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Morality without Absolute Morality

It's a pretty simple question. Obvious, even. A tautology? The answer to a tautology is, "Yes, of course," not, "I refuse to answer." The fact that you refuse to answer shows up what a sophist you really are, and how you are dishonestly twisting earnest definitions.

In a court of law the judge would now allow me to treat you as a hostile witness, given that you are refusing to answer basic questions. Let the record show that Bradskii is not even able to answer the simplest of questions. This is why he is not worth talking to. He always buries his head in the sand instead of carrying out rational dialogue. If you want an honest discussion, Bradskii is the last person you want to talk to.
Respectfully, you are resorting to adhominem attacks. I know things can get frustrating on these forums, but please remember to address thr post, not the poster.
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Morality without Absolute Morality

Line ball. If the age of consent is 17 then it's technically rape. But I'd consider the maturity of those involved and their relationship. Context is all.
I agree. When I was thinking about examples in which rape could possibly be shown a level of grace due to circumstances, this is one.
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There’s a Giant Flaw in Human History

After an exhaustive search on the Internet I found a CNC lathe manufactured vase produced from Densecranium which is harder than granite and considerably denser.

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Analysing the scanned data with the AI code reveals.

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I can now produce a table with the other scanned results.

Product​
Median Circularity (mm)​
Median Concentricity (mm)​
√(Circularity x Concentricity) (mm)​
Tube calibration sample​
0.000111​
0.00001​
0.0000111​
OG Vase​
0.673344​
1.053326​
0.842420​
Densecranium Vase (CNC Lathe)​
0.242130​
0.009727​
0.048531​

It proves yet again if your get the metrology calculation software right, or use approved metrology software conforming to ISO 1101, ancient Egyptian vases and vases with questionable provenance are not as 'precise' as various individuals claim.

In a peer review process it's not the software being tested, all parties should use the same ISO 1101 compliant software (e.g. Polyworks, Zeiss Inspector).
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Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after Gaza flotilla arrest

How big was this supposed "aid delivery" supposed to be?

From what I'm reading:
100 kg (220 lb) of baby formula, 100 kg (220 lb) of flour, 250 kg (550 lb) of rice, diapers, and crutches.

So basically a modest sized mini-van worth of cheap supplies
Here's a link that shows some of the humanitarian aid to be delivered.


It looks like a significant amount.

This is the boat if I'm not mistaken? Right?
That was one of more than 40 boats that were involved.
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What is Church teaching on yoga and reiki?

The devil is an immitator. So what if we share postures with Hinduism? Should we study Hinduism to imitate more of their postures and worship of their false gods?

We are to relax and rest in the peace of Christ

It serves no purpose for a Christian to learn Hinduism in order to bring its practices to Christianity. It is a distraction and takes our eyes off of Christ our redeemer. We have so little time in the world, it makes no sense to study or imitate the worship of false gods, unless we are called to understand them and bring the love of Christ to them.
I don’t need my Christian friends teaching me about Hinduism. Your quote from John of the Cross is interesting because it reveals the danger of yoga. If we do not practice idolatry, then the devil has no power over us, but if we imitate the motions of idolatry and try to claim it is not wrong, then the devil can use the memories of our actions against us
Claiming to do yoga without idolatry is the same as claiming to watch porn without lust. It serves no godly purpose
We can study things in order to discern, distinguish and better articulate Orthodoxy from heterodoxy.
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Ways to deal with being 31 and never having a relationship after improving

You look great. You looked great too back then. There's nothing there wrong then or now. You put in a lot of work & that's not easy.

My opinion is there is no guarantees in life. We can follow all the checkoff lists, do what the crowd is doing, seek out all the help we want, & we may still lose at what we want.

I always wanted to be married. It's been a struggle. Sometimes I hear people tell me 'you just got to accept it.' To me, that always sounded depressing. It also sounded like something someone who's ticked off at everything would say. It didn't sound 'right.' So it made me wonder what does the Bible say about when you 'lose' at something? It says God still has something for you & that's better for you. He sees things from his perspective, not the world's.

Anyways, most people do get married, someday you might, sometimes it just takes a ton of time. You seem very level-headed, you know the Bible, you like to exercise, you sound very articulate, you've come from a challenging background & know how to get thru adversity, those are all really good traits. But: it is also true those traits are valuable on their own, no woman is required for those things to be good.
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Why Judgment Day?

Not so fast Marily C. First the Scriptures are silent on infants and the still born that died who never had an opportunity to perform any work. So Thier fate in Scripture is not described. The passage implies that judgement can only be applied only if one performs a work. (Which by the way just means how they lived their life on earth).Otherwise no judgement can be imposed because their book when opened has nothing written in it as to how they lived their life to judge them by

Romans 9

...they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;
7 nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “through Isaac your descendants shall be named.”
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.
9 For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 And not only that, but there was also Rebekah, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac;
11 for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls, 12 it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.” 13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”

14 What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? Far from it!
15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will show compassion to whomever I show compassion.”
16 So then, it does not depend on the person who wants it nor the one who runs, but on God who has mercy.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very reason I raised you up, in order to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the earth.”
18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.
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Let the Left Do What They Want To Do Here In America

Are you sure? Right now in the U.K., they're arresting nobodies like me at their homes in the middle of the night for single posts on the internet which have no mention of violence. And arresting people for saying "I love hot dogs."
Could I pray at an abortion clinic?
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Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after Gaza flotilla arrest

"Swedish activist Greta Thunberg alleged on Tuesday that she and other detainees of the Gaza flotilla were subjected to torture in the Israeli prison they were held.

Thunberg told a news conference in Stockholm that she and others were "kidnapped and tortured" by the Israeli military.

She declined to elaborate"

But they didn't even bother to take her cell phone from her
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Morality without Absolute Morality

In a court of law...
...you are told the girl is 17. Is it wrong? Well, you need context, like the age of consent. Is it the 1930's? Being charged with raping your wife would be unheard of. More context. A Christian couple with somewhat fundamentalist views and the woman is at fault for saying no! More context.
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Newsome pushed back against Democracy to achieve his political goals

There was a water issue, plus I disregard anything snopes has to say on just about anything.
Ah - no substantive evidence with your assertions.
Just 'I don't like that'.
Enjoy your bedtime reading!

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law discussions belong in the law/sabbath area, or controvertial.

I’m not sure if you’ re reading my post or just not understanding. God’s covenant consists of Ten Commandment. He states this verbatim Exo 34:28 Deut 4:13 thats the number God gave nothing more, nothing less. He claimed this unit as His- not Moses

Exo 34:28 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the [a]Ten Commandments.

Deut 4:13 So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.

There is not 613 , just Ten, not nine, not 1, what I have been talking about the whole time.

The law of Moses is not God’s Ten Commandments, its all the others laws that were placed besides the ark there as a witness against as it contained all of the curses for breaking God’s covenant the Ten Commandments.

I think it’s time I move on. We have been discussing this for days now and I know I am not going to change my mind, and I think you mind is set in stone too. Meaning it’s not changing, where people get this term from God writing in stone because it’s settled. Psa 89:34 Psa 119:89 Rev 15:5 Rev 11:19

I do really wish you well.
I am reading your posts but you are missing quite a bit and your interpretation is off. The covenant consists of the Ten Commandments and the law inspired and written by Moses. The tablets of stone were stored inside of the Ark while the law of Moses was store beside it. HEB. 9:1 for example tells us that the first covenant (old covenant) had regulations for worship and the sanctuary, These were part of the 613 laws, including the 10 commandments that made up what Paul calls the law.

“Now even the first covenant had regulations for divine worship and the earthly sanctuary.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬


Your interpretation is off. Jesus came to fulfill the law which is the old covenant. Jesus completed (fulfilled) the terms of the old contract. He did not destroyed the contract but merely finished it. Jesus was the only one that could fulfill (complete the terms)of the old contract perfectly. No one else could. Because the old contract was finished (fulfilled) Jesus then introduced a new contract of which the terms are listed in the New Testament. Hope this helps.
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