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In hindsight I spoke too sharply to @admin. I apologize to him.
He is our host after all. I appreciate it that he puts up with us.

Because it is a significant sub-theme of the New Testament. There is no NT writer that does not deal with it. Two entire chapters are devoted to it. Jude was about to write a bland letter that would have entered the dustbin of canon history, but
“I found it necessary to write you to urge you to put up a hard fight for the faith that was once for all time delivered to the holy ones.  My reason is that certain men have slipped in among you who were long ago appointed to this judgment by the Scriptures; they are ungodly men who turn the undeserved kindness of our God into an excuse for brazen conduct and who prove false to...” and so forth.
One having regard for the Bible can easily make the case that the genuine successor of first-century Christianity will also have voracious apostates, as they did. If they existed then in droves, why not today? Either that or the opposition melted away because Christ succeeded in transforming the world. But that hasn’t really happened, has it?
 
Possibly they have moved on, but the overall state of the world does not make clear that having ‘moved on’ is for the best. Gadgets have improved, granted, but an overall sense of well-being? Whether ‘keeping up’ in the sense you mean is a good thing is highly debatable.
Furthermore, if you think this is so horrible, show me the civility in the greater political world. Be sure not to miss the ‘gentleman’s disagreement’ involving the Supreme Court today. Show me the love-in between GOP and DEMS, or medical vs alternative, or atheist vs religious person, or scientist vs metaphysics. And make sure to tell me how the Russians and Chinese are allegedly hacking into Western computers so that say a friendly ‘hello.’
it could be argued that you are missing the most significant development of all time, as you lambaste those debating issues of eternity in favor of those squabbling over matters that will only be personally relevant for the few decades until they die.
End of rant.
Having said that, I can easily see how this could drive a guy nuts. Just for the record, I think some participants here are barely sane. I won’t say that I have never used the word ‘apostate’’ but I try to be sparing with it, in favor of such words as ‘opposer’ or ‘detractor’ And I often deliberately try to defuse super-intense threads with what I hope passes for humor.
 I stay primarily because I benefit by testing out lines that I know will be thrown back in my face & refine my own writing thereby, like a scientist studying data. I’ve been able to write a book absolutely unique in several ways in this manner. A writer not only needs a muse. He also needs a villain & there are villains galore here.
It is pretty rough on those who don’t speak the lingo, though. I do appreciate that. I hope that you take it in the right spirit when I jokingly put you entering the annual Conference of Internet Magnificents, casually mentioning your traffic so as to impress the big boys, only to be told ‘Big Deal. They’re all religious nuts. Come back when you have people who are in touch with reality.’
 
 

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I would just like to state for the record that as the owner of this website... I do not like pejorative labels.
LABEL and KILL seems to be the way most groups continue to operate nowadays.
I realize that all you different religions are free to exercise what you believe in.....
however I would like to push MY OWN POINT of thought that we ALL should try to stop using labels on people.
I keep seeing different religions on here use the pejorative label "APOSTATE"...... 
Why does anyone in 2018 still subscribe to this antiquated way of thinking?
 
And IF by chance you still do subscribe to this religious mentality .... please realize that the rest of the world doesn't care about how you label others.
They have MOVED ON.....
Try to keep up people.
This technology alone is proving far superior to any fear based religion. Both pro and anti religious groups should try to avoid labels and stick to facts.
- End of rant.
p.s. - I still use the label SPAMMERS in a pejorative sense. Nobody is perfect. 

I think we should aspire as humans to do better than our animal cohabitants of the planet.  
Since we can’t seem to stop the usage of plastics, maybe we could at least find ways to recycle and use this massive garbage pile?
in the end it is energy which we all need and want. We ought to be getting smarter about generating, using and recycling it as the years go by.  
And no. We will never have a zero carbon footprint. (My prediction)
But lets at least clean up after ourselves. 

I think we should aspire as humans to do better than our animal cohabitants of the planet.  
Since we can’t seem to stop the usage of plastics, maybe we could at least find ways to recycle and use this massive garbage pile?
in the end it is energy which we all need and want. We ought to be getting smarter about generating, using and recycling it as the years go by.  
And no. We will never have a zero carbon footprint. (My prediction)
But lets at least clean up after ourselves. 

I’m watching Fahrenheit 11/9 right now in the theatre. I’ll let you know what I think 
 

I OFTEN wonder, looking at that picture, if a smart artist on the Bethel staff is trying to illustrate .... and for those that are not clueless,  successfully so,  .... how totally goofy and cringeworthy some of what corporate thinking is actually like.
... someone with an outrageous sense of humor with complete impunity, slipping "inside jokes" past the totally clueless editorial staff .

Um, I suppose I better not start on my opinion of the USA, freedom, honesty, etc.  I'll just say Native Americans. 

Step by step  I learned here very fast, in few days, alot of different doings !  And I will try more and more, if all will work so easy too...
Thank you so much for your hard work

@James Thomas Rook Jr.  Haha.... I like how you said that.
I think there is a good tag on here about JFK's assassination stuff as well.
Amazing how as time goes by truth / history is written by the victors.

Before I die, I would like to read a non fiction version of the Warren Report about JFK's death.

It is hard to believe that 1999 was 19 years ago ....  wow .... like Kermit the Frog says "Time is fun when you are having flies!".
Alien Song I will survive.mp4

Isn't their company motto "Don't be evil"?
Kinda creepy isn't it?
Sort of like a group saying "Don't be cannibals".... which makes you wonder....Could they be cannibals?
Shivers down my spine.

@James Thomas Rook Jr.  Good point. It's not like GOVERNMENT has ever lied to us before... LOL

Or flashy 3D and special effects.
We already have kids laughing and making viral a 3D dancing alien named Howard doing the R.O.B.O.T., so anyone can do something silly with the tech they now have.
Example:
 

In my country the pretzel were rounded. They look similar to the Italian pretzels known as Taraliis.
Every morning around 10:30am-11:30am, a woman with a basket on her head will walk around the towns and or villages, tossing the pretzels in a small bag to children and older folk. Other times it is cookies, bon-bon, as we call it, popcorn and or the best kind of snack, Sugar Canes. The other half of my family from Belize do something similar, but never made rounded pretzels, we tend to get more fruit

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And what exactly would China do? increase tariffs?
They consider themselves a superpower already and are about to learn a lesson in humility.
Not yet China. You were still riding bicycles when I was kid.... you have just figured out how to drive cars thru drive thrus.
Don't think Russian weapons systems will make you equal to US Military might.
There has NEVER been another military in world history with the power and might of equal to the USA.
The US Navy has the 2nd largest Air Force in the entire world after the US Air Force.

Granted that China is a legitmate ally of Russia and Syria, it would be interesting to see how such things turn out.
A fun fact: American Flags have been/still made in China.