At this point in the game, Russia is more American than America.
#Rootin4Putin
In true Highlander style.
"There can be only one!"
<Chop>
Sounds like you're favoring some sort of Theistic Evolution. Do I understand you correctly?
A Joke comes to mind that I heard in Seminary once:
God and Satan were having an argument, and Satan proposed a challenge: he said he could do anything that God could do. God agreed to the challenge and told Satan to go ahead and try. So Satan reached down to the earth and picked up a handful of clay and started to shape it into a human being. God looked at him and said, "No, no, no. You have to create your own dirt."
over time
Ah yes, "Time." The magic wand of Darwinian evolutionary processes.
By definition, never observed.
"Add in deep time and anything is possible," the Darwinian evolutionist proclaims. Time, however, does not have creative powers. In fact, Time is more destructive and deleterious on genetic information than beneficial, and this is observable and verifiable.
Macroevolution - change on the grand scale from one species to another - is never observed. The fossil record doesn't support it (which Darwin acknowledged).
In fact, the fossil record screams long periods of stasis with short burst of new, complex life appearing on the scene (see Pre-Cambrian Explosion), and then long periods of stasis again. This resembles special creation so much so that Stephen J Gould (Darwin's successor) had to posit the Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium in order to save the Atheistic paradigm of Darwinian thought.
It's a joke.
The Miller–Urey experiment comes to mind.
Ironically, without the "intelligent minds" behind the design of the experiment, the experiment would've failed miserably. Proving that a Mind is, indeed, required.
Darwinian Evolution is a farce - a lie.
Simple syllogism:
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DNA = a code (biological definition)
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Codes only come from Minds (Observable)
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Therefore, DNA came from a Mind
Now, this little argument doesn't get us to the God of the Bible just yet, but it does get us to a Being that existed before Humans with extreme intelligence.
Sprinkle in the Cosmological argument - which gives us a Space-less, Time-less (Eternal), Immaterial (Sprit), and VERY powerful cause for the Universe coming into existence - with the above little argument, and we're quickly approaching the God of the Bible.
The 5th Column
Excellent find. Can't believe JooToob hasn't shut him down yet? Also, he should move to X and do a Live Space over there. Bet it would be big.
You seem really eager to get everybody hating.
But they still got you "hating."
All of Israel isn't Evil. All of Palestine isn't Evil.
I'd rather Love with a broad paint brush than Hate with one.
You mean, "When Trump beats the rigging in 2024..."
You could LOVE both sides. That an option? If you do that, then they can't get you divided OR hating....
Thank you for turning me on to the treasure trove of quotes this man (Hoffman) has in his corner.
Here are some more:
“William F. Buckley Jr. eloquently stated: “ An anti-semite’ in actual usage, is less often a man who hates Jews than a man certain Jews hate.”
― Michael A. Hoffman II, Judaism Discovered: A Study of the Anti-Biblical Religion of Racism, Self-Worship, Superstition and Deceit
The logic of the Establishment Media consists of the dogma that the propaganda war against whites is a "human rights campaign," while our defense against it is a form of hate. Apparently we have no human rights. As George Orwell foretold, the Communist totalitarians would corrupt language with their doublespeak to such an extent that they would one day announce that "War is Peace" and people would believe it. The hatred being directed against us under the guise of peace and fighting hatred, is the most cynical and despicable hate propaganda of all.”
― Michael A. Hoffman II, Hate Whitey - The Cinema of Defamation
Even as he dances to the tune of the elite managers of human behavior, the modern man scoffs with a great derision at the idea of the existence and operation of a technology of mass mind control emanating from media and government. Modern man is much too smart to believe anything as superstitious as that! Modern man is the ideal hypnotic subject: puffed up on the idea that he is the crown of creation, he vehemently denies the power of the hypnotist’s control over him as his head bobs up and down on a string.”
― Michael A. Hoffman II
Well, Elon essentially sent Mickey Mouse to Space.
Bye Disney...
Son of a…
That’s what I get for speaking my text!
<pumps fist into the air>
One of them isn't blindfolded and is looking right at the camera. How come he didn't get a blindfold??
The force is reportedly more than 10 times the size of the CIA's clandestine operation and includes military and civilian agents 'in real life and online' The agents are 'trained to create secret identities for themselves, make disguises, and can assume fake identities online to pursue high value targets' The digital sleuths can even manipulate biometric databases of foreign Governments so agents can pass fingerprint checks under false identities
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The (emotional) argument of evil is, I think, the most difficult of all to grapple with.
The (rational) argument of evil has answers, for sure, but one can’t answer an emotional issue with a rational answer. Just doesn’t work.
What I take comfort in is knowing that I believe in a God who came down to us and put on human flesh and suffered just like we do - and more. So we have a high priest that can relate to our sufferings while we go through them (Hebrews 4:15).
And finally...
My point is there is a great deal that goes into the dogma we have today that is not from the teachings of Jesus, and is in uncontroversial disagreement with archaeology, language analytics, or even modern Christian scholarship. These pieces of evidence are completely ignored in the actual teachings we get, regardless of scholarship. Scholarship itself is not allowed to disagree with dogma. If it is, it is called heretical, even today. There is no freedom of thought, and there is a ton of evidence that is ignored or placed into the wrong box. Works that are very likely actual teachings of Jesus (or at least have just as much archeological and contextual validity as “canon”) are ignored in favor of the dogma created by the early Church, which was, once again, uncontroversially designed to unite Rome and set up a God-Emperor (“Pope” as Divine).
Your assertions here point to a fundamental contention of yours: that Christian dogma deviates "significantly" from the actual teachings of Jesus and conflicts with archaeological evidence, language studies, and modern Christian scholarship - and brings us full circle to the start of our discussion. To address these claims, I'd like to delve into a few points and ask a few questions:
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Discrepancies Between Dogma and Evidence: Could you provide specific examples or instances where traditional Christian teachings contradict archaeological evidence or linguistic analysis? What particular aspects of Christian dogma do you believe are at odds with modern scholarship or historical findings? This would help me clarify the specific areas where you perceive disagreement.
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Freedom of Thought and Scholarship: Are there documented instances where modern Christian scholarship that contradicts traditional dogma has been labeled as heretical? How do these claims align with the scholarly discourse and academic debates within Christian theology, which often involve critical analysis and diverse perspectives?
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The Gospel of Thomas and Orthodox Canon: The Gospel of Thomas is indeed a significant ancient text. However, the Gospel of Thomas, along with other non-canonical texts, was excluded from the New Testament canon for various reasons, including late authorship, lack of apostolic authority, and theological differences. How do you reckon with the criteria that early Christian communities used to discern canonical texts from non-canonical ones?
Fantastic discussion! And you bring up extremely important points, Fren. I feel like I'm in Graduate school again!!
God walked with Man in the Garden (Genesis 3:8).
Man (Adam) had access to a Being with infinite knowledge.
Knowledge has devolved over time.
Ancient Man had more knowledge, not less. This flies in the face of modern Darwinian timelines and anthropological assumptions.