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What about drinking? Would you make it a crime for a pregnant woman to drink at all? Should it be a crime for a pregnant woman to eat too much junkfoo...

Then you are making a trivial point. If the survival of the world depended on a person pressing a button, should they be legally compelled to press it...

For something to be analogous, it has to be in the same ballpark. Winning $5 on a scratcher is not analogous to winning a billion dollar Powerball jac...

I see. I haven't been following the thread that closely.

I don't see how that's slavery. Slaves did not live inside the bodies of others. The fact that the woman is carrying the fetus raises all sorts of uni...

Currently, no states criminalize alcohol use during pregnancy per se, nor do the CDC recommendations suggest that states do so. https://www.ncbi.nlm.n...

As I pointed out before, this is disanalogous to abortion. Forcing a woman to give birth is much more onerous than a momentary dip in the pool and the...

I think it's obvious it was a threat.

Is it possible he felt threatened because Trump threatened him?

Raffensperger said he felt threatened by Trump.

It could also be convictions. My loyalty to my family would trump the union, but I've been a union president and head negotiator, so I would have a re...

How long has the worker been with the union? Has the union treated him well? Does it feel like a family to him? Has it only been two weeks since he wa...

Can the guy on strike get a temporary job outside the field he's in?

Why can't the wife work?

I think they would if they felt everyone was doing it collectively, but we would need a strong world government to make that happen.

Any man is capable of terrible things. Woman are too, but not nearly to the extent men are. Let's put women in charge for awhile, shall we, and see ho...

Oh. Well, the god of the old testament is incredibly violent, so that's that's to be expected.

Jesus was talking to people who lived in a violent world. He couldn't come across as a total pussy. He had to meet them where they were at, to some ex...

Why not? Jesus had his moment of doubt. Why not his moment of anger?

But they do talk this way: "Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also." "If a soldier forces...

It's also possible his core message was non-violence and some of the other stuff was lost in translation or just made up. Did Jesus actually whip the ...

What does Jesus say when the sword is actually used? "Those who live by the sword die by the sword." A pacifist could go around armed, presumably to s...

Also: plenty of Christians who worship the Bible and read all of it religiously (no pun intended) have come to the same conclusion I have and preach p...

The four gospels.

No, I only pay attention to Jesus's teachings. The rest is crap.

Can you imagine what the conservative reaction is going to be when Trump is convicted by a black jury in Atlanta?

I'm an idealist too, but I don't think it works as an explanation unless there is an overarching mind/minds keeping all this from being absolute chaos...

Do you think this is all a dream?

So when is violence justified? What exceptions did Jesus give to "turn the other cheek"? Where did Jesus say, "I want you to be nice...until it's time...

"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." Is it possible to interpret that in so...

Given the oceans of blood the Romans spilled after they adopted Christianity, I'm surprised that non-violent stuff even made it in the Bible. Maybe by...

How does that square with the following: "Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for...

Jesus is pretty clear on that. Put your trust in God. Let your enemies do what they will. Don't resist them. Forgive them, no matter what they do. Thi...

BiV scenarios are implausible because mindless matter cannot produce minds. You can't get consciousness from non-conscious stuff. In support of this a...

So there has been any nation that has not used taxes to fund militaries. Why is that? What's your theory? Mine is you can't fund militaries without ta...

Those methods have been used ON TOP of taxation.

Yes. The absence of a non-tax funded military for a sizeable nation suggests it's not doable. Why do you think it's never been done?

Has there ever in history (or now) been any decently sized country that has run their military that way?

Paid for through voluntary donations by the people?

Is there any country on Earth that funds it's military that way?

In the kingdom of NOS4A2, what would your military look like? How would you fund it?

Taxation to provide for the collective defense is evil? How else would you fund a military?

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/donald-j-trump-pays-court-ordered-2-million-illegally-using-trump-foundation https://www.npr.org/2023/05/09/11749...

So you don't choose representatives to govern you.

How do you choose your representative in China?

Do you not remember when Iran launched missiles at an American air base and soldiers were sent to the hospital with TBI's? What do you think would hav...

Assume two photos of the same size. Is there the same amount of information no matter what the picture is? How do you calculate the maximum amount of ...

Therein lies the rub. Should I be compelled to rescue a child being attacked by a small dog that doesn't really pose a threat to me but still might bi...

If Republicans nominate someone like DeSantis or Haley, the debates will be brutal for Biden. But they're stuck in racial grievance mode and they want...