keepuphope Loc: Idaho

No worries, just letting you get to know me better 😉

microphor Loc: Home is TN

If I wanted advice from a hater and a liar I know where to find you, but I don't
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Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

You have a remarkable way of displaying your ignorance, TJ.
You deflected from substance to commit an ad hominem, and getting even that wrong.
You chastise me for misspelling a word believing you have refuted the meat of my post.

Ad Nauseam / *Ad Nauseum

"Nausea" is the Latin word for feeling sick or queasy (Greek is "nausia")

Ad nauseam is an adverb meaning “to a sickening degree.”
All they needed to do is add an "m" to the word "nausea".

English, Etymology, Latin, Noun
Argumentum ad Nauseam
The false proof of a statement by prolonged repetition.

Argumentum ad Nauseam is usually not used literally to refer to sickness or nausea but instead means that something is going on and on, or being repeated over and over, until it becomes annoying or boring (until you’re sick of it). Though people often misspell it “ad nauseum,” the only correct spelling is AD NAUSEAM.

Big Kahuna

And Amen and amen.

Ronald Hatt Loc: Lansing, Mich

"If...anyone"...could mix, all the demo'rat minds, at this venue into one seething mass, of Political stupidity: That's where this TJKMO, would come from!

"A child is born", of a combination of political losers, & mind numbed Kool-aid drinkers, from the *septic tank of demo'rat residents!

"Voila!" Now comes *TJKMO, "a somewhat skewed, blend of ignorance, & faulty logic...[ So typical of Libretard thinking!]

{Translation of this acronym}: "THIS JERK KNOWS MOSTLY OVERABUNDANCE"....[ of pure stupidity]

"This guy", must most assuredly be a blood relative of our favorite "PITHECANTHROPUS" President!

*Bath House Barry...Homo, from Chicago! **The Treasonous kenyan, that brought us "FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE"!

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

Good morning Tex, another day in paradise.

I'd like to share with you some of my understanding regarding Augustanian theology on original sin adopted by the West and Calvin's "Tulip" wherein we find total depravity even today.

In the Orthodox view, guilt can only result from an act which one has committed. We can't sin for another person. We believe that we need a savior to overcome death and our separation from God, to be forgiven our own transgressions, but not to be forgiven for Adam's transgression. With regard to original sin, the difference between Orthodox Christianity and the West may be outlined as follows:

In the Orthodox Faith, the term “original sin” refers to the “first” sin of Adam and Eve. As a result of this sin, humanity bears the “consequences” of sin, the chief of which is death. Here the word “original” may be seen as synonymous with “first.” Hence, the “original sin” refers to the “first sin."

In the West, humanity likewise bears the “consequences” of the “original sin” of Adam and Eve, Death. However, the West also understands that humanity is likewise “guilty” of the sin of Adam and Eve, the condition into which humanity is born, a condition in which guilt as well as consequence is involved.

In the Orthodox Christian understanding, while humanity does bear the consequences of the original, or first, sin which is death, humanity does not bear the personal guilt associated with this sin. Adam and Eve are guilty of their willful action; we bear the consequences, chief of which again is death.

One might look at all of this in a completely different light. Imagine, if you will, that one of your close relatives was a mass murderer. He committed many serious crimes for which he was found guilty—and perhaps even admitted his guilt publicly. You, as his or her son or brother or cousin, may very well bear the consequences of his action—people may shy away from you or say, “Watch out for him—he comes from a family of mass murderers.” Your name may be tainted, or you may face some other forms of discrimination as a consequence of your relative’s sin. You, however, are not personally guilty of his or her sin.

Since Orthodox never accepted the idea of original sin from Adam that resulted in total hereditary depravity, the idea that humans are so fallen that they cannot choose to follow God in and of themselves, they have to be called by God, is also rejected. The difference in viewing the fall of humanity results in a very different view of salvation, which to the Orthodox is a life-long continuous process. In western protestantism salvation is a one time event. Salvation to the Orthodox is more like what some protestant denominations call sanctification. Sanctification is the Holy Spirit's work of making us holy over time.

I was both baptised and raised in traditional Western Augustanian understanding of original sin. It is still my initial "muscle memory" go to place when thinking about it yet I now accept ancient Orthodox theology & understanding, it makes more sense to me. How can anyone look upon a baby and see a creature totally depraved?

Then comes the issue of Baptism. What does baptism actually accomplish? Does it not free us from death? Does it not make us a child of God by adoption? Does it not establish a covenant relationship with God in much the same way a Jewish boy child was circumcised on the 8th day after his birth and thereby established a covenant relationship with God? Baptism mean being born again, our old man being crucified with Christ that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. In baptism we rise up a new person into the life of Christ. Orthodox baptism of a baby includes anointing the child with chrismation which bestows the Holy Spirit.

BTW - When Jesus was baptised it wasn't that Jesus needed baptism. Baptism needed Jesus.

Well holy moly, did I get carried away so early, before breakfast too. Anyhow, I thought only to share some older non- Augustanian understandings with you. Augustine also later rejected his thoughts on total depravity as I recall.

I'm off to get a haircut later today. Am I happy that I didn't inherit any of Samson's genes. I might not be able to make it home if I did. 🤣

Pax my brother.

Ronald Hatt Loc: Lansing, Mich

{Biden....is a Moil!} he will "circumcise, even those that do not have any reproductive organs"! Who are those

people you say?....[ Those would be LBGTQ]...this "circumcision", can only be performed "Mentally"...as one would

expect, because their 'sexuality", is on the end of their tongue!

while their sexuality "is in the place, they were born with"...These sexually confused "things", must vocally

expound on their, biological confusion, to all they meet! Therefore: circumsize, them at the "neck"...just below

the Chinney, chin, chin!

*Complete instructions for same: available at the corner Butcher shop! [ Moil,or NO, Moil]!

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

🤣🤣🤣 I'm going to find me a dark quiet place and hide. They're everywhere. I figure we can circumcised the Trans with an old fashioned, fastened to the wall, pencil sharpener. I'm inclined to believe you'd volunteer to turn the handle. 🙄🤫

Ronald Hatt Loc: Lansing, Mich

"IM....YOUR HUCKELBERRY!".....

Pencil sharpener is the "Old fashioned", method....*Up-to-Date, method: hand grenade! [ You only need one...to do a whole group]! [ I'm Still....Your Huckelberry!]

EmilyD

Now THERE's an image!!! 😳😬🤓😂

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padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

I'm in hiding 😇

lindynduff1

So you knowI have talked here about the danger of the EDC’s in the endocrine system and how they have a bad effect on the cells that control reproduction. Today a new piece of info that the Y chromosome is being degraded. Since the Y chromosome distinguishes whether the embryo is male or female. Now I know that professors and scientists are not welcome here but if you care, this is in the most recent issue of Salon.

Ronald Hatt Loc: Lansing, Mich

EmilyD....[ Tsk, Tsk....you should be ashamed!] "Pornography", in this venue? [ or is it Justice?]