TreeBeard

How do you measure totalitarianism/freedom? The one in the link below seems quite comprehensive measurement. Do you have a different source for measurements that would differ? https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freedom-index-by-country Top 10 Countries with the Highest Human Freedom Indexes (2021): Switzerland — 9.11 New Zealand — 9.01 Denmark — 8.98 Estonia — 8.91 Ireland — 8.90 Canada — 8.85 Finland — 8.85 Australia — 8.84 Sweden — 8.83 Luxembourg — 8.80

You don’t think the colonial governments discriminated against the indigenous populations?

Do you think the colonists gave them an opportunity to partake in the creation of Canada?

You think being put on reserves is maintaining their independence? Do you think the colonists were actually interested in giving these nations their independence?

If I run around making crazy declarations like that? No. Please don’t.

In Kamloops? Or anywhere? Every single “body” was a tree root? Is that your contention?

I can grant, for sake of argument, that Marx was a Satanist. But I would like to determine who else, with more relevance to today’s society, is also in league with Satan. Hopefully that will move the discussion along? Are secular humanists in league with Satan too? Cuz they seem nice. Is Satan sneaky enough to get secular humanists on his side without them even knowing?

The Trucker Convoy, like BLM, is a terrorist organization. Is that how this works? We just make declarations? Should anybody take me seriously when I make declarations like that?

I vary my support for them depending on what they do. But you answered a question that I didn’t ask. Why? Can you answer the one I asked?

Do you comply with the mask order when you go into public indoor spaces? Is that a “decent” thing to do?

Fair enough. Thanks for the (brief) discussion on evidence for a creator, and evidence for not a creator (which can be identical). Hopefully, we can continue our discussion on Satan?

The police chief also menationed that calling in the army was an option. If he, and his hundreds of officers, think this is strictly a peaceful protest (although, could you be cherry-picking his words), then why would he leave open calling in the military?

Is Satan sneaky and convincing, do you think?

Can I assert this same thing as evidence for no god(s) with the same confidence and with the same level of evidence? The complex universe is strong evidence for no creator of the universe as it makes absolutely no sense for a god to create all this dead space that we humans can’t survive in. Why would a creator create 99.9999999% of the universe hostile to his special creation (humans)? I contend that my argument for no creator, using the same evidence as you use, is every bit as logical as your argument for a creator’s existence.

Do you think communism tolerates Buddhism? Are there other ideologies that are similarly based? Maybe secular humanism? Is that satanic as well?

“Look at the trees” argument? Which is why I was confused when @blackbird mentioned gravity. As if we don’t have scientific evidence that gravity is real?

Can you explain the actual link between Marxism and satanism?

Are you saying that the scientific evidence for gravity and a god are on par?

So you think there are no bodies? Interesting take. Do you also deny all the witness accounts of abuse there?

“That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence”. - C. Hitchens What do you think of that quote? If it’s fair to say you can assert something without evidence, can’t I just assert something else? Or simply wave away your assertions?

You took a poll?

I apologize if you’re insulted. You do seem to be using the word “choose” to mean “convinced”. That’s not the common useage. I can be convinced by evidence. But I cannot choose to believe something prior to being convinced by evidence. Again, if you have no further knowledge than you do now, could you choose to believe in a Bigfoot?

This reminds me of the scene in Taladega Nights where only Ricky Bobby could see that he was on fire…. Everyone else wore a confused look on their face while he yelled “PUT OUT THE INVISIBLE FLAMES!!!” Why is it that only a small fringe can see the invisible flames?

One can choose an abortion and one can choose vaccination, correct? Seems like bodily autonomy is doing just fine.

So, they can choose to be vaccinated? Why the need for hyperbole? Instead of saying “forced vaccinations”, why not tell the truth? Does it not set enough hairs on fire?