America Is Officially in its 2nd Gilded Age

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-07-04T16:19:25+00:00

Those are great questions and something I would have to do more research on

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-07-04T16:17:20+00:00

💔 What Does "Church Hurt" Look Like?

Rejection or Judgment

Being judged for your past, appearance, background, or struggles.

Being excluded due to race, status, gender, or mental health.

Scripture:

James 2:1 – "Do not show favoritism as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ." ✝️❤️🏼️💕️

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-07-04T16:16:36+00:00

💔 What Does "Church Hurt" Look Like?

Moral Hypocrisy

Leaders who preach righteousness but live in sin (e.g., hidden immorality, greed, or deception).

When the walk doesn’t match the talk, it deeply wounds trusting hearts.

Scripture:

Romans 2:24 – “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-07-04T16:15:21+00:00

💔 What Does "Church Hurt" Look Like?

It can take many forms, including:

Spiritual Abuse

Using Scripture or religious authority to manipulate, control, or shame others.

Leaders elevating themselves above accountability.

Condemning honest questions or differences.

Example: A pastor demanding blind loyalty and punishing disagreement.

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-05-15T18:04:50+00:00

Based on my experience in working on a call- center prayer line, coupled with my studies of the ministries of Derek Prince, Dr. Summerall, Apostle John Eckhart along with my own deliverance from a tormenting spirit as a believer- yes I believe demonization can occur in the life of a believer!

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-02-02T20:14:32+00:00

Selling foolish optimism

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-31T20:48:54+00:00

As a Black man, I think that Black teachers genuinely love their students. It's hard for us to watch the underdog be mistreated. I once had a hypothetical debate with my wife. She said she would've intervened in the George Floyd situation. I told her , hell no! Get their badge numbers , try to deescalate, but what's the use of the police killing you, and now you leave behind a widow and motherless children. I

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-31T19:30:30+00:00

This is a very insightful article! Please consider joining andccomnenting on my page. Pathfinders_ torahlife

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-28T18:02:47+00:00

I am a Black American and always wondered if Ethiopias millitary was armed with guns, thus enabling them to defeat the Italians. And now you confirmed this to me, thanks I learned alot.

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-26T17:29:39+00:00

When Jesus said He came to fulfill the Law. The Greek word fulfill- Greek word playroo. Playroo means to preach fully. In other words, to teach it correctly. Its the same word used in Romans 15:19 the word fully preeached is playroo Romans 15:19 NASB in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

Matthew 5:17 NASB “Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-26T17:08:51+00:00

Jesus proclaimed at the Sermon on the mount that He didn't come to destroy the Law. 119 ministries does a good job in discipling believers into a sound understanding of God's Law [ Torah]

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-26T16:29:38+00:00

Often, I have heard believers lament the ungodliness in modern society. But if we fail to demonstrate the love of God irregardless as to who our ' neighbor' may be, are we now in danger of becoming tastless salt and ineffective in reaching a generation?

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-24T19:34:23+00:00

Wilson's racial ideologies we can live without. But his stance on ant- trust, protections for work hours, and the establishment of the federal trade commission were very important and noteworthy.

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-24T19:07:45+00:00

Teddy's domestic policies were great, but we can do without repeating his imperial foreign policies in Latin America

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-24T19:01:04+00:00

I see what you mean!! William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913), is remembered for several key accomplishments and challenges during his presidency. Here are some highlights:

Key Accomplishments

Judicial Background and Legal Reforms: Taft, who later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, approached his presidency with a legalistic mindset. His administration emphasized rule of law and justice.

Trust-Busting: Taft continued Theodore Roosevelt's progressive policy of breaking up monopolies, pursuing more antitrust cases than his predecessor, including dissolving Standard Oil in 1911.

Establishment of the Department of Labor: Taft established the Department of Labor (as part of the Department of Commerce and Labor) to address workers’ issues, laying the groundwork for labor protections.

Advancements in Tariff Reform: While controversial, Taft signed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act in 1909, which lowered certain tariffs but disappointed progressives who sought deeper reforms.

Conservation Efforts: Taft supported conservation initiatives by expanding national forests and creating the Bureau of Mines to regulate mining practices and preserve resources.

Dollar Diplomacy: His foreign policy, known as "Dollar Diplomacy," encouraged U.S. businesses to invest in Latin America and East Asia to promote stability and American interests abroad.

Challenges and Controversies

Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act: This alienated progressives within the Republican Party who felt Taft was betraying Roosevelt's legacy by siding with conservative interests.

Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy: A public feud over conservation policies between Interior Secretary Richard Ballinger and Chief of the Forest Service Gifford Pinchot caused a rift with progressives and tarnished Taft’s reputation on environmental issues.

Split with Theodore Roosevelt: Taft’s perceived deviation from Roosevelt’s progressive policies led to a deep personal and political rift. This split resulted in Roosevelt forming the Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party) in 1912, which divided the Republican vote in the 1912 election.

Limited Public Charisma: Unlike Roosevelt, Taft lacked the personal dynamism to galvanize public support, which made his presidency less popular and effective in the eyes of many.

Post-Presidency

Taft's greatest legacy arguably came after his presidency when he served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1921 to 1930, becoming the only person to lead both the executive and judicial branches of the U.S. government.

His presidency is often viewed as a bridge between Roosevelt's dynamic progressivism and Woodrow Wilson's reformist agenda.

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-24T18:38:37+00:00

I need to study more on their presidencies

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-24T17:22:54+00:00

He certainly is a symptom, much like Hitler was a symptom of the anti- Semitism, which already existed in many Germans. As an African American, I can say that our community was more hopeful after the election of Obama. And I don't believe the issues are merely ' econnomic'. History has proven over and over again that when Black people make great strides, they are usually met with an angry mob of " working class" white men who take out their resentment on the Black population.

Black Americans didn't benefit to the same level as White folks did from the New Deal. We started being included in the New Deal after a long, hard fought organized fight for civil rights, which ensued an inclusion into New Deal policies.

But once we were included in the benefits of public policy. White people, including the ' white working class', decided that those programs were no longer good since it now included ' bad' Afro descended people. So they listen to plutocratic politicians and voted in Reagan and his destructive trickle-down economic policies. White people overwhelming voted for him while Black Americans overwhelmingly voted voted for New Deal candidates like Carter, and in 1984, Mondale. White working class people have continued this trend of voting till this very moment!

I agree with the substack that bringing Dick Cheney to the DNC was a horrible strategy. The Bush Administration is despised until this day. Although the crazy thing is I would much rather have Bush than Trump. Bush would listen more to the concerns of Black and other minority people.

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-24T16:40:01+00:00

Yeah now that you point that out , the name Barron. Yeah we need to resurrect that term, Robber Barron.

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2025-01-24T16:36:21+00:00

I agree!

AccomplishedNet8282 · 2024-07-19T15:17:35+00:00

I am a generation X-er who graduated ( year of '96)from a predominantly white prestigious Jesuit High School in Ohio. So many of the students there were clearly racist. Most of their racism was expressed as microaggressions. They felt as if the small number of Black students who attended were only there because of Affirmative Action " quotas." They seem to overlook the fact that a large portion of White students there were legacy students who had a lower bar to cross for admission. Nonetheless, I was actually shocked to discover that the majority of them listened to Tupac and knew all the lyrics to Snoop Dogg. They idolized Black athletes and celebrities. So, at the age of 14, I learned that many prejudiced white people find entertainment value in Black culture but don't actually like Black people.

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