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Michael I asked you to give me specifics, not a link. Name, place and date. As I expected you didn’t deliver. I looked at that page and lo and behold…you’ve wasted my time. I read the link you referenced and NONE of those mentioned the arc of the covenant. I could not have been more clear. I never asked for a list of those raised from the dead.…[Read more]

That is still a long string of words…which do not remotely answer my question. I’ll put it as clearly as I can:

I need a CONCRETE EXAMPLE. Not an explanation, not an anlysis. Give me the NAME and TIME of a specific person who was raised from the dead BECAUSE of the ARC.

michael17 wrote:
living oracles of God
Yikes. they heal the sick, cleanse the leprer and raise the dead Could you give a concrete example of this? Christianity must put up or shut up. Without the day to day events descibed in the Book of acts continuing in the present no church has any legitimacy. The only excuse that I accept is the “body” has…

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michael17 wrote:
I don’t believe anyone that says they are.

Why would you doubt someone who was indoctrinated into a religious cult, slowly came to their senses and drifted away from it (or cast it a way) and then find themselves drawn back to it (even possibly more devout than before). This happens every day. If they say they are born again, t…[Read more]

The average American does not trust government

Paranoia seems to be a way of life for many people indeed. They are the last people who should have weapons of murder from a distance.

I often grab a gun when just wandering around my property, I have shot 6 foot long rattlesnakes.

In some Canadian provinces you are allowed to have certain guns in…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
I think it may look like Americans are crazy with this gun thing.

I don’t think Americans are crazy in this sense. But the average citizen is as deluded as a typical Christian is. Delusion is repeatedly doing the same thing over and over again expecting one result when it is always the other result. The illusion that the general…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
If your home is under assault by a band of bad guys, you’ll wish you had a fully automatic weapon

No. No I wouldn’t wish it because having a loaded weapon in your house increases the likelihood of someone getting shot, something which usually has nothing to do with a gang of guys entering your house and bringing out  a gun may in…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
When one posited “solution” is to give teachers extra pay to become trained in firearms then you know the problem is not even understood and nowhere near being properly addressed.

Solid evidence that these people have gone beyond gun-insanity….into “totally losing their brains”. Arming teachers…under the micro…[Read more]

Bellen wrote:
I know it’s not “all about mental health.” I am saying it’s all about having no stable family.

Sorry…this is neither the case. Some terrorists and murderers come from stable families (hence their brothers and sisters who turned out fine). And people from broken families become policemen and first responders who work to counter…[Read more]

Belle, I think you have made an important point. Western countries don’t invest enough time and resources into mental health. And the USA, with its lack of universal health care, and in many states, barely funded social programs…that Americans (especially poor ones) are hit the hardest by it. As well as their families. And that those constantly…[Read more]

The bedrock reality beneath all the faux pearl clutching and non-debates is the fact that sale of lethal weapons, from Saturday night specials to nuclear devices, is one of the most lucrative enterprises known to humankind. The ultimate explanation was given by Bob Dylan long ago: “We’re idiots babe. It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves.”

Some people go:

Hey you can have guns responsibly…it happens all over the world. In most Canadian provinces you can have a gun just as you can drive a car. Only you have to demonstrate your ability to use it, be knowledgeable about each weapon and the risks involved and keeping it in your house, have a gun safe, submit to inspections, no se…[Read more]

@Bellen – Neil Carter wrote a great rebuttal to Matt Walsh’s idiotic yoga is demonic rant. He makes an excellent point therein:

Most of all, they [churches] need you to be uncomfortable in your own skin. It’s imperative, because if you feel fine the way you are, you won’t buy what they’re selling. I believe that is a huge part of why the churc…

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Karma is a perpetually undefined term. Even the broadest meaning of the concept is extremely different per Hinduism vs. Bhuddism. But that aside almost no one gives a single definition and methodology that can stand up to scrutiny. Major problems include:

The problem of bad results vs. bad intentions. One persons suffering by x is another persons…[Read more]

There’s more cheery news, courtesy CNN:

CDC to slash global epidemic prevention programs in 39 of 49 countries
(CNN) The former chief of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the decision to cut 80% of its epidemic prevention activities overseas could pose a grave danger to the United States because it “would significantly…

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