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Ok, it's a matter of which moral bullet you bite. Use an ugly weapon or turn over your countrymen to death when you could have prevented it.

Well, in this situation you've got Nazis storming an English beach head after already establishing air superiority. So you can either try to kill them...

Unfortunately I think quite a few of them would have been Nazis or sympathizers in the 40s.

The Nazis did have their rationale and we can examine that, but when it comes down to it the Nazis (and some other groups) would murder me on the spot...

There's a lot to repentance both in Judaism and Catholicism. I'd like to believe it's that simple. I believe the purpose of hell, Gehenna, is purifica...

:100: Poison gas only becomes a war crime in the 1920s due to international agreement, so presumably before that it was acceptable.

Shhh "do no harm" remember?

Atheists who spend considerable amounts of time or mental energy lording their atheism over theists are invariably idiots. The state of education in t...

Scripture teaches us that technological/social progress does not necessarily coincide with the elevation of humanity/spiritual progress (see the Tower...

Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. @"1...

Do I look like your Sunday school teacher? Do you want me to assign you reading? I'd wash your mouth out with soap before anything. No need to bring u...

through providing a sense of purpose and empowerment. fear can work too.

Faith is an important belief.

If poison gas is necessary to win then use it - absolutely. Churchill's responsibility is to his countrymen and to the state of the world. Poison gas ...

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I believe that faith is a deterrent against suicide. But maybe it's all wrong and it should be ignored and that in reality the idea that human life ha...

In the Netherlands today they are allowing a healthy woman to euthanize herself because is depressed. Personal autonomy trumps all.

Don't you have some Jews to bar from campus? Don't forget your armband.

What is it that we know about those two, especially death? Next to nothing -- only that it is inevitable. Could be a good thing, could be a bad thing,...

I don't like either.

:up: This thread has long outlived its usefulness. You roll around in the mud enough dealing with Hamas-sympathizers, antisemites, etc. -- you're goin...

I would need to review Paul's writings for antisemitism. The first time I really understood Xtian antisemitism was through the Gospels. I have a love ...

Maybe it's our job to elevate it. We're talking about the flood regarding animal deaths, right? I can't say that God bringing about animal death is ba...

Yes, that's a car -- not a human. We don't say that about someone who is deaf or blind. How much life do they deserve? Should such a life also be pain...

Murder is unlawful killing. In any case, if no flood how long of a life do these people get? The flood story is derived from an ancient mesopotamian a...

Let's just start with the flood. God presumably kills a large portion of humanity. Was he wrong to do that? You presume that you know better. I admit ...

With this simple sentence, you've put yourself in the "God" position. You've now judged God and thus assumed the role that you know better about how r...

You haven't answered what you want from Israel to end the oppression.

I get that you're an atheist, Tom, but this a concept expressed in paganism/polytheism. So you're kind of a pagan atheist. I've never loved this view ...

I don't think atheism is illogical, but I do find it to be a "non-prophet/profit" position. On a personal level a theistic me is a stronger & healthie...

How these conversations go: Them: I oppose Israel because it's an ethnostate. Me: So you oppose a Palestinian state? Them: I support a state with a Pa...

What exactly is it that you/your movement want? A return to 1967 borders? A return to the original 1948 borders? Or an end to all Jewish political aut...

We must eliminate those who are intent on the murder of innocents. Killing them is not murder.

If that helps you live your best life then more power to you. I don't really mind as long as you follow the the 7 noahide commandments.

You just believe in a different sort of God.

Because they believe in God? Or is it the talking snakes? Atrocities come from both secular and religious sources. Hamas is religious, PLO is secular....

I'm sorry if you were taught that way. When I read the Tanakh, I noted that obedience to commandments/morality are closely linked to life, not afterli...

It bothers me that I don't quite know who runs the show. He's just so weak at a time when we need anything but a weak leader.

An interesting statement that leaves room for interpretation. But why were indulgences sold to the public? IIRC it was because through purchasing them...

Yet Luther did. You say the Church admitted a mistake regarding indulgences. So the Church can be mistaken. So there is a truth about Christianity tha...

Panentheism. As a Jew, not the understanding that I was brought up with. The bush doesn't set alight because divinity inheres in it, but because God, ...

Paul occupies such a fascinating, peculiar place within Christianity. About half of the NT is Paul. His words are Scripture, placed right after the Go...

Always love to hear it from the explicitly irreligious. :heart:

-Evolution happened naturally, the current array of species on earth evolved -Evolution happened, but it was a guided process by a divine or intellige...

Whether it's Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, or the Hamas murderer-rapists the left has a clear tendency to sympathize with, elevate, or idolize the abs...

I meant Jesus's words drawn from the canonicals and how these words are understood. That's considered divine revelation in Christianity so presumably ...

I need a shower and I'm done engaging with race hustlers. :monkey:

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Israel doesn't oppress Gaza, it "oppresses" Hamas/the PLO and those Palestinians who bring harm to Israel. Like how a cop oppresses a criminal which s...