I see in the news that anti-choice organizations are planning demonstrations today at Planned Parenthood facilities around the US to support GOP plans to defund PP.
Of course, my first thought was to grab a sign (and my, ummm, "kittyhat"!) and head for my local facility to show my support for PP, but I also see in the news that PP offices are asking that supporters not show up at the facilities to counter-protest (because they don't want the crowds of protesters any larger or more chaotic than necessary as women are trying to get in and out for services).
Some communities are planning counter-demonstrations in other venues, but I haven't been able to find any information about any events planned in my city.
So, I've decided to set aside the time planned for the anti-choice demonstration in my city today to contact all my elected representatives, from the White House down to my state legislators, and Tom Price at DHHS, to remind them that I support PP and am strongly opposed to any efforts to restrict women's reproductive rights or Planned Parenthood's access to public healthcare dollars as a legitimate healthcare provider.
I hope PP supporters here will consider doing the same, and spread the word to people you know. I hope people all over the country will have the same thought. Wouldn't it be great if, while comparatively small groups of protesters are standing out in the cold and snow with their signs, huge numbers of Americans were flooding mail boxes and switchboards around the country with messages of support for PP, women's health, and reproductive rights?
First tell me what you mean by truth being completely subjective. Surely you can't mean That all truth is subjective because that would mean that nothing is true.
What I mean by subjective, is that what may be true for me, isn't necessarily concerned truth by you.
You seem to claim some truth about us all answering to God at some arbitrary point in time.
Please re-read what I wrote. After the first sentence it was a statement about people in general. I said nothing about your beliefs in particular, but used words like "if" and "anyone."
Pretending that the rest of the post you quoted doesn't exist doesn't change the fact that your disrespectful pronouncements on this thread violate your own god's instruction. Maybe you should look to your own beliefs and examine your own conscience before you label all who disagree with you as "unbelievers" and "swine".
Meanwhile, if you would kindly explain how lying, murder, emotional abuse and forced pregnancies are godly, that'd be nice.
What I mean by subjective, is that what may be true for me, isn't necessarily concerned truth by you.
You seem to claim some truth about us all answering to God at some arbitrary point in time.
That isn't my truth.
"So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." Romans 14:12 KJV
"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." Matthew 12:36 KJV
"I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right." Isaiah 45:19 KJV
"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear." Isaiah 45:22-23 KJV
"That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:10-11 KJV
"For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." Romans 14:11 KJV
Either these statements are true or they are not. It is impossible for them to be both true and untrue at the same time. I get that you don't claim them as truth for yourself, but unbelief does not make something untrue.
As for when these events take place exactly, God chose to keep that information to himself. God has commanded Christians to preach the gospel to all the world so that as many people are saved as possible. But He also knows that many humans, if not all, would get lazy, thinking that there was time to do that at the last hour if we knew exactly when this would happen. He also knew that unsaved people would wait to get saved so that they could continue in their sin as long as possible if they knew.
Pretending that the rest of the post you quoted doesn't exist doesn't change the fact that your disrespectful pronouncements on this thread violate your own god's instruction. Maybe you should look to your own beliefs and examine your own conscience before you label all who disagree with you as "unbelievers" and "swine".
I didn't pretend anything. I said that the first sentence of my comment was to you personally, but the rest of it was intended for everyone (meaning all people everywhere), and I underscored that by pointing out the words that I used. That should have been clear if you paid attention to my words instead of trying to read something that isn't there.
My conscience is completely clear, but thank you for suggesting that. What beliefs should I be looking at?
"So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." Romans 14:12 KJV
"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." Matthew 12:36 KJV
"I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right." Isaiah 45:19 KJV
"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear." Isaiah 45:22-23 KJV
"That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:10-11 KJV
"For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." Romans 14:11 KJV
Either these statements are true or they are not. It is impossible for them to be both true and untrue at the same time. I get that you don't claim them as truth for yourself, but unbelief does not make something untrue.
As for when these events take place exactly, God chose to keep that information to himself. God has commanded Christians to preach the gospel to all the world so that as many people are saved as possible. But He also knows that many humans, if not all, would get lazy, thinking that there was time to do that at the last hour if we knew exactly when this would happen. He also knew that unsaved people would wait to get saved so that they could continue in their sin as long as possible if they knew.
Since I don't believe in God, those words don't reflect truth to me.
"So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." Romans 14:12 KJV
"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." Matthew 12:36 KJV
"I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right." Isaiah 45:19 KJV
"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear." Isaiah 45:22-23 KJV
"That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:10-11 KJV
"For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." Romans 14:11 KJV
Either these statements are true or they are not. It is impossible for them to be both true and untrue at the same time. I get that you don't claim them as truth for yourself, but unbelief does not make something untrue.
As for when these events take place exactly, God chose to keep that information to himself. God has commanded Christians to preach the gospel to all the world so that as many people are saved as possible. But He also knows that many humans, if not all, would get lazy, thinking that there was time to do that at the last hour if we knew exactly when this would happen. He also knew that unsaved people would wait to get saved so that they could continue in their sin as long as possible if they knew.
Since I don't believe in God, those words don't reflect truth to me.
Do you understand what I mean by subjective?
The notion of "God," is meaningless to me.
Of course I understand subjective. You don't believe in God, so He and his words mean nothing to you, therefore you do not accept them as truth. You've made that clear.
But any thinking person should understand that unbelief in something doesn't automatically make it untrue. If you told me that the sky is blue, but I told you that I don't believe that there is a sky, so saying that the sky is blue means nothing to me, does that make your statement about the sky untrue? Of course not!
God created all of us with free will to believe as we want, so that He can have a relationship and fellowship with those who want to have one with Him, in the same way that we want those that we love to choose to be around us and have a relationship with us, not because we force them to. But choosing not to believe in God and his word does not make it go away or become untrue, nor does it mean that anyone who chooses not to believe will escape the consequences of unbelief.
Scoff if you like but it's true. Do you think that saved persons just had the thought pop into their heads that they should go "looking to be saved" and then ran out to find someone to show them how? Someone had to first present to gospel to them, in a lot of cases more than one time before they made that decision.
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What I mean by subjective, is that what may be true for me, isn't necessarily concerned truth by you.
You seem to claim some truth about us all answering to God at some arbitrary point in time.
That isn't my truth.