Shila

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,

Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,

The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,

The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work…

Russia and Ukraine traded insults today as negotiators were due, tentatively, to meet in Turkey for the first direct peace talks in more than three years. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slammed Russia for sending a "decorative" delegation as he touched down in Ankara for a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

That's why we have a Pope.

Someone's gotta wear the big hat

I just did a quick search and found that there were approximately 280 Elephants in Germany.

I will however, passionately speak up against victims of genocide and abuse being ridiculed.

For sure, in culturally  repressive systems the subjugation of females is still prevalent. Which is why I was questioning your origins and cultural habits.

The reality is, that if men and women are treated equally with the same access to education and opportunity, females prove to be just as clever, if not cleverer than their male counterparts.

In most "Western" societies where there is a well developed sense of equality, the old style concept of a career as "wife and mother" is now largely obsolete.

Catholics are not evangelical.

Doesn't concern me...I export nothing to America.

10% of nothing is nothing.

The nature of the stimuli might be different, but the effect is the same.

Well, my hose is 24 ft. long.

'Especially for earlier humans in less safe societies.

Learning signs and rules, recognizing what to do, how much.

Knowing who to trust, who to bribe,

Meeting strangers, sizing them up, knowing when to throw in with others.

Recognizing who is going to take advantage of you or treat you fair.

Do you do any swimming. That would be one of the best things for your health.

It’s people like you that can benefit the most from China’s disciplinary system.

Huh

When Rome turned to Christianity, it quickly collapsed. Praise Zeus's revenge on the Roman Empire!

Yhe6 should not have abandoned Zeus.

There is still hope for you

He is still resisting the seduction of Satan, yes.

So you can be Christian and then also study other religions and change religion if other is better. Kinda like how I was Christian until Satan took me.

I think Jehovah's witnesses are obviously more peaceful than Catholics. Catholics do participate in wars a lot. Jehovah's witnesses dont participate in wars. Their teachings forbid it.

As described in their book, the goal of religion is to bring peace. Their religion brings peace by banning war for their members. This is much better for achieving peace now.

Yes, that is what we are doing. We reject Jesus and the gospels. This isn't tough to do considering all the errors in the gospels.

Why am I not an Orthodox? I haven't been convinced of it. 

Yes he tosses it in to the audience and leaves his G string on stage.

Ebuc is a multi-tasker.

What indeed.

A better question is whether I would like to have an adventure with Jesus or with Loki, and the answer is definitely Jesus. People like Loki are fun in stories and terrible in real life.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_ping

I dont know if this is even possible in China. The government can literally force people to work more. In some free nation, sure, you can reduce necessary work by reducing basic needs. One meal per day, for example. Personally, I would never spend my entire life working because I have seen what it does to people. Makes them brain dead. In fact, dictatorships often use overwork so that population "has no time to think".

Of course.

And what 8.2 billion caths all billionaires would do is discuss the inflation and adapt tonthe best moral outcome for net good (but not ends justify the means type means). Theyd do honest days work and make it easy to get hired and help each other achieve the best outcome.

You've hit the nail on the head.

Though the Volkswagen Beetle had the boot in the front.

German though.

The Volkswagen beetle had the kofferraum in the front, like an Elephant.

I think that the German for Elephant is Elephant.

I agree with this post. The best thing a woman can do is be a good wife and mother, but instead they are trying to do things they are not good at. 

Nonetheless, I still have a certain faith in the sensibilities of the British establishment, which allows me to sleep easy.

Nighty night.

Sweet dreams.

Let me guess, the economy was a complete and total trainwreck under Biden, but now that Trump is in office everything is great!?

Saint Paul would rather us all not have sex at all. Idk why no one talks about that. His sexual ethic is to be celibate. Marriage is only for if you can't hack celibacy.

There are parallels to be drawn.

The brain has addictive tendencies that result in dependency.

The smartphone is another obvious example.

If I did become Christian, I believe my first choice would be Eastern Orthodox. There are certainly great arguments against this decision, but I believe it’s easier to defend. 

The history of it versus catholics is truly very interesting in my opinion.

This is a complete bias though, I admit. 

When Rome turned to Christianity, it quickly collapsed. Praise Zeus's revenge on the Roman Empire!

Marriage guarantees continued sex.

ROFL!!!!

so if one believes the gospels, then the Jews, an oppressed group, somehow told their oppressor what to do.

That is what the Bible teaches.

Cool then. Finally a common ground, except for the marriage thing. 

But Jesus wanted to return to earth to continue his ministry

From the description of heaven, there is no any fun there.

It's his grand finale.

Plagiarism Miss Shila.

You just plagiarised yourself.

But yes, everywhere is a space environment...Top marks.

The Jews killed him before he could finish his mission. They demanded the Romans crucify him for blasphemy.

you mean that according to the gospels, Jews made a demand of their oppressors, and that demand was for a secular ruler to use a non-sanctioned form of capital punishment to kill someone who hadn't commited the crime of blasphemy uner Jewish law.

IOW, nothing that would make any sense in terms of Judaism

Zeus is totally fine with homosexuality. Praise!

Why did God make sex?

Firstly, there is no known GOD, that is known to have made anything.

And sex is the process by which gametes become fused.

Recreational sexual behaviour developed as the species evolved physically and intellectually.

Just as sexual reproduction is an evolved form of asexual cellular division.

Why any of this occurred, and what the outcomes might be, is still anyone's guess.

The Catholic guess is now a bit old hat...But the general GOD principle is still a sound option.

Robots are more noble creatures than humans.

Thats hard to believe in, since humans program robots. The creation is rarely better than the creator. If creator sucks, it’s kinda expected that creation sucks too.

Though these days, the boot has largely been superseded by the hatch back.

For sure, Russians still seem to have the same mentality today, that they had back in the 1940's.

State and leader are all, and cannon fodder is plentiful and always compliant.

Not sure that Americans have quite the same mentality or overwhelming love for their Fuhrer.

In fact, in the US, almost 20 million people are employed by the State and local governments...Are they necessary, or just thieves who steal your money?

The brain is never a finish product. Ain't that a hoot?

The brain can change as long as person lives. There are ways to change the brain's structure completely. But it’s usually through learning and new experience.

Karl Marx was an unfortunate soul because he never ran a lemonade stand as a kid, which is the best free-market economy model there is for kids to learn the ins and outs of of running a business with innovation, competition, and success by going thorough a process of being ambitious, planning, and execution. Rinse and repeat. Marx never figured that out, thinking a business consists of management and direct labor, only. limited potential. It is so much more than that, but, having never squeezed lemons to sell a product, he never learned there are more innovative ingredients, and more necessary assistants than just direct labor. 

He never learned that of course, you can use other peoples' money, but you're supposed to pay it back, with interest. You are not entitled to it.

Poor, poor, bitter Karl.

Yes, sounds just like Satan; another has-been.

The party that claims to speak for the future is too busy preserving and conserving the comfort of the past. When is the last time you ever heard of a Democrat reforming anything? Not just adding to government bloat, but actually fixing the problems? The only thing they care about progressing is control and power. That's why their approval is deservedly in the gutter.

Sex should be free, not tied to rules but fullfilling at least, meaning that it should be used responsibly and not as an instant gratification.