The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

Pet_Sounds · 05-25-2017, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

So let me ask you. What parts of the Old Testament are kept in the New Testament?

I'm pretty sure that the only things Jesus explicitly mentions are "love God" and "love thy neighbour." Paul adds some stuff about not eating the meat of strangled animals. It's been a while since I studied this stuff—I may be wrong.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-25-2017, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Huh? Did you miss the "not"?

Classic Chules.

Neapolitan · 05-25-2017, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Race does not influence behavior.

****ing most ridiculous thing you've posted in days.

Chula Vista · 05-25-2017, 09:13 PM

White supremecy.
Black panthers.
The holocaust.
Slavery.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3864590/

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-25-2017, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Black panters.

OccultHawk · 05-25-2017, 09:35 PM

Chula

Just so we know what we're dealing with do you know your IQ? I know you dropped out in 10th grade. That last post was really...stupid.

DwnWthVwls · 05-25-2017, 09:49 PM

Or you can be a violent person and religion is the only thing that keeps you from being violent. Typical narrow spectrum analysis of possibilities.

And that little comment about religion, wow.

OccultHawk · 05-25-2017, 09:54 PM

You don't know for certain that African Americans commit more violent crimes. We only know that they're prosecuted for them at a higher rate per capita. The rest is a known unknown.

As for your hypothesis that beliefs don't lead to action I find that dubious. Do you believe that certain ethnic groups have a genetic predisposition to violence? I doubt that you do. Are you arguing that religion doesn't correlate with beliefs?

Are you arguing that religion is just one of many factors?

Are you arguing that religion has no influence on behavior?

I'm arguing that religion reflects belief and beliefs lead to action. I'm pointing that out to make it clear to you what you seem to want to dismantle as it seems you're running out of legs to stand on.

DwnWthVwls · 05-25-2017, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I don't believe that either

that criminals found jesus and that's why they don't commit crimes now or something along those lines

not how it works

It is though. Its in the same vein as people not cursing in front of their mothers or acting out of character for their family or whoever else they put on pedastal. The fear of god can be equally as influential on bad behavior as the love of god is on good behavior.

OccultHawk · 05-25-2017, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I don't believe that either

that criminals found jesus and that's why they don't commit crimes now or something along those lines

not how it works

As deeply as I despise Christianity, there's no way I would argue that violent people are NEVER inspired to adopt the ways of pacifism through the scripture of the Sermon on the Mount, for example. People read it. It influences them. Changes their beliefs. And their behavior changes. To argue that this never happens is preposterous.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	White supremecy. Black panthers. The holocaust. Slavery. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3864590/ __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.” Last edited by Chula Vista; 05-25-2017 at 09:43 PM.

05-25-2017, 09:35 PM	#3036 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Chula Just so we know what we're dealing with do you know your IQ? I know you dropped out in 10th grade. That last post was really...stupid.

05-25-2017, 09:54 PM	#3038 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	You don't know for certain that African Americans commit more violent crimes. We only know that they're prosecuted for them at a higher rate per capita. The rest is a known unknown. As for your hypothesis that beliefs don't lead to action I find that dubious. Do you believe that certain ethnic groups have a genetic predisposition to violence? I doubt that you do. Are you arguing that religion doesn't correlate with beliefs? Are you arguing that religion is just one of many factors? Are you arguing that religion has no influence on behavior? I'm arguing that religion reflects belief and beliefs lead to action. I'm pointing that out to make it clear to you what you seem to want to dismantle as it seems you're running out of legs to stand on.