Samuel I. Contreras

Jesus saves • theo & arts

[Samuel I. Contreras @ssamisai]

The best part of the fantastic four movie is the odyssey trailer

[Samuel I. Contreras @ssamisai]

@paulthomasloan Once again, I kindly request for a kid’s coloring book version of this

[Liam @LegoRacers2]

This and some PDFs

[Chris Kugler @chrisryankugler]

Again and again NT Christology simply presupposes that Jesus is divine and the principal point is, rather, that he has become the first full human being, the telos toward which Gen. 1–2 was always pointing.

[lavitalenta @lavitalenta]

It is Sunday. Let us seize the means of relaxation.

[Laila Mickelwait @LailaMickelwait]

Over 100 women were trafficked in California by Michael Pratt and his accomplices, all of whom have been criminally convicted. Pratt entered into a profit-sharing partnership with P*rnhub to monetize and exploit the trauma of these women.

P*rnhub’s executives were fully aware that these women were victims, yet they allowed their abuse to remain on the site for years.

The channel profiting from their trafficking amassed over 780,000 subscribers and the videos garnered over 600 million views, making it one of the most popular on the site.

The evidence of P*rnhub’s knowing complicity was overwhelming. In December 2023, its parent company was criminally charged for intentionally profiting from the abuse of these victims.

However, instead of facing full criminal prosecution, the company was offered a “Deferred Prosecution Agreement.” This deal allowed them to avoid trial by paying a settlement of $1.8 million and agreeing to a three-year monitoring period by a government-approved attorney.

This was a miscarriage of justice.

Will the new U.S. Department of Justice finally hold P*rnhub and its owners fully accountable for monetizing and globally distributing the rape and trafficking of countless victims—including children—who have been exploited for profit since 2007?

I sincerely hope so.

#Traffickinghub

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

On #HolocaustMemorialDay survivors of the Nazis genocide are sending message to the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza for over 479 days:

[Samuel I. Contreras @ssamisai]

@paulthomasloan hey professor sloan, i hope this message finds you well. Am i doing this right?

[Nancy Pearcey @NancyRPearcey]

The self-contradiction in any materialist worldview:

Marvin Minsky of MIT is best known for his punchy phrase that the human brain is nothing but “a three-pound computer made of meat.”

Computers have no free will, so the implication is, neither do we.

Yet, he says, we cannot live with such a reductionist view. He writes: “No matter that the physical world provides no room for freedom of will; that concept is essential to our models of the mental realm."

We cannot "ever give it up."

Thus "We're virtually forced to maintain that belief, even though we know it's false" --false, that is, according to his materialist worldview.

This is a serious case of cognitive dissonance.
When a concept (like free will) keeps bubbling up
inescapably, irresistibly, unavoidably — even in the mind of someone whose worldview tells them “it’s false”— that means they are bumping against the truths of the created order, of general revelation.

Free will constitutes evidence that humans were created by a person Being, who has the capacity to think, act, and choose. They were not simply cast up by blind, material forces.

As Paul writes in Romans 1, the created order gives evidence of God's existence--including human nature.

(from Finding Truth)

[Michael Ruiz @sovmindset]

People will criticize @nayibbukele and his handling of the gangs because they claim its a human rights violation.

They say there is no due process for them.

As libertarian leaning I sympathize with this view although I don't hold it.

Here's why:

The gangs essentially operated as a parallel government. A vicious one and rogue one. They set unofficial policy for the people, and the people had no recourse. For decades the gangs were able to operate without being subjugated to traditional law enforcement and judicial processes.

It was basically like being ruled over by barbarians. And terror was how they operated.

So who's human rights are being violated in this situation?

The answer is all the people of El Salvador.

Don't they have a right to determine their internal policies?

Don't they have a right to determine its governance structure and live in peace and harmony?

If there's any reason for a government to exist in the first place it is to protect the rights of its citizens. Rights that were being constantly violated on a daily basis by a rogue gang government.

So in this case, I see it as a war.

And when there's a war the rules of engagement are different. Civil procedures take a back seat to survival.

Once I framed it in that context it made more sense.

While I appreciate the concern that the critics have to Bukele's approach, I think they fail to fully capture the dire circumstances that necessitated extreme measures.

The threat posed by the gangs required an equally robust response to restore order and ensure the rights for all Salvadorans.

As a libertarian-leaning observer, I recognize the importance of individual rights and due process but also understand that the primary function of a government is to protect the rights of its citizens.

The battle with the gangs was simply the El Salvadorian people reclaiming their sovereignty from a rogue government that had no interest leaving in peace and harmony.