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God does not control you. You weren't created to sin and he does not cause you to sin. Just because he knows what you will does not remove your choice or responsibility. *We* were not created to sin? Why then is a newborn full of sin? Ron? What a helter-skelter are you and your sort trying to sell here? With or w/o alcohol (or drugs, you name it) - it's everybody's choice what to do with its own life - no unknown, imaginary power is out there to control/or not control us. We are born, we will die one day and that's it. If you neeed your imaginary friend, so what - do it. If it helps .... dudeist skydiver # 3105

Perhaps he attempted to address the paradox, but he certainly failed to resolve it. It's honestly what made it make sense to me. I don't see the paradox. Seriously. Jay, No one here begrudges your beliefs. Why not take a different tack? The truth is that you read the bible and you also read many scholarly works by theologians who are doing their best to make sense of the bible. Why not simply tell us that those readings resonate with you on a very deep and spiritual level. And that's that. The thing is that you claim evidence and proof and so on. When you are pressed nothing materializes. Why not just say that you have no proof or evidence that would satisfy a secularist and that you were mistaken to make the claim? Then tell us that the truth arena that we play in is different from yours and that you hope us the best. I say this because the more you argue ineffectively the less I believe you have no doubts. This Easter morning I reflect back to 16 Mar 1981 when I was stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I realized that I was lost and dying. The Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “Why don't you try Jesus? You have tried everything else.” I surrendered and ask Jesus to come into my heart and take control of my life. At that moment I felt the power of the love of God flow over me from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet. I saw memory visions of every time in my life where I denied Christ, cursed God and ridiculed His word. As each memory came into my foreground perception the voice of the Lord said, “I forgive you.” My life and my mind became transformed. I became a new creature in Christ. I was born again. Two years later, 26 Mar 1983, I said to myself that I had to stop drinking alcohol. I had no control to quit as soon as I consumed the first beer. I humbled myself before the Lord and asked Him for help. The first part of April He transformed my thinking patterns once again. He reprogrammed my mind by rearranging all of my memory bytes. I received a new operating system and I was delivered from the desire to use all mood altering substances. God by the Holy Spirit through Jesus the Christ has sustained me these past thirty-seven and thirty-five years respectively. My only desire is to share the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Him crucified for your sins. As per your above report, you were a drinker (when god spoke to you) and continued drinking alcohol for the next 2 years. Then, you decided to stop. Congrats, that needs willpower. dudeist skydiver # 3105

Nope. We're saying the same thing. No. You both do not. From your post No. 230: "You weren’t created to be a sinner. You’re a sinner because you choose to sin." Ron claimed, we all are born sinners, means even a newborn is a sinner. I think it's appropriate to just call Christian belief a bunch of weasel words - that's what old people use to do when the end is coming closer, years can be counted on one hand - so: flight forward. If it helps .... why not?? It is my understanding that we are born with a sin nature because of original sin. A child is considered innocent until they reach the age of accountability. That is, when the child can discern two options the tendency is to choose in favor of egocentric reward and not to choose spiritual relationship with God. The latter decision is sin. That's what you posted last autumn. Now your understanding is ...".. child considered innocent until they reach the age of accountability". Man, what will be your next understanding ? Seems, your explanations are quite ... let's call it: adaptive ? dudeist skydiver # 3105

That doesn't answer the question. OK then - how many real lies do you think you've told in your life which actualy resulted in hurting another person? Just answer in figure/s .... ? dudeist skydiver # 3105

Nope. We're saying the same thing. No. You both do not. From your post No. 230: "You weren’t created to be a sinner. You’re a sinner because you choose to sin." Ron claimed, we all are born sinners, means even a newborn is a sinner. I think it's appropriate to just call Christian belief a bunch of weasel words - that's what old people use to do when the end is coming closer, years can be counted on one hand - so: flight forward. If it helps .... why not?? dudeist skydiver # 3105

Congrats to AFF! Calden is a well reputated professional place where I started years ago - and in the beginning of my career, I f*cked up royally there even they tried their best Are you going to work on your German license? As we do not have differentiation like A- etc. licenses .... Anyhow, don't look for danger, look for safe skydiving - good luck dudeist skydiver # 3105

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/donald-trump-profitiert-selbst-am-meisten-von-strafzoellen-a-1197216.html How happy they look, those hard working steel workers - smiling from cheek to cheek ... oh wait: That's mr. trump, showing his propaganda *smile* while generously giving away gifts dudeist skydiver # 3105

You do not really understand what being an American means. An enemy is anyone who attempts to impose his will on me, my family or my community in such a manner as to make me feel threatened. Why do YOU get to define what being an American means?? You were born into it. Some of us had to WORK to become an American. Do you know where Ron's ancestors came from? His family name does not really sound *American* Perhaps his beloved president's and his own ancestors met somewhere in the middle of their way to the new world .... dudeist skydiver # 3105

Nice example Just a wild guess: I think that 20 yrs ago, nearly nobody from today's European mainland would have enjoyed a dinner in Belfast. Nowadays, bad news come across the pond quicker and easier than ever (round trip) - thus, influencing the opinions of alien visitors much more. Especially as so many Americans insist on their 2nd amendment even it's killing the weakest of society. Not to forget all those bullet filled (age old) western movies and the newer series such like NCIS (I loved that black good looking dude Morgan) .... the US is a country full of weapons, be careful people! That's marching order. The US in *our* view is a country riddled with guns. That's buried in the back of the head. (Same refers to American view that Germans still are being Nazi - now you have your own racist in power). Just to know how many US citizens are walking around being armed (CCW) is inconceivable to me. I'll never forget what Bill Cole (RIP) told me when years ago we were walking to a photo shop in a small town somewhere near Toronto: We're the Swiss of North America, that's why you feel comfortable. (JFI: I disagreed with most of his opinions but, had to agree to that statement). He was right. dudeist skydiver # 3105

Oh for goodness sakes. I live and worked (I am now retired) in Chicago - in the city itself, not the 'burbs. Chicago is regularly (and falsely) claimed by the gun lobby as being exceptionally dangerous and having the toughest gun laws.** I walk the streets in my neighborhood, and downtown, without ever giving a thought to being shot. So do my former colleagues and my neighbors. ** On a per capita basis, Chicago doesn't even make the top 25 of dangerous cities in the USA, and since 2014 it hasn't had the toughest gun laws either. Maybe, never saw Chicago. But, that does not change my personal feeling regarding the US vs Canada. I suppose you are not living in critical areas of Chicago, right? It's much more the way I have been treated as a *stranger*: In Canada, even at the border with all necessary formalities, they were polite, open and friendly. As soon as I entered the border to US, I was met with unfriendly harsh commands, had to wait for hours w/o beeing informed why, and that nearly every time I crossed the border from Canada into the US (to my surprise: Not when coming into the US directly from Europe, that was quite easy). Undoubtedly, I feel much better in Canada. dudeist skydiver # 3105

Where in the world today is this concept working? I can only think of China, maybe. However, I do not think the people have the power. Is it working in Canada? I have very little knowledge regarding life in Canada. All I know is that Canadians come to America to satisfy their needs, wants and desires. That is my opinion based on my experiences living in FL. I think you even once mentioned that you are a truck driver in America to earn a living. Seems, you have no knowledge at all about the world outside the US. And about liberalism. And even less ideas about China. What could be the *needs, wants and desires* motivating the Canadians to come to the US? Perhaps the thriving porn industry in the US, blooming like crazy? I'm in Canada at least twice a year and sometimes, love to go to NY or LA during these trips for few days. But, there is always such a huge difference between Canada and the US - already starting when crossing the border. I'm feeling home in Canada but, never in the US. I'm walking the streets in Toronto or elsewhere in Canada like I'm doing at home - careful but, not much expecting to be shot behind every corner like in the US Still wondering what you think the Canadians are looking for in the US .... (OK, beaches and such) Every time I'm reading your posts I'm wondering how on earth you managed to come to a certain conclusion - admitting always that you are living behind/in the mountains, so to say outside a normal contact with the world outside. OK, there is TV (Fox) and the internet but, still .... No, you definitely know nothing (or forgot) about the world. Your posts are a good laughingstock BTW: What makes you think you should post about the job others - f. e. Canadians - are doing for a living? dudeist skydiver # 3105

A shithole is a place where people strap pieces of foam, seat cushions from old Desotos, plywood, and tree limbs together with bailing wire and hemp rope to risk death and escape with their families to that other shithole 90 miles to the north. These are folks who have had other family members murdered by their country's heros (who have their images painted on the sides of buildings and are worshipped by American leftists and anarchists), or have been sent to rot in their shithole prisons. A shithole is where a natural disaster completely and utterly decimates a country that cannot be restored because their criminal regime has stolen that country's wealth and left their people with nothing to rebuild. No infrastructure, no housing, no resources. A shithole is a place that sits over one of the richest oil reserves in the world yet doesn't have a meaningful economy and most of its population lives in fear and poverty. Another kleptocracy. A shithole is a country with a loudmouth puppet "leader" who has given over defacto control of that country to criminal cartels (including members of their federal police) who, themselves, are at war with each other, leaving the citizenry caught in the middle. It's a place where this is better than their homeland. A shithole is a country that (despite a 100% vaccination rate), causes its citizens to feel compelled to ship their children, unaccompanied, 1000 miles on top of freight trains, across hostile territory to "dreamland". Plenty of others. Those are all pretty good points. America is not a place people are desperate to get out of and a lot of other countries are. But the whole point of the issue is that Trump and friends do not think that any, or very few of these desperate people should be allowed in. Why? Because we want them to be legal immigrants, accepting personal responsibility, our language and culture and obeying our laws. Stop trying to sneak in here for the freebies promised by progressive liberals in exchange for your illegal votes. Which culture? No administrative language, English is just used as the official language (in biz). Where is evidence of the illegal votes? In your age, you should know that the US is a mixture of different cultures, languages, immigrants .... and of course the natives. Look, even your odd president is of German origin That really hurts my German heart - and I am just happy the Germans did not allow his ancestors to return to Germany!) - so, where is your so called culture? Only because you as a retiree are living amongst yourselves somewhere deep in the mountains does not mean, your lifestyle is the official one in the US. edited for typo dudeist skydiver # 3105

How does it feel to be a walking demonstration of the Pavlov response? Forgive me but, this is just too perfect a setup. How does it feel to live in a country so weak that you have a Minister of Loneliness? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/world/europe/uk-britain-loneliness.html "Weak"?? I think it needs courage to seek for help in case someone's lonely, lost, w/o job .... better to have a contact person than to drift off into drug addiction, just like the tremendous problem the US actually is suffering from. Your society seems to be much weaker. As per your above post I really doubt that you ever have been a gravely counseler for anything. dudeist skydiver # 3105

Know what??? 120 of what?? Where is this *upper room*? You claim to know what I know? What a rubbish - really, man - that's comedy dudeist skydiver # 3105

Actually, I have had several such meetings, on a reasonably regular basis. I refer to them as blessings, encounters with the Holy Spirit or more recently a Holy Instant. Life takes on a new rewarding excitement in Christ. Meetings? With whom? What did they/your meeting partners look like? Did you shake hands before starting the meetings? How does the holy spirit look like? And the holy instant ..? Was all of the above in day time? dudeist skydiver # 3105

It's quite unpleasant to permanently read your ongoing attempts to proselyte people - only based on your personal experiences decades ago when you were an..... alcoholic? addict? Something else I do not like to repeat here .... You and you alone selected that path for yourself when you decided that's the only way to go on/survive. Do you really think you will convince anyone to believe the baloney you regularly are posting? I'm quite sure you never met *god* nor *Jesus* in your sober times - perhaps it was before? Best part about your post is to learn that you are living somewhere deep in the mountains - good choice! dudeist skydiver # 3105

And that will help you.... how?? You're a quite old man (yeah I know, a PGR), do you really trust in your *reactions*? BTW: Is your god armed, too? dudeist skydiver # 3105

Like the Basque region and ETA? Current status: Inactive (since a while) dudeist skydiver # 3105

Nonsense. It's only Catalunia - a very small part of Spain. Since many years, they're trying to become independent .... just ask the long time employees at Empuriabrava DZ (Girona/Catalunia), my favorite SD place. No matter how actual *movements* will end, they will never give up ... The rest of Spain is quite relaxed. dudeist skydiver # 3105

Believe or suffer eternally? If that's your god's deal, he can stick it up his arse. I don't respond well to extortion. You have been exposed to misinformation. We all are born into sin. Sin means separation from God. Separation means upon death in the physical your spirit/soul will be lost for all eternity. God loves us and does not want us to perish for eternity. He provided a gateway through the death of Jesus the Christ to regain our relationship with Him. When we choose to accept Christ we jump onto the spiritual track to eternal life. Which sin?? All newborns are innocent, that's I've been told. Your god seems to have a weird sense of humor, providing a gateway through the death of Jesus .... I'd love to see the "chosen ones" jumping onto a spiritual track - what do you think: Will your fearless leader be amongst them? dudeist skydiver # 3105

I fully agree to your post(s), especially the very last sentence above. It's just weird to me why nobody else here in SC is using such clear descriptions of the obvious about trump - that man is giving a sh*t about the world around him. And that includes his willingness to start a nuclear war just to prove himself beeing a leader - he is not, he is just an uneducated, dangerous fat old bastard. dudeist skydiver # 3105

Having your shoulder dislocated only by reaching for deployment sounds critical to me. I doubt that working hard in a gym will solve that problem. Ask your doc! Having such a dislocation after deployment is much more frightening and very hard to handle for a beginner. My personal experience ... dudeist skydiver # 3105

You pose a good question. Tonight I was at our Wednesday night service and the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, "Instruct christelsabine to go to her local church and present her question to the pastor/minister/etc. If she does not receive an answer that gives her peace, go to another church." Not bad, that idea of your collocutor - though, a bit simple. Only problem is, our pastors don't have enough experience with something like those daily shootings in the US, weapons in the hands of so many people ... dudeist skydiver # 3105

What? Only few wounded persons, one dead attacker? That's not really American style. Nothing interesting. dudeist skydiver # 3105

Right, it doesn't mean anything. It's just a chapter of your storybook. Meanwhile, have a look at this: https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-by-the-numbers/ So, when talking again to your god, why don't you kindly ask him to stop that killing by guns? If he was in the position to create the entire world including all what's walking and crawling within few days, it should be a peace of cake for him to remove all weapons on earth within a day. Or at least making knots in the guns ... dudeist skydiver # 3105