We don' *need* no stinkin' roads!🤣

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Early 70's.😆🫂

You go, girl!😄💜🫂💖😆👍🚀

Do You Have the Chops To Be A Relevant Part of My Nostr Audience?

by Duncan Cary Palmer

"I don't always write; but when I do, Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Hemingway read me."

- The Most Interesting Man On Nostr

No, That's Not Me; But I Do Sport A Beard

This is a reboot of one of my most popular posts ever, re-imagined here for the benefit of "Nostr: The Next Generation." ENJOY!

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HUMOR...

(or is it?)... A "tongue in cheek" reader evaluation self-test.

I write for nostr, but only qualified candidates need apply as followers... Those who follow my writing are special; cream of the crop; men and women of impeccable taste.

You are undoubtedly wondering;

What are the essential qualifications to be one of my regular readers?

YOU ARE A DISCERNING INDIVIDUAL;

...a little like the Dos Equis Man. Though you think for yourself, you remain open-minded. You are interested in everything.

You're not easily influenced; you hold a steady course where others flip-flop. Nevertheless, you are not too proud to change your mind when the truth smacks you in the face.

You are prepared to go toe-to-toe in a good, clean argument, more interested in learning than winning. You'll hit "Reply" to make an observation, ask a question, or mention something I may have overlooked. You're not afraid to either say or hear the words "I don't know."

YOU ARE NEITHER EASILY SHOCKED NOR QUICKLY OFFENDED.

It doesn't scare you that I'm forthright about believing that Jesus is the Creator/God, King of the universe. You hold your own beliefs and allow me to do the same. Knowing that I'll return the favor, you won't force your beliefs on me at the point of a gun, but you expect that we'll learn from one another.

You are neither easily shocked nor swiftly offended. You have no problem honestly disagreeing and debating a point. You're ready to call "bullshit" when necessary. Though very curious, you have more lives than a cat.

YOU ARE ON A JOURNEY TOWARDS TRUTH,

...grateful To Be Alive. You observe the universe with feelings of awe. You are grateful to be alive and humble enough to admit when you are wrong. You're not afraid of a challenge; regardless of gender, you have balls. Whether whale, dolphin, or minnow, you are one sharp ocean dweller.

YOU CAN LEARN FROM ALMOST ANYONE

You recognize that we have common interests, and you're not afraid to interact. New developments and ideas excite you; your face is towards the future, and it looks intriguing.

Though you believe you can learn from almost anyone, you realize your time limitations, so you choose carefully. I am one of your choices; you have no doubt that what I have to say will be well worth your time.

HOW DO YOU STACK UP?

Do you fit many, most, or all of these characteristics?

Then, by all means, FOLLOW ME.

#grownostr #life #story #humor #balls

Ah, the deep mysteries of the universe!

😄💜🫂💖😆👍

What is the true power of the people?

*Walking away* from the evil, corrupt, political institutions that oppress us.

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Hey, Friend!

> "...why would the human population that enters the resurrection simply be maintained rather than expanding?"

Exactly. There is absolutely no logical or biblical reason.

> "When you look at how vast the universe is, it seems to me that it might be God's intent that we go and fill it, and that probably requires more than those redeemed humans from this life who enter the resurrection."

Have you never wondered what we'll be doing for *eternity*?🤔 And, even if the current population of our planet were all redeemed, there are far too few of us! We must expand in order to subdue the rest of the universe.

> "It just seems odd to contemplate sex without marriage (as a Christian)..."

I understand your discomfort; but, have you read my article?😯

Our endless future will NOT be "without marriage!" It will, according to scripture, be WITH and IN the ultimate, complete, *fulfilled* state of marriage... The TRUE marriage that God, from day one, intended all of our earthly marriages to be a model and a foretaste of.

I really appreciate your open and thoughtful discussion. As heirs and followers of King Jesus, our future is blindingly bright in every possible way.😃🚀😄💜🫂💖😆👍

👇Don't overlook Steve's work.👇

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👇👇Freedom Technologies👇👇

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https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N35V1LO/

Very cool...

https://www.acelab.eu.com/

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Hello, nostr:npub1nf9vm6uhs4j7yaysmjn9eqlf7et5t6hvrkdqgpd995vcc9yfjyas0pxa3x,

I just came across your appeal here on nostr this morning.😃 I'm a Christian and the founder of an agorist enterprise concerned with restoring and guarding people's health. I would love to have a conversation with you about what we do.🙏🏻😄💜🫂💖😆👍

About a decade ago, I designed a device that I believe every family should have in their medicine chest, and I would love to tell you about it. It has already saved and positively transformed a number of lives that I am aware of first hand.

I believe God created our bodies as self-healing mechanisms when we recognize that fact and support them with the foods and materials he has also given us for their sustenance.🙏🏻😆👍

Fren,

You inspire me.😄💜🫂💖😆👍

Hang in there, keep the faith. Plebs like me everywhere are pulling for you, and I'm praying for you right now.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💖

Hey, Frens and Plebs!

This is my UNCONVENTIONAL post for today... I'm wishing nostr GN by clearing my mind of some things that drive me to distraction!

For much of my adult life, my thinking has been preoccupied by a few recurring themes. At their root is one central theme that I KNOW many of you share; FREEDOM/LIBERTY.

Many of us perceive bitcoin to be a major "freedom technology," and rightly so, because it frees our money from state control. This post is to alert you to TWO additional, critical "freedom technologies" that In My Not So Humble Opinion vie with bitcoin in their potential for freeing us from the enslaving chains of the state. In simple terms, the technologies are "free" energy and "non-Newtonian" or "propellantless" propulsion.

For the open minded, here are significant links to information about each of these:

Propellantless propulsion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhsKMWOYuYo

"Free" energy:

https://x.com/JustXAshton/status/1796711251168412086

Such information is difficult to find because most search engines (especially Google) are HEAVILY weighted toward the prevailing narratives in economics, technology, and medicine.

I have personally studied and "tinkered" with variants of these two technologies for much of my adult life. They are both related to theories in the realm of physics that have been largely abandoned by modern science, and/or at least seen from a different perspective. My "conspiracy theory" bones inform me that modern science has been pushed away from serious consideration of these things intentionally because they would provide the common man with just too damn much freedom. However, world changing giants of science history such as Nikola Tesla believed in the ether theory.

What's the freedom connection? If we as individuals had access to free energy and propulsion, we would be able to go anywhere on the planet at will and live anywhere. For my statist friends whose mantra has always been "Who will build the roads?" I'll say "We won't need no stinkin' roads."

Before I drop off to sleep, here's one more link to keep you awake at night:

ThunderboltsProject (The Electric Universe)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvHqXK_Hz79tjqRosK4tWYA

So, GN! Good Night, my nostr Frens! Sweet dreams of flying machines that can take you anywhere in the world within an hour! Airlines will only be for poor people; HFSP!

#grownostr #freedom #liberty #energy #conspiracytheory #travel #transportation #movement #state #bitcoin #technology #scalar #ether #aether #electricuniverse #libertarianism

Some of us are more real than others...😜🤣😂🫂💖👍

#asknostr

Anyone have experience with, or anything positive or negative to say about this service?🤔

https://hoppy.network/

TIA for any insight.🙏🏻😄💜🫂💖😆👍

Hi, nostr: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 , I appreciate your note.

I hesitated to respond before I had a chance to check it out in context, but as it turns out that does not change my reply. While my default assumption is to respect Heiser's opinions, I can't go with him here. He starts by questioning the "traditional" assumption that the heart of the issue in this passage from Matthew is sex:

> ““Appeal is usually made to Matthew 22:23–33 in this regard, under the assumption that verse 30 teaches that angels cannot engage in sexual intercourse:”

I'm with him so far. This is *clearly* an *assumption.* But he then immediately follows that with an assumption of his own:

> “The text does not say angels cannot have sexual intercourse; it says they don’t.”

Nowhere in the Matthew text or context does it say anything of the kind; this is pure extrapolation on Heiser's part. He then carries this assumption further, applying an incomplete and unwarranted logic:

> “In like manner, life in the perfected Edenic world also does not require maintaining the human species by having children—everyone has an immortal resurrection body.”

While this is a "true" statement in and of itself (i.e., by the incredible kindness of Jesus our God and King, we WILL have immortal resurrection bodies), and while it is true that "maintaining the human species" would consequently be a given WITHOUT reproduction, it absolutely does not follow that expanding the human population and presence in the universe is uncontemplated or in any way illogical or forbidden.

As I make the case in the fictionalized article I cited to begin this thread, NOWHERE in scripture do we ever find God rescinding the creation mandate for humanity to "be fruitful and multiply and fill *the earth* (Hebrew "eh'-rets" which Paul renders in Greek as "cosmos" in Romans 4:13)."

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Not sure what was going on; may have involved my VPN? In any case, seems to be OK now...😃

Thanks for getting back to me, nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn 🙏🏻😄❓🫂💖😆👍