Easy Prey...
If it bothers you that because you allow it to. I live just fine paying attention to what God says to give thought to.
People are obsessed over something they can't prove. Time wasted on theories. God doesn't use theories. He has facts. Chase God and you'd be led to truth.
You're easy prey for the enemy. He's just picking all you off like grapes. It's sad to watch. Tortured in mind over something irrelevant.
First off, my statement, "Jump forward to 2m 45s...notice the sun going up and down. This should NOT happen." was premature and quite possibly mistaken. Looking at the wide angle lens coverage, it's easy to get turned around and have the Sun appear higher than it is.
Second, to Zi, with respect, there is an agenda in the world today. That agenda is to defraud, steal, kill, torture, poison, rape (yes, politicians involved in child rape/prostitution ring cases that the FBI covers up), dominate, instill fear...the list goes on.
Zi, I'm going to offer a few philosophies here, they are not directed at you or any one person, please do not take offense as none is intended.
If I see someone mugging an old lady outside of my door, should I ignore it and go back to reading my Bible and pray that the police, or some caring neighbor magically appear to help the old lady fight off her attacker? Or should I walk out of my door and get involved in the fray?
If I see corporate interests intentionally poisoning certain items in the food supply, should I tell everyone at church to make sure they pray over their food, and hope that God makes carcinogenic DNA damaging chemicals safe for them to consume, or should I tell them what foods to avoid, and how to spot suspect labeling on packages?
If I see my fellow brothers and sisters, not just Christians but all humans all over the world, being influenced by corporate media to fear N. Korea and go to war for a lie, knowing that many sons and daughters will come back with blown off limbs, psychologically traumatized and ready to commit suicide, or dead...should I just shrug and pray, or should I attempt to warn people that it's a false flag type of situation?
The way I look at Christianity,
WE ARE THE ANSWERS to not only our own prayers, but other people's prayers as well. When you go to a church and the pastor says, "let's all pray for Suzie Q. she's getting evicted and has nowhere to stay." My first reaction is, "She can stay with me, I have a spare room until she gets back on her feet." Yet many will gather around, close their eyes and pray, even though they have spare rooms at their residences.
When I consider that GOD in scripture let John the Baptist be beheaded and Christ be flogged/crucified, the apostles be persecuted and murdered one by one. I realized that GOD being spirit isn't interested in the flesh as much as the spirit. So...if the flesh really doesn't matter, why take any precautions at all? Why go to the doctor for checkups to see if you've developed cancer, or have surgeries for heart issues? Why bother continuing on with life at all...knowing that it is most likely going to end painfully and horribly?
Why start a war to protect the illusion of freedom? Why bother helping an old lady get by with her day to day living...let her die right? Everyone has to die sometime, yes?
We have parables about the good Samaritan...we have commandments to care for widows, we have commandments to flee to the mountains in times of danger in Revelation. These commandments to protect, nurture, and preserve life seem to be in conflict with the lay-down-and-die model...or the martyr for Christ model.
Yes...sometimes I am depressed. Sometimes I want to kill myself to end my troubles. Sometimes I walk into dangerous situations to help another out of selfless love for that person. The only thing I really enjoy in life is giving. If I can give of my time to help another person...then my misery or depression
price is worth it. Too many Christians want to pray life's troubles away, in effect, passing the buck to some other poor sap who then has to get his elbows dirty instead. I've been ridiculed by my own brothers and sisters in Christ numerous times in this forum. I've left for months to a year at a time, then I've returned to be ridiculed and abused again. Why? Why don't I wash my hands of the human race as a whole and say to myself, "if they won't help themselves, why should I bother trying to help?" I keep referring myself to my signature...CHRISTIAN IS AS CHRISTIAN DOES. If I don't try to help others, I find myself slumping into a deeper depression. The only real happiness I have in this hellish life is in giving. Giving of my time, giving of my resources, giving of my knowledge/wisdom. No, I'm not perfect, and I make plenty of mistakes, but I haven't given up trying to help...yet. Perhaps soon I will give up...and then when I have no purpose for living, maybe then I can get down to business and rid myself of this
sagging skin-suit. I've pretty much seen all of this hell on Earth that I want to anyway. Sometimes I feel like I'm in an episode of The Walking Dead...a few humans left in a world full of sheeple/zombie types who don't care about anything or anyone...and the few that do care, only care enough to help provided that
it's not too inconvenient. So...do I save my own bacon and abandon others to their respective miserable fate, or do I try and make a difference in someone else's life?
I heard this Native American quote a month or so ago...
“My grandfather once told me, ‘Grandson, the world is filled with people. But there’s only a handful of human beings’.
And the alternate take? Years ago I used to accept this next line as a
good and productive philosophy...now I see it as another fancy meme type quote used to justify and encourage killing others in the name of freedom.
Speirs "The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it."
Please forgive my philosophies if they are alien or offensive. It's who I am...perhaps some of you who wish to ridicule me for trying to help warn others might take note and lessen their antagonistic efforts?
I'm typed out for the moment, I still have yet to answer pckts...I'll get to him shortly.
Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.