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  1. Ballaurena

    What Are Some of the Strangest Things You've Misplaced/Places Where You Accidentally Put Them?

    I had a Costco-sized box of granola bars in my little Civic. One day I noticed they were gone. They never turned up. The best I can figure is that I maybe didn't lock my door at a friend's house and someone stole just my granola bars, but my friend lived at the end of a dead-end gravel road.
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    "Lowe’s Cuts Ties With Leftist Activist Group, Scales Back DEI Initiatives"

    In inquiry letter was sent to Lowes before outing them for promoting such things as color-biased hiring and sponsoring Pride events. Instead, Lowes beat them to the punch by announcing a withdrawal from such policies...
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    "Zuckerberg: Biden-Harris ‘Repeatedly Pressured’ Us To Censor Free Speech"

    Facebook/Meta's CEO says they resisted some, fell for it some, and are seeking to do better and stay more neutral going forward. https://www.dailywire.com/news/zuckerberg-biden-harris-repeatedly-pressured-us-to-censor-free-speech
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    Why Is Pineapple on Pizza SO Controversial?!

    I had to look up what you were talking about though I didn't want to look to close at the details once I got the general idea. You make me suddenly glad I was raised under the limitations of Old Covenant clean and unclean meat requirements since my family has visited Victoria a few times...
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    Message from a doctor. Please read this Very Usefully.

    Thanks for the tip since I live with two elderly ladies. And while the avoiding sugar is definitely integral to avoiding sickness, the water drinking tip doesn't work for me since I drink and drink when I'm sick and it doesn't dry my nose. For me, though, avoiding dairy when I'm sick is night...
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    What part of "Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters" don't you understand?

    Jesus said "Whenever two or three of you come together in my name, I am there with you" (Matt. 18:20). He made no exceptions for stinky bathrooms.
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    What part of "Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters" don't you understand?

    See to me, even the bathroom notes would be considered part of church, though I agree that online community alone isn't sufficient for a healthy spiritual walk.
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    What part of "Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters" don't you understand?

    You have some thoughtful things to say, and I agree that just giving you opinion isn't necessarily arguing (I am at this moment most certainly giving mine), though I think it can be that at times or become that. Your first comment makes me wonder, though, if the real reason "it's a bit...
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    What part of "Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters" don't you understand?

    I don't think I agree with where you are going but I'm willing to discuss. Biblically, church is the body of believers, yet Paul had guidelines for the gathering of said individuals. This website is a gathering of such people so why do you see it as different? I will preface this by noting that...
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    What part of "Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters" don't you understand?

    :) Actually, a lot of it was political too. (Big surprise.) Page after page after page last night of the "Latest activity" was arguing with each other and disrespectfulness. I wanted to engage somewhere but apart from one question about angels, I could feel in my spirit that I shouldn't dare to...
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    What part of "Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters" don't you understand?

    CC is a lot like the little girl in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem: It isn't an issue of the site designers, but of its inhabitants. I'm hoping I'm not the only one who stays largely out of most discussions on here since they are divisive and contentious. It is indeed frustrating to want to...
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    Bible verses

    That is rather vague. Can you please explain better what you mean or narrow it down somehow?
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    What are the angels?

    Angels are a different type of created being that reflect a different side of God than mankind, not dead humans. Their strengths and weaknesses are different than ours and they fulfill a different role in God's plan (per prophecy). It seems to me whether they have wings or not is related to...
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    Not sure if I ever received the Holy Spirit

    First off, it sounds like you are squarely on the path to me. Pretty standard stuff that some of us have to find our way through with God. A big part of that is coming to understand both that our feelings are not always trustworthy, and that there is an enemy who lies to us, including by...
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    Strictly Miscellaneous

    :D Yahoo! (Not the company) My computer couldn't connect to the printer and God and I fixed it. Yesterday I spent hours trying the printer tech support and the general internet till I got disillusioned with hearing the same tips repeatedly that didn't work. I asked God for help and today I...
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    teens wanting to change gender

    To speak the truth is true compassion. True gender is biological and spiritual reality determined by God. Long before one is born, God individually crafts the soul to be who they are. There are then differences in which sex hormones affect the unborn baby causing irreversible differences...
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    can you guys post something funny please?

    Reminds me that my brother-in-law may not have been a Christian when my sister met him, but he thought men had one fewer ribs than women because of the Genesis account. I hope he doesn't mind my sharing because us ladies in the family all found this endearing.
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    can you guys post something funny please?

    The fruit of my garden isn't very big so does that make it a cutecumber?