How did you come to the conclusion that the Christian Bible (and which version anyway, Lutheran?) teaches true doctrines but everything else is false?
If I wanted to understand some historical event I would consult all of the documents of the time + the most recent and comprehensive historical analysis. I would not assume to start that some documents were correct and others false, but only come to such a conclusion comparing each to objective facts as best I understand those.
trying to figure out context by ignoring context
Wasn't Pontius Pilate the Roman governor (ie dictator) of Judea?
So far as I can tell "Emperor" is basically a euphemism for "King", which various societies have had severe phobia about.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/emperor
The Roman emperors took the title of "Imperator" meaning something like "conquering general" because the Romans might have revolted if the rulers took the title of "Rex" (King).
The concept of "Empire" is a later invention that the people of that time would not have used.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/empire
The etymology is literally 'an area which is ruled', which Pilate's central role seems to establish.
So, I think you are playing a word game rather than thinking clearly.
Moreover, if you understand how the Roman governorship worked you see clearly that the Romans could never have crucified Christ. Once Pilate declares him innocent it would be murder to crucify him anyway.
A Nordic central banker told Varoufakis: "There is no scenario that ends well."
The time horizon: 12–18 months, in the worst case weeks. For example, with a new BRICS currency or a geopolitical shock.
According to Varoufakis, those who are supposed to prevent the collapse have admitted one thing: They have no plan. https://x.com/PaulGoldEagle/status/2006898343990153629
No plan is possible in the long run
(to preserve the ability of central bankers to print linen strips and receive real goods)
It's not about melanin
It's about kinship
I think this is only partly true.
If you are slow to learn, because you require high conviction, then you should also be slow to discard beliefs (because you required high conviction).
If you are fast to learn, you should be fast to discard beliefs.
Faggots definitely exist; they choose faggotry.
They aren't "gay people". "Gay" as some inborn personality trait is a psyop.
Do you believe in transsexuals, too?
Are there women running around who are really women but used to really be men?
Get a grip
"Gay people exist in real life"
I don't believe that.
I've had too many experiences with "gay" men & women whose sexual orientation changes whenever an opportunity arises.
I think sodomy is a behavior, not a personality trait.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/democracy
This is what I am talking about
I don't believe the US Founders (or anyone else) have a natural right to restrict/remove my natural rights (or anyone else's)
Democracy = rule by 'the people' = rule by 'the community' = Communism
Both entail the other & both require denying individual free will (which is impossible)
US South same, also occupied by Yankees
I agree.
I think the greatness of Western civilization is our Greco-Roman heritage, not Judeo-Christianity.
The Dark Ages were thoroughly Christian, and the Renaissance was the product of Cicero and Aristotle becoming respectable within Christendom.
"wanting them all deported"
"your country doesn't have to spend so much on welfare"
If your country has the political will to deport, it has the political will to restrict welfare.
I don't think it's going to happen. Best bet is to live somewhere with low enough solar irradiance that it's not attractive to darkskins
Why should above-ground Platinum and above-ground Silver have the same total market cap?
Why is an Indian in charge of American cybersecurity ?
He's correct.
This is part of why I am not a Christian.
How will the judges adjudicate whether I'm marching or merely walking ?
I've become a nuclear doubter, to some degree of the concept in general but especially of the Japanese bombings.
Reports at the time describe symptoms inconsistent with radiation poisoning (ie acute symptoms acquired days or weeks after the bombing, when acute radiation should have decayed already) and patterns of destruction no different from conventional fire-bombings seen elsewhere.
I like free games because I can try all sorts of different things and don't feel bad if I don't like it
Currently I like these two on Android:
Alto's Adventure = Skifree meets Tony Hawk
Iron Marines = simplified Starcraft
I've also heard good things about various professionally made games which have a retail price, eg the Hitman puzzle game
The "Golden Rule" is hot commie bullshit.
I don't owe any of you anything.
From your own definitions
saving - setting something aside for the future
investing - expending resources/money in hope of a reward
either the resources are set aside (not expended) or they are expended
It really is black and white, it really is what I'm saying (although the exact wording is slightly different)
It's not about risky vs safe. It's about whether you choose to relinquish control.
It is within my control, not necessarily my possession.
With an investment you give up control of the resource itself.
Investment is sacrifice.
It's not savings because you don't actually control it, the consensus network does. If all goes well you can influence that network to deliver value to you in future, but that is true of all investments.
You give up control of an investment and rely on others to return the value to you (including mother nature)
You do not give up control of savings
Hence counter-party risk is part of the relevant distinction
Satoshi owes you some Bitcoin for maintaining his ledger. He will never, ever pay up. A pretty silly investment but it did have a lot of libertarian technerd hype around it.
yeah, more and more I view it all as a show
Not so long ago the full goldbacks were around $4
I think Nietzsche's ressentiment is a more enlightening explanation of the same problem
AI summary:
"Ressentiment, a concept central to Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy, is a complex psychological and moral condition characterized by a reactive, resentful attitude stemming from a perceived sense of powerlessness and inferiority.
Nietzsche developed the concept systematically in his work The Genealogy of Morals, where he identifies ressentiment as the foundational force behind what he terms "slave morality".
This form of morality arises when the weak, unable to directly retaliate against the powerful, channel their frustration into a moral framework that inverts the values of the strong.
Rather than affirming their own strengths, the weak define themselves in opposition to the powerful, labeling the latter as "evil" while elevating their own perceived virtues of humility, obedience, and self-denial."
In college I used OpenOffice rather than pay for MS Office
So far as I could tell, it was every bit as good
I'm not watching a 5-hour video
But I believe the Pentagon attack was an inside job and the twin towers were Israel taking advantage of the planned Pentagon attack
Some very good news: Reuters estimates that Ukraine's campaign of air strikes against Russia's economy has managed to take out 17% of oil refining capacity.
Not just oil and gas either: farming has been so badly hit that Russia recently put restrictions on bankruptcies of farming companies to try to slow down the collapse.
This has always been how Ukraine will win, and Russian violence will be stopped forever: accept that the "civilian" economy in Russia is a valid military target, and kill Russians and blow up their infrastructure until it collapses.
https://video.nostr.build/2533214e518282123dfaadd06df73ae75834afc1f73cdd30345206f579d3c698.mp4
Ladies and gentlemen, the "good guys"
I would but X won't let me make new accounts
it's a barrel with crackers (savory biscuits) in it
as to the restaurant chain, it's modeled after general stores of early America (especially the West), who would receive bulk goods in barrels
I think you could do this in a way that attracts a lot less attention
Hi-vis vest, ladder, bit of coarse sandpaper
water purification
gun ammo armor
seeds butter canned fish/meat
radio
coins
needle & thread
electricity generation
IDK for sure but I think it's some sort of bluetooth comms for cell phones without using internet
2% was the rule proposed by the central banker of New Zealand, but not as a target, instead as a limit that would provoke drastic action
And the only reason is because it's low enough they think they can get away with it
Do you have an opinion on the actual issue I'm raising?
The only solutions I see are 1) there's no such thing as right or wrong but only what works (which is probably libertarian but we can debate that) or 2) if there is such a thing as right or wrong, libertarians are right
there is no such thing as a Christian Libertarian, retard.
And libertarians are just the made-of-whole-cloth lapsed and manipulated christians of the modern world... having subbed an errant and utterly 'diaspora'd' alien heresy for the wisdom of their own fathers.
"Rand is more explicit about her Objectivist philosophy, which
views religion as a "primitive" sop to the feebleminded masses."
https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-06/budget-battle-pits-atheist-ayn-rand-vs-jesus
I think libertarians are "just" people who can think clearly about the following problem:
Your body will call to them, your every step jangling like a pile of poorly-guarded gold coins