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Yes, of course you would. I understand that perfectly well. I have many years experience in that reaction. That is because you are in rebellion against God. Your mind is under the control of the world system and the one who controls it. Biblical truth is in opposition to the world belief system called secular humanism. That is why you feel insulted. Perfectly understandable and I know how you feel although I am not experiencing it myself. All I can tell you is what I said many times. Do not remain in and part of the fallen world. You need to be redeemed by faith in Jesus Christ. When one comes to Christ in faith and confesses his sinfulness and asks to be forgiven, God will forgive him. But one should read the gospel of John and have some idea what he is doing. As for my being preachy, judgmental, demeaning, and insulting as you say, I am sorry it has to be that way. There is no other way I know of to tell you the spiritual or Biblical truth. It is not meant to offend. Perhaps if you believed it, you would see it as being helpful. Until then, you will not.

The inspired KJV says " 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. " James 5:9 KJV That is an accurate translation. But is has absolutely nothing to do with the evils perpetrated by government. Eyeball is the last person you should follow. He is a total rejecter of the Bible and knows nothing at all about good and evil. It's not my "philosophy???". What does "philosophy" have to do with the evils taking place? Nothing. Philosophy is for philosophers. Judging evil and encouraging people to believe the gospel is for Bible believers. You need to get with it. What I said is Biblical truth about what is going on in the world. The world is an evil place. If you haven't noticed that yet, you are totally deceived. I listed a few of the evils. If you can't see it, you need to actually read and believe the KJV Bible. In other words you need to be born again. Without being born again you will not see the evil or even believe in good and evil. Now is the time to be born again. You need a new birth. Read John's gospel. This is Christmas eve. Give yourself a best Christmas present in the world. That is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Remember Christmas marks the birth of when Jesus came into the world to save lost sinners. We were all born as lost sinners. (Romans ch3) This would be a great time to turn to God and acknowledge one's sinfulness and call upon Jesus Christ to save oneself. "except a man be born again, he will not see the kingdom of God". gospel of John ch3 Without salvation a person has nothing to look forward to but a lost eternity and the lake of fire. Get with it man.

Yes, that is a real barbaric theocracy. They are violating international law right and left. I know it is very disturbing but what can other countries do? Canada has supported the toothless U.N. for many years but they seem useless. How much money has Canada put into the U.N. and still putting in to fight the phony war on climate change? The U.N. should be going into Iran and dealing with them. The U.N. is made up of about 200 countries I believe. Surely they could do something useful for a change besides just talk.

You think there are more good people than bad in government? Then why do we have abortion on demand? Why do we have assisted suicide and government pressing ahead with offering it to mentally ill people? One of few countries in the world to do such a thing. Why do we have catch and release of criminals? Why do we have regular government ethics violations? Why do we have legalized marijuana sales? Why do we have de-criminalization of hard drugs in B.C.? Why do we have many other evil things going on that shouldn't be? "20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!" Isaiah 5: 20, 21 KJV

The Liberals and most of the other parties are very ideological and anti-Christian. Democracy is a very weak concept in Canada if it even exists at all. We are governed by a liberal borg centred in the triangle of Montreal, Toronto, & Ottawa. It is a family dictatorship type of thing. Most of the voters are gullible liberal puppets. Western Canada has practically no say in anything. It is all decided by the borg in Ottawa. The Senate is an unelected bunch of liberal hacks appointed mainly by the head liberal. They are not a democratic organization at all. Yet they have the final say on new laws.

Why didn't we hear about what CSIS did about election meddling? In Britain they gave the public the information about what was going on. In Canada it is classified. Clever excuse to keep government's lack of action covered up. How do we know Communists are not still working to further their own interests?

Did you know that Pakistan has a radical Islamic component called the Taliban? They basically believe the same way as the Taliban in Afghanistan and the clerics in Iran. Lots of people in the west are protesting, but I doubt they can do much to change them. They exist in many countries in that area of the world, the middle east, Africa, and even southeast Asia, and Indonesia. The world is a mess. Don't place your trust in the world's systems or think the world is going to change suddenly. There is no such thing as reincarnation. Many people in north America have been influenced by eastern mysticism, the new age movement, the sexual revolution in the sixties, eastern religions, to believe in reincarnation. Here is a good message on the subject. A Biblical Response To Reincarnation | SermonAudio

Why didn't they catch the interference from China in the election and put a stop to it?

"15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." Matthew 7:15 KJV There is a spiritual warfare going on in the world and the internet forums, social media etc. are no exception. There are many false preachers or prophets who preach their ideology under the guise of political comment. They deny they are preachers, but the fact is anyone who speaks could be a preacher of one kind or another. Expressing opinion by speaking or writing is a form of preaching. Many preach the ideologies of the world. They are false prophets masquerading as political pundits or commenters. If one wishes to know whether what is being preached is truth or error, they first need to be born again by the Spirit of God. Without being born again and becoming a child of God, one is in darkness or error. "3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. " John 3:3 KJV According to Holy Scripture, the world system is in darkness and in opposition to God Therefore I would urge you to consider this and if you are on the wrong side, it is time to make the change. The Bible, New Testament KJV will tell you what is required. The gospel of John is a good place to start. Do you want the approval of man or the approval of God? If you want to be approved of God, you know what the answer is. Here is an audio message on the subject of truth or error. The Spirit of Truth Versus The Spirit of Error | SermonAudio

quote Protection In eight years, BC has doubled its protected areas to 13.8 percent of the province – one of the highest percentages in North America. BC’s protected areas are larger than all of the forest area ever logged in the forest. BC’s protected areas total 11.7 million hectares (29 million acres). A total of about 9.4 million hectares (23.2 million acres) of the province’s forested area has been logged over time (5.6 million hectares or 13.8 million acres are forests). BC’s protected areas size comparisons: Same size as the Cuba The same size as either the United Kingdom or Romania Three times the size of Switzerland Same size as Louisiana or Pennsylvania Larger than the size of Kansas 2/3 the size of Washington State Amount of Trees BC is 95 million hectares (235 million acres) in size (about double the size of California). Almost 64% of the province – about 60.3 million hectares (149 million acres) – is forested. Less than one-third of one percent of BC’s forest land is harvested annually. Only 42% (25 million hectares or 62 million acres) of BC’s provincially owned forests are available for logging. 58% percent of BC’s forests (35 million hectares or 86 million acres) will remain as original forests. How large is that? Almost as large as California (which is 100 million acres) and considerably larger than Nevada (70.3 million acres). Original forests are areas that have never been logged or reforested. Original forests include parks; protected areas; areas unsuitable for logging; reserves around streams, lakes, and wetlands; and environmentally sensitive areas. There are more forests growing in North America today than on the first Earth Day in 1973 (Canadian Wood Council). unquote BC Forest Facts | Canada's Log People (en_ca) (canadaslogpeople.com)

There are multiple reason why a person believes in God and believes in the Bible but it is not easy to state it in a few sentences. It requires some reading and consideration to understand. "The answer to why we believe the Bible involves many facts that together provide an intelligent basis for believing the Bible to be a supernatural statement of truth." 3. Why Believe the Bible? | Bible.org Why should I believe the Bible? | GotQuestions.org Why I Believe the Bible (thegospelcoalition.org) 5 Reasons To Believe The Bible Is Inspired By God - Faith in the News 10 reasons to believe in the Bible — Salt&Light (saltandlight.sg) Why do we believe the Bible is actually the word of God? - Denison Forum That should keep you busy for a while.

I'm not sure where you got the "failed apprentice insurance salesman" idea. He was not a failed apprentice insurance salesman from what I read on Wikipedia. Wikipedia says " In 2005, Scheer's blog as an MP listed that he was an accredited insurance broker,[23] and in 2007 the biography section on Scheer's MP website stated that he passed the Canadian Accredited Insurance Broker program in Saskatchewan and started his insurance industry career at Shenher Insurance in Regina.[16] During the 2019 election, when Scheer was Conservative leader, his biography on the party website stated that he had worked as an insurance broker.[24] Upon investigation The Globe and Mail found no evidence that he was ever accredited as an insurance broker.[25] Scheer responded to these claims by maintaining that he received accreditation for general insurance after leaving Shenher Insurance in Regina.[26] As of September 2019, the provincial regulator, Insurance Councils of Saskatchewan, was reviewing the matter.[26]" Nothing at all about failing anything there. He said he passed trhe Canadian Accredited Insurance Broker program in Saskatchewan and started his career at Shenher Insurance in Regina. I take him at his word on that. It doesn't sound like he did anything wrong there. It is possible his completion of the insurance broker program was not registered with the provincial regulator and it says they were reviewing the matter. Possible a paperwork or bureaucratic mistake or possibly someone did not send in his accreditation to record in the provincial regulator records.. But it looks like he was accredited. I have no reason not to believe him on that. He went to university and obtained a BA degree. He was a fairly educated man and obtaining his accreditation as an insurance broker would not have been very difficult for him. I am not sure what you mean by not standing up to social conservatives. He respects their views. They have as much right to their views in the Conservative party as anyone else. I think he respected other people's rights to their views. Unfortunately Canada is more of a heathen nation and it appears on the surface most people do not support Christian principles.

Why would any cabinet minister worry about Ethics violations when the penalty is $500 at most. A pittance. The only real penalty is if the voters are upset and it affects the next election. But it doesn't seem to. Most voters don't seem to care about scandals. Trudeau keeps getting re-elected in spite of the scandals.

"A direct link exists between ignorance of God - either willful or unintentional - and societal breakdown. This is the result of evolution: not a more advanced society with answers to all of life's problems, not a utopia of peaceful coexistence, not a world of highly refined beings who have ascended to the next "plane" of existence, but degeneration. The ultimate result of the theory of evolution - and Satan's intention - is the destruction of humanity and all semblance of order. We are increasingly seeing this breakdown within our schools and universities, on our highways, and in our neighborhoods. Mankind is certainly not evolving into anything better." What the Bible says about Degeneration (bibletools.org)

No, that is not what Jesus would do. Singh is just virtue-signaling like Trudeau often does. He is using the children to try to gain some popularity. Only the simple-minded can't see that. The health care system is supposed to be there for everyone, not just kids. We have no private system or anywhere else to go to.

Today's report by the Ethics Commissioner that Liberal minister Mary Ng (or her department) is guilty of conflict of interest should come as a reminder about the ongoing ethics failures of the Liberal government. She or her department apparently gave contracts to a public relations firm in Toronto called Pomp and Circumstance and her friend in the firm is Amada Alvaro, the founder and president. Alvaro has been a pundit on CBC's Power and Politics for a long time.

Did you ever consider prioritizing everything means giving no priority to anything, especially the failing health care system? That is exactly what the NDP have been doing all along, prioritizing everything which means giving no priority to anything or to the health care system which is in a crisis.

If anyone doubts my belief that government cannot be trusted just take a look at two more of today's articles: Offering euthanasia to struggling veterans is government policy: Full Comment podcast (msn.com) How did firm with ties to China get RCMP contract? MPs vote for committee probe (msn.com) Then there is the fact that dangerous offenders are constantly released on parole or on bail by the federally-controlled parole boards and go on to re-offend. Innocent people repeatedly victimized and suffer.

Why is NDP leader Jagmeet Singh calling for an emergency debate on the health care crisis involving children? Where was he the past number of year when health care has been in a crisis for years with long waiting lists for essential cancer treatments, etc., people dying on waiting lists, people waiting in emergency rooms for many hours, and people dying waiting waiting for emergency treatment? There are millions of people who do not have their own doctor, yet he made a deal with Trudeau to keep the Liberals in power in exchange for getting a dental care program for children. Somebody should tell Singh there are a lot more people in this country than children who require essential health care, as much as it is a deplorable situation. MPs and parties are supposed to be representing all people, not just the feel good little children who I also love. All people in Canada deserve proper health care. Very few children have actually died from the viruses in the present crisis, although any deaths are unacceptable. The fact is many adults have died because of the failing health care system. Singh needs to wake up as do the rest of MPs and government and fix the health care system for everyone. The main thing that Singh talks about is the immediate health crisis for children. He is obviously doing this because it is a feel good, vote getter line. This is one of the problems with so-called "democratic" Socialism. Politicians favour certain demographics or bases of people and can ignore everyone else because calculations are made on how many votes it will earn. Adopting feel good and sound good policies become the norm while the major problems are ignored. Democratic Socialism becomes a popularity contest. NDP crying about how the health care crisis is now affecting children, but the NDP are the big supporters of teaching sexual orientation and gender transitioning ideology to school kids which destroy kids and people's lives. They appear to want to save their bodies but in effect destroy their minds. The NDP are so mixed up, I don't know where to start.

The U.S. did it. The EU might. Why Canada won't put Iran's revolutionary guard on its terrorist list | CBC News

I don't defend Conservatives that followed along, but what Conservatives might have done regarding China pales in comparison to the Liberal gang. They were the champions of cozying up to China and they have a lot of friends who are capitalists too. Trudeau attended cash-for-access fundraiser with Chinese billionaires Trudeau attended cash-for-access fundraiser with Chinese billionaires - The Globe and Mail RICH CHINESE ARE FUNDING THE LIBERALS, TRUDEAU DEFENDS Rich Chinese are funding the Liberals, Trudeau defends | The Siver Times No wonder Trudeau has dragged his feet all along and refuses to do anything that might offend his friends and China.

It was the Liberals who have been leaders is naively trying to establish close relations with Communist China all along. It finally has come home to bite them. Everyone knows who cozied up to Communist China for many decades. It was mainly liberals. First with former PM Pierre Trudeau who made Canada the first country to recognize Communist China under chairman Mao in 1970 and then PM Justin Trudeau tried to cozy up to China a few years ago. He even said how he admired their system. But they rejected him as a useful tool, which he has been. The Liberal government has been a disaster in almost every way.

I had forgotten about the golden calf story. Must have read it a long time ago. It teaches that only the true God must be worshiped. They made a golden calf and were worshiping it which caused God to be very angry and punish them. Moses interceded for them or it could have been much worse. Yes, many people struggle in life in various ways some more than others. It would be a huge mistake to think that biblical faith or that the Bible was invented to provide emotional relief for people. The Bible was written by prophets and apostles who actually experienced what they wrote. Many of them died for their faith. People don't die for a lie. This is where you need to determine whether what the Bible is telling us is true or just an imaginary story. The Bible was written by about 40 different authors over a period of 1,500 years yet it all fits together like a puzzle. An extremely important issue to settle in one's mind is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. If he was crucified, died, and was buried or placed in the tomb, and then the third day was resurrected from the dead as the Bible prophesies and as he predicted, then what the Bible says must be accepted as the truth. Quite a number of people are recorded as having seen Jesus Christ after he was resurrected. Jesus spoke about the Holy Scriptures. If he was raised from the dead, then what he said about being the Son of God (and being God) must be accepted and the whole Bible is then validated. A lawyer once decided to do a serious investigation of this and after much consideration and study, he came to the conclusion that Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead. It would hold up in a court of law because eye witnesses are considered as the major determining factor. This is what each of the four gospels give an account of. Each wrote in his own way.

You say you don't have time? The most important thing in life according to biblical revelation is to be right with God and ready to meet your Creator. The notion that many are travelling the same way but on different paths is a very simplistic, false idea. The fact is most people are on the wrong path and heading for hell. But many make their own choices. Jesus came to save people. That is the central message. One should consider that the top priority and that should be resolved before spending any time on anything else. But like you said it is a free country and everyone makes their own decision about spiritual matters and where they want to spend eternity. quote The Bible in (less than) 300 Words In the beginning, God created the heavens,the earth, and mankind. Adam and Eve disobeyed God, resulting in a broken relationship with Him. Not giving up on mankind, God established covenants, including those with Abraham and Moses. In the Promised Land, God provided for judges and kings, yet over the long stretch of their history the Israelites remained discontented. Unfaithfulness finally led to alliances that resulted in the exile to Babylon, during which the prophet Jeremiah told of God’s passion for reconciliation: a new covenant, through the coming of a Messiah. An angel announced to the Virgin Mary that she would be with child, the foretold Messiah of David’s lineage. John, the Baptist, prepared the way for the Messiah and baptized Jesus. Jesus claimed to be the son of God, preaching God’s love and forgiveness through faith, not laws: fulfilling and supplanting the Mosaic covenant. His teaching, especially his parables, included messages of salvation and love. He also performed many miracles. Jesus’ ministry threatened the Pharisees’ status as well as Roman control. He was crucified. After his resurrection, Jesus came to his apostles and told them to preach his words to all mankind. Jesus’ death and resurrection became the source of eternal salvation. When the disciples were empowered by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, they began to share with everyone the good news of God’s redemptive work in Jesus. The new church struggled to understand how Jews and gentiles could be united as followers of Jesus. In this united church, God made a way for all people who follow Jesus to be brought back to the relationship God desired. God had been seeking to restore this relationship ever since it was first broken. unquote The Bible in (less than) 300 Words | The Dilettante's Dilemma (thedilettantesdilemma.com)

All I can say is read the King James Bible and study it, particularly the New Testament. There is so much in the Bible, one must concentrate on the real core of message which is in the New Testament. If you went to a big cathedral, I am not sure if you would learn anything about biblical Christianity and the actual gospel. I doubt it is clearly preached in cathedrals. For one thing Romanism which has been the dominant religion in the west for 1,700 years does not teach or preach the true gospel. I am not interested in "pointing the finger" but I must defend the truth from false accusations and claims. The forum is simply a place where one makes a comment and someone else replies. I agree the large cathedrals in Europe do not really represent biblical Christianity. But that has been the way of Romanism for 1,700 years. We had the Holy Roman Inquisition for 400 years where heretics were burned at the stake. Anyone who did not tow the line was considered a heretic and at risk of being hauled before the Inquisition tribunals and punished.