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    Alchemy, matallurgi - levitical and modern science.

    Maybe. The Islamic alchemical traditions identified alchemist Hermes Trismegastus as being the Prophet Enoch recorded in the OT. Actually usually Muslims, Christians, Taoists, Hindus, and Hermeticists. I haven't heard of any Wiccan alchemists, which isn't surprising considering that religion...
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    Why don't you understand the Trinity?

    In concept it makes perfect sense that it could be the case, I just don't think it is. Certain passages of the Bible make no sense under the understanding that Jesus is literally God. My main concern is: Luke 22:42 “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours...
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    O Lucifer

    I know Old English is a language. As a recap of the last half hour, of which you've apparently paid no attention, I asserted "lucifer" was an Old English term. You asserted it was not an Old English term: It's absurd that I have to remind you of your own stupid words. Then when I came with...
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    O Lucifer

    You and I know it is not a "mistranslation", like you said. Stop making me defend KJV, it is a terrible translation that should not be used. It contains real mistranslations that were wrong at the time they were made, but this isn't one of them. It is dishonest to try to assert the line refers...
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    O Lucifer

    Google Dictionary: "Old English, from Latin, ‘light-bringing, morning star’, from lux, luc- ‘light’ + -fer ‘bearing’. Lucifer (sense 1)is by association with the ‘son of the morning’ (Isa. 14:12), believed by Christian interpreters to be a reference to Satan." Dictionary.com: "before 1000...
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    O Lucifer

    We're talking KJV. Who nowadays uses "thee" and "thy"?? The whole thing uses older language by design. Language that was old even at the time the translation was made. And no, using "the morning star" or "Venus" would not make it a more "accurate" translation, only a more "modern" one. And...
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    O Lucifer

    Nope, it was an Old English word. Yes, a loanword from Latin, but it was and has been a part of the English lexicon for centuries. Even Google's dictionary will tell you "Venus" is one of its definitions. And we're talking about KVJ. Is it surprising that the the book littered with thees and...
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    O Lucifer

    Yes, and that is exactly what I said. But that doesn't make it a mistranslation as you said it was. "Lucifer" is synonymous with "Venus" in the English language even if that usage has fallen out of common usage. I dislike the KJV (and other Vulgate-based translations) on principle, but this is...
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    Ideology is Fantasy

    A sliver of truth, buried in heaping mounds of edgy tryhardism.
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    O Lucifer

    I was going to ask what your translation for הֵילֵ֣ל was, but I see you provide it here. Are you unaware that your own translation includes "lucifer"?? It's the archaic English term for "the morning star", a term that appears in your translation as well. Look, we can of course debate the...
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    Having Muslim Soccer Champion on English Team Has Led to Dramatic Drop in Hate Crime, Islamophobia

    Oh boy corollary data being used to assert causality.
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    Did you know some new agers believe in heaven and jesus like in the bible?

    (This specific article) Looks like it is derived from Attar's Conference of the Birds with a bunch of other stuff from other religious traditions mixed in for flavor or reference.
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    I am a Boy at Christian School. I have to ask 5 question and figure out your worldview.

    Who knows?? Yes. The belief that "bad" things happen is a delusion. Can't answer your question, because bad things don't happen. Probably something interesting. First through emotion. Then through reason. Then through uniting right and wrong.
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    Bahaullah: Kitab-i-Iqan: “Book of Certitude”

    It's just a means to easily reference the text when quoted from the English, one can then go look up a specific verse on a specific page. Baha'i texts, except for The Hidden Words, don't have verse numbers like the Bible or Quran do, so page numbers are usually referenced when citing a specific...
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    Ex-teacher aides sue media over release of videos showing abuse of special needs students

    Well if it is anything like my state, the child can either legally consent with parental approval or they cannot legally consent, in which case their power of attorney (usually just their guardian) is empowered to consent on their behalf. My sister is non-verbal but can still own and hold...
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    Ex-teacher aides sue media over release of videos showing abuse of special needs students

    Typically, or at least with my own special needs sister, parental consent is needed in order for the child to consent legally. Since the mother is the one who recorded it, as the child's guardian she obviously would sign off on the consent.
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    Ex-teacher aides sue media over release of videos showing abuse of special needs students

    Not in the state where it happened, which is a one-party consent state, which means as long as the child consented to the recording device, the teachers can be legally recorded without their knowledge. Only one person in an instance of recorded interactions needs to be aware of and consent to...
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    The POTUS

    Neon lights, Nobel Prize When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies You won't have to follow me Only you can set me free
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    Trump, and Blackmail?

    No one who cares about tax return related conspiracy theories seems to truly care about the wars in Syria and Yemen. The same people said nothing when their team started those wars. After 2008, a good portion of the anti-war movement abandoned the rest of us because they weren't actually...
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    Trump, and Blackmail?

    Sure, why not buy into more conspiracy theories while ignoring the war machine trudging onward and onward, bombing and killing even more and more?? Let's all worry about supposed Russian or mafia influence on Trump and ignore Saudi influence and American participation in their invasion of...
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