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https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/reflections/an-intellectual-code-of-conduct-part-1 Excerpt " When facing a challenging or rude opponent in an argument (whether in person or on the web), it’s all too easy to let anger, pride, and bad logic rule our conversation. But intellectual sloth...

An excerpt from the Wikipedia link " [Victorinus's Commentary on the Apocalypse] is interesting to modern scholars as an example of how people in antiquity interpreted the book of Revelation. Victorinus sees the four animals singing praise to God as the [four] Gospels, and the 24 elders seated...

Why doesn't Bob teach against masturbation?

Nobody 'worships' Mary Leatherneck.

iow a 'drive by' post you weren't prepared to defend.

Bye.

Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: "Of the same body" as whom? What is "His promise"?

Nothing is "immune from corruption", and I never suggested otherwise. What I challenged you to show is that political situations where they do not practice the liberal institution of separation of powers are less corrupt than ones that do. You cannot do that, because it is not true. In...

What do you mean by saying that each separate branch is "supposed to be self-regulating", when the separation of powers is all about each branch regulating the others, through checks and balances?

That would be germane if any Apostolic tradition actually made the Word of God "of none effect"! In fact it corroborates the written Word.

1. Not when it's Apostolic oral tradition. That's most valuable! 2. The four Gospels were Apostolic oral tradition before they were written down!

Sure.

Then I repeat: If you boys didn't want to talk about corruption why did you bring it up.

Literally no qualified credentialed biblical translators ever chose "logic" to render the underlying koine Greek word there. Why not? If it were at least not unreasonable then at least someone would have selected "logic" like you have here, but nope. Meaning it's unreasonable to suppose that...

The person holding the "White Power" sign is NOT a racist!

It was enough to get me to respond to your claim, suggestion, implication, accusation that the separation of powers is more responsible for corruption than other more unitary political situations. Yes.

So now pagan Native American deities can be added to the list of entities with more rights than unborn human babies. Plain.

President Trump made some good choices.

Nope. I mention vaccines because most people who do die from covid do not have vaccines. I am not twitter, but I do know that they recently banned a user who developed the vaccines, and who has broken away from the other scientists and doctors who developed them, and as far as I can tell, he...

If you boys didn't want to talk about corruption why did you bring it up.