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@dirtymochamatch @israeldid_911 @TheHistoryGuy07 There’s no good reason whatsoever to conclude that’s true. Eg so far as we know storm systems don’t have creators. And yet storm systems can cause rain, hail, tornados, etc.

@OpenlyReasoned @israeldid_911 @TheHistoryGuy07 A system can be designed to to create on its own but the system itself needs a mind to create it.

Not direct proof, but good reasons for God’s existence. The universe began & thus needs a transcendent cause. Physical constants are finely tuned for life. The DNA code plus consciousness imply mind. Objective morals point to a moral Lawgiver. Billions experience God.

@celticlegend7 The USA is both a (representative) democracy and a (constitutional) republic. Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive.

Stop saying Democracy. You're repeating exactly what they want you to. We are a REPUBLIC.. Keep that in mind.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@Ntexasguyz @anda_zheng People, correctly, call the US a democracy all the time.

@anda_zheng No the US doesn’t call itself a democracy. The US calls herself a Democratic Republic because that’s the form of government we have.

Doesn't the US call itself a democracy? The president can be elected by the people, so why can't TikTok be voted on? The so-called democracy in the United States is not a real democracy.#tiktokban

@KimDroptiny @Chrisnumber21 @VividProwess If you have to repent, deny oneself and follow Him then salvation isn’t a free gift — it’s a transaction.

@Chrisnumber21 @VividProwess It works perfect for those who choose to receive His free gift of salvation by repentance, denying oneself and following Him. The problem is that pride and unbelief stop people from turning to Jesus. For you, He is waiting!

Seriously, how the hell does the world still see Gazans as the victims after they spent 20 years and billions of dollars building the biggest terror tunnel network on earth just to kidnap and murder Jews inside them… Has the world lost its damn mind?

@stefan_st98513 @Richard_0292 @BasilTheGreat If you have to put “my” in front of it then it isn’t objective. Objective morality doesn’t exist. ALL morality — including mine, including yours — is subjective.

@Richard_0292 @BasilTheGreat I'm a Bible believing Christian so that is my objective morality. The Anglican church is not my morality, the Bible is. You lefties can take on your subjective moralities.

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@dirtymochamatch @israeldid_911 @TheHistoryGuy07 The cause COULD be a creator. If by “creator” you mean some sort of sentient being acting purposefully. If that’s what you mean, then it’s a fact that things are caused by non-creators literally all the time, right?

@OpenlyReasoned @israeldid_911 @TheHistoryGuy07 The cause would be the creator and even your religion of scientism says the universe had a beginning.

@mancalledgod001 @BowesChay It has not staged a war almost every year for 250 years. Nor am I defending all US actions. In fact, I disagree with many. Because I’m unbiased and consistent. I’m as fast to criticize the US for wrongdoing as I am Russia or Ukraine or any other country. Can you say the same?

@OpenlyReasoned @BowesChay Plunge the world into war? You’re from a country that has staged war almost every year since its 250 years of existence, but yeah, it’s Russia plunging the world. What I hate more than you idiots and your stupidity is your hypocrisy. You need to shut up and look in a mirror

Zelensky: Iran has already attacked us by supplying weapons to Russia By that logic, Moscow has the right to strike multiple NATO countries for arming his illegitimate regime.

@dirtymochamatch @israeldid_911 @TheHistoryGuy07 No, everything with a beginning has a cause. It does not necessarily have a creator. And we don’t know whether the universe had a beginning or not.

@OpenlyReasoned @israeldid_911 @TheHistoryGuy07 Everything with a beginning has a creator so who created you and then them and so on. This infinite regression doesn't stop until an Uncreated Creator becomes the First Cause because He doesn't require a creator to create Him.

@2557columbine @AntiLeftMemes Except the USA is both a (constitutional) republic and a (representative) democracy. Those two things are not mutually exclusive.

@AntiLeftMemes We live in the Republic of the United States not a democracy. The Republic is made up of citizen rule we want everyone to vote.. however Schumer you believe in altering elections and you are as competent in government as you are in cooking a cheeseburger which you fail miserably

What is your response to Chuck Schumer ??

@Simultanagnosia @JustUnderReal @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @enitas13 @SecularSmurfAU @TheMorriganAP @magicaltime123 @internatio50589 @GenderBob @ChurchOAtheism @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @mirandaisrisen @Akinyemisback @timmbosliceeee @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @rubblebubb15764 @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @A_Damned_smith @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @willsworldview I suppose sometimes. More often racism emanates from members of groups who are in a more powerful position. Individuals in that group might (falsely) conclude they are in that more powerful position because of their race.

@OpenlyReasoned @JustUnderReal @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @enitas13 @SecularSmurfAU @TheMorriganAP @magicaltime123 @internatio50589 @GenderBob @ChurchOAtheism @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @mirandaisrisen @Akinyemisback @timmbosliceeee @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @rubblebubb15764 @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @A_Damned_smith @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @willsworldview It does definitely start with racial identity. But from there it is often the minority groups who respond more to relative comparisons and who compensate for perceived inadequacy with compensatory pride.

@timmbosliceeee @ChurchOAtheism @JustUnderReal @mirandaisrisen @FredHikes @magicaltime123 @OddBackgrowy @kim_because @PatricktheB @rubblebubb15764 @enitas13 @internatio50589 @StillDizzy2 @MucusMucous1 @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @gdoughdoc2 @Simultanagnosia @dirk_fasshauer @A_Damned_smith @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichelleWth6 @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @Wolfpak561 @Akinyemisback @SecularSmurfAU @isitmiranda @NHoomans @WizKhalifa43968 @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @TW175663056 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @Raven4212 @harper_pau55997 @OpenlyReasoned @willsworldview COA works for the government 😊

@mirandaisrisen @JustUnderReal @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @enitas13 @SecularSmurfAU @TheMorriganAP @magicaltime123 @internatio50589 @Simultanagnosia @GenderBob @ChurchOAtheism @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @Akinyemisback @timmbosliceeee @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @rubblebubb15764 @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @A_Damned_smith @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @willsworldview Thanks. I think I agree with that.

@OpenlyReasoned @JustUnderReal @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @enitas13 @SecularSmurfAU @TheMorriganAP @magicaltime123 @internatio50589 @Simultanagnosia @GenderBob @ChurchOAtheism @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @Akinyemisback @timmbosliceeee @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @rubblebubb15764 @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @A_Damned_smith @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @willsworldview you're not wrong, but without faith being tethered to a book, i think you lose a lot of the danger.

@Simultanagnosia @JustUnderReal @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @enitas13 @SecularSmurfAU @TheMorriganAP @magicaltime123 @internatio50589 @GenderBob @ChurchOAtheism @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @mirandaisrisen @Akinyemisback @timmbosliceeee @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @rubblebubb15764 @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @A_Damned_smith @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @willsworldview “Racism” can mean different things. I’m thinking of it as something like: “A belief that one human has more value than another, in whole or in part, because of that person’s race.” And I think starts with seeing people as members of a group rather than individuals.

@OpenlyReasoned @JustUnderReal @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @enitas13 @SecularSmurfAU @TheMorriganAP @magicaltime123 @internatio50589 @GenderBob @ChurchOAtheism @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @mirandaisrisen @Akinyemisback @timmbosliceeee @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @rubblebubb15764 @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @A_Damned_smith @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @willsworldview For the most part its oppression that seems to promote racism. The groups that express the most flagrant racism are usually those with a history of being oppressed. They then reinterpret religion, history, or whatever else to conform.

@lauch Presumably the asker thinks the question has relevance. So I try to answer as best I can, if I’m able.

Question for atheists - when religious folks come to you demanding that you answer questions that have no relevance to you, how do you respond? 1. Simply tell them it's irrelevant to your beliefs 2. Try to explain why their expectations are wrong? 3. Other

@MapleAnglican Almost certainly yes. My understanding is that that’s what the evidence suggests. This is also one of these beliefs that is mostly irrelevant for practical purposes. Whether he existed or not doesn’t really change anything. So I’ve not spent much time analyzing the question.

Question for Atheists ONLY: Do you think Paul of Tarsus, commonly known to Christians as St. Paul the Apostle, was a real person? Why or why not?

@JustUnderReal @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @enitas13 @SecularSmurfAU @TheMorriganAP @magicaltime123 @internatio50589 @Simultanagnosia @GenderBob @ChurchOAtheism @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @mirandaisrisen @Akinyemisback @timmbosliceeee @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @rubblebubb15764 @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @A_Damned_smith @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @willsworldview That one teaching might promote racism but not every member of that religion subscribes to that teaching. I’d argue people cherry-pick justifications for their pre-existing racism from their religion much more than they are turned into racists by their religion.

@OpenlyReasoned @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @enitas13 @SecularSmurfAU @TheMorriganAP @magicaltime123 @internatio50589 @Simultanagnosia @GenderBob @ChurchOAtheism @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @mirandaisrisen @Akinyemisback @timmbosliceeee @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @rubblebubb15764 @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @A_Damned_smith @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @willsworldview Well, I mean, there are religions that teach their biological "tribe" was chosen by God which makes them superior to everyone else. I don't see how that wouldn't promote racism.

@A_Damned_smith @magicaltime123 @timmbosliceeee @rubblebubb15764 @ChurchOAtheism @GenderBob @mirandaisrisen @TheMorriganAP @Simultanagnosia @JustUnderReal @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @Akinyemisback @enitas13 @internatio50589 @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @SecularSmurfAU @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @willsworldview That I definitely agree with! Twitter might be the very worst of the major social platforms to get a sense of the average person. Twitter or Truth Social.

@OpenlyReasoned @magicaltime123 @timmbosliceeee @rubblebubb15764 @ChurchOAtheism @GenderBob @mirandaisrisen @TheMorriganAP @Simultanagnosia @JustUnderReal @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @Akinyemisback @enitas13 @internatio50589 @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @SecularSmurfAU @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @willsworldview Fair, the stats put the US right around the OECD average (~258 vs 260). But the loudest Americans on Twitter probably aren’t the best sample of the population either way.

@A_Damned_smith @magicaltime123 @timmbosliceeee @rubblebubb15764 @ChurchOAtheism @GenderBob @mirandaisrisen @TheMorriganAP @Simultanagnosia @JustUnderReal @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @Akinyemisback @enitas13 @internatio50589 @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @SecularSmurfAU @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @willsworldview Except it isn’t below a 6th grade level. Also, in the US, reading levels aren’t measured by grade level but by the PIAAC score which is a 0-500 scale. The average score is about 260 — good enough to read all but the most complex novels.

@magicaltime123 @timmbosliceeee @rubblebubb15764 @ChurchOAtheism @GenderBob @mirandaisrisen @TheMorriganAP @Simultanagnosia @JustUnderReal @StillDizzy2 @TW175663056 @Akinyemisback @enitas13 @internatio50589 @FredHikes @gdoughdoc2 @MichelleWth6 @Raven4212 @Wolfpak561 @MucusMucous1 @OddBackgrowy @PatricktheB @JesusGibb @AkinyemiG82 @A_Damned_mk2 @NoKings_4_USA @CACAPOLOGTICS @JUReality @AkinyemiPJ @MichaelSteidel @Emperor_Mollari @TJ01371355 @SecularSmurfAU @isitmiranda @NHoomans @FiendInno @BabeTruth2 @PaulStetson13 @tymprqv7r9 @wiorldpease @randomizer88996 @ahrehead @HarveyWall15 @MindfulDamage @harper_pau55997 @OpenlyReasoned @willsworldview are you upset that Americans reading level average is below 6th grade?

@SteveK49779 @Patrici48060503 @DrShayPhD Genesis isn’t about Big Bang. Nor did the Big Bang start from nothing.

@Patrici48060503 @DrShayPhD God created matter in the big bang from nothing Gen 1:1. God formed the matter to stars, planets. That was not Jesus. Jesus took that matter and made plants and animals. NLT translation John 1:3 "God created everything through him"

I posted the graphic below, and this was one of the responses I received. Three people liked his comment. God help us! We really are reliving the days of Isaiah, just before the Babylonians invaded Judah. #EyesWideShut He said: "I used to like your posts. However, if you're going to get judgmental about what day we go to church, you lost me."

@TheWuhanClan @laralogan Except neither side is sacrificing anything to Satan. One side started a war of conquest and the other side is fighting to prevent themselves from being conquered.

@laralogan It’s like both sides are possessed and sacrificing these innocent lives to Satan

Abducting your citizens & sending them to likely die on the battlefield is not a recruitment tactic we have seen in modern history - it has been going on for the better part of this war in Ukraine & yet no one condemns these tactics? How come?

@Davism_Soupism @darwintojesus Except morality is subjective.

@darwintojesus This is why objective morality is one of my favorite arguments for God‘s existence. Atheists know it’s true!

I’ve never met an atheist that was honest about this, which is crazy because who do they think they’re kidding?