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  1. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    You were sharing with me your agreement with my position? Ok then.
  2. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    The interpretation that is not grounded on cherry picking to support any positions, but rather on what has been repeatedly stated through the bible? That is what you disagree with? Okay then.
  3. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    If you disagree with what the bible says you can take it up to God (or treat it as a regular book that is not divinely inspired).
  4. Koldo

    A 2 Islands Experiment - a thought experiment opinion question about which US political party would perform better

    I wasn't commenting on republicanism nor monachism though. I was talking about republican party vs democrat party.
  5. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    Biblically, yes. You are free to treat the bible as an ordinary book though, rather than the word of God... like I do.
  6. Koldo

    A 2 Islands Experiment - a thought experiment opinion question about which US political party would perform better

    Easy question. It would be better off living in the Democrats' island if you are an outsider. First of all, republicans are much more likely to be xenophobic (notice how the whole anti-immigration rhetoric is a republican theme only). Second, republicans are much less likely to support welfare nets.
  7. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    I am not arguing about Tanakh vs NT. I am arguing against a purported authoritative interpretation that is being used selectively. Let me see if I properly understood: You are essentially saying that everything we do is a matter of faith and that we can not order people to act contrary to...
  8. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    What are you even talking about? Where do you see any strawman? Please, do not take Hebrews 11:1 out of context. If you read the entirety of Hebrews 11, you will easily see that what is being called faith is not merely hoping for things in general. Once again, like I have already said...
  9. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    You can't have your cake and eat it too. Either the jewish perspective matters or it does not. You can't selectively say it matters when it is convenient to you, and say it doesn't matter when it is not convenient to you. If the jewish perspective matters then the NT ought not to be regarded as...
  10. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    You missed the point. Either the jewish perspective is authoritative or it is not. If you were to ask a jew their perspective on the New Testament, they would say it is not actual holy scritpture. Is the jewish perspective authoritative then? If it is not, why do you care about the jewish...
  11. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    I find it curious that you refer to the existence of a given jewish understanding (which you don't even specify) and at the next sentence you refer to the New Testament removing the Old which is obviously not a jewish perspective. Like Exodus 21 where some of the rules for slavery are...
  12. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    I find it funny that you accuse others of cherry picking when you do it yourself. There are multiple references to different guidelines being provided to women and men through the New Testament. But you ignore that to pick the one case that could be possibly interpreted as there being no...
  13. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    I definitely see where you are coming from. When I said the bible doesn't promote slavery I said it as in the bible doesn't outright tell people to turn others into slaves (or at least it doesn't instruct the average Joe into doing so). But I can see why providing a legal framework where slavery...
  14. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    I wasn't saying that the bible promoted slavery. It doesn't say "Get yourself a slave because it is OK", what it says is "Certain forms of slavery are OK". You can easily find references to this in both Leviticus 25:44 and Numbers 31 (where God specifically told Moses to treat virgin women, in a...
  15. Koldo

    Colleges & universities should take action against professors who deliberately fail too many students

    Therefore making the whole point of going to college redundant? The kind of person you are talking about is necessarily able to learn by himself/herself any subject as long as they have access to a good pile of books. This works as an excellent excuse to do a poor job at teaching people...
  16. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    Biblically, wives ought to obey their husbands unless doing so contradicts God's commands. Once again ignoring the context. Romans 14 revolves a dispute over proper diet. Paul says people should not fight over this. If one truly believes (as a matter of Faith) that they must or must not eat...
  17. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    How do you compatibilize the multiple cases I have already cited where Paul (and Peter) tells the slaves to obey their masters? The context is the whole of Ephesians 5. Different roles are clearly delineated to men and women. You are cherry picking the verse 21 and ignoring what comes after...
  18. Koldo

    Colleges & universities should take action against professors who deliberately fail too many students

    Sure. I am not saying that teachers ought to give a free pass to students that have not learned what they must. What I am saying is that in both schools it is the teacher's responsibility to provide a viable candidate to the workforce.
  19. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    This doesn't contradict what I have stated. Obeying God is the priority. Did God command women to lie on their taxes? Romans 14 is specific to disputable matters of faith. In your opinion, which has no biblical support.
  20. Koldo

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    You accuse me of selecting snippets and taking things out of context when I provide multiple references to the same idea. And yet you do worse than what you accuse me of doing: You are not even providing a biblical reference to what you claim. Yeah, Jesus was annointed to free the captives, but...
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