirit. Better to say nothing at all than to perform this circus of unbiblical blabbery.
This is why I genuinely laugh at propagandists and podcasters calling Israelis “child killers”, when not only do Palestinians murder children and frequently use them as human shields and admit so, but they use children as suicide bombers to murder innocent people.
On March 24, 2004, AP captured dramatic footage of Hussam Abdo, a Palestinian teen wearing an 8kg suicide vest, stopped at the Hawara checkpoint in the West Bank.
Armed Israeli soldiers took cover and used a bomb-disposal robot to pass him scissors.
Trembling and crying that he didn't want to die, the youth cut the straps himself before being safely detached.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades later claimed responsibility for sending him.
It’s the terrorists who do this to children that millions in the west support. And it’s exactly why I will never take any of them seriously.