Ezekiel 18:24

**Ezekiel 18:24 - Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)**

```Dust


<24> But if the just man turn himself away from his justice, and do iniquity according to all the abominations which the wicked man useth to work, shall he live? all his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: in the prevarication, by which he hath prevaricated, and in his sin, which he hath committed, in them he shall die. ```

"Christians" who support secularism enrage me the most

I consider them worse than neckbeards

Seriously, it sounds to me like idolatry

Secularism is a heresy, to my understanding.

Have any of got any suggestions for reading on the competitive nature of sin? As in, the argument for virtue when faced with a less than virtuous world and examples of men who have been less than virtuous but have then gone on to become saints? Asking for a friend.

Is anyone up right now? I need some help.

Sorry if I'm too late, but I can help.

>chilling on my laptop doing some work
>look at time
>1am
>oh boy, I had better hurry up, otherwise I won't get any sleep
>finish work
>ahh, that was quick
>look at time
>6am

Well, on the flipside, at least you're done, now.

I'm not tho

Aaaaaaaaand, I'm done.

Phew.

I have no idea what to do with myself for an hour.

If I pray, I will just fall into a deep sleep.

If I read, I will feel mentally exhausted.

@de ton What needed help?

How do we combat semitic paganism?

Define semitic paganism

Paganism in northern africa and middle east. Specifically the pagans that worshipped ilu.

First time I hear of this and why is this our problem?

Why is semetic paganism bad, if its more related to christianity than greco-roman and germanic paganism?

Related in a spatial sense or theological one?

If in spacial, that is irrelevant to the truth

If in a theological sense, it is still falsehood that should be replaced with the truth

By the way, I have been trying something lately

In computer science, a language model is a program that is able to predict how some text will continue, word by word. This prediction, which is part of the field of artificial intelligence which fedoras glorify to the point of believing machines will come alive, is merely based on how words appear near each other in the set of examples that are used to train the program

The language model is, therefore, trained with many examples of text that will determine how it will behave

So I have trained a language model with a bible, texts from the councils, and thousands of writtings from the Church fathers that I crawled from the newadvent website

The result is something like this:

The end to the Filioque debate

I think the model, whjich takes several hours to be trained (but can be further refined) was properly saved. Once I confirm it tomorrow, I will do some more tests and see what it predicts

Don't go Terry A. Davis on us though.

At the end of the day, machines are man-made and thus don't possess any higher knowledge than man.

Yes, as I mentioned it is just a cu4iosity that feeds on coocurrence statistics

I have a prayer request for my dad. He dislocated his knee on Saturday and ended up pushing the kneecap into hia thigh and the tendon that holds it is just gone. So he has to get surgery tomorrow.

... also pray for him 'cause once this is all done with and he's healed, we're going to tease him about breaking his leg by slipping on a cow patty for years after this. Thats just the kind of family we are: once the tragedy is over, it becomes comedy.

That's not such a bad thing. But I'll pray that the surgery goes well.

Great text from St Augustine in "the City of God", addressed at pagans and their degeneracy, but perfectly applies to democracy and the current world wheere the rule is some kind of pagan hedonism:

But the worshippers and admirers of these gods delight in imitating their scandalous iniquities, and are nowise concerned that the republic be less depraved and licentious. Only let it remain undefeated, they say, only let it flourish and abound in resources; let it be glorious by its victories, or still better, secure in peace; and what matters it to us? This is our concern, that every man be able to increase his wealth so as to supply his daily prodigalities, and so that the powerful may subject the weak for their own purposes. Let the poor court the rich for a living, and that under their protection they may enjoy a sluggish tranquillity; and let the rich abuse the poor as their dependants, to minister to their pride. Let the people applaud not those who protect their interests, but those who provide them with pleasure. Let no severe duty be commanded, no impurity forbidden. Let kings estimate their prosperity, not by the righteousness, but by the servility of their subjects. Let the provinces stand loyal to the kings, not as moral guides, but as lords of their possessions and purveyors of their pleasures; not with a hearty reverence, but a crooked and servile fear. Let the laws take cognizance rather of the injury done to another man's property, than of that done to one's own person. If a man be a nuisance to his neighbor, or injure his property, family, or person, let him be actionable; but in his own affairs let everyone with impunity do what he will in company with his own family, and with those who willingly join him.

Let there be a plentiful supply of public prostitutes for every one who wishes to use them, but specially for those who are too poor to keep one for their private use. Let there be erected houses of the largest and most ornate description: in these let there be provided the most sumptuous banquets, where every one who pleases may, by day or night, play, drink, vomit, dissipate. Let there be everywhere heard the rustling of dancers, the loud, immodest laughter of the theatre; let a succession of the most cruel and the most voluptuous pleasures maintain a perpetual excitement. If such happiness is distasteful to any, let him be branded as a public enemy; and if any attempt to modify or put an end to it let him be silenced, banished, put an end to. Let these be reckoned the true gods, who procure for the people this condition of things, and preserve it when once possessed. Let them be worshipped as they wish; let them demand whatever games they please, from or with their own worshippers; only let them secure that such felicity be not imperilled by foe, plague, or disaster of any kind. What sane man would compare a republic such as this, I will not say to the Roman empire, but to the palace of Sardanapalus, the ancient king who was so abandoned to pleasures, that he caused it to be inscribed on his tomb, that now that he was dead, he possessed only those things which he had swallowed and consumed by his appetites while alive? If these men had such a king as this, who, while self-indulgent, should lay no severe restraint on them, they would more enthusiastically consecrate to him a temple and a flamen than the ancient Romans did to Romulus.