Posts by hamilcarr

5 you shall not bow down to them or worship them; for i the lord your god am a jealous god, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me!.

wtf !

so if your grandparents screw up god will punish future generations.

hamilcarr

So there are sins that impact even to the fourth generation and further.

Of course, but the so-called sins of the Canaanite tribes didn't fall under that category. They were punished for waylaying the Israelites.

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God punishes to the 3rd and 4th Generation! How nice!

by Number1Anarchist in

5 you shall not bow down to them or worship them; for i the lord your god am a jealous god, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me!.

wtf !

so if your grandparents screw up god will punish future generations.

hamilcarr

1. How do you determine right from wrong?

2. If God isn't qualified to punish the guilty, who is?

Interesting, but very hard questions. I'm in favor of an evolutionary approach to the right and wrong. If you're interested, even though I know you reject evolutionary theory, I'd recommend the scientific books "Moral Minds" in which Mark Hauser argues that humans are endowed with neural circuits for morality, shared with other mammals. Evolutionary seen, humans are inherently "moral". This morality is based on empathy and reciprocity.

I wouldn't argue God isn't qualified to punish the guilty. I just think he's been misused by humans to condone authoritarian retaliation justice. I think a god responsible for evolution is a god of empathy and reciprocity, at least that's what I've learnt from rereading the gospels and the late Hebrew prophets.

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170 vs.150............Where is the outrage?

by Warlock in

sarah palin's wardrobe= $150,000.. nothing but outrage.. obama's inauguration= 170 million.. nothing but silence.. warlock .

hamilcarr

NOTHING BUT SILENCE.

Nonsense. Conservative pundits and right-wing bloggers have been complaining about it for days.

This has been the best attended inauguration ever, so it's normal the price tag is pretty high. When compared to Bush's inauguration, Obama's organising committe did a good deal: they spent about £30 per attendee whereas W's committe spent £140 for each audience member.

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Bush finally does something right...

by Elsewhere in

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friends

i'm was hoping he would do this... .

bush commutes sentences of former us border agents.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=d95qc5oo0&show_article=1.

hamilcarr

They were convicted of shooting admitted drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila in the buttocks as he fled across the Rio Grande, away from an abandoned van load of marijuana. The border agents argued during their trials that they believed the smuggler was armed and that they shot him in self defense. The prosecutor in the case said there was no evidence linking the smuggler to the van of marijuana. The prosecutor also said the border agents didn't report the shooting and tampered with evidence by picking up several spent shell casings.

The agents were fired after their convictions on several charges, including assault with a dangerous weapon and with serious bodily injury, violation of civil rights and obstruction of justice. All their convictions, except obstruction of justice, were upheld on appeal.

Two thirds of the charges are still there. Just doing their job?

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God punishes to the 3rd and 4th Generation! How nice!

by Number1Anarchist in

5 you shall not bow down to them or worship them; for i the lord your god am a jealous god, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me!.

wtf !

so if your grandparents screw up god will punish future generations.

hamilcarr

What was the question?

Here you are:

WTF ! So if your Grandparents screw up God will punish future Generations. How can you be held accountable for somone elses sins?

When you consider human rights are built around premises to avoid this.

Perry has argued in favour of God's unquestionable sovereignty ..., no matter how repulsive his acts might be to us.

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God punishes to the 3rd and 4th Generation! How nice!

by Number1Anarchist in

5 you shall not bow down to them or worship them; for i the lord your god am a jealous god, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me!.

wtf !

so if your grandparents screw up god will punish future generations.

hamilcarr

There are several Laws of Inheritance. Environmental is also one aspect. Just because you look up and paste one article does not show that you really have a grasp on the significance of genetic inheritance

But its importance seems to be larger than predicted by Mendels laws as shown by research quoted. The article suggests more flexibility than thought before which is relevant in the light of this discussion.

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Misquotes, errors, omissions in Bible translations

by LockedChaos in

been having another fine.

husband, wife theological discussion.

bible translations that can vary.

hamilcarr

Probably because every translation is an interpretation of the original text. Even though many Greek/Hebrew words have an equivalent in modern languages, we lack the sociocultural luggage to translate them accurately. Instead of including contextual factors, many have forced their own interpretation to the text.

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Your All-Time Favorite Record/CD Albums by Musicians - Any Category ?

by flipper in

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friends

was looking through my collection and thought it would be cool to see what some of our favorite record albums of all-time are ?!

i like a variety of music - mostly rock n' roll, blues , reggae, and jazz but look forward to seeing some of your favorites !

here are my top 10 approximately .

hamilcarr

1. Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground

2. Arcade Fire - Neon bible

3. Radiohead - OK Computer

4. Jeff Buckley - Grace

5. Deus - Worst case scenario

6. The Doors - The Doors

7. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

8. David Bowie - Hunky Dory

9. Joy Division - Closer

10. Interpol - Antics