Oh my bad, what actually did it for me was NoScript! It just lets you look at the entire article when you have scripts disabled for The Epoch Times. Hope you get to read it!
The Bypass Paywalls extension works for me.
You can self-report your own posts to request for a sticky. Put it under the reason in 'other'. A little sneaky tip :)
You can get many custom Youtube apps which have the same features for free, my friend. Don't pay Youtube. Vanced was the app to use in the past but now you can use others such as NewPipe, SkyTube, LibreTube, etc. Try some out and see what you like.
Great post as always, sleepy dude. This lines up with my own thoughts on the situation in a more insightful way.
It is an exponential function if you express the final according to time in relation to the original, but the growth rate is not itself exponential. A matter of semantics.
Reductively, the function is f(t) = (1.03)^t - which is an exponential function.
I mean, the scripture that Christians shall be brought up to heaven in 1 Thessalonians 4 clearly exists, but I don't find any basis in scripture that tells Christians to give up without a fight before that moment comes. Quite the opposite, in fact, I would imagine. So whatever the evangelicals say about how we should give up and not fight would (or could) be a psyop, but that's why it's important to follow the Holy Spirit.
Catholic monarchies were a... well, in some regards yes. In others not so much. I don't fault you for wanting such a thing to happen again, but the fall of Constantinople did also happen on the Catholic church's watch.
I too wish that more nations of the world could uphold Christ, and, as it were, become a new 'Christendom' like the days of yore, but it is difficult. I would not really ascribe this wholly to the Catholic church itself, however, but the common beliefs of the people.
As for the relentless attacks against the Catholic church - every real church undergoes such attacks, as does every Christian who wants to pursue God. It is a fact of life. It would be great if the Catholic church could be restored, but I don't actually know any Catholics who are very passionate about this in real life, though they evidently exist (I read about and of them all the time on the internet, and Archbishop Vigano is representative of the archetype). This doesn't mean that I don't respect Catholics at all, I just think that you should get your local church excited about God before you tell people halfway across the world from you that the way they conduct their worship service and the way they pray is wrong.
At the end of the day, the only thing we can do is try to reach out to the people immediately around us. As in the parable of the talents, we are given them by God (our Heavenly Father!) and He expects us to use them. That's how churches grow - organically.
I don't understand why you are stuck on this kind of checklist-style sectarianism so much. If you have the Holy Spirit within you, you would be able to recognize the work of the Holy Spirit and the presence of God in other people.
I didn't even know what a denomination was until long after I became a Christian. I am happy to read works by Catholics and Protestants alike as long as it is evident that the writer was (is) also a follower of God. It is difficult for people to speak convincingly about spiritual matters in a way that conveys God to other people, so this is not exactly the hardest thing to do.
Why should people have to adhere to a bureaucratic system to be saved? Aren't you underestimating the power, mercy, and divinity of God?
God creates order, certainly, but we also live in a fallen world. Every church has its problems (and has had them, since the days of the apostles), and the Roman Catholic church is no exception. Sectarianism existed back then, too, in the form of the Jews scorning the Greeks and compelling them to get circumcised or they couldn't be Christians.
I read a verse lately that perfectly encapsulates my thoughts on the subject you raised. Mark 9:38-42.
Sorry to disappoint you, but I probably know more about Chinese history than I do about North American. Are you informed on the topic enough to actually discuss it?
Do you know about the immensely terrible mismanagement of the nation under the Qing dynasty? How about how they dealt with the Taiping rebellion? Or their constant paranoia about potential Han Chinese uprisings and their prevailing censorship as a result? Or perhaps their cruel and unusual literary inquisitions? You can draw many parallels between the Qing dynasty and the CCP, even though the latter hates to be compared to any imperial dynasty.
Without elaborating too much on the topic, I do think the Song dynasty was overall the kindest to its own citizenry. (Nowhere is this more accentuated than by the reign of Emperor Renzong.) Both the Song and Ming dynasties were a far cry better than the Yuan and Qing (although even the Yuan was much better than the Qing, if only for the reason that Mongols tended to assimilate more easily with their ruled peoples). The ROC regime, despite a host of issues caused by the fact that China was still in a period of typical inter-dynastic chaos, would have grown into a far more benevolent regime because the mindset of its leaders were far more standard in terms of their alignment with traditional Chinese culture. (Chinese politics and philosophy is in itself a complex topic, but...)
No, I mean the Chinese people who are brainwashed into hating Taiwan or wanting to invade it, hahaha. But people like that generally create enmity wherever they go, and are brainwashed in hating America as well.
Notwithstanding any modern-day geopolitical views / conflicts, the bonds of Sinoese culture are actually quite strong. I'm not sure where your perspective on the views of Taiwanese people comes from but I know quite a few; one used to be my landlord, another my hairdresser, and I used to work for one as well. I haven't sensed any ill-will toward any mainlanders in their interactions with them, nor do I see any widespread examples of such on the internet.
To be honest, my personal read of the situation is that the good guys might be trying to bait Xi into invading Taiwan. That could be the catalyst in causing the current regime's collapse and allowing the country to turn a new leaf. To add to this, the deals that China has made with Russia recently are economically quite unfavorable for China. If war breaks out, that additional burden would only help the situation.
Also rather than saying people in Taiwan dislike people in China, it may be more accurate to say that people in Taiwan dislike the regime of the mainland. I've met many Taiwanese IRL and on the internet and I couldn't say that they disliked people from China as a rule, just possibly those that are brainwashed.
Your telegram channel has some interesting decodes but I am not sure that your read of Xi's role is entirely correct.
He's certainly different from CCP, but he is far from a benevolent ruler in the vein of Lee Kuan-yew (formerly of Singapore... although his sons are running it into the ground right now), or even his neighbor Putin (who, while not everyone would call him benevolent, at least has the best interests of Russia and its people in mind).
Putin is friendly to Christians. Xi is not. Putin does not commit widespread atrocities against his ruled people. Xi, even if he does not perpetrate it himself, tacitly allows it. Putin does not impose draconian censorship upon his own people; Xi does.
The people of Taiwan are distinct from the people of the mainland. They share some things in common culturally, but there is also much that has diverged. I am not sure that it would be a good idea for them to recombine at present... especially considering the example of Hong Kong. Yes, you could say that reneging on Hong Kong's independence was a blow to the deep state, but does that justify the terrible things that the city and its people have been subjected to as a result? Hong Kong is being run into the ground right now, because the CCP wants to build up Hainan to replace it as a nexus of commerce. (It is unlikely they will succeed, IMHO.) In contrast, Putin has treated the people of Crimea and eastern Ukraine very well, and in some sense of the word given them their independence.
What is your explanation of these differences?
As a result, I would certainly hope that Xi is taken out right after the CCP is. In my heart of hearts I believe that the greatest thing to happen to China would be its full embrace of Christianity, which has been suppressed there for far too long by various regimes. I do not think that would be possible under Xi.
Hear, hear. The negative miasma got too heavy for me and something felt wrong, so I found this place instead.
A lot of people like to get on your back, and I can't say you do a perfect job, but I think you guys do a pretty good job and your heart is in the right place. Don't let the occasional mistake get you down and keep doing what you're doing.
Putin's speech yesterday mentions it in passing, I believe. You can find the transcript on the Kremlin website.
Haha, fair enough. That I agree with.
Well, I just feel like understanding the fuller picture would make it both easier to comprehend and easier to answer other people's questions about it. There are good explanations with NASA, e.g. money laundering, intelligence ops, more ordinary space-related stuff, etc. but I can't say the same for the bioweapon labs just yet. Do they grow bacteria, or try to figure out alternative ways to create disease, or what? That's what I'm curious about.
I am a bit on the fence about this because I lack the knowledge for it myself. I've watched some videos with Dr. Cowan and he seems reasonably eloquent and knowledgeable, but if viruses aren't real, what are the researchers in biolabs doing? I am genuinely interested in the answer. (Growing bacteria?) That's the hurdle I'd like to get over because the basic premises are completely understandable and sensible.
This is a pretty great meme but I think leaving out the "Libs" part makes it more powerful. Anyone who looks at this will know if they're being called out or not, no need to state the obvious. :)
You'd be surprised actually. Plenty of 4chan users are no better than normies when it comes to alleged 'conspiracies'.
You guys need to watch the video lol, he was joking
But I don't think it makes very much sense for it to be Egyptian. Especially since it would have been a New Testament thing, and the NT writers were far from the type to shy away from abolishing custom.
This type of false attribution happens a lot even in the modern day. Fake etymologies for words are invented all the time simply because they 'seem' to be right. If you believe the answer was invented, sure. I doubt your belief holds much water, however, since it lacks much corroboration at all.
It's Amon-Ra, by the way.
I don't think that this is the case. Amen appears to be a Hebrew word.
https://files.catbox.moe/44kd7r.mp4
The second 'image' is actually the video. If you click on it, it will play. Weird but true. Archived above.
could you let me know where you heard this info? not that I necessarily doubt the veracity, I just want to tell some friends. it can be "some thread on /pol/" or similar.