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Wife Forgets to Check Caller ID, Accidentally Answers Husband’s Phone Call

Wife Forgets to Check Caller ID, Accidentally Answers Husband’s Phone Call

Lucas Necessary

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn what she described as a complete invasion of her privacy, local resident Julie Ariaca accidentally answered her cell phone without looking at the caller ID, only to hear the annoying sound of her husband.

Fauci’s “Pardon Me” Jokes Growing a Bit Tiresome

Fauci’s “Pardon Me” Jokes Growing a Bit Tiresome

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Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing his Presidential pardon by Joe Biden for crimes he’s committed all the way back to 2014, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s mannerisms and actions have grown a bit much for some people, with many reporting that he’s “Just going hog wild,” and “Completely out of control.” 

Avoiding Negative Leadership

Avoiding Negative Leadership

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Reading Time: 2 minutesYou’ve probably encountered a leader before, and perhaps even a religious one, who is controlling in a negative sense. By this, I mean a person who might have some of the following traits: In such cases, you have actually not encountered a leader, but rather a dictator. In opposition to this, I am reminded of God’s leadership (and being much more than a leader), who said, “So do not fear,…

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Honesty in Christian Convictions

Honesty in Christian Convictions

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Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is important for us to be honest and open to truth. Sometimes people argue for beliefs and end up eroding trust because they’re not being as honest or accurate as they should.

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Experts Agree: Trump’s Shout of “Fight, Fight, Fight” a Grave Threat to Our Democracy

Experts Agree: Trump’s Shout of “Fight, Fight, Fight” a Grave Threat to Our Democracy

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFollowing a startling, increased-decibel event at a Trump rally, experts note a grave threat to our democracy remains ever present.

Mercy and the Womb

Mercy and the Womb

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMercy is found in the womb.

You Are Supernatural

You Are Supernatural

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou are Supernatural. Don’t tell Castiel.

Spiritually Uncertain Things

Spiritually Uncertain Things

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSome things in the Bible are rather plainly stated, but not all things are. In fact, in Simon Peter’s second letter he even says, “There are some things in those [epistles of Paul] that are difficult to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist and misconstrue to their own utter destruction, just as [they distort and misinterpret] the rest of the Scriptures.” So we know that indeed, not everything in…

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Klaus Schwab Promises Food Surplus Every 17 Years

Klaus Schwab Promises Food Surplus Every 17 Years

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAddressing the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab promised that the Great Reset will lead to great things.

Sometimes Unnoticed Biblical Distinctions

Sometimes Unnoticed Biblical Distinctions

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Reading Time: 6 minutesMany of us (including your kind troll here) often miss nuance and depth in the Bible by boiling things down too much. For example, we boil down our Bibles to “Old Testament” and “New Testament,” even though technically the gospels pretty much occur during what would be regularly called “Old Covenant.” In doing this aggressive boiling, we miss a lot of richness offered in the word. Some aspects that are thus overlooked are below:

Ben Shapiro to Replace Candace Owens with Barabbas

Ben Shapiro to Replace Candace Owens with Barabbas

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Reading Time: 2 minutesTensions at The Daily Wire have flared recently as long-time employee Candace Owens seems to have forgotten that she works for a neocon organization.

Giant Corporation Excited to Offer New GoFundMe Healthcare Option This Open Season

Giant Corporation Excited to Offer New GoFundMe Healthcare Option This Open Season

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Reading Time: 2 minutesWith a record net profit of 43% this year, Goliath Industries, Inc. is excited to offer its 135,000 employees an affordable, new healthcare option this open season.

Calvin the Moth as He Relates to Will Provine

Calvin the Moth as He Relates to Will Provine

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Reading Time: 2 minutesYue Little grew a caterpillar into a pure, white moth, which she named Calvin. When I witness such things, imagining that somehow, through a blind process chock-full of errors, an organism arose which changes from a many-legged caterpillar into a two-winged creature of flight, is so preposterous as to be something out of a fairy tale. 

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Temporary Ads

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy wife is pregnant and our income was recently slashed to the tune of around 150K/year, while our rent is now up to $30K/year. The price for hosting has also gone up on me by 30%. Until I find a new hosting provider or get a side job, I am going to run ads during the heavy-use season when people other than my family and friends are using bandwidth. It…

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Are You a Very Interesting Form of Nothing?

Are You a Very Interesting Form of Nothing?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe universe beginning to exist is a problem for atheism in that it indicates a creator. Multiple attempts to bypass this problem have been propounded, but my favorite is the argument that nothing exists right now. Does that sound crazy? Surely a professor at Oxford wouldn’t say that, right? I cut out this clip of the renowned chemist Dr. Peter Atkins saying just that. It’s quite the escape hatch to…

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Soulless Eyes

Soulless Eyes

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’ve all heard of murderers who are described as having soulless eyes. It’s a creepy thing to imagine. In the worldview of atheism though, everyone has soulless eyes, because no one has a soul.

Site Update: Gear Reviews and Ski Reviews

Site Update: Gear Reviews and Ski Reviews

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Reading Time: 3 minutesStarting today, I’m going to be investing time into reviewing products (like those pictured below) which have significantly impacted my enjoyment of the outdoors. If you have any ideas about items that might improve my life, please feel free to let me know.

Is the New Testament the New Testament?

Is the New Testament the New Testament?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesIs all of the New Testament the New Testament?

The Academy’s Purpose for Drag Queen Story Hour

The Academy’s Purpose for Drag Queen Story Hour

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Reading Time: 2 minutes“Drag artists have channeled their penchant for playfully “‘reading each other to filth” into different forms of literacy, promoting storytelling as integral to queer and trans communities, as well as positioning queer and trans cultural forms as valuable components of early childhood education.”

Global Megacorp Excited Recession Will Make People Want Its Low-Paying Jobs

Global Megacorp Excited Recession Will Make People Want Its Low-Paying Jobs

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Reading Time: 2 minutesLunchbreaks are being eliminated to acclimate the workforce to the coming famine.

A Very Motivational Christian Message from a Friend in Africa

A Very Motivational Christian Message from a Friend in Africa

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy friend and mentor, Jeff, has lived in Africa for going on 4 decades. He has the most upstanding family and extended family I’ve ever met. With a message like this always coming from him, it’s no surprise.

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Behold America, Lying Horribly Before Us

Behold America, Lying Horribly Before Us

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Reading Time: 4 minutesAmericans exist in a nation of failed families. A nation which sacrifices the unborn for convenience. It’s a nation of shattered homes, and of nuclear families ripped asunder, where they even existed in the first place. A nation where commitment and lifelong together-goals are scorned and derided as superstitious relics of a bygone era.

The Obligation of Man

The Obligation of Man

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Reading Time: 4 minutesStewardship is huge these days. From environmentalism to welfare, we’re bombarded with the message that we, as the virtuous people we know ourselves to be, need to focus on saving things: democracy, the planet; feelings. Companies accept diktats under the acronym “ESG,” standing for “environmental, social, and corporate governance.” You’ve got to keep that ESG score up, so accept the messaging you’re given and promulgate it. Yet often what we…

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OnlyScams: Accretion of Knowledge

OnlyScams: Accretion of Knowledge

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAn old coworker once told me that he was spending a good deal of money on a website where he could subscribe to a certain girl and watch her perform sexual acts and apparently also work on cars while naked. It was easy for me to list off the reasons I didn’t think this was healthy, moral, or financially prudent (and sure enough, his marriage fell apart). I think that…

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Roller Coasters and Life

Roller Coasters and Life

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteI love roller coasters and have a particular fondness for ones made by the Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard. Through the ups and downs of the run, I’m able to have fun because much thought went into the design, and I know I’m going to be safe in the end. The ups and downs of life are also much easier for me knowing that I’m following a design made by…

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