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@WyIted
Excuse man. Egyptians were enslaved for a while and then randomly made the greatest society on earth shortly after. Anyway none of the current people enslaved. If you could swap my mind for all of theirs and they would be fine then no excuses.
of course
you have no concept
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@WyIted
Like Japan and Germany prosper under the same conditions.
at what point in history was japan and or germany turned into a sugar plantation and their population enslaved ?
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@Savant
So anti-abortion people can (a) advocate abortions be punished with death and not succeed at passing legislation, or (b) advocate more politically feasible legislation and have a chance at banning abortion. Why would they choose (a) in the current political climate? There's a reason Abraham Lincoln was more successful than John Brown.
why not free healthcare for pregnant mothers and bastard children ?
that will greatly reduce the demand
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@WyIted
Not all.murders are equal.
ok, then women should at least get a manslaughter charge
and a "child endangerment" charge on top of that
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@Savant
Most anti-abortion retards think women shouldn't be punished for doing what they think is equal to murder.
bingo
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@Double_R
In Ukraine it’s the complete opposite. Russia is slaughtering the Ukrainians, the US is supporting the effort to stop them.
russia asked for a deal that would guarantee ukraine does not join nato
the usa laughed in their faces
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@prefix
Whether or not it is a form of government,
what is the function of "government" ?
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@Best.Korea
Also, paying a hacker who hacked you is very dumb. Like, it just encourages even more hacking and rewards literal villains.
paying the tax collector to discourage them from throwing you in jail is the same psychology
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@TheUnderdog
Under Finland’s “Day-Fine” system, an individual's income is a key determinant in the size of the fine they are subsequently issued with by law enforcement. Finland was the first Nordic nation to introduce the income-based “Day Fine” system in 1921, and several European nations have followed suit since.
Further, under the Finnish “Day-Fine” system, the more a driver is over a speed limit, the higher the number “day fines” received.
It is not the first speeding fine Wiklöf has been issued. He is reported to have previously been issued with a €63,000 fine in 2018 and, in 2013, he received a €95,000 fine -- together amounting to a grand total of €279,000 over the last decade.
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@ebuc
3RU.P}lease share any statement by me where I suggest otherwise.
how do you propose we "fix" the "problem" of
Among religious groups, White evangelical Protestants continue to have the most positive opinion of Trump
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@WyIted
where conservatism is dead such as north Korea, Venezuela and Haiti
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@Best.Korea
"What creates our choices?"
right, and even if someone tries to say "god" or "spirit" or "demons"
well, obviously if those spirits have any "core nature" and "accumulate data (experience)" and do not act randomly
then they can't have "free-will" either
the entire concept is logically-incoherent
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@Moozer325
The thing that you have to understand is that IQ is not a perfect measure of intelligence.
also,
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@IlDiavolo
I recall that American companies used to perform IQ tests on employees before making a decision whether to promote them or not.
like "harrison bergeron" there is a "sweet-spot" for a proper "corporate-goon"
if they're "too smart" they'll ask too many questions and dismantle the system
but if they're "not smart enough" they'll make a lot of mistakes
i think the term for this "sweet-spot" is "mid-wits"
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@Best.Korea
P1) If a deity D is omniscient, D knows all true propositions, including those about D's own future choices.
P2) If D knows a proposition about its future choice is true, D cannot choose otherwise (due to the immutability of truth and the law of non-contradiction).
P3) Free will requires the ability to choose otherwise.
P4) D is omniscient.
C1) Therefore, D knows all true propositions about its own future choices (from P1 and P4).
C2) Therefore, D cannot choose otherwise for any of its future choices (from P2 and C1).
C3) Therefore, D does not have free will (from P3 and C2).
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@Moozer325
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@ebuc
democracy means anyone can vote for anyone for any reason they wish
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@ebuc
Among religious groups, White evangelical Protestants continue to have the most positive opinion of Trump
and what does this mean to you ?
are you suggesting we abolish democracy ?
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@Owen_T
This forum is to post whether or not you're religious, why you think that, and if you are, why you believe your religion is the best and most probable religion.
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they do a pretty good job of explicitly framing the conversation
but they still miss the ultimate point
that (IFF) morality is "objective" (THEN) you need to write a rule book
otherwise
an unknowable and or unrevealed "objective" moral system
is functionally indistinguishable from NO MORAL SYSTEM AT ALL
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@ebuc
The party of evangelicals primarily{?}.
there are tons of democrats who have "hidden information from voters"
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@TheUnderdog
Simple, you ask them
if only it was that simple
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@TheUnderdog
Well, I'm not the crazy PC police, so steelman my arguments like I'm doing to you.
how do you propose someone prove they are not an anti-serbian racist serbianophobe ?
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@TheUnderdog
Converses are not logically equivalent to the original statement.
sure, but the "political correctness police" don't care about that
if the only way to prove i'm not an anti-serbian racist serbianophobe
is to befriend or marry one
that seems like a ridiculously high-bar to meet
perhaps i could donate to some serbian charity like "serbian lives matter"
how much do i have to donate to prove i'm not an anti-serbian racist serbianophobe ?
because we all know that silence is complicity
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@TheUnderdog
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@TheUnderdog
i don't have any serbian friends and i've never dated or married a serbian
therefore i must be an anti-serbian racist serbianophobe
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@prefix
BTW.....still waiting for real world examples of socialist states without centralized governments.
SOCIALISM IS NOT A FORM OF GOVERNMENT - IT IS A SYSTEM OF OWNERSHIP
CAPITALISM IS NOT A FORM OF GOVERNMENT - IT IS A SYSTEM OF OWNERSHIP
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@prefix
employee ownership of individual companies is called "market socialism"
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@prefix
State socialism
If a state controls the economy but is not in turn democratically controlled by the individuals engaged in economic life, what we have is some form of statism, not socialism
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@cristo71
a Jewish nation
with special status and privileges for ethnic and or religious jews
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@prefix
SOCIALISM IS NOT A FORM OF GOVERNMENT - IT IS A SYSTEM OF OWNERSHIP
CAPITALISM IS NOT A FORM OF GOVERNMENT - IT IS A SYSTEM OF OWNERSHIP
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@cristo71
i think this has more to do with the idea of an "ethno-state"
at its core, it seems like "zionism" is the belief that "jews" (blurring the lines between ethnic and religious) deserve special privileges in israel
rendering it a quasi-theocratic state
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@prefix
Read again......"fascism is socialism with a capitalist veneer" ( sourced above)
totalitarianism is FAKE socialism
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@prefix
through domination of nominally private owners.
private ownership
is the opposite
of socialism
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@Double_R
we're talking about the definition of "defrauding voters"So google “defraud” and then apply that to voters.
i tried that
but strangely
i can't seem to find
the definition you referenced
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@Best.Korea
PRIMAL ETHICS
(1) PROTECT YOURSELF
(2) PROTECT YOUR FAMILY
(3) PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY
THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE MORAL FRAMEWORK WE CURRENTLY OPERATE UNDER
SIMPLY BEING HONEST ABOUT IT
FIXES A LOT OF PROBLEMS
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@Best.Korea
if corporations were really concerned about "destroying the planet"
we'd immediate go back to using glass and aluminum containers for everything
we'd ban all private air-travel
ban cruise ships
and basically all obviously non-essential goods and travel
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@Double_R
It is, by definition, when the money was spent in order to conceal information from the voters.can you please post a link to that definition ?You don’t need me to explain to you what “fraud” means, you are capable of googling that yourself.
we're not talking about "fraud" generally, nobody in this case was charged with general "fraud"
we're talking about the definition of "defrauding voters" that you presented
do you have a source for that definition
you know
the definition you presented
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@Double_R
difference between a mistake and malice
have you ever been accused of malice when you intended no malice ?
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@Best.Korea
You should worship me and NOT build statues of me.
Where does the Bible command, “make no graven image of Jesus”?
Ah, you must mean the command to make no graven images generally. But you will have noticed, surely, that the actual command is, “You shall not make unto yourself any graven image.” Also, that in the Old Covenant numbering of the ten commandments, the commandment about images is subsumed under the general commandment forbidding strange gods.
The “unto yourself” is key. It prohibits a particular kind of personal investment in the image one has made. You will also notice that Moses’ instructions regarding the tent of meeting included creating images of pomegranates, and weaving images of pomegranates into the priestly vestments, and that the ark of the covenant was to be topped with the images of a pair of golden cherubim. Others have noted the command to create a brazen serpent and lift it on a pole so that healing might take place. The Jewish people held onto that serpent for centuries - as well they might - until some started worshiping it as a god - taking it “unto themselves” - which necessitated King Hezekiah’s ordering it to be destroyed. As well he might.
The Jewish interpretation of "no graven images" prohibits the creation and worship of idols or physical representations of God. This commandment is intended to ensure the worship of God remains abstract and not tied to any physical form.
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@Best.Korea
Pro Israel idiots cant seem to make up their mind.
i think this has more to do with the idea of an "ethno-state"
at its core, it seems like "zionism" is the belief that "jews" (blurring the lines between ethnic and religious) deserve special privileges in israel
rendering it a quasi-theocratic state
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@Owen_T
Louisiana now requires the ten commandments on a small poster in each classroom. What do you all think about this?
YES, 100%
#1 - You shall have no other gods before me
#2 - You shall not make yourself any carved images
awesome, these two rules alone will solve all the problems in the united states
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Debate: Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism
3.8 million views
link skips to second half -
before the debate, the audience polled at 59% against the resolution
after the debate, the audience polled at 76% against the resolution
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