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Duncan Cary Palmer
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#1 Following: Jesus the Annointed King. Why?๐Ÿค”๐Ÿง Jesus created the universe. He claims all as benevolent King, and I cordially invite you to voluntarily join his expanding Kingdom. I believe that #bitcoin is a significant tool for taking back power from the forces of darkness. Read me here: https://peakd.com/a/@creatr/b Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather

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Good Day, My Dear Fellow Nostriches!๐Ÿ˜

I recently replied to the note below because I consider the question it asks and the topic it raises to be of ***great*** importance:

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I framed my answer before listening to Father Spyridon's brief message; then when I listened, I found that he and I are very substantially in agreement.

Whether or not you are a Christian, I invite you to listen to Father Spyridon's answer to the question (above) and also to read (below) my short response to the question:

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Thanks for asking this excellent, vital, question, so widely answered ***poorly and unbiblically*** by vast numbers of well meaning but misled Christians.

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

Modern Israel is just one more wicked nation-state among hundreds. All are fiefdoms of satan, intent on killing, stealing, and destroying in order to achieve their evil ends.

The ersatz "rulers" (i.e., ***tyrants***) of every one of these abominable centralized entities believe themselves to be ***gods***, presuming they and their minions have a magically acquired right to command their fellow man, appropriating and living lavishly off of his property and the fruit of his labor.

Jesus/Godโ€”by virtue of the fact he CREATED usโ€”is the ONLY human with a legitimate RIGHT to control us; and yet he graciously grants us freedom to live and act voluntarily in every good and beneficial way according to our individual desires.

Jesus is advancing his Kingdom by gradually drawing individuals OUT OF their futile devotion to nation-states, with their antichrist (***substitute king***) tyrants, and INTO the peaceful Kingdom of the Heavens.

Jesus' Kingdom is a distributed nation, a city-state ORGANISM (Jesus' body), a universal community comprising 100% voluntary, self-governing, decentralized, non-hierarchical local communities of followers of HIS way, each of whom report to HIM as their only source of authority.

Scripture teaches that Jesus is presently in the process of ***destroying*** all competing political entities; in most cases, nation-states atrophy and self-destructโ€”Jesus' eternal Kingdom growing and replacing their coercive functions with superior, beneficial functionsโ€”while in some cases, Jesus literally dismantles or pulverizes them.

You'll find these assertions fleshed out and biblically supported in the collection of articles below:

https://peakd.com/library/@creatr/the-kingdom-of-jesus-god-the-heavens-my-library-shelf

I only discovered him within the last year...

What he has to say directly addresses the subject of church buildings.

I appreciate Wadsworth particularly because he's been able to articulate things I've known intuitively since my college days more than fifty years ago.๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ˜

Thanks for asking this excellent, vital, question, so widely answered poorly and unbiblically by vast numbers of well meaning but misled Christians.

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

Modern Israel is just one more wicked nation-state among hundreds. All are fiefdoms of satan, intent on killing, stealing, and destroying in order to achieve their evil ends.

The ersatz "rulers" (i.e., tyrants) of every one of these abominable centralized entities believe themselves to be gods, presuming they and their minions have a magically acquired right to command their fellow man, appropriating and living high on the hog off of his property and the fruit of his labor.

Jesus/God--by virtue of the fact he CREATED us--is the ONLY human with a legitimate RIGHT to control us, and yet he graciously grants us freedom to live and act voluntarily in every good and beneficial way according to our individual desires.

Jesus is advancing his Kingdom by gradually drawing individuals OUT OF their futile devotion to nation-states, with their antichrist (substitute king) tyrants, and INTO the peaceful Kingdom of the Heavens.

Jesus' Kingdom is a distributed nation, a city-state ORGANISM (Jesus' body), a universal community comprising 100% voluntary, self-governing, decentralized, non-heirarchical local communities of followers of HIS way who each report to HIM as their only central source of authority.

Scripture teaches that Jesus is presently in the process of destroying all competing political entities; in most cases, they atrophy and self-destruct--Jesus' eternal Kingdom growing and replacing their coercive functions with superior, beneficial functions--while in some cases, Jesus literally dismantles or pulverizes them.

You'll find these assertions fleshed out and biblically supported in the collection of articles below:

https://peakd.com/library/@creatr/the-kingdom-of-jesus-god-the-heavens-my-library-shelf

Thank you, Friend, for a very timely reminder!

๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ฅ

Have you listened to any of Wadsworth?๐Ÿค”

#asknostr ๐Ÿค”Percentage of truth?

Can/does the OS disconnect from the network(s)?

#Graphene devs, phone designers, please weigh in?

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Smells like a good day for a new bitcoin all-time high...

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The coolest thing about a Bitcoin maximalist is that they donโ€™t seek to control the world. At most, they want to fix it, not save it, because they see it as broken, not dying. Even their worst behavior is usually just trolling, which, while abrasive, is at least transparent. You always know where you stand with a maxi, and that honesty is rare.

Bitcoin acts as a mirror: its critics often reveal more about themselves than about the network. Those in power who routinely bend the rules hate Bitcoin precisely because it removes their monopoly on privilege. When nobody is above the rules, it threatens the systems they benefit from. To hate a network where no one holds special privileges is to believe you deserve them yourself. Thereโ€™s a difference between quality and privilege, and many people confuse the two.

Buying Bitcoin, holding your own keys, and running a node is the closest thing to becoming your own bank, your own state, and your own representative. Itโ€™s like building a miniature, digital Fort Knox. As a Bitcoiner, itโ€™s your duty to meme, not maliciously, but with purpose, especially when the old world clutches its pearls in horror at the idea of class structures collapsing under the weight of true decentralization. This isnโ€™t just a wealth transfer; itโ€™s a values transfer.

Bitcoiners are people, not archetypes. No one is the perfect Bitcoiner or the perfect person. Any harsh judgment, whether from friend or foe, is often just projection.

Well said.๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ˜โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ‘

Offensive force is utterly immoral, condemned by all men of good will and prohibited by Jesus/God. Nothing "instituted among men" can make that right.

All such warring organizations will ultimately self destruct, or atrophy as they are replaced by moral systems. I consider such organizations the fiefdoms of satan, and believe scripture teaches that God himself will ultimately destroy any holdouts.

Defensive force is moral, but optional, depending on the circumstances and choice of the individual or group being aggressed against.

"Anarchy" literally means "no rulers," a situation far more prone to peace than a society oppressed by control freaks who believe they have a right to rule their neighbors.

Have you read Lysander Spooner?

All nation-states are built on a structurally flawed foundation; the God-forsaken notion that any human or group of humans has some magical right to use coercive force to control other humans.

And that idea is baked into the US constitution, so while things began better than they are now, there's never been any chance of long term success.

As one of "those in the US," this became quite obvious to me decades ago. The constitution, along with all the other BS "laws of the land" are nothing more than window dressing for the underlying tyranny that is the state.

Those in power do whatever they please; the state is an evil beast that we need to starve. We can do that by building and living in parallel, voluntary, decentralized communities:

https://peakd.com/kingdom/@creatr/the-state-or-god-s-kingdom-a-comparison-chart

BTW,

I see no problem with short term custodial solutions; keep savings on chain, put a tiny amount in your wallet to spend...

Sounds like you're using Primal or some other KYC client?

We still have a choice, and mine is definitely NOT the KYC tools...๐Ÿ˜œ

Sounds like a possibly legit safety issue? To be consistent, though, they'd need to ban phones and laptops...

I'm more concerned about the constant growth of the surveillance state... Did they demand a "Real ID" for you to board?๐Ÿค”

Friend, I think you've entirely missed the memo...

There's a huge difference between doing "whatever you want" like a teenager and doing whatever is right, no matter what.

The entire purpose of bitcoin and nostr is to be DIVORCED from the state, not vulnerable to their arbitrary control.

If anything, we desperately need more "Wild West" attitude, along with refining and hardening our wallets, signers, and other tools.

The entire point of the bitcoin ethos is to make the state irrelevant, completely impotent, and utterly unable to stop anyone from voluntary, peer to peer transactions and communication, or to steal any value from a transaction.

https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html

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Hey, all you King JESUS followers out there, listen up!

While re-reading Matthew chapter two again today, I was reminded that if our King had been born in the present day, rather than Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh, the Mages would have brought him bitcoin, Frankincense, and Myrrh.๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’–โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ฅ

The real violation here is the egregious violation of your personal autonomy and the theft of your property.

King Jesus does NOT approve of this churlish behavior on the part of the tyrant's enforcers...

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FREEDOM

is NOT found in ANY earthly nation:

"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."

2 Corinthians 3:17

"For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery."

Galatians 5:1

"For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another."

Galatians 5:13

"For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now."

Romans 8:20-22

"The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."

John 8:35-36

"Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God."

1 Peter 2:16

So, WHERE IS Freedom to be found?

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Those who follow King Jesus are blessed to live in and be CITIZENS and AMBASSADORS of the ONLY truly FREE CITY in the world; the New Jerusalem:

"Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. But the JERUSALEM ABOVE is FREE; SHE is our mother. For it is written,

โ€œRejoice, barren woman who does not give birth;

Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;

For more numerous are the children of the desolate one

Than of the one who has a husband.โ€

And you brothers, in accordance with Isaac, are children of promise."

- Galatians 4:25-28

"But you are a chosen family, a royal priesthood, a HOLY NATION, a people for Godโ€™s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Beloved, I urge you as SOJOURNERS AND EXILES to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul, by keeping your conduct excellent among the OTHER NATIONS, so that in the thing which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good works, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation."

- 1 Peter 2:9-12

REMEMBER:

There may be the Red side and the Blue side, but we who follow King Jesus are on the UP side!

๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿคด๐Ÿ‘†

https://peakd.com/life/@creatr/may-i-bless-you

ApplesoLUTEly!!!๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚

THANK YOU, Satoshi!

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#asknostr

What the heck is a Proposal to Improve a Post?"

For the first time, today, I had something labeled as such show up in my "replies" area on Amethyst. And it offered an "Accept This Suggestion" option?

But I saw no difference from my original post. What do I do? What was the suggestion?

Is there a relevant NIP I could read?

#catstr #caturday

This little beast can be a Tiny Terror!

Replying to Avatar HannahMR

Even moreso why I support autonomous vehicles, and especially those that can fly from place to place!๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Replying to Avatar Gigi

I wanted to speak,

But nothing came out.

My mind was confused,

The words not allowed.

All of my own doing,

No others to blame.

Now crying in silence,

Feel nothing but shame.

We think they come easy,

Our God-given rights.

They perish in silence;

Unless someone fights.

But who is this fighter?

Is it you? Is it me?

It comes down to courage.

The courage to be.

Why not remain silent?

Why say things at all?

Why tear down the comfort,

Of this prison wall.

Compliance is easy,

Resistance is not.

We need to SPEAK CLEARLY

A rule we forgot.

It's all dia-Logos,

Allein or zu zweit,

A chat between friends;

You alone, late at night.

Without speaking clearly,

Proper thought can not form.

Free Speech is not optional,

It must be the norm.

So FUCK all the censors,

Both big and so small,

And fuck myself too,

For preaching to all.

We need more conversation,

And less claims of Truth.

Way more compassion.

"Corruption of Youth?"

They killed him for questions.

He wouldn't shut up.

But "they" are still with us,

And he drank the cup.

There is no distinction,

No "them" and no "us,"

So why all the fighting?

What is all the fuss?

P doom equals zero,

Some old crazy guy claims.

It's hard to agree.

We all live in chains!

Of our own making,

Of thought and of bytes,

confusion and silence;

There's no given rights.

Rights must be defended,

Or lest they may fall,

The fight is decisions,

To be made by all.

Should I stay on the platform?

Should I leave? Should I fight?

Should I build my own platform?

Should I enter the light?

The light that is Logos,

the word that redeems.

That speaks truth and beauty,

and is goodโ€”so it seems.

We don't need no platforms.

No login; no sign-up.

Get a key and some relays;

Sign your words and speak up!

I know it's not easy,

Though simple it sounds.

But it is your duty!

Responsibility abounds.

Some of us are tiny;

Some have a huge heart.

I'm still a bit whiny;

But all ends are starts.

I wanted to speak,

But nothing came out.

So now I'll just send it,

No censors allowed.

As a fellow poet, I deeply appreciate original poetry, especially in this age when one has to ask...

Mine is and always will be personally generated by original TI ( True Intelligence ).๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜

So, Friend Gigi; I follow the Logos who was already present at the beginning ( John 1:1 ), and I champion his Kingdom as the ultimate antidote for the tyranny and the manipulated infighting you've here so beautifully written about...๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ’–

May I ask if he is the Logos and the light you follow?๐Ÿค”๐Ÿง๐Ÿ˜ƒ