Let’s get real here.

DaveO276 comments on Sep 22, 2020:

It is nice to know RBG occasionally made rulings I think I would have agreed with! Unfortunately, though, her career was clearly full of activist judicial overreach to the benefit of the left.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 22, 2020:

As the old saying goes, "Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while."

Portland Bans Police Using Facial-Recognition Technology [truepundit.com]

DaveO276 comments on Sep 22, 2020:

Well, I love the idea of giving law enforcement personnel tools that will help them catch criminals and enforce the law... At the same time, you don't want to start down a road that has a CCP-style surveillance state at the other end... Governments (especially leftist ones) are terrible at putting ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 22, 2020:

Good point!

Teen Who Robbed Gun Store Was Released, Went On To Murder Walgreens Clerk [truepundit.com]

DaveO276 comments on Sep 22, 2020:

> Williams was released from police custody, but ordered to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet. In August, the gun shop owner told CBS 2, Williams allegedly violated the conditions of his electronic monitoring agreement. Yet for some reason, the court ordered the bracelet be removed and the Cook...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 22, 2020:

I live in central Illinois, just about a 2-hour drive south/southwest of Chicago, and we often refer to Cook County, where Chicago is, as "Crook County." You've just seen another reason why.

We all know Biden is not competent - protestations to the contrary notwithstanding What would ...

Edgework comments on Sep 21, 2020:

It’s elder abuse. After watching him at Constitution Hall today, I’m not sure he’ll survive till the election. I think competency is the kind of condition that advertises itself. If one party is willing to put on this charade, giving them another federal bureaucracy to manipulate isn’t ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 21, 2020:

@iThink An interesting possibility. I'm intrigued to see if it turns out that way.

Christians, do you think the Christians in US are praying together about November unrest?

lawrenceblair comments on Sep 21, 2020:

It will happen. Do I think large Christian groups are massed in prayer about this? No. For one thing I am not sure the whole thing is not being allowed by God as a judgment, a wakeup call to the careless, sleeping church. A total collapse of all the comforts we have unfortunately become too used to ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 21, 2020:

A reading of Romans 1 leads me to believe that our country has been under the judgment of God for some time now.

And the mainstream republicans still can not help but show their true socialist colors.

DaveO276 comments on Sep 21, 2020:

> “Please follow your conscience,” Biden said in a speech in Philadelphia. “Don't vote to confirm anyone nominated under the circumstances President Trump and Senator McConnell have created. 1. Trump and McConnell did not create the circumstances - they did not kill RBG 2. Joe, senators ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 21, 2020:

Then there is the fact that each of the senators took an oath to adhere to and uphold the Constitution, which pretty clearly states what is supposed to happen in this situation. "He [the President] shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law." (Article 2. Section 2) There you have it. the President "shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ... judges of the Supreme Court." There is nothing there about either the President or the senate having to follow any particular time table with respect to anything, including elections. The notion that there should be some extra-Constitutional "rule" they should have to follow is ridiculous.

Nancy Pelosi is not ruling out a second round of impeachment to block SCOTUS pick- ...

TimTuolomne comments on Sep 20, 2020:

Bring it. Record numbers of Democrat voters are ashamed of their party already.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 20, 2020:

Right. I think I recall the Democrats poll numbers dropping and the President's poll numbers rising during the last impeachment.

White the FBI is bleating about the threat of 'White Supremacy', BLM terrorists continue to murder.

timon_phocas comments on Sep 20, 2020:

This judgement is based on the massacres perpetrated by white racist nuts at synagogues, in the WalMart massacre in El Paso, in the New Zealand mosques and the Norway massacre. These are widely separated and uncoordinated acts by scattered online sociopaths. But they've killed scores of people....

KeithThroop replies on Sep 20, 2020:

Excellent assessment.

Daily in Christ by Neil T.

timon_phocas comments on Sep 20, 2020:

We will need Him as Rock and Deliverer in the next few months. We need to cling to Him as the world dissolves into chaos. God give us strength.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 20, 2020:

Amen!

Joe Biden CAUGHT Spreading The SAME LIE That RUINED His 1988 Presidential Election! Joe Is A PHONY! ...

KeithThroop comments on Sep 19, 2020:

It is unbelievable to me that this guy kept winning a senate seat and then became vice president.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 19, 2020:

@iThink Um... I was using hyperbole.

Ted Cruz says U.S. Senate should confirm a new Supreme Court justice | The Texas Tribune

KeithThroop comments on Sep 19, 2020:

To be fair, the circumstances in 2016 were not quite what they are now, but I agree it looks bad on the surface.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 19, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay It seems to me that we are at an impasse and that I'm simply going to be repeating myself. We simply have very different understandings of the role of the Supreme Court as envisioned in the Constitution. I see good purpose in furthering the discussion. As always, I wish you well.

Ted Cruz says U.S. Senate should confirm a new Supreme Court justice | The Texas Tribune

KeithThroop comments on Sep 19, 2020:

To be fair, the circumstances in 2016 were not quite what they are now, but I agree it looks bad on the surface.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 19, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay You've made four arguments there, so I will briefly respond to each. 1) I can't agree. They can decide not to take a case. 2) Something should have forced them not to do what they did, namely the Constitution, which leaves making laws to the legislative branch, not to the judicial branch. Hence, my reference to their having legislated from the bench. 3) The bare fact that something is an important issue to the American public does not require the Supreme Court to make a judgment. But this misses the point I was making anyway, which is that there was majority opinion on each of the cases mentioned at the time that they were decided, a majority opinion, by the way, which would certainly have been held by the framers of the Constitution. Anyway, this is why liberals at the time could not get the laws passed that they wanted. They couldn't get a legislative majority to do it, and it is not the job of the Supreme Court to side with the minority, over-ruling the majority in such cases and over-ruling the legislative branch as well, even if the Court had been unanimous in their decisions (which they weren't) and especially if the Constitution itself does not address the issue directly. 4) Your final argument actually works in my favor I think, since the will of the people was actually over-ruled by the courts in these cases. After all, if the will of the people had been so in favor of these things, then there would have been majorities in both houses of Congress willing to pass laws in favor of them, along with a President willing to sign them. But this is really beside the point because the Constitution really is what dictates what the Court is supposed to do, and the only way to change that is to get a super majority of American citizens to change it by way of amendment. This is the way things are supposed to work. Oh, and you mistakenly referred to 12 people on the bench, but the Supreme Court presently has only 9 justices. Well, technically 8 with the death of Ginsburg, but there should be 9.

Ted Cruz says U.S. Senate should confirm a new Supreme Court justice | The Texas Tribune

KeithThroop comments on Sep 19, 2020:

To be fair, the circumstances in 2016 were not quite what they are now, but I agree it looks bad on the surface.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 19, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay I disagree. I think the Supreme Court Justices often look ahead when making their rulings, anticipating what will come of them. But, in any case, when issues are brought before them, it is their obligation to follow the Constitution when deciding what cases to take or when ruling on a case. And, when there has been no law passed, especially when dealing with an issue about which the framers and the majority of the population at the time are clear in their positions, they should not take it upon themselves to decide the issue for everyone else. I'm sure you know that the classic cases in this regard are Roe v. Wade and Obergefell v. Hodges, the one making abortion legal and the other making gay marriage legal. Nothing forced the Supreme Court Justices to do what they did in these cases. They didn't have to insert themselves into these cultural battles over morality and legislate from the bench laws that liberals weren't able to get passed in the Congress. And, by the way, the Legislature didn't fail in these instances. It refused to make certain new laws, thus leaving old ones in place. That is not failure; it is the active decision to go one way rather than another. But now we know what would happen if they went back and passed laws to enforce what their original intent was -- the Supreme Court would strike them down based on their own prior, fraudulent ruling. As I said before, to my mind such failure on the part of the Supreme Court to do its job properly is even more egregious because there is no direct electoral accountability. A majority of the Justices sitting on the bench when such decisions were made have simply forced their own will on the whole population, and they dramatically overstepped their bounds in doing so.

Ted Cruz says U.S. Senate should confirm a new Supreme Court justice | The Texas Tribune

KeithThroop comments on Sep 19, 2020:

To be fair, the circumstances in 2016 were not quite what they are now, but I agree it looks bad on the surface.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 19, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Or, if the judicial branch did its job properly, then perhaps the other branches would be forced to do theirs rather than lay it off on the Court. At any rate, the issue is what the Constitution says that each branch ought to do, and the Supreme Court should not just say, "Well, we think the other branches aren't passing the laws we want, so we will just do it ourselves by legislating from the bench." In fact, it is an even more egregious thing when they fail to do their job properly in this way, because they don't face the same electoral accountability. To be sure, justices can be impeached, but that is not an easy thing to do. I'm not advocating that the Supreme Court Justices ought to be directly elected, by the way, but only that the nature of their lifetime appointments makes it even more serious when they abuse the power they have been given. But, again, I suppose how one views this issue depends upon one's judicial philosophy.

Obama Suggests Delay of Ginsburg Replacement Until After Election

DaveO276 comments on Sep 19, 2020:

> The former president argued that Republicans should be consistent about their approach, “not based on what’s convenient or advantageous in the moment.” Democrats always do what's convenient and advantageous in the moment to satisfy their own power-hunger, and these days they collude with ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 19, 2020:

I couldn't agree more, my friend.

Ted Cruz says U.S. Senate should confirm a new Supreme Court justice | The Texas Tribune

KeithThroop comments on Sep 19, 2020:

To be fair, the circumstances in 2016 were not quite what they are now, but I agree it looks bad on the surface.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 19, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Well, many think that SCOTUS isn't exactly working well either because of what they view as unconstitutional legislating from the bench (and I would agree with them). So I guess one's assessment of how well SCOTUS is working depends on one's judicial philosophy. As far as the Senate's actions, it seems to me that the only thing we should really judge them by at the end of the day is what the Constitution requires. So, for example, when the Democrat led Senate changed the long-held rules about filibustering in order to push through judicial appointments (although except for Supreme Court appointments), I thought it looked like they were playing dirty at the time, but I could offer no valid objection because they were in complete accord with the Constitution. I'm in the same situation now, since the Republicans have done the same thing with Supreme Court appointments, although that has led to decisions I prefer rather than decisions I detest.

The Pandemic Hotline [youtube.com]

saramarylop3z comments on Sep 18, 2020:

Love!😂 Did you see his "how to be a news anchor" one? I so love his style lol

KeithThroop replies on Sep 19, 2020:

No, I didn't see that one. I'll check it out.

As If the Stakes Weren't High Enough "Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the enigmatic, longtime Supreme Court ...

timon_phocas comments on Sep 18, 2020:

Almost every projection of the election says it will end up in the Supreme Court. This gives us the opportunity to tilt the Court in a firmly conservative direction just in time for those messy battles.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 19, 2020:

I'm hoping that will happen, but I'm not holding my breath.

“A rule that cannot be bent will surely be broken.

maxmaccc comments on Sep 18, 2020:

Sometimes, the only way to change a rule, is by breaking it.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 18, 2020:

@Krunoslav Oh, sorry. It is the Environmental Protection Agency here in America, through which President Obama so over-regulated businesses, especially in the energy sector, that we lost a lot of jobs. President Trump removed many of the regulations, and now we are energy-independent.

“A rule that cannot be bent will surely be broken.

maxmaccc comments on Sep 18, 2020:

Sometimes, the only way to change a rule, is by breaking it.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 18, 2020:

@maxmaccc @Krunoslav Would over-regulation by the EPA be a good example?

2016 black vote for Trump, I am going to call it 5%.

BlackoutNJ comments on Sep 18, 2020:

I think he will get around 20 percent or more. He's changed a lot of hearts and minds.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 18, 2020:

@Lightman Me too.

Takes BOLD Action to Fight Leftist Indoctrination in America's Schools [youtube.

lenouveaureve comments on Sep 17, 2020:

Some conservatives released their own curriculum in response to the 1619 Project called [1776 Unites](http://1776unites.com/). "1776 Unites maintains a special focus on voices in the black community who celebrate black excellence, reject victimhood culture, and showcase the millions of black ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 18, 2020:

I really like 1776 unites. :)

Takes BOLD Action to Fight Leftist Indoctrination in America's Schools [youtube.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

See also: https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/17/trump-claims-schools-indoctrinate-leftist-agenda/

KeithThroop replies on Sep 18, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay We have managed to have a long history of academic freedom while teaching an accurate understanding of our Constitution and its historical background, and no one's voice was ever stifled because of it. As I implied in my previous comment, it was getting away from that approach that has led to the very problems we've been encountering. Also, no one has said here that there should only be "government sanctioned scholars" teaching history, as though the government would decide who gets to teach. Selecting a diverse group of scholars for a presidential commission, scholars who share the same convictions about the importance of our Constitution and the principles contained in it, does not mean choosing only people from the right, for example. A government commission typically only advises anyway. I would guess that federal funding would be at stake though. But, frankly, I don't think universities should get federal funding in the first place. When it comes to precollege education, there are school boards across the country that would decide what is taught, and I would think at the very least that they would be expected to teach both sides of an issue instead of only one. But we have no idea what will really happen yet anyway. We will have to wait and see. I only know what I hope will happen. As for your statement that "there is no lack of conservative universities and conservative scholars and liberal universities and liberal scholars," I would take some exception to that. To be sure, there are quite a few conservative universities out there, but almost all of them are private -- and expensive -- whereas many other private universities, as well as virtually all the state universities (which receive state and federal funds), have become almost completely liberal, and even far left (especially the humanities). So there really isn't as level a playing field as you seem to think. You also suggest that there shouldn't be any government interference, but I'm wondering where you've been if you think that this hasn't already been happening. Do you really think that the Obama Administration, for example, wasn't pushing a particular agenda through the Department of Education? As I see it, the Trump Administration is simply attempting to undo the previous administration's meddling (as well as that of a few other administrations, perhaps). At any rate, the announcement of a commission to look into what is happening and to seek to stop the indoctrination of students in a system of thinking that runs counter to our Constitution and the principles upon which our nation is founded is not a great danger to our country; it is an attempt to remove the danger. By the way, our nation actually requires people who want to become citizens to study civics and ...

Takes BOLD Action to Fight Leftist Indoctrination in America's Schools [youtube.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

See also: https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/17/trump-claims-schools-indoctrinate-leftist-agenda/

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Actually the first amendment States that, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The amendment itself thus contains "government sanctioned beliefs," such as the belief in freedom of religion and the belief in freedom of speech and the belief in freedom of association, etc. But what has been happening in our education system more and more actually goes against these beliefs and actually results in the stifling of, for example, freedom of speech (think of the kind of political correctness that has men like Jordan Peterson or Sam Harris up in arms). It also has more and more sought to undermine the very principles embedded in the Constitution, either explicitly stating or necessarily implying that they all stem from such impure sources as "white privilege." The President has taken an oath, however, to uphold the Constitution -- not dissimilar from the oath I myself took when serving in the U.S. military -- which requires him to try to correct that problem without demanding that anyone agree with his own particular political views, only that the principles upon which we stake our existence as a nation be taught correctly and fairly. This also just happens to require a proper understanding of the historical background of our founding document, and it also just happens to be quite "patriotic." Now, some may not like this approach, but it has pretty much been our approach in teaching history and civics from the foundation of our nation, and there is nothing wrong with getting back to it. To be sure, there have been some negative things about our history that were sometimes glossed over in the past, but these things have been corrected along the way by scholars from various points of view, and I believe we can trust that such correction, where necessary, will continue ... well, at least they will continue if we can manage to find our footing once again upon the bedrock principles upon which our nation stands.

Takes BOLD Action to Fight Leftist Indoctrination in America's Schools [youtube.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

See also: https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/17/trump-claims-schools-indoctrinate-leftist-agenda/

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Such a commission would not likely be made up of any politicians, but rather of historians and educators committed to getting the historical facts right in the curriculum. And, if it's like presidential commissions from the past, it would also most likely be made up of scholars who are both Democrat and Republican, liberal and conservative, but who all agree that the focus shouldn't be on ideological indoctrination so much as historical accuracy. To be sure, nothing is going to be perfect, but it could at least correct the Left leaning focus of much that is currently out there. Now, I of course have no real idea what will actually happen, only what I would expect would be the typical approach, but I could be totally wrong. As I said above, I guess we'll find out.

Takes BOLD Action to Fight Leftist Indoctrination in America's Schools [youtube.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

See also: https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/17/trump-claims-schools-indoctrinate-leftist-agenda/

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@DaveO276 I suspect that any bipartisan commission would be made up of both Democrats and Republicans who agree, for example, that the 1619 Project is not historically correct. The president certainly wouldn't want anyone on the commission that doesn't agree with what it is supposed to be doing. At any rate, I was not advocating any particular approach. I was just saying how Presidential Commissions usually tend do things, at so far as I know.

BAH HAHAHAHA HAHA! [sott.net]

DaveO276 comments on Sep 17, 2020:

I get that this was horrible optics for Kamala Harris, but boycotting the restaurant, which was not contacted in advance? Seriously?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

Right. I'm glad these people are against Harris, but they shouldn't boycott the restaurant for something that wasn't the owner's fault. I'm guessing they may have announced the boycott before they found out that the owner had no idea the Harris was coming. Hopefully they have since found out and realized the mistake.

Takes BOLD Action to Fight Leftist Indoctrination in America's Schools [youtube.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

See also: https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/17/trump-claims-schools-indoctrinate-leftist-agenda/

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@iThink I didn't suggest that it would be exclusionary.

Takes BOLD Action to Fight Leftist Indoctrination in America's Schools [youtube.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

See also: https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/17/trump-claims-schools-indoctrinate-leftist-agenda/

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Usually these commissions are bipartisan. But I guess we'll find out.

Takes BOLD Action to Fight Leftist Indoctrination in America's Schools [youtube.

TheMiddleWay comments on Sep 17, 2020:

I heard bold rhetoric and grandstanding. But I didn't hear any "action" being presented.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

Me either. I don't think he gave us enough of the speech in that video. That's why I added another link in the comments. I should have mentioned it in the post now that I think about it.

Ronald Reagan vs Rioters and the Left [youtube.

DaveO276 comments on Sep 17, 2020:

President Trump's spiritual predecessor... If only Trump could speak like him... Almost no Democrat would have a hope of winning a 2020 race!

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

I think you're right on both counts.

Over 500 Christians Massacred by Islamic Extremists in Ethiopia This Summer ⋆ Activist Mommy

DaveO276 comments on Sep 17, 2020:

These Christians are more deserving of asylum than some who get it! Give asylum to those who want to escape extremism - not those who want to bring it with them!

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

Amen!!

"Socrates told us, "the unexamined life is not worth living.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

I think it takes great humility to remain teachable while also able to arrive at settled convictions about important matters. The latter does not rule out the former, although it creates parameters within which learning takes place.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@Krunoslav "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." - Twain, Mark LOL! I've actually quoted that to my son when he was in high school.

"Socrates told us, "the unexamined life is not worth living.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

I think it takes great humility to remain teachable while also able to arrive at settled convictions about important matters. The latter does not rule out the former, although it creates parameters within which learning takes place.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@Krunoslav "If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead." Gelett Burgess I think this depends upon the particular type of major opinion and the type of knowledge involved. For example, there are some principles that are so foundational as to be so beyond question that they are a necessary part of one's noetic structure. The laws of logic, for example, would be among such principles. Or belief in other minds. Or, for the Christian such as myself, belief in God would be among such principles.

RedState: Pastor John MacArthur has been laboring at Grace Community Church for over fifty years.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

I pray that it won't get to the point where John has to go to jail, but if he does, it will be due to his having done the right thing, and it will be one of the most egregious injustices I've witnessed as an American citizen.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@timon_phocas Yes! Excellent and encouraging reminders. :)

Who will be the power behind the throne?

Edgework comments on Sep 17, 2020:

Obama

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

Hmm... Strikes me that I should have thought of that option. Now that you've said it, it sounds sort of obvious.

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

I don't think I understand that quote. Feel free to enlighten me.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@Krunoslav Very interesting and helpful approach. I see much wisdom and practical value in it, especially as I think back on what has typically led me to read certain books and not others. It has actually often been that I saw a person's writing quoted somewhere and was intrigued to find out more. It never dawned on me to develop a sort of system of learning as you have. It sort of reminds me of Peter Lombard's Four Books of Sentences for teaching theology, only you focus on quotes that have more brevity on many more topics. Thanks for the advice. :)

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

I don't think I understand that quote. Feel free to enlighten me.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@Krunoslav By the way, I have appreciated the way your minds works. I've seen many posts and comments from you, and you have an impressive intellect.

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 17, 2020:

I don't think I understand that quote. Feel free to enlighten me.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@Krunoslav Yes, that was a very helpful perspective. It sounds like you might know the actual context of the quote, which I had never heard before. If not, it clearly got you thinking in some pretty deep and profound ways, which, I suppose, is what a good quote ought to do. Maybe that's why you like them so much? :)

No, the sexualization of kids in "Cuties" is not feminist [youtube.com]

TheMiddleWay comments on Sep 16, 2020:

Over half of the states in the USA have no minimum age at which a child can get married and thus be sexual. So why is a film showing behavior that would be legal in over half the US states a problem? Let's get a federal mandate on a legal age of marriage of 18+ and THEN get back to talking about...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 16, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Thank you for that clarification. I would just say that I think that what happened in the movie is not just "pretend." The girls really were doing those things on film. They may not have actually been having intercourse or have actually been masturbating, but what they were doing was bad enough to cause alarm. At any rate, I agree with you that the marriage laws that allow minors to marry need to be changed.

No, the sexualization of kids in "Cuties" is not feminist [youtube.com]

TheMiddleWay comments on Sep 16, 2020:

Over half of the states in the USA have no minimum age at which a child can get married and thus be sexual. So why is a film showing behavior that would be legal in over half the US states a problem? Let's get a federal mandate on a legal age of marriage of 18+ and THEN get back to talking about...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 16, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Yuo said: "Let's get a federal mandate on a legal age of marriage of 18+ and THEN get back to talking about this movies. Otherwise, this criticism falls on deaf ears as it doesn't apply to half the US states." So, you are basically saying that you don't care if young girls are sexualized and essentially abused in some case if it is allowed in others? That concern for them will "fall on deaf ears," apparently because its being wrongly allowed in some cases makes it alright in all cases? Is this your point of view?

More than two-thirds of American students have no idea that six-million Jews were put to death in ...

73jazzbass comments on Sep 16, 2020:

That’s sad for sure, but I’m sure even more students are unaware of the atrocities that Stalin and Mao committed in the 20th Century. The death tolls were much much higher. Of course, the hard left doesn’t want to teach the students that the hard left is a dangerous ideology

KeithThroop replies on Sep 16, 2020:

Right on.

Not only is this commercial just plain stupid, it pushes the idea of over self indulgence being a ...

KeithThroop comments on Sep 16, 2020:

Wow! A defense of being totally selfish as somehow good for everyone else? These people are insane.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 16, 2020:

@KCSantiago Exactly!

Joe Biden Gaffes Collection [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 16, 2020:

Part of me wants to laugh uproariously. Comedians made careers parodying politicians making mistakes like this. But it's real in this campaign. Part of me is appalled. I'm watching a man humiliate himself beyond remedy. Who are the heartless people allowing him, encouraging him to destroy ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 16, 2020:

Well said!

Okay, we know that the greatest minds ever were total eccentrics, and we worship them all day and ...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 16, 2020:

It is possible to be a crazy, eccentric, genius asshole... That probably describes a lot of geniuses. It's sad that so many of them seem unable to use their ingenuity to figure out how to be more likable. I'm not going to feel obliged to like someone just because I happen to benefit from their ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 16, 2020:

Native intelligence also does not necessarily equate with wisdom and more than with likableness.

Trump calls for jailing flag burners. [twitter.com]

DaveO276 comments on Sep 15, 2020:

In what world is it okay to burn the very thing that citizens are supposed to pledge their allegiance to? Wouldn't that be sedition?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 15, 2020:

The Supreme Court has considered flag burning legal under the first amendment, but I think that is a bad decision personally. I think it should be held as an exception, but I don't see it changing.

Calling crime what it is is not racist .

SpikeTalon comments on Sep 14, 2020:

You're right about that, resist the PC culture and continue saying things as they are regardless if the far-left has a fit over such.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 15, 2020:

Right on! And keep using the proper pronouns.

I am very concerned that if Durham indicts a bunch of the people we have been hoping get indicted, ...

iThink comments on Sep 15, 2020:

I'm not very worried about it because I don't think Durham/Barr have the balls to indict any high profile high ranking people...they'll get a few drones but no queen.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 15, 2020:

I sure wish I could disagree with you, but I have the sneaking suspicion that you are right.

The current air quality of Portland, OR vs. Boston from Fallout 4.

Krunoslav comments on Sep 15, 2020:

What I really like about this, is that this is not placed in climate change group but in anti communism group. Kudos.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 15, 2020:

Great point!

When the church ruled.

Krunoslav comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Pales in comparison to mass murder on industrial scale of the "enlightened" lefty religions that replaced it. Natzism and Communism. Which unlike the church didn't offer anything constructive or comforting to people. Only obedience and fear. But you know, why bother with little details like that. ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 15, 2020:

Not to mention that there is little valid comparison between the medieval Roman Catholic Church and the churches in America today.

OH!!!!! God Bless this man and watch over him! He is talking truth to those who lie for a living.

TheMiddleWay comments on Sep 15, 2020:

If he has to pretext it with "this is not a threat"... ... it's most likely a threat. And all because he doesn't want to wear pants... I mean shoes... I mean shirt... sorry, I mean a mask.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 15, 2020:

I agree, It was a threat, a serious threat. But I think his point was that he and other citizens like him want their businesses to be opened so that they feed their families, and he wanted to stop the pain he saw around him that led to some of his veteran friends committing suicide. If you think it was "all because he didn't want to wear ... a mask," then I don't think you were listening.

“The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.” - Anthony Robbins

KeithThroop comments on Sep 15, 2020:

As a Christian, I believe that life is about relationships -- a person's relationship with God and with other people is all that really matters in the end. This is reflected in what Jesus identified as the two greatest commandments, love God and love your neighbor.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 15, 2020:

@Krunoslav Well, I am certain that, when Jesus said "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself'" (Matt. 22:37-39 NKJ), He was referring exclusively to YHWH (typically pronounced Yahweh these days, but the exact pronunciation is unknown). He alone would have been regarded by Jesus as the one true God to whom our love should be given. And this is the God to whom I refer as well. As for the failures of professing Christians in the past to live out these commandments, I would say that it was probably a combination of factors. First, as you have surmised, taking the Crusades as an example, I would say that the vast majority of them were not true believers, although a few may have been and may have been duped into it. But I would also point out that we have no evidence that the vast majority of professing Christians in those days -- as opposed to those who took part in the Crusades -- actually agreed with the Crusades in the first place. After all, a pretty small minority of professing Christians in Europe at the time actually supported or took part in them. Those who did take part violated the clear teaching of Jesus and His Apostles. But I suspect the Crusades were as much about money and power as anything else.

THEY’RE COMING.

DaveO276 comments on Sep 15, 2020:

An armed group openly working for a Marxist revolution could realistically be considered a mortal enemy of the people and of the republic, and therefore a legitimate military target. It is congress that has the power to declare war, but the president has the power to respond to an enemy who fires ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 15, 2020:

There is an Insurrection Act that allows the president to use military forces to put down an insurrection. I suspect that President Trump may well invoke it if he is re-elected, and I think he should. When you have groups like Antifa and BLM actively chanting "death to America" and openly stating that they want to destroy our political system, then "insurrection" certainly seems to describe them pretty well. President Trump has already said that he is considering it. See here, for example: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/28/trump-consider-invoking-insurrection-law-after-dem/

very rough draft ive put down in a rush to do so before it had completely vanished from my ...

GaryWitt comments on Sep 14, 2020:

I dunno. There’s a lot to unpack here, and I don’t think I can do a thorough job. But let me say this. We never heard of communism prior to the mid-19th century when Marx and Engels started promoting it. But it was brutally implemented by Lenin and his mob in1917. We didn’t hear about ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 15, 2020:

I recall hearing Dinesh D'Souza explain fascism as a socialist movement that saw what was happening in Russia and chose a slightly different way to implement the socialist agenda. Mussolini decided it would work better if the government did not take over all industry directly but instead allowed private ownership of industry which the government would coerce and control. Of course, he had to use force as a dictator to accomplish this. So, fascism was born as a sort of hybrid version of socialism. Then Hitler liked what Mussolini was doing and decided to copy it, except that Hitler was also much more focused on wedding it to his views about the supposed superiority of what he called the "Aryan race." Anyway, D'Souza's talk sounded like a pretty good synopsis to me.

Australia Runs Out of Rice as Police Invade Farmers Market Protest - YouTube

Lightman comments on Sep 15, 2020:

1. We haven't run out of rice. 2. A few disgruntled in Vic protesting is par for the course.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 15, 2020:

Thanks for the clarification.

“The adventure of life is to learn.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Here is a quote I prefer a bit better: > Q. 1. What is the chief end of man? > > A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. The Westminster Shorter Catechism https://www.apuritansmind.com/westminster-standards/shorter-catechism/

KeithThroop replies on Sep 14, 2020:

@Krunoslav Well, most Christians believe that the sabbath law -- which is one of the ten commandments -- is no longer applicable either. Also, we do not simply ignore the other laws but rather treat them as case law that may be instructive in the application of certain moral principles or in demonstrating what our moral point of view should be. So, to take one interesting example, when the Apostle Paul speaks of paying pastors for their work, he cites Deut. 25:4, as well as the words of Jesus as recorded in Luke 10:7: 1 Timothy 5:18 For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain," and, "The laborer is worthy of his wages." (1 Tim. NKJ) Notice that Paul assumes a moral principle underlying God's care for oxen and assumes that, if God cares that oxen should be able to eat of the grain as they do their treading work, then does He not also care that pastors should be able to be paid for their work. So, even in an apparently trivial law, at least to most people, Paul saw a moral principle that ought to be applied. This is why Christians have historically paid a great deal of attention the entirety of the Old Testament and its teachings. It may not apply to us in the same way as it had applied to the people of Israel, but it does apply as God's word to us as well. I hope this helps to clarify things further. I appreciate that you want to understand our point of view even if you may not share it. :)

“The adventure of life is to learn.

KeithThroop comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Here is a quote I prefer a bit better: > Q. 1. What is the chief end of man? > > A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. The Westminster Shorter Catechism https://www.apuritansmind.com/westminster-standards/shorter-catechism/

KeithThroop replies on Sep 14, 2020:

@Krunoslav Jesus claimed to come as the fulfillment of the law, and His Apostles after Him explained this more fully, demonstrating that the Old Testament law pointed to the coming Messiah, who was Jesus, and found fulfillment in Him. The Old Testament sacrificial system and laws foreshadowed His sacrifice on the cross for our sins, so they have been abrogated, having only been temporary in the first place. The same is true of the civil law code that was binding for Israel. It was abrogated when God's purpose for Israel as the chosen nation through whom the Messiah was to come had been fulfilled. The kingdom of God is no longer manifested through an earthy kingdom but is instead a spiritual kingdom made up of people from every tribe and tongue and nation. The moral principles undergirding the law, however, remain binding because they are universal. So, for example, murder, bearing false witness, adultery, etc. are still wrong even if we are not obligated to strictly follow the Mosaic case law in dealing with them. Anyway, that is a very basic explanation of the Christian point of view.

Genesis Chapter 22 King James Version 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did ...

KeithThroop comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Hebrews 11:17-19 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,” 19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 14, 2020:

@NathanPumphrey Right. My citation of Hebrews was just to give the added perspective that Abraham knew that, even if he had slain Isaac, God would have raised him from the dead in order to keep His promise to him.

WOKE WARRIORS/WORRIERS.

DaveO276 comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Isn't modernism basically the idea that there is a one-size-fits-all way of seeing the world and that all truth can be deduced through science and reason, which everyone should subscribe to, resulting in identical opinions and understandings across the board? Then those who had different ways of ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 13, 2020:

@DaveO276 Your point reminded me of a similar point made by William Lane Craig, who has argued in answer to the question "Do We Live in a Post-Modern Society?" that: "I’m convinced that Western culture, as the stepchild of the Enlightenment, remains at heart deeply modernist and so must be addressed as such. This is not to say, of course, that there aren’t powerful currents of post-modernism flowing in our culture. Post-modernism is entrenched in the university subculture in departments of literature, women’s studies, and, significantly, religious studies. But with respect to our culture at large these radicals are relatively isolated—indeed, even within the university as a whole they are a minority. I’m proud that my field philosophy has stoutly resisted the encroachment of post-modernism. Most people don’t for a minute think that there are no objective standards of truth, rationality, and logic. As I said in the article, a post-modern culture is an impossibility; it would be utterly unlivable. Nobody is a post-modernist when it comes to reading the labels on a medicine bottle versus a box of rat poison. (If you’ve got a headache, you better believe that texts have objective meaning!)" https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/do-we-live-in-a-post-modern-society/

SHOCK STUDY Shows GEN Z 18-Year-Olds Are as CONSERVATIVE as 40-Year-Olds!!! [youtube.

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Keep dreaming.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 13, 2020:

Right now it does seem a bit like wishful thinking to me. I guess we'll see.

MacArthur Plans to Defy Recent Court Ruling this Sunday ‘We’re going to have Church’ ...

KeithThroop comments on Sep 12, 2020:

As a pastor myself -- albeit in Illinois rather than California -- I've been following this story with great interest. I agree with the stance this church has taken, and I am hoping that the courts will get around to following the Constitution on this issue.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 12, 2020:

@lawrenceblair You may well be right.

These days I find myself questioning just about everything...

Krunoslav comments on Sep 12, 2020:

With proper usage of memes, you can disprove gravity. Just saying. Memes play on emotion and often lack context. This makes them fun and easily digestible, but hardly an a complete information source on serous matters. So if you are going to question everything, start with that.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 12, 2020:

Well said!

UN-ilever issues apology statement after running a racist commercial hair care campaign in South ...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 12, 2020:

I see other articles have reported violent riots have broken out over this... I also saw some of the "offending" images. I agree the ad was insensitive and they should have done it differently. A better way would have been to use the same model for both before and after shots. They could even do...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 12, 2020:

Great points, as always.

I have been listening to the media all day going on about what happened 19 years ago today!!! It ...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 11, 2020:

Don't forget - in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 there were already plenty of people trying to undermine that unity with allegations of "racism" and "Islamahobia" and those efforts have proven to have had some degree of effectiveness. It is definitely worse now, but the decline was already well ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 11, 2020:

Excellent point.

I have been listening to the media all day going on about what happened 19 years ago today!!! It ...

iThink comments on Sep 11, 2020:

8 years of Obama might have something to do with it...doncha think

KeithThroop replies on Sep 11, 2020:

Precisely what I was going to point out.

Topless voter shocks New Hampshire poll workers in dispute over political clothing rule ...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 10, 2020:

While I disagree with her politics, isn't a ban on political clothing anti free speech?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 10, 2020:

@DaveO276 I couldn't agree more! I think the Supreme Court should have been more clear on this as well, at least as I currently understand its ruling, which I've only read reports about but haven't read yet myself.

TN Legislator John DeBerry Speaks Up [youtube.

FEWI comments on Sep 10, 2020:

You can thank the Obamas.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 10, 2020:

@Leroy_Dumonde Well, given that there were no more slaves legally permitted to be imported into the United States beginning in 1808, the vast majority of slaves after the Civil War had probably been born in the States and lived their whole lives here. This country was, therefore, their home, and they should not have been deported but rather given full rights as citizens immediately. If there were a lot of problems it was not because these black people remained here, but because so many racist people in America refused to accept them as fellow citizens with the same God-given rights that they themselves enjoyed. To be sure, the problems we are now experiencing have virtually nothing to do with this past history, but this past history is still what it is, and IT certainly cannot be blamed on them or on their continued presence here.

Pelosi’s San Francisco salon going out of business, owner describes receiving 'nothing but ...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 10, 2020:

Hopefully she will be able to move to a red state and get back on her feet... and vote Republican!

KeithThroop replies on Sep 10, 2020:

I think I heard one report that she was considering a move to Montana, but she actually said in one interview that a couple of state governors had contacted her and welcomed her to come to their state. I think one was the governor of South Dakota.

Topless voter shocks New Hampshire poll workers in dispute over political clothing rule ...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 10, 2020:

While I disagree with her politics, isn't a ban on political clothing anti free speech?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 10, 2020:

Actually, I think most states had banned wearing political clothing to the polls because they argued it might intimidate other voters. But I believe the Supreme Court ruled that this is, in fact, unconstitutional in some cases where the state laws were too vague in defining such "political" clothing. It was a 7-2 decision back in 2018. I'm not sure if their ruling would cover this instance or not, but I'm guessing there could be a good case brought. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/14/political-clothing-minnesota-case-supreme-court-646050

“It’s Obvious that Joe is Reading the Answers Off the TelePrompter” – President Trump ...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 10, 2020:

I can't see them being able to pull that off in the debates... He's going to need an ear piece then - and maybe a drug or two. Not long to wait now!

KeithThroop replies on Sep 10, 2020:

Yes, IF the debates happen. I still can't imagine his handlers will let him debate. But, then, I couldn't imagine he would be their candidate, or that they would let him out of the basement, so ....

Biden Claims More Than 6,000 Members of US Military Died From Coronavirus – The Actual Number is 7...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 10, 2020:

And of those 7, how many died ***OF*** Coronavirus, and how many just died ***WITH*** it?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 10, 2020:

That is THE question, isn't it?

TN Legislator John DeBerry Speaks Up [youtube.

BlackoutNJ comments on Sep 10, 2020:

He spoke the truth and they punished him for it. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/26/rep-john-deberry-removed-democratic-ballot-may-run-independent/5259899002/

KeithThroop replies on Sep 10, 2020:

I'm not surprised, and I don't think he was either. Maybe he should cross over to the Republican Party.

TN Legislator John DeBerry Speaks Up [youtube.

CharliePrime comments on Sep 10, 2020:

I love how people think someday Blacks will suddenly be satisfied and say... _"No more gibs please. We appreciate your past generosity and no longer wish to burden you"._

KeithThroop replies on Sep 10, 2020:

Well, I suspect that most black people feel similarly to the way John DeBerry does. They just don't get heard or represented by the liberal media. Maybe more of them will be heard via their votes in the upcoming election though. We'll see.

TN Legislator John DeBerry Speaks Up [youtube.

FEWI comments on Sep 10, 2020:

You can thank the Obamas.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 10, 2020:

Yep! And the sad thing is, this man probably voted for Obama.

PRES TRUMP NOMINATED - NOBEL PEACE PRIZE !! [youtube.com]

DaveO276 comments on Sep 10, 2020:

Is it just me, or does the portrait above Jared Kushner's head at 4:08 look like Andrew Cuomo?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 10, 2020:

LOL! I think if you put a beard on Andrew Cuomo it would be the spitting image.

RNC vs DNC CONVENTION COMPARED - LARRY ELDER [youtube.com]

DaveO276 comments on Sep 10, 2020:

That was an incredibly powerful video! Especially the last story... that brought me to tears! I hope Chrystal is receiving the help she needs and that she will one day recover from that horrific disease and be reunited with her child.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 10, 2020:

My wife and I watched the whole RNC this year, and we were repeatedly brought to tears. It was the best RNC we've ever seen, and it was powerful and moving every night. It was a wise choice to just let Americans tell their stories.

Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for actually doing something- [thefederalist.com]

KeithThroop comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Yes. He deserves it.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 9, 2020:

@iThink Your opinion has been duly noted. We will have to agree to disagree on that point.

Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for actually doing something- [thefederalist.com]

KeithThroop comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Yes. He deserves it.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 9, 2020:

@iThink Well, you may disagree, but I think the accomplishments listed in The American Thinker suffice: "The Norwegian noted that Trump played a key role in this development, the biggest platform for peace since Israel's entente with Egypt several decades ago, and what's more, other Arab states would likely follow suit. In fact, quite a few are. And the troublemakers among them, such as the Palestinian "state," are walking back their opposition to the accord, with peace breaking out all over. On merit alone, by any objective standard, Trump's act is a massive contribution to peace. And it's not just the Israel-UAE peacemaking, either. Fact is, the Trump umbrella of peace is multiplicative. Trump's rub-out of Qassem Soleimani, Iran's chief terrorist, has led to global terrorism waning. Trump's peace-brokering between longtime enemies Kosovo and Serbia snuffed out another smoldering ember of war in Europe. Trump's risky move to engage North Korea's psychopathic dictator one-on-one, breaking all foreign policy conventional wisdom — created even more peace or at least bought time for something steadier, too — the freak, after all, had been hurling rockets at Los Angeles before that. And for keeping the U.S out of all wars and bringing troops home during his term, Trump deserves credit there, too. Yes, that's a heady record of peacemaking, and the Nobel committee couldn't ignore it if it cared about its credibility." Here is the link: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/09/trump_nominated_for_nobel_peace_prize_putting_the_nobel_committee_on_the_hot_seat.html

Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for actually doing something- [thefederalist.com]

KeithThroop comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Yes. He deserves it.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 9, 2020:

@iThink Well, just because some who received it before did not necessarily deserve it doesn't mean that President Trump doesn't deserve it. I don't think it is a meaningless gesture, by the way, especially since it would really annoy the Left. :)

Fox: First shots fired in Chinese/India border area. [foxnews.com]

KeithThroop comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Will this become a hot spot in the ongoing cold war with China? I certainly hope not.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 9, 2020:

@Machiavelliwar I know we have been in a cold war with China for decades. The "ongoing cold war with China" was the premise of my question. Are you saying that there has been armed conflict between India and China for years that we have overlooked?

Hello! Apologies if this is a vague question, but how can you be certain there is a God, and he is ...

lawrenceblair comments on Sep 9, 2020:

According to your rules one must use modern sciences to prove the existence of God. That seems to cut out a lot of proofs. Is there a reason for that. I would think a good logical argument would outweigh a modern scientific one considering the state of modern science. After all don't we want truth ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 9, 2020:

Good point.

Ideology has officially replaced aesthetics in American film making with tough new race and gender ...

Edgework comments on Sep 9, 2020:

For a long time, the evangelical Christian community has existed in a kind of parallel universe, media-wise, one that functions along side secular institutions, but which remains largely invisible to them. Robust music, publishing, television and movie industries, news organs and a vast array of web...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 9, 2020:

Thanks for that thoughtful and interesting perspective.

Roger, roger.

ScottforKing comments on Sep 7, 2020:

Roger that Roger, what's your vector Victor?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 8, 2020:

@camerakid61 LOL! I just got that your "Huh? What? Who?" was also a reference to the movie. Talk about slow on the uptake.

How are you doing under Covid lockdown?

iThink comments on Sep 8, 2020:

you need another vote category - "Doesn't matter when - I won't get the vaccine"

KeithThroop replies on Sep 8, 2020:

Same here. I have no desire to get a vaccine for a disease that will likely not harm me at all even if I get it. I also have no desire to be guinea pig for the government.

Roger, roger.

ScottforKing comments on Sep 7, 2020:

Roger that Roger, what's your vector Victor?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 7, 2020:

@camerakid61 It was a reference to an old comedy movie called Airplane.

Dark Times Ahead [youtu.be]

SpikeTalon comments on Sep 7, 2020:

Very dark times ahead, with no shortage of unknowns.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 7, 2020:

Well put.

Trump is a hero!!!! [facebook.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 7, 2020:

FB has shut down the link. Another reason why I abandoned that leftist propaganda outlet.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 7, 2020:

I was able to see it just now. It was about President Trump attacking human trafficking.

Are people more racist now than they were 20 years ago?

coalburned comments on Sep 5, 2020:

People aren't more racist. The media and politicians just want people to believe we are because they want us divided. And not only by skin color....that's just the easy sell. The more division, the better. They divide us by skin color, sexual preference, religion, world view, gun control, wealth, ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 5, 2020:

Well said. I suspect that there is a younger generation here in America that has been constantly told that we are a racist nation by people who have an agenda in that being the case. It just doesn't happen to be true. This is one reason why they have had to adopt the whole "systemic racism" point of view to try to make their case. There are not enough clear examples to make anyone believe that this is a racist nation, so the Leftists have to try to come up with a way to make the charge that sounds plausible but which they think cannot be disproven. Never mind the fact that it cannot be proven either. It is simply an item of faith held by what is essentially a Leftist cult, an item of faith which, once adopted, leads them to view every negative experience they have as the result of racism. This in turn leads to the anger we see today.

This is Fraud: 10% of Reported COVID-19 Deaths for Those Under 35 as Reported by the CDC Are Due to ...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 5, 2020:

And how many deaths have COVID-19 lock-downs and restrictions contributed to?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 5, 2020:

Great question!

‘I Had No Choice’ – Antifa Militant Gives Interview to Vice News Five Days After He Murders ...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 5, 2020:

> “I had no choice. I mean…I had a choice. I could have sat there and watched them kill a friend of mine of color. But I wasn’t going to do that,” Reinoehl told Vice News virtually admitting to shooting and killing Danielson. What evidence was there that Jay was going to do such a thing?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 5, 2020:

Apparently there is absolutely no evidence that what this man -- who has every incentive to lie -- claims took place.

Judicial Watch Files Suit after Secret Service Admits to Destroying Records Related to Alleged Biden...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 5, 2020:

What exactly does Judicial Watch believe is happening here? Do they think that the records still exist? Are they alleging that the destruction of the records, if true, would have been illegal?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 5, 2020:

I'm pretty sure that any official record made of the accusation/incident would be property of the U.S. government and subject to public availability under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). There is a legal procedure for the proper destruction of certain records under certain circumstances, but apparently Judicial Watch believes there was a violation of the law here.

Arizona State job applicants must show their commitment to ‘justice, diversity, inclusion, and ...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 5, 2020:

This is transparently political and bad for America... The question is - is there anything illegal about it?

KeithThroop replies on Sep 5, 2020:

Hmm... Good question. I suspect that, if the university takes public funds, there may be a way to sue based on discrimination. I don't know if a civil rights violation could be prosecuted successfully or not. I would be interested in hearing from any lawyers here.

Party’s Over: Trump Orders Purge of ‘Critical Race Theory’ from Federal Agencies ...

DaveO276 comments on Sep 5, 2020:

It's about time! Now to find a legal way to get it out of universities...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 5, 2020:

Amen to that!

So, what do you think about this story?

Xtra comments on Sep 2, 2020:

No.

KeithThroop replies on Sep 3, 2020:

@Xtra Right, in my experience, even the vast majority of groups that would still call themselves Fundamentalists would see such a view as racist and sinful.

It's still a poor choice it seems.

timon_phocas comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Howdy @Naomi, 3rd parties in American politics are underappreciated. They prove the viability of ideas and platforms to the two major parties. For example, the ideal of an 8 hour work day with a forty hour work week came from Eugene V. Debs and the socialist party. They later became part of the ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 3, 2020:

Well said.

So, what do you think about this story?

KeithThroop comments on Sep 2, 2020:

I do not believe that the Bible teaches against what we would call "mixed-race" marriages. In fact, the Bible teaches that all humanity comes from two people, Adam and Eve, which means that, despite the differences in people that have developed since that time, we are all really just one race, the ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 3, 2020:

@CharliePrime I'm not at all surprised you would say that. Have a nice day. :)

This is what you need to know about the pregnant woman arrested yesterday - YouTube

DaveO276 comments on Sep 3, 2020:

That's right... Australians have no constitutional protection for speech. Maybe countries that are more civilized could put sanctions on our governments until they recognize and protect our God-given human rights instead of actively violating them... How's that for incitement, Mr Andrews? Too...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 3, 2020:

That is really sad.

Finding life Purpose on a Train in Germany [wrongspeak.net]

DaveO276 comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Very thought provoking and inspirational. It looks like you have a bunch of interesting articles there. I have favorited your website so I can go back and read some more later!

KeithThroop replies on Sep 3, 2020:

Yes, that is a very interesting-looking assortment of articles.

I recommend this book to anyone who was lucky enough to avoid Critical Theory in college and wants ...

MikeHunt comments on Aug 31, 2020:

This looks promising

KeithThroop replies on Sep 3, 2020:

Yes, it does.

So, what do you think about this story?

KeithThroop comments on Sep 2, 2020:

I do not believe that the Bible teaches against what we would call "mixed-race" marriages. In fact, the Bible teaches that all humanity comes from two people, Adam and Eve, which means that, despite the differences in people that have developed since that time, we are all really just one race, the ...

KeithThroop replies on Sep 2, 2020:

@CharliePrime Apparently you did not read either of the articles I linked. I thought that you would have done so if you were genuinely interested in an answer. At any rate, Adam and Eve lived a very long time and had many sons and daughters (who themselves intermarried and had many sons and daughters, and so on). Genesis, says, for example, that: "After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters. So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died" (Gen. 5:4-5 NKJ). So, Cain could easily have married a distant relative. It may have been a closer relative, of course, but I think most likely a distant one because the Bible describes him as going to the land of Nod before he had children: "Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son-- Enoch" (Gen. 4:16-17 NKJ). The text doesn't actually say that he married his wife only after he arrived in Nod, nor does it say that Nod was far away, but only that Nod was east of Eden and that he knew her there so that she became pregnant and had children (his other children are mentioned later in the context). It does, however, seem likely that he married her there and that Nod was some distance away given that Cain seems to have been banished from the immediate vicinity due to his crime in killing his brother. Anyway, the Biblical answer is actually pretty easy to discern. There are many today who don't like the answer, of course, and take issue with it, but the whole discussion here is about what the Bible says. This is what it says.