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Canada's public health agency admits it tracked 33 million mobile devices during lockdown | National Post You can use Google just as easily as anyone else.

Human Rights in China will never improve under Communism, so why reward it to save a buck?

It has just been reported that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has been accessing up to 33 million Canadian's cell phones to collect information. That raises the question: Are we living in a surveillance state now? Would this be another evidence of the existence of Marxist ideology in the government and bureaucracy of Canada? What other methods of surveillance are being conducted that we are not aware of or have not been made public?

Article for the China lovers. China accused of harassing its critics in Canada and abroad China accused of harassing its critics in Canada and abroad (msn.com)

So-called "conversion therapy" is a deceptive trigger phrase that paints a picture of brutal coercion techniques. In fact it ignores the fact that 99% of the time the only thing that may have taken place is people voluntarily went for counseling to see if they could change their gay lifestyle to heterosexual. Now simple freedom of association and speech is banned by a draconian law because some LGBT people do not like the idea of their fellow LGBT people being counseled out of the pride movement, which would lessen their numbers and prove that people can change. When people change, it weakens their whole argument that it is a normal thing that people are born with. So to pressure the government to act some claimed they were irreparably harmed by the counseling and caused them lifelong grief. I guess anybody could claim anything they don't agree with causes lifelong grief. If that causes ongoing grief to someone, all it really proves is they really do need compassionate counseling with understanding. The reason for the grief could be because they are deeply torn about their situation. The solution to that is not to deny freedom to everyone who might seek compassionate counseling. Passing laws to ban conversation between consenting adults is going way to far and sounds Orwellian.

Actually the liberals are leading a charge with their war on Christianity. Latest bomb was passing a law against any gay or LGBT person receiving voluntary counseling from anyone, including any church. Couldn't get much worse.

1. The Bible has many supernatural events. We accept it on faith. Again it gets back to believing in the supernatural which is what the Bible is all about. 2. OK if you don't want links or more backup material, it really limits the conversation to very basic, bare comments. I am not sure that is the best way to discuss something which has large amounts of explanations and backup information behind it. Also, I am not an encyclopedia, not a professor, and not a trained scholar. Yet you ask deep questions as if you expect scholars answers. 3. I am not sure what you mean in saying Jesus cannot be Immanuel. Immanuel simply means "God with us". Since Jesus claimed to be the Son of God (or God, as part of the trinity of God), then Immanuel seems to be an appropriate title. I am not sure what you are referring to with regard to prophecy changing. My understanding that a prophecy is simply a statement about something in the future and then later it is fulfilled. 4. The Old Testament came from the Hebrew Holy Scriptures. The Hebrews scribes were reportedly extremely scrupulous in making copies of the Holy Scriptures and had to very carefully copy every jot and tittle and if they made a mistake, they had to redo the whole section. There is no reason to think they altered the Scriptures. As for the New Testament there are apparently over 5,000 ancient manuscripts or copies of manuscripts that support the Greek Received Text that was used to produce the King James Version. So is is unlikely that anything of any significance was altered in the New Testament either. 5. There are many prophecies in various books of the Old Testament such as in Isaiah, Zechariah, and the Psalms. Example: quote 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. {wounded: or, tormented} {stripes: Heb. bruise} 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. {laid…: Heb. made the iniquity of us all to meet on him} 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. {from prison…: or, away by distress and judgment: but, etc} {was he…: Heb. was the stroke upon him} 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. {death: Heb. deaths} Unquote Isaiah 53:4-9 KJV This prophecy tells how Christ suffered vicariously. This was fulfilled about 700 years later and the accounts are given in the gospels.

The virgin birth was a supernatural event just like the creation. There is no biological explanation. Here is an article I found that might give some answers. I haven't had the chance to read it yet as I've been busy today, but will have a look at it. The Historical Reliability of the Gospels | Bible.org Just finished reading it.

I don't think so. "1 <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. {where…: or, without these their voice is heard: Heb. without their voice heard} 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, {line: or, rule, or, direction} 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. " Psalm 19:1-6 KJV The Bible clearly says the creation declares God. That is strong evidence.

No. The Bible is made of 66 books written by 40 different authors over 1500 years. So the prophecy I quoted from Zechariah was written by a prophet who lived centuries before Christ. It was fulfilled during the life of Christ on earth as recorded in the gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Two different books; one records the prophecy (Zechariah) and a different book maybe 400 years later or more record the fulfillment (Matthew). So I'm not sure why you say it would need something outside the Bible. That doesn't make sense. These are not made up stories. The fact that a number of the apostles were martyred for what they believed is strong evidence that what they believed was true. People do not die for a lie. Some of them were tortured and died brutal deaths. The four gospels record different things in some cases about Jesus and what happened. There would be no point in them deliberately creating a false story. So when Matthew records that Judas was paid 30 pieces of silver that makes sense. The fact that Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus is also recorded in all four gospels although they may not all give the exact same details in the same way. The prophecy in Isaiah 7:14 KJV "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." This is recorded as fulfilled in Matthew and Luke.

" 12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. {If ye…: Heb. If it be good in your eyes} 13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. " Zechariah 11:12, 13 KJV This was written by the prophet Zechariah centuries before Christ. "15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. " Matthew 26:15, 16 KJV This fulfillment of this prophecy was written centuries later by the author of the gospel of Matthew. Judas betrayed Christ for 30 pieces of silver.

quote Over 300 direct prophecies in question, like, Is. 7:14 He would be born of a virgin Lk. 1:7 it happened! Micah 5:2 born in Bethlehem Lk. 2:4 that happened! Gen. 49:10 born of tribe of Judah Mt. 3:3 that happened! Psalm 78:2 speak in parables Mt. 13:34 that happened! Zech. 9:9 ride on colt of a donkey Mt. 21 that happened! Is. 61 heal broken-hearted Lk. 4:18 that happened! Is. 53:3 rejected by own Jn. 1:11 that happened! Is. 53:7 stand silent before accusers Mk. 15:5 that happened!’ Ps. 22:18 cast lots for His robe Jn. 19:23 that happened! Ps. 22 (hundreds of years before crucifixion ever invented or thought of) prophets said they would pierce His hands and feet, and it happened! Ps. 22:1 “my God, why forsaken me?” Mt. 27:46 that happened! v. 5 tongue cleave to jaw Mt. 26:15 that happened! Zech. 11:2 sold by enemies for 30 silver Mt. 26:15 that happened! Is. 53:9 buried w/ rich Mt. 27 that happened! Unquote

Many prophecies were written down by the Hebrew prophets who lived many centuries before Christ came into the world. They were written down in the Hebrew Scriptures centuries before they were fulfilled. Their fulfillment was recorded in the gospels which was written down after Christ lived on earth. The Hebrew Scriptures became known as the Old Testament in the Bible we have today. The books in the Bible were written by 40 different authors. The authors in Old Testament times were not the same authors of the New Testament. So these prophecies are evidence of the supernatural working of God.

I won't bite. Jesus is LOrd and the Bible is authentic. Says nothing about mother's contraception in the Bible. I am not Roman Catholic. I believe the Bible You make a lot of assumptions. But if you were honest you would look into it before condemning everything. I never condemned you to anything. I have hope for you and prefer civilized conversation without the name calling. Here is a site that gives a lot of information about the authenticity of the Bible. Compelling Evidence of the Authenticity of the Bible – peterpilt

I debated whether to even answer you because you have a serious attitude problem. Maybe you have serious personal problems; I don't know. But God does care about you. God (Jesus) is there for you if you ever change your mind. Will pray for you. We must love our neighbours as God says. Hate is not the answer. God is merciful and can help you.

I gave you the definition of faith from the Bible in Hebrews ch11. That is the faith we are talking about. I accept the Bible and it answered your questions or comments better than I ever could. I will stick with the King James Bible because it is God's inspired word. Your argument is really with the Bible and with God. I can't really add to his description of what faith is. As I said it is necessary to look at the subject through a supernatural viewpoint or eyes, as it says in 1 Corinthians ch2. There is no other way.

According to your definition and liberal definition, whatever government legalizes is moral. Therefore according to that reasoning, abortion or killing of unborn babies is moral. But this is still killing humans and is shown in the Holy Scriptures to be against God's teaching on the sanctity of life and command "thou shalt not kill". So your argument that whatever man or government decrees is moral falls down flat. Likewise, in Nazi Germany in the 1930s, and early 1940s the Jews were considered evil and worthy of the final solution. Society in general accepted that although probably not everyone. But the Nazi government approved. Did that make it good or righteous. Of course not. It was still a great evil in God's sight. Your argument falls flat in that example as well.

God has chosen the vehicle of faith for man to come to him. You are asking to have proof in scientific terms which is not how God has chosen to operate. God has said he spoke creation into existence in Genesis Chap. 1. Other than that there is no explanation given of how he did that or how he created atoms. But it is reasonable to believe atoms, molecules could not have created themselves. They required a Creator who we call God. Therefore we accept it on faith that it was a supernatural act of God. The Bible says "1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. {substance: or, ground, or, confidence} 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. " Hebrews 11:1-3 KJV So you see here it says the worlds were framed by the word of God. That tells me he simply spoke the creation into existence. "11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Corinthians 2:11-14 KJV Here we see that the natural man cannot know these things or accept them. It says they are foolishness unto him. So they must be spiritually discerned. The only way to believe in God and what he did is through a spiritual viewpoint. "6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. " Hebrews 11:6 KJV

I have explained without God, there is no such thing as true morality. Man does what he wishes. That is called humanism. The definition of humanism is: an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems. Atheism or humanism which is closely related means one has a purely materialistic outlook on the world and there is no such thing is good and evil, or right and wrong, with the exception of what humanists deem is right or wrong. But this type of morality is man centered or hedonistic. It is wrong because there is no ultimate accountability and one can in theory do whatever he can get away with. Whatever feels good in the here and now is all that matters. That kind of world leaves no hope for the future or eternity. The Bible is about eternity because it teaches God created man with a soul and a spirit and with the possibility of sharing eternity with God in heaven. He created man in his own image, with an eternal plan. He teaches that life does not end at death. But also said that man belongs to God and therefore it is God's decision when one dies, not man's decision. To back that up God says in the Bible "thou shalt not kill". He also gives other commandments the central ones being he commands man to love the Lord thy God and to love thy neighbour as thyself. Therefore, atheism has no foundation and opens the door to other diabolical ideologies such as Socialism (which is stealing from those that have something to give to others), Marxism, and liberalism / progressivism. These ideologies are diabolical because they contradict the teachings which God has given us in his written revelation, in English, the King James Bible. The Bible says without faith it is impossible to please him (God). Without God there is no meaning in life. The central message of the Bible is that man fell from a good relationship with God when Adam and Eve rebelled against God and inherited a fallen, corrupt nature. He is separated from God. But God sent his Son to be the Savior for all those who believe in him and accept his sacrifice on the cross as an atonement for their sin and believe that he rose from the dead. That is man's only hope salvation. One must be redeemed.

Yes, I recall we had the conversation. You are incorrect in saying that I presented no evidence. I presented lots of evidence. The evidence is in the creation. You just don't accept it as evidence.

No, I think it was just a passing news report about the number of people in hospital, in ICU and the number that died. Don't think they were deliberately leaving out information about the number of people who were vaccinated and the number who were not. We get some of that on some news reports but new reports are not necessarily official reports meant to cover every detail about the pandemic in an area.

The evidence for God is all around in the creation. There are many good articles and videos on that subject at creation.com website. God cares about everyone, but he has given everyone the freedom of choice to choose which way they are going and what they will believe. The evidence is there. The choice is yours. He created man and woman, male and female. Those are the only two sexes he created and told them to go forth and multiply in the earth. Other man-made inventions of sexuality cannot multiply and were not part of his plan. They developed out of a corrupt human nature after the fall of man. But he still cares about everyone and wishes they would turn to him in faith. Without God there is nothing and no meaning.

No, don't think they mentioned vax status.

An Toronto ICU nurse on CBC just said the people she is seeing coming into the ICU are sicker and sicker. Some are dying and some are in a medically-induced coma. It is very serious. Sadly 21 died in Ontario in the past day and there are about 400 people in the ICU. That appears to be about 5% of the people in the ICU die. Many others will have ongoing medical problems. So Covid is something to avoid. A healthy fear is a good idea.

Lack of faith in the God of the Bible has serious consequences. It means young people are taught and imbibe a different world view. The world view they are taught is secular or humanist. When God is absent, the individual becomes focused entirely on what humanism teaches them, which is completely contrary to what God teaches about how we came to be here and what the meaning of life is. It becomes strictly a materialistic world view and their minds then become open to humanist political ideologies like Socialism, progressivism, LGBT rights, Marxism, etc. For some they worship Mother Earth, another false religion that relegates man to being just another animal. Such thinking is very prevalent now as we see on social media. According to mother earth worshipers, man was not a special creation and so has no special value in God's eyes, which is totally contrary to Biblical revelation. God created everything for a purpose and has a special place for man in his plan. According to humanism, the creation was just some kind of cosmic accident and there is no purpose to it all.