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truthloveliberty 1 point ago +1 / -0

I think you’re mistaken.

Import tariffs are a big part of the Trump agenda.

We could do it if we cut spending back to Constitutional limits.

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truthloveliberty 18 points ago +18 / -0

This blew my mind:

Over 30,000 active duty personnel and veterans who served in the military after 9/11 have died by suicide – compared to the 7,057 service members killed in combat in those same 20 years, according to research published in 2021.

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truthloveliberty 2 points ago +2 / -0

Phill and Oprah had a very public falling out over a decade ago.

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truthloveliberty 1 point ago +1 / -0

Of course, “our Father who art in Heaven” was the True God during the Old Testament (and for all eternity) as He was in the New Testament.

If the OT scribes didn’t really know Him, how could their written religion be accurate? Might they have at times, at least, been confused by the “god of light” and the “god of this world”?

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truthloveliberty 1 point ago +1 / -0

The key to understanding the Bible as a Christian is to start with Christ (and all the NT teachings) and use that as the lens to understand the rest.

The OT is cited because this was the historical narrative that God used to reveal Himself through Christ.

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truthloveliberty 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yes. Jesus called the god the Pharisees worshipped the “father of lies” — but they kept the law.

You might want to realize the Old and New are two different books.

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truthloveliberty 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yes, full of prophecies about the Messiah.

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truthloveliberty 1 point ago +1 / -0

The OT prescribed external cleansing by Law.

The NT requires us to be clean on the inside by Grace.

These are two different religions, but Christ was born through the lineage and history of the OT.

The god of the OT loves the smell of burning flesh and the shedding of blood — the OT god requires sacrifice, as debt is always the result of legalism. The OT god only accepts blood and death. The OT god tried to make a deal with Jesus by offering him the kingdoms (legalist institutions) of earth.

Humanity was held in bondage by legalism (this is what we chose and the deal we made in the Garden at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, law)— we were held ransom by the god of this world. Hostages. The only hope for redemption was a sufficient payment. This is why Christ came, to pay the ransom. Not to His Father, but to the counterfeit “god of light.”

Our Father is Love and Grace. This has always been His character. He never delighted in the spilling of innocent blood or burning flesh. The evil done to His son on the cross did not satisfy His anger or make Him happy.

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truthloveliberty 1 point ago +1 / -0

Hebrews 8:13 says “ By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.”

The Law is Love. This is how Jesus recast things when asked what is the greatest command.

Exhortations are not the same as Laws.

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truthloveliberty 5 points ago +5 / -0

New Testament values are grace and love.

Judaic values rest on legalism.

The whole New Testament is about the antidote to legalism, found in Jesus.

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truthloveliberty 1 point ago +1 / -0

Don’t expect regular people to write like the media professionals. They write that way to appear intellectual and above it all. I’m more inclined to believe regular peoples’ testimonies.

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