Blame God

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As a woman you should know this since you automatically respect tall men more than short or average height men.
“Respect” is the wrong word, unless they have done something worthy of respect. They may be more physically attractive than short men, but not if they are skinny. They are the same if they are skinny.


It is very obvious that fauxlaw is privileged and being 6'3 plays a big role in that. It also is a sign that he was well fed as a child, a luxury that not everyone gets to have handed to them.
I don't think his height has anything to do with it. Short men write books too. They also get women and marry them.
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Doubt what you like; that’s on you. I was there. You were not. Do not presume you know what Dr Watson said. He talked about the relative fragility of DNA to any number of external effects, such as the poor choices we make by consumption. I take him at his word and have observed results since how that has generational effect. I credit him as much as my parents in suggesting what I avoid altogether.  
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What do you avoid?

Do you avoid conceit? 
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Honestly, sometimes no. I'm far from perfect, but working on it. But, to date, and after 75 years, I doubt that will change, I do not smoke, do not drink alcohol. do not take illegal drugs, and try to avoid prescriptions but when prudent, do not buy processed food [I shop only the perimeter of grocery stores - fresh food] grow most of our fruits [five fruit trees] and vegetables [20' square veg garden]  and mostly drink fresh water. I limit soda drinking to tonic water, and at that, maybe 2 quarts in a month.  I do 90% of the meal cooking [my bride of 54 years does dishes, or I do when she cooks]. We make our own cookies, cakes, and ice cream. We freezedry leftovers. I like being in control of myself. I've observed too many friends and associates when they get schnockered. No thanks. I lost two friends in high school senior year to playing with LSD. one flat disappeared [still these years later, an open case], and one self-inflicted gunshot under his chin. That was enough deterrence for me.

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Why do you say bride and not wife?
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I agree with you on drugs but not medicinal ones. You seem closer to scientologists or JW with that. I am not anti meds in itself.
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Bride, not wife.
I am a wordsmith. Everyone. says 'wife.' I do not like simply referring to her as everyone else refers to theirs. Some even say "my old lady." Never, ever have I said that, and never will.
As for meds, yeah, I take those that are occasionally prescribed, bust when. my doctor says I should take so-and-so, I always ask what it will do for me that natural food in its natural state will not do for me. He always says, not much, in fact the food may be better, and he'll suggest a particular food, so I know he is aware of good nutrition, but he's an AMA doctor; trained to push meds. Can't blame him; it's what he was taught. Kickbacks? My older brother was a physician, now retired. He says he was never given kickbacks, but they were offered, so I know it happens.
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You are doing well. My parents...drank a lot of alcohol and were heavy smokers, every day. I was introduced to it at 13. They passed away in 2020. My mother's parents are still alive.

It is good to buy fruits and vegetables from a local place, or to grow them. My parents were good cooks who grew fruits. Alas, they were still alcoholics.
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@yachilviveyachali
Sounds like you are on a much better path. Amazing that your grandparents are still alive, but then , you are probably a younger  generation than mine. Just live a good, full, healthy life, my friend. Beleive me, there is wealth just in that. When you get to be my age, you will never regret being prudent about it.  Maybe not so much of a prude as I am accused of sometimes, but, I am a very happy fellow. Wouldn't change a thing in my life. Be well.
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Thank you. May you make it to 95, or 105!
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Here Here.

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It seems to me that the creator of something autonomous like the Universe is responsible for all consequences of such. If god designed the Universe in such a way as to allow for all this happiness and all this suffering to exist in it, then he should be credited for the former and held responsible for the latter.

I have never encountered a monotheist who would think this way though. Their assumption is always that god is inherently good, pretty much by definition, and either they claim that suffering is somehow justified, or that suffering is not god's responsibility. I have never found either to make much sense.

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Even Jesus blamed God at the end for abandoning him.

Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me


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@Shila
Those are not blaming words. They are a question.

The answer would have been, because I do not exist in some supernatural realm or liars paradise. 

Spiritually speaking, a good God would have answered, because your messianic concept is completely immoral.

It is never good to knowingly punish the innocent instead of the guilty. Right?

If wrong, let us see your argument for it.
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Just the night before Jesus prayed to be spared from his suffering.

Luke 22:42
He said, “Father, if it's your will, take this cup of suffering away from me. However, not my will but your will must be done.”

When Jesus found himself about to be crucified he turned to God again asking him why he was being forsaken.
Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me

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@Shila
Hmm. Nothing on what I put. 

Quite a style and waste of time.

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Whether God should be blamed for Jesus's short mission is a matter of theological interpretation, not a factual question with a single answer. 
Different theological perspectives exist, with some viewing Jesus's short mission as a necessary sacrifice for the salvation of humanity, while others see it as a tragedy that God chose or allowed.
 


But if Jesus hung around a bit longer he could have saved the Jews and destruction of their temple by the Romans.

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@Shila
Seems that we are done.

A pity you do not or could not form any moral arguments and just like to opine.
 
Oh well.
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If God had allowed jesus to continue his mission beyond just 3 years. The outcome might have been different. Moses was given 40 years to save the Jews from Egypt.
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@Shila
Are you a bot? Not a good one.
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Key Gnostic distortions of Christian doctrine
  • Nature of God: 
    Gnostics believed the God of the Old Testament was a malevolent creator, or "demiurge," who created the evil material world.They proposed a higher, true God existed who was distant and unknowable to the material world. 

  • Nature of Jesus Christ: 
    Gnostics denied the incarnation, believing Jesus was only a spiritual being who only appeared to be human (a view called Docetism). They rejected that he was born, suffered, and died as a human being, viewing his physical life as an illusion. 

  • Path to Salvation: 
    Instead of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ and his atoning sacrifice, Gnostics taught that salvation is achieved through secret, spiritual knowledge (gnosis) that allows a divine spark within a person to escape the evil material world. This path is only accessible to an elite few. 

  • The Material World: 
    Gnostics viewed the material world and the human body as prisons that trap the divine spark within us. This is in direct contrast to the Christian belief in the goodness of creation. 

  • Humanity's Problem: 
    Gnosticism posits that the fundamental problem is not sin, but ignorance of one's true divine nature, which is trapped in the material world. 

Contrast with traditional Christianity
The early Orthodox Christian Church viewed Gnosticism as a direct contradiction to the teachings of the apostles. The distortions of Gnosticism were so significant that the early church fathers fought against them, with early New Testament epistles directly warning against such teachings. The Orthodox view maintains that salvation is available to all who believe in the historical Jesus, not just a select few, and that the material world is a good creation that will be redeemed and renewed, not escaped.