so biden proclaims easter as transgender day

[PaceAdvantage]

I'm not sure how that's a drive-by. She regularly posts here in off-topic

Until very recently, you were usually just a one and done kind of guy in off-topic threads.

You usually didn't stick around for much if any back and forth.

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage

I'm not sure how that's a drive-by. She regularly posts here in off-topic

Until very recently, you were usually just a one and done kind of guy in off-topic threads.

You usually didn't stick around for much if any back and forth.

A quick look at both our post histories will quickly dispel you of this erroneous notion.

[PaceAdvantage]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

A quick look at both our post histories will quickly dispel you of this erroneous notion.

really, in off-topic?

I mean, if you want to go all the way back to the religious thread, when it was active...ok...but that was a long time ago

maybe my perception is warped

I am getting older...might be afflicted with early-stage Biden/Trump disease...

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage

really, in off-topic?

I mean, if you want to go all the way back to the religious thread, when it was active...ok...but that was a long time ago

I thought you were a lot more observant than that...

[PaceAdvantage]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

I thought you were a lot more observant than that...

you are so quick...I added to my post...LOL

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage

you are so quick...I added to my post...LOL

LOL...yeah, I just saw. If you are getting old...what am I supposed to say?

[thaskalos]

If I posted here as "infrequently" as you say...then my "thinly-vailed insults" wouldn't be so noticeable to you.

[PaceAdvantage]

Didn't I already apologize for this? Or was that something else?

[Richie]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

Here is more evidence of your ignorance...or is it "stupidity"? If "nothing in Christianity says that you shouldn't defend yourself"...what did Jesus mean when he said..."You have been taught an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but I say don't resist evil"? Jesus was much more "radical" than you 'conservatives' give him credit for being.

where's boxcar when we need him !

[classhandicapper]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

Sorry...but all you are doing is offering lame excuses that fit your rhetoric. The plain truth is that Jesus would have NEVER said that we should "turn the other cheek", if what he really meant was to have us 'resist the urge to retaliate', as you so lamely assert. If he meant to stop us from "retaliating"...then he would have told us to simply walk away without "turning the other cheek". If Jesus was into "defending himself against inappropriate injustice"...then he would have gotten off the cross and kicked the Romans' ass. And if Jesus wasn't a "pacifist"...then he wouldn't allow the Roman soldiers to spit in his face.

As I said...stick to your simplistic handicapping methods. The religious discussions are way beyond your level of expertise.

We'll have to agree to disagree, but I think you should probably learn a bit more about rhetoric, hyperbole, metaphor etc... in Bible communication, read the interpretations of actual experts on the passage and what Catholics (in my case) are taught instead of going with you own and other drive-by Christian hating. No Catholic l know was ever taught to be a doormat or to give up all their weapons of defense.

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/on...he-other-cheek

Almost the entire purpose of His being here was to suffer and DIE for our sins.

Why would he get off the cross or tell his Apostles to back off when they came for Him when his destiny was being fulfilled?

[classhandicapper]

Originally Posted by classhandicapper

We'll have to agree to disagree, but I think you should probably learn a bit more about rhetoric, hyperbole, metaphor etc... in Bible communication, read the interpretations of actual experts on the passage and what Catholics (in my case) are taught instead of going with you own and other drive-by Christian hating. No Catholic l know was ever taught to be a doormat or to give up all their weapons of defense.

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/on...he-other-cheek

Almost the entire purpose of His being here was to suffer and DIE for our sins.

Why would he get off the cross or tell his Apostles to back off when they came for Him when his destiny was being fulfilled?

I should add, since we are talking about whether it is Christian for people to own guns for defense, what THEY are taught and believe about what Jesus was saying is more important than your own misinterpretations of Bible verses.

IMO, they would be way more likely to give up many of their guns or at a minimum accept stronger regulations if left wing governments at all levels made preventing crime a huge priority, could be trusted not to confiscate guns they feel are necessary for their own protection and could be trusted to not behave in a totalitarian manner. None of that seems likely. So every time those governments misbehave, gun and ammo sales will spike again (as they always do) and we'll continue to have occasional accidents and violent outbursts with them.