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#60 meme summons to mind the expression "spoiled brat".

"upset" #60

Constructive dialogue can involve more than one person.
Involving more than one does not necessarily render a conversation constructive, particularly if there's a MAGA involved.

for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Galations 6:7

Utopian fantasies tend to fizzle.

"Crime will wither away after the fall of capitalism." an anarchist that posted under the pseud sanarchus

 

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"The Bible" #62

Supercilious critics prop up their dismissive condemnation of holy scripture based only on >99% of its contents,
thereby dismissing the vast remainder of ancient wisdom disclosed therein.

"The Golden Rule":
"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." KJV Matthew 7:12

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

If there's any more concise fundamental standard for human behavior, suitable for students at nursery school through doctorate level please post it in this thread now.

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"The Golden Rule":
"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." KJV Matthew 7:12

One verse that Evangelical "Christians" conveniently ignore.

 

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"One verse that Evangelical "Christians" conveniently ignore." S2 #64

"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to the garage makes you a car." Dr. Laurence J. Peter [S2's point w/ #64 scare quotes]

Pete !

"One verse that Evangelical "Christians" conveniently ignore." S2 #64

"The fact that somebody over-sells an idea doesn't make it a bad idea. It makes them a bad salesman." Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA ret)

In matters theological / philosophical it helps to distinguish faithful practitioners from poseurs that falsely claim the mantle for advantage.

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful." sometimes attributed to Seneca the Younger (c.3 BCE - CE 65)

I know this quote is commonly attributed to Seneca, but it is mistakenly attributed to him. How do I know this? In Volume 1 of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", written by Edward Gibbon, he writes, "“The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." making sense Administrator Rob W. Case https://makingsense.proboards.com/thread/720/young-boys-search-god