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Bible Party of the USA

 
 
Fatal Freedoms
 
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Reply Mon 10 Nov, 2008 11:18 am
@Volunteer,
Volunteer;62283 wrote:
What exactly are you afraid of?


Losing historical perspective due to political and religious pressure.
Fatal Freedoms
 
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Reply Mon 10 Nov, 2008 11:21 am
@Volunteer,
Volunteer;62284 wrote:
We are talking about adults. Are you seven years old? If not, why would you attempt to draw such a parallel?


It is an analogy my friend, learn it. I am merely pointing out some people's opinions are more well founded and educated than others. This is not grade school where everybody gets a prize so no one feels left out. The real world doesn't work like that.
Volunteer
 
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Reply Tue 11 Nov, 2008 08:33 am
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;62288 wrote:
Losing historical perspective due to political and religious pressure.


Worry about that when you have a history.

When we were staioned in the UK, my one of wife's professors told her the US doesn't have a history. His point was that our country was too young to have an historical perspective.

However, you are correct about not repeating mistakes of history.
Volunteer
 
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Reply Tue 11 Nov, 2008 08:37 am
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;62289 wrote:
It is an analogy my friend, learn it. I am merely pointing out some people's opinions are more well founded and educated than others. This is not grade school where everybody gets a prize so no one feels left out. The real world doesn't work like that.


My grade school did not give out prizes to losers. That's a current phenomenon.

To make a good decision, you need a good BS detector. You also need to have a nominal grasp of the facts from which to draw a conclusion. However, a good decision made when it can make a difference with possession of the most important facts associated with a probllem is better than a great decision made with 100% of the facts after the implementation can be effective.
Fatal Freedoms
 
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Reply Tue 11 Nov, 2008 09:12 am
@Volunteer,
Volunteer;62299 wrote:
Worry about that when you have a history.

When we were staioned in the UK, my one of wife's professors told her the US doesn't have a history. His point was that our country was too young to have an historical perspective.

However, you are correct about not repeating mistakes of history.


Because nothing has happened in 200+ years.

/sarcasm.
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Fatal Freedoms
 
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Reply Tue 11 Nov, 2008 09:13 am
@Volunteer,
Volunteer;62300 wrote:
However, a good decision made when it can make a difference with possession of the most important facts associated with a probllem is better than a great decision made with 100% of the facts after the implementation can be effective.


I don't understand what you are trying to get at.
Volunteer
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2008 06:08 am
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;62304 wrote:
I don't understand what you are trying to get at.


People must have a basic set of facts and values they use as a framework for their decisons. If they do not have these things, their decisons depend on a complex and lengthy decision process based on research into the issue at hand, surrounding issues and their ramifications.

If a person has a broad education, experience, and a world-view that facilitates incorporation of new data into a coherent whole, then they are better able to make rapid effective decisions than those who do not.

A rapid effective decision based on less information is better than a more methodical decision made after events have overcome the issue and may have changed the fundamentals.
Fatal Freedoms
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2008 10:32 am
@Volunteer,
Volunteer;62312 wrote:
People must have a basic set of facts and values they use as a framework for their decisons. If they do not have these things, their decisons depend on a complex and lengthy decision process based on research into the issue at hand, surrounding issues and their ramifications.

If a person has a broad education, experience, and a world-view that facilitates incorporation of new data into a coherent whole, then they are better able to make rapid effective decisions than those who do not.

A rapid effective decision based on less information is better than a more methodical decision made after events have overcome the issue and may have changed the fundamentals.


And who had this better than the founding fathers?
markx15
 
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Reply Fri 14 Nov, 2008 12:41 am
@Volunteer,
Volunteer,
Quote:
A rapid effective decision based on less information is better than a more methodical decision made after events have overcome the issue and may have changed the fundamentals.


But what if you have the time? and what "framework" are you suggesting?
Volunteer
 
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Reply Mon 1 Dec, 2008 01:43 am
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;62313 wrote:
And who had this better than the founding fathers?


What was the education of the "founding fathers" based upon? What were the values and nature of the society in which they developed to adulthoood and lived as contributing adults?

Where did they get their conceptual framework?

It could be argued that later generations have had the benefit of more information access than that of the founding fathers. The conceptual framework/world-view was and is the key.
Volunteer
 
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Reply Mon 1 Dec, 2008 01:48 am
@markx15,
markx15;62338 wrote:
Volunteer,


But what if you have the time? and what "framework" are you suggesting?


See the file at http://www.post-gazette.com/downloads/20020820sermon.pdf. Please read through all ten pages.
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Fatal Freedoms
 
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Reply Mon 1 Dec, 2008 06:44 am
@Volunteer,
Volunteer;62724 wrote:
What was the education of the "founding fathers" based upon? What were the values and nature of the society in which they developed to adulthoood and lived as contributing adults?

Where did they get their conceptual framework?

It could be argued that later generations have had the benefit of more information access than that of the founding fathers. The conceptual framework/world-view was and is the key.


You are going in circles my friend we have already discussed this.
Volunteer
 
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Reply Mon 1 Dec, 2008 08:37 am
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;62737 wrote:
You are going in circles my friend we have already discussed this.


I answered the question and you don't accept the answer. That doesn't invalidate the facts or the answer. Your lack of acceptance does not make one whit of difference to the situation today in which the Judeo-Christian culture and belief system is under systematic attack. If Christians and Jews do not organize and defend their beliefs in the public policy and legislative arena then they will become second class citizens in the country/countries that were founded on their values.

Most of the founding fathers were raised in a Christian society by Christian parents. Their formal and home education were based on the Bible and its contents.

Their (of some of them) later choice to abandon Christianity in favor of another belief like agnosticism or deism does not negate their upbringing or their acceptance or promotion of Judeo-Christian values through their development and adoption of the Delaration of Independence and Constitution. If you read the sermon at the link I provided to Markx15 you'll see a better explanation than I can give of the behavior of people who accept and use/abuse the freedom given by our Creator to all human beings while denying His existence or Word.
Fatal Freedoms
 
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Reply Tue 2 Dec, 2008 10:43 am
@Volunteer,
Volunteer;62739 wrote:
I answered the question and you don't accept the answer.


and I have already responded to that answer in a previous post.

Quote:
That doesn't invalidate the facts or the answer. Your lack of acceptance does not make one whit of difference to the situation


nor does your lack of acceptance that this country was not founded on specifically christian values.

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today in which the Judeo-Christian culture and belief system is under systematic attack.


http://ozatheist.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/being-oppressed.jpg


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If Christians and Jews do not organize and defend their beliefs in the public policy and legislative arena then they will become second class citizens in the country/countries that were founded on their values.


No they'd simply be equal to everybody else, no other religion has control of government except Christianity. We still have this thing called the "establishment clause" that prohibits religion from the government arena. I don't think you enjoy it if we put "there is no god" on our currency, so i would expect the same back in return. Christians and Christianity has always enjoyed a certain level of favoritism in government, to demonstrated this point try to enter public office by swearing in on anything other than the bible and you'll hear the public out-cry. No other religion has their documents in in the court-rooms (10 commandments?).

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Most of the founding fathers were raised in a Christian society by Christian parents. Their formal and home education were based on the Bible and its contents.


and MLK jr. was raised in a racist society.

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Their (of some of them) later choice to abandon Christianity in favor of another belief like agnosticism or deism does not negate their upbringing or their acceptance or promotion of Judeo-Christian values through their development and adoption of the Delaration of Independence and Constitution.


they can't negate their promotion of judeo-christian values becuase they never promoted it in the first place.


Quote:
If you read the sermon at the link I provided to Markx15 you'll see a better explanation than I can give of the behavior of people who accept and use/abuse the freedom given by our Creator to all human beings while denying His existence or Word.


He mustn't want us to believe in him to badly since he is in hiding.
Volunteer
 
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Reply Wed 3 Dec, 2008 10:10 am
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;62748 wrote:

http://ozatheist.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/being-oppressed.jpg


Atheists are your source? Sure, that's a real unbiased basis.


Quote:
No they'd simply be equal to everybody else, no other religion has control of government except Christianity. We still have this thing called the "establishment clause" that prohibits religion from the government arena. I don't think you enjoy it if we put "there is no god" on our currency, so i would expect the same back in return. Christians and Christianity has always enjoyed a certain level of favoritism in government, to demonstrated this point try to enter public office by swearing in on anything other than the bible and you'll hear the public out-cry. No other religion has their documents in in the court-rooms (10 commandments?).


You are making my point that this country and its institutions were founded on Judeo-Christian principles. It should remain so instead of being changed into a godless society.


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and MLK jr. was raised in a racist society.


What societal group supported his fight for abolition of racist policies in the USA? In fact, what societal group fought against racism long before MLK jr was born?

Every human society is racist in one way or another. What set of values other than Judeo-Christian accepts or establishes the equality of all humans?
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they can't negate their promotion of judeo-christian values becuase they never promoted it in the first place.

Really?
Volunteer
 
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Reply Wed 3 Dec, 2008 10:12 am
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;62748 wrote:

He mustn't want us to believe in him to badly since he is in hiding.


Open your eyes. This is meant in a literal and figurative sense.

Be careful....
Romans 1:16-24,
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek. For in it God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.
For God's wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth, since what can be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them. From the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse. For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

Acts 9:
“Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem. As he traveled and was nearing Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him. Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
"Who are You, Lord?" he said.
"I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," He replied. "But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the sound but seeing no one. Then Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus. He was unable to see for three days, and did not eat or drink.
Now in Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!"
"Here I am, Lord!" he said.
"Get up and go to the street called Straight," the Lord said to him, "to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there. In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so he may regain his sight."
"Lord," Ananias answered, "I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. And he has authority here from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name."
But the Lord said to him, "Go! For this man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel. I will certainly show him how much he must suffer for My name!"
So Ananias left and entered the house. Then he placed his hands on him and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, has sent me so you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
At once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized. And after taking some food, he regained his strength. “
Fatal Freedoms
 
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Reply Sat 6 Dec, 2008 06:02 am
@Volunteer,
Volunteer;62780 wrote:


Are you in all seriousness going to give me bible quotes? If it twas truly that simple then Christianity would be the only religion.
Fatal Freedoms
 
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Reply Sat 6 Dec, 2008 06:17 am
@Volunteer,
Volunteer;62779 wrote:
Atheists are your source? Sure, that's a real unbiased basis.


It isn't a source. It's an illustrated meant to show the ridiculousness of Christians who try to play the victims.


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You are making my point that this country and its institutions were founded on Judeo-Christian principles. It should remain so instead of being changed into a godless society.


Founded? I said nothing about foundation, I was speaking of how religion is treated today, which is as you know is quite different from our foundation. but surely you recognize how religious favoritism prevails in our society today.

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What societal group supported his fight for abolition of racist policies in the USA? In fact, what societal group fought against racism long before MLK jr was born?


If you are going to argue that people always believe the views of their society, this is one argument you will surely lose.

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Every human society is racist in one way or another. What set of values other than Judeo-Christian accepts or establishes the equality of all humans?


Humanism

If Christianity promotes equal rights so much why has slavery existed in western nations existed right up until the 1900's? If Christianity promoted equality so much why has the bible been used just as often to give people more rights as it has been used to take them away? The only thing you've established is that Christianity represents whatever it's believers want it to represent. What text commands people to "obey thy master" and to make women in a submissive role secondary to that of man's.
Volunteer
 
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Reply Mon 8 Dec, 2008 08:38 am
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;62849 wrote:
Are you in all seriousness going to give me bible quotes? If it twas truly that simple then Christianity would be the only religion.


There is no better source than the Word of God.
Volunteer
 
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Reply Mon 8 Dec, 2008 08:42 am
@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;62850 wrote:
It isn't a source. It's an illustrated meant to show the ridiculousness of Christians who try to play the victims.


You used an atheist organization as a source when you used their cartoon. I was referring to that act.

When someone attacks you or your family then denies it by ridiculing the idea that they could attack someone who is blessed and highly favored, they are being disingenuous.
 

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