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I say misleading. You say dishonest.
You say one shouldn't isolate data from its larger context....except when Rasmussen does it to make a point with which you agree. I say one shouldn't isolate data from its larger context, pe…
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Correction: It was under George H. W. Bush (Bush 41, not Bush 43) that a Democratic congress deregulated Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. My bad.
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You don't know me as well as you think, David.
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Again, my point had to do with one of the two charts you presented, the one that compared Obama's favorables in his FIRST year - in the middle of the worst recession since the Great Depression - to Trump's favorables in his first year …
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I agree with you here, David. Donald Trump is the duly elected president of the United States.
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The significant challenges to the graphs you presented, Gao Lu, have to do with both content and context.
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- The second graph reports on the president's handling of the economy, his only area …
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Among the many tells of the gathering storm that's headed for Mr Trump is the content of Mr Trump's Twitter feed. The most recent example is the correspondence of his weekend tweet storm that included, for the first time, his naming Ro…
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You raise an interesting point, David. Thanks.
I've not considered flagging posts that criticize posters rather than their ideas, probably for a collection of reasons:
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No rants, David. I just thought your thread was particularly timely, given the events of the day. I bet you'll agree with me that the more often we have school shootings, the more important it is to be reminded that we don't have schoo…
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Am I correct to assume that you created this thread today because there was another school shooting today?
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The expectation is not mine; it is the forums'.
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Thanks, but in this case, what matters is that WE have been given an EXPECTATION that in these forums we will conduct civil discussions in which we will criticize each other's ideas, not each other.
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If your interest is God's goodness and glory, great! But in my view, when you start threads as you did, that praise Mr Trump, not God's goodness and glory, you shouldn't be surprised when responses in those threads turn more convention…
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That documented, exactly what part(s) of my characterization that "you don’t like at all God’s successful choice as president" do you contend are "things (you) didn't say"?
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What I don’t understand, and I hope you will explain, is how for you, Donald Trump is “the king" whom God has set up, a president whose new direction God seems to be blessing, a man who supports Christian values better than any preside…
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My hope is that the "confessional" America needs will arrive in November, and will look a lot like a voting booth. Across the country, people will acknowledge their sin, and as penance, elect a Democratic Congress: the House, to atone …
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For whatever reason(s) Brian, I did not know about the Luther work to which you linked. Startling. Thank you directing our attention to it.
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What I learned in seminary, and what I've read in the decades since, CM, is that "Sheol" is a place of nothingness, more the "abode of the dead" than any of the other definitions you cited. Importantly, sheol is NOT a place a punishmen…
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Mr. Trump has issues. I think that great understatement explains most of his behaviors, including his relationships with women.
I agree with your suggestion that among those issues are objections to strong, as…
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I think many of your possible explanations for the list's compilation are spot-on, CM. Thanks.
It's been a source of continuing wonder and amusement for me that while most of the Clinton supporters I know or hear from on media …
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I don't find such a distinction to be a "silly, politically correct word (game)." You do. We disagree.
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Thank you for this acknowledgement, David.
I wish you success and satisfaction from the efforts you describe.
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I disagree strongly with you that Jesus' teaching about anger and name-calling in Matthew 5 is a "specific (thing)" not a "general guideline." But perhaps I don't understand your point. Please explain...
- Why in your view t…
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Your comment here is not as helpful to me as you might have thought it was when you posted it, David. First, I didn't mean to restrict to the Sermon on the Mount your response to my question about Jesus' commands to call people names. …
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The phrase "whoever insults" in v.22 is the ESB's translation of the word "Raca," an Aramaic term of abuse and contempt that the New Living Translation renders "call someone an idiot."
I grant that Jesus called the Pharisees na…
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My post made no mention of Jesus and the names he used to describe the Pharisees, for example. I think that topic would make for a fascinating Bible study, but it had no place in my post.
It reports another difference between u…
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David, I'm struck that in another thread, …
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And when YOU revisit the argument I made regarding chemistry classes in a previous post, David, you'll find that it didn't compare the potential severity of injuries suffered in them as compared to firearm-fitted classrooms. My argumen…
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When you revisit the argument I made regarding chemistry classes in my previous post, Gao Lu, you'll find that it didn't compare the potential severity of injuries suffered in them as compared to firearm-fitted classrooms. My argument …
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I think you might call this "apples and oranges," David. Chemistry is a long-recognized part of the educational curriculum in most, probably all, school districts. Firearms and teachers armed with them are not.
