Wager for Trump Supporters

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Re: Wager for Trump Supporters

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The CCC wrote:Core tenant of all Christianity is to kill all the nonbelievers, and ex-believers.


That does kind of describe some versions of the Apocalypse, but If I recall correctly God did the killing. Funny, because I thought after the flood he was going to give that genocide gig up, but hey, got to have a grand finale. :wink:
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Maxine Waters wrote:
The CCC wrote:Core tenant of all Christianity is to kill all the nonbelievers, and ex-believers.


Which sect of Christianity currently preaches and does this? Are you referring to Mormonism's blood atonement? Do you believe in that?



The Bible in Numbers 31. Israel is commanded to kill all the men women and children except "the women who have not known a man" So the worshippers of Yahweh get their virgins in this life.
Hilary Clinton " I won the places that represent two-thirds of America's GDP.I won in places are optimistic diverse, dynamic, moving forward"
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EAllusion wrote:
huckelberry wrote: ccc comments,"Core tenant of all Christianity is to kill all the nonbelievers, and ex-believers."
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the hell it is

CCC is a devout Mormon. This is a sarcastic mocking of Ajax's false implication that being Muslim means having a desire to kill people who don't convert to Islam.


Perhaps you are right. I realize that it has not been a belief of Islam to kill everybody who does not convert. I also realize Christianity and Islam share a religious cultural background that has included religious warfare. That background presents both groups with problems of interpretation in a pluralistic world. Islam does have more dangerous rules against leaving Islam. They will likely continue to have some adjustments just like Christianity has had to make adjustments about its attitude toward the inquisition.
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Re: Wager for Trump Supporters

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aussieguy55 wrote:
Maxine Waters wrote:
Which sect of Christianity currently preaches and does this? Are you referring to Mormonism's blood atonement? Do you believe in that?



The Bible in Numbers 31. Israel is commanded to kill all the men women and children except "the women who have not known a man" So the worshippers of Yahweh get their virgins in this life.


A particular military action in a war three thousand years ago hardly constitutes a core doctrine in Christianity.

You might argue more strongly by hunting down the rules of holy war in Deuteronomy (though they also refer to certain conflicts three thousand years ago and Deuteronomic laws have never been accepted as binding on Christianity)
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MeDotOrg wrote:Here are 2 more 2020 questions:

How many fewer illegal immigrants are there due to the physical construction of the border wall?

How much money will Mexico have paid us for the wall?


Right.

There needs to be a comparison on how many MORE illegals are getting deported four years from now, and how much more money gets allocated to border control specifically building and maintaining walls and the current fences.

Also, Trump supporters are expecting big changes in the law when it comes to gun control laws, gay marriage and planned parenthood. Oh, and don't forget coal production and coal miner jobs.

It would be nice to have some data on hate crimes and hate group membership numbers as well and see how that all plays out.

We need some facts to compare how much has changed after four years of Trumpmania.

Make Amercia white great again!
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The Bible in Numbers 31. Israel is commanded to kill all the men women and children except "the women who have not known a man" So the worshippers of Yahweh get their virgins in this life.


I said currently.

This is a sarcastic mocking of Ajax's false implication that being Muslim means having a desire to kill people who don't convert to Islam.


There are sects of Islam that do believe in killing the infidels or nonMuslims right now in 2016. You know that. Anyone who was alive on 9/11/2001 knows that. But you choose to twist my words to say I meant all Muslims the same way the media equates LDS with FLDS.

Islam has even less structure or hierarchy than Christianity. You can't say all Muslims but to deny that there are radical sects of Islam can be a fatal mistake. Who would want to bring these people into our country? This is what Trump meant when he said our leaders are either stupid or worse simply don't have our best interest in mind.
“There were mothers who took this [Rodney King LA riots] as an opportunity to take some milk, to take some bread, to take some shoes ... They are not crooks.”

This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
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Looks like NPR liked your idea EAllusion.

http://www.npr.org/2016/11/10/501597652 ... ntent=2037
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EAllusion wrote:Cinepro, he was questioned on his 4% GDP, and he responded by saying he thinks we'll get to 5-6% GDP. You'd have to be almost obtusely literal about the word "promise" to not understand that this is a campaign promise. The 8% comment was a "why not" bit of craziness that can be downgraded from promise to something like a promise of promise, but the context of his comment on 5-6% was him indicating that this is a reasonable projection should he be elected.


You can go by whatever number you want. I'll only point out that his official plan cites the 4% prediction. If you feel an off-the-cuff hypothetical is a more valid standard, then hold him to it.

Middle Class Tax Relief And Simplification Act. An economic plan designed to grow the economy 4% per year and create at least 25 million new jobs through massive tax reduction and simplification

http://www.npr.org/2016/11/10/501597652 ... ction-plan
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Maxine Waters wrote:
Islam has even less structure or hierarchy than Christianity. You can't say all Muslims but to deny that there are radical sects of Islam can be a fatal mistake. Who would want to bring these people into our country? This is what Trump meant when he said our leaders are either stupid or worse simply don't have our best interest in mind.


Not so much. A Wahabist is different than a Sunni who are different than a Shia who are different than a Taliban. But all four are variations of Islam. There are other different sects within Islam. Most are entirely peaceful, and have no more desire to kill the infidel than Christians.

There are radicals, and death cults within Christianity as well. The IRA, Branch Davidians, The Jim Jones group, to name a few more recent ones. The NAZIS were Christian and we all know what they did. The LDS while peaceful have Mountain Meadows Massacre to contend against. Christians have been killing other Christians and the infidel for two millennia.
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The CCC wrote:There are radicals, and death cults within Christianity as well. The IRA, Branch Davidians, The Jim Jones group, to name a few more recent ones. The NAZIS were Christian and we all know what they did. The LDS while peaceful have Mountain Meadows Massacre to contend against. Christians have been killing other Christians and the infidel for two millennia.


Sorry, but Jim Jones and "The NAZIS" were not "Christian".
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