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It's been more than 2000 years

ninerbuff

ninerbuff

godless wonder
Zadok said:
Do you judge based on such things such as race?

BTW did you know that in 1830 the Roman Empire - Believed to be the Empire of Iron and clay was divided into 10 kingdoms? (See Daniel 2:41-44)

Zadok
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Sure. Are you going to tell me that blacks, jews, gays and others have never been judged against by whites? Not to mention there were major racial issues with the LDS in the 1970's.
 
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ChristineES

ChristineES

Tiggerism
Premium Member
ninerbuff said:
Sure. Are you going to tell me that blacks, jews, gays and others have never been judged against by whites? Not to mention there were major racial issues with the LDS in the 1970's.
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People are judged everyday. Jesus said that we would be judged on how we judge others. Jesus said that we would be shown mercy if we show others mercy. If I were to judge someone for being a glutton when they overeat at Thanksgiving, I would judging myself- since I have overeaten on Thanksgiving, too. If I were to judge a man for raping and murdering a 7-year-old child, I wouldn't be judging myself, since I have never murdered a 7-year-old child and I have never raped a child (or anyone else). We need judge and juries because there are people who are dangerous and need to be put in prison and kept away from society- to prevent them for harming someone else.
And putting someone in prison for murder is not the same as persecution of Jews, Blacks, LDS, Gays, etc. Those groups, for the most part and as a whole, don't go around harming others. The ones that do harm others are put in prison.
 
ninerbuff

ninerbuff

godless wonder
ChristineES said:
People are judged everyday. Jesus said that we would be judged on how we judge others. Jesus said that we would be shown mercy if we show others mercy. If I were to judge someone for being a glutton when they overeat at Thanksgiving, I would judging myself- since I have overeaten on Thanksgiving, too. If I were to judge a man for raping and murdering a 7-year-old child, I wouldn't be judging myself, since I have never murdered a 7-year-old child and I have never raped a child (or anyone else). We need judge and juries because there are people who are dangerous and need to be put in prison and kept away from society- to prevent them for harming someone else.
And putting someone in prison for murder is not the same as persecution of Jews, Blacks, LDS, Gays, etc. Those groups, for the most part and as a whole, don't go around harming others. The ones that do harm others are put in prison.
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I have pre judged people many a time and been wrong. But it's natural. Our first natural defense is to be aware of any danger to ourselves. So if I see a guy with a gun strapped to him and he's not wearing a badge in plain sight, I'm running or avoiding that guy. But for all I know he could be a plains clothes officer. We judge based on our own experiences or from what we have heard from others.
 
ChristineES

ChristineES

Tiggerism
Premium Member
ninerbuff said:
I have pre judged people many a time and been wrong. But it's natural. Our first natural defense is to be aware of any danger to ourselves. So if I see a guy with a gun strapped to him and he's not wearing a badge in plain sight, I'm running or avoiding that guy. But for all I know he could be a plains clothes officer. We judge based on our own experiences or from what we have heard from others.
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I don't think you need to worry about that. If I see a guy with a gun in a holster, I assume, that since it is in open view, that they guy (or gal) has a reason to carry it (detective, PI, plain clothes police officer, etc). I would be more scared if I saw a guy pull a gun and point it in my direction. There are so many shootings nowadays, it would be normal to want to get the he** out of there.
 
tomato1236

tomato1236

Ninja Master
ChristineES said:
People are judged everyday. Jesus said that we would be judged on how we judge others. Jesus said that we would be shown mercy if we show others mercy. If I were to judge someone for being a glutton when they overeat at Thanksgiving, I would judging myself- since I have overeaten on Thanksgiving, too. If I were to judge a man for raping and murdering a 7-year-old child, I wouldn't be judging myself, since I have never murdered a 7-year-old child and I have never raped a child (or anyone else). We need judge and juries because there are people who are dangerous and need to be put in prison and kept away from society- to prevent them for harming someone else.
And putting someone in prison for murder is not the same as persecution of Jews, Blacks, LDS, Gays, etc. Those groups, for the most part and as a whole, don't go around harming others. The ones that do harm others are put in prison.
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I like how LDS are in the list of the persecuted. It's certainly been the case historically, but I personally haven't been persecuted lately.
 
Riverwolf

Riverwolf

Amateur Rambler / Proud Ergi
Premium Member
AxisMundi said:
Scholors were few and far between, and ahrdly represented a society en whole.
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That's nothing new...

And it's Eratosthenes, BTW.
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Thanks. ^_^ I can never keep these guys' names straight... and I'm of Greek descent. lol

And it is most certainly people right here in the US who beleive the world flat, they are part of the YECer crowd.

The Flat Earth Society comes to mind right away.
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Oh, I don't deny that too many people still believe that.
 
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