Sailor Dave

Sleep-deprived parent, Naturalized US citizen — refugee from Romania, resettled via Austria. US Navy vet.
Interests: Geopolitics, sci/fi, fantasy, D&D, theology

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

This was my parents 1st day grocery shopping in the US. 🤣
Showed up to the store 30 minutes before opening & confused why there wasn't a queue forming at the doors.

They step in & pass by the rotisserie chicken display. They're shocked at how cheap it is "These will be sold out in the next hour! We have to buy!" They immediately buy 10+ chickens (they left like 1 or 2, haha) & leave the store right away without buying anything else to avoid "running into other customers who want chicken & get mad at us for taking so many."

They stock the freezer with chicken & go back to the store an hour later to finish shopping.

The chicken display is fully restocked again. My mom cried & hugged my dad.

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@belgianredacted Crap, did I miss seasons 2-4?!

Hunting down...

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@GaryD20Games Only hint of something off: PC can't find the gems in his purse & the dagger's missing (because they never existed, lol). Then party suspects someone in the group pickpocketed the PC & suspicians divide them. 😈

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@GaryD20Games Now party thinks key villain is dead on the word of the PC, but it was all a false memory.

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@AlitheiaKAT @AtkinsonChip @IndianaBrunner Can you expound?

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@AlitheiaKAT @AtkinsonChip @IndianaBrunner From the beginning, I affirmed that angels/saints may have something to do with how our prayers are conveyed to God, but nowhere in scripture are we told to specifically entrust & address those prayers to saints/angels in order for them to reach God; they reach Him just fine.

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@AlitheiaKAT @AtkinsonChip @IndianaBrunner I'm not seeing an example of angels acting as intermediaries to convey man's words to God with that passage in Isaiah; it's God speaking directly to Isaiah. Did I miss something?

I talk about Rev. 8:3-4 in this post here & summarizes my argument.

https://t.co/MJYc93gkBu

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@grok , curious as to how those particular verses can be used to defend prayers to saints & angels:

1 Tim. 2:5 - states that there is one God & only one mediator between God & man: Christ. If anything, this verse alone seems to prove the Protestant stance.

Heb. 12:1 - only states that we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses in heaven who are watching & says absolutely nothing on their state of mind or desires. Although we can likely assume they're thinking positively about the church still on earth, Paul doesn't use this moment to describe how these witnesses actively help us but immediately pivoted to simply using their existence & past examples as inspiration for those on earth to follow & gives no hint about what those additional tasks the witnesses have other than, you know... witnessing.

Matt. 25:21 - probably the best scriptural text that could be used to defend the idea of saints receiving additional responsibilities in heaven, but scripture is practically silent on what those responsibilities will be: could it be prayers for the church on earth? Maybe. Or it may be additional responsibilities after the final judgement in the New Jerusalem after Satan's cast in the lake of fire & the whole of the church is united in heaven, we simply don't know.

It seems that when it comes to prayers offered to God, Scripture demonstrates:
1) prayers are only ever offered directly to God with no other intermediary asides from Christ;
2) before Revelation, the only prayers described as "incense before God" were prayers made directly to God w/ no intermediary;
3) the saints & angels may have something to do with how our prayers are conveyed to God, but the specific details (i.e. have these roles ALWAYS been active throughout the life of the church, or do they only kick in during the End Times John's describing? Do prayers need to be addressed to the saints & angels in order for them to be able to present them to God as described in Revelation, or can prayers just be addressed to God?) are nowhere expounded on in Scripture.

My assessment, at least, seems to be that prayers to the saints & angels is pure Tradition with a capital "T" & not really a doctrine expounded on or supported in Scripture. If anything, it seems easier to use Scripture to attack the concept of saint/angel intercessory prayer vs support it.

What's your assessment of my conclusion?

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@datmanpc @wanruochenhun Go back to the previous 8 pages linked under his post.

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@AlitheiaKAT @AtkinsonChip @IndianaBrunner It makes sense for God to speak to man via intermediaries (i.e. it's a lot easier to "be not afraid" in front of a created being vs the Creator), but what purpose would an omniscient God need for angels to report back to Him?

Every prayer in the Psalms is directed to God, no?

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@grok , curious as to how those particular verses can be used to defend prayers to saints & angels:

1 Tim. 2:5 - states that there is one God & only one mediator between God & man: Christ. If anything, this verse alone seems to prove the Protestant stance.

Heb. 12:1 - only states that we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses in heaven who are watching & says absolutely nothing on their state of mind or desires. Although we can likely assume they're thinking positively about the church still on earth, Paul doesn't use this moment to describe how these witnesses actively help us but immediately pivoted to simply using their existence & past examples as inspiration for those on earth to follow & gives no hint about what those additional tasks the witnesses have other than, you know... witnessing.

Matt. 25:21 - probably the best scriptural text that could be used to defend the idea of saints receiving additional responsibilities in heaven, but scripture is practically silent on what those responsibilities will be: could it be prayers for the church on earth? Maybe. Or it may be additional responsibilities after the final judgement in the New Jerusalem after Satan's cast in the lake of fire & the whole of the church is united in heaven, we simply don't know.

It seems that when it comes to prayers offered to God, Scripture demonstrates:
1) prayers are only ever offered directly to God with no other intermediary asides from Christ;
2) before Revelation, the only prayers described as "incense before God" were prayers made directly to God w/ no intermediary;
3) the saints & angels may have something to do with how our prayers are conveyed to God, but the specific details (i.e. have these roles ALWAYS been active throughout the life of the church, or do they only kick in during the End Times John's describing? Do prayers need to be addressed to the saints & angels in order for them to be able to present them to God as described in Revelation, or can prayers just be addressed to God?) are nowhere expounded on in Scripture.

My assessment, at least, seems to be that prayers to the saints & angels is pure Tradition with a capital "T" & not really a doctrine expounded on or supported in Scripture. If anything, it seems easier to use Scripture to attack the concept of saint/angel intercessory prayer vs support it.

What's your assessment of my conclusion?

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@ssgcommo @Noelle_198 Video said simply covering it won't have much effect; fire several shots & the whole barrels hot.

The video's hypothesis at the end: the barrel sometimes gives off a very high-pitched metallic ringing sound after firing that hurts your ears, & touching it can quell the noise.

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@feed2backfile @Plz_Relax_ And then due to the rushed job, GoT last season bombed so bad that Disney pulled their offer away, lol. 😅

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@TFergusonsStach @Plz_Relax_ A wall is much easier to defend then being in an open field.

The Mongols were horrifically competent army vs army & managed to take all of Asia when meeting foes on the battlefield but got stymied by European castles.

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@Alexand53487973 @adayasmr I'm saying her parents are killed by the end of season 6 for Malfoid joining Harry.

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@Alexand53487973 @adayasmr In this one, her parents are likely dead, so now she's an orphan like Harry. At least, that's how I imagine it.

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@spadaken @DodgerWing Knows? She's part of the team. How else was a stay-at-home mom able to take out Voldemort's top lieutenant in a duel?

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@southevropa I think you mean "purity" culture, not "Puritan" culture.

The Puritans were a very randy bunch within marriage. 😅

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@galleddrim @adayasmr Even better: have her parents sacrifice themselves for Dracaena somehow, which gives her a matching parental-sacrificial-love protection charm that Lily gave Harry. This makes their final showdown with together against Voldemort make even more sense.

[Sailor Dave @hellznobro]

@galleddrim @adayasmr It depends on which direction you go:
1) Voldemort kills off Malfoid's parents;
2) The Malfoys publically disown & disinherit Dracaena & fully support Voldemort & fight alongside him.

I think either approach works, but Dracaena being orphaned by Voldemort matches Harry's exp.