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My answer was only six lines. Com'on. Is it really too hard to read six lines?

Do you know why he kicked them over? Hint; it was nothing to do with capitalism.

I don't buy Prime rib roasts either. Never did. Have no interest in it. I am fine with ground beef and chicken and other things. Tastes good and I don't have the molar teeth to chew Prime rib and steaks anyway. Nobody needs Prime rib and steaks to have good meals. There are many other choices that are a lot less expensive. Hard to chew a lot of things with only front teeth on top. Guess I could get plates but haven't felt motivated to do it. Plus they have to be cleaned a lot. Quasi-Socialism has helped to drive up the price of food and rent because it interferes with the free market system plus creates high taxes. The worst part of quasi-Socialism is the public health care system that fails to provide adequate health care for millions of people and causes people to die on waiting lists. A lot of people have the money and could afford private insurance so it is terrible to deny these people the care they need.

That may be true to some extent because of social assistance and food banks exist in Canada. However many people are making decisions to forgo buying food because rents are so high and they don't have the money for the food they should have. This will have a negative affect on health. But the part about people dying on waiting lists and lack of a doctor is true. And now add to that Emergency Rooms closing in different towns in B.C. and other provinces. The biggest problem I think is dying on waiting lists. The Socialists have decided that is acceptable and put a cap on the amount of money for public health care.

Canada has been providing aid through the U.N. to the middle east Palestinians for years that makes it way to the terrorists simply because they are the government of Gaza and control what is going on there. One year ago from today, the barbaric terrorists suddenly invaded Israel and savagely murdered 1,200 innocent citizens and took 250 others hostage. These barbarians are still there and among the populations in Gaza, Lebanon and are funded and backed by Iran which is bent on destroying Israel. They have no interest in recognizing the state of Israel or living in peace. The people living in the Palestinian areas are largely supporters of the terrorist groups. This means the idea of a two-state solution, which Canada supports, is seriously flawed and built on ignorance. How is it possible to recognize a state in your midst that is determined to kill you or eliminate your country? It isn't possible.

Unfortunately many people believe that the world systems including democracy are the answers to everything. They don't understand we live in a corrupt, fallen world. Every person is a fallen corrupt being. This is a result of the fall of man. It is a grave mistake to put your trust in man and his systems. The country is leaving one vital piece out of the puzzle. Every system devised by man is faulty. There is no perfect system of government in this corrupt, fallen world. We must accept the least of the evils. What would help in that respect is having more godly people running government and governing us along with a nation whose God is the Lord. “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.” Psalm 20:7 KJV

The Liberal government created the so-called "Truth and Reconciliation" Commission and the T&C agenda has accomplished very little except cause the government to commit billions of dollars for FNs. It was a disastrous idea. Accomplish little to nothing and cost billions of dollars and never-ending gravy train. It was an attempt to lay a heavy guilt trip on all Canadians for a so-called genocide that never occurred. Most Canadians alive today were never around when the residential schools were created and for most of their 100 year lifetime. We had nothing to do with creating or running them, but are expected to pay and pay and accept responsibility for what happened.

"1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Psalm 1:1-3 KJV The law of the Lord in English is the King James Bible, written by prophets and apostles under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit over a period of about 1,500 years and completed nearly 2,000 years ago. Verified and authenticated by thousands of manuscripts and copies of manuscripts. What is your basis of right and wrong? Or do you believe you are your own guide. Without a foundation (the KJV Bible) you have nothing, no foundation other than the changeable whims and corrupt ideas of men. "1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee." Proverbs 3:1, 2 KJV How many people have cut their lives short by rejecting God's law and going out on drugs or alcohol and smashed their cars? " Video of a driver filming his speedometer while going nearly double the speed limit on an Ontario highway has emerged. But the fact that the driver posted the video to social media himself has given police pause. “It’s unfortunate that people think this is a way to get clout on the internet,” Sgt. Murray Campbell of the Toronto Police Service’s traffic services unit told CTV News Toronto in an interview about the trend. In recent months, a number of similar videos of dangerous driving have been posted to social media by the drivers themselves, some of which have led to arrests by police. The video in this case, which was publicly viewable and sent to CTV News Toronto by a tipster, shows the driver filming himself -- and then the speedometer -- as he reaches a speed of 190km/h on a stretch of Highway 401 west of Toronto." Driver in Ontario films himself going almost double the speed limit | CTV News

There is far more to it than that. To accept Jesus Christ: Acknowledge who He is in your own life. Believe and trust in Him. Sincerely pray to Him, confess your sins, commit to follow Him, and declare Him as the Lord of your life. I would add it means you accept His teachings in His word, the Bible. So if you call upon Him to be your Lord and Savior, you should begin studying His word, in English, the King James Bible 1611, and learn the basic doctrines of the Christian faith. It is necessary to study the Bible, particularly the King James 1611, New Testament, to understand what this is all about. Nobody is saying everyone will believe in Him. Most of the world does not. I never said it will solve all the political problems and other problems in the world. Jesus' kingdom is not of this world. So it is not a political agenda. But it is the basic answer to every individual's life and problems. Being drawn into worldly ideologies is not the answer. The Bible has a lot to say about how Christians should live in this present evil world, which is extremely important. The first step is to become a son or daughter of God through being born again. But if you want to be a son or daughter of God and be forgiven, you must be born again. (see gospel of John chapter 3)

Climate change is real and has always occurred throughout history. But man is not the cause of climate change. We have been through this with endless debate. Man contributes only about 3% of the atmospheric CO2. Man is not likely to be able to change that 3% and Canada's contribution is a very tiny percentage of that 3%. So why go on about it? I never said anything about overpopulation and don't buy it. The Roman priests don't preach or believe the Bible so how could they be preaching the true gospel. You don't know anything about Romanism. What they brought to South America was not the gospel. I don't think you have any understanding of the gospel. From your comment, I don't think you even understand what it is all about. If you want to discuss it, you need some knowledge on it. That takes some effort in reading at least parts of the Bible (New Testament) and perhaps reading some websites that explain it.

The Socialists are at the gates and have invaded. Jagmeet Singh said the Cuban revolution was a good thing for the people. Trudeau was a pretty chummy friend of Castro. Trudeau admired Communist China's system and even said so. Trudeau jets around the world to attend various international conference about everything under the sun paid for by us. Today he is attending a Francophone summit. All at taxpayer's expense. Do you trust him? He spends taxpayer money wildly. He is schooled in the program of the World Economic Forum. You think they are a democratic organization looking out for everyone's interests? Seriously. You need to get a grip. Trudeau loves the high lifestyle and probably hopes to receive an important position in the U.N. or some other world body. The U.N. was already the driver with Trudeau as its puppet and they imposed the carbon taxes on Canadians. That is dictatorial and Marxist. It does nothing for the climate and never will.

I suspect there are many people in the world who would be suspicious of the WEF and a "great reset", not just some Christians. Many non-believers and conservatives oppose the agenda of the globalists. I am not sure the average leftist, liberal, or Socialist wants a global government. A large part of the western world is conservative and would be alarmed to learn what is going on. It is easy to see why. The danger of humanity completely losing their freedom is easy to understand. Read Orwell's book 1984. There is another book written on the topic. "In The Great And the War for the World, the most controversial man on earth Alex Jones gives you a full analysis of The Great Reset, the global elite's international conspiracy to enslave humanity and all life on the planet." The Great Reset: And the War for the World by Alex Jones | Goodreads If you go to this link, there are a large number of reviews of this book. One reviewer says "“The most controversial man in America” and one who has been right about most of the things that have been “fact checked” and marked as fake by corrupt fact checkers…anyways…if you want to understand what’s going on in this crazy world right now THIS IS THE BOOK. Please share it with your friends before all the sheeple destroy our freedoms under a tyrannical regime. Please. Share." Incidentally this book is somewhat expensive on Amazon. Maybe you can find a used copy somewhere else or a less expensive one. A review on Alibris, which has a copy for $8.86 plus shipping, says this: "From central bankers, corporate billionaires, and corrupted government officials, global elites have been organizing a historic war on humanity under a trans-humanist, scientific dictatorship. Alex Jones was the first major figure to expose the World Economic Forum's agenda. He has dedicated the last 30 years of his life to studying The Great Reset, conducting tens of thousands of interviews with top-level scientists, politicians, and military officials in order to reverse engineer their secrets and help awaken humanity. The Great Reset And the War for the World chronicles the history of the global elites rise to power and reveals how they've captured the governments of the world and financed The Great Reset to pave the way for The New World Order. "

The idea of a one-world government is what is behind the WEF. " The real Great Reset The magic words are ‘stakeholder capitalism’, a concept that WEF chairman Klaus Schwab has been hammering for decades and which occupies pride of place in the WEF’s Great Reset plan from June 2020. The idea is that global capitalism should be transformed so that corporations no longer focus solely on serving shareholders but become custodians of society by creating value for customers, suppliers, employees, communities and other ‘stakeholders’. The way the WEF sees stakeholder capitalism being carried out is through a range of ‘multi-stakeholder partnerships’ bringing together the private sector, governments and civil society across all areas of global governance." For the whole article: Conspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great Reset - resilience

Actually the reverse is true. It is people like you who disrespect God and Christian beliefs who are a threat to a country. We see that with the 80,000 abortions a year in Canada and far more in the U.S. You think it is a danger to want to protect and defend the life of unborn babies. You must think it is a danger to oppose teaching sexual orientation and transgender ideology to young kids in schools. You want them to be free to choose what sex they should be and thereby destroy their lives. What about the soft-on-crime approach that has repeat offenders constantly arrested and released into the community again. Do you support that too? I suppose it would be a danger to have a tough-on-crime government who protects society. Then there is the legalization of hard drugs supposedly to help reduce drug addicts and drug overdose deaths. It did nothing to reduce the number of addicts and overdose deaths. I suppose you support same-sex marriage. Turn society into a disaster. You don't seem to have any understanding of what Biblical Christianity is all about or what they believe. So you resort to nonsensical comments about it being a danger to society. You should really learn something before posting nonsense.

No, the second coming is not the anti-Christ one world government. The anti-Christ one-world government is coming before the second coming of Jesus Christ. The U.N, WEF and such are all working toward a one-world government. You need to read the Bible. Your argument is with what Jesus and the Bible say. Read the gospel of John. If you don't want to do that, it is your choice. That sentence is basically saying their objective is control of the world. It says the same thing. What do you think one-world government means? What do you think achieving sustainable development and "countries working together" means? You think it is some kind utopia of freedom? Control of course. This shows your complete lack of knowledge about religion, especially the history and beliefs of Romanism. Central and south America are mostly Romanist and controlled by Rome. They do not believe in Biblical Christianity. So when you say they believe in the Bible, you show your lack of knowledge. Rome wants to control the world. That may come to pass. I already explained there have been wars for many reasons throughout history. I explained man is a fallen corrupt being with an evil heart. That is why there are wars, revolutions, etc. Sometimes, countries or groups have had to defend themselves against evil aggressors too. Most people have no problem with self defence. That is a necessary part of the world we live in. Many of the laws we have are based on the history of the western world being a Judeo-Christian civilization. Laws against murder, stealing, etc. are all based on Christian beliefs. Western Judeo-Christian countries have laws and Constitutions that in some cases defend human rights and basic freedoms. What laws reflect a religious belief? I never said we should pass laws that reflect religious beliefs. We have laws that are based on Christian principles. Our laws as I said are based on Judeo-Christian principles, not Islamic beliefs. Of course most people in the west would oppose laws based on Islam. You have wandered off with an incoherent argument. Another incoherent argument. Nobody is advocating there be an abortion ban in such cases. That is a nonsensical argument. Again you are inventing things to try to bolster your hopeless argument against freedom of beliefs and freedom of speech. Nobody is advocating what you say. Wake up and stop inventing nonsense. Nobody is forcing you to believe anything. You are constantly making up nonsense. But you want to silence anyone from even speaking about things you don't agree with. Too bad. That comes with living in a free country and the right to freedom of speech. If you don't like freedom of speech, move somewhere else like Communist China or N. Korea that might fit in better with your thinking. They ban any kind of preaching or speaking about religion. Perfect for you.

The Charter of Rights is a part of the Constitution. You are legally required to follow it. Being a child when you came here does not exclude the requirement to follow the Charter of Rights. Speaking one's beliefs does not force you to do anything. You are still free to do your own thing. Elected MPs and MLAs all have beliefs. Nobody can take away their beliefs and freedom of speech. You might disagree with them but if the government passes a law regulating abortion, that applies whether you agree or disagree with it. If you are not willing to follow the laws and Charter of Rights, you should be deported. If you don't want to respect the laws and Charter of Rights, you are an anarchist and potential criminal. It's as simple as that.

I have no way of knowing which website is telling the truth. One website says $4214 USD which seems quite high. I doubt if it is that high. One website says "In 2024, the average salary in China has been steadily increasing across various sectors. The average monthly salary in the country is around 8,452 CNY (Chinese Yuan) or approximately 1,330 USD." This sounds much more realistic. Average salary in China (talentup.io) It is important to understand rents are much lower in China, a fraction of what it is in Canada. The important thing is the cost of living in proportion to the monthly income.

Different websites give different numbers. This one says: " Age Bracket Average Monthly Salary (CNY) Average Monthly Salary (USD) 20-29 10,000 1,390 30-39 15,000 2,085 40-49 20,000 2,780 50-59 18,000 2,500 60+ 12,000 1,670

When you came to Canada did you not swear an oath to agree to our Charter of Rights? If you don't accept that, you should be deported.

Again, you still do not understand. You use the word "impose" as if exercising freedom of speech is "imposing". Everyone, be they liberal, woke, leftist, capitalist expresses their opinions about what they believe. You are free to believe what you hear or not believe it. That's why we have brains. We use our reasoning to analyze what we hear. We don't just accept everything we hear. In a free country, we allow everyone to express their personal beliefs be it political, religious, or what have you. We don't ban people from speaking about certain things. We obviously want to avoid hate speech, blasphemy, and vulgar or filthy language. But normal speaking about beliefs including religious beliefs is part of freedom of speech. If you can't accept that you shouldn't be here. Speaking does not impose anything.

This posting I came across says it clearly.

Sorry but you are dead wrong. Everyone has beliefs, Catholics, Protestants, Arabs, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Communists, Socialists, Liberals, and atheists. So if you claim religion has no place in politics, you are essentially deny freedom to other people while you yourself exercise your own freedom of beliefs and speech. Some proudly speak of their beliefs; others keep the category of their beliefs secret, but still push their ideology in everything they say. When you say religious people have no right to decide how you live your life, you are saying nobody with religious beliefs has any right to freedom of speech, freedom of religion or any right to be an elected member of Parliament of Legislature. Yet you would allow anti-religious people, Communists, progressives, to have all the freedom of speech and push their evil ideology and agendas and dictate the laws and how we should live. That shows you have no understanding of freedoms or the world. In the case of Islam and false religion, that is true. Islam was spread by the sword. The middle east wars and conflicts have been caused by wars between Islam and other religions or even against anyone who doesn't bow down to Islam. Wars with Islam behind it are going on today in part of northern and central Africa. However, many wars have been not really religious. WW1 and WW2 were not wars over religion. Yet tens of millions of people were killed. The Communist revolutions probably killed more people in the 20th century than any other wars and these people were doing it in the name of Communism, not religion although they treat Communism as a kind of religion. They in fact hated religion. Chairman Mao in China reportedly killed tens of millions of people with his revolution. Again Communist countries are supposedly secular countries, but the Communists expect everyone to worship their Communist revolutionary leaders. In China there are statues of Chairman Mao in many places. He is worshiped as a kind of god. So even there they have made a kind of religion out of it. Many people who claim to be atheists or secular humanists have made a kind of religion out of their belief system although they would never admit it is religious. That might be true in eastern countries where the majority religion is Islam, or some other religion. But western countries have generally been more respectful of individual rights, freedoms, and democracy because they learned these principles from their historic Judeo-Christian culture that goes back a couple thousand years. Western countries have more freedom and prosperity than the non-western countries. Just open your eyes and look at the world as a whole and you should see that. America has been one of the most free and most prosperous countries in the world. Now look at central and south America which has a lot of false religion. Look at eastern countries, Asian countries, Africa, and see how they compare with America. America has been largely a Bible-believing Christian country while much of the rest of the world has not. But the number of Bible believers in America is growing smaller and America is sharply divided. Do you see the difference. If you are honest with yourself, you have to admit there is a big difference between democratic western countries that are built on their historic Judeo-Christian principles and the rest of the world that is build on pagan religion or secular humanist ideology or Communism. Many of them are dictatorships. You came from an eastern country and I don't think you have learned the difference in the world. You have not learned the true causes of the fallen corrupt world. The cause of evil is not Biblical Christianity. Biblical Christianity believes that man is corrupt and has a natural evil nature ever since man rebelled against God in the garden of Eden. In Christian theology it is called the Fall of man. That is the root cause of all the crime, evil, wars, sickness, and suffering in the world. Biblical Christianity teaches man to love they neighbour and follow God through Jesus Christ. Secular humanism, which is what you are advocating, is an evil ideology that denies good and evil, it denies the existence of God, and therefore denies human responsibility toward God. It leads to a decadent and corrupt society with out accountability to God. We see that with the teaching of sexual orientation and transgenderism in public schools. We see it with the millions of abortions. We see it with the rebellion of young people against authority and we see it with the rising crime and mental problems of a large part of society. We see it with all the drug addiction, overdose deaths, and stabbings by mentally ill people. Society is going down. How is your secular humanism helping that?

" Canadians could help the country meet its climate targets by cutting their meat and dairy consumption in half by 2050, a new report suggests. Canada’s goal is to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to at least 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. While the Liberal government has outlined how it plans to achieve this in its 2030 emissions reduction plan, an assessment from the Canadian Climate Institute found the plan still puts Canada short of its goal by nine megatonnes. That gap could be closed if Canadians consumed 35 per cent less meat and dairy by 2030 and 50 per cent less by 2050, according to the report from animal rights non-profit World Animal Protection and Navius Research, an energy-economy research consultancy." Eating less meat could help Canada achieve its climate goals | Canada's National Observer: Climate News This is how far this government has gone. Unless we wake up, we will be in big trouble, with the Marxist dictators taking meat away from everyone. That would be truly like Orwell's 1984.

I am sorry if you take it that way. I try to simply pass along the truth in the Bible about salvation by faith in Jesus Christ. The Bible says that is the only way of salvation, i.e. only way of avoiding hell. If you see someone drowning in the ocean and you had a life jacket you could throw them, would you not do so? That is the only reason I try to help people. You know the world if full of darkness and we sit here and throw out all kinds of comments on an impersonal forum. I throw out comments about how to be saved because it see it as the way to love they neighbour and do what Jesus said. I doubt most people on these forums pay much attention to what I say, but maybe there is the rare person that might consider it. Other than that, I don't see anybody convincing anybody else of much. Most people's minds are made up and they don't seem to accept anything anyone else says. I am not looking down by nose at other beliefs. I am simply pointing out what I believe and that is what Jesus taught. He clearly taught there is only one belief system on religious matters. So it is impossible to agree with or accept other religions which contradict what Jesus said. I am not inventing this myself. I read the Bible and what theologians have to say about it. Perhaps "you should" was a bad way to start a reply. I apologize for using those words. Not everything I say is perfect. I am not a perfect person and nobody else is either. We do the best we can with what we know. Sometimes we slip. You shouldn't take what I say as a personal attack. It is not meant to be that. It is my hope that what I am saying is good news, not bad. I hope to improve and try to be more positive rather than negative. You know some people on here are very hard to talk to as they are very hostile and provocative, which makes it a challenge to say anything to them. We are on a learning path here.

There are many powerful politicians, globalists, billionaires, and people working toward a one-world government. This will mean the complete loss of all freedoms. Get this: The World Economic Forum was founded in 1971 by Karl Schwab. PM Justin Trudeau is a graduate of the WEF program along with other notable figures. Anyone can read about the plan of the WEF on their website. They don't hide it. It is called the great RESET, with which they plan to change the world. Now is the time for a 'great reset' of capitalism | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) These people have been totally deceived by Satan otherwise called the Devil. A one world system ruled by the anti-Christ and false prophet is prophesied to come to pass. We need to ask ourselves, are we a pawn of Satan or are we on God's side. We already have powerful organizations and individuals who are working on bringing in a one world government. This is no conspiracy theory. This is already happening. The people who try to ban speaking about Biblical Christianity are the kind of people who are totally deceived and will be swept into the one-world government easily. That is why Satan doesn't want anyone to reveal these facts about Biblical prophecy and what is happening. The only people who can offer some resistance to this tide are the Bible believers who are aware of what is happening in the world. More information on it can be found on various websites. "The Deep State conspiracy goes far deeper than Klaus Schwab and Joe Biden. Ultimately, Satan is behind the effort to destroy America from within and make us part of a globalist entity. The Bible calls it the Beast system, fast tracking us to the worldwide control of everyone on this planet. It’s the system of the Antichrist." Watch this video interview with Billy Crone, the author of the book on the planned destruction of America. Billy Crone: The Planned Destruction of America - The Prophecy Watchers When it is talking about the destruction of America, that mean Canada too.