Em Adespoton

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Cake day: June 4th, 2023

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  • To throw one more into the mix:

    “Left” and “Right” came from the UK parliamentary system where the representatives of the two major parties sat on the left and right side of the speaker of the house in the House of Commons.

    It just so happened that the ones on the right had conservative values (keep things as they are, don’t spend what we don’t have, local economy first, preserve traditional values) while those seated on the left had liberal values (let’s make things even better, spend for the future, improve the global economy, make life better for all our constituents).

    That was the starting point for what it’s all morphed into today.



  • It’s not that simple. Deterrence can be useful to minimize certain types of crime being normalized. But it’s not going to stop someone who thinks they’re going to be arrested no matter what they do, nor the person who truly believes they’ll never get caught, nor the person who commits the crime out of ignorance, nor crimes committed in the moment without considering the consequences.


  • So… these guys are rejecting Jesus’ teachings to follow pharasitical law?

    Or do they really plan to follow:

    • Love the Lord your god with all your heart, mind, soul and strength
    • Love your neighbor as yourself
    • Let he who is without sin cast the first stone

    Because the stuff in the Old Testament is the stuff that failed to accomplish its goal, which is the entire reason it’s included at all.

    Or are they planning a global literalist interpretation of Paul’s instructions to various people? So, take a little wine, don’t let women speak or be uncovered in public, nobody wears jewelry or makeup or perfume, no same-sex sex, no familial sex of any kind, no behaving in a way that may cause another believer to sin, donate regularly to the Christians in Jerusalem?