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Originally posted by Dimbulb View PostThis argument sounds like it has plausible logic...
...right up until you actually start to look at the empirical evidence. The least religious countries in the world, who are majority atheist, tend to be the ones who are doing the best (in terms of almost any international comparison you care to pick - e.g. happiness, low murder rate, lack of corruption, life expectancy, general multi-variate comparisons etc.)
A list of the top-10 least religious countries in the world, is pretty much a list of wonderful countries to live in (Australia, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Denmark, Canada, France, Austria). That is certainly NOT a list of countries that are "going to hell in a hand-basket" or who are falling apart as a result of abandoning their Christian roots.
A list of the top-10 most religious countries in the world is pretty much a list of atrociously awful countries to live in. (Algeria, Chad, Ghana, Mali, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Zambia, Cambodia, Cameroon) With the possible exception of Qatar, religion doesn't seem to be making these countries great.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostShe trashed a guy for saying what she's lived.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostNo, what she "trashed" him for had nothing to do with the circumstances of her own life. Basically she was saying that people should mind their own business. If you're a man who thinks that marriage should be between a man and a woman, then marry a woman, but don't try to force your beliefs down the throats of others."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by JimL View PostWhat? You mean the IRS is forcing you to marry a woman? What?"The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostAre you stupid Jimmy? A democrat candidate has said he promised to go after the tax exempt status of any church that doesn’t embrace gay marriage.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostChange the subject much? That wasn't the issue being discussed. I don't care what a candidate might say, the IRS isn't forcing you to marry a woman, which is what you suggested."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostWell, we can't have a liar in the White House can we.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostBecause I was addressing mossrose’s quote by a Southern Baptist, who was trained at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and presumably reflects the Southern Baptist understanding of “The gospel of Christ”.
My point is that every Christian reads the biblical text through the lens of their own culture, theology, philosophy, and denomination. And ALL think they are the ones who've got it right.
All of them if they are to remain in good standing with the “One True Church”.
'No salvation outside the Church' remains official Catholic Doctrine.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostNo, what she "trashed" him for had nothing to do with the circumstances of her own life. Basically she was saying that people should mind their own business. If you're a man who thinks that marriage should be between a man and a woman, then marry a woman, but don't try to force your beliefs down the throats of others.
Besides, your version is more hypocritical - 'don't force you beliefs on others' is itself a belief in a moral position, one hypocritical in its own assumption of its own moral superiority that others should be forced not to 'force' their beliefs on others."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostNo, that's not at all what she did. She attacked him for his beliefs - the same beliefs she lives.
Besides, your version is more hypocritical - 'don't force you beliefs on others' is itself a belief in a moral position, one hypocritical in its own assumption of its own moral superiority that others should be forced not to 'force' their beliefs on others.
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostI said nothing of the sort. I said the Democrats don’t want a live and let live policy, they want to use the full force of the government to make others agree or else.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostThat's because you changed the subject to the IRS, who you think is the government coming after your values or something. Nor do you explain exactly what you're talking about. Tin foil hat, lilpix, get it quick!"The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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