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Exactly So very different from reasonable expectation

I agree but we're at an impasse because you're making up proprietary definitions to words

Words mean something you can't just make up meanings Do you even know how your bible defines faith?

Again just a claim please support this with evidence, or just admit you don't care if what you believe is true

So the answer is no you don't know the difference

Not only is that not true colloquially that not even true biblically

Honest question Do you understand the difference between making a claim and making an argument that is supported with facts?

What are you talking about faith I'll wake up? I'm in my late 30's in excellent physical condition with no preexisting conditions, I live in a country where life expectancy is in the 80s. Again that's not faith it's a reasonable expectation. Again you made a claim it's your job to prove it, but since you ignored the evidence I did give I'll assume you agree the exodus didn't happen?

You claimed that but haven't actually made an argument Please do

So back to faith, aka what one uses when they have no reasonable or rational arguments

Really? How do I use faith? You're right my beliefs are irrelevant to truth and so is faith. One can come to any belief using faith therefore not a path to truth I asked you for evidence and since you're the one making a claim the burden of proof is on you to prove it not me to prove the negative, but I'm guessing you have none Just for fun though let me drop some science on you. Based on extensive recorded history of the Egyptians and modern archeological digs, there is irrefutable evidence a mass exodus of Hebrews from Egypt and their 40 years in the wilderness never happened

So true And with thousands of different denominations in Christianity alone how would one know if the god they're pretending to believe in is the right one. Growing up I had one foster family that was Catholic and another that was fundamentalist baptist and they didn't pray to the same god

So the answer is you don't use faith outside your religious beliefs Faith Is different than reasonable expectations. I don't use or need faith that when I sit on a chair that it will hold my weight Please share any evidence you may have that the bible is true as I have alot of evidence for the contrary

Like Pascals wager, but for people with critical thinking skills

Do you use faith to make decisions in other spheres of life or do you use empirical evidence? For example when you cross a busy street, do you just close your eyes and have faith no cars are coming or do you look both ways? Why would you make possibly the most important decision of ones life (salvation) with less information than the menial ones taken countless times a day?

Simple Neoliberals are not on the left.

And what means are those? Anything you can actually quantify?

If a way to directly support a group you claim to care about doesn't motivate you, it's only because you don't want to be motivated

Many people on this forum claim to care about veterans but other than going on ad nauseum about how mean the "left" is, I pretty much never see anyone offering ways to actually effect change in the lives of these same veterans they purport to support. Here's a great way to start. Tomorrow( Friday October 28th) the annual Royal Canadian Legions poppy drive starts, and they need volunteers. All monies raised through poppy sales go DIRECTLY to veterans, so even a little effort can help makes a huge difference in a veterans life. So, either you can hide out online and continue to pretend that all your blustering means anything or you can get out and do something tangible and actually put your money where your mouth is I leave it to you

Ok big guy if you need to resume everything i said to, "getting high is my claim to fame" and " I know one veteran" to make yourself feel better go ahead, the opinion of some random internet fool is of no importance to me. What is important is to actually help veterans, since you ignored my suggestion to go to a legion ( the legion is a nonpartisan, not for profit organisation whos sole purpose is to serve veterans in case you were unaware) buy a beer, talk to some people and make a donation ( I understand that might be beyond your means) Here's another suggestion, volunteer for the poppy drive it won't cost you anything but time and the proceeds must go directly to veterans unlike other fundraisers different legions may run. I know this because Ive actually held administrative positions with the legion ( now you can sum that up by saying, I once visited a legion to make yourself feel better if you want) Or you can continue to think white knighting for some internet troll playing soldier boy is actually doing something. Your choice

How many have their face on our currency? The answer is none I'm certainly no cheerleader for people like besos or gates, but they like many others actually built something to earn their wealth Yes she was a busy lady, and by what I know seemed to represent herself with pose and class, but having to meet people and give speeches written by others is not real responsibility, again unlimited resources, an enormous staff and handlers making sure everything is presented how they want.I think a whole lot of people could fill that role. And? Are you honestly arguing that the British royal family don't share many common descendents? Weren't Charles and Diana cousins ? Now who should have some pride not to expose themselves? Is that all I understand? I obviously don't have that kind of money, but I've worked hard to have more than I'll ever need to be happy, so sorry no jealously here. You're the one taking personal shots at me sir, so calling me bitter is just more projection on your part, you should see someone about that All I said is I don't understand the hoopla over some lady born into privilege that has zero relevance to today's society, the veterinarian that died in Québec recently is and should be more important than the British royal family yet I doubt the 24 hour news channels show her funeral

These people make me laugh, you use science, he comes back with a book written by a pastor with no degrees Best part though, think of how many reasonable people hear crackpots like this and it actually bring them out of religion. I sometimes wonder if they're just atheist troll using reverse psychology. Hahahaha

Every Cristian in every pew has their own personal interpretation of the bible therefore their own personal definition for God, so if you want God to be OK with lesbians he is, but since he's not real (at least how he's portrayed in the Bible) does it really matter?

Funny enough I'm very proud of the fact that I was a small cog in the machine that brought about the legalization of Marijuana, who's many benefits include bringing relief to many soldiers suffering from PTSD, that I fortunately have had the opportunity to meet in my advocacy. Here's a small story that is of course anecdotal but is representative in my opinion. I was at a Legion golf tournament about a month ago, in my foursome was a veteran that I've grown very close to over the last few years who suffers from pretty severe PTSD. He's a terrible golfer, and hooked a shot onto an adjacent fairway where he accidentally played someone else's ball who was on that hole, when the gentleman who's ball he had played came over to us, he never raised his voice and even though his body language was slightly confrontational he was in no way aggressive, my friend apologized and that was that, but this small altercation upset my friend to the point he didn't play the next three holes. The people I know that have been in situations that most couldn't even imagine, don't brag, in fact most don't even want to talk about it and most avoid conflict as much as possible because it often brings up memories that their own brains still have problems processing (weed does a great job at suppressing that,dulling neurotransmitters etc..) This dougie fool literally wanted to throw down in the streets, because some random dude (me) laughed at him on some inconsequential, irrelevant, pointless internet forum and continuously pumps his own tires on how her royal majesty trained him to kill. Honestly if you think that's how real veterans behave, I'd suggest you go down to your local Legion, buy a beer, talk to some members and MAKE A DONATION well you're there, maybe you could actually help some real soldiers instead of just white knighting for some poser on an internet forum.

Come on it was a least worth a chuckle But seriously I understand your point but I feel this is a real problem and since you can't reason with ignorance the only way I've found to counter this is to push their conspiracy theories to there logical end in the hopes they realize just how ridiculous they are