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  1. Dao Hao Now

    Do you believe the Bible is God's word?

    This is classic confirmation bias. Are you at all familiar with Cognitive Bias? I find it to be fascinating and often illuminating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias?wprov=sfti1
  2. Dao Hao Now

    Would anyone here really want to live under a theocracy?

    For those who answered that the would not want to live under theocratic rule and are citizens of voting age in the U.S. …… Here is perhaps something to consider: From about 2:35 onwards
  3. Dao Hao Now

    Derek Chauvin is the scapegoat of a rotten system

    Hook, line and sinker.:rolleyes:
  4. Dao Hao Now

    Atheist

    Again… I stated a parallel which I believed most people could understand; where tyranny and oppression (in the parallel case, a husband abusing a wife) is not excused by, at times showing grace, mercy and forgiveness (In the parallel case, giving his wife a kiss and hug) Most people understand...
  5. Dao Hao Now

    Would anyone here really want to live under a theocracy?

    If you say so…… However I live in the present where governments are run by people (mostly men), and I would definitely not prefer not to live under the rule of men who believe they are carrying out the will of a deity they have no rational reason to believe in.
  6. Dao Hao Now

    Would anyone here really want to live under a theocracy?

    Did you miss the OP?
  7. Dao Hao Now

    Would anyone here really want to live under a theocracy?

    And here I was thinking it was about whether I would have a desire to live within a theocracy in the here and now or near future within my lifetime. As best I understand in the Romans have been out of power for centuries and modern Romans (citizens of the city of Rome) don’t live under a...
  8. Dao Hao Now

    Answered Prayers

    I don’t need to be a Scotsman to understand that someone born and raised in Glasgow but doesn’t eat haggis, is still a Scotsman.
  9. Dao Hao Now

    Would anyone here really want to live under a theocracy?

    OK??? I’m not grasping the connection with what you’re saying here and the OP of whether one might desire to live within a theocracy or your puzzlement of whether or not a theocracy could simultaneously be a democracy and how that might be determined.
  10. Dao Hao Now

    What is the threshold for labeling a religious belief as a “delusion”?

    I find this somewhat humorous. You and I must live in very different environments; where I live a large portion of population would qualify as delusional based on your criteria.
  11. Dao Hao Now

    What is the threshold for labeling a religious belief as a “delusion”?

    While I don’t know the particulars of your diagnosis, (I would venture to guess that your religious thoughts and beliefs are only a part of the contributing factors?) based strictly on what you wrote….. I can sympathize, and would offer a premise of how mainstream (which does not indicate...
  12. Dao Hao Now

    What book r u reading?

    Feet of Clay By Terry Pratchett
  13. Dao Hao Now

    Would anyone here really want to live under a theocracy?

    Yes, that was the OP question. Your question was: The answer to your question was contained within itself. If it was a democracy where elected leaders where “bound to follow religious traditions that were part of the constitution”, it should still be recognized as a theocracy. Current...
  14. Dao Hao Now

    Would anyone here really want to live under a theocracy?

    You answered your own question.
  15. Dao Hao Now

    Answered Prayers

    Nothing emotional about that eh? I think we’ve beaten this dead horse enough.
  16. Dao Hao Now

    Atheist

    In what way do you view this as an emotional argument? @osgart stated To which you replied As though this should excuse the tyranny and oppression God is often used to justify. Correct? I stated a parallel which I believed most people could understand; where tyranny and oppression (in the...
  17. Dao Hao Now

    Answered Prayers

    Let’s examine the signs that led me to suspect an emotional response that may be clouding rational cognition: • post #80…. where you perceive “this thread, which was supposed to be about Answered Prayers has now degenerated into another thread to bash the Baha'i Faith.” Merely because a couple...
  18. Dao Hao Now

    Answered Prayers

    I don’t need to read a document to recognize that ANY document is open to interpretation. The document is not the point; it’s the shield you’re using to deny the obvious. Try to step back from the trees and see the forest. Allow me to give an example of how written word can and is easily and...
  19. Dao Hao Now

    Agnostic Atheists

    Similar to you, I was born to a nominally Catholic family. My grandmother was devout, and would come over every Friday to fry fish. I was baptized and did the holy communion et. al. I remember vaguely not really being convinced, and by about 8 years old consciously figuring out that there was...
  20. Dao Hao Now

    What’s after death?

    Does he have power or influence (beyond a typical person) over everyone else or anyone else or events?
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