Salyan

I don't get it....

Will hockey players refuse a bed for playing a violent sport? How about mountain climbers when they fall off a cliff? Or smokers when they develop lung cancer? That’s a ridiculous question that comes from a very nasty place. In Canada, we all pay taxes.m for healthcare - everyone deserves equal access to the services they pay for. Regardless of how risky someone else may deem their lifestyle to be.

Our prime minister has taken to calling people racist whenever they try to ask him a hard question...

Hinduism is a religion. It is possible to be both Brazilian by nationality and Hindi in one’s beliefs and philosophy.

Don't know how many of you have heard about the Freedom Convoy heading to Ottawa. It started as a few truckers (vaxxed & unvaxxed) who decided to drive to Parliament to protest the closure of the US/Canada border to essential unvaccinated workers - which means a futher disruption of our supply chains, as an estimated 20% of Canadian and 45% of American truckers are unvaccinated. (We nonessential unvaccinated have been barred from driving across the border since Covid started. We are also now barred from flying unvaccinated in Canada - so we actually can't leave the country.) It.... EXPLODED. It turned into a massive, record-breaking convoy with over 50,000 truckers, plus many other supporting vehicles, coming from both coasts - truckers from both Vancouver & Prince Rupert, BC and St John, Newfoundland are driving to Ottawa to meet at noon on Saturday, January 29. Their aim is to protest mandates of all sorts and demand a return to freedom (and some say they'll stay in Ottawa until that happens). The convoy is so long that it both entered and exited Manitoba at the same time. (For context, that's wider than Utah). The highways and overpasses have been lined with Canadians showing their support - I've never seen such a unity of purpose from Canadians from both ends of the country. Even the Hutterite colonies - which usually keep to themselves - are coming out by the dozens to support and feed the truckers. Over 6 million dollars has been raised to buy gas and supplies for the truckers. Multiple local convoys have been run to show support by those who can't make the cross-country trip. Hundreds - some say thousands - of American truckers are also convoying in support - some made it across the border to join the Canadians. At least three border crossings will have smaller convoys from both sides of the border meeting at noon on Saturday in support. (That I really want to join! The Sweet Grass border crossing is only 6 hours away.) The media is spinning this as 'dozens of trucks', 'anti-vax protesters', and trying to paint the truckers as racists and white supremists. Our Prime Minister is condemning it and has decided to (unnecessarily, his rules don't demand it) quarantine at home from a supposed Covid exposure. There is genuine concern that the Convoy's intent will be hijacked by violence on Saturday (media keeps fearing a 'Jan 6' event - which we know was staged - this could be too). Please pray for this. I don't know what will or can come of it - but this is the largest demonstration that Canada has EVER had. Watching the videos of support - of people lining the highways, sometimes at night, in -22F weather - just makes me cry. Pray for the media to represent it honestly, and for the government officials to respond uprightly, and for God to use this somehow - that we might return to freedom. https://www.facebook.com/groups/convoy/posts/365318898301045/

First preacher I remember would be from the church we attended from age 7-14. First preacher whom I remember what he said was Mickey Bonner. I was at the conference in '97 where he died while preaching. His last words kinda stuck - "God can't use you until you're completely broken before Him." (Or something like that... my memory was that he was a black preacher, and turns out he wasn't, so my memory is obviously a bit skewed).

And blonde jokes are funny why….? ?

Shutting down this thread because it's going nowhere good fast. And is also possibly the most ridiculous thread topic I've seen in 15 years on this board.

Enough. The definition of trolling is: someone who intentionally disrupts online communities. This may describe some on this board, but I do not believe this matches BrotherTony's behavior. However, this argument between the two of you is disruptive to the board and I am requiring you both to stop. If one makes an inflammatory personal remark, the other is to ignore him, or you may both end up in OB jail. I am going to delete the argumentative comments in this thread to get us back on track.

Oh my, it really is, isn’t it. Even has the music. ?

I literally just told you to keep Covid topics in the main thread, Razor. The lock is for defying site rules. But seriously… you think this is news worthy? Wearing masks does not contain the spread of anything (because aerosols), so it is not dangerous to not wear them. In fact, wearing them exposes the wearer to hazardous levels of CO2. This blind dependence on masking is ridiculous and dangerous… the Justice cannot expect others to put themselves at actual risk to calm her irrational fears. It is poor behavior in someone at that level. His rights do not end where her fear begins.

Razor, we have a rule that all Covid-related topics must remain in the main chat. Urgh, sorry everyone - first time merging a thread and did it wrong. @PastorMattor @Jim_Alaska, might need your help fixing the chat name.

I feel like another word for pluralism is ecumenicalism. ?

Defining your argument halfways through is the mark of a poor argument. ? You hadn’t actually specified before that the articles had to be personal. TBH, I suspect that I shouldn’t have cared for him much as a person either. But from the bits and pieces I’ve heard, I respect what he did for his country as a president. It’s only too bad he did such a good job of suppressing illegal Immigration… I might be wanting to escape one of these days.

So I really don’t care what a former president of a foreign country is up to… but as far as ‘articles proving he’s done any good,’ I seem to remember that the mainstream media was against that guy, and he could do no good in their eyes. It would therefore follow that they would have run few favorable stories on him. A lack of positive mainstream media coverage would therefore be expected and is not valid as a negative data point And I say this from a country where the government publicly owns (I.e. finances) the mainstream media.

ITimothy, while I feel like the last question may just be intending to raise a fuss, there can be contradictory definitions online. To better feed this discussion, you may find it useful to provide the definitions you are working with. ??

Apparently not. Let’s not let him take over the entire thread. ?

GloryLand, you’ve been told before to keep Covid topics on the Covid thread. Locking this; don’t start any more.

Glory land, I believe you can set your view to hide posts from any member you may wish (except mods).

Let’s focus on the data, and avoid personal attacks, everyone. (Takes off mod cap) Yes, please do. The actual health site stats, not the ones the media reports. Bear in mind that any deaths within two weeks of vaccination are counted as unvaccinated. Alberta has just stopped reporting case numbers - because it was increasingly obvious that the vaccinated were getting more cases than the unvaccinated. Can’t have that pesky truth interfering with their narrative, eh? ? I don’t think anyone here does’t believe that Covid exists. I’ve had it - most of my church has had it - there are multiple poster’s stories above of having had it. It’s just that it’s not what the gov/media are making it out to be. It’s so funny - you’re actually arguing our argument when you appeal to the stats. Now suppose that you stop the blanket arguments and engage with individual facts. It’s impossible for either side to adequately debate blanket statements - it is the individual facts and stats that can be checked, verified or debunked.

Oh, you have no clue. There are thousands upon thousands of people who have done their own research and know to question the government’s lies. After all, Science is the process of questioning existing theories - so I’d argue by questioning their data, and finding it false, we are doing science better than you. ?

Razor, did you join just to push the government Covid narrative? Because if so, just… don’t…

Lol…. So the tests which can’t tell the difference between colds and Covid are saying there’s an omicron surge? I think it’s called the winter flu season… It is the government that is disrupting lives with their unconstitutional measures.

Oh, we knew it was a faulty test before. But for the CDC to finally give in and stop using it is a new thing.

How do they ‘know’ it was omicron? For that reason, how do they ‘know’ he has Covid before? Apparently the CDC Has finally admitted that PCR tests can’t differentiate between Covid and other respiratory viruses. https://www.unz.com/proberts/cdc-admits-that-the-covid-pandemic-was-the-product-of-an-inappropriate-test/