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  1. Balthazzar

    Judiciary Justice and Penal Structure in North America

    I am more so concerned with those who are found innocent at trial after serving jailtime and the quality and condition of the time spent prior to being set free. We have jails, or detention centers that are utilized both as a holding facility and as a penal consequence. The only difference is...
  2. Balthazzar

    Evidence That the Absence of a God is Not Possible

    Do you know the difference between an atheist and a theist? Space. I'm a theist. By the way, I will submit to articulation being an able ability to express that which is true.
  3. Balthazzar

    Evidence That the Absence of a God is Not Possible

    You are speaking about powers, as if it's the power that defines God. Maybe this is true for you. This is not true for me. You have my answer as an articulated expression, and I will leave this discussion with the following: "Everything is part of who I am." What would you suggest isn't...
  4. Balthazzar

    Just for the brave among us -- analyze a Trump speech.

    Not really, no.
  5. Balthazzar

    Why Jesus did not Rule the first time, but will Rule the second time?

    In order for mankind to navigate life effectively, we need an appropriate compass. An old world compass for sea travel was needed in order to navigate the seas effectively. A similar principle applies to the second time, and this second is about truth and living through it, specifically...
  6. Balthazzar

    Death and taking life from a living creature

    Then it becomes part of us and that which is discarded by us becomes part of the earth, which then becomes part of other organisms belonging to it. I question whether matter is ever inactive.
  7. Balthazzar

    Death and taking life from a living creature

    Life necessitates accountability, as do our laws. Compassion and accountability are not mutually inclusive, which is to suggest that too much compassion and there is too little accountability for that which you claim to be immoral. On the same premise, too much accountability or too severe a...
  8. Balthazzar

    Evidence That the Absence of a God is Not Possible

    I'm human - I'm a man. A woman is part of man. Does this mean a man can give birth? No. That claim would be False. A woman can give birth, but is still of mankind. Big G God and little g god is a very similar premise (concept). We are children of the universe, birthed from the substance of...
  9. Balthazzar

    Judiciary Justice and Penal Structure in North America

    Therin is an issue. The declaration of accused and the injustice that follows happens often enough to address the issue adequately. Flight risks are an issue, so this is yet another reason to implement something more functional. Land is a valuable commodity and there is much in North America...
  10. Balthazzar

    Death and taking life from a living creature

    If morality is correct, then it must be true. If it isn't correct, or if it based on a whim in error being established by mere compassion then it would be a wrongful moral value. For the sake of life, safety, and need would also apply. This is why laws are established and social programs...
  11. Balthazzar

    Judiciary Justice and Penal Structure in North America

    Innocent until proven guilty is the declared premise, yet we require incarceration and often enough, no release is permitted before trial. In that scenario, we have potentially innocent people accused of a crime going through the penalties associated with them before a declaration of guilt has...
  12. Balthazzar

    Death and taking life from a living creature

    I will agree with your 3rd paragraph and contend against the other three. What is morality? What is right and correct (true)? What is immorality? What is wrong and incorrect (untrue)? What a moral whim would represent is a moral value applied by broad brush, based on something untrue...
  13. Balthazzar

    Did we fail God or did God fail us ?

    I see it as a failure to learn something when we blame God for allowing us to be taught through our experiences. Victim mentality is no less valid. I still don't understand why an oven mitt was never purchased. The food is always cold coming from the oven now. Cold food isn't bad and at least...
  14. Balthazzar

    Just for the brave among us -- analyze a Trump speech.

    Rationality would dictate that this nation is heading for war, that our boarders have been flood gates for potential enemies and that we have fallen asleep as a people, being so accepting of other people that we sometimes choose to be ok with endangering our own.
  15. Balthazzar

    Just for the brave among us -- analyze a Trump speech.

    I think it's always hearsay, rhetoric, and political propaganda and that the gist is for us to take caution. We're living in dangerous times... I did suggest that we do so no matter if we are voting or not. You asked for comment. I did. Would you like to address the presumptions made in the...
  16. Balthazzar

    Death and taking life from a living creature

    Moral compromises ... between a primal choice to eat and a choice made with a conscience. Seems very much part of the dynamic. The first (primal) basic and instinctual, the latter morally driven, and perhaps necessitated by our more communal type of lifestyles where cooperation is more so...
  17. Balthazzar

    Just for the brave among us -- analyze a Trump speech.

    From what I noted after watching, the concern is the alleged 600,000 criminals who were sent out of their country (apparently) for that reason, 400,000 of which were suggested to be very violent criminals, and 13,000 of which were stated to have been murderers. The concern, naturally, is that...
  18. Balthazzar

    Evidence That the Absence of a God is Not Possible

    Angels, gods, and God ... who is who, and what of the hierarchy? I don't believe in nothing. This is a very different statement than I don't believe in anything. The first, by rule of language is implying that "something is believed in". Also, there' is an exception to every rule (if not...
  19. Balthazzar

    How popular is suicide?

    I don't know and I would not be qualified to speak for anyone other than myself, so that's what I will do. I don't think it matters much to people how other people feel about something and that may be the point, as opposed to the point of the semi colin, which to me suggests someone who...
  20. Balthazzar

    Gender Neutral Bible Translations?

    I couldn't pretend to speak for this man, but I can see why this might have been titled as it is ... having no words even, yet an honorable expression of, just the same.
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