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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
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Condensed Compilation
- By WordSword
- Soteriology DEBATE
- 2 Replies
Hi and appreciate your replies. The Majority text and the Byzantine Text are the only two available extant manuscripts that mostly agree with one another. Thus they have been a great witness to the Word of God.
The Majority Text is based on the Byzantine text-type, which has been preserved since the early centuries of Christianity, with its earliest notable witnesses dating back to around the 4th century. However, the Majority Text as a distinct concept was more formally recognized in the 20th century with the work of scholars like Robinson and Pierpont.
Wikipedia"The Byzantine text-type emerged around the 4th century and became prominent by the 9th century, as it is found in the largest number of surviving manuscripts of the Greek New Testament. It has continued to be used in the Eastern Orthodox Church into the present time." - Wikipedia Biblical Training
"The Majority Text, also known as the Byzantine Text-type, emerged from a period of extensive manual copying of Greek New Testament manuscripts, primarily between 350 AD and 1516 AD, becoming the dominant text in the Greek-speaking world for over a thousand years. While the earliest manuscripts (like the Codex Vaticanus) and critical texts are older, the Majority Text is derived from the vast majority of surviving manuscripts, which are mostly late-medieval copies that reflect this Byzantine text-form." -Google AI
One cannot discredit these Two Texts, considering they have been in use for 1600 years. The false text Alexandrian Text type or Critical Text use manuscripts that were corrupted and is why they've survived so long: they were never used and did not encounter wearing out from much copying; which answers to why so many late copies in the Majority and Byzantine Texts. When a scribe came to a worn out, getting-hard-to-read copy, they copied it one more time and destroyed the exemplar to avoid misuse of the manuscript.
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Taxation
- General Politics
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Under a democratic state, your money can be likened to a piece of bread thrown into a pond where fish from both the left and right nibble away. Your money and rights are fought over and consumed in ways you did not consent to. In modern governmental systems, the tax codes purposely become so complicated that only allies of the powerful, national parties can afford top lawyers to find loopholes. The Goliath companies receive beneficial handouts and set the rules for the market, while the Davids are burdened with taxes and regulations Goliath can handle but they cannot. Meanwhile, the wealthiest always seem to wiggle out of paying taxes; for example, Warren Buffett paid .002% in taxes in 2015.
Current taxation is a form of robbery where specific privileged individuals (politicians and bureaucrats) have the sole right to “legally” steal. Typically, if my money were taken and used against my will, it would be called theft, just as we would declare it if a heroin addict stole another man’s money and used it for drugs. We move into the realm of robbery when those stolen goods are confiscated under the threat of violence or harm. Under direct taxation, if you refuse to go along with the confiscation of your money—refuse to pay your taxes—you will be jailed, where you could face actual physical harm.....
libertarianinstitute.org
Current taxation is a form of robbery where specific privileged individuals (politicians and bureaucrats) have the sole right to “legally” steal. Typically, if my money were taken and used against my will, it would be called theft, just as we would declare it if a heroin addict stole another man’s money and used it for drugs. We move into the realm of robbery when those stolen goods are confiscated under the threat of violence or harm. Under direct taxation, if you refuse to go along with the confiscation of your money—refuse to pay your taxes—you will be jailed, where you could face actual physical harm.....
Our Whole Concept of Taxes is Upside Down | The Libertarian Institute
Under a democratic state, your money can be likened to a piece of bread thrown into a pond where fish from both the left and right nibble away. Your money and rights are fought over and consumed in ways you did not consent to. In modern governmental systems, the tax…
libertarianinstitute.org
