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- Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:17 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: ex-christian.net
- Replies: 59
- Views: 46482
Re: ex-christian.net
Welcome back TaT....Went by Starburst on here years ago when I rejoined I could not remember my e-mail or password so I joined as Under-taker...Been out of this religious debate for years now as I found it was a total waste of energy and time...Debating religion is pointless in my book its had to l...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:15 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: ex-christian.net
- Replies: 59
- Views: 46482
Re: ex-christian.net
I just mean loosely speaking, on the new political scales that go left to right (liberal to conservative) as well as top to bottom (between authority and liberty). The vast majority of ex christians there come out as liberal libertarians, left of center and about mid way down in the libertarian low...
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:52 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: Gerald Massey
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6014
Re: Gerald Massey
Cricket's.......FTL99 wrote:The fact is that Gerald Massey was very heavily peer-reviewed by the top Egyptologists and other scholars of his day. Most of Massey's work has been substantiated by modern Egyptologists independently.
Who Is Gerald Massey?
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:36 pm
- Forum: Current Events & History
- Topic: Today Infowars, Tomorrow Booktalk?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 36400
Re: Today Infowars, Tomorrow Booktalk?
<r>Yeah, it's ultimately their website, their "house." <br/> <br/> What there probably needs to be is more "houses," so to speak. If the web were inundated with similar competitive sites like youtube and such, there would be more pressure not to infringe free speech because if your competitor doesn'...
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 6:27 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: ex-christian.net
- Replies: 59
- Views: 46482
Re: ex-christian.net
The church in Australia is in retreat from its authoritarian background, especially since that pattern of conduct was proved to provide haven for paedophiles who have been exposed big time through a judicial commission which has resulted in a Catholic Archbishop being sentenced to prison and virtua...
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 5:58 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: ex-christian.net
- Replies: 59
- Views: 46482
Re: ex-christian.net
tat tvam asi, These things come to mind a bit due to your description of the ex-Christian site. When you mention "philosophical libertarian, completely voluntary perspective as opposed to dictated, forced and authoritarian" it prompts my mental snow-globe spinning again. First, I wonder i...
- Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:11 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: ex-christian.net
- Replies: 59
- Views: 46482
Re: ex-christian.net
<r>Yeah guys and gals, basically christianity has put a mental wrench on many people. If you stroll through the introductions and testimonies sections you'll read through a lot of ways in which the churches, their authoritarian influence from the top down, into individual families, has created much ...
- Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:14 pm
- Forum: Current Events & History
- Topic: Political Compass
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2254
Re: Political Compass
I also took a Pew quiz. The quiz can be taken here: http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/ They placed me with the New Era Enterprisers: This relatively young, economically conservative, Republican-leaning group tends to be relatively moderate on immigration and views about America’s e...
- Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:10 pm
- Forum: Current Events & History
- Topic: Political Compass
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2254
Political Compass
<r>I know there's been controversy about political compass, but have you guys taken a run at trying it out and seeing the results: <br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www.politicalcompass.org/test">https://www.politicalcompass.org/test</URL><br/> <br/> <br/> Your Political Compass<br/> <br/> Economic Left...
- Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:02 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: Only One Way To Heaven
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11727
Re: Only One Way To Heaven
I've actually spent some time on this one. Watt's video that I posted way back when outlines the book of John and the context of where this, "no goes to the father but through me," comes from. When you look it all closely it comes from a very mystical context. Jesus is identifying with god...