What do you mean he didnt succeed? there is already churches dedicated to him..he must have been succeful
How can we get rid of our sinfulness?
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What do you mean he didnt succeed? there is already churches dedicated to him..he must have been succeful
well aj, who contolr sus then? god, or our own selves. what is this tree of knowledge..who planted it???
This is the kind of thinking that resulted in the development of political correctness - "Oh, we better not do this, that, or the other thing because someone will be offended." Gimme a break, there has to be room for a person to use a bit of judgement or discretion. Otherwise everyone would be hermits.
so, your point is that hitler was not an evil man? he was totally evil, dont you agree.
In my case, the answer to the question "How can we rid ourselves of sinfulness" (or however it's worded) is not to sin (or in my case, don't do things to bring irritation to others). Exercise a little self-control and only self-control, not control over others. It's easy.
You were what is now known as a "soft atheist" ( link ). IMO, one is either an athiest or not; no "grey" areas.
Not in my view. I think he was just nuts and only became a big deal because he escaped the squirrels.
Perhaps it did.
The whole point of a lot of things is "liberty". Saul of Tarsus ended up talking about it all the time once the cobwebs cleared from falling off his horse and he was pretty well anything BUT a libertarian. Libertarianism hasn't cornered the market on "liberty" although many of its pundits like to think so.
It doesn't matter what colour it is, a libertarian is still a libertarian. Its the same logical progression in every case. Freedom means free of government influence. Show me a libertarian who doesn't believe anything short of a laissez-faire dooms us to failure and you'll also be showing me an individual who hasn't thought their philosophy through to the end.
Being a self-professed minarchist you should be aware of that by now.
Minarchism. A benevolent police state controlled by a perfect effective constitution. The market will not only take care of itself but the planet as well for generations to come.
utopia. good luck with that.
Impossible. The glitch in the communist system is the same as that of capitalism - man exploits man.
Nuts. Having liberty means having the freedom to do as one wishes. The principle concept of libertarianism is to have the freedom to do whatever one wishes without having a deleterious effect on anyone else. Hardly likely to happen. But I think one must have some sort of thing to play with. And libertarianism sure as hell beats authoritarianism (its antonym).
In your opinion?
Yup. It's a toughioe, but fun to strive for.
I would tend to agree with you actually. We should be allowed to have this freedom. But, the PC environment we live in in Canada now would suggest otherwise, mind you. The freedom to do anything is preached, as long as that "anything" does not involve Christianity.
Which I do realize. Still, how nice it would be to have a society that actually lived as Jesus intended for us to live
Possibly, but i don't know if I agree with the idea of being an atheist. I can't help but wonder if inside there is a doubt.
My point was directed though at those who profess Christianity, or Catholicism if you prefer. In other words, if one belongs to the club, so to speak, one is required to abide by the doctrines, or rules, of that club.
And that sounds very wise. That is almost precisely how Jesus would have worded it, with the exception obviously of unity with God.