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  1. Idolater

    Is this really what the real Ten Commandments looked like?

    It had to be some kind of stone. Scripture doesn't say which, but that doesn't mean that it was like eternally a question mark as to what type of stone. And it definitely doesn't mean that literally nobody knew what kind of stone it was.
  2. Idolater

    How much do Americans want to spend on gun control?

    American household wealth is circa 150 trillion USD. How much of that would Americans authorize to spend to clear guns from the streets? There are 400 million civilian owned guns in America. What price would Americans pay for each one of them? In a fell swoop, a gigantic gun buyback, what...
  3. Idolater

    Is this really what the real Ten Commandments looked like?

    And it falls on deaf ears for some reason, but you are trying to argue from silence. Silence doesn't mean you're wrong, but it doesn't mean I'm wrong either, or that this particular tradition is wrong or right. Silence doesn't conflict with anything. It logically can't be used to substantiate...
  4. Idolater

    " How to Avoid Converting to Catholicism, in 8 Easy Steps"

    Catholic beliefs, off the top of my head: Jesus is the Son of Man from the book of Daniel Jesus is the only begotten Son of God "whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" The Trinity is God The Bible is the Word of God The death and Resurrection of Christ really...
  5. Idolater

    Robb Elementary School shooting

    Peace.
  6. Idolater

    Atheist Morality

    Naked utilitarianism. If anyone ever wondered what utilitarianism looks like irl, there you go. By contrast those of us who hold to absolute human rights ("Originalists" for short), the answer to the hypothetical is obvious and easy. You never deny someone their right against being murdered...
  7. Idolater

    Robb Elementary School shooting

  8. Idolater

    Guns!

    Heard on twitter
  9. Idolater

    Robb Elementary School shooting

    If this is true it's because the NRA doesn't have enough political power. So which one are you saying. Epic fail, or not?
  10. Idolater

    Ukraine Crisis

    In America we're more familiar with Democrats and Republicans. Those are the two most popular slants. In Europe they're generally more "left" than in America, which means here, I'm stipulating, more government services (free). They are also more utilitarian when it comes to public morality...
  11. Idolater

    Religious Zealotry

    If I can't use 'zealot' and 'absolutist' when describing myself, then I have to find brand new words that mean the same thing, and why should I have to do that when there are already words that mean the same thing? I'm a religious zealot and I'm an ideological absolutist. And, I'm not a rights...
  12. Idolater

    Robb Elementary School shooting

    I don't care that it's art, I care that the model is using poor trigger discipline. This is the type of gun safety violation that results in negligent discharges. The NRA exists to extinguish this kind of dangerous behavior with guns. Keep your finger off the trigger and entirely outside the...
  13. Idolater

    Religious Zealotry

    I'm not. Those words aren't bad words, is all.
  14. Idolater

    Religious Zealotry

    Purex my ideology is absolutist. It's, in a nutshell, "Originalism".
  15. Idolater

    Robb Elementary School shooting

    In hardest to defend rights when there's a Super-Duper Tragedy. America is in ideological combat right now. Which side will win the independents? And create a legislative supermajority, that can then do some of the revolutionary and innovative things that Americans are capable of doing when...
  16. Idolater

    Robb Elementary School shooting

    This may appear to be an evasive answer, but I'd say basically yes, so long as you can convince a jury. There's certainly no right of parental immunity or anything like that.
  17. Idolater

    Religious Zealotry

    @PureX do you have a hand? And whether you say yes or no, are you telling me that somehow, because man is fallible, that you have to discount the truth of your answer? Just because you're fallible? Purex I agree 100% we are fallible, there's only ever been One perfect Son of Man (cf. the book...
  18. Idolater

    Robb Elementary School shooting

    And this is where "Originalists" and utilitarian legal positivists differ starkly. If it works, or even just if it might work, then the latter (utilitarians) will consider it, while the former automatically, preemptively rules out all immoral choices like torture and other forms of cruel and...
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