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  1. HonestJoe

    Religious Countries - Guilt by Association

    But the Trump administration and Republicans in general also put pressure on social media companies in similar ways, and it isn't at all clear that any of them crossed the line between legitimate government regulation or private interest and actually breaching the constitution. Different...
  2. HonestJoe

    Religious Countries - Guilt by Association

    Secular and Christian aren't mutually exclusive. Secularism is jus about treating people equally regardless of their religion (or lack thereof). Most Christians (certainly in the West) are broadly secular, Biden being a clear example. How exactly do you believe that the Biden administration...
  3. HonestJoe

    Why Doesn’t Iran Take Steps Towards Peace?

    Both the US and Israel have embargoes against trade with Iran so it would take a change in policy on all sides to allow that (legally at least, there is a fair bit of trade between Iran and Israel via third countries that officials on both sides generally turn a blind eye to). On the war...
  4. HonestJoe

    a vote for the lesser evil is a vote for evil: a prayer for a Divine Intervention in America

    So you believe in an interventionist God who could chose to influence the US presidential election yet you also believe that God has allowed both the last two and (at things stand) next president be "possessed by demons" (but not Vance for some reason)? That sounds as rational as having the...
  5. HonestJoe

    I Propose A Challenge

    So you were trying to trick people in to changing their beliefs? That doesn't sounds very honest to me.
  6. HonestJoe

    Texas...Actually Illegal To Ask Public Officials Questions If Answers Aren't Already Public

    Sure, but it hasn't been established that this was a wrongful arrest, and even if it was, that doesn't prove the law was intentionally misused since it could have been legitimately considered that her actions were wrong. Yes, when you said the poorly constructed law could be "useful to...
  7. HonestJoe

    Are you a bot?

    Ironically, these essentially are questions about stories and movies on the theme of "man vs machine" (well, the first two are at least). :cool:
  8. HonestJoe

    Texas...Actually Illegal To Ask Public Officials Questions If Answers Aren't Already Public

    No, too much credit to pre-plan the creation of poorly worded legislation decades ago so they could manufacture the arrest of a small-time journalist for seeking information about local crimes (that they weren't meant to have). Are you not suggesting people in power actively deciding to create...
  9. HonestJoe

    Texas...Actually Illegal To Ask Public Officials Questions If Answers Aren't Already Public

    I'd suggest that is giving authorities far too much credit. In the absence of any other evidence, I'll always suspect incompetence over conspiracy. The aggressive application of this law could well have been calculated in that manner, but that is why there are appeals processes and reviews of...
  10. HonestJoe

    Texas...Actually Illegal To Ask Public Officials Questions If Answers Aren't Already Public

    It's clearly more complicated than that, but proponents for either side are trying to present it as simple in their favour. It seems there is a poorly worded law (which is hardly unique), which could render it unenforceable. The underlying question on principle of whether what this journalist...
  11. HonestJoe

    How Do You Know You’re Not Jesus Christ?

    I'm not circumcised. :cool:
  12. HonestJoe

    Those Who Saw Miracles But Didn’t Believe

    It could mean that events didn't happen exactly as described in the scriptures but that they were subsequently written to present Jesus as a fulfilment of Old Testament prophecy, including the elements of some people denying or refusing to believe him.
  13. HonestJoe

    Has the eugenics movement really ended?

    I don't think it's a simple question. The term could be used to cover a vast range and scale of things, and plenty of people would consider one aspect abhorrent while being accepting or even supportive of another. I think this is really a broader question, of the balance between the good of...
  14. HonestJoe

    Do (violent) video games contribute to (gun) violence?

    I agree, and as I said, the actual research is complicated, multifaceted and not entirely clear either way. The media and politicians generating selective headlines and slogans to appeal to people's emotions is where the scapegoating comes in. Not my area of expertise but I think someone with an...
  15. HonestJoe

    Do (violent) video games contribute to (gun) violence?

    A bit actually, though mostly back when I was at university 20-mumble years ago. You can certainly pick out studies that show a wide range of different results because ultimately it is an extremely complex and difficult thing to define and measure. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of vested...
  16. HonestJoe

    Do (violent) video games contribute to (gun) violence?

    No, gamers (and many others) make reasonable arguments against the assertions that games cause violence and crime. Countless millions of people play these games, which are increasingly popular and increasingly realistic, yet there is no measurable increase in related violence or crime (if...
  17. HonestJoe

    Biblical Prophecy

    I'm not denying the existence of the man Jesus, I'm just pointing out that his actions or the scriptures subsequently written about him (however accurately) meeting OT prophecies they obviously knew about isn't anything miraculous. I personally don't believe it is entirely made up but nor do I...
  18. HonestJoe

    Biblical Prophecy

    It doesn't matter how either of us see it. The fact remains that the people writing about Jesus (and Jesus himself) will have known these OT prophecies so there is nothing miraculous about them being "fulfilled" (be that in scripture or in reality).
  19. HonestJoe

    Biblical Prophecy

    A self-fulfilled prophecy on the part of Christianity though so at best meaningless and at worst an example of intellectual dishonesty. There are lots of things written in the NT that are purported to fulfil prophecy from the OT, but that isn't especially impressive given that the people...
  20. HonestJoe

    Biblical Prophecy

    That isn't prophecy though. The people who called Jesus "son of man" (or at least wrote about him later using that term) obviously knew their own scripture described a future leader called "son of man".
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