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Recent content by Philip_B

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    Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

    The Question is: Is the Israel of the Old Testament the same as the State of Israel that has emerged as a result of the UN resolutions of 1947-48?
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    What if Trump held a press briefing and nobody came?

    I have just read a Biogrphy of FDR and it left me wondering if FDR was the playbook for DJT save that he want to roll back the NEW DEAL.
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    Answer the Question with a Question (6)

    Do British people speak English?
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    Answer the Question with a Question (6)

    Can you dream arithmetic?
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    Answer the Question with a Question (6)

    Did you really want a date?
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    Israel-Hamas Thread II

    There is a big difference between anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist. Semites are the children of Shem, and this would include the children of Hagai, Sarah and Kendra. Many of the people being accused of being anti-Semitic are themselves Semitic people.
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    Thoughts and prayers!

    Whatsoever you beg of God, also work for it.
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    Artificial intelligence

    That is a hope, however, I don't think it is an established reality. It involves money, and the algorithms are tailored to include bias. The veracity of Wikipedia is regularly called into question. We don't live in an ideal world, yet.
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    Artificial intelligence

    Thanks for raising a really important issue. Here is an AI summary of AI Part 1 - The Image of God We do affirm the nature of humanity made in the image and after the likeness of God. In a sense, being made in the image and after the likeness of God almost predestines that at some stage we...
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    Make America Grateful Again

    I think equating justice with condemnation is to miss the point. Justification and Righteousness are basically built on the same Koine Greek concept and in that sense are pretty much the inverse of condemnation and to do with setting us in a right relationship with God. We condemn I suspect more...
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    Answer the Question with a Question (6)

    How could it be a bookshelf if it didn't have books on it?
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    Do you have a reference to support that?
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    Is poverty and a bad economy a sign from heaven that God is displeased with a nation?

    I have a firm belief that God has a bias towards the poor. God favours those are rich in good works rather than the accumulation of financial resources.
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    Answer the Question with a Question (6)

    Do you have any evidence that Karl Marx thought humans were just economic animals?
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    Answer the Question with a Question (6)

    Isn't that a bit nuanced, as in the case of Greenland where Denmark is not a foreign Country?