I remember when I used to preach about creationism at school. "If we evolved from monkeys why are there still monkeys?" Cringe!
Posts by cofty
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5New JW video about evolution involving children??
by Saename inin lloyd evans's interview with seth andrews (the thinking atheist), evans says that jws published a new footage on evolution on their website jw broadcasting.
he says it's about kids talking to their classmates about evolution.
he comments that it's an amusing video.
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God expresses his perplexity at his own creation
by slimboyfat injust got to share this, zizek at his very best.
explaining how the traditional view of the ransom makes no sense and reverts christianity to paganism where god is subject to a superior notion of justice.
how the injunction from jesus to hate mother, father, brothers and sisters is really a call for a non-hierarchical society, of which the holy spirit is a symbol.
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cofty
Zizek is saying that the subversion of family structure opens the way for egalitarian and non-hierarchical forms of relationship - SBF
I don't think Zizek said anything about a more egalitarian family structure - SBF
So he thinks that subverting the family structure is the road to a better world does he? Why do you think a person who thinks this way is worthy of attention?
The subversion of family structure is evil. It is a tool of every oppressive society that has ever existed including the Watchtower. If, as you assert, Zizek is saying that the subversion of the family is desirable then he is a dangerous fool.
I listened to the first video. It was agony.
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God expresses his perplexity at his own creation
by slimboyfat injust got to share this, zizek at his very best.
explaining how the traditional view of the ransom makes no sense and reverts christianity to paganism where god is subject to a superior notion of justice.
how the injunction from jesus to hate mother, father, brothers and sisters is really a call for a non-hierarchical society, of which the holy spirit is a symbol.
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cofty
Except Jesus said nothing about a more egalitarian family structure. He said his followers were unworthy unless they hated their parents and siblings.
This of course is deeply embarrasing so theologians like Zizek make up bullshit influenced by communist ideology.
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God expresses his perplexity at his own creation
by slimboyfat injust got to share this, zizek at his very best.
explaining how the traditional view of the ransom makes no sense and reverts christianity to paganism where god is subject to a superior notion of justice.
how the injunction from jesus to hate mother, father, brothers and sisters is really a call for a non-hierarchical society, of which the holy spirit is a symbol.
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cofty
I think Zizek is saying that the subversion of family structure opens the way for egalitarian and non-hierarchical forms of relationship
Mao Zedong thought likewise. That led to the deaths of 45 million during the "Great Leap Forward". Anybody who advocates the "subversion of the family structure" is either a moral imbecile or a moral monster.
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God expresses his perplexity at his own creation
by slimboyfat injust got to share this, zizek at his very best.
explaining how the traditional view of the ransom makes no sense and reverts christianity to paganism where god is subject to a superior notion of justice.
how the injunction from jesus to hate mother, father, brothers and sisters is really a call for a non-hierarchical society, of which the holy spirit is a symbol.
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cofty
the injunction from Jesus to hate mother, father, brothers and sisters is really a call for a non-hierarchical society
What has hating your brothers and sisters got to do with rejecting hierarchy? Sibling relationships are the exact opposite of that. Zizek is talking bullshit.
Jesus' words are much more simple than that. He meant what he said - reject your fucking family and follow me.
Jesus was a egocentric cult leader who demanded the same loyalty as every cult leader before and since. The rejection of the family - our most intimate relationships - in favour of the cult is the ultimate test.
If he existed at all, Jesus was both deluded and dangerous.
The NT is very explicit about the reason for Jesus' death. It is ugly and pagan and it does leave god looking like a narcissist. Conflating Job with the meaning of the cross is nonsense.
P.S. What is wrong with Zizek?
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North Korea threatening to bomb Guam...
by mikeflood incrazy kim again....could happen?
thoughts?.
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cofty
they're latest bomb test inside NK was inside NK. People do what they like inside their their houses. - Fish
That is not true. Underground nuclear testing is against international law. When a country break it there are consequences. China is shielding NK for reasons of self-interest.
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Breaking News - NK Missile Overflies Japan
by cofty instory breaking on reuters here.... kim jong-un seems determined to start a war.
nk is a national cult of personality.
hating the rest of the world is the first tenet of faith..
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cofty
I'm not sure if there are any red lines left.
There is doubt about whether NK have the technology to shield a missile from re-entry on an ICBM. The only way we will know that is when it happens!
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Breaking News - NK Missile Overflies Japan
by cofty instory breaking on reuters here.... kim jong-un seems determined to start a war.
nk is a national cult of personality.
hating the rest of the world is the first tenet of faith..
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cofty
North Korea has passed another important landmark today with the successful test of a Hydrogen bomb.
"The US Geological Survey and China’s Earthquake Administration said they had detected a suspected explosion that caused a 6.3-magnitude earthquake."
It would be difficult to exaggerate how significant this development is...
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Breaking News - NK Missile Overflies Japan
by cofty instory breaking on reuters here.... kim jong-un seems determined to start a war.
nk is a national cult of personality.
hating the rest of the world is the first tenet of faith..
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cofty
Truman was decisive when NK invaded South Korea in June 1950. By October a UN force led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur had pushed NK back to the 38th parallel. He gambled that China would not enter the war and took a decision to push on to the Yalu River.
MacArthur was wrong. Mao committed millions of troops to retake NK. America had no military intelligence about what was going on in China and was totally taken by surprise. Hundreds of thousands of PLA troops attacked under cover of darkness forcing the UN army into retreat. It has been described as "the largest ambush in the era of modern warfare". The Chinese army were only stopped by a failure of logistics. They were fighting in temperatures of -30 and lacked the ability to supply the soldiers.
MacArthur proposed using nuclear weapons and even wanted to invade China. He was sacked by Truman and replaced by General Matthew Ridgway. He fought and brilliant campaign and imposed massive losses on the PLA but he was unwilling to take the battle north of the 38th parallel.
Stalin and Mao dragged their feet in the armistice talks extending the war by a further pointless two years. Stalin was happy to see the USA stuck in a costly war. The millions of troops Mao was continuing to send to NK were mostly Nationalists who had previously fought under Chiang Kai-shek against the PLA in the civil war.
An armistice was not signed until the death of Stalin in 1953 by which time 400,000 Chinese troops were dead and Mao was a Socialist hero.
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Breaking News - NK Missile Overflies Japan
by cofty instory breaking on reuters here.... kim jong-un seems determined to start a war.
nk is a national cult of personality.
hating the rest of the world is the first tenet of faith..
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cofty
There was a point in Korean War when the US and SK pushed all the way to the Chinese border. Mao hit back with a vengeance. After that the US military were unwilling to take the war north of the 38th parallel.