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  1. Tamino

    Where did Exodus 5:7 take place (needs a lot of straw)

    Oh, I don't contest at all that burnt bricks in the Indian style require more straw than unbaked bricks of the Egyptian kind. I just want to say that the scriptural detail about Jews having to collect their own straw in no way disproves an Egyptian location for the Exodus, since at least a...
  2. Tamino

    Nord Stream

    I don't see how this (leading) question relates at all to the political position of the German Social-democratic Party.
  3. Tamino

    Nord Stream

    Wrong? Really? Grundsatzprogramm der SPD über das Wirtschaftssystem: (Below are quotes from the party's official platform supporting a fair balance of free market and state control) "Im 20. Jahrhundert ist mit der sozialen Marktwirtschaft ein herausragendes Erfolgsmodell geschaffen worden...
  4. Tamino

    Nord Stream

    Here's the speech that Olaf Scholz held at a conference in June, from the official German government website. For those that don't read German or know German politics: Olaf Scholz is our current chancellor, the head of government. And he keeps talking about continued support, delivery of more...
  5. Tamino

    Nord Stream

    Die Sozialdemokraten unterstützen eine freie Marktwirtschaft und den privaten Besitz von Produktionsmitteln, solange die Unternehmen sich im Rahmen der gesetzlichen Vorgaben bewegen und die Arbeiterschaft ihre Interessen durch Gewerkschaften und Betriebsräte ausreichend vertreten kann. Der...
  6. Tamino

    Nord Stream

    Lucky then, isn't it, that the SPD is the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands and they've been separate from the more Marxist-Socialist groups of the German political spectrum for more than a hundred years.
  7. Tamino

    Nord Stream

    Yeah that guy is clearly "furious". First, he keeps talking about the current situation and that the motives are still unclear and we need to wait for the legal proceedings to be complete. Then the interviewer presses him on the point, asking what if it were proven that it was indeed the Ukraine...
  8. Tamino

    Is killing inherently "evil"? And vegetarianism.

    Yeah, but then let's add more hypotheticals... What if the fruit in the basket would represent the last viable seeds of a specific species of plant? Would you sacrifice the survival of a species to save the kittens? Or let's add a human motivation... The fruit in the basket contain the last...
  9. Tamino

    Where did Exodus 5:7 take place (needs a lot of straw)

    Let's do some basic math, shall we? How much, exactly, is "1% by weight"? And are we considering the weight of the fresh, moist mud brick or the fully dried mud brick? Let's assume it's dried brick... I looked up the dry weight of clay and sand (the main components of mud bricks) and even took...
  10. Tamino

    The Ancient Bible.

    True... I would be missing so much of the theological nuance and the subtle references in my own religion's ancient texts, if I were to read them only in translation... And I don't even believe that those texts are of divine origin, nor do I hold them to be authoritative to my life. They're only...
  11. Tamino

    Is killing inherently "evil"? And vegetarianism.

    I disagree. Of course these are connected. You should not refuse responsibility for your actions just because the consequences are indirect. Well, that is a different point. Yes, there are ways of keeping chicken that cause less suffering ... But that just shows that the "condition the hen ist...
  12. Tamino

    Is killing inherently "evil"? And vegetarianism.

    I'd say that there are differences of degree, but there are no clear separations. A vertebrate feels fear and pain differently from a mushroom, true. Killing a pig - a highly intelligent and social animal with many potential years of life expectancy - is different from killing an adult mayfly ...
  13. Tamino

    The problem is evil solved?

    Nope , and I'm sure no one ever named the concept and created a Wikipedia page on its 2000 year tradition in philosophy either /more sarcasm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absence_of_good
  14. Tamino

    Oklahoma schools in revolt over Bible mandate

    Yep, that fits the stereotype perfectly....
  15. Tamino

    Oklahoma schools in revolt over Bible mandate

    What is a leftist, in your definition? I suspect that I am one of them, but I am not American so I am not sure if I qualify.
  16. Tamino

    It Takes A Man And A Woman To Create Life.

    But your title is not correct. It does not take a man and a woman to create the life of the next generation. Two mice manage just fine. Several species of animal can switch between sexual and asexual reproduction, and bacteria recreate themselves all the time. "Life" is not just humans. We live...
  17. Tamino

    One Universal Cause

    In my experience, the only thing that unites large numbers of people is a common enemy. And their alliance will break down as soon as that enemy is defeated.
  18. Tamino

    Why do most people believe that the earth is millions or billions of years old ?

    That's why I believe it. I may not be able to do Astrophysics and Radiometric Dating and all that, but I know how the scientific method works and I can look up some sources Well, I prefer to trust a bunch of experts who publish their methods and data, and who check on each others findings -...
  19. Tamino

    Oklahoma schools in revolt over Bible mandate

    Oooohhh true, in America that would be a huge aspect. More essay topics right there. Yeah, but as long as they don't openly admit that, you can turn it around on them and teach history instead ...
  20. Tamino

    How was HatHor, the Golden One, Lady of Dendera?

    Interesting question. Once again, the only context I know in depths is the ancient Egyptian case. Human sacrifice is known from two entirely different cases. One, the killing (or suicide??) of people to be buried with the King or Queen in the Early Dynastic. Those lives were not sacrificed to a...
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