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Ransom replied to the thread Satire! Woot!.Hm. So the nation's biggest abortion industry gets federal funding, but the federal government can't have the authority to legislate... -
Ransom replied to the thread If God put Gary Larson in charge of hell....Hell is a luxury hotel, but there's nothing on the menu at the restaurant but 1) creamed corn; 2) tomato soup; 3) creamed corn with...
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Ransom replied to the thread Catholic vs Calvinist (if you had to choose).The title suggests a response to Protestants and Catholics Together from the 1990s, am I correct?
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Ransom replied to the thread Bob Ross is Out.We don't have a nolo contendere plea in Canada, but I can see the rationale behind it. A defendant may believe himself not guilty of a...
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Ransom replied to the thread Fairhaven Baptist Church.On the one hand, Fairhaven is in Chesterton, Indiana--so "Chesterton Independent Baptist Church" could simply be descriptive. (I kind of...
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Ransom replied to the thread Catholic vs Calvinist (if you had to choose).That Aquinas was a significant philosopher and shaper of Western thought, who nonetheless said many wrong things, in particular, where...
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Ransom replied to the thread Catholic vs Calvinist (if you had to choose).Aquinas was one of the greats of Western philosophy. He popularized Aristotelian thought in the West, where it had been lost and was...
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Ransom replied to the thread Catholic vs Calvinist (if you had to choose).It's "tradition." Of course, it's the RCC who gets to define what "tradition" is, which pretty much just favours the RCC and its claim...
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Ransom replied to the thread Satire! Woot!.I'm saying it's impossible to carry on a serious ethical discussion with someone who pogo-sticks from one hypothetical scenario to...
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Ransom replied to the thread Steve Anderson on X.Yeah, that's what I meant by "other human rights abuses." The phrasing "gassing the Kurds" just didn't come to me at the time. And...
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Ransom replied to the thread America First!.Let's be honest. You're just upset that someone not-the-Jews are being bombed, right?
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Ransom replied to the thread Catholic vs Calvinist (if you had to choose).Salvation isn't dispensed by any institution; it comes from the person and work of Jesus Christ. A person might conceivably receive...
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Ransom replied to the thread The ‘sin’ of fornication..I thought that might be the case. I've commented in the past on the labyrinth of rules some fundy colleges set up about dating--with...