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re: Tom Cruise Top 5 Movies

Posted by cssamerican on 4/26/25 at 7:03 am

I honestly can’t think of any actor with a more rewatchable lineup of movies than Tom Cruise, and it’s not even close.

Some of my favorites:
The Day After Tomorrow
Days of Thunder
Top Gun
Risky Business
The Color of Money

re: The problem is Deion not Shedur

Posted by cssamerican on 4/26/25 at 6:49 am

He is Tim Tebow, not the player, but media circus.

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re: Cool Video Describing Ancient Christian Liturgy

Posted by cssamerican on 4/24/25 at 6:30 pm

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Answer the question. Who interprets scripture for you?

Why would anyone craft a manual meant for everyone but make it so cryptic that only a scholar could unravel its meaning? That’d be absurd, wouldn’t it? I’m sorry, but I don’t think God operates that way. If the divine intention was to guide humanity through sacred texts or teachings, it stands to reason they’d be clear enough for the average person to grasp without needing an expert to translate every line. A message meant to inspire, instruct, or unite shouldn’t be locked behind layers of complexity that exclude most people. I believe a wise and loving God would communicate in a way that’s accessible, inviting reflection and understanding from all, not just a select few with specialized knowledge.

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re: Los Angeles faces a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall.

Posted by cssamerican on 4/24/25 at 6:49 am

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This is fcking a retarded statement, it’s incredibly hard

Every government agency does it, including school districts, fire departments, and police departments and they aren’t coming up short like this.

re: To the middle aged couple in the Ponchatoula Walmart parking lot…

Posted by cssamerican on 4/23/25 at 5:52 pm

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If I see you again we are meeting at sonic

You got to make it Rally’s I ain’t driving all the way into town :lol:

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re: Los Angeles faces a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall.

Posted by cssamerican on 4/23/25 at 5:46 pm

It amazes me, it’s not that hard to forecast tax revenues and your expenses over time. I could see it being of in the millions due to optimistic forecasts and some unexpected expenses, but a billion is a huge shortfall.

re: Cool Video Describing Ancient Christian Liturgy

Posted by cssamerican on 4/23/25 at 5:32 pm

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i'm sure people will reply with that's in the bible. maybe, but it wasn't in the bible for the first 1600 years.

You do realize we have manuscripts that date within a century or two of Jesus’ ministry. They can go back and translate those (and they have) and most Bibles aren’t adding a bunch of information that isn’t in the original documents. For the most part, the 1611 translations is quite accurate.The difference in translation is usually readability and direct word for word style translation (ESV & NASB) or thought for thought translations like (NLT & NIV)

re: Cool Video Describing Ancient Christian Liturgy

Posted by cssamerican on 4/23/25 at 5:21 pm

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You are someone that lacks understanding of the one true Catholic church. Priests being unmarried and celibate is not a mandate handed down by God, nor is it in the gospels. It is simply church tradition. The pope can at anytime change this and it would not undermine sacred scripture in anyway. Tradition in the Catholic Church can be changed. The Word of God can’t be changed, and that is what the video shows in the testimony of Justin Martyr.

The first Pope of the Catholic Church, St. Peter, was married as well.

I know it’s a tradition that was formalized in the 1100s. My point was that, according to Paul in the Bible, the Church should seek out leaders who are married men of good reputation in the community, with demonstrated leadership reflected in how they manage their own families. That’s a tough standard to uphold when those very qualities are disqualifiers in the Catholic Church. It appears the Catholic Church decided not to follow scripture in reference to selecting leaders. They decided to change that aspect of the Church over 1000 years after it began. If your reading it differently please enlighten me.

re: Cool Video Describing Ancient Christian Liturgy

Posted by cssamerican on 4/23/25 at 4:54 pm

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What in particular about this discussion and debate do you love? With regard to the original post and title of this thread, what in particular do you find most interesting?

I find religious debates like this intriguing because many confidently claim their denomination is wholly correct, yet scriptures can easily challenge most denominations’ practices or beliefs. More people don’t admit, “I’m drawn to this faith, but I’m unsure every detail is right,” which feels honest. It’s fine to say, “I grew up Catholic, so I’m comfortable here,” without insisting others are wrong.

re: Cool Video Describing Ancient Christian Liturgy

Posted by cssamerican on 4/23/25 at 1:07 pm

Religious post get blasted no matter what forum they are in, perhaps Chicken will make a religious forum at some point. Until then the Political board is probably the best place since religion directly impacts people’s political beliefs.

If it bothers you so, don’t click on threads like this. I for one love these type of discussions and debates as they are much harder to have in person because people get so upset about religion and politics when they know you personally. :cheers:

re: Worst movie of all time?

Posted by cssamerican on 4/23/25 at 12:24 am

From an expectation point and its impact on its franchise; Star Wars - The Last Jedi
I don’t think any single movie has ever done more damage to a brand than that one, plus it’s just objectively a poor put together movie.

Not counting low budget b movies, Battlefield Earth is up there as one of the worst films ever made.

re: RFKjr wants to start amassing heretofore private medical records

Posted by cssamerican on 4/23/25 at 12:06 am

Just detach names from the data, I assumed this was already happening.

re: Have you ever actually met a transgender person?

Posted by cssamerican on 4/22/25 at 11:55 pm

I knew a gay cross dresser. I say it like that because he still went by his male name, and as far as I know he never desired to have his junk surgically removed.

re: Cool Video Describing Ancient Christian Liturgy

Posted by cssamerican on 4/22/25 at 11:42 pm

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How do you reconcile that we practice the same "rituals" as the Apostles practices in 34 AD?

Last time I check there was no Fog Machine in the upper room when the 12 received the Holy Spirit on Pentacost.

I encourage you to rencounce your heresy

I’m always amazed how church members at almost any denomination are always sure they got everything right.

So, at what point did the Catholic Church throw this tradition out?

1 Timothy 3:1-7: Qualifications of Bishops. This saying can be trusted: Whoever wants to be a bishop desires a noble task. 2 Therefore, a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of only one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, and a good teacher. 3 He must not be a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not prone to quarreling, not greedy. 4 He must manage his own household well and ensure that his children are submissive and respectful in every way. 5 For if someone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of the Church of God? 6 He should not be a recent convert so that he will not become conceited and incur the same condemnation as the devil. 7 He must also enjoy a good reputation among outsiders so that he may not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s snare.

re: US fertility rates at an all-time low

Posted by cssamerican on 4/22/25 at 6:14 pm

This is a complex problem. The incentives have to be long term ones, and economics tell me if you gave everyone 2,000 a month for each kid, daycare rates would increase about $2,000 a month. So just handing out cash isn’t going to work, no matter how much money we are talking about.

You’re going to have to create social pressure and incentives it that way. How? I got no idea.

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re: Scenes left out of The Chosen

Posted by cssamerican on 4/21/25 at 8:31 am

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The Bible is a lot of things to a lot of people, but it can never be accused of being well-written.

Huh…many scholars tend to disagree. You do realize it was written in a different language, so the poetry of it doesn’t translate to English.

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re: Pope Francis has Died

Posted by cssamerican on 4/21/25 at 7:51 am

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Because it’s been the tradition of the church for more than 1600 years, since the Vulgate was translated.

Jesus spoke Aramaic, why not have the service in that? :lol: The Latin usage was simply because the Catholic Church originated from Rome, and that is the language they spoke. Any mass should be in the congregation’s language so they can understand the teachings. Tradition can be important, but teaching in a dead language isn’t.

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re: Thomas Sowell, age 94, is reportedly writing his final book. Subject is k-12 education

Posted by cssamerican on 4/20/25 at 2:45 pm

The problem with K-12 schools is they focus heavily on preparing students for standardized tests like the ACT and SAT, teaching a lot of irrelevant information just to boost test scores. Many of these students won’t even attend college, let alone graduate, but we act like they’re all going to be doctors in the future.

The problem with public schools is your kids have to attend schools with kids you don’t want your kids to be around.

I don’t think it’s much more complicated than that.