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Tradesies? 👉👈🥺
Thanks for the mid-day existential crisis
Why are you showing me a circle
Einstein believed in "Spinoza's god", which is essentially just nature and the laws that govern the universe. It's not the same as believing in an anthropomorphic God and putting faith in scripture.
This is one of those reasons I always call myself an agnostic instead of atheist.
Those aren't mutually exclusive terms. "Agnostic" answers whether you know a god exists, and "atheist" answers whether you believe a god exists.
I don't know of any gods, and I don't believe any exist, so I'm an agnostic atheist.
That's right. Then after the Israelites were freed, Moses, claiming to be speaking for God, gave them permission to take slaves of their own from the nations around them. Before that, they were told how merciless they could be when bludgeoning those slaves.
The Bible portrays this as moral behavior, and the excuses you've given me aren't convincing. I don't think there is any excuse for it, but I'm all ears if you want to give it a shot.
100%. It's unfortunate that the "harm reduction" thing is overshadowing anyone talking about why we have to do harm reduction in the first place.
The US as a whole seems more content on treating the symptoms of FPTP than taking care of the underlying issue.
The most reliable way to lose faith isn't through science, it's reading their holy text.
In general, nothing about science ever shakes a theist's faith, and I doubt it ever will. Reason being: the moment science breaks new ground, religion retreats further back into the unknown. As long as there is an unknown, theists will have something to take shelter from.
##Old Testament
#####Exodus 21:20-21 (NIV):
"And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money."
##New Testament
#####Ephesians 6:5 (NIV):
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ"
#####1 Timothy 6:1 (NIV):
"All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered. Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare of their slaves."
I'm a very big fan.
At this point, I'm pretty sure this rhetoric is a result of deliberate ignorance about FPTP.
There's only so many times we can explain elementary math to you people.
Idk, man. If I were in that position, I feel like I'd be sick to my stomach when I got old enough to understand that I was asking for a parent to sacrifice their freedom for a night of entertainment.