Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:51 pm
You haven't said anything about what the society would look like or how it would work beyond vague ideological naivety
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
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Bear Stearns wrote:Start putting money away as early as possible and live within your means - those are the two simplest rules to securing financial freedom, and arguably the most difficult to master.
Salus Maior wrote:Duvniask wrote:
It's not something you practice, but this is your scripture. If this is the correct telling of events, it means your God is genocidal. In any case, whether is accurate or not, it means the Bible contains multiple instances of God being explicitly portrayed as calling for genocide. If you don't understand why this sets a dangerous precedent for your faith, then there's no reason to take you seriously.
Oh, I haven't been taking you very seriously for a while so feel free to do whatever you want.
You clearly know very little about our religion aside from what /r/Atheism posts, and now you're telling us what we're going to become in the future? Oh come off it.
The nature of the Old Covenant was different than the New Covenant that has been established by Christ which is defined by the Gospels, the rest of the New Testament, and the tradition of the Church. We're defined by the teachings of Christ, and live according to the morality He taught. And there's not really room for genocide in that so don't worry your little head.
Duvniask wrote:Salus Maior wrote:
Oh, come on. The Old Testament is not nearly that bloody.
These excerpts are from Chapter 10 of the Book of Joshua alone:10:10
"And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah."10:19-10:20
"And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand. And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities."10:28
"And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho."
In fact, the phrase "smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain" get repeated several times from hereon out, describing the fall of several cities in the same manner: massacre.
In summary:10:40
"So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded."
But the Old Testament is not that bloody, ok.
Ancapto wrote:Oh please don't get me started on how your religion (and religion in general) is the complete opposite of freedom. Think before you insult people for no reason.
Greater Cesnica wrote:Look I just don't want you two to start another bickering match here.
Actually I don't want anyone to start a bickering match here.
Greater Cesnica wrote:Look I just don't want you two to start another bickering match here.
Actually I don't want anyone to start a bickering match here.
Salus Maior wrote:I just asked why Kowani was suddenly caring about freedom when he constantly advocates destroying peoples' freedoms.