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  1. JustCallMeNick

    It was the best news I'd heard all day! Another reason to be proud of my Irish roots! :)

    It was the best news I'd heard all day! Another reason to be proud of my Irish roots! :)
  2. JustCallMeNick

    Romans 8:19 The manifestation of the sons of God.

    This confirms what I said at the outset - JWs (the vast majority of them, at least) interpret most of the New Testament as not directly applying to them in the way it applied to first-century Christians. Regardless of whether you're right to do that, I just noted it as an oddity. I know of no...
  3. JustCallMeNick

    50 million gallons of water lost to "Vandals"

    I assume you're also outraged by people who eat almonds and cashews? This Is How Much Water It Takes To Make Your Favorite Foods
  4. JustCallMeNick

    Romans 8:19 The manifestation of the sons of God.

    Interesting. Weird, though, that it took the organization that ostensibly represents God on Earth until 1935 to figure that out, presuming they came to the correct conclusion there. My point was about the Pauline understanding of baptism. Whether that aligns with the JW understanding is...
  5. JustCallMeNick

    Romans 8:19 The manifestation of the sons of God.

    I was thinking specifically of Pauline thought when I made those comments. I'm not wedded to the idea that Pauline thought and Lucan thought have to perfectly align - and in fact I think they demonstrably don't. But they are good talking points. Interesting example. I have heard some argue...
  6. JustCallMeNick

    Romans 8:19 The manifestation of the sons of God.

    The Pauline epistles know of no such distinction between a water baptism and a Spirit baptism, from what I can see. In Ephesians the author comes right out and says there is "one baptism." (4:4-5) If I recall correctly, some of the early church fathers spoke of a kind of baptism by fire...
  7. JustCallMeNick

    Romans 8:19 The manifestation of the sons of God.

    It is clear contextually that the author of John meant the Gentiles to be the "other sheep" as at that time Jesus was preaching only, or primarily, to Jews. This aligns with Paul's central message that as Christians ethnic boundaries are irrelevant and the spiritual identities and inheritance...
  8. JustCallMeNick

    Texas bikers in deadly shootout at Waco restaurant

    I just factually disagree. As I mentioned earlier, gun control does work - most of the West applies it much more robustly than we do (do you really think they "don't value freedom?"), and hey look, their gun violence rates are far lower. On pot, first of all we're talking apples and oranges -...
  9. JustCallMeNick

    Romans 8:19 The manifestation of the sons of God.

    JWs have an odd tendency among Christian groups not to identify themselves with first century Christians. All Christians do this to some extent (almost no Christians believe women must cover their head when praying anymore), but JWs do it much more than the rest. This leads them to conclude...
  10. JustCallMeNick

    Texas bikers in deadly shootout at Waco restaurant

    Your attempt at sarcasm makes no sense.
  11. JustCallMeNick

    Romans 8:19 The manifestation of the sons of God.

    Untrue. See verses 14-15 of the same chapter: "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” " See also Paul's letter to the...
  12. JustCallMeNick

    Romans 8:19 The manifestation of the sons of God.

    He seems to be referring to the Second Coming, the "sons of God" being Christians. In the previous verse he says: "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
  13. JustCallMeNick

    Texas bikers in deadly shootout at Waco restaurant

    Yes, it would (or at least drastically reduce it). But I don't think we need to go that far in either case. Instead, like we do already with automobiles, I see no need to ban all guns so long as we strictly regulate them.
  14. JustCallMeNick

    Texas bikers in deadly shootout at Waco restaurant

    I wasn't asked how we should punish people who commit gun crimes.
  15. JustCallMeNick

    Texas bikers in deadly shootout at Waco restaurant

    I'm familiar with the objection. All I can really say is that basically every other Western nation has these common sense laws in place - and lo and behold, their gun violence rates are considerably lower. Mass shootings are largely unheard of. The laws work. Only in America do we retain...
  16. JustCallMeNick

    Texas bikers in deadly shootout at Waco restaurant

    Standard progressive prescription. Close background check loopholes, ban assault weapons, mandate license/registration, etc etc.
  17. JustCallMeNick

    Texas bikers in deadly shootout at Waco restaurant

    They say whoever brings up Hitler in an argument first loses, so I'll take that as a compliment! :D
  18. JustCallMeNick

    Texas bikers in deadly shootout at Waco restaurant

    What is your case, exactly? That rampant gun violence is just a human inevitability and all we can do about it is get a bigger gun than our neighbor's?
  19. JustCallMeNick

    Texas bikers in deadly shootout at Waco restaurant

    Making access to guns much more difficult. There's a myriad of policy ideas to accomplish that.
  20. JustCallMeNick

    Texas bikers in deadly shootout at Waco restaurant

    I had in mind policies beyond shaking our finger and telling people murder is a no-no.
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