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Polytheist-Witch: If you're picking your religion then you haven't been called by any particular god and therefore you probably aren't really dedicated to your religion. You just go through the motions or do what you think is socially acceptable. That's why people can have a moral standard that completely conflicts with their religion.
That is why you have to be objective about the religion you choose.
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Polytheist-Witch: Nope, nope and nope. Lazy and liar. Worthless atheists.
Let the Rabbi speak.
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@TWS1405
--> @Shila>@Lemming-> @ShilaNo, that I'll get a headache.So you remember what happened the last time you did it.It's this level of retorts that drive others crazy.It's irritating and services no purpose other than to derail the debate/discussion.Knock it off. Please.
Lemming has the headache. But you are going crazy. Were you on the other side of the wall?
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Best.Korea: Dear Shila,I will not defend anyone anymore, be it Vietnam or Iraq. Even if Iraq sends me a friend request right now, I would decline then block.
Very unusual that you are making public announcements about your future policies.
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@Double_R
--> @ShilaSo why are you still arguing with Sidewalker?On the subway with very little service. Not really anything else to do.
So You are having a whole conversation in your head.
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@Athias
-> @ShilaIf the IRS knew Which income brackets pay no taxes on the dividends received from or sale of their stocks. We wouldn’t have tax cheats anymore.You are grossly misinformed or under-informed about the subject matter. (A little eagerness to investigate the subject about which we speak may help you.) Enjoy your day, sir.
Trump has been evading and cheating on his taxes for the last 20 years and rather quite openly. Yet the IRS has not suspected a thing.
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Best.Korea: Dear Shila,Forced sterilization is also one of solutions. I think it can be done through vaccines
Even China could not create such a vaccine. Or the one child per family would have been painless.
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Dear Shila,We will see if it works. My other policies failed, or to say: havent achieved expected goals.The isolationist policy cannot fail more than my previous policies.
Why are you copying the failed policies of past American presidents like defending south Vietnam against North Vietnam. Defending Iraq against Saddam Hussein. Defending Afghanistan against Al Qaeda. Than failing in every venture.
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@sadolite
Art cant be a scam. Art is for fools and their money, no misrepresentation or guarantees are offered, with the exception of forgery of existing art. Forgery would be a scam and that isn't art, its a crime
Only the Rich can afford to invest in art. Being rich they have already proven they are smart.
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@Athias
--> @Shila58% of Americans own stocks. But stocks are part of their employment pension and retirement plans.Owning stocks is one way to defer paying taxes. But only the very rich can cheat on their taxes by hiring fancy accountants.Enjoy your day, sir. I have no interest in either indulging or engaging your mulish avoidance of a direct response.
If the IRS knew Which income brackets pay no taxes on the dividends received from or sale of their stocks. We wouldn’t have tax cheats anymore.
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Dear Shila,Yes, one policy of isolationism is the increased use of the block button on people such as you.The second policy is to mock anyone who disagrees with me.It should be easy to implement.
If it works why is Putin facing such a resistance in Ukraine?
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@Lemming
-> @ShilaNo, that I'll get a headache.
So you remember what happened the last time you did it.
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send fart accents. After eating curry, steaks, Chinese food, pasta.
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@Lemming
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Polytheist-Witch: RM thinks he's Superman, Jesus Christ.
What made you think you are a Polytheist-Witch?
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Best.Korea: I am against abortion.If you destroy fetuses, you destroy humans.Future of humanity depends upon survival of fetuses.Now, of course someone could say: "humanity doesnt deserve to survive".They would be 100% right in saying that.So in that sense, abortion can be justified as a way to destroy humanity.
Wouldn’t it be more efficient to destroy the couples who make babies?
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@Lemming
--> @Shila. . .. . .. . .. . .Sorry, I am unwilling to discuss this with you,'Might be I just don't get it,But I think that you don't get it,And I'm not interested enough in convincing you, to continue trying to convince you.
What is it that you don’t get?
Morals of society change, as the people who make up that society change.
That is exactly the point I made. Nothing has changed in society or morals. Yet a settled law on abortion rights was reversed.
All these arguments were considered and abortion was declared legal for the last fifty years.
It is silly to re-litigate what was settled law for over fifty years.
What is different is the makeup of the Supreme Court . The decision was not based on any change in facts but was solely politically driven.
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This is my first and only forum. That is why I can spend so much time here. I have no other distractions.
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@Athias
--> @ShilaThe wealthiest 1 percent of Americans are the nation's most egregious tax evaders, failing to pay as much as $163 billion in owed taxes per year, according to a Treasury Department report released on Wednesday.Yes, the wealthy in general are very good at circumventing tax obligations. Yet they're still responsible for the largest portion of taxable income.What percentage of Americans cheat on their taxes?Your worst case scenario: up to five years in prison. Six percent of individuals 'fessed up to cheating on their taxes.You're not answering my question. Since you brought up stocks being a tax haven, I'm asking you which income brackets pay no taxes. (Remember, that was your point, not mine.)
58% of Americans own stocks. But stocks are part of their employment pension and retirement plans.
Owning stocks is one way to defer paying taxes. But only the very rich can cheat on their taxes by hiring fancy accountants.
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Best.Korea: --> @ShilaI also plan to implement some isolation policies in my policies related to this site.
It was only a matter of time before you adopted your autocratic heroes practices.
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Best.Korea: In my opinion, Saudi Arabia is a terrible country. I dont see why would anyone want to support it.
Americans are afraid of Saudi power and capabilities. They don’t want another repeat of sept 9/11.
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@Lemming
@ShilaJust because a law 'was for a long time, does not make it moral,This is a 'simple concept Shila.Morals of society change, as the people who make up that society change.
That is exactly the point I made. Nothing has changed in society or morals. Yet a settled law on abortion rights was reversed.
All these arguments were considered and abortion was declared legal for the last fifty years.
It is silly to re-litigate what was settled law for over fifty years.
What is different is the makeup of the Supreme Court . The decision was not based on any change in facts but was solely politically driven.
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@rosends
-->@Shilafunny...I don't see any Assyrians or Babylonians around and the Egyptians today aren't really as advanced as the Israelis in many areas. So I don't know what your point is. If you want to go off on a tangent and try to deny the underpinnings of Judaism, feel free to do so here as you have elsewhere. it is a non-starter. You are denying the three major western religions that way and that's fine by me. Throwing together unrelated sentences, false statements and conspiracy theories can be your fun pastime. You will have to pursue it without me. If you ever develop any actual questions about Judaism, let me know. Meanwhile, I'll let your statements which amount to nothing just sit here and fester, as they have elsewhere.
There is an explanation why Assyrians or Babylonians around and the Egyptians today aren't really as advanced as the Israelis in many areas.
Modern Jews may traditionally trace their ancestry to the Holy Land, but a new genetic study finds otherwise. A detailed look at thousands of genomes finds that Ashkenazim—who make up roughly 80% of the world's Jews, including 90% of those in America and half of those in Israel—ultimately came not from the Middle East, but from Western Europe, perhaps Italy.
Most mainstream historians regard Ashkenazim as the descendants of Jews who moved into central Europe from the Middle East sometime before the 12th century C.E. Ashekenazim, like most members of this religious, cultural, and ethnic group, traditionally trace their ancestry to the ancient Israelites. The Israelites, in turn, arose between 3000 and 4000 years ago in the Middle East, according to both Biblical sources and archaeological evidence. They dispersed after the Romans destroyed their Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 C.E.
Recent genetic work has supported this traditional view. Two studies, one led by geneticist Harry Ostrer of the New York University School of Medicine, and the other by geneticist Doron Behar of the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, traced the three main Diaspora groups—Ashkenazim, Sephardim from Spain and Portugal, and Oriental Jews from the Middle East—to people who all lived in the Middle East about 2000 years ago. The Ostrer study used DNA from the nucleus of the cell in its analyses, and the Behar study used both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); the latter comes from tiny bodies in the living cell that provide it with energy. Many other researchers considered these results to be definitive at the time.
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@Double_R
-> @SidewalkerIf you read my post, I said, asserts belief in God,And if you read the exchange your post was written in response to, you would know that this conversation has nothing to do with “asserting belief in God”. It’s about morality and for the most part God has been assumed for the sake of argument.Context matters in communication. Take note of it and these conversations will go a lot better.But as you know, I'll be glad to formally debate your incoherent and illogical claim that faith in God carries the burden of proof.I would debate this claim if I had ever made it and/or believe it. I don’t and never have. You are having a whole conversation in your head.
So why are you still arguing with Sidewalker?
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@zedvictor4
--> @ShilaNo.I'm just a human being, who like everyone else has no way of knowing what went on all those billions of years ago at the point of creation.Tales from 2000 years ago are what they are.
Isn’t it amazing that we know more about Jesus who lived 2000 years ago than we know about you from the profile you provided?
We know that Jesus belonged to a country, spoke Aramaic , was a carpenters son, followed Judaism, was religious reformer.
There are other aspects of Jesus that are of special interest to Christians.
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@3RU7AL
--> @ShilaPick the objects (facts) you like in a religion before choosing the religion to follow. Be objective.look,i'm not disputing your claim that these individual "facts" are to be considered "objective"i'm even assuming that means they are all "true"but you seem to be glossing over the point that the one i "like" is going to be a purely SUBJECTIVEchoice on my partmy personal preference for one "fact" over another "fact" is SUBJECTIVEeven if the "facts" themselves are considered to be "OBJECTIVE"
Different religions offer different rewards. So it is up to the individual to consider these objective rewards and match it with their objective needs before they pick a religion.
All religions State their objectives. I narrowed their objectives in my example to help you make an objective choice.
They are all objective facts in each religion.
Jesus was a Jew that was killed so that sin would be forgiven.(fact)
72 virgins await every Muslim martyr in paradise.(fact)
Reincarnation is part o& the cycle of rebirths in Hinduism (fact).
Pick the objects (facts) you like in a religion before choosing the religion to follow. Be objective.
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@rosends
--> @Shilareruns? You have posted this often and have nothing new to say.So I guess you deny the entirety of the Torah and therefore the gospels are built on nothingness and are similarly invalid. OK. Good luck to you with that.
The invention of the Jewish people is not new.
The Jews are the only people who have been dislodged from their country four times in their history. Under the Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Medians, the Greeks, and now under Western rule.
The Jews were a tribal group surrounded by powerful neighbours like the Egyptians, Assyrians and Babylonians. There never made any contributions to math or science and most of their past were overshadowed by their more advanced neighbours. The Bible began as a book of the larger than life Patriarchs and the invention of the Jewish people in an attempt to reconstruct Jewish history with literary embellishment slanted towards success by inventing prophets and heroes where God rewarded the people when they obeyed his commandments and punished them when they failed. But history is not written in isolation and when the Jews tried to treat the bible as a historical record, contradictions began to expose their literary overreach. Circumcision can only take a people so far and covenants are no guarantee against reality nor can it compensate for the burden of memory carried by the Jews who wished they were better than their neighbours and invented a narrative that reflected their deepest desires.
Now that we know why the contradictions were necessary in the creation of the Jewish people we can try to piece together how these contradictions served their narrative.
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RM: 15 of the hijackers that were involved with the attack were all from Saudi, 2 from UAE, neither nation got a drop of hostility from Bush.
Now you know why every American president paid respect to the Saudi royal family. Americans cannot afford to upset the Saudis seeing how successful they were penetrating Americas defence and bringing down the world Trade Centre.
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@rosends
-->@ShilaThe Old Testament did not work for the Jews. The Jews were repeated punished by God who even allowed their neighbours to invade and occupy their homeland throughout their history.The New Testament and the Gospels confirmed that.How does picking one over the other help your case Rabbi?The Torah did work for the Jews and it still does. In fact, your statement proves it, so thanks!The gospels are just add ons that have no relevance.How does attaching to fiction help your case?
from Ha'aretz Magazine, Friday, October 29, 1999)
Following 70 years of intensive excavations in the Land of Israel, archaeologists have found out: The patriarchs' acts are legendary stories, we did not sojourn in Egypt or make an exodus, we did not conquer the land. Neither is there any mention of the empire of David and Solomon. Those who take an interest have known these facts for years, but Israel is a stubborn people and doesn't want to hear about it
This is what archaeologists have learned from their excavations in the Land of Israel: the Israelites were never in Egypt, did not wander in the desert, did not conquer the land in a military campaign and did not pass it on to the 12 tribes of Israel. Perhaps even harder to swallow is that the united monarchy of David and Solomon, which is described by the Bible as a regional power, was at most a small tribal kingdom. And it will come as an unpleasant shock to many that the God of Israel, YHWH, had a female consort and that the early Israelite religion adopted monotheism only in the waning period of the monarchy and not at Mount Sinai.
Most of those who are engaged in scientific work in the interlocking spheres of the Bible, archaeology and the history of the Jewish people—and who once went into the field looking for proof to corroborate the Bible story—now agree that the historic events relating to the stages of the Jewish people's emergence are radically different from what that story tells.
What follows is a short account of the brief history of archaeology, with the emphasis on the crises and the big bang, so to speak, of the past decade. The critical question of this archaeological revolution has not yet trickled down into public consciousness, but it cannot be ignored.
Israel Finkelstein, chairman of the Archaeology Department at Tel Aviv University, with archaeology historian Neil Asher Silberman, has just published a book called "The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Text."
"The Israelites were never in Egypt, did not wander in the desert, did not conquer the land [of Canaan] in a military campaign and did not pass it on to the twelve tribes of Israel. Perhaps even harder to swallow is the fact that the united kingdom of David and Solomon, described in the Bible as a regional power, was at most a small tribal kingdom."
Jerusalem was essentially a cow town, not the glorious capital of an empire. These findings have been accepted by the majority of biblical scholars and archaeologists for years and even decades.
The tales of the patriarchs -- Abraham, Isaac and Joseph among others -- were the first to go when biblical scholars found those passages rife with anachronisms and other inconsistencies. The story of Exodus, one of the most powerful epics of enslavement, courage and liberation in human history, also slipped from history to legend when archaeologists could no longer ignore the lack of corroborating contemporary Egyptian accounts and the absence of evidence of large encampments in the Sinai Peninsula ("the wilderness" where Moses brought the Israelites after leading them through the parted Red Sea).
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@Stephen
@the witch.Paul McCartney without the other three he sucks.John Lennon, just like you, was a hypocrite of double standards.A multi millionaire sings songs about working class hero's.♫A working-class hero is something to be♫♫if you want to be a hero then just follow me♫ JLIf it wasn't for meeting Bob Dylan, they would have still been writing pop song for schoolgirls.
The Beatles didn’t start out as millionaires. Success made them millionaires. But that did not change their talent for making music.
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@Lemming
--> @ShilaBut the problem to my brain,Is that they 'exist, 'maybe.The argument that effects me 'most into the Pro Choice camp,Is 'not the mother's freedom to do whatever she wants with her body,I don't agree with that argument.No, the argument that worries me,Is the claim that the unborn is not human, nor a person, not valuable.Of 'that, I am uncertain.
All these arguments were considered and abortion was declared legal for the last fifty years.
It is silly to re-litigate what was settled law for over fifty years.
What is different is the makeup of the Supreme Court . The decision was not based on any change in facts but was solely politically driven.
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@rosends
--> @ShilaI haven't denied the bible, just the gospels.
The Old Testament did not work for the Jews. The Jews were repeated punished by God who even allowed their neighbours to invade and occupy their homeland throughout their history.
The New Testament and the Gospels confirmed that.
How does picking one over the other help your case Rabbi?
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--> @IwantRooseveltagainPolytheist-Witch: I don't give two fucks about Donald Trump. What if I'm not an atheist I must want to suck Donald Trump's cock, fuck you, dick head
Are you upset that you are not an atheist which is why you want to suck Donald Trump's cock?
But that if you were an atheist you wouldn’t give two fucks to Donald Trump. Maybe just one!!
Why do you put so many conditions on yourself regarding Donald Trump?
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@Best.Korea
--> @ShilaFirst I had picture of Kim Jong Il.Then Kim Jong Un.Then Kim Yo Jong. Do people even know who she is?Now its Putin time.To say it simply, I use whatever photo I like and I think that Putin looks good in this photo.It may upset some people, but thats the sacrifice I am willing to make.
It simply prove you are obsessed with autocrats and dictators. You are even willing to make sacrifices for them.
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@Lemming
I don't think you hate babies or the unborn,I think instead we hold different values to different degrees,Also likely different perceptions of what is.If they didn't exist, I wouldn't be bothered,But they 'do exist, to my mind, even unborn, at 'some point,Whether materially, or personhood, (Maybe on personhood)The death of new human life is simply not something I want to encourage.
Raising a child is a bigger commitment than consenting to have sex. The person has to be prepared to raise, care and provide for the child which requires adequate financial, psychological, emotional maturity to undertake this commitment. So unless the person is adequately equipped and prepared Abortion should be an option to prevent a lifetime of suffering and hardship on the child and parent.
Abortion was legal for 5 decades and it worked as a solution for the unprepared and unwilling.
With the world population heading to 8 billion. There is no need to force the unwanted to be born. Learn to love and support what is already out there.
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@rosends
--> @ShilaIf it was not a Jewish custom that involves releasing someone found guilty of a crime, at Passover or at any other time. the Jewish crowd would have denounce or rejected Pilate’s fabrication of Jewish customs.Or this is just more proof that the account is inaccurate. If, without corroboration, you see the text of the gospels as self-proving, then that's fine. It is ahistorical and counter to other texts, but if that's the way you go, then best of luck with that.
The accounts in the Bible had a disastrous effect on the Jews. Their Holy Temple and Holy city Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans, the Romans slaughtered the Jews and replaced Judaism with the Roman Catholic Church which has over a billion followers.
What further facts are the Jews looking for or trying to contradict when history back the Roman occupation of Israel during biblical times? The Jewish disciples of Jesus even went over to the Roman side.
The Holocaust would not have been justified if Christians were not convinced the Jews were Christ killers. Isn’t it a bit late to deny the Bible?
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@Greyparrot
Hmmm, twitter may definitely be worse than Fox if Musk removes all the Chinese bots.It's really hard to rely on information without the support of the Chinese.
Will Trump rejoin twitter after the sale, now that Trump has his own media company?
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@Athias
--> @ShilaThe wealthiest 10% of American households now own 89% of all U.S. stocks, a record high that highlights the stock market's role in increasing wealth inequality. The top 1% gained over $6.5 trillion in corporate equities and mutual fund wealth during the pandemic, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve.Owning stocks is a way to defer paying taxes.Which income brackets pay no taxes on the dividends received from or sale of their stocks?
The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans are the nation's most egregious tax evaders, failing to pay as much as $163 billion in owed taxes per year, according to a Treasury Department report released on Wednesday.
What percentage of Americans cheat on their taxes?
Your worst case scenario: up to five years in prison. Six percent of individuals 'fessed up to cheating on their taxes.
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@Double_R
You could just read the article.It’s half true because Rubio (not Desantis) voted for a much smaller package, so technically he voted for Sandy relief but it was clearly politics because the reasons he gave for not voting for the bigger package did represent what was in the bill.
All this will become non issues one they start accepting climate change is responsible for Floridas disasters and start preparing to live with is. Either fix the problem or live with the consequences.
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@Best.Korea
--> @coal"I'm guessing your parents still spank/whip/discipline you?"I dont see how that helps your case, but then again I am not a psychopath and I dont understand psychopaths like you.
So why did you pick a picture of a psychopath to replace your Korean image?
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@Public-Choice
@Uragirimono
--> @Public-ChoiceA baby is the same. You volunteered and signed the contract to take care of it should the situation arise. Just like the hospitals sign the contract to take care of the other people.Just like all of your other examples, hospitals can change their mind -- they can deny someone service even if they already promised it. Individual employees can also quit and find new jobs. Contracts can be nullified. If they can't, they're prison sentences.So if a hospital worker can consent to working and then say "never mind, I want to stop", how can a pregnant person who consented to being pregnant say "never mind I want to stop"?Can you name another instance where a person, once they agree to something, is not legally allowed to change their mind?
Hospitals have to follow guidelines which are based on prevailing laws. If the law changes the hospital policy effected by the change also has to change.
Humans too are subject to these laws. If Abortion is deemed illegal in a State the person will suffer the consequences for violating the law.
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@rosends
--> @ShilaOther than this reference in John, do you have any evidence that this supposed practice actually existed? There is nothing in Jewish law that involves releasing someone found guilty of a crime, at Passover or at any other time.Of course, crucifiction wasn't allowed under Jewish law and the judicial methods bear no resemblance to Jewish law, so a random non-Jewish reference seems equally useful.
The ultimate evidence to support the Biblical quotes was the people taking up pilate’s offer and choosing Barabbas over Jesus.
The people were there and heard the offer. If it was not a Jewish custom that involves releasing someone found guilty of a crime, at Passover or at any other time. the Jewish crowd would have denounce or rejected Pilate’s fabrication of Jewish customs.
Even the Romans did not object to Pilate’s offer to the crowd. Here the truth prevailed.
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@3RU7AL
--> @Shilato further clarifyobjects are objectiveyour PREFERENCE for objects is SUBJECTIVE
All religions State their objectives. I narrowed their objectives in my example to help you make an objective choice.
They are all objective facts in each religion.
Jesus was a Jew that was killed so that sin would be forgiven.(fact)
72 virgins await every Muslim martyr in paradise.(fact)
Reincarnation is part o& the cycle of rebirths in Hinduism (fact).
Pick the objects (facts) you like in a religion before choosing the religion to follow. Be objective.
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@Stephen
--> @ShilaStephen wrote: FACT. There was never any such Jewish custom. If you insist to the contrary, I would like you to produce the evidence that supports your claim other than the bible.The Bible quotes Pilate referring to this custom.Read what I have wrote:
The Bible quotes Pilates justification.
John 18:39 But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release ‘the king of the Jews’?”
40 They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.
The story (henceforth: Barabbas episode) is mentioned in all four Gospels: Mark 15:6-15, Matt. 27:15-26, Luke 23:18-24, and John 18:40.
It is in that context that Jesus was crucified. The crowd cheered for the release of Barabbas instead.
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Raising a child is a bigger commitment than consenting to have sex. The person has to be prepared to raise, care and provide for the child which requires adequate financial, psychological, emotional maturity to undertake this commitment. So unless the person is adequately equipped and prepared Abortion should be an option to prevent a lifetime of suffering and hardship on the child and parent.
Abortion was legal for 5 decades and it worked as a solution for the unprepared and unwilling.
With the world population heading to 8 billion. There is no need to force the unwanted to be born. Learn to love and support what is already out there.
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@bmdrocks21
So am I to believe that interracial organ transplants have many more complications than within-race transplants because of a socioeconomic concept?Do we prescribe BiDil to only black people because of a socioeconomic concept from the 16th century? Don’t kid yourselfLet’s just be honest with each other here: I know that you don’t care that white characters are being purposely replaced. You might even actively support it as many liberals do. But don’t try to spew out these liberal talking points that are entirely based on an egalitarian fever dream.It’s fine that you don’t care about these characters being replaced, but don’t try to cloak it in these arguments saying a clearly white character isn’t white. Don’t pretend to be naive and say this isn’t happening
Organs from every donor are matched with people on the waiting list based on medical factors:
blood type
body size
how sick they are
donor distance
tissue type
and time on the waiting list
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@Best.Korea
so anyone who disagrees with you is a psychopath?
Now you look closer to a psychopath with your new picture.
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@Lemming
--> @SwagnarokLife is gambles, and we're all players, it seems.
It’s more like we are being played.
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