When is it gonna be enough?
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Oh I see. You are too good to be called a Christian. Whom do you expect to move out of the trinity to make room for you?
Remember from where thou art fallen.
Do not expect sinners to live up to the standard of born again Christians. Our example to follow is not our fellow man but Christ Himself.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
Remember from where thou art fallen.
Do not expect sinners to live up to the standard of born again Christians. Our example to follow is not our fellow man but Christ Himself.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
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I think you need a new church.
Love is wanting the best for someone.
Hate is the opposite. Filled with spite.
Our heavenly Father hates lies and sin so of course if someone in unbelief is running to go jump in a lake of fire, if we know where they are headed we tell them. We shine light on the truth of Jesus and tell them that only through Him they can be saved.
We don't justify things God hates and make light of them heading to hell.
Skin color?
Sounds to me like you aren't familiar with real Christians... or maybe misunderstand them completely?
Character is directly related to what we do.
If a man is cheating on his wife and sleeping with many women.... that is no worse than giving in to a homosexual temptation.
"sexual orientation" is a man made concept.
No one is born gay. To say so would make God a liar.
What happens is man/woman becomes tempted, then they entertain thoughts and then it progresses into action which results in a flesh desiring specific pleasures and a hardened heart which claims these pleasures are justified.
We are called to glorify God and shine light on the true gospel.
This means not being ashamed of His word and standing up for it.
Not as a hypocrit but praying to be delivered from temptations against His will and doing our best to show His love in us.
Love is wanting the best for someone.
Hate is the opposite. Filled with spite.
Our heavenly Father hates lies and sin so of course if someone in unbelief is running to go jump in a lake of fire, if we know where they are headed we tell them. We shine light on the truth of Jesus and tell them that only through Him they can be saved.
We don't justify things God hates and make light of them heading to hell.
Skin color?
Sounds to me like you aren't familiar with real Christians... or maybe misunderstand them completely?
Character is directly related to what we do.
If a man is cheating on his wife and sleeping with many women.... that is no worse than giving in to a homosexual temptation.
"sexual orientation" is a man made concept.
No one is born gay. To say so would make God a liar.
What happens is man/woman becomes tempted, then they entertain thoughts and then it progresses into action which results in a flesh desiring specific pleasures and a hardened heart which claims these pleasures are justified.
We are called to glorify God and shine light on the true gospel.
This means not being ashamed of His word and standing up for it.
Not as a hypocrit but praying to be delivered from temptations against His will and doing our best to show His love in us.
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I think Christians need to truly understand who we are and WHERE we are.
It is NEVER going to be "enough" until the King of kings and Lord of lords opens that scroll.
WE are strangers, wanderers, pilgrims, and soldiers here on this earth. God has entrusted us to go into enemy territory, in a realm ruled by the prince of this world, satan, to spread His Gospel to save as many as He can through our preaching His word. That is why He tells us to put on His Armor. Because we are in a battle!
THAT'S it! That is why we are told not to love this evil realm, the world. We need to take advantage of EVERY opportunity to love people and deliver the eternal, life giving Gospel.
Houses, cars, jobs, Disneyworld, Tvs, etc.. are ALL going to burn to nothingness. It's the PEOPLE we need to focus on. Things are going to get a LOT worse so we better just keep our eyes on the Blessed Hope, and NOT despair.
It is NEVER going to be "enough" until the King of kings and Lord of lords opens that scroll.
WE are strangers, wanderers, pilgrims, and soldiers here on this earth. God has entrusted us to go into enemy territory, in a realm ruled by the prince of this world, satan, to spread His Gospel to save as many as He can through our preaching His word. That is why He tells us to put on His Armor. Because we are in a battle!
THAT'S it! That is why we are told not to love this evil realm, the world. We need to take advantage of EVERY opportunity to love people and deliver the eternal, life giving Gospel.
Houses, cars, jobs, Disneyworld, Tvs, etc.. are ALL going to burn to nothingness. It's the PEOPLE we need to focus on. Things are going to get a LOT worse so we better just keep our eyes on the Blessed Hope, and NOT despair.
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it's also banging your head against the wall to try to explain to people who want to ban guns and/or pass more gun control laws that CRIMINALS DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE LAW. if a wound up, mentally unstable individual wants to do bad things, he/she will find a way.
here is a main problem - the media does not talk about- the side effects of anti-depression drugs, which can trigger violent behavior.
the medical privacy laws that won't allow doctors to contact anyone if they suspect a patient might get violent,
all the fake news , saying that kids are in cages ( lies) , borders are immoral , socialism is great, white people are bad, etc..
all this stupid rhetoric is going to cause people to get more and more wound up.
here is a main problem - the media does not talk about- the side effects of anti-depression drugs, which can trigger violent behavior.
the medical privacy laws that won't allow doctors to contact anyone if they suspect a patient might get violent,
all the fake news , saying that kids are in cages ( lies) , borders are immoral , socialism is great, white people are bad, etc..
all this stupid rhetoric is going to cause people to get more and more wound up.
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Every country I have ever visited has laws that ban guns except for genuine usage such as hunting, sport, or for members of the armed forces. And in each of those countries, those with a firearms licence must renew it regularly, be trained especially on its use, prove that they own the gun for genuine purposes, keep the gun in a safe and secure location when not in use, and must take regular training and undergo mental health examinations when they renew their licence.
In every single one of these countries, mass shootings, for all intents and purposes, simply do not occur.
The rest of the world cannot be wrong.
Statistically, here are some countries that are safer than the USA:
South Africa, Niger, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, Armenia, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Algeria, China, Uganda, Mozambique, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Jamaica, Tunisia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Ecuador, Peru, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Albania, the UAE, Ghana, the UK, Indonesia, Mongola, Lithuania, Uraguay, Spain, Botswana, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Austria, Portugal, New Zealand and Iceland.
And that isn't even all of them. But notice, in the list which can be found here, that every single EU country ranks above the United States for safety, and yet nearly all of them have no border controls and allow free movement between them. The EU has a population about 2/3 larger than the population of the United States, yet has only 5,200 homicides in its entirety last year. By contrast, the USA had that many homicides in just California, Texas, Florida and Illinois, which collectively have a population of just 95 million.
That is a homicide ratio of EU to USA of about 1:6. Or put another way, you are 6 times as likely to be murdered in the USA as you are in the EU. Why is that?
Well, the USA experiences the vast majority of its murders via firearms, as you can see in the graph below:
Removing guns makes murder more difficult. This is why countries with strict gun laws, for example like those in the EU, do not have as many murders as the USA does. It's simple physics: firing a projectile from a distance at supersonic speeds is far easier than getting close enough to use a knife or a pillow.
In the EU, guns are incredibly difficult to obtain, and being found with one usually carries a lengthy prison sentence. Yet, our borders are, via car, bus or train, every bit as open as the US's internal state borders are. Our population is greater, and our murder rate is significantly lower.
Guns and the laws surrounding them, are a large part of why this is the case.
In every single one of these countries, mass shootings, for all intents and purposes, simply do not occur.
The rest of the world cannot be wrong.
Statistically, here are some countries that are safer than the USA:
South Africa, Niger, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, Armenia, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Algeria, China, Uganda, Mozambique, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Jamaica, Tunisia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Ecuador, Peru, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Albania, the UAE, Ghana, the UK, Indonesia, Mongola, Lithuania, Uraguay, Spain, Botswana, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Austria, Portugal, New Zealand and Iceland.
And that isn't even all of them. But notice, in the list which can be found here, that every single EU country ranks above the United States for safety, and yet nearly all of them have no border controls and allow free movement between them. The EU has a population about 2/3 larger than the population of the United States, yet has only 5,200 homicides in its entirety last year. By contrast, the USA had that many homicides in just California, Texas, Florida and Illinois, which collectively have a population of just 95 million.
That is a homicide ratio of EU to USA of about 1:6. Or put another way, you are 6 times as likely to be murdered in the USA as you are in the EU. Why is that?
Well, the USA experiences the vast majority of its murders via firearms, as you can see in the graph below:
Removing guns makes murder more difficult. This is why countries with strict gun laws, for example like those in the EU, do not have as many murders as the USA does. It's simple physics: firing a projectile from a distance at supersonic speeds is far easier than getting close enough to use a knife or a pillow.
In the EU, guns are incredibly difficult to obtain, and being found with one usually carries a lengthy prison sentence. Yet, our borders are, via car, bus or train, every bit as open as the US's internal state borders are. Our population is greater, and our murder rate is significantly lower.
Guns and the laws surrounding them, are a large part of why this is the case.
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Every country I have ever visited has laws that ban guns except for genuine usage such as hunting, sport, or for members of the armed forces. And in each of those countries, those with a firearms licence must renew it regularly, be trained especially on its use, prove that they own the gun for genuine purposes, keep the gun in a safe and secure location when not in use, and must take regular training and undergo mental health examinations when they renew their licence.
In every single one of these countries, mass shootings, for all intents and purposes, simply do not occur.
The rest of the world cannot be wrong.
Statistically, here are some countries that are safer than the USA:
South Africa, Niger, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, Armenia, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Algeria, China, Uganda, Mozambique, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Jamaica, Tunisia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Ecuador, Peru, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Albania, the UAE, Ghana, the UK, Indonesia, Mongola, Lithuania, Uraguay, Spain, Botswana, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Austria, Portugal, New Zealand and Iceland.
And that isn't even all of them. But notice, in the list which can be found here, that every single EU country ranks above the United States for safety, and yet nearly all of them have no border controls and allow free movement between them. The EU has a population about 2/3 larger than the population of the United States, yet has only 5,200 homicides in its entirety last year. By contrast, the USA had that many homicides in just California, Texas, Florida and Illinois, which collectively have a population of just 95 million.
That is a homicide ratio of EU to USA of about 1:6. Or put another way, you are 6 times as likely to be murdered in the USA as you are in the EU. Why is that?
Well, the USA experiences the vast majority of its murders via firearms, as you can see in the graph below:
Removing guns makes murder more difficult. This is why countries with strict gun laws, for example like those in the EU, do not have as many murders as the USA does. It's simple physics: firing a projectile from a distance at supersonic speeds is far easier than getting close enough to use a knife or a pillow.
I rest my case.
In every single one of these countries, mass shootings, for all intents and purposes, simply do not occur.
The rest of the world cannot be wrong.
Statistically, here are some countries that are safer than the USA:
South Africa, Niger, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, Armenia, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Algeria, China, Uganda, Mozambique, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Jamaica, Tunisia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Ecuador, Peru, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Albania, the UAE, Ghana, the UK, Indonesia, Mongola, Lithuania, Uraguay, Spain, Botswana, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Austria, Portugal, New Zealand and Iceland.
And that isn't even all of them. But notice, in the list which can be found here, that every single EU country ranks above the United States for safety, and yet nearly all of them have no border controls and allow free movement between them. The EU has a population about 2/3 larger than the population of the United States, yet has only 5,200 homicides in its entirety last year. By contrast, the USA had that many homicides in just California, Texas, Florida and Illinois, which collectively have a population of just 95 million.
That is a homicide ratio of EU to USA of about 1:6. Or put another way, you are 6 times as likely to be murdered in the USA as you are in the EU. Why is that?
Well, the USA experiences the vast majority of its murders via firearms, as you can see in the graph below:
Removing guns makes murder more difficult. This is why countries with strict gun laws, for example like those in the EU, do not have as many murders as the USA does. It's simple physics: firing a projectile from a distance at supersonic speeds is far easier than getting close enough to use a knife or a pillow.
I rest my case.
How many home invasions, muggings, or knife murders occur in all these countries. How many violent crimes that could have been prevented with decent protection happen in these countries?
Your "case" does not have legs to stand on in my opinion.
The worlds love growing cold does not prove a point that it is wise to suggest honest people who wish to protect others and themselves should have rights taken away.
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Like I just showed you, we have a murder rate, per person, about 6 times less than yours. There is literally a statistical graph showing the distribution of murders.
There is a reason people feel safer in the Netherlands than they do in the States. There is a reason women can walk home at night in Amsterdam but wouldn't be likely to do so in St. Louis.
There is a reason people feel safer in the Netherlands than they do in the States. There is a reason women can walk home at night in Amsterdam but wouldn't be likely to do so in St. Louis.
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You think people are safer in brasil or south africa than the Us?
I disagree.
The "graph" you showed is about the US supposedly.
Grown men can't walk around safe in many cities of many of the countries you listed.... You are cherry picking.
(and no you never "showed" me the violent crime rates in all of your examples)
I disagree.
The "graph" you showed is about the US supposedly.
Grown men can't walk around safe in many cities of many of the countries you listed.... You are cherry picking.
(and no you never "showed" me the violent crime rates in all of your examples)
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You should really check out information from a number of sources, instead of just posting stuff that your biased view wants to be true...
The US homicide rate is 5.3 persons per 100,000
The homocide rate in South Africa is higher at 35.9 per 100,000 so South Africa is more dangerous..
The homicide rate in Honduras is higher at 41.7 per 100,000 so Honduras is more dangerous..
The homicide rate in Nicaragua is higher at 7.37 per 100,000 so Nicaragua is more dangerous..
The homicide rate in Brazil is higher at 30.5 per 100,000 so Brazil is more dangerous..
Need i continue?
On the list of international homicide rates the USA is number 89 .. So there are 88 countries with higher homicide rates then the USA..
International Homicide Rates..
The US homicide rate is 5.3 persons per 100,000
The homocide rate in South Africa is higher at 35.9 per 100,000 so South Africa is more dangerous..
The homicide rate in Honduras is higher at 41.7 per 100,000 so Honduras is more dangerous..
The homicide rate in Nicaragua is higher at 7.37 per 100,000 so Nicaragua is more dangerous..
The homicide rate in Brazil is higher at 30.5 per 100,000 so Brazil is more dangerous..
Need i continue?
On the list of international homicide rates the USA is number 89 .. So there are 88 countries with higher homicide rates then the USA..
International Homicide Rates..
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Every country I have ever visited has laws that ban guns except for genuine usage such as hunting, sport, or for members of the armed forces. And in each of those countries, those with a firearms licence must renew it regularly, be trained especially on its use, prove that they own the gun for genuine purposes, keep the gun in a safe and secure location when not in use, and must take regular training and undergo mental health examinations when they renew their licence.
In every single one of these countries, mass shootings, for all intents and purposes, simply do not occur.
The rest of the world cannot be wrong.
Statistically, here are some countries that are safer than the USA:
South Africa, Niger, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, Armenia, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Algeria, China, Uganda, Mozambique, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Jamaica, Tunisia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Ecuador, Peru, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Albania, the UAE, Ghana, the UK, Indonesia, Mongola, Lithuania, Uraguay, Spain, Botswana, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Austria, Portugal, New Zealand and Iceland.
And that isn't even all of them. But notice, in the list which can be found here, that every single EU country ranks above the United States for safety, and yet nearly all of them have no border controls and allow free movement between them. The EU has a population about 2/3 larger than the population of the United States, yet has only 5,200 homicides in its entirety last year. By contrast, the USA had that many homicides in just California, Texas, Florida and Illinois, which collectively have a population of just 95 million.
That is a homicide ratio of EU to USA of about 1:6. Or put another way, you are 6 times as likely to be murdered in the USA as you are in the EU. Why is that?
Well, the USA experiences the vast majority of its murders via firearms, as you can see in the graph below:
Removing guns makes murder more difficult. This is why countries with strict gun laws, for example like those in the EU, do not have as many murders as the USA does. It's simple physics: firing a projectile from a distance at supersonic speeds is far easier than getting close enough to use a knife or a pillow.
In the EU, guns are incredibly difficult to obtain, and being found with one usually carries a lengthy prison sentence. Yet, our borders are, via car, bus or train, every bit as open as the US's internal state borders are. Our population is greater, and our murder rate is significantly lower.
Guns and the laws surrounding them, are a large part of why this is the case.
In every single one of these countries, mass shootings, for all intents and purposes, simply do not occur.
The rest of the world cannot be wrong.
Statistically, here are some countries that are safer than the USA:
South Africa, Niger, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, Armenia, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Algeria, China, Uganda, Mozambique, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Jamaica, Tunisia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Ecuador, Peru, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Albania, the UAE, Ghana, the UK, Indonesia, Mongola, Lithuania, Uraguay, Spain, Botswana, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Austria, Portugal, New Zealand and Iceland.
And that isn't even all of them. But notice, in the list which can be found here, that every single EU country ranks above the United States for safety, and yet nearly all of them have no border controls and allow free movement between them. The EU has a population about 2/3 larger than the population of the United States, yet has only 5,200 homicides in its entirety last year. By contrast, the USA had that many homicides in just California, Texas, Florida and Illinois, which collectively have a population of just 95 million.
That is a homicide ratio of EU to USA of about 1:6. Or put another way, you are 6 times as likely to be murdered in the USA as you are in the EU. Why is that?
Well, the USA experiences the vast majority of its murders via firearms, as you can see in the graph below:
Removing guns makes murder more difficult. This is why countries with strict gun laws, for example like those in the EU, do not have as many murders as the USA does. It's simple physics: firing a projectile from a distance at supersonic speeds is far easier than getting close enough to use a knife or a pillow.
In the EU, guns are incredibly difficult to obtain, and being found with one usually carries a lengthy prison sentence. Yet, our borders are, via car, bus or train, every bit as open as the US's internal state borders are. Our population is greater, and our murder rate is significantly lower.
Guns and the laws surrounding them, are a large part of why this is the case.
Always been amazing to me when outsiders OR some Americans, put down the U.S.A. yet people from ALL over the world are leaving, and have for 250 yrs, their "paradise" countries, sometimes with NOTHING but the clothes on their backs, for a chance to live in America.
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