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The Hebrew Bible makes it clear innumerable times whether explicitly or implicitly that the covenant between God and Israel has relevance for the gentiles and is actually meant to provide the "nations of the world" access to God. "ונברכו בך כל משפחות האדמה" was literally the first message communicated to Abraham. I can bring you similar examples from practically every book of the Pentateuch, prophets and writings if you so desire.
So the concept of an additional covenant revealed hundreds of years after the last prophets were active to deliver such a message is very questionable. Never mind that this covenant was composed in Greek a second or third language at the time for Jews many years after Jesus' life and death. Also, Jesus presented himself as a messiah for the Jews first and foremost. The concept of salvation for gentiles was a later development of Paul and the status of Jesus as the son of God was an even later development. My point is that an indeterminate monotheism without a flesh and blood mediator would be more relevant for the modern Christian. Such a mediator has no basis in the covenants described in the Hebrew Bible and also is more compatible with science and logic.
I'm just trying to understand why Christians insist on Jesus as a mediator when he's clearly not necessary...
China has a shrinking population. That's aging. To claim that it's "winning" anything is delusional. In this game there are no winners. This is a game of hyper consumption fueled by unbridled fiat printing and debt. Not to mention that practically all nation states are implementing the surveillance state model, not the least China...
Yes, seeing "art" "Art" and "ART" for the same category really grinds my gears. Not to mention the absence of any type of standardized hierarchy.
I think the solution to that would be to use dedicated relays (for each marketplace client or a federation of clients) that host products and these kinds of events in their entirety. Unless I'm missing something...
Yup, got to him through his father of "Machinery of Freedom" fame. Seasteading isn't an appealing idea though, but "charter cities" sounds interesting.
Neither do I. Not because I have anything against it - I just have no need for it. I use SN exponentially more than i use nostr (for Bitcoin [and general] news and content) so the zapping I do is limited to SN
Are you willing to give up your life to save the children of those who will thereafter rejoice in your death? Can you answer this simple question which accurately describes the situation in Gaza (and Judea, Samaria and other parts)?
They don't seem happy to you, because you're gullible and believe the theatrics they perform for western media, which is your only source of information on the topic. If you watch Arabic media you'll hear words of praise for their shahid children. And in the cases where they're really sad, it's only because the death of their child didn't result in the death of Jews. Yes, I find genocide revolting thus I find the actions of Hamas, Fatah and all the other "Palestinian" nationalist militant groups to be abhorrent and their supporters in the west to be bottom feeders and low lives. You're not being "decent", you're virtue signalling in the basest possible way
That's a faulty analogy. The correct analogy would be: if the police don't blow up the school, they will be blown up by the guy hiding out in the school. But it doesn't end there: those same children are gladly sacrificed by their families in order for that bad guy to blow up the police. Understand?
It's not obvious at all by the moral symmetry you present between the actions of the IDF and Hamas, Fatah, IJ etc. The minute you equate the IDF and Hamas you've already granted the latter moral legitimacy, which I find revolting.
You don't realize it (or maybe you do but are playing dumb) but to blame Israel for the death of Gazan children is quite literally defending those who are in reality the ones responsible for it (Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, PFLP etc.). You're the one who's gas lighting and deflecting by deliberately ignoring basic questions that would shed light on your motives...
You like to claim that but in actuality you refuse to condemn Hamas and their collaborators for the very thing you portray yourself to be concerned about...
Hey asshole, You can't even answer two simple questions I posed to you which would demonstrate how flawed the narrative you're trying to present is - and then you go ahead and put words into my mouth to make me look silly. Gtfo
You: Gazans killing kids OK. Israel bad.
Me: Think this through
You: No. I'll just continue gaslighting
Israel's "absurd" amount of influence on US politics isn't germane to the issue at hand. Why not post a story on Egypt's gross violations of human rights as it is also quite influential on US politics? The fact that you don't, just strengthens the claim that you have a specific agenda to defame Israel (latent antisemitism?).
Self serving or not, the accounts attest to clear facts which you eagerly ignore. Shame on you
So why present a one sided story just showing Arab casualties?
And factually the ceasefire was broken by the Gazans. The problem is that you're ignoring facts: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/416480
You forgot to mention that the Gazans had already broken the ceasefire (aka hudna) first, 3 days after it was declared. But don't let such minor details get in the way of your agenda of discrediting Israel.
That's great to have ideas and monetize them, but you can't expect to apply property rights to them. That simply goes against natural law. Ideas by nature are intangible and reproducible at no loss to its originator.
I believe in artists' rights to making a living but there are more practical, lucrative and natural law compliant ways to do so without copyright. Copyright law is a net loss to the economy.
Not in the physical world. And Jesus was a man of flesh and blood. To say that he was God is simply idolatry