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Recent content by straykat

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    Millennials are leaving religion and not coming back

    "Pious frauds" are usually ascribed to apocryphal writings and things of similar shaky origins. Not bishops of entire cosmopolitan cities, out in full view. Perhaps we should take a cue from the resident atheist here, and use Occam's Razor. :p What's easier to believe? That they simply kept...
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    Millennials are leaving religion and not coming back

    I never said I was a Catholic btw. But they have a valid line of succession, from the laying on of hands starting with St. Peter. That's why I take them seriously, even if their pope oversteps his bounds. I'm obligated to do that for any bishop. And if you think he's authoritarian, just wait...
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    Millennials are leaving religion and not coming back

    I know you are. It's obvious. I just wish more ex/disgruntled types came up with a better "origin story" for themselves. It's just Evangelical 2.0.
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    Millennials are leaving religion and not coming back

    Constantine didn't scare anyone into it. If anything, Constantine made the religious atmosphere more relaxed than some would have liked. Some people in the Roman empire simply joined for petty reasons, because it was the "in thing" to do. It wasn't long after him that some Christians went into...
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    Millennials are leaving religion and not coming back

    OK then. Well, Christianity has lately been conflicted by these two driving forces, of purity vs growth (if you will). But I wouldn't say it's been happening since the beginning. In the earliest centuries of the Church (and still to this day in some circles), even if there were a large number of...
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    Senate GOP does not want to allow witnesses at Trump's trial

    I'm not avoiding the point. I already said my piece above. I'm just having fun now. This all hinges on turning Zelinsky into a victim apparently.. even when he said he isn't one. And when that isn't good enough, you all rely on further conspiracies about someone silencing him, which is just as...
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    Senate GOP does not want to allow witnesses at Trump's trial

    Haha.. I like that you first tried tempering this with "alleged attempt", but gave up immediately and went on with full on accusation anyways. And somehow pardoned Hunter Biden as well, without any interest in getting to the bottom of that either.
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    Millennials are leaving religion and not coming back

    What are you talking about? Look at my avatar. It's a catacomb cross. Does it look like I take pride in numbers? And when did Christ ever talk about this? "There are many called, but few are chosen." "Enter the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction...
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    Senate GOP does not want to allow witnesses at Trump's trial

    What witnesses do you have in mind? I was hoping Hunter Biden would be put up there, personally. And I think Trump himself would love that. Can you imagine? I don't know why the Senate would prevent it, but I wouldn't blame Trump for it.
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    Senate GOP does not want to allow witnesses at Trump's trial

    Which oath of office is that? The Executive can't inquire about corruption in Ukraine without risking impeachment? I could have sworn that was actually written into a treaty by none other than Bill Clinton (and signed by Joe Biden, ironically). Text - Treaty Document 106-16 - Treaty with...
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    Senate GOP does not want to allow witnesses at Trump's trial

    But Trump does want witnesses himself, as far as I know. Yet he has no power here. The Senate is making this decision on their own. I'm not sure what their motivation is, but it's stupid, whatever it is.
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    Millennials are leaving religion and not coming back

    By "impressed", do you mean reading my mind and motivations from a small post and unloading verbal diarrhea? Cool story, bro.
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    Trump attacks Greta Thunberg for being Time's 'Person of the Year'

    I think he lies (perhaps even to himself, to protect his ego), but I don't think it's pathological. In some ways, he's oddly one of the most transparent presidents. He lays a lot out there that other politicians wouldn't. It's hard to make sense of this combination. Just take this very tweet...
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    Trump attacks Greta Thunberg for being Time's 'Person of the Year'

    He flailed his arms about - something he does in a lot of impressions, disabled or not. Only later did people say he was specifically mocking a disability. He himself says he didn't realize that about the guy and forgot. I guess you could say he was lying though.
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    Trump attacks Greta Thunberg for being Time's 'Person of the Year'

    She's a zoomer actually, not a millennial. Nothing against the rest of your post though. I wish all sides of the environmental argument just focused on pollution. It's something nearly everyone can get behind (and those who don't shouldn't matter). Carbon taxes though? Just look at France and...