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... and more projection. Who said I was being defensive? You responded to a point I never made, assuming it was about my own desires, and still try to flip the script on it. I agree entirely that sincerely seeking God's will offers many solutions. The trouble is that when you want to present...

No shades of gray? Is it a sin to own a fast car? Is it a sin to have a big house? Is it a sin to go to the gym and work out? The answer to all those questions is fuzzy. In and of itself it isn't a sin to have a big house and a fast car, and go to the gym regularly. But any of those things can...

Did I say anything about our desires? You're throwing up strawmen. Try what Paul said about meat offered to idols, or what James said about knowing what we should do and not doing it. Alternatively feel free to quote chapter and verse for every one of the assertions you're making.

I think this is the kind of situation where there are very few absolutes. It's easy to draw a line and say that a Christian shouldn't be watching porn movies. It's easy to draw a line and say that it's good to watch a sermon presenting God's word rightly divided. In between is a world of gray...

I wish I had the slightest idea what this thread was supposed to be about.

Rocky trails are more likely to be treacherous when they are slippery. I keep thinking of walking as being on paved surfaces where the biggest issue is avoiding stepping in puddles.

If the rain isn't too heavy a waterproof is handy. It's not much fun exercising in heavy rain though... Curiously my legs don't hate me today. My suggested workout is a 30 minute recovery run so I might just do that and then walk the rest of my loop. It will be interesting to see if I can...

Musk might not be elected but I don't remember anyone voting for Tony Fauci either. Anyone unelected can be troublesome when the people have no way of removing them from office, although the freedom to remove anyone from office is of little value when people on both sides simply vote a straight...

It's a tricky balancing act. Where the government is concerned, the government is supposed to serve the people. If government departments cost a lot of money and achieve very little it's entirely appropriate to shrink or dismantle them. The question is how to measure what the department is...

Interesting - I was going to post again to ponder whether Eve's chest was covered. It's easy to assume that what happened in a Bible story aligns with our western norms, when that may not be the case.

I tried a new pair of shoes for running today. I bought two pairs - the intention was that one pair would be my new running shoes and the other would be my go-to casual sneakers. One pair is identical to my existing running shoes, the other is a new pair that I haven't used before. I figured if...

There's no way of knowing - the text doesn't tell us. As you say some cultures don't regard the female breast as being sexual, and in those cultures women don't cover their tops. Small children often run around with no clothes on at all - to them no part of their body is sexual. My friend's...

My suggested workout today is sprint repeats. I hope the rain holds off enough that I have any desire to do sprint repeats, it's been several days since I did anything particularly intense.

Very true. As Metallica wrote in their song "Holier than thou": Before you judge me take a look at you Can't you find something better to do? Point the finger, slow to understand Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand

What does that have to do with Texas and Gaza?

Got some light running in and a lot of walking. Lots of gloomy weather which isn't great for running, not least because I overheat in anything waterproof. But I can walk, so I still get steps in.

I'm more concerned about how often they get it wrong, although there is a certain irony when the modern day profits "prophets" seem to make so much, well, profit.

No personal experience but some years ago a friend of mine visited one. He said the treatments hurt, sometimes a lot, but they helped him a lot.

I don't often fall for them because I'm on high alert on April 1. I did have to double-take some years ago at a newspaper headline showing Queen Elizabeth going into a betting shop. There's a reason Royal Ascot got its name, but I didn't expect to see her going into a betting shop to place bets...

I took another walk yesterday. Nothing particularly fast but it felt warm and muggy, and I got home sweatier than I got after running in the cooler weather we've had more recently.