Richard Robertson

Maybe trans men and women could compete in their own category someday, even in (say) the Olympics. It might be interesting to see how trans men and trans women would feel about competing with each other, instead of (or in addition to) just competing with their own assigned gender-mates. It might be one way to discover whether or not the genes…[Read more]

For others here, out of dozens of reviews of Hi Ren, none disliked Ren’s musical style, and most, especially the professional guitarists, commented on how creative and talented he is as a guitar player. I’m still in awe of it every time I watch. I consider Hi Ren as a short opera, as the story takes us through a very emotional topic, and the…[Read more]

On a related note, boosted now by the House out to Cancel the Executive Branch’s use of a word. I had no clue that use of the term LatinX was yet another propagandanismistic (sp) tactic of Woke Culture.

As just another naive white guy, post-colonist, I sought out and found a bit of Latin[?] history and insight from someone, who I think is one of <…[Read more]

Your examples of prophecy fulfilled are not contextual to all the unfulfilled prophecies.  We can’t tell a good one from a bad one until after the event, either.  So we would be rather foolish to trust *any* prophecy in case it was a bad one.

This reduces the value of a prophecy to the equivalent of an astrology reading.

Netanyahu is pushing every possible emotional button to reinforce the Israeli response. If there’s a bit of Bible handy, he’s going to grab that. I don’t think there is any particular proselytism that is out of bounds when you’re rallying the troops.  I wouldn’t take it seriously.

Now, tell me what the point of prophecy is if it cannot be trusted…[Read more]

michael17 wrote:
There are no prophets counseling the leadership of Israel. protect the people, but do not take the moral high ground by quoting scripture to justify genocide. Leaders are in place by providence for a non believing world, to assume it’s for righteousness is presumptuous <p style=”text-align: rig…

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Simon Paynton wrote:
Unseen wrote: I’m not clear on why you’re bringing up communication.

That is probably the only way that alien living beings can reach us – virtually, rather than in person.

I agree, and my wild guess is that AI could be sent far in tiny packages, and assembled into bigger agents near its destination, depending on the missi…[Read more]

What is the point of a prophecy that can only be relied on after the event?

If corruption in government is the issue, I just don’t see Putin as a hero hoping or intending to get rid of it.

michael17 wrote:
The internet is abuzz but the end of the age followed by the second coming and the millennium of peace is not here yet.

This has been a topic that has been coming up repeatedly over hundreds or thousands of years, while humans keep looking for ways to prove prediction in scripture.

While scriptures were written solely by…[Read more]