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Are you a webmaster with your own domain and web site?

If you have your own domain name and a web site please send me a mention with the link. I'm especially grateful for webmasters who publish RSS feeds of their sites.

I am avoiding all big tech sites as much as I can. This means I am mostly avoiding free blog sites, forums, most social media (except some Fediverse), video sites, substack, whatever. I am truly interested in reading and viewing only subject matter published by webmasters who have taken the time to set up their own web sites. This separates most low-effort work from real work. This is a good sanity check as well.

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Title: Millions of cats
Author: Wanda Gág
Original publication: New York: Coward McCann, Inc, 1928

A short, syrupy, predictable children's fable that is totally worth it. The story has a multiple morals entwined in a five-minute read without being moralistic. Although a children's fable the moral is every bit applicable to adults and even old codgers. I adore old writings such as this. This is a free Gutenberg book available at the link below.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/74181/pg74181.txt

Terabytes of Old Usenet Articles since 1980s Restored in 471,000 News Groups

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40406863

I love treasure hunting. Sometimes Usenet feels like the dusty old thrift store of the Internet. If you have ever found a thrift store with rows of shelves chock full of books, old compact discs, and ancient cassette tapes, then you know what I mean.

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Hatching Secret Sauce Eggs is a Rooster's Business

This is how I make the secret sauce. The recipe is inside the egg.

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The trinity is the sun god of Babylon. The true God of Abraham is not a trinity. Turn from the idolatry of the trinity idol and worship God the Father in spirit and truth.

"Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is ONE LORD." (Deuteronomy 6:4)

Prior to this many had been worshiping the trinity idol of the heathen. So the prophet had to tell Israel that the true God is only ONE, rather than three.

"And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but ONE, that is, God." (Mark 10:18)

"As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but ONE." (1 Corinthians 8:4)

"But to us there is but ONE GOD, THE FATHER, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him." (1 Corinthians 8:6)

Only the Father is God. There is no other. He has no equal.

The video below shows the ancient heathen origin of the trinity, which is the central idol of all witchcraft.

+ The Gods of Babylon +
https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=POCobYxEKPo

"The ancient city of Babylon was the birth place of a mystery religion which has survived to the present day and is deceiving the whole world. In this presentation we examine the origins of this mystery religion and see how it survives and thrives in the form of secret symbols and false systems of worship. See how this ancient mystery religion reveals the identity of the Antichrist power that is alive and well in the world today and which is directing world events for its own purposes. Will you be deceived into receiving "the mark of the beast"? Watch this presentation and arm yourself with the truth so that you will not be deceived!"

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Ygdrasil, the Internet's first and oldest literary journal is still in operation. Below find three links, [1] to the older archive and [2] to the recent editions and [3] to the old web page.

"Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts is the first Literary Journal to be published on the Internet (1994)."

The oldest archives are here:

https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/300/ygdrasil/index.html

Newer issues from about 2017 to date are here:

https://independentscholar.academia.edu/KlausGerken

The ugly old Internet page and archive is here:

https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/300/ygdrasil/html/2017/17-02/users.synapse.net/kgerken/index.html

Enjoy!

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THEOCAPITALISM And The Sale of Incendiaries Versus the Divine Clock or Zodiac

The stock market in hell shows sales of fire extinguishers and charcoal on the rise. The devil is selling charcoal and fire extinquishers to the slaves of religion. The real last supper of the Church religion is a divine barbecue at the Devil's Deep Down Shindig. Is it not written in the BBQ version of the Bible?

https://blog.nightbulb.net/theocapitalism-and-the-sale-of-incendiaries-versus-the-divine-clock-or-zodiac/

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The Cult of the Eclipse - ROBERT SEPEHR

"Eclipses have inspired fear and awe among civilizations throughout history. In this video I explain its occult esoteric significance and how that relates to the cult that covertly rules the world."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw4Ez4PSC50

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Difference Between Nerd and Geek

Has anyone written a scientific treatise on the differences between nerd and geek?

On the one hand, I could instigate endless debate about the finer points of nerds.

On the other hand I could construct nerds with a 3-D meat printer.

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"I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is Antichrist."

Martin Luther
Father of the Christian Reformation
October 11, 1520

"We firmly believe here that the Papacy is the personification of Antichrist’s throne, and feel we are justified in resisting their deceptions and wiles for the sake of the salvation of souls. I declare that I only owe the Pope the obedience due to Antichrist."

"From my heart I hate that man of sin and son of perdition, with all his kingdom, which is nothing but sin and hypocrisy."

Martin Luther
Expositor of the True Christian Faith
August 18, 1520

"Eck and Emser opened my eyes as to the Pope’s sovereignty; for although at first I maintained his right to the human title, I now see that the Papacy is the kingdom of Babylon, and the tyranny of Nimrod, the mighty hunter."

Martin Luther
Fearless Opponent of the Papal Seat Antichrist
October 6, 1520

Antichrist has been on earth for 1500 years! Wake up! The Church is the Kingdom of darkness. “Come out of her, my people!”

Full article:
https://blog.nightbulb.net/the-rapture-is-now-get-out-of-the-church-brothel-before-you-burn-with-it-escape-the-spiritual-slag/

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The Gospel of Cain

False teachers and judaizers often preach the gospel of Cain. They speak lies in hypocrisy. They claim to love god by offering the fruit of the ground as a sacrifice instead of the acceptable sacrifice that God provided with righteous Abel.

The gospel of Cain is a gospel of religious works and pretended declarations of spiritual superiority. The false teachers say that one must keep a law or set of rules to be saved and accepted by God.

One of the most nefarious versions of this false gospel is the version that proclaims you must love God to be saved.

And this requirement to love god is a lie. You do not need to love God to be saved. The entire Law of Moses is summed up in, "loving God."

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." (Deuteronomy 6)

No man can keep this commandment. Yet Jesus taught that this commandment is the entirety of the Law of Moses:

"Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."

The way of Cain teaches that you must offer a sacrifice of this love, being feigned and fake, as the 'fruit of the earth' or the fruit of the law. Cain's gospel demands that to be saved you must keep the greatest commandment which equates to keeping the whole of the law of Moses. But we know that no man is saved by the deeds of the law.

"Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin." (Romans 3:20)

"Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law." (Romans 3:28)

The command to love God is a deed of the law.

The sacrifice of Abel is different. Abel chose an acceptable sacrifice of the firstling of the flock. Abel's sacrifice is the sacrifice that God appointed and provided. Cain's sacrifice is what Cain provided by forcing the ground (religion, law) to bear fruit (outward deeds, creeds).

And we know that Cain was a murderer and hated righteous Abel. So we should examine the difference between the sacrifices of Cain and Abel to understand how Cain perverts the gospel.

From time to time the reader may see false teachers advertising the false gospel of Cain as the only way to salvation. These false teachers will say things like this:

"You must love God with all your heart, soul, and mind."

It sounds reasonable to those unlearned in the way of truth. But it is not reasonable and it denies the truth. Jesus came to save not the righteous, but to save sinners. The Law of Moses kills the sinner, rather than saving him. No man can keep this law to have perfect love for God. No man has the power to love God. No man can choose this love. Rather it is God who chose to love man:

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

The way of Abel is to trust in the lamb, which God caused to grow fat and acceptable as a sacrifice for sin. Jesus is the unblemished firstling of the flock that takes away sin. Cain's sacrifice is the result of Cain's own work, rather than the work of God.

The way of Cain is to toss around pithy platitudes about how a man must eke out his salvation by pantomiming that he has great love for god and is loving god with all his mind, and showing it in his works, or in his own sacrifices and declarations of piety.

If a man tells you that you must love god to be saved, he is denying that we are saved because God loves us. He is preaching works as the means of salvation, offering up your own fruit for sacrifice in place of the lamb that God has provided. We learn this also from Abraham:

"And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together."

Abraham said that God will provide himself a lamb for the sacrifice. This is the way of Abel. The way of Cain is for men to provide their own sacrifice of creeds, deeds, and high-minded screeds which have no power to save. You can have creeds, deeds, and screeds. Or you can have the word of God. One is death. One is life.

So the liar that preaches that you must love god to be accepted by God, is teaching that you must offer your own righteous sacrifice, a thing that no man can do. Every sinner already is at enmity with God and can't love God because of sin. Yet the gospel of Cain demands that you must first love god before God can love and accept you. Instead, the true gospel teaches we must trust in the sacrifice that God provided for us to be saved:

"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."

The prescription for salvation is simple: believe on Jesus Christ. Pretending to love god with all your mind cannot merit salvation. Such false piety is the gospel of Cain which merits damnation. The modern gospel of Cain is sacrificial judaism disguised under a false Jesus mask. Cain denies the simple gospel of child-like faith and replaces it with a bellowing dragon that demands perfect love from imperfect souls, and threatens constantly to punish them for failing to do the impossible. With man it is impossible to please God, but all things are possible with God:

"But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible."

Perhaps that is why Cain was so angry and persecuted his righteous brother. His righteous brother did nothing to earn God's love and approval. He simply took hold of the sacrifice that God provided, and God did the impossible for him. Whereas Cain has his own righteousness to boast of, a righteousness that Cain planted himself and toiled hard to grow, and God rejected it.

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And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

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The rich man is the religious man, rich in the religion of the world, or rich in the fruit of the ground grown up by Cain's work. We see these modern Cains polluting the gospel of grace with their holier-than-thou and lovelier-than-thou and more-biblical-than-thou spiritual mumbo-jumbo. Mark them and avoid them. Do not trust in your own righteousness to be saved. Trust that Jesus took away your sin, and you shall be saved.

You will falter. You will fail. You will doubt. You will make mistakes. None of this can undo what God has already promised to those who trust in Jesus Christ. Jesus will guide you into all truth. He will guide you into the perfect love of God. Once you trust Jesus and are saved, then you will have power to love the Father. The gospel of Cain puts the cart before the horse, and requires you to muster up love for God in order to be saved. But it is God's love that saves us, not our own love for Him.

Cain is still in the world today. Cain is still murdering righteous Abel. Cain has risen up in the field using his false gospel as a cudgel to beat the life out of those who trust in Jesus instead of their own works. And like his father, the devil, he does it with a lie, teaching that salvation comes from your own will to choose righteousness. Don't be deceived. God is the chooser. God is the accepter. And God is the one who provides the sacrifice.

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Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

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The command to, "love God" is a deed of the law. If you are required to first love God to be saved, then you are doomed. But if you believe that God loves you and gave Jesus as a sacrifice for you, then you are saved. Having love for God will be something God works in you, not something you work for Him. And we know who loves God--those who love the brethren and speak the truth without hypocrisy. This, Cain does not do. For Cain this is impossible. Cain hates the brethren of Jesus and wants to destroy them with his false gospel.

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        _.--^--._               -~   ___   ~-            -     | |     -      Men make wooden and MENTAL images and    -      | |      -     idols. God the Father made a FLESH    - NIGHTBULB.NET -     Image for men to bow down to--Jesus     -     | |     -      Christ of Nazareth.      -    | |    -              -   | |   -                -__|_|__-                 |_______|                 <_______>                 <_______>                    \_/                                                                  Flip the night switch.

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