G Huxley
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Minister of Tourism Melanie Mark Admits NDP is Killing the Royal BC Museum:
"Sadly, the facilities are at the end of their useful life."
https://www.change.org/p/save-the-third-floor-of-the-royal-bc-museum/u/30135926
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The visionary creator of the Third Floor died just over a week before it was closed:
https://www.change.org/p/save-the-third-floor-of-the-royal-bc-museum/u/30040740
4 days later, rather than acknowledging his death, the museum ironically chose to post this about the Old Town just a few days before they closed it:
https://publish.twitter.com/?query=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FRoyalBCMuseum%2Fstatus%2F1475149452235190278&widget=Tweet
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12 hours ago, Yzermandius19 said:
no it wouldn't
witch burnings were not an offering to God
it was to punish witches
therefore it does not qualify
your own definition does not back up your position
Who were witch burnings for, but god and his will?
Human sacrifice was also often used to punish those who were sacrificed.It qualifies.
If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck it most probably is a duck.Witch burnings are human sacrifice.
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The google definition of sacrifice:
"an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure."Witch burnings would qualify.
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1 hour ago, Yzermandius19 said:
the death penalty being used on innocent people isn't human sacrifice
you're just being silly
How is it not human sacrifice?
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12 hours ago, Yzermandius19 said:
burning witches was the death penalty applied for crimes that weren't committed
What is the death penalty applied for crimes that weren't committed but human sacrifice?
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Yzermandius burning witches at the stake is clearly human sacrifice.
"some religions are clearly better than others "
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12 hours ago, Yzermandius19 said:
you not being able to tell the difference between apples and oranges doesn't mean there is no difference
12 hours ago, Yzermandius19 said:the stated reason is what makes it human sacrifice
not all intentional deaths are human sacrifice
Sounds like Robert Pickton. -
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10 minutes ago, G Huxley said:They are an upgrade? Wow. One human sacrifice for another.
"you not being able to tell the difference between apples and oranges doesn't mean there is no difference" - Yzermandius
How is it apples and oranges?
It is human sacrifice and human sacrifice.
The only difference is the stated reason. -
They are an upgrade? Wow. One human sacrifice for another.
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Interesting double think.
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There was a lot of human sacrifice in Christianity e.g. witch burnings.
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7 hours ago, Yzermandius19 said:
I look at the level of morality in pre-axial religious societies and see it a cut below the level of morality after the axial religions come along
the pagans were clearly far less moral than Christians for instance
the historical record shows a major moral leap forward beginning in the axial age
Ah OK found it now.
You still actually didn't answer the question there. I asked you what you found that was a lower level of morality and you simply reiterated that it was lower without saying what it was that was actually lower.
I think it would be worth it to you to read Jaspers' work.
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"I answered your other question "
Do you mind quoting your answer? I must have missed it. -
"This is the first I've heard about the term." - Blackbird
It comes from Jaspers' The Origin and Goal of History, a good albeit brief book, I wish he had elaborated more in it.
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22 minutes ago, Yzermandius19 said:
google it captain google
Yzermandius I asked you the following question twice, and so far you have not answered:
Why do you find axial and post axial religions to be a cut above the pre-axial age and have you read Jaspers? -
I have never voted for the PPC for a number of reasons, nor for that matter have I voted for the other main parties, with the exception of the Greens once or twice, which I no longer vote for either.
None of the main parties have earned my vote and all of them have economic/population growth in their platforms.
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Yeah, the PPC position here is hypocritical, but at least their numbers are far less than that of the other main parties.
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By the time they're done it will be the Museum of NDP Propaganda.
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On 12/31/2021 at 4:00 AM, Nationalist said:
On this I have only one thing to say:
The first politician who includes shutting down our borders and implement real merit based immigration...gets my vote.
What about the numbers Nationalist?
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"In a sense life is a Ponzi scheme, because we act according to the idea that there will be a need in the future for whatever we can add to what came before. We are by nature hopeful teleological beings. If we don’t look forward with some sense of purpose and constructivism, we feel worthless and futile. This is the problem with the idea of zero growth or reversion to some noble savage pre-industrial live off the land Amish kind of deal. It sucks basically and very few people want to revert to Little House on the Prairie. "
We are going to revert into a mud hut hiding from the desert Sun when the full effects of climate change send us there as a result of our not being able to see beyond such teleological opium for the masses anodynes. Weakness will make us depend on the cancerous tumour of economic growth before it bites us back in the ass. -
6 hours ago, Yzermandius19 said:
Buddhism is a huge cut below Christianity
but a huge cut above the religions that came before it
axial age religions > pre-axial age religions
the Buddhists of today were heavily influenced by Christian values, particularly western Buddhists
Yzermandius why do you find axial and post axial religions to be a cut above the pre-axial age and have you read Jaspers?
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Yzermandius what do you find to have been immoral in the pre-axial age and have you read Jaspers?
Positives from the Pandemic
in Federal Politics in Canada
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Far less plane flights and cruise ships.
"2. Working from home really highlights how technology has improved commerce "
The opposite imo. This has shown how the big tech monopolies have increased their monopolization at the cost of numerous small businesses which have been shuttered and/or closed as a result of COVID.