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anon_cf6c6 says

Do you know the difference between the definition of "violence" versus "shootings"?

Sure-shootings are a very deadly form of violence.

LeonDurham says

anon_cf6c6 says

Do you know the difference between the definition of "violence" versus "shootings"?

Sure-shootings are a very deadly form of violence.

What about all the other forms of violence? Don't they count?

anon_cf6c6 says

LeonDurham says

anon_cf6c6 says

Do you know the difference between the definition of "violence" versus "shootings"?

Sure-shootings are a very deadly form of violence.

What about all the other forms of violence? Don't they count?

Sure they do. God could have prevented all of them, but did not bother to.
If I was God, I would have prevented them all.

Strategist says

Tenpoundbass says

I hope they succeed.

Why? This is the nuclear family unit. I surely hope the left is defeated. Doesn't mean I go to church every Sunday but I have no problem with the nuclear family. It's essential for the well being of any country.

mell says

Why? This is the nuclear family unit. I surely hope the left is defeated. Doesn't mean I go to church every Sunday but I have no problem with the nuclear family. It's essential for the well being of any country.

Here's what I mean. Churches should be built and paid for by those who want to use it. Why make everyone pay for them through tax write offs?

Strategist says

mell says

Why? This is the nuclear family unit. I surely hope the left is defeated. Doesn't mean I go to church every Sunday but I have no problem with the nuclear family. It's essential for the well being of any country.

Here's what I mean. Churches should be built and paid for by those who want to use it. Why make everyone pay for them through tax write offs?

Sure those write offs are debatable. However Christian church has done more good than bad hands down for society.

mell says

Here's what I mean. Churches should be built and paid for by those who want to use it. Why make everyone pay for them through tax write offs?

Sure those write offs are debatable. However Christian church has done more good than bad hands down for society.

Could be debated. I have no doubt helping the poor etc is a good thing. However, the harm religion does is not treating everyone as equal (gays). Forbidding the use of contraceptives. And the greatest harm to society, being anti science. Teaching creation instead of evolution prevents many capable people from becoming scientists, researchers and what not. Who knows, but someone who was taught creationism could have discovered the cure for cancer, if only they were taught real science.
The single biggest cause of holding up progress is religion.

mell says

Strategist says

mell says

Why? This is the nuclear family unit. I surely hope the left is defeated. Doesn't mean I go to church every Sunday but I have no problem with the nuclear family. It's essential for the well being of any country.

Here's what I mean. Churches should be built and paid for by those who want to use it. Why make everyone pay for them through tax write offs?

Sure those write offs are debatable. However Christian church has done more good than bad hands down for society.

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Strategist says

mell says

Why? This is the nuclear family unit. I surely hope the left is defeated. Doesn't mean I go to church every Sunday but I have no problem with the nuclear family. It's essential for the well being of any country.

Here's what I mean. Churches should be built and paid for by those who want to use it. Why make everyone pay for them through tax write offs?

This is an important question and needs a longer answer than I can provide. But, religions exchanged free political speech for tax benefits. Maybe it was forced on them even.

Strategist says

mell says

Why? This is the nuclear family unit. I surely hope the left is defeated. Doesn't mean I go to church every Sunday but I have no problem with the nuclear family. It's essential for the well being of any country.

Here's what I mean. Churches should be built and paid for by those who want to use it. Why make everyone pay for them through tax write offs?

This is an important question and needs a longer answer than I can provide. But, religions exchanged free political speech for tax benefits. Maybe it was forced on them even.

Strategist says

mell says

Here's what I mean. Churches should be built and paid for by those who want to use it. Why make everyone pay for them through tax write offs?

Sure those write offs are debatable. However Christian church has done more good than bad hands down for society.

Could be debated. I have no doubt helping the poor etc is a good thing. However, the harm religion does is not treating everyone as equal (gays). Forbidding the use of contraceptives. And the greatest harm to society, being anti science. Teaching creation instead of evolution prevents many capable people from becoming scientists, researchers and what not. Who knows, but someone who was taught creationism could have discovered the cure for cancer, if only they were taught real science.
The single biggest cause of holding up progress is religion.

Pah-leeeze. That is absurd. Plus, I've got a great movie for you to watch and then come back here and spout your bs. It's called..."God is not dead". It may be available on Netflix.

God not being in school created a void. Take a guess who/what filled that void.

WineHorror says

Could be debated. I have no doubt helping the poor etc is a good thing. However, the harm religion does is not treating everyone as equal (gays). Forbidding the use of contraceptives. And the greatest harm to society, being anti science. Teaching creation instead of evolution prevents many capable people from becoming scientists, researchers and what not. Who knows, but someone who was taught creationism could have discovered the cure for cancer, if only they were taught real science.
The single biggest cause of holding up progress is religion.

Pah-leeeze. That is absurd. Plus, I've got a great movie for you to watch and then come back here and spout your bs. It's called..."God is not dead". It may be available on Netflix.

A movie that attempts to prove Bible fairy tales are real. No thanks.

WineHorror says

God not being in school created a void. Take a guess who/what filled that void.

Science and evolution.

Strategist says

WineHorror says

Could be debated. I have no doubt helping the poor etc is a good thing. However, the harm religion does is not treating everyone as equal (gays). Forbidding the use of contraceptives. And the greatest harm to society, being anti science. Teaching creation instead of evolution prevents many capable people from becoming scientists, researchers and what not. Who knows, but someone who was taught creationism could have discovered the cure for cancer, if only they were taught real science.
The single biggest cause of holding up progress is religion.

Pah-leeeze. That is absurd. Plus, I've got a great movie for you to watch and then come back here and spout your bs. It's called..."God is not dead". It may be available on Netflix.

A movie that attempts to prove Bible fairy tales are real. No thanks.


I certainly can't force you to watch the movie but close your mind, it's yours to do with as you wish.

Strategist says

However Christian church has done more good than bad hands down for society.

I am not sure. I am from part of the world where 50% of the population was "crusaded" in 1200's in Northern Crusades (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Crusades). Prussians were all but wiped out because they were Pagans. After Crusades, health and well-being of surviving locals was worse than before for several hundreds of years according to archeology. The argument I hear from religious individuals is basically that I should listen to Christian ideas and not look at what they did, e.i. advice goes contrary to advice in their Holy Book and is similar to what Muslims say these days. Not All Muslims, Not All Christians, etc.

At first I thought the nuclear family portrait was the one from "The Man in The High Castle."

WineHorror says

God not being in school created a void. Take a guess who/what filled that void.

MAGA and Winning ?

drB6 says

I am not sure.

I imagine there are a lot of altar boys that would agree with you.

Strategist says

Churches should be built and paid for by those who want to use it. Why make everyone pay for them through tax write offs?

Churches are built by worshipers.
Not paying taxes is not the same as making "everyone pay" for building churches.

georgeliberte says

"The Man in The High Castle."

An Amazon Series no Amazon inferred that the Nuclear family are Nazis that's why I don't have anything Amazon in my home.

There should be huge difference in you automatically thinking a Christian family is a Nazi and Amazon's programing of it.

WineHorror says

So then, God, why did you encourage so much rape and murder for thousands of years in the Old Testament?

This OP is wrong. Things like school shootings happen because people have free will. God doesn’t interfere with that, but lets us reap the rewards or negative consequences of our choices. It’s all very simple. It’s amazing that more people don’t understand this.

I like science fiction too!