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By: Ben 2

Ben 2 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:18:11 +0000

Concerning what Jesus is saying here, Christianity admits to having changed, up ro a point, from mosaic law. They don’t claim that they’ve got exactly the same thing as was given to Adam (Qur’an claim as I understand it).

By: ayashi

ayashi — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:29:00 +0000

I don’t know what it makes you, but at least you’re still alive to find out!

I also disagree with the concept that killing to protect your own life makes you a “killer”. That’s just putting the blame on the victing.

By: Hobbes

Hobbes — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:22:32 +0000

Aggressive economic benevolence has never been a sustained policy of any nation long enough to make significant changes within those nations fostering terrorism.

But, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying it would be a total cure, but I think if wealthier nations concentrated on eliminating deep poverty, and sustain it for decades, it would go a long way toward drying up the recruiting base for the radical right in any nation.

The cost of a fighter jet would buy a lot of tractors, fishing equipment, education, etc.

It’s so unfortunate that the US has now become just like nations we used to fight (domestic spying, torture, fear mongering, politization of all governmental departments, preemptive war, etc).

By: JohnnieCanuck

JohnnieCanuck — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:31:38 +0000

So the best way to protect oneself from those who would kill is to kill them first? What does that make you? And now that others know you are a willing killer, what should they do about it to protect themselves?

Amazing thing, the circle of violence. Once it starts, it is hard to make it end.

By: ticticboom

ticticboom — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:26:17 +0000

@Hobbes:

There’s only one way to stop someone who wants to kill you so badly that he’ll die to do it.

And it ain’t with ‘aggressive economic benevolence.’

Chamberlain and Carter tried that. The results were…suboptimal.

By: Poor Richard

Poor Richard — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:27:49 +0000

Hobbes et al:

As Ragged Rick always says, “The devil does exist literally, after all — who else could have thought up fundamentalism?”

By: Hobbes

Hobbes — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:46:07 +0000

Boiling intolerance down to its roots, do we not find fundamentalismÃ¢â‚¬â€the inability and/or unwillingness to reassess old ideas, and change with the advent of new evidence and ideas? Many believers have done this, but the fundamentalists simply refuse. Thus, it is not religion in general that is the problem, but fundamentalism (which, I suppose, can be religious and/or political).

I don’t think there will ever be a solution until the progressive believers/nations move against fundamentalism with aggressive economic benevolence, even in the face of violence.

Ya ain’t gonna do it with bombs!

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The week in webcomics (3-9 August 2008) | paddybrown.co.uk — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:50:07 +0000

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By: VanDerVal

VanDerVal — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:05:14 +0000

The more things change, the more they remain the same. Perhaps Mo is jsut trying to save us some time? Uh… I don’t like the sound of that.

By: carolita

carolita — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:56:56 +0000

Well., the same could be said for fundamentalist X-tians, you know.
(X-tian being the medievalist abbreviation for Christians, which I miss using).

You know what’s funny about people who think other people will go to hell for not believing? They do often seem pretty pleased about it! If there is a God, those people will go to Hell for that!

Not that I”d be pleased about it, the poor slobs.