Jesus Christ is the one master that all people of all nations have served both in unity and yet have remained our own unique selves. Look across time at all the various warriors, ladies, rulers and servants that have called Jesus "lord" as proof of this reality.
Such incredible scope for unifying and preserving points to a lord who is himself both infinitely powerful and infinitely complex. Someone worth serving.
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Revelation 7:9-10 ESV)
The fatal flaw in your argument is from where and when you making it.
Your entire existence, indeed every moment of your entire country's (USA) existence, has occurred inside a sphere of Christendom created by force of men with swords, guns, and law.
You are against the use of "powerful government to replace the Holy Spirit" while only being able write those very words through the work a of powerful government and culture given to you by the Holy Spirit!
You remind me of missionarys going out to the ends of the Earth and praising God for his supernatural protection. Then forgetting to praise the physical protection from the US Navy (and British Navy before that) for making their trips even possible by ridding the seas of piracy and maintaining the peace.
My point is simple: stop separating the spiritual work of God from the physical work of God. The Holy Spirit has clearly been working out his will through atoms and through people and through politics.
I'm explicitly exhorting you, @TheMuppetPastor, to expand, defend and restore Christendom like your forefathers did.
After all, if Christians fail to impose, by force, right and wrong, it is now abundantly clear that Islam will happily dominate every human under the Sun.
It’s 37 days until Election Day.
The voter demoralization campaign is in full effect.
The fake polls are showing up almost daily.
But I will be voting.
Will you?
The biggest reason why I’m voting Republican by Tuesday, November 3rd,
is because I know that if democrats ever regain power,
they will allow millions of illegal aliens into the United States…again.
With the 2030 Census approaching, we can’t afford that risk.
I am beginning to realize we are probably a couple generations of AI shy of having an immersive video game set on Masada complete with amazing graphics and gameplay.
Theocracy, Dragon, Gabbleducks, Hooders etc. So many place to explore...
Tricones would reset the game world over time. Naturally. :-)
My dear Wormwood,
You still think in terms of churches and arguments. That is why you fail. The churches can be left standing. What must be spoiled is the literature that taught the young to love the Enemy before they could define Him.
Narnia is one of the more irritating of those books. Children meet Aslan first as adventure and only later discover they have been handling Christ. That is dangerous. Direct attack only makes the stories more precious. So we do not ban them. We adapt them.
Give the Voice to a so-called celebrated actress. Leave the mane. Leave the pronouns. Then the thing that was a male Christ-supposition becomes a prestige performance. The story remains famous; the meaning becomes negotiable. In a generation the story will still be beloved, but the beloved thing will no longer be Lewis’s Lion. It will be the version that flatters the age.
That is how the Enemies literature is destroyed without the vulgarity of a bonfire. Keep the title. Change the sound. When the children hear Aslan, let them hear the present century speaking through Him. Once that habit is formed, the Enemies stories survive as brands. Their doctrine does not.
Do not call it persecution. Call it interpretation. The patients prefer that word, and it does our work admirably.
Your affectionate uncle,
SCREWTAPE
@The_Real_PSG@SciGuySpace Once Starship is generating revenue, I predict reliability will quickly be established. Say, after about 100 successful launch and landings.
Certifying a crew cabin with life support will be happening in parallel for HLS regardless.
@Shuttle__T@SciGuySpace Adding a couple tons of Draco thrusters and propellent to Starship would fit within the "mass budget".
If they kept a narrow focus on just fulfilling Dragon's LEO role, I would be surprised if ran into any show stoppers.
I really want a SS with a proper name on it.
On répète, ça va finir par rentrer :
L’EXTREME DROITE N’EXISTE PAS
C’EST UNE CONSTRUCTION DE LA GAUCHE POUR RESTER AU POUVOIR
À reposter tous les jours :)