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by Blacknad
Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:11 am
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Were early Christians socialists?
Replies: 66
Views: 14002

None of what you postedis a verifiable fact... Interesting. You base your whole life on Christianity (as I do) that has no verifiable facts to sustain it. And yet here you refuse to accept something because: 1. There are no verifiable facts. 2. It upsets your unconditional faith in the American gov...
by Blacknad
Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:04 am
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Were early Christians socialists?
Replies: 66
Views: 14002

The second point is the assertion that the US government is somehow associated with "oil companies" and " big business". Do you have any facts to support that? August. I haven't got time to spend googling for such obvious stuff. If you don't know the oil backgrounds of people in...
by Blacknad
Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:34 am
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Was the American led invasion of Iraq right?
Replies: 33
Views: 8320

The British and American governments know whats going on better than any of you tabloid reading pussies. If they think its a good idea then who are you to tell us it isn't? They knew it was unpopular but they still did it. They dont go around starting wars just because they think it will be fun. I ...
by Blacknad
Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:05 am
Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
Topic: I find this funny
Replies: 16
Views: 5607

I presume you are joking but just to make it clear because people don't seem to be getting it, unless they are joining in the joke - The website is a spoof and is probably designed to make a point about people who (the website creators think) believe outlandish things despite the evidence to the con...
by Blacknad
Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:37 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Were early Christians socialists?
Replies: 66
Views: 14002

August, As I don't think I am advocating socialism, it may help if you define what you think socialism is. And as for the environmental issues, my friend who lived for a couple of years in America says that people barely go anywhere without thier cars. He told the story of a being behind a guy who p...
by Blacknad
Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:14 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Were early Christians socialists?
Replies: 66
Views: 14002

I also find your comments about America strange. There is no country in the world that gives more to charitable causes. For example, in 2005, the USA gave more than double what the next closest country did, from the government budget. In addition to that, the majority of charitable contributions, m...
by Blacknad
Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:11 am
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Question about whether God murdered
Replies: 13
Views: 3123

Hi Angelskates, welcome, I think the whole thing about property is pretty much an aside and doesn't help us. When a criminal commits horrors then we incarcerate them, sometimes for life and especially with the criminally insane who are sometimes beyond help. We effectively 'remove them from society'...
by Blacknad
Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:59 am
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Were early Christians socialists?
Replies: 66
Views: 14002

For anyone who has eyes to see (PL you need read no further) they may want to look at the following web pages on the site of a good friend of mine who instead of spending his time propping up a selfish system, is actually devoting his life to try and solve the problem. It is with people like him tha...
by Blacknad
Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:47 am
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Were early Christians socialists?
Replies: 66
Views: 14002

"What is called sound economics is very often what mirrors the needs of the respectably affluent." J. K. Galbraith, Money (1975) PL hates government initiatives and wants giving to be left up to the individual. The problem with this is that people just don't give as much as we need. In a ...
by Blacknad
Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:12 am
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Were early Christians socialists?
Replies: 66
Views: 14002

Bluesman, I'm right with you. You are spot on. The problem with PL is that he can see no alternative to out and out capitalism. He and Jac seem to think that America, Christianity and Capitalism are inextricably linked. Criticize one - criticize them all. When ever did the scripture say that what a ...
by Blacknad
Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:17 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Was the American led invasion of Iraq right?
Replies: 33
Views: 8320

August, Yeah you're right. We can go around for ever with this one and it's not productive. I need to think hard about what threads I start. I think the war is an unmitigated disaster from start to... well no finish in sight. I think we will be dealing with this legacy for decades and we will be luc...
by Blacknad
Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:44 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Dr. Doom, or the logical moral consequence of evolution?
Replies: 59
Views: 11089

Someone posted Dr Doom on http://www.scienceagogo.com under a thread called science will save us. A scientist with two PHDs responded, known as Uncle Al: 90% cut, 600 million remaining, is too deep a cut to sustain technolgical civilization. Stop all manner and means of State-mandated charity. The p...
by Blacknad
Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:00 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Was the American led invasion of Iraq right?
Replies: 33
Views: 8320

Woah, Locker, relax a tad.

No one is hating America here - we would probably all be Commies under Global Tzar Putin if it weren't for you.

Take it easy.

Regards,

Blacknad.
by Blacknad
Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:52 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Was the American led invasion of Iraq right?
Replies: 33
Views: 8320

C'mon Blacknad, who is Clarke you keep on quoting? Where are all these nameless quotes coming from? I cannot respond to them if you don't give the source. You did not answer any of my questions. What is your solution? August, Google it. Put the first ten or so words of a quote in and voila... http:...