When in doubt, pray

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From my Facebook Page. Russell Norman Murray, PhD 

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General source: Reasons to Believe (Hugh Ross): Newsletter, Reasons to Believe, Covina, California. 

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Scan from Global News

I can believe the documented evidence that our Canadian indigenous, First-Nations, population has been historically often abused and mistreated by colonization. 

In my particular case, having studied problems of evil both with academic degrees and academic websites, this all sadly, makes sense. Contrary to many local media reports, I do not find these true stories shocking, as in surprising.

On the contrary, the Book of Romans (New American Standard Bible/NASB) describes humanity, universally as ungodly and unrighteous, worthy of the wrath of God (Romans 1: 18). Universally, human beings suppress the truth in unrighteousness (Romans 1: 18). Universally, no human being is righteous (Romans 3: 10), no human being intrinsically understands or seeks God (Romans 3: 11), although (Romans 1) the existence of God can be understand via creation (Romans 1: 20). No person really seeks God on his/her own (Romans 3: 11). There is none that does good (Romans 3: 12). In other words, there is a taint of sin in all human thought, desire, will, choice, act/action.

However, the gospel is the remedy...

(NASB)

Romans 3: 23 

23 for all [a]have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 

Footnotes: (a) Romans 3:23 Or sinned 

Romans 6:  23 

For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

Romans 8: 1

8 Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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Romans 8:28 

Footnotes: Some manuscripts God works all things together for good, or God works in all things for the good

People in Jesus Christ are foreknown, predestined, called, conformed, justified and sanctified through the applied atoning work and glorified through resurrection. Resurrected as is the incarnate, Jesus Christ, that atoned for human sin (see Hebrews, especially).

Through God in regeneration (John 3, Titus 3: 5-7, 1 Peter 1: 23) the gospel is humanly embraced and a person moulded by the Holy Spirit to be Christ-like.

This does not eliminate all human sin in this realm, nor does it eliminate all sin and false philosophy, theology, teaching and practice within Christian people and Christian churches.  

There is also no guarantee that everyone within the cultural Christian Church is actually a regenerated believer.

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The often abuse and mistreatment of a colonized group of peoples by colonial powers is an aspect of corrupted, fallen, human nature. This can include disrespect for the colonized culture, and abuse and mistreatment socially and sexually of some colonized people.

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Since I could understand such concepts, I have always had zero interest in being influenced by mild-altering substances to the point of being drunk, etcetera, but admit that Thomas the Tanked Engine, is amusing British satire. 

Let us be real, there is philosophically, humour in human folly. It actually can expose human sin. But the folly should not be embraced.

BRUCE, F.F. (1987) Romans, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 

CRANFIELD, C.E.B. (1992) Romans: A Shorter Commentary, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 

DUNN, JAMES D.G. (1988) Romans, Dallas, Word Books. 

ERICKSON, MILLARD (1994) Christian Theology, Grand Rapids, Baker Book House. 

ERICKSON, MILLARD (2003) What Does God Know and When Does He Know It?, Grand Rapids, Zondervan. 

FEINBERG, JOHN.S. (1986) Predestination and Free Will, in David Basinger and Randall Basinger (eds.), Downers Grove, Illinois, InterVarsity Press. 

FEINBERG, JOHN.S. (1994) The Many Faces of Evil, Grand Rapids, Zondervan Publishing House. 

FEINBERG, JOHN.S. (2001) No One Like Him, John S. Feinberg (gen.ed.), Wheaton, Illinois, Crossway Books. 

HUGHES, PHILIP, EDGCUMBE (1990) A Commentary On The Epistle To The Hebrews, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

MOUNCE, ROBERT H. (1995) The New American Commentary: Romans, Nashville, Broadman & Holman Publishers.

Tuesday Bullets: This video cracked me in the middle of the night

 

Preface

• Again, as I have written previously, I do not hold to red pill philosophy as a worldview, but I am in agreement with some red pill philosophy and psychology.

• I am a philosopher of religion and theologian within a Reformed, biblical, position.

• I am not endorsing the worldview of either the video, content creator, or the young woman that he reviews.

• Please consider that as a philosopher of religion and theologian, I review many ideas and worldviews.

• My MPhil/PhD British theses work is filled with worldview content I did not endorse.

• The same goes for my website academic work.

• At the same time, all truth is God's truth.

• I have been considering content from this channel for a few months now. 

• I think he is basically honest and well-meaning, humanly speaking. (Acknowledging universal, fallen, corrupt, human nature, Genesis 3, Romans, as examples)

• Having reviewed some of his videos, he has theistic ideas and might embrace a form of Christianity, I do not know him personally.

• He has had multiple girlfriends which I have zero interest in as a lifestyle, and I have never pursued this in my life.

• I have zero interest in the 'pickup' lifestyle. (Pretty obvious to anyone that knows me at all, personally)

• As noted in my writing, in Christ, I am seeking, mutual, spiritual, intellectual, romantic attraction in courtship or remaining single.

• Although I absolutely struggle with sin, I have zero practical interest in pursuing any form of what the New Testament calls adultery or fornication.

• Matthew 5: 27 from the English Standard Version (ESV) 27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Video

• Beginning of the video: If by 'creep you out', a man (or woman) is breaking the law, being abusive or disrespectful to you, I would state to not willingly submit to such conduct, as opposed to not being polite.

• The video creator's response was surprising and in the middle of the night, cracked me up, with his clapping and song.

• Okay, I reason that some women over 30 years old can still be very attractive.

• I am open-minded concerning the age of a potential wife, but at this point, I need a youthful potential partner, with a similar level of romantic experience as me.

• I am kind of Chuck Norris like, age-wise and need to slowly grow older with someone.

• At the 25 second mark, roughly, in contrast to the video, I am not necessarily looking for an 18 year old. I do not have a formal age rule.

• Re: Give them money. I like intellectual women. I like career women that earn their own money.

• From a Christian perspective, as it might be difficult for an intellectual, career woman in the Church to find a relatable man for potential marriage, I fully support a woman seeking high grades (or qualifications) and the needed degrees (or qualifications) to have her own potential career. (Again, this is clear to anyone that knows me personally)

• From the 45 second mark forward, roughly, I agree with the video creator. 'Creep you out', often is simply not being an attractive male in the female's eyes.

• Being creepy includes, the male, not following modern, western, ageist rules in regards to dating, such as an arbitrary, limited, 5 year (or very close) age difference as social rule, which is of course not biblical, whatsoever.

• That is often creepy to modern women. I know this from experience and studying romantic psychology online for about 15 years.

• He is right, a man has the courage to approach her and is often considered a creep.

• I have heard 'creepy' and 'creep' thrown around by Christian women in singles ministries online as if the men should follow these western social rules and are idiots if they do not.

• This idea of being a creep is one of the reasons many men in the modern Christian Church do not pursue a date, by the way!

• Of course many women in the Church will remain single, much of their lives, or for life, as a result.

• 'Chads' or 'Chad' (Tyrone) is what red pill philosophy and some within online psychology call the female, western ideal of men for romantic relationships, 6 foot tall at least, making six figures a year, good looking, popular.

• Intellectual women in particular, might be more likely to not chase Chad, because they need to find a man that prefers intellectual women.

• I voted lawyer...back on November 8, 2021

• At 4 minute mark, roughly, I have to agree from both personal experience and studying psychology, many women at 30 years old plus, begin to rethink their views on how attractive a potential man should be.

• At 5: 50 mark, I have to agree in general, that there is a wall for young women. 

• Generally, but not in every case, there is a decline in female, physical beauty at 30 years old and yes in some cases as he notes, even at 25 years old. (Key: cut carbs)

• I, of course, was never the ideal to start with, and so I have less to lose...(Smirk, my permanently, improved health with the decreased effects of sleep apnea with surgeries and low carb diet has me upgrading)

• Philosophically, for western, young women, it seems to me there is a tension between career with financial stability and the possibility of finding a man for marriage.

• Overall, past the 9 minute mark, I prefer a natural look for a female as opposed to medical enhancements.

• I have had plastic surgeries, as in eye lid surgeries, and rhinoplasty surgeries for sleep apnea, but these were medical requirements, more so than for vanity. 

• Post 12 minute mark, a 'beta' provider or 'beta male' is again red pill or psychological language for the non-alpha, non-Chads, that supposedly many women settle for, eventually.

• 13: 45 mark, to be clear I am not looking for the (paraphrased) youngest, hottest women.

• Again, as noted in my writing, in Christ, I am seeking, mutual, spiritual, intellectual, romantic attraction in courtship or remaining single.

• The image from roughly 15: 36 forward, is obviously not my thing, not my goal, for anyone that knows me at all.

• I reason his psychological and western societal analysis in his videos in generally excellent, although my worldview in regards to potential, romantic relationships differs.

Monday Bullets: Entitlement?

 

• To skip most of the crudeness, go to 3 minute mark of the second video, thanks.

• Personally, I would have edited out the first section of the video and began at about the 3 minute mark.

• First video, I shared this in a previous posting. 

• It features theological error, such as the speaker assuming he has (paraphrased) the office of the prophet of God. 

• I have not seen any biblical books that this famous preacher has authored, nor did he exist in a biblical era. 

• By the way, I am receiving my third pandemic related vaccination on the 20th.

• Second video, I apologize for the crudeness, if it offends. 

• But the video presents, present realities in western world of online dating, which quite frankly are often crude.

• Even the bible uses crude words such as whore, in descriptions to emphasize the wickedness occurring.

• Revelation 17: 1 from the King James Version (KJV) “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:”

• Again, as I have noted previously, I do not hold to red pill philosophy as a worldview, but I am in agreement with some red pill philosophy and psychology.

• The first woman as example, on the video, is acting crudely and the video creator responds crudely, I am not endorsing this approach from either one of them.

• I do not write crudely in my articles, nor do I speak that way with audio posts.

• However, a point the video creator is making is that this woman, that is in my opinion, slightly above average looking at best, is with a modern idea of western entitlement, seeking a well-endowed man, as the saying goes. 

• Her concept of a valuable man is wrong. 

• Finding a sexual partner with that physical characteristic is IMHO, more about satisfying her ego and lust, than finding true love and a quality partner. 

• The second woman starts with a crude insult.

• The video creator uses humour to counter her less than thorough definition and description of object.

• And frankly many people of both sexes in western dating likely have STDs.

• The main point of my review of this second video, is at the 3 minute forward mark. 

• Many regions of the world were colonized. 

• The video creator correctly states (paraphrased) at 3: 25 roughly, that almost every country on this planet has been colonized at some point.

• He probably has no idea if she actually has a job, but I think his point is that in her case she has lived a good life in a colonized nation.

• As with the other women featured on the video, I deduce, he reasons this woman has a sense of entitlement, which turns men off from dating.

• There is some truth here, but it is a lack of a biblical, Christian, worldview and lack of mutual, spiritual, intellectual, romantic attraction that limits my dating.

• Actually, as noted in previous writing, I favour biblical courtship or staying single...

Only take what is given to you

Only take what is given to you.

I have mentioned this previously, but this is a new life motto for me, I reason is from the Lord within the last year.

I am not claiming this was a supernatural message from God, but this statement did come to mind while praying and is in regards to all kinds of relationships. I am thinking of me specifically and not 'you' in a generic sense.

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Bullet Wednesday: Only take what is given to you