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  1. christallen

    The Military Fights to Defend our Freedom, or absurdist things the news tells me.

    I see that this has turned into a bit of a screaming match about the legitimacy of our current foreign conflicts, but I have yet to read anyone refute my original point. Do these wars protect Americans' rights?
  2. christallen

    The Military Fights to Defend our Freedom, or absurdist things the news tells me.

    These days I see a lot of talk in the news media about military action being vital to personal freedoms. The phrase typically used is some variation of ‘The military fights to defend our freedom’ and is coupled with some kind of sentimental talk about supporting the troops and their mission. I...
  3. christallen

    Any Esperantists on the board?

    Kio estas via opinio pri milito? Ĉu ĝi estas iam bezonata? Ĉu ĝi povas eviti? Ĝi eble estas ĉio absurda.
  4. christallen

    Baha'i and Esperanto

    :D I didn't know that. That is very interesting. Are there still Baha'i who speak Esperanto?
  5. christallen

    Why I don't 'support our troops' (and why no religious person should)

    You support the military, and I don't. Glad we got that out of the way. -- I do have family in the military. I don't support their choice. I agree that they have made a choice, but that choice was to join the military. In joining the military this person has become an active, willing...
  6. christallen

    Why I don't 'support our troops' (and why no religious person should)

    I assure you it never said 'Christian', but I put 'All Religions' there because I feel like I've been influenced by them all, but I'm an absurdist at heart.
  7. christallen

    Any Esperantists on the board?

    I'm in the process of learning Esperanto, and could use some practice. I am up for discussing anything.
  8. christallen

    Baha'i and Esperanto

    I have recently started learning Esperanto, and I read on wikipedia (of course) that some Baha'i feel that it could be used as a worldwide language. What are your thoughts on this matter?
  9. christallen

    Why I don't 'support our troops' (and why no religious person should)

    Hallelujah! We need more parents like you. This is absolutely sickening. I don't even have kids and this scares me.
  10. christallen

    Why I don't 'support our troops' (and why no religious person should)

    That may be true, but that still doesn't provide a reason for me to support that person for his/her decision to join the military as a means to an end. By that logic pirates, bandits, and 'terrorist' forces are to be understood as merely reacting to their socio-economic conditions and also...
  11. christallen

    Why I don't 'support our troops' (and why no religious person should)

    Even with the economic issue, there are other choices. (It's an entirely different discussion if we go into how the government could divert funds from the military to civilian jobs if the war-cycle was broken) I am sadly aware of that fact. I grew up in the Pentecostal church and had...
  12. christallen

    Why I don't 'support our troops' (and why no religious person should)

    When has war actually ended in peace? The end of every war is the beginning of the next. What is being stopped when war is an endless cycle? Does war not harm multitudes of people? How does this make right what they have done? The standards that society has set for itself (at least in the US)...
  13. christallen

    Why I don't 'support our troops' (and why no religious person should)

    I will put an exception right at the top of this post. If you're drafted, most of what I say here does not apply. Why support a volunteer soldier? I've been faced with this question quite a bit coming to age in the Bush years. The conclusion that I've finally landed on is, there is no...
  14. christallen

    Do some soldiers enjoy killing?

    Considering how much we've trampled on the Geneva Conventions, what exactly are the rules of engagement?
  15. christallen

    don't judge lest you be judged

    The bible being the word of G-d represents bare human nature and therefore is a guide to the way we are built. On that note, this woman and the observer were both disregarding their nature. To say that human nature has been perverted and polluted by satan gives him a bit too much credit.
  16. christallen

    What version of the bible do you find most accurate?

    Jerusalem Bible. I like reading it in the form of a novel much more than the traditional verse structure.
  17. christallen

    Would Jesus support Healthcare Reform?

    I don't believe Jesus ever had a good thing to say about rich people. "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." - Mark 10:25 (Jerusalem Bible)
  18. christallen

    Hello there good folks

    I don't believe in big 'T' Truth, or Universal Truth.
  19. christallen

    Hello there good folks

    I've added an avatar now. Little Marjoe: a con man amongst many.
  20. christallen

    Hello there good folks

    Hello, I'm Christopher. I don't believe in Truth.
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