Red Nemesis
The Blind Critic
when it comes to the actual arguments regarding star wars again you fail to understand that this isnt a contest and that as equals we should just agree to disagree like repsonsible adults...not like children who need to feel like they won a petty disagreement.
Adults talking about a thirty year old franchise that caters to prepubescent children. Got it.
third of all you called me a man of crap when my screen name is man of christ....a 4 year old could detect that you intened to take a stab at my religion.
No, a four year old could not tell that, because that is absolute
bullshiit. The jab was a play on your name, in the same way that I might call Gideon "
Gaydeon," Slash KMC "
Gay KMC," or TrueJedi... wait for it... "
Spoiler:
stoopidJedi
."
That the portion of your name that was mutated in the service of humor is a pillar of your faith has nothing to do with prejudice and everything to do with that higher calling: wordplay.
christianity doesnt promote genocide and slavery but you are unfamiliar with the bible so im not suprised you think so
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Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I am driving out from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst. But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images (For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.)"
Exodus, Chapter 34, verses 11-14
"You will chase your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you. Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the sword before you. For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you. You shall eat the old harvest, and clear out the old because of the new."
Leviticus, Chapter 26, verses 7-9
""Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japeth live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave'. "
Genesis 9:25-27
"If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for only six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom. If he was single when he became your slave and then married afterward, only he will go free in the seventh year. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife will be freed with him. If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they had sons or daughters, then the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master. But the slave may plainly declare, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I would rather not go free.' If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will belong to his master forever."
Exodus 21:2-6 NLT
and 2 last things.....1) to say that someone only deserves to be respected when they agree with you is to say that you dont believe everyone is equal...and that is a mentality that has led to racism and sexism which i am sure that you do not want to be associated with.
w8wut?
Premise: If someone is equal, then they deserve to be respected.
Contrapositive: If someone is not equal, then they do not deserve to be respected.
Premise: Everyone is equal
Conclusion: Everyone deserves to be respected.
You're saying that Stalin (dodged a Godwin there!) deserves to be respected the same as Ghandi? Ghandi is equal to one of the most oppressive dictators in all of history?
we are competitive by our very nature....even if we didnt have religion we would still have something to fight about...im sure you have known a few atheists to be contentious as well....
Slash: Religion is the cause of a lot of destructive competition.
You: But non-religious people are competitive!
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Slash: Flamethrowers start fires.
You: But people without flamethrowers start fires too!
Religion, at least in the totalitarian form that figures so prominently in the history of civilization, is necessarily contentious. Absolutism tends to lean that way.
plus i think the social commentary behind the 2 part atheist episode in south park eloquently explains what i am trying to say....you know the episode where Dawkings gets involved with mr garrison...even though the nation became filled with atheists they still found something to fight over...so its not religion that causes these problems
yes but there are equally devastating motives that are non religous, like when native american were wipped out, it wasnt because of religous differences...
1. Yes it was.
2. For the love of baby Yahwe Jr. man! Spellcheck!
they just wanted out land, and look what happened...i would say small pox to us was just as devastating at least.
You seem to be using
words of some kind...
Am I wrong in this interpretation of the collection of symbols reproduced above?