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"liberal" means left-leaning, right. Why then does "woke" rose Twitter keep using "liberal" as a slur?

In case you didn't know, both ancient Egyptian and the Semitic languages are part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, both were descended from the same mother tongue from 15000 ~ 20000 years ago, making it the world's oldest (demonstrated) language family, even predating the arrival of human...

Nuclear winter - Wikipedia thoughts?

testing emoji URLs EDIT: well, darn. EDIT: workaround: https://www.christianforums.com/threads/-testing/ EDIT: I guess the cross emoji works o.0

The story is found Acts chapter 1. The relevant verses are 24 through 26 (NRSV): Then they prayed and said, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which one of these two you have chosen 25 to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own...

I was wondering what the difference between these three are. The Bible doesn't really explain them in much detail. Has our understanding of demons been influenced by the original usage in Greek mythology? (δαίμων) Are they 3 entirely different "species" of being?

…Which is what the Westminster Catechism states, which was written by Calvinists. If Calvinists were logically consistent, this would be true of the elect, but not mankind in general. In case some wise guy wants to argue that the statement is technically correct because "glorifying God" is was...

I don't see how a fetus is only a person if the mother wants it. Personhood is not dependent on whether someone is wanted or not. If a fetus is not a person, does that mean any grief the mother feels is somehow irrational and unfounded?

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I've been thinking about the "my body; my choice" argument. If bodily autonomy is a right, can financial autonomy be a right as well? (as in "my money; my choice") Or perhaps taxation is a necessary evil in which there is no viable alternative? Your thoughts? Where do you draw the line?

For those who aren't familiar with Oscan, here is a good source. Summary Oscan is the sister language of Latin, together with Umbrian, and Faliscan make up the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The Italic languages have 2 divisions: Osco-Umbrian (also called P-Italic), and...

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Here is the Lord's prayer: Ow faer in hen, hawlled be yo name. Yo reign come. Yo will be done, on earth as it is in hen. Give us this day ow day-to-day bread. An clear us ow debts, as we have cleared ow cliènts. An do not lead us to eil, but save us from sin. I've decided to generally go will...

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For those who don't know what Mandaeism is, here is a Wikipedia article. Edit: fixed link

They are not the same Lazarus. In Luke 16:20 this Lazarus was poor. in John 11:2 that Lazarus has a sister named Mary, and in John 12:3 the same Mary anointed Jesus with Expensive perfume. That Lazarus was rich.

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What purpose does it serve?

I recently found out that the early church considered it heresy that Jesus didn't know the hour of his return. For the Chalcedonian creed says (via Wikipedia) Following, then, the holy Fathers, we all unanimously teach that our Lord Jesus Christ is to us One and the same Son, the Self-same...