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Shaman
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2018 Nov 13, 9:53am
Shaman
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2018 Nov 13, 9:53am
marcus says
Trust Marcus to come to the wrong conclusion all by himself! No, Marcus, you’re wrong! In fact, touting one’s own virtues is in itself UNvirtuous! People who do this on the regular are known colloquially as “douchebags” and nobody wants to be around them. This attitude is backed up in culture and religious traditions in the West.
Some relevant passages from the Bible:
“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”
Matthew 6:5-6 KJV
“But when you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing [give in complete secrecy],”
MATTHEW 6:3 AMP
This attitude is firmly ingrained into Western Civilization, after a couple thousand years of widespread Christianity.
I hope that clears up your question.
I can't help but wonder though if that has any connection with actually being less virtuous.
Trust Marcus to come to the wrong conclusion all by himself! No, Marcus, you’re wrong! In fact, touting one’s own virtues is in itself UNvirtuous! People who do this on the regular are known colloquially as “douchebags” and nobody wants to be around them. This attitude is backed up in culture and religious traditions in the West.
Some relevant passages from the Bible:
“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”
Matthew 6:5-6 KJV
“But when you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing [give in complete secrecy],”
MATTHEW 6:3 AMP
This attitude is firmly ingrained into Western Civilization, after a couple thousand years of widespread Christianity.
I hope that clears up your question.
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Patrick
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2018 Nov 13, 10:43pm
Patrick
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2018 Nov 13, 10:43pm
Liberals actually do lack knowledge of what conservatives believe:
https://quillette.com/2018/03/10/psychology-progressive-hostility/
“In all analyses, conservatives were more accurate than liberals.” Asked to think the way a liberal thinks, conservatives answered moral questions just as the liberal would answer them, but liberal students were unable to do the reverse. Rather, they seemed to put moral ideas into the mouths of conservatives that they don’t hold. To put it bluntly, Haidt and his colleagues found that progressives don’t understand conservatives the way conservatives understand progressives. This he calls the ‘conservative advantage,’ and it goes a long way in explaining the different ways each side deals with opinions unlike their own. People get angry at what they don’t understand, and an all-progressive education ensures that they don’t understand.
https://quillette.com/2018/03/10/psychology-progressive-hostility/
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MisdemeanorRebel
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2018 Nov 16, 6:36pm
MisdemeanorRebel
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2018 Nov 16, 6:36pm
Patrick says
Have to prepare for the abstract future. In sunny climes there is always something to eat.
High IQ is correlated with cold weather.
Have to prepare for the abstract future. In sunny climes there is always something to eat.
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CBOEtrader
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2018 Nov 19, 4:53pm
CBOEtrader
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2018 Nov 19, 4:53pm
marcus says
Why do all partisans sound the same?
dishonestly rationalizing beliefs that are based on emotions, ignorance and hate. I don't know, could that be it ?
Why do all partisans sound the same?
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HeadSet
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2018 Dec 3, 6:57am
HeadSet
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2018 Dec 3, 6:57am
Booger says
Since eating eggs is more against the hen's unborn offspring than against the hen itself, a better and more relevant quote is:
"You cannot be against eating eggs and pro-abortion."
Since eating eggs is more against the hen's unborn offspring than against the hen itself, a better and more relevant quote is:
"You cannot be against eating eggs and pro-abortion."
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curious2
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2018 Dec 3, 12:20pm
curious2
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2018 Dec 3, 12:20pm
HeadSet says
That depends on how they are produced. Farm fresh organic eggs are the best: significantly healthier than the refrigerated eggs you find in stores, and the chickens live much better than factory farm chickens. Try local farm fresh eggs; they are more nutritious than store bought, and they don't even need to be refrigerated.
eating eggs is more against the hen's unborn offspring than against the hen itself
That depends on how they are produced. Farm fresh organic eggs are the best: significantly healthier than the refrigerated eggs you find in stores, and the chickens live much better than factory farm chickens. Try local farm fresh eggs; they are more nutritious than store bought, and they don't even need to be refrigerated.
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I work with nothing but Liberals they make decisions to take servers off line because they think no one is using it. Because they were just told they need to set up paperwise.
Rather than checking if it would affect anyone taking a rarely used SQL server off line or if anyone is accessing those tables they just take it down. Then when you confront them that you need it, and ask why they didn't send out an email. They play the victim. God I miss when Conservative critical thinkers ruled the enterprise.