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citrouille 2 points ago +2 / -0

Sin is not something that needed to be created.

If there is existence, there is nonexistence. Similarly, if God exists, and is the purest good and truth there is in (and out of) the universe, then there must also be the state of not aligning with God.

That's essentially what sin is. The act of willful disobedience of God. That's why Lucifer was able to sin, as were Adam and Eve. They had free will to choose whether or not they wished to obey God.

It's like someone laying out a road in the countryside. Did that same person create any and all of the ways you can traverse the countryside off the road through the act of laying out the road? You could argue the case on a technicality, but I don't think reasonable people would say so. In the same way, considering the nature of God as the infinite good, veering away from God... you get the point.

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citrouille 1 point ago +1 / -0

It takes time to get it done though, even if traffic was increasing and he wanted to subsidize bot traffic. Incredible, I know. If you don't like Elon then make your actual arguments about not liking Elon, don't post nonsensical BS.

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citrouille 5 points ago +6 / -1

I thought "Amazon affiliate link" was plenty of detail, but you could read the rest of the post as well.

"Some users with 1+ year old accounts are sharing the same link a rash of sub-month-old sock accounts were hyping up a month ago. The site contains an amazon affiliate link, facebook link, and telegram link. Three obvious red flags!"

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citrouille 3 points ago +3 / -0

Wow, that's very tragic. I think that must have been a pretty recent thing since this is the first I'm hearing about it. I hope God changes his mind someday, hopefully sooner rather than later.

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citrouille 1 point ago +1 / -0

This is why it's important for churches to have special services for holidays where more people "feel compelled" to attend. If it helps even one soul get saved or return to God, that is all the gain that we could ever hope for.

The fact that many don't attend church except on those days is tragic and unfortunate, but I understand. Humans are weak (myself included), it is what it is.

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citrouille 4 points ago +4 / -0

In my opinion Hunger Games has only a somewhat novel idea ('gladiators in the present day') but the prose is pretty mediocre, and the sequels absolutely torpedo the author's credibility as a good writer.

I thought it was a good book as a youngster but even then panned the second and third books. However, I do understand that a lot of people like novel ideas and it's certainly very far from the worst YA novel when taken as a standalone.

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citrouille 5 points ago +5 / -0

More like destruction ahead amirite

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citrouille 13 points ago +14 / -1

They have the capacity to be in theory. In practice I'm fairly confident they're devout worshippers of Satan, so you can rest easy in that regard.

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citrouille 7 points ago +7 / -0

I kinda feel the same way you do today too. Will be praying.

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citrouille 3 points ago +3 / -0

No, just common practice on 4chan to imply association.

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citrouille 18 points ago +18 / -0

I got an exclusive interview with him, too. Nice guy named Samuel Hideman.

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citrouille 2 points ago +2 / -0

If OP can't swim that seems even more suicidal, so, not that weird. I can swim but I'm definitely not a good swimmer, it's pretty much impossible for me to be able to help in that circumstance either.

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citrouille 1 point ago +1 / -0

It's the dairy cartel in Canada in this case. There are three cartels up here: dairy, maple syrup, telecom.

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citrouille 1 point ago +1 / -0

This is correct. Coconut milk/cream is more of a SEA/south Asia thing but the reason they put the random additives in there is so it keeps for longer. Do yourself a favor and buy the brand(s) with no additives instead, there are still companies that make and export those. They're not necessarily even expensive.

Although the difference in coconut content between milk and cream is usually a bit more than 10%. I think 20-30% but don't quote me on it.

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citrouille 4 points ago +4 / -0

It's still plenty bad, to be quite honest. Shouldn't the solution to vaccine hesitancy be informing the people who are hesitant about the benefits and risks? Instead of, you know, getting rid of a whole ethnic group.

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citrouille 4 points ago +4 / -0

Anybody know where to buy NAC in Canada at reasonable prices? Asking for myself.

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citrouille 0 points ago +1 / -1

But if you put it like that, I'm only doing the same thing as you are. I'm ascribing what you say to the perspective of all Catholics, the same way as you are ascribing what you heard from a few Protestants to every Protestant church (which is hardly monolithic anyway, as I'm sure you already know).

That's why I'm saying it's not a good idea to paint in such broad strokes. I honestly see no reason for Catholic animosity against non-Catholic Christians, and vice versa. I may not agree with the practices of the Catholic Church's hierarchy and the historical incidents of persecuting its own (yes, even before the modern era), but I am not so blind as to be unable to see the good it has done, and the fact that doctrine-wise there's barely any substantial conflict. At the end of the day, Catholics and 'Protestants' worship the same God, and I wish more people would see it that way.

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citrouille 0 points ago +1 / -1

Eh, I wouldn't put words and ideas into Protestants' mouths like you just did in the last paragraph. Doing that only makes me lose respect for the Catholic church (that I currently hold due to the intellectual writings of a certain Catholic sci-fi author named John C. Wright).

I don't doubt that there are infiltrators into Protestant churches too, but, simply put, larger organizations are easier to infiltrate (and have more value for doing so, mundanely speaking) and are far more well-known and useful as targets either before or after the fact.

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citrouille 1 point ago +1 / -0

Nah, the other guy's full of shit. I suspect he's from the 50c squad and paid by the CCP, just like John Cena.

Chinese government fucking sucks and the modern incarnation is one of the worst by far. The CCP is down in the dumps with the Yuan and the Qing dynasties for shitty regimes. The only way you get things done in China is by knowing the right people and having the right connections. The west fucking sucks too (that's why were here) but the common man still has a heck of an easier time than the average dude in China.

The government is an absolute menace and you're not allowed to do anything remotely opposed to or disapproved by them, else you get arrested either overtly or covertly and they ruin your life

Source: I came from China

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citrouille 3 points ago +3 / -0

I knew of IMC since his woke days (because Gamergate was my redpill). I suspect some of what Jeremy says to be true about Ian (that he enjoys clout and attention) but I feel the reason for him joining this side of the culture war to be reasonably sincere, as he was one of the very few games journalists to apologize for his part in GG. In any case, no need to put him up on a pedestal.

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citrouille 4 points ago +4 / -0

If it makes you feel better, remember that we're at war. Dissension in the ranks can often fester into something fatal. Even loyal soldiers can get caught up by it from time to time, especially considering the enemy is launching an all-out subterfuge attack at present. I know I'm pretty much taking it easy and I'm just some lurker.

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