The "GAY PRIDE" of America and the Pitfalls of the "Pride of Life" in these END TIMES!

According to Wikipedia: Pride?is an?emotional ?response or?attitude ?to something with an intimate connection to oneself, due to its perceived value.?Oxford defines it amongst other things as "the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's own importance" This may be related to one's own abilities or achievements, positive characteristics of friends or family, or?one's country .?

Richard Taylor ?defined pride as "the justified?love of oneself ",?as opposed to false pride or?narcissism . Similarly,?the Catholic Augustine ?defined it as "the love of one's own excellence",?and?Meher Baba ?called it "the specific feeling through which?egoism ?manifests."

Philosophers ?and?social psychologists ?have noted that pride is a complex secondary emotion which requires the development of a?sense of self ?and the mastery of relevant conceptual distinctions (e.g. that pride is distinct from happiness and joy) through language-based interaction with others.?Some social psychologists identify the nonverbal expression of pride as a means of sending a functional, automatically perceived signal of high social status.?In contrast, pride could also be defined as a lowly disagreement with the truth.

Pride is sometimes viewed as corrupt or as a?vice , sometimes as proper or as a?virtue . With a positive connotation,?pride?refers to a content sense of attachment toward one's own or another's choices and actions, or toward a whole?group of people , and is a product of?praise , independent?self-reflection , and a fulfilled feeling of?belonging . With a negative?connotation ?pride?refers to a foolishly?and irrationally corrupt sense of one's personal value,?status ?or accomplishments, and is ?used?synonymously ?with?hubris . While some "world famous" philosophers such as?Aristotle ?(and?George Bernard Shaw ) consider pride (but not hubris) a profound virtue.

How does God feel about PRIDE?

The Word of God?consider pride's fraudulent form a?sin , such as is expressed in?Proverbs ?11:2 of the?Bible : "When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom." When viewed as a virtue, pride in one's abilities is known as virtuous pride, the greatness of soul or?magnanimity , but when viewed as a sinful vice it is often known to be self-idolatry , sadistic contempt,?vanity ?or vainglory. Other possible objects of pride are?one's ethnicity , and one's?sexual identity ?(especially?in the case of the LGBT pride ).

Sin and self-acceptance

Exaggerated self-esteem is called "pride".?Classical Christian theology views pride as being the result of high self-esteem, and thus high self-esteem was viewed as the primary human problem, but beginning in the 20th century, Jesuit based oriented "humanistic psychology " diagnosed the primary human problem as low self-esteem stemming from a lack of belief in one's "true worth".?Carl Rogers ?observed that most people "regard themselves as worthless and unlovable." Thus, they lack self-esteem. So he gave emphasis on worshiping and nurturing this ideology of the "SELF" (First ME, Secondly ME and thirdly ME over EVERYTHING).

Jesuit Terry Cooper conceptualized in 2003 excessive pride (along with low self-esteem) as an important paradigm in describing the human condition. He examines and compares the Augustinian-Niebuhrian conviction that pride is primary, the feminist concept of pride as being absent in the experience of women, the?humanistic psychology ?position that pride does not adequately account for anyone's experience, and the humanistic psychology idea that if pride emerges, it is always a false front designed to protect an undervalued self.

He considers that the work of certain neo-Freudian psychoanalysts, namely?Karen Horney , offers promise in dealing with what he calls a "deadlock between the overvalued and undervalued self" (Cooper, 112–3). Cooper refers to their work in describing the connection between religious and psychological pride as well as sin to describe how a neurotic pride system underlies an appearance of self-contempt and low self-esteem:

The "idealized self," the "tyranny of the should," the "pride system" and the nature of self-hate all point toward the intertwined relationship between neurotic pride and self-contempt. Understanding how a neurotic pride system underlies an appearance of self-contempt and low self-esteem.

(Cooper, 112–3).

Thus,?hubris , which is an exaggerated form of self-esteem, is sometimes actually a lie used to cover the lack of self-esteem the committer of pride feels deep down.

In the?King James Bible , those people exhibiting excess pride are labeled with the somewhat archaic term,?"Haughty" .

Let's see some of the passages of the King James Bible about PRIDE:

Proverbs 16:18:

"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."

Proverbs 29:23:

"A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit."

Proverbs 16:5:

"Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand (like they do in the LGBT movement), he shall not be unpunished."

Psalm 10:4:

"The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts."

Proverbs 18:12:

"Before destruction the heart (mind) of man is haughty, and before honor is humility."

1 John 2:16:

"For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."

Proverbs 13:10

"Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom."

Romans 12:16:

"Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men (and women) of low estate (who are in a worst estate or situation than you). Be not wise in your own conceits."

Galatians 6:3:

"For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself." (Please compare with Proverbs 26:19).

Philippians 2:3:

"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves." For example I recognize and admit that Alina Cicieu is a much greater and more talented artist than me!

Proverbs 27:2:

"Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips." In other words don't "toot" your own horn!

Proverbs 26:12:

"Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit (like ex-US president TRUMP? There is more hope of a fool than of him."

Psalm 59:12:

"For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak."

Jeremiah 9:23:

"Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches."

James 4:10:

"Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."

1 Peter 5:5:

"Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble."

Proverbs 21:24:

"Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath."

Proverbs 16:19:

"Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud."

God hates PRIDE!

Proverbs 8:13:

"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate." Notice this following scripture in Proverbs 6:16-19:

"These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

(1) A proud look, (2) a lying tongue, (3) and hands that shed innocent blood, (4) A heart (or mind) that deviseth wicked imaginations, (5) feet that be swift in running to mischief, (6) A false witness that speaketh lies, (7) and him that soweth discord among brethren." Notice what's written in Psalm 138:6: "Though the LORD be high, yet hath He respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off."

Is Pride Really a Sin?

According to a new book, we evolved to feel pride because it serves an important social function.

Pride is often considered a negative force in human existence—the opposite of humility and a source of social friction. It’s even been called the “deadliest sin.”

But is it? Not according to psychologist Jessica Tracy, author of the new book?Take Pride: Why the Deadliest Sin Holds the Secret to Human Success . She argues that pride, like other human emotions, is part of our evolutionary heritage, helping us to survive and thrive in cooperative societies by inspiring us to be the best humans we can be.

Pride makes us feel good, and it’s an indication to ourselves that we are behaving in a way congruent with the values of our society, says Tracy. The pride display—chest out, head back, and a slight smile—is recognizable in cultures around the world, she adds, connoting status, encouraging deference from others, and motivating us to work hard to gain approval from our communities.

“Pride makes us care about how others see us and—just as important—how we see ourselves,” she writes. “It makes us want to feel good about ourselves and make sure others look up to us, admire us, and see us as competent and powerful.”

?Tracy argues that those who regularly experience pride tend to be “outgoing and friendly, agreeable, calm and anxiety-free, creative, and popular,” and “are generally communally oriented, meaning they place a high value on their relationships and friendships.” In this way, having pride can lead us to feel competent and accepted in our social groups.

She recounts results from several research studies to help demonstrate the ways pride impacts us behaviorally and socially. In?one study , participants were experimentally induced to feel pride by being told that their scores on a rather boring cognitive test were especially high. Later, those students voluntarily worked on an unrelated problem set twice as long as the students who were not induced to feel pride for the same scores, suggesting that pride motivated them to persevere.

According to Tracy, children and adults will seek knowledge from people who show pride displays, because proud people are assumed to have expertise underlying their pride. Therefore, pride helps to drive cultural learning, because it helps us figure out who can teach us about our world. And pride attracts mates, which is how it has been selected for in humans as well as animals throughout evolution.

The dark side of pride

But that doesn’t mean that pride is all for the good, Tracy says. It has a dark side, too, when it leads to hubris—meaning, self-aggrandizement at the expense of others.

Hubris, she says, is pride that has been falsely assumed without merit in order to drive away an inner sense of insecurity. If individuals inflate their importance, take credit for others’ achievements, bully others, or act hostilely and aggressively toward anyone who questions them, it’s a sign that pride has turned to hubris and is hiding a wounded narcissistic personality, she says. Those with hubris are more vulnerable to shame, and “tend to have fraught relationships and few close friends.”

“The pride that narcissists experience—a pride that’s best summed up with words like?arrogance,?conceit, and, in Italy,?orgoglio—is not about feeling good; it’s about avoiding feeling bad,” writes Tracy.

She points to Donald Trump as an example of someone with hubris, in part because he brags about things he hasn’t actually done and acts aggressively toward anyone who tries to question his accomplishments. Yet his popularity may be due to the way that pride—even hubris—is linked in people’s minds to power and expertise, and can lead to deference from others.

Interestingly, Trump’s hubris may be related to what some see as his insensitivity and racism toward outgroups, like women and minorities. In?one study ?recounted in the book, participants were induced to feel either genuine pride—by recalling a time they felt confident and accomplished—or hubristic pride—by recalling a time they felt pretentious and superior. Then the participants were asked to set bail for a fictitious gay male prostitute who was under arrest. Those feeling authentic pride set significantly lower bail than those with hubristic pride, suggesting that authentic pride made them less likely to indulge in prejudice and more likely to show empathy.

Yet even hubris has a function, suggests Tracy—otherwise, it would not exist. She has found in her own work that group members displaying pride whether it is authentic?or?hubristic—are often designated as leaders. And, perhaps surprisingly, she’s?found ?that hubristic leaders have better group outcomes at certain tasks—those that involve deductive reasoning—even if group members tend to dislike them and hate being part of their group.

On the other hand, leaders showing authentic pride have better group outcomes at tasks involving creativity or innovation?and?tend to be better liked, with people in their groups enjoying their tasks more.

“If a company hopes to foster creativity and diverse thinking among happy, confident, and psychologically healthy workers, then hiring prestigious [authentically proud] leaders should be a paramount goal,” she writes.

How to cultivate authentic pride

Can authentic pride lead to hubris? It depends, says Tracy. If you feel authentic pride and it inspires you to do good by your community’s standards, great. But if you start feeling the need to live up to others’ expectations, and lie or cheat to earn their admiration, chances are you are leaning toward hubris. She points to the bike racer Lance Armstrong as an example of someone who chose that path.

To avoid pride slipping toward hubris, Tracy suggests that you become aware of times you are taking too much credit for accomplishments and be sure you are tempering somewhat your emotional display of pride around people you care about. She warns people not to lose their heads over the positive regard they receive for their accomplishments.

“When we start to receive the external benefits of our authentic pride—be they increased status, fame, or fortune—it becomes exceedingly easy to forget that these outcomes are indirect consequences of striving to be a certain kind of person,” says Tracy. “The temptation to forget…and instead do whatever it takes to get those rewards—even if this means cheating, lying, or faking—is strong.”

In other words, authentic pride might take work, but it’s worth it. If we continue to use pride as motivation to better ourselves and to help our communities—not to build up our own egos—we will not only enjoy prestige, but we will help make a better future for everyone. But in order to answer our "original" question on this matter: "Is Pride Really a sin?" What does the Bible: God's Word have to say as the REAL and TRUE answer to this question?

Proverbs 21:4

"An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin."

There you have it! So no matter what the so called: "experts" of this world say, it is still SIN!

The GAY PRIDE of America

"The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin (of Gay Pride) as Sodom (SeeEzekiel 16:49), they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves. Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him (or her): for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him (or her): for the reward of his (or her) hands shall be given to him (or her). As for my people (America and the rest of modern-day Israel), children (childish-minded men like Soros, Zuckerberg, Gates, etc.) are their oppresors, and women (Kamala Harris, ?Jen Psaki, etc.) rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee (Jesuit Joe Biden and the "DEEP STATE") cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths (I have mentioned before that Joe Biden has the incarnated evil spirit of the "DESTROYER": "ABADDON" please see Rev, 9:11).

The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients (old leaders) of his people (George Soros, Henry Kissinger, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, etc.), and the princes (The top congressmen, Senators, etc.) thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses (they have lived well at the expense of poor people's money and taxes). What mean yea that ye beat my people in pieces, and grind the faces of the poor (with "police brutality" and "repression")? Saith the LORD God of hosts." Isaiah 3:9-15.

The PRIDE and ARROGANCE of American Women Punished

"Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion (America) are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet (and their anklets): Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion (Modern day Israel), and the Lord will discover their secret parts (in public).

In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires (earrings) like the moon,

The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers (the decorated COVID masks they wear), The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands (they use for sporting events and exercising), and the tablets, and the earrings, The rings and nose jewels,

The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crispin pins, the glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle (to hide the fat) a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a (nice-looking) stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. Thy men shall fall by the sword (WAR), and thy mighty in the war. And her gates shall lament and mourn (They will cry and weep a lot); and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground (in missery)." Isaiah 3:16-26.

But there is GOOD NEWS!

"And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread (we will get our own food and bring home the bacon), and wear our own apparel (we will buy our own clothes): only let us be called by thy (last) name (in marriage), to take away our reproach.

In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of (modern day) Israel. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion (who didn't die in the war), and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: When the Lord shall have washed the filth of the daugthers of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and the spirit of burning. And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud of smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain." Isaiah 4:1-6.

The Final Outcome of the PROUD

"Behold, I AM against thee, O thou most proud (Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the LGBT movement) saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. And the most proud shall stumble and fall (Joe Biden stumbled and fell as he was walking the stairs to AIR FORCE ONE), and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities (He has already began to burn some cities in the West coast ), and it shall devour all round about him." Jeremiah 50:31-32.

"Enter into the rock (Petra in Jordan), and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of His majesty. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low; And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall utterly abolish. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of His majesty, when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth. In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; To go into the clifts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of His majesty, when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth (Please comparew with Revelation 6:15-17)." Isaiah, 2:10-12, 17-21.

Obadiah 3:3:

"The pride of thine heart (mind) hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart (mind), Who shall bring me down to the ground?" Well God has appointed me as His Servant and King and Priest to write this article in order for ALL you proud people out there to get off your "High Horse" notice this in Job: 40:10-12: "Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him (or her). Look on every one that is proud, and bring him (or her) low; and tread down the wicked in their place."

A final Warning!

"Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darknened (and not by Bill Gates) in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; And I cause the arrogancy of the PROUD to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible (the GLOBAL ELITE)." isaiah 13: 9-11.