See, you have no idea what you are talking about.
Atheism towards the big "G" is denial of existence of The Supreme and Ultimate Reality. Atheists don't even believe in science.
You don't understand what you are saying. You have superstitious ideas about God.
The Supreme and Ultimate Reality. Do you deny this?
If someone defines themselves as an atheist to begin with, that is a clear indication of either some type of fetishization or a warning that everything they say can be discredited as being foolishness.
There is no such thing as an atheist. That isn't how it works. Atheists have a god. They have many gods. They are pagan. They are in denial of their gods because they are superstitious and don't understand what gods are. Whether or not they acknowledge The Supreme and Ultimate Reality, this is their God, The One True God of all.
"Don't worry Timmy, there is nothing to be concerned with. The truth is that there is no truth, there is no ultimate reality. You can be comforted to know that because there is no ultimate reality, the reality you are experiencing is not real. A lie isn't a lie, the truth isn't the truth, and you can now sleep peaceful in the emptiness of nonexistence. None of this is real. You aren't really dying, because there is no dying."
Oddly enough, if you were to believe this to be true, you would still be professing belief in ultimate reality.
If you say. "There is no God", you are sayin, "It is the ultimate reality that there is no ultimate reality."
Surely anyone who has even a basic amount of sense would find such a proclamation hard to believe, whether or not they assumed to understand what was meant or not.
Charity is the prescription here, and atheists have no appreciation for the amount of charity contemporary society gives them. There was a time when this sort of thing was a matter of survival. People who shouted out "There is no truth! The reality is that there is no reality!" were executed for screwing everything up. Of course, executing these people for screwing everything up was also screwing everything up, so the cycle goes on and on.
Charity is the prescription of Christ, if the atheists only knew.
"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."
This came out in the 1970s, and who does music like this?
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If we are talking about recorded music, I'm going to go with the 70s. Why? Because at that point, recording technology pretty much reached its peak. It was the best time as far as actually recording the sound of real instruments. Sound quality was perfected
After that, it all went downhill because the only place left to as far as sound production was synth and electronic sounds. I like music played by real people. I like instruments that sensitively respond to the instrumentalists touch. Triggered drums? Bullshit. Give me someone playing a real drum any day. I don't care if one person can program an epic symphony by themselves, I am more impressed with a group of musicians playing together and making music happen like that.
Part of what makes music fun for me is playing music. I like to play musical instruments, and I like the communication that occurs when you have a group of musicians playing together.
I think the 80s in particular is disgraceful, because so much music from the 80s would have sounded so much better if the record producers and business people weren't pushing so hard for the artists to use the "latest technology". I don't like robotic music that is devoid of soul. I like the nuance of the human touch. This is not something you can get when every time you hit a snare it sounds exactly the same as every other time you hit the snare.
In large part because of the money made during the 1960s, recording technology really hit its peak in the 1970s, and I think listening makes it really obvious.
That said, good music is good music no matter what time it was made. I love a lot of music from every decade.
"speciation due to natural selection"
Ok, so this is the evolution that you are talking about, eh? See, now we are getting somewhere. You shouldn't be so presumptuous. Besides that, when you insult me for not getting something you take as being easy to understand, that is just as much a reflection of your ability to communicate as it is my ability to comprehend.
You claim that speciation due to natural selection is a historical fact. What does that even mean?
I don't believe my position is wishy washy at all. It simultaneously respects freedom of speech and property rights.
If a press uses their property rights to deny usage of the press, others who think that is wrong can stop supporting them. Support a different press. Or get your own press.
Let the haters speak hate, I am not scared of them.
Really quite the opposite. It is an attempt to take art away from the artist and bring them to a more natural, primordial, and child like state. Let the universe do the painting for you.
Really, the artform is in selling the splatter paint art. These people are the real geniuses. Why do you know about any of this crap to begin with? People with way too much money throw their money at it. Maybe they have such a low opinion of everyone else that they see splatter painting as the best the lower class plebeians can come up with. Buying their finger paintings and sticking it to the fridge with a magnet is really the charitable thing to do.
Crazy people need to make a buck too, ya know? Some pretty good art comes out of crazy people.
Then there is splatter painting..... Sounds like some kind of side hussle a land sharking used car salesman would come up with. Surely some dumb rich schmuck would buy this canvas with my guacamole diarrhea splashed all over it. This painting really takes you to a place.
First of all, what determines whether or not something is ignorant or hateful?
Second of all, how is stifling the opinions of "religious people" a solution to "religious people" stifling the opinions of others? What determines what is stifling?
Third of all, how are you not answering your own questions? Maybe the type of reactionary attitude is the reason why all these things happen to begin with. React against a reaction against a reaction to something else? Lets just keep slapping each other back and forth. Maybe eventually someone will give up or get knocked out.
The central figure of my faith was someone who was sentenced to death for blasphemy. There is nothing in my faith that would even assume ever being in a majority position. It is well understood by me that I am living in a very pagan society. There is no compulsion in my faith. There is forgiveness of sins, and even blasphemy is forgiven. The faith I believe in is charity, and charity does not silence those who have different cultural ways of expressing things.
Is this what you see in the world? I say you are superstitious, prejudice, and the very people you think you are fighting on the side of are the ones doing what it is you are so revolted against. People who call for justice, not knowing that it is their call for justice that condemns them. It isn't God that damns someone, they condemn themselves by their own judgement. Mercy triumphs over judgement. The statutes of God are absolute, unbreakable, and perfect.
What can President Trump do on his own? Nothing. It isn't President Trump who is really doing anything.
That is why great leader needs your help. Join the movement. Be the hands and feet working to Make America Great Again!
Or you know, succumb to decadence and complain about everything while looking down on everyone for not being as enlightened as you. The world could use more of those people.
What is so important about this?
If The Truth stands apart on its own, of what benefit is there to attach partners to it?
The benefit is only for those who are too cowardly to address The Truth, and can now attack strawmen while pretending to attack The Truth.
Yet these idols will fall, as it is so rightly propesied...
"...except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
When the straw man is burned away, there you have The Truth, and this is what is really being disputed.
That is what this is fundamentally about. A war against Truth. Love The Truth or be cursed with strong delusion.
Let it be known that The Supreme and Ultimate Reality is God Almighty, and this is Eternally True. Men will scheme about, and they may fool many... But no one can fool God. No one can outsmart God. There is nothing hidden from God.
In real life, people shut you down for not cleaning up your language.
I'm certain that there are many who behave uncivilized in debate over the internet are either doing so because they lack real world experience or are so suppressed in their real world experience that they are inconsiderate of others when communicating online.
There are plenty of people besides who do not take online interactions seriously. They refuse to think about the consequences of their interactions, maybe even out of principle.
I am against censorship of the internet. I believe in the free press. The thing is, unless you own your own press you have to use someone elses press. You are not entitled to use someone elses press. They don't have to accept your money if they don't want you to use it.
People can complain about censorship all they want. I'm on their side. I don't think social media should censor. At the same time, I acknowledge they have the right to do so.
I say people should stop giving so much power and authority to these social media platforms. The internet is a lot more fun with many different websites rather than everything being consolidated to social media. Make your own website!
You know what is going to end up enslaving everyone? Showing preference to things because they are inexpensive and convenient. You don't just vote with a ballot, you also vote with how you spend your money. How you spend your time. Is it worth paying a little bit more because it helps support the local economy and keep it culturally distinct from the rest of the world? I think so. If nothing else, the production and business practices it sometimes requires to mass produce a product and sell it so much cheaper than everyone else requires unethical practices. Unethical practices are not always illegal. IN fact, many unethical practices are very legal.
For freedom of speech to work, people who are offended need to practice charity and forgiveness. If the offended don't truly believe in that spirit of free speech, they are simply exploiting those who truly do.
Oh, something will get done all right.
Death.... Decay.... Destruction....
That is actually what a lot of people are going for. You aren't going to get rid of those people.
A vote for anarchy is a vote for fire, and when fire takes office, the office burns!
The words you are using are invention too, that doesn't mean that there isn't something real that the words are referring to.
Satanism is the worship of self before God or the self as God.
This has always been the case throughout history, and even contemporary forms of satanism such as LaVeyism acknowledge this.
Maybe you don't know what you are talking about. You should consider that.
IF you understood what "The Supreme and Ultimate Reality" was, you'd realize the absurdity of ever communicating such a thing.
In fact, if you completely done away with saying "something is something else", I'm not too sure how positively that would effect the world.
It's just how things work. The thing is, Christianity addresses this issue with The Trinity. Why do the God deniers not see this? They are superstitious, and they feel smug in their ignorance when they find superstitious people who profess the faith without understanding it.
It doesn't matter how simple, plain, clearly, lucid, direct, or well thought out the method of communication.... It doesn't matter how perfect the image... A defiled heart will never see God.
Satanism is worshiping the self as an idol before God. It is a type of fetishism. Definitely pagan, which is the worship of created things as idols before God.
When I say God, I mean "The Supreme and Ultimate Reality".
A satanist is basically an atheist who is willing to admit that they take themselves as being their highest god. In contrast, an atheist who takes themselves as being their highest god would deny belief in any gods.
Where does Satanism come from? The deadliest of the capital vices, PRIDE
"For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
To say "Such and such" is "Something else" is inherently fallacious. The "is" in language is the equivalent in mathematics to an equal sign(equivalent to an equal sign.. lol). The reason why they don't teach this in schools is because it undoes all of their indoctrination.
"All affirmations are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true, false, and meaningless in some sense."
Now repeat this mantra over and over again until you figure out how "The Supreme and Ultimate Reality is God".
Unless you are either too stupid or uncreative to do so, of course.
Of course, the next joke would be that what one person thinks of being God is not the same as what someone else thinks of as being God.
The joke is that God isn't any of these things, God is The Supreme and Ultimate Reality as it Truly IS. As this is the case, the difference between creation and The Uncreated can be discerned.
See, identity is creation, it fundamentally has to do with creation.
God is what God is. The Supreme and Ultimate Reality is The Supreme and Ultimate Reality.
IF you believe that, great, but that still isn't what it really is.
If I say "I am a man", I might be a man, but if you take all the mens in the world, you'd see that they are all different. What ties us all together?
People can't even agree on that. Yet, it's how we make sense of things. Are any two of anything the same?
No, it is evident that they are not. Identity is made up. It is unhealthy to take it too seriously.
See, God chops through all this bullcrap like karate through boards. That is why God consciousness is so important. It is easily the best personal practice in every conceivable way.
I assure you, there are many out there who take what I am saying as a joke.
I am pointing to the greatest joke there ever was. The Cosmic Joke.
What is The Cosmic Joke?
The absurdity of expressing The Uncreated through the medium of creation.
It is certainly the joke I get the biggest kick out of. Why? Because it means a life more abundant.
Don't know what an alt reich is. Must be one of your prejudices or something, right?
You are clearly being prejudice.
Maybe people like you speak against Hitler so much because he's secretly a martyr to some national socialist bull crap you subscribe to.
Maybe Hitler is your hero, and you are just projecting. You did after all call me an "alt-reich" scum bag. What does that even mean?
Alternative realm? Are you saying I believe in an alternative realm? Obviously there is a disconnect between how you see reality and from how I see reality. Alternative realm? Clearly we have made different choices.
The choice I have made? To acknowledge God as being sovereign over all things. To recognize The Supreme and Ultimate Reality as The Highest Authority, The One Reality as it Truly IS. What do you do? You bow down to idols and prop up these realities as being some type of authority over Truth. Well, recognize that these little gods have been granted their authority by The big "G". What does that mean? It means I recognize The True Realm, The Kingdom of God. What is it that you are recognizing? The alternative. You bow down to vain mortal idols. Your faith in them is worthless, they are destined to rot, decay, and return to dust. They are alternatives to The Truth. They are lies!
Repent and believe, The Kingdom of God is at hand!
You say that I need to understand, but it is very clear to me that you have no understanding. If you had any understanding at all, you would not be so off the mark.
You may think you can kill The Truth, but one day you'll see that you cannot kill The Truth. You do not know The God of my faith, and you call for the crucifixion of my God with your uncharitable certainty.
"Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, and saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
And if the God of my faith is a man, why is it that it is written in scripture,
"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."
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You do not know my God, your babble is worthless. The God I believe in is The Supreme and Ultimate Reality, and this God is The One Who Saves.
There is no other God like this God, this is The One True God.
Definition of crazy
1 a : full of cracks or flaws : unsound
Certainly, are they not human?
It is fundamental to Christianity to actually admit this. Christians might be crazy, but who else is actually admitting that they are crazy?
"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."
What makes something pagan?
You are still looking at created things. The Supreme and Ultimate Reality is not a created thing. These outward manifestations of religion are cultural things. True Religion is relationship with The Supreme and Ultimate Reality.
You are still stuck in these cultural trappings. If you understood The Way, you would not be making this fallacy.
There are many gods, and these gods come and go. They are contingent existences. The One True God is not a contingent existence, it was, is, and will forever be. These cultural things you speak of depend on people to exist. God does not depend on people to exist. Only The Supreme and Ultimate Reality is
The God I speak of is the God of scripture, and the God that these scriptures testify of. You do not recognize this God because you are staring at the finger instead of looking in the direction it is pointing.
None of these created groupings and labels can really express just how absolutely true the God I speak of is. No created language could ever hold onto the essence The Supreme and Ultimate Reality.
To those who have been gifted by The Spirit of Truth into sight and comprehension, The God I speak of is the evident and necessary Truth.
"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption"
"All people created equal"
The heart of the is of identity fallacy must have something to do with this declaration.
Eliminate discernment, and all things are equal.... As soon as you start to discern, inequality is innate in the action of discerning.
Believe me, there are people with great influence in the world who look at the people as cattle, and they have no more a moral qualm about eating the flesh of cattle than you do.
If you want the majority of humanity to be swallowed up by the robots, ban discrimination and allow power and authority to be concentrated in the hands of a few hell bent on doing the things they do to ENACT JUSTICE as they have been led to believe or have declared.
Maybe it is already happening. Maybe it is has already been done. It is finished. It is perfect.
The Sovereign over all is God, The Kingdom with dominion over ALL creation.
Religion: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith
Principle: a comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption
Atheists clearly hold to the assumption that God doesn't exist with ardor and faith.
Atheism is a religion, and clearly a stupid one when you accept that God means "The Supreme and Ultimate Reality".
If you don't accept this as God, you might as well just be smashing stone idols, because you aren't even talking about The God of my faith. You aren't talking about The God that is recognized by the theologians, apostles, disciples, prophets, priests, teachers, monks, pastors, scriptures, saints, etc of the religious traditions acknowledged by what according to statistics is 76.8% of the population at least profess!
Denying God is clearly an error, and it is an error undeserving of charity. There is no escaping it, denying The Supreme and Ultimate Reality is clearly an error, and when you deny God, this is what you are denying.
Atheism is a stupid position. It is wrong. The definition of atheism would be a lot more clear if it was "wrong", because that is fundamentally what it is. Atheism is "wrong", and God is
The Truth.
Let it be clearer than anything else. The Truth stands clear apart from error. The God deniers stand on no ground, for The God they deny is The Supreme and Ultimate Reality.
Denial of The Holy Spirit, The Spirit of Truth can not be forgiven. IS this clearly not cancerous? It destroys itself. It is a house divided against itself that cannot stand. A dog with rabies. A rotting corpse.
Salvation is only through Through The One True God, and this can be witnessed through The Word and The Spirit of Truth.
Be not blind, but see, and be a witness to The Glory of God Most High!
To believe God is to believe that there is a Supreme and Ultimate Reality.
You don't believe in God because you are wicked and trying to usurp the place of God. You will fail spectacularly, and die in your sins.
You attack created things because even you know how stupid your position is. You attack created things because they are not God. You have no argument against God that can stand, because to argue against God is foolishness, and even you know this.
Even before the bronze age, there were people who understood that God is The Supreme and Ultimate Reality.
No, beliefs aren't facts, but God is a fact. It doesn't take a technologically advanced society to figure this out.
If you recognize God, no technological miracle or magic trick is going to fool you into denying God.
Atheists deny gods, that means they claim to not believe in rulers or forces of nature that have dominion over them
Atheists deny God, that means that they claim to not believe that there is a Supreme Being, or Ultimate Reality.
The problem with atheists is that they learn how to be atheists from atheists. Atheists are clearly not a reliable source of information about anything, because that worldview is inherently self defeating and patently ignorant to anyone who knows better.
Personal whim is the god of the atheist, and they deny even this god because they are haughty and blinded by their pride. They point the finger, accusing others of what it is they are doing. Maybe the people they accuse are doing what they are doing, but the difference is that people who believe in God acknowledge their sin while atheists are haughty and in denial about their own.
Atheism is a very superstitious position. Watch and see, all they can do is point the finger at others and dispute the meaning of words. They are lost. It is a foolish position.
Because they received not the love of truth, they have been cursed with strong delusion.
It would be better for atheists to humble themselves, repent, and believe the Good News. The answer is God.
Atheists don't like to hear this because their god is the self. They are self righteous, despite the fact that they don't even believe in righteousness.
The worst atheists are the ones who appeal to science. They are being deceptive, because there is absolutely nothing scientific about denying God. In fact, without God, there is no such thing as science. They will say anything to be justified in the eyes of others. They are men pleasers. They don't care about the truth. Wicked to the core.
Thankfully, God is merciful and forgiving. Grace is given to the humble, but the proud are resisted.
"Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, ‘This contemplative is our teacher.’ When you know for yourselves that, ‘These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities are praised by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to welfare & to happiness’ — then you should enter & remain in them."
Jesus said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God"
What is the noble eightfold path but a guideline for heart purification?
I do not see the two as being mutually exclusive. In fact, they are very complimentary.
Jesus is relevant to every religion. Jesus is the fulfillment of the law and the prophets. The church is Universal, and The communion of saints may include many who did not necessarily come from the Judeo-Christian/Western cultural traditions.
The Way transcends cultural trappings, and God is a light that shines in the darkness, even though the darkness doesn't comprehend it.
Religion is not God. True religion is relationship with God. The Way is sincerity of faith and charity. This is "skillful, blameless, praised by the wise; and when adopted & carried out, lead to welfare & to happiness.
Abide in Jesus, and you will fulfill the teachings of The Buddha.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one another.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning."
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Definition of "arbitrary" from Merriam-Webster...
1 a : existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
b : based on or determined by individual preference or convenience rather than by necessity or the intrinsic nature of something
2 a : not restrained or limited in the exercise of power : ruling by absolute authority
b : marked by or resulting from the unrestrained and often tyrannical exercise of power
3 law : depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by law
"From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."
What do you say conservatism is?
How is this different from what conservatives say conservatism is?
Do conservatives even agree on this?
Maybe conservative is such a relative label that it doesn't really mean anything. Maybe liberal isn't really much different.
These politics are clearly based off of identity fallacies. The natural result of this is that political discussion tends to look insane to anyone who doesn't buy into that stuff.
Why do you believe these people who claim to represent populations of people? Who elected them anything? Not me. They don't represent me. Who are you listening to? Not me.
Something about this just seems inherently oppressive.
