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  1. tango

    Did you know God can grant wishes?

    God can grant wishes, we call them prayers. Sometimes God grants them and sometimes he doesn't. It's not like some cosmic vending machine where you put in the prayers, pull the lever, and call 1-800-BAD-PRAY if you don't get what you asked for though, whatever the kooks in the word of faith...
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    At what point do you decide to visit a new church?

    It can, but if it's someone's only "church" then they aren't really gathering with other believers or engaging in fellowship. It has a lot of potential to turn a commitment to a community into little more than another consumer product.
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    It's an advantage to moving a lot, although it can be dangerous through the winter when the sugary treats are in full abundance and reasons to not go out and exercise abound. Yesterday my wife and I went for a walk in the woods. We did a little over six miles over rolling hills. Now the snow...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    I seem to be in better shape than most people my age. I won't complain too loudly about it, although it does take work. My voracious appetite for pretty much anything with sugar in it doesn't help though.
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    At what point do you decide to visit a new church?

    Streaming is all well and good but the person sitting at home streaming is never really part of the church community. It's a way to sample what a church offers before visiting but beyond that feels like a poor substitute to actually attending church.
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    I needed about 5 miles of running today to complete a challenge, so I ran a 10k to make sure I got the steps I needed. Not a hugely fast 10k, but enough to work up a bit of a sweat.
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    I got some running in the last couple of days. I've found if I run my full 5 mile route I don't get enough steps, so often I run 4 miles and walk the last mile and a bit, which gets me close enough to 10,000 that it's easy enough to fill in the gap. It's surprising how much work my core muscles...
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    Do Christians need struggle to grow?

    I don't know that struggle is necessary for growth but certainly a lot of growth can come through struggles.
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    At what point do you decide to visit a new church?

    If you're talking about visiting a new church in the context of looking for a new church home, i.e. leaving my existing church, it would take quite a lot to get me to do that. If the nature of the church has changed to the point I don't believe that I or my family are being fed I'd look to move...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    Nothing really noteworthy, although I got something of a workout in addition to walking and running. A friend nearby had a large tree cut down, and I'm on the lookout for wood for my lathe. So I hauled a load of wood back to my garage. Then the following morning I went back with my chainsaw and...
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    Novel arguments for God's existence.

    A multi-page wall of words is great but it kinda shuts down discussion, not to mention being totally irrelevant to the topic of whether persuading an AI bot of anything is a useful achievement.
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    Did you know that in the bible it is ok to put a curse on someone?Sometimes?:(

    Serious question, do you know the difference between what God does and what magic is?
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    Did you know that in the bible it is ok to put a curse on someone?Sometimes?:(

    This isn't "a magical procedure", it's an Old Testament method for determining innocence or guilt So what's the deal with your postings? You've shifted from an obsession with unexpected nudity to seemingly ongoing attempts to blur Christianity and occultism.
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    Mary’s Perpetual Virginity

    Matt 1:24-25 NKJV Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus. (emphasis mine) I'd say this makes it pretty clear that Joseph and Mary...
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    Beef Wellington

    I had a derivative called a Welshman's Wellington some years ago. The same idea but with lamb instead of beef. It was delicious, I'd certainly eat it again. I'd take a beef wellington too.
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    Novel arguments for God's existence.

    Issues relating to abiogenesis etc are strong arguments for the existence of some external influence being applied. That stands regardless of whether someone uses AI to pull data and manages to trick a model into admitting something.
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    USA State of the Union Address?

    One question is how much truth there is to the assertion that "no license is required" When I arrived in the US my foreign license was valid for a year. It made for some interesting potential situations when I went to take my local driving test because among the documents I needed to provide...
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    Novel arguments for God's existence.

    Respectfully, when AI insists there are two R's in the word strawberry it can be hard to take anything relating to AI all that seriously. If it's coded to shift towards agreement that's what it will do, and if it shifts right back to its previous programming it's hard to be impressed that it...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    Pretty much all of my casual shoes are New Balance. I recalculated my time for yesterday's run and it turns out I matched my PB to the second. Which is frustrating, because I lost a couple of seconds waiting to cross the road in one place and had to take a short walk break at the top of a hill...
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    How will God explain this to the saved creation?

    Coming in late to this, I'm not sure how I missed it first time around. One of the tests that is apparently very good at indicating whether a child will become successful in life is remarkably simple. A class of children is given a piece of candy each and told they have a choice. They can eat...
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