Here's a fun moment from the very end of an interview with neurosurgeon and Jesus Man Ben Carson on "Meet the Press." Chuck Todd passed along this query from Facebook user Victor Roush: "Simple question: Does the Bible have authority over the Constitution?" This is NOT a simple question, though, it's a really tough question! After all, this is a guy who's only running for president because
Watching Ben Carson speak, with all that hand waving always reminds me of the scene from Erin Brocovich where the kid is wearing the big football shirt with George's hands coming out of the sleeves. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...
since you are serious i will be too. do you have some proof of your god's existence, other than your religious texts? no. is there proof of the existence of any god? no. it is all just belief, which is another way of saying opinion. i know the bible. i WAS a baptist. i spent 7 years of my adult life studying the religions of the world looking for god. there have been thousands of religions, and hundreds of thousands of different gods.i have read the religious texts of many religions.those practiced now, and some long dead. one of the things they all have in common, our god is real, and he/she created this world for his/her followers. in all of that time i found that religion is nothing more than lies told to control people, and extort money from them, and little to do with god. but, i have an open mind, and given some proof, and i mean proof that would hold up in a court of law, i may change my mind. in this country, we have the freedom of religion. no one has the right to impose the rules, and moral code of their religion upon others. if it is evil to impose sharia law, it is evil to impose the ten commandments.
When our Lord was asked if taxes ought to be paid to Ceasar, the answer was ‘do your civic duty’No, the real answer was Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's
If you wanted to paraphrase it, it is better to state that as pay the man.
But this raises a question which goes against both your points. Is it right for a man to pay taxes without representation? The Constitution says no. The Bible, according what you quoted "Our Lord" on, says differently.
Yawn. My Invisible Pink Unicorn user's guide says nothing is infinite, get over it and do what is right because it's the right thing to do, not because you are afraid of unprovable consequences.
Remember, the candidates need the media to get their ideas across, so there's no insult too great for them, and the media needs the candidates to keep their ratings up, so there's no insult they are willing to make if it might drive the candidates away. Win win.
Interestingly, if the secular authority in one area had confiscation laws for the property of convicted witches, and an area under different authority next door did not have those laws, the first area had a higher number of witch trials.
Sort of a given when higher education was for the most part clerical education. It was something of a benefit to the state, the church picking up the retirement package for civil servants who could be popped into a monastery when then got too feeble.
"...there is considerable controversy about the accuracy of Llorente’s figures. As a result, historians must decide whether or not to take those numbers at face value. Some believe his numbers are too low, and should be adjusted higher. However, the majority of modern scholars believe his numbers are too high.
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"... Henry Kamen, who is one of the leading authorities on the Spanish Inquisition. His work on The Spanish Inquisition is published by Yale University Press (Fourth Edition, 2014). Kamen’s research has led him to conclude: “We can in all probability accept the estimate, made on the basis of available documentation, that a maximum of three thousand persons may have suffered death during the entire history of the tribunal” (p. 253). Kamen’s estimates may be too low, but they represent the general perspective of contemporary scholars."
True in many respects, but the drag in the development of western medicine was also (perhaps mostly) due to a fire at the Escorial Palace in 1602 that destroyed the work of Francisco Hernandez, Felipe II's personal physician, who had studied Aztec medicine (much more advanced than western medicine in several areas, including pharmacology). And it was the RCC that pushed smallpox vaccination and Carlos IV of Spain to underwrite the world's first mass vaccination effort.
I understand that Scalia's opinion was that the mixing is ok if you jiggle and poke it in applesauce.
Watching Ben Carson speak, with all that hand waving always reminds me of the scene from Erin Brocovich where the kid is wearing the big football shirt with George's hands coming out of the sleeves. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...
Welcome to politics.
since you are serious i will be too. do you have some proof of your god's existence, other than your religious texts? no. is there proof of the existence of any god? no. it is all just belief, which is another way of saying opinion. i know the bible. i WAS a baptist. i spent 7 years of my adult life studying the religions of the world looking for god. there have been thousands of religions, and hundreds of thousands of different gods.i have read the religious texts of many religions.those practiced now, and some long dead. one of the things they all have in common, our god is real, and he/she created this world for his/her followers. in all of that time i found that religion is nothing more than lies told to control people, and extort money from them, and little to do with god. but, i have an open mind, and given some proof, and i mean proof that would hold up in a court of law, i may change my mind. in this country, we have the freedom of religion. no one has the right to impose the rules, and moral code of their religion upon others. if it is evil to impose sharia law, it is evil to impose the ten commandments.
dont worry they can still do plenty of damage at the state level
When our Lord was asked if taxes ought to be paid to Ceasar, the answer was ‘do your civic duty’No, the real answer was Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's
If you wanted to paraphrase it, it is better to state that as pay the man.
But this raises a question which goes against both your points. Is it right for a man to pay taxes without representation? The Constitution says no. The Bible, according what you quoted "Our Lord" on, says differently.
Sure, as soon as you find one. Only catch is that it has to be in the Republican Party, Ben.
Yawn. My Invisible Pink Unicorn user's guide says nothing is infinite, get over it and do what is right because it's the right thing to do, not because you are afraid of unprovable consequences.
Can you translate for the troll? I have no fucking idea what it was trying to convey to us. Is it lost?
Remember, the candidates need the media to get their ideas across, so there's no insult too great for them, and the media needs the candidates to keep their ratings up, so there's no insult they are willing to make if it might drive the candidates away. Win win.
But, what does the Bible say about the regulation of the dairy industry?
Interestingly, if the secular authority in one area had confiscation laws for the property of convicted witches, and an area under different authority next door did not have those laws, the first area had a higher number of witch trials.
Hagfish are congenitally Republican.
Sort of a given when higher education was for the most part clerical education. It was something of a benefit to the state, the church picking up the retirement package for civil servants who could be popped into a monastery when then got too feeble.
Ah.. but:
"...there is considerable controversy about the accuracy of Llorente’s figures. As a result, historians must decide whether or not to take those numbers at face value. Some believe his numbers are too low, and should be adjusted higher. However, the majority of modern scholars believe his numbers are too high.
[...]
"... Henry Kamen, who is one of the leading authorities on the Spanish Inquisition. His work on The Spanish Inquisition is published by Yale University Press (Fourth Edition, 2014). Kamen’s research has led him to conclude: “We can in all probability accept the estimate, made on the basis of available documentation, that a maximum of three thousand persons may have suffered death during the entire history of the tribunal” (p. 253). Kamen’s estimates may be too low, but they represent the general perspective of contemporary scholars."
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True in many respects, but the drag in the development of western medicine was also (perhaps mostly) due to a fire at the Escorial Palace in 1602 that destroyed the work of Francisco Hernandez, Felipe II's personal physician, who had studied Aztec medicine (much more advanced than western medicine in several areas, including pharmacology). And it was the RCC that pushed smallpox vaccination and Carlos IV of Spain to underwrite the world's first mass vaccination effort.