Lars

Earle Sanborn wrote:
What has tipped me to strong belief regarding the God of Abraham is the documented evidence of fulfilled prophesy.

I won’t mention the fact that your interpretations of these prophesies are beyond highly dubious. I will mention that most of the biblical prophesies never came true (nor cannot possibly ever come true due to…[Read more]

I cannot think of a single moral system that doesn’t result in answer YES. If you asked “is it wrong to feed cats a vegetarian diet” then you’re on a lower consensus among moral systems ground, some will result in no. But responding to “is not feeding an essential diet to a domesticated animal a form of animal abuse”? Obviously. I mean…it’s v…[Read more]

Pope, just because you cannot relate to the offense…doesn’t mean it’s not offensive. you cannot always choose to feel offended…and there is nothing wrong with that. Men towards women or heterosexuals towards homosexuals also make comments which may not seem offensive, but when repeated endlessly…a small one will eventually trigger a deep…[Read more]

Against the odds is probably a better description, but it doesn’t convey as much emotion as the term ‘miracle’. And there’s no antonym for ‘miracle’ that I can think of.  It’s a bloody miracle I didn’t miss the train the other day, seeing as I left it to the last minute to leave.

The cave boys were rescued. Lots of people get rescued, but don’…[Read more]

Indeed Reg. 180 Japanese people drowning in flooded water. The miracle is the shocking awesomeness of God doing something good for people, saving their lives at the last moment or bringing them fortuitous luck against the odds. The bad luck stuff…that’s God working in mysterious ways (or maybe they didn’t pray enough).

A very badly timed death,…[Read more]

All right. I missunderstood your earlier reply.  Yeah I agree with your examples of shopping malls and the police etc.

Despite showboating Canada, that isn’t to say the country is necessarily better. The United States really does offer more opportunities especially in the business world, but also with some higher education, research and de…[Read more]

If it’s an insult, I’m sure it’s not intentional.

Just as when an atheist is likely to die from cancer and people tell you they are praying for you and its all in God’s hand…is quite similar. Even when you ask them to stop they keep doing it. It may not be intentional but it is still demeaning to many and grossly offensive to others.

Poitically, socially and per globalism Canada is immensely different from the United States. Heathcare was insitutionalised decades ago, the state gives generously to the disabled, single mothers and many other groups needing help. Job security is more protected. You are usually helped by the government if having a full income is unlikely.…[Read more]

had a serious distaste for a central governments

This is America’s slight strength and biggest weakness.

And yes the republicans work the system

Because of the over-representation of rural areas with an overwealming traditional conservative world view, it means the democrats have to fight much much harder to win. The republicans don’t necesarily w…[Read more]