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| | ::The convoy protest crowd? I'm going to say no. I'm personally inclined to contend that, while the majority of it was peaceful and grounded in a reasonable reaction against Trudeau parafascism, there were nonetheless fringe extremists that had too much of a presence in the crowd and I'm not fully sure how much they were fully repudiated on the spot by the majority of presumed everyday, decent people. My larger concern deals with the theme of worldwide populist revolt against government that's turning towards a zealous, and often militant direction, which eerily parallels, if not actually is the manifestation of [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Thessalonians%202&version=ESV what's warned in 2 Thessalonians]: | | ::The convoy protest crowd? I'm going to say no. I'm personally inclined to contend that, while the majority of it was peaceful and grounded in a reasonable reaction against Trudeau parafascism, there were nonetheless fringe extremists that had too much of a presence in the crowd and I'm not fully sure how much they were fully repudiated on the spot by the majority of presumed everyday, decent people. My larger concern deals with the theme of worldwide populist revolt against government that's turning towards a zealous, and often militant direction, which eerily parallels, if not actually is the manifestation of [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Thessalonians%202&version=ESV what's warned in 2 Thessalonians]: |
| | {{cquote|Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.|||2 Thessalonians 2:1–7}} | | {{cquote|Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.|||2 Thessalonians 2:1–7}} |
| − | ::Related to worldwide populist protests, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlU3gcZPN7Q this biblical analysis by On Point Preparedness] is a must-watch for every Christian concerned with contemporary chaos in relation to end times prophecy. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>(Exodus 23:2)</sup>]]''''' Thursday, 15:48, December 22, 2022 (EST) | + | ::Related to worldwide populist protests, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlU3gcZPN7Q this biblical analysis by On Point Preparedness] is an absolute must-watch for every Christian concerned with contemporary chaos in relation to end times prophecy. (please pardon me for almost sounding too much like a generic YouTube clickbait ad, though I'm seriously not exaggerating the emphasized importance) —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>(Exodus 23:2)</sup>]]''''' Thursday, 15:48, December 22, 2022 (EST) |
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| | I think that the 5 Supreme Court Justice who voted to strike down Roe v. Wade should be Conservative of the Year, rather than just Justice Alito, as Justice Alito alone could not have overturned Roe v. Wade. Also, the Supreme Court had other conservative victories such as on religious liberty and gun rights where the 5 justices sided with the conservative position.--[[User:TheNewRight|TheNewRight]] ([[User talk:TheNewRight|talk]]) 15:36, December 22, 2022 (EST) | | I think that the 5 Supreme Court Justice who voted to strike down Roe v. Wade should be Conservative of the Year, rather than just Justice Alito, as Justice Alito alone could not have overturned Roe v. Wade. Also, the Supreme Court had other conservative victories such as on religious liberty and gun rights where the 5 justices sided with the conservative position.--[[User:TheNewRight|TheNewRight]] ([[User talk:TheNewRight|talk]]) 15:36, December 22, 2022 (EST) |