Logic is not prejudice...
Life is a cost-benefit analysis (for everything). If you believe the costs are low, and the benefit is high, you'll do it. If the costs are high and overwhelm the benefits received, you won't.
When God is involved the costs go up. Without God, the costs are what each person personally determines them to be.
Simple...cost benefit
No--I'm simply curious (nothing at all to do with your post) 😃
Was a serious question...
At some point the people are going to need to fight back...protests are fine, but will eventually dissipate.
If you're being controlled by violence, there's only one solution...
I did spend 65 grand on a Shotgun 10 years ago. I don't feel this bad but well, I don't like thinking about it.
1 BTC valued at about 600 dollars for one Browning A4 valued at the time at about 1500 dollars. Gun is worth may be 2K today. 🤷 we all learn in our time.
nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m says "we all get the price we deserve".
I say that we all earn the price we HODL to as well. #neverselling
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Ok, I'm curious...what shotgun is worth $65K?
GM Nostr!
Happy Thursday! Happy (and hot) coffee!
Gonna be a good day!
#coffeechain
Your belief about atheists is actually a pretty well studied bias, by the way. Here is just one example: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0151
And you also say 'God' and 'His rules' as if that is some clear definition or morality. Which god? There are thousands. Which rules? There are many different rules, even amongst the Abrahamic religions alone. Much rape and murder has been committed in the name of god. There are examples explicitly in the Christian Bible saying it is okay to kill people for reasons I and many Atheists would say is wrong. I think you're just biased like most people.
You also say there are some sane atheists, as if sanity is at play. Do you also think most Atheists are insane? I haven't seen any evidence suggesting that Atheisism or religion is an indicator of sanity. Insanity doesn't really accommodate things like morality, religion, or reason. You can't really measure the beliefs of an insane person due to the detachment from reality.
You seem to feel I'm predjudiced against atheists...I'm not.
I'm simply saying that there are 10 Commandments to live by--anyone can choose to follow them or not.
Atheists decide what is right based on their own personal views, and therefore atheists can give themselves permissions to do whatever they'd like without consequences.
Christians (and many other religions) do not condone murder, and there are consequences for those that choose to ignore God's guidance and go their own path. And those consequences do indeed serve as a deterrent.
You may (of course) be able to find and serve outliers as examples, but that doesn't change the fact that those believing in God (and living by HIs words) are less likely to commit crimes than those that only have to listen to themselves to determine what is right.
Individual moral relativism is not the answer...
Prima facie - and people in prison often come to change their outlooks.
If you believe in God, then you know murder is wrong. You can (of course) choose to go against God's word...
But if you do not believe in God, then there is nothing holding you back...the only person you answer to is yourself...and you may in fact give yourself permission to kill...
Your last set of videos has been amazing--you never see this on the US media...keep them coming!
Not sure what you can do at this point with all the military as well as criminals for hire...
I am surprised a bit that so many military support Maduro--don't they realize he cheated? Or are they just paid so much they don't care? Don't they realize they're hurting their neighbors and friends?
Well, if you'd like to be able to use it as a medium for exchange, then wouldn't it make sense that you could pay your taxes with it?
If so, wouldn't the Government need to receive it (and hold it)?
Granted, I'm not sure I like what I'm suggesting, but just thinking this through it would seem the Government would have to hold some?
Think that depends on locale...pretty much guaranteed to have a stranger say hi to you here, and strike up a conversation...if fact, it's kind of odd if they don't...
Oh agree completely--threre are indeed some sane atheists--and yet those that DO feel that it's ok to "murder death kill" (with apologies to Simon Phoenix) almost without exception do not believe in a higher authority...
At some point it comes down to whether you'd rather die than live under tyrrany--only then will people truly take action.
Venezuela may be at that point...
Complex topic for sure...
I think it comes down to a couple things:
a) Changes in society - people no longer really fear God (or live by His rules) so murder, rape, etc. are perfectly acceptable behaviors for those people
b) Given the above, then each person must weigh their options -- if you're comfortable protecting yourself, then rural / individual life makes sense. If however you're not, then being around others (i.e. city life) makes sense as you have to rely on them to protect you in the event of any attack.
Sad, but the real issue here is (a) and not (b)...
It can't really function as a store of value unless it can be exchanged for other things of value...
This is what needs to happen - the police are just "little guys" but if they start to realize their lives are the ones at risk for supporting a corrupt regime, that's when things will start to change.
Even if they're off duty--any policeman working for Maduro needs to be killed.
Sorry to be harsh, but revolution is the only way out now....
GM Nostr!
Going to be a beautiful day (starting of course with a hot cup 'o Joe)
Have to take all the scrap from the side of the garage to the recycler--always surprised by how much that old metal is worth.
(Wonder if they'll be willing to give me sats?)
#coffeechain
Thanks--keep the information coming!! Nice to have first-hand (and uncensored / unfiltered) information...
Ah...so at least you have an alternative...
Next question is wheter people will step up and challenge the police (those are the key - the people will need to make police realize that there is a personal cost to defending a fraudulent election).
I fear (like in the US) that most will not be willing to do so, and will settle for living under a dictator...
It's hard (very hard) to have a revolution...