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I didn't ask for your views as to the cause(s) of our respective firearm death rates, Wolfgang. I asked only which firearm death rate you'd choose - Germany's or the U.S.'s - if you had to choose one. So I ask again.
So bottom …
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The passage seems clearly to say that Jesus was a human being to whom God gave the authority to forgive sins. How is that not "deep"?
That said, I acknowledge that I struggle to discern the relevance of the "depth" of the Matth…
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Excellent. Thanks, David. Now let's address the clear meaning of Matthew 9.2-8 on the issue of Jesus' humanity/deity.
MY TAKE:
1. Matthew 9.8 makes a clear distinction between God and the human beings to whom God grants "… -
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Thanks for the counsel to "read wider and deeper," CM, but such advice doesn't help me understand how you read the Matthew text, specifically v.8 in its context at the end of the chapter nine passage. I hope you will be willing to retu…
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I compare the identical firearm death rate per 100,000 population in your country, with your gun laws, and mine, with our gun laws. Because I'm comparing the identical statistic between the two countries, I consider that apples to appl…
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In all candor, Wolfgang, given such a legal/social setting for guns in your country, and comparing that setting to the fervor for guns in the U.S. is it really surprising that your firearm death rate per 100,000 population is 1/10 the …
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CD forum threads - whether in their current or former iteration - are filled with impasses, in the main because the forums are filled with strong-willed people who believe what they believe and surrender to alternative viewpoints only …
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The "spirit" with which I try to approach this and all Bible texts, is first to let the text speak for itself. When I do so, I come to the conclusion I have reported. I respect the fact that you may come to different conclusions.
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Yeah. Like that.
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That is, in the eyes of a majority of world's nations, Palestine is more than "just a dummy country, placed by terrorist nations inside Israel."
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YOU raised the role of those "utterly different demographics," not I. I'm not asking you to do MY work; I'm asking you to show YOUR work
That clarified, I ask you again:
Please identify for me the specific "utterly diff…
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So does this mean that in your view, no other part of the Bible contradicts the clear meaning of Matthew 9.2-8 on the issue of Jesus' humanity/diety, AND that the clear meaning of Matthew 9.2-8 on the issue of Jesus' identity does not …
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The answer is not clear to me, so I ask: Please identify for me the specific "utterly different demographics" which, in your view, explain the fact that the firearm-related death rate in Germany is 1/10 the same rate in the U.S.
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Neither the location nor the costs associated with "continuing damage to siding" was at issue in my previous post, in which I addressed only your contention that "the problem is the heart," and "never guns." My response had nothing to …
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I bet the woodpeckers would have jumped at the chance to take their chances with the 8th grader's "heart" if that meant he wasn't firing a .410 shotgun at them.
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However poor my work - and likely also my observation skills - I must note that the text gives NO indication that the scene declares something "also" true about Jesus' identity (e.g. that Jesus is "also human").
The text says t…
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You offer no support for this contention, so I don't know how to respond to it other than to say I strongly disagree. When I put together YOUR assertion of Germany's functional disarmament and the firearm death rate statistics I presen…
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What does your assertion that "there is a proper way to do things in this country" have to do with MSNBC's journalistic conduct in its coverage of the way(s) the students did thing, the subject of the Townhall article to which you prov…
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I give you credit for the creative ways you find to avoid answering questions, David - usually, the questions whose truthful answers would show weaknesses or, as in this case, inconsistencies, in your views.
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Is there textual evidence that supports your claim that the word "wine" in the Bible sometimes refers to "grape juice" rather than "fermented wine"? My fast LOGOS search revealed only one Hebrew word for wine throughout the OT, and one…
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THE SOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today, President Trump revealed the solution to mass shooting events in schools! At the White House he told a gathering of state governors that in Florida School Shooting-- NRA Christians to Blame? Comment by Bill_Coley February 2018
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Both the German and the U.S. per capita death rate numbers include all manner of firearm-caused deaths, including suicides.
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Revisit my post on the matter and I bet you'll note that I referenced the chaotic nature of "breaking news." The alternative to occasional (rare) errant reports are summary newscasts 24 hours after events are over. That's NOT how jour…
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It probably is.
Now YOU have yet to respond to my analysis of the Townhall story to which you provided a link, the one about MSNBC's handling of the Florida governor's whereabouts. Am I correct to assume you'll say that that's…
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Point taken, David. Sniping incidents are structurally different, which means I erred when I raised the Dallas shooting to my point in a previous post.
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Can you provide a link to a list of German school shootings "run amok"? My search yielded only a few... ever. Is it your conclusion, as well, that there haven't been all that many school shootings in your country?
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To my knowledge, not even the president himself, let alone anyone on the White House staff, disputes the Post's collection of Trumpian falsehoods. Neither does the White House protest the in The Madness Continues Comment by Bill_Coley February 2018
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I'm sorry that you have to question my "ability of judgment in such matters," Wolfgang. Such... eh... judgments do short circuit constructive, respectful forum exchanges. At least one has done so in our exchange.
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A thoughtful, provocative set of questions, C.M. Very well done.
Your item #4 - that guns would make schools war zones - points to one of the most important reasons I oppose guns in school: They would fundamentally and harmfull…
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I don't think the kind of shooting the Dallas event was matters to the request Wolfgang made. He asked why shootings don't happen in places that are "patrolled by armed guards." The Dallas shooting proved that mass shooters will shoot…
