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- Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:38 am
- Forum: Moral and Ethical Affairs
- Topic: Topic split from Gay marriage thread
- Replies: 54
- Views: 14350
Re: Topic split from Gay marriage thread
Audie: Guess I'm a sinner then. Then join the crowd! Recognizing that is part of knowing to seek God's forgiveness. And that's just the sins we are aware of. Personally, I don't expect non-Christians to adhere to my values. However, there are encouragements and discouragements in various laws and r...
- Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:36 am
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Brussels Airport Bombing
- Replies: 64
- Views: 9711
Re: Brussels Airport Bombing
You'd think an atheist would never pass over a chance to bash a religion. But progressivism (or whatever you want to call Marxism) trumps all other systems of thought. It cannot be superseded by any other loyalty. So, progressives and Islamists have a common enemy. The West, namely, Western civiliza...
- Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:15 am
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Brussels Airport Bombing
- Replies: 64
- Views: 9711
Re: Brussels Airport Bombing
And for all the talk over "lost territory," we know that this is an enemy of which ONLY conventional measures of their strengh and ability to cause death and mayhem are woefully insufficient. Such analytical metrics will only lead to false confidence and further attacks. Again, would we s...
- Fri Mar 25, 2016 8:36 pm
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Brussels Airport Bombing
- Replies: 64
- Views: 9711
Re: Brussels Airport Bombing
I'm perfectly rational. The issue is that people are assuming that my position is a binary one - for example, if I don't think that ISIS is an existential threat to the United States I must think they're harmless. That's not the case. Depends how you define existential. Soviet Russia was an existen...
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 3:30 pm
- Forum: Moral and Ethical Affairs
- Topic: Topic split from Gay marriage thread
- Replies: 54
- Views: 14350
Re: Topic split from Gay marriage thread
I suppose to a putative Christian that takes in all gay people. Right, that is the example Christ put forth when he would embrace the reprobates of Jewish society: lepers, "unclean" people (both physically and spiritually), the infirm and the lost. Everybody from the lowest class beggar, ...
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:41 am
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Why is Christianity Compatible with Science?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 14739
Re: Why is Christianity Compatible with Science?
"Christianity" takes in a lot of territory. Do you think all the sects etc are compatible with each other? All readings of the bible are compatible with the bible and with eac hother? Yes. The differences between churches with different names are like the difference between the colors bei...
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: What is real to you?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1756
Re: What is real to you?
I dunno, mate. This philosophy stuff really bakes my noodle.Nessa wrote:But whose perception is true?Hortator wrote:Perception is reality as they say.
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: What is real to you?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1756
Re: What is real to you?
Perception is reality as they say.
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:18 am
- Forum: Friendly Chit-Chat
- Topic: Hens/bachelor parties/honeymoon
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2673
Re: Hens/bachelor parties/honeymoon
So it's called a hen's party in Australia...I learn something new every time I log on here.
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:16 am
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Brussels Airport Bombing
- Replies: 64
- Views: 9711
Re: Brussels Airport Bombing
Here is an eye-opening graph: Belgium spends about 1% of their GDP on their military... http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS/countries/BE?display=graph Turkey deported at least one of the bombers to Belgium. Not even a high-majority Islamic country wanted these guys in there, and af...
- Tue Mar 22, 2016 4:39 pm
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: The face of "moderate" Islam
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8810
Re: The face of "moderate" Islam
Somebody slipped me this amazingly well-researched page,
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages ... polls.aspx
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages ... polls.aspx
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:55 pm
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Let's just keep illegal immigrants here. What harm can they be?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1750
Re: Let's just keep illegal immigrants here. What harm can they be?
Trump got hell for calling attention to the lawlessness on the border. But he was right, 100%. Where there is no law (no security, open border) there will be lawlessness. And that includes crimes such as theft, smuggling, kidnapping and rape. It's really not hard to deduce: no presence of authority ...
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:51 pm
- Forum: Moral and Ethical Affairs
- Topic: Topic split from Gay marriage thread
- Replies: 54
- Views: 14350
Re: Topic split from Gay marriage thread
I thought this topic schism was a good idea. Audie is hardly an outsider to this community; she has much to offer.
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 1:08 pm
- Forum: Humor and Jokes
- Topic: Predestined or Free Will?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12298
Re: Predestined or Free Will?
116 pages far, far too long? Are you being serious? For someone who's not actually interested in getting answers even 1 page is far too long. Yeah, thought about it after I pressed "submit" but was too lazy to edit/delete. :mrgreen: That's basically a short novel. Try to think of it that ...
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 1:04 pm
- Forum: Moral and Ethical Affairs
- Topic: Invited to a gay "wedding". Do you go?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 14944
Re: Invited to a gay "wedding". Do you go?
For me, it isn't about whether or not the people are sinning per se. It's about whether or not the wedding is valid. Strictly, I don't oppose same-sex marriage because it's a sin. I oppose it because it's invalid. It is a sin because it is invalid, so I would say the reason I oppose it and the reas...