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Let’s be blunt. Canada’s current system is not working. According to Health Canada data, more than 42,000 people have died from opioid overdoses since 2016. In 2023 alone, roughly 22 people died every single day. That is not a crisis. That is a slow-motion national massacre." And yet in our courts, street-level traffickers are routinely handed six months to two years, often with probation. Mid-level dealers may see three to eight years. The worst cases may face more than a decade, but sentences of 10 years or more remain rare. In many instances, traffickers walk out in less time than it takes for a grieving family to finish paying funeral expenses." KLEIN: Assembly of Chiefs right to demand tougher sentences

False! No it wasn't AI. It was written by Carson Jerema as the OP says. The link shows it as an article in National Post. Other links to news items are also there. Don't make up phony claims!

No, it is no scam by any political thinktank. That is your personal claim you just pulled out of thin air. It is written in the book of Genesis which is the first book of the Bible. Genesis states clearly as I quoted above that God gave that land to Abraham and all his descendants after him of the Jewish race. That was done several thousand years ago. The history of Israel is a well known established fact. It is described in the Old Testament of the Bible. The credibility of the Bible itself seems to be what you don't accept. Am I correct in saying you never studied it either? The validity of the Bible is verified by the miraculous events that took place and witnessed by eye witnesses. A prime example is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The gospels in the New Testament gives accounts of that. Many people saw Him after he was risen from the dead. That means what He said on earth is perfectly believable and he recognized the Old Testament as true. It means Jesus is indeed the Son of God as he said. He is God along with the Father and Holy Spirit. Perhaps you need to do a little studying of the Bible.

OK, you answered the question. You say you do not believe in God. That is your choice. The problem is if one does not believe in God then there are many things that cannot be explained. The first one being where did the complex universe and all the creatures and mankind come from? Maybe you know that even a relatively basic cell has long chains of DNA (or intelligence) built into it that could not have just appeared out of the blue. Someone had to have designed that and created it. Just a thought. Secondly, what is the reason why mankind exists? If there is no God, then life must have no meaning. We are all just accidents of the cosmos. Here now and gone tomorrow. What a pointless existence that would be don't you think?

That is a contradiction. You are telling me not to talk about God while you yourself quote what God said in the 3rd commandment. That is a real contradiction and makes no sense. You're saying it is ok for you to quote the 3rd commandment but I should not mention God. In actual fact, I don't take God's name in vain. You don't seem to understand what the 3rd commandment means either and therefore you are misusing it here.

" Consider made by courts. A Stephen Harper era law permitting consecutive sentences for mass murderers was overridden because the Supreme Court reasoned it was “cruel and unusual punishment,” just as it was deemed “cruel and unusual punishment” to impose a minimum sentence for the crime of luring and having sex with a minor, just as it was deemed “cruel and unusual punishment” to jail someone for four years for recklessly shooting a gun at a house. The courts have been similarly legislating on social issues from the bench for decades, such as on abortion, gay marriage, prostitution and euthanasia. Judges have also strayed into areas of policy in new and confounding ways. For example, rulings have determined it would violate the Charter to dismantle an illegal homeless camp on public property, just as a court has found that removing bike lanes would also be unconstitutional." Carson Jerema: The Charter was a mistake In addition to these repeated abuses by Supreme Court power in their application of the Charter of Rights, there is the repeated reduced sentences being given to FNs criminals based purely on race. Sentence cut in half for Saskatchewan man who identifies as Métis | National Post Indigenous man who terrorized girl half his age gets reduced sentence | National Post Nunavut man sentenced to one day in custody for biting off neighbour's ear These reduced sentences for FNs are a result of liberal politician's and Supreme Court liberal-appointed judge's ideology. For some strange reason they think criminals have more rights than everyone else and the safety and security of society is given a low priority. A dangerous repeat offender was just released in B.C., who the police believe is a serious risk to re-offend. He was released before on conditions that he did not follow, and he broke the law, and here we go again. There seems to be nothing anybody can do about it.

Would you say Israel should do nothing and wait until Hamas comes into Israel again and kills 1,200 people and takes 250 hostages again or worse?

How do you think the world and mankind came into existence? How could something come from nothing without a Creator?

I think you must know the truth is the Arabs or Palestinians will not recognize Israel and will continue to want to eliminate Israel. You also have the terrorist groups in Lebanon, Iran, and other places. Do you seriously think they will stop fighting against Israel?

How do you know? Why do we even exist? Where did man come from? Apes? Why would you say that? Where did I say anything about the current war in Gaza?

I'm not sure why you would say that. Can you explain? Have you studied the Bible at all? What do you think the purpose of your being here in this world is? Do you believe in the existence of God? Any thoughts on these subjects you would be willing to share?

Britain has completely gone mad with their hate crime law. Police in Britain are now arresting about 30 people a day for offensive comments. If someone on social media or anywhere feels you have made an offensive comment, you may be arrested in Britain. The same kind of thing could happen here in Canada with the new proposed C9 bill being put forward by the Carney government. "Michael Higgins: U.K. policing of hate crimes should be a warning to Canada Opinion by Michael Higgins British police can arrest a citizen or have them placed on a hate register if a social media post or other action is perceived as “ill-will, spite, contempt, prejudice, unfriendliness, antagonism, resentment or dislike,” writes Michael Higgins. If you want to find out how bad it can be when police are allowed to decide what is hateful, look no further than the U.K., where an average of 30 people a day are arrested for offensive comments. Then there are the people — about 13,000 a year — who are not arrested but put on a register for “non-crime hate incidents.” Hanging out “soiled underpants” on the washing line can get you on that register if a neighbour “perceives” they are being targeted. With a new bill, C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, the Liberals would hand over to the police the power to decide what is hate. The bill would repeal the requirement for the attorney general to lay hate charges, “streamlining the process for law enforcement to more effectively address such cases,” says the bill, rather innocently. “By removing this step, law enforcement would be able to act quickly to counter hate speech and protect communities,” it says. Joanna Baron, executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, worries that the new bill could impact free speech and lead to more prosecutions." For the whole article: Michael Higgins: U.K. policing of hate crimes should be a warning to Canada

" How could mutations—accidental copying mistakes (DNA ‘letters’ exchanged, deleted or added, genes duplicated, chromosome inversions, etc.)—create the huge volumes of information in the DNA of living things? How could such errors create 3 billion letters of DNA information to change a microbe into a microbiologist? There is information for how to make proteins but also for controlling their use—much like a cookbook contains the ingredients as well as the instructions for how and when to use them. One without the other is useless. See: Meta-information: An impossible conundrum for evolution. Mutations are known for their destructive effects, including over 1,000 human diseases such as hemophilia. Rarely are they even helpful. But how can scrambling existing DNA information create a new biochemical pathway or nano-machines with many components, to make ‘goo-to-you’ evolution possible? E.g., How did a 32-component rotary motor like ATP synthase (which is present in all life forms), or robots like kinesin (a ‘postman’ delivering parcels inside cells) originate? See: The evolution train’s a-comin’ (Sorry, a-goin’—in the wrong direction). Video on Question 3 Why is natural selection, a principle recognized by creationists, taught as ‘evolution’, as if it explains the origin of the diversity of life? By definition it is a selective process (selecting from already existing information), so is not a creative process. It might explain the survival of the fittest (why certain genes benefit creatures more in certain environments), but not the arrival of the fittest (where the genes and creatures came from in the first place). The death of individuals not adapted to an environment and the survival of those that are suited does not explain the origin of the traits that make an organism adapted to an environment. E.g., how do minor back-and-forth variations in finch beaks explain the origin of beaks or finches? How does natural selection explain goo-to-you evolution? See: Evolutionist Dr John Endler’s refreshing clarity about ‘natural selection’ has been largely ignored. Video on Question 4 How did new biochemical pathways, which involve multiple enzymes working together in sequence, originate? Every pathway and nano-machine requires multiple protein/enzyme components to work. How did lucky accidents create even one of the components, let alone 10 or 20 or 30 at the same time, often in a necessary programmed sequence? Evolutionary biochemist Franklin Harold wrote, “we must concede that there are presently no detailed Darwinian accounts of the evolution of any biochemical or cellular system, only a variety of wishful speculations. ---- 15 Questions for Evolutionists · Creation.com

The most blatantly ignorant statement I've seen you make. It doesn't sound like you have read anything on the subject. If you had, you would be making a more intelligent statement. "How did life originate? Evolutionist Professor Paul Davies admitted, “Nobody knows how a mixture of lifeless chemicals spontaneously organized themselves into the first living cell.”1 Andrew Knoll, professor of biology, Harvard, said, “we don’t really know how life originated on this planet”.2 A minimal cell needs several hundred proteins. Even if every atom in the universe were an experiment with all the correct amino acids present for every possible molecular vibration in the supposed evolutionary age of the universe, not even one average-sized functional protein would form. So how did life with hundreds of proteins originate just by chemistry without intelligent design?" 15 Questions for Evolutionists · Creation.com If you are going to comment on this subject, you need to study the subject first at bit. At least read a few articles on the creation side and at least you will have something more objective to say. Just making silly insults just shows your ignorance. You have nothing.

No proof for evolution exists at all. Pure speculation.

The U.N. is the most untrustworthy organization in the world. It is made up of a host of dictatorship countries. It even appoints countries that do not respect human rights to its so-called human rights committee. It is a farce. "What Percentage of UN Resolutions Are Anti-Israel? A statistical breakdown offers insights into the disproportionate scrutiny faced by Israel by the UN. In 2023 alone, a new study conducted by UN Watch found that Israel was sanctioned by the UN twice as many times as the rest of the world combined. The Jewish state—the only democratic state in the Middle East—was the target of 14 General Assembly resolutions, while the remaining member states, including authoritarian regimes such as North Korea, Russia, Syria, and Iran, were denounced only seven times. Of the 14 resolutions against Israel, only one of them is non-condemnatory, That has been the pattern for many years. In 2022, 15 resolutions condemned Israel out of 27 total—more than 50%. From 2015 through 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted 140 resolutions on Israel and 68 on all other countries. According to data, since the creation of the UNHRC (United Nations Human Rights Council) in 2006, there have been 45 resolutions condemning Israel on its own, a number that comprises 45.9% of all country-specific resolutions, and reflects the fact that there were nearly more resolutions condemning Israel than the rest of the world combined. List of UN Resolutions Condemning Israel Since 2023 Below is a list of the number of UN resolutions condemning Israel since 2020. This list was gathered from the organization’s online database: The U.N. General Assembly has just wrapped up its country resolutions for 2023: North Korea 1 Venezuela 0 Myanmar 1 Lebanon 0 Pakistan 0 Hamas 0 Turkey 0 Russia 2 China 0 Qatar 0 Saudi 0 Israel 14 Syria 1 Iraq 0 Iran 1 US 1 List of UN Resolutions Condemning Israel In 2020 In 2020, 50% of UN resolutions concerned Israel, with 23 out of 56 resolutions total mentioning condemnation of the state. unquote UN Bias Against Israel: Fact or Fiction? This proves the U.N. is made up of a host of anti-Semitic countries and is next to no value.

PM Carney announced they are recognizing a state of Palestine which is actually part of Israel. That is the West Bank and possibly Gaza. This would effectively cut Israel in approximately half and greatly weaken its ability to defend itself. There never was such a state called Palestine although this is disputed by some groups? The question is will God punish Canada or the government of Canada and the other countries who are doing the same thing, including the U.N.? The Bible makes it clear God gave the land of Israel to them in perpetuity. God said this to Abraham: "7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God." Genesis 17:7 KJV. Therefore when nations go against this and try to take parts of it away from Israel, will God punish those nations or people at some point for attempting to do so. There is lots of prophecy in the Bible about coming future events. But the past history in the Bible does show God did punish the enemies of Israel. quote Old Testament Context In the Old Testament, God's judgment on Israel's enemies is frequently depicted in the historical narratives, prophetic literature, and poetic writings. The Pentateuch, particularly in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy, sets the stage for understanding God's protective and retributive actions. For instance, in Exodus 14:13-14, Moses assures the Israelites of God's deliverance from the Egyptians: "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." The conquest narratives in the book of Joshua further illustrate God's judgment on the Canaanite nations, fulfilling His promise to give the land to the descendants of Abraham. Joshua 10:42 states, "Joshua conquered all these kings and their land in one campaign, because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel." The prophetic books often pronounce oracles of judgment against the nations surrounding Israel. The book of Isaiah, for example, contains numerous prophecies against nations such as Babylon, Assyria, Moab, and Edom. Isaiah 13:11 declares, "I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity; I will end the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the ruthless." Similarly, the book of Ezekiel contains prophecies against Tyre, Egypt, and other nations, emphasizing God's sovereignty over all nations and His ultimate plan for justice. Ezekiel 25:17 states, "I will execute great vengeance on them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them." New Testament Perspective In the New Testament, the theme of judgment on Israel's enemies is expanded to include spiritual dimensions. The ultimate enemy, Satan, and the forces of evil are depicted as being defeated through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Colossians 2:15 proclaims, "And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross." The book of Revelation provides a vivid apocalyptic vision of God's final judgment upon the enemies of His people. Revelation 19:11-16 describes Christ as the victorious warrior: "Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war." Theological Implications The judgment on Israel's enemies underscores several key theological themes. Firstly, it affirms God's faithfulness to His covenant promises. Throughout the biblical narrative, God acts to protect and vindicate His people, demonstrating His unwavering commitment to them. Secondly, it highlights God's justice and righteousness. The judgment of the nations serves as a reminder that God holds all people accountable for their actions and that His justice will ultimately prevail. Lastly, it points to the eschatological hope of God's ultimate victory over evil. The Scriptures assure believers that, in the end, God will establish His kingdom in fullness, where righteousness and peace will reign eternally. Conclusion The biblical theme of judgment on Israel's enemies is a testament to God's sovereign power, His covenantal faithfulness, and His ultimate plan for justice and redemption. Through these judgments, God reveals His character and His purposes, offering hope and assurance to His people throughout history. unquote Topical Bible: Judgment on Israel's Enemies

You should watch this video on the life of Moses, the man of God. Bing Videos

Moses acted under the direction of God (the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost). "Moses' actions were guided by God's direction, as seen in his interactions with Jethro and his divine commands. He followed God's instructions to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and to deliver the Ten Commandments. Moses' leadership was marked by his obedience to God's commands, which included appointing judges and leaders, constructing the Tabernacle, and providing guidance to the Israelites. His life and leadership exemplified themes of faith, obedience, and perseverance, inspiring future generations within both Jewish and Christian traditions. Desiring God+5

There is much more in God's word than the gospels. Google crime, punishment and the Bible and read some of those verses. What kind of world would it be if criminals were not punished?

You admit you know Satan? How is that? Do you believe he exists? What about the demonic hordes that follow him? Do you believe it that? If you do, you may know more than most people. I am not playing. I also don't hate people that don't agree with me. Everyone makes their own choice about what they believe.

Unfortunately you are applying something Jesus said to the justice system. That is not what it means. Jesus is not saying criminals should not be punished. Jesus was talking about a personal relationship between you and another person. If someone says something mean to you, you may be wise to hold your tongue and turn the cheek. But that has nothing to do with the justice system Gaetan.

There you go. I now if folks knew a bit about heaven and hell they would be more interested in the Bible subject. Heaven and hell and real places. Hell is a place of everlasting suffering and anyone who thinks about it would want to avoid it at all costs. Heaven on the other hand is a place of eternal happiness with Jesus. Everyone is heading for one of those places, either heaven or hell. It is a choice. I pray that you folks make the right choice. That is what the King James Bible is about. It gives the problem and the solution. We have only one life. Now is the day of salvation Herbie.

Hate to have to correct you again, but I go by what God says in his written revelation. You might find it uncomfortable. The truth is uncomfortable for people who don't know the truth. You are relatively new on here I suspect. At least I haven't seen your pseudonym on here very long. I have been around here for years and am familiar with people who spend their life fighting against God and serving Satan. That is a fact. Most people are serving Satan and his demonic hordes and don't even realize it or acknowledge it. If you want to know anything about that, I can try to answer any questions. It doesn't scare me off because God is the one whom I am trying to serve. He wants everyone to know the truth.

Did the Devil tell you to say that. The Devil rules this world and especially controls all non-believers. Why do you want to dance to his tune and be a slave to him? There is a way to escape you know. Get a King James Bible and learn the truth. You see this as some kind of hostile response, but the truth is what I am telling you is a priceless gift offered to you, the King James Bible which is God's direct revelation to man.