<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:30:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@kirbyhopper/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Save Some Lives - Let Putin Have the Oil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back to another proxy war with Russia like we had in Vietnam. Remember that one? My classmates are old enough to remember that. I guess Trump figures his base is young enough not to remember so he can]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/war/@kirbyhopper/save-some-lives-let-putin-have-the-oil</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/war/@kirbyhopper/save-some-lives-let-putin-have-the-oil</guid><category><![CDATA[war]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 06:35:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs75W3kLjHz1L9XCYpy9a15TRzW6VXVRtcr1WrXc8qMDtLBZDfu42dg7dvRNNsr6HCqPLLXFHTfbbedu7GLpMqYPt4kb4h1G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Go To War For Oil, Not Because a Despot Supposedly Gasses His Own People]]></title><description><![CDATA[The war drum is being pounded again. A scapegoat has been found in Syria's Assad. Trump gets to throw his weight around with the aid of the world's mightiest fighting forces. Is it just because he can?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/war/@kirbyhopper/we-go-to-war-for-oil-not-because-a-despot-supposedly-gasses-his-own-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/war/@kirbyhopper/we-go-to-war-for-oil-not-because-a-despot-supposedly-gasses-his-own-people</guid><category><![CDATA[war]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 06:37:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3ejZQFLqXedL5Lvw1yVYdqNDj7FR856jp8p1ZAeRheGsxqsBdDcko3pT8CrEBbdMtftV3smK5EkwP7YquHETAsB3WfX1NSjwouxDxKrq4aPityZEBRJMcDr5pSBmovRwuZrty2Vhxadv6KnNHoR4ZgRbHh6He12m8RU6J6hx3SEDKk7J1Kmh4wj3swDQr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The European Union Strives to be a Leader in Adopting Blockchain Technology for Governmental Use]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you know the European Union has a cabinet position called Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society? 22 countries of the EU just signed today an International Blockchain Partnership designed to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@kirbyhopper/the-european-union-strives-to-be-a-leader-in-adopting-blockchain-technology-for-governmental-use</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@kirbyhopper/the-european-union-strives-to-be-a-leader-in-adopting-blockchain-technology-for-governmental-use</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:59:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxvDZG9qYrsSvDqYeABF1GqkXYm2VenKymYWv9j8ehWpY5WQJ4EQBUCZS9FcaRQYNXknhAxFGM1eKHGfgt7xyahUkW67fh8yQcEY7XcC2ffTXT982KR8aNN7cvXs9kzbmYENkyG3TdwC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ancient Jewish Views of Their Lamb Sacrifice Give Us Understanding About the Sacrifice of Christ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here’s how we picture salvation. If we were to draw a circle around who we think is going to go to heaven we tend to put ourselves within the circle (naturally), because we believe the sacrifice of Christ]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@kirbyhopper/ancient-jewish-views-of-their-lamb-sacrifice-give-us-understanding-about-the-sacrifice-of-christ</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@kirbyhopper/ancient-jewish-views-of-their-lamb-sacrifice-give-us-understanding-about-the-sacrifice-of-christ</guid><category><![CDATA[steemchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:45:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy25xwvx8gYQLve3cfgWJC5qEaW34n2wskMrHHy4cqWij76xKmFXSA3tVs46b51cL1CMAQwoGzqkzMpuUmmhKR5GvjrbgnkSpN2yiWdqqx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Protestant Gospel Will Lag Behind the Mormon Gospel]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I walk home after jogging I like to stop and chat with the Mormon or Jehovah’s Witness missionaries out doing their thing. 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Jesus doesn't want us to serve him out]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@kirbyhopper/the-freest-people-slaves-for-christ</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@kirbyhopper/the-freest-people-slaves-for-christ</guid><category><![CDATA[steemchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:09:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAhyCCJyEGra1oSTh1Rxs7WPmmT7DNEKXs6AEUK7Y8WZossbv9bwdTuQo5Hy8Us2eJ6Qd4DvwTdNcwpXE5doH1RcKxVNxWXev?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flagging and Banning Steemit Plagiarists and Other Police Actions]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a Libertarian mindset (aka: Anarcho-Capitalist mindset) at the core of the membership of this social media that we are all going up against when we voice our concerns about such things such as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@kirbyhopper/flagging-and-banning-steemit-plagiarists-and-other-police-actions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@kirbyhopper/flagging-and-banning-steemit-plagiarists-and-other-police-actions</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:45:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnFEnBwjKLhL15SoynbgJKpQxRd1uoqkwkxQ3FinThiQQ1bx2RCpx4Yx3Cer7QFEP8RCFz8E61ULHSKSY6GmiFTUM1hKcGmV8xhxNkizpD3zPiRjTPRwQVo4Qoszdp5NSoG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let God Expand Your Heart to Include Non-Christians as Saved]]></title><description><![CDATA[If we understand that faith in Christ was not meant to be our "ticket to heaven" then we can begin expanding our heart to include non-Christians in who we consider to be "saved". For]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@kirbyhopper/let-god-expand-your-heart-to-include-non-christians-as-saved</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@kirbyhopper/let-god-expand-your-heart-to-include-non-christians-as-saved</guid><category><![CDATA[steemchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 20:36:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKae8Zaj594qUJafNyNSBw9svATPAkZ7cwNjA84YikoUfnvY73eNee6SRVFRgJH8GBr5fjh3dw5KwAZCFDqBuoga7ZV9zTvmhETbGm3LyD5rYdnQaVemdCqK5KWMYu7mLSvnEMERr8xp5M2FQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is George Soros Really Trying to Destroy the World?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been hearing a lot about Soros from some prophetic type Christian ministers and others who have never been known for being well informed. I got the distinct feeling most if not all of those criticizing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@kirbyhopper/is-george-soros-really-trying-to-destroy-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@kirbyhopper/is-george-soros-really-trying-to-destroy-the-world</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 04:36:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybtx49v2m65rDNPsfvSjm4vbA1joxfnadMJqw9PLo6qnegozCGx4qvBdEVjQr9Lver5jGwThmGJjvucHp1LkzTsr6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men and Scriptures: Both Are Inspired, Neither Are Infallible]]></title><description><![CDATA[People ask me if I believe our Christian scriptures are inspired, with the implied question being if I believe they are inerrant, as if that's what it means to be inspired. News Flash for Fundamentalists]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@kirbyhopper/men-and-scriptures-both-are-inspired-neither-are-infallible</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@kirbyhopper/men-and-scriptures-both-are-inspired-neither-are-infallible</guid><category><![CDATA[steemchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 05:37:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLpunQuGfHnXTmxWbRQScCVGspXNWFwLr59o6NTdhRxwqs7qEygDwavdLS7PKtoziCDD8fjoDNvJnDMfM8TsFu6bXhuYfRZCRePkxnNFvJQYCLweGkUmBUhbXay4Qr7WnrrcmDAhrWU9ajW266cNfdVbBKowdVrM2W2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus and His Apostles Were Not Trinitarians - They Were Unitarians]]></title><description><![CDATA[This may be a surprise to many people but there is scholarly consensus among Christians, Trinitarian Christians, that Jesus and his apostles did not think of God as a trinity. How do we know? Because:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@kirbyhopper/jesus-and-his-apostles-were-not-trinitarians-they-were-unitarians</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@kirbyhopper/jesus-and-his-apostles-were-not-trinitarians-they-were-unitarians</guid><category><![CDATA[steemchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 04:49:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bwjPJtcJJmZusPtExyx3sTaZakhzEpbPQXFBRMVXph6sB59NZBExcgkozHAw4C8FN89Prtwb9EnuurgUH1MM4w1cb9N1AYaxfpHUCrG2aoZ4ntp6iBkCiNfAeYuuhjV7jbJeMEtfqMmpRnbMeCQW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Should Have Listened to the Libertarians About the Middle East]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein gassing Kurdish villages, al-Qaeda attacking the US on 9/11, and ISIS killing just about anybody who isn't ISIS isn't a good thing, we can all agree to that, but it seems only the Libertarians]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/middleeast/@kirbyhopper/we-should-have-listened-to-the-libertarians-about-the-middle-east</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/middleeast/@kirbyhopper/we-should-have-listened-to-the-libertarians-about-the-middle-east</guid><category><![CDATA[middleeast]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:21:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs78Fm1oGyvbYLxkb2wHdpNNqahSShhZVea1dX6XEZcpbhZTVW23iSiu24y8v1cgmuXtF4nF4dadnPDEwYp7RbRXMb7viBmG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worried About Creeping Sharia or Muslims Killing Gays in America? 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This is one way to do that and provide more incentives for newbies. What is the best measure of a person's contribution of content value in the Steemit]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@kirbyhopper/steemship-navigation-the-way-forward-part-3-reward-value</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@kirbyhopper/steemship-navigation-the-way-forward-part-3-reward-value</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 04:19:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwraz2r8LSzsgfzxR9jLtLWX2P14CpBDsAD1oX4rFgcqqraUFKp7HTMvkNAdSDffzf7ySCRGBLhDUGCSwBQqFGK13H6bCS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best of My Blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know it's tempting to refrain from directing Steemians to my blog which is not monetized - I blog because I just want to get information out there - because if you believe it adds value you won't be]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@kirbyhopper/the-best-of-my-blog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@kirbyhopper/the-best-of-my-blog</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 16:23:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKae8Zaj594qUJafNyNSBw9svATPAkZ7cwNjA84YikoUfnvY73eNee6SRVFRgJH8GBr5fjh3dw5KwAZCFDqBuoga7ZV9zTvmhETbGm3LyD5rYdnQaVemdCqK5KWMYu7mLSvnEMERr8xp5M2FQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 Killers Who Thought (or Think) They Are Doing God a Favor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saul of Tarsis - A Jewish terrorist who later converted to the religion he was trying to eliminate, and wrote most of the Christian New Testament as the Apostle Paul. 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Not so much asleep at the wheel I think but more interested in developing the blockchain and attracting other uses for it than]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@kirbyhopper/is-the-steemit-dev-team-asleep-at-the-wheel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@kirbyhopper/is-the-steemit-dev-team-asleep-at-the-wheel</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kirbyhopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:25:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGde8BtCG3CJLzBLBEZdSVcnbzAKLASwrsjaw7dLoUzgQSzfxEzKWm1vqhbSY8dTse7hUKnjFoMNXER3kLW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>