"Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most — that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least."
- Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926), five-time Socialist Party candidate for U.S. President
Standing Wolf (11-15-2018)
Liberals are a clear and present danger to our nation
Pick your enemies carefully.
Captdon (11-15-2018)
So, if a couple says, "We are husband and wife", their having sex from that point on is not sinful? Do they both have to say it, and to whom? I'm genuinely interested in your take on this, Cap, because I don't think a lot of Christians would agree with you on this point.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
Noting that people have - and have always had - a tendency to attribute their own likes, dislikes, concerns and prejudices to their God (or gods) is not a statement of atheism.
Some people have found that they can gain compliance from their coworkers by saying, "That's the way the boss wants it done", when in fact the boss has expressed no opinion on the matter. That doesn't mean that the boss doesn't exist - just that others have misrepresented his thoughts and preferences for their own advantage.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
Green Arrow (11-15-2018)
Not sure about that. It was a useful source of animal protein. Pigs are generally easy to raise but, from what I've read, the sketchiness of the water supply in the Middle East may have led to the gradual disappearance of pork as a staple because pigs require significantly more water than chickens, for example.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.
Well, the King James Version of the Bible (translated in 1611) was based upon the Textus Receptus (or Received Text). And it did not include the oldest and best uncial manuscripts (e.g. Codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus, from the mid-fourth century). Even older, the papyrus fragments (such as those from the Chester Beatty collection) are necessarily excluded.
The newer translations (including--but not limited to--the New American Standard Bible and the New International Version) are far more reliable, it seems to me.
Note: One may, however, get into a rather interesting discussion as to whether a literal, word-for word translation, or a sense-for-sense translation, is better. (I prefer the latter; but that is certainly open for reasonable debate.)