Reg the Fronkey Farmer

Enco,

It seems to me you are conceptualizing determinism from the perspective of physics. The universe unfolds in a determined way so that were one sophisticated enough in terms of mathematics and positions and forces at any one point the universe 2 billion years hence would be precisely as predicted. But i doubt anyone has the knowledge to have…[Read more]

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-861227

Unseen,

This requires some elaboration, because if Jews lack free will (unlike antisemites) then they aren’t really responsible for their alleged crimes. I don’t recall Hitler or HAMAS saying anything like that. Quite the opposite, actually.

I doubt that Antisemites really think that they have free will either.

This is reflected in how the…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Two, Antisemitism in all of it’s forms, whether Theological, Racist, or Political, is a denial of free will on the part of Jews.

This requires some elaboration, because if Jews lack free will (unlike antisemites) then they aren’t really responsible for their alleged crimes. I don’t recall Hitler or HAMAS saying anything l…[Read more]

Enco, this is kind of long but it is a pretty cool vid in which Yasmine Mohammed interviews a Druze Israeli. If memory serves the Druze lady here dispels a lot of lefty/islamist lies and about the culture and history of Druze.

Hey Enco,

Thanks for your thoughtful response.

To touch on some of your points when i brought up the Christian concept of free will i was coming at it from a different perspective. But clearly you’re correct in the way you’ve approached it. The thing in the garden of eden does not exonerate the architect. I was thinking of a free pass given to…[Read more]

Reg and Jake,

There’s a strip of I-77 heading towards Raleigh that is sponsored by the American Druze Society. It looked like a clean strip of road, but I didn’t see anyone working out there. I chalked it up to them being so discreet. 🤫😁.

Further along, there was another strip sponsored by Jains. I wondered then how that could even be…[Read more]

Reg,

Given the gravament of the scandal, that video is just creepy. I shudder to think of what people can do with images like that!

Chat-GPT, it’s time for more briefing.

Jake,

I’m back, with a few thoughts on free will and how it relates to your postings.

One, the Greek philosophers, in particular Aristotle, Epictetus, and the Stoics, discussed issues of free will vs. Determinism centuries before and separate from Judaism and Christianity, so one can hold to free will independent of Abrahamic religion.

And…[Read more]

Yes, had a friend from Atheist Ireland in Dublin who is Syrian and lived among a mostly Druze population, before the Civil War.  She was working towards her Masters on a research team that analyzed the brains of people who died from Alzheimer’s disease. I (stupidly) asked her if she got much push back for being an atheist (having wrongly assumed…[Read more]

Reg,

Druze are overrepresented in IDF. And it would not surprise me if Israel ends up either annexing Suwayda Province in Southern Syria, creating a humanitarian corridor so that Druze have an escape valve or simply making Syrian Druze Israeli citizens. Druze women in Israel take full advantage of the educational opportunities and in general are…[Read more]

Yes, the first massacre was only a few months ago when the violence was sparked by a falsified audio attributed to a Druze religious leader, sparking anger among Sunnis who are easily offended enough to murder people. Israel even carried out targeted airstrikes to “protect the Druze”. Some of the Druze even serve in the Israeli army.

FYI – Dru…[Read more]

Al Jazeera and the Muslim Brotherhood can snicker in satisfaction knowing how successful their infiltration and proselytization of westerners towards spreading Islamism and their ultimate objective of a caliphate.

She is an ignorant student who knows the lefty narratives and is probably more intellectually curious than most students. Also…[Read more]

Tal Oran and a Druze Israeli are live describing an ongoing slaughter of Druze in Syria that has been temporarily halted or ameliorated by the IAF. They are comparing it to October 7 with one particular nuance in the way that the Muslims are expressing their religion of peace. So apparently male Druze have this custom of growing out their…[Read more]

@Enco  – Thanks… I have fixed it for the apologists 🙂

Reg,

Do apologists hate pigeons? Does the Trump administration hate penguins?

The video to the two links are one and the same.

Jake,

More on this later. This is a lot to digest.

_Robert_ wrote:
12.5% into his term and his dicklickers are done with him already? Felony convictions, grifting, tax evasion, rape, payoffs to hookers, labor theft, bankruptcies, pardoning criminals, taxation through tariffs, debt increasing, disobeying the constitution and rule of law, and an attempted coup were not enough. Lying about pedo…

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