(November 8, 2014 at 10:00 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(November 8, 2014 at 9:54 pm)Luckie Wrote: I for one have been saying for years that US aid to the nations should be completely cut off. We merely bolster those in power unfairly by taking the peoples' advantage away from natural power play. Give some of that aid to the World health organization, the United Nations, and maybe fund a neutral international refugee camp that can allocate refugees throughout the nations evenly. Other than that, let the world figure out its own shit.
I don't know who I'm voting for in 2016, but I don't have much hope for a progressive future if the Republicans can lie their asses off, consequence free. I feel like I'm in that book 1984 where the public forgets facts as soon as they happen.
Even if you agree with him on foreign policy issues he is still for "less government" and I do not see how that will help because big business is about banks fuel and weapons and conflict helps sell their products.
The world's biggest distraction is religious ideology and that gives great cover for global corporatism to keep humans divided.
Well that's an easy fix. Ban imports, make all the jobs come back to the US. That should even out the playing field
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.


