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[Tony Stark @TonyStark4221]

@repealthe20th @Osarseph0 Jesus recognized the rites and rules of the Pharisees as valid in his time, ordering people to do as the Pharisees preached. The Pharisees meanwhile rebuked his teachings.

Just because we can recognize the validity of certain sacraments doesn't mean we "admit apostasy."

[Tony Stark @TonyStark4221]

@SBarrettBar Gotta admit, it is wild to see the heir of Henry VIII just conceding the entire point of Anglicanism and it's original claim to legitimacy.
Honestly, I do not see Anglicanism recovering. Anyone sensible is going to jump Catholic, some other form of Protestant, or Atheist.

[Tony Stark @TonyStark4221]

@barsukomanchi @Tenta_20190701 @mayuhappy831 Most of the people I see who bring up the past now are leftists in America who want to demean America for its "historic faults," and leftists in Japan who want to demean Japan for its "historic faults." All to justify revolution. Or the Chinese, who want to drive us apart. (2/2)

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@barsukomanchi @Tenta_20190701 @mayuhappy831 As an American, US schools teach it as a tragic moment. A hard choice between one big bomb, and an invasion that may have killed millions of people. Everyone agrees striking cities was too far though.
But we don't hold a grudge over pearl harbor, and respect Japan now. (1/2)

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@cha32569 @Tenta_20190701 @mayuhappy831 You misunderstand. I didn't say people should never reflect. I said that Japan has reflected enough. America has also reflected enough on its past, same with Germany. It's been almost a century. The enemies of yesterday can be friends today, we don't need to beat a dead horse.

[Tony Stark @TonyStark4221]

@PixelBibleBytes You see this even in medieval times. St. Catherine of Sienna, ended the Avignon Papacy scandal by telling the Pope to be a man. St. Hildegaard preached on a box on the street corner of all things.
Just cause they weren't priests, doesn't mean they didn't spread the good word.

[Tony Stark @TonyStark4221]

@mac_ed43566 @UcheMaryOkoli We could give you every argument about "graven images," regardless of whether you're right, but you'd still be wrong about Mary.
Because Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant, who bore the word of God made Flesh. And you just made an exception to venerating images for the Ark.

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@Tenta_20190701 @mayuhappy831 As an American, we consider the issue to be settled and wouldn't mind if Japan never "reflected" on it again. You've spent long enough apologizing for everything. War is messy and makes victims on all sides.
The ones making you "reflect" are your own leftists, and the Chinese.

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@J30JRdfXQ0i5hwe @mayuhappy831 I don't know what your media is telling you all, but I mean this with all due respect:
Americans trust Japan more than most countries. If you asked a random American, they would be fine with Japan having nukes too.
We can argue history, but America trusts modern Japan.

[Tony Stark @TonyStark4221]

@sinomoritsukasa It's not even that their environment is easy mode. Rather, they're just insanely stubborn and poorer than we'd think. They mask their society's inability to pay for and maintain all the AC with some haughty stubbornness about how "it's not that bad."

[Tony Stark @TonyStark4221]

@AquilaSPQR @walterwhitepill The US is not a pure democracy that puts everything to a majority vote. The system is set up to deliberately frustrate this unless one side maintains a majority for a consistent amount of time, to prevent a momentary whim from deciding years of policy.

Republic > pure democracy

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@SeamoreButts11 @Nehconk @GamingAndPandas The real reason is actually because Hershey's (and a few other brands) have butyric acid in their ingredients, as it was a byproduct of traditional methods Hershey developed.
Butyric Acid is found in some things like Parmesan, but is also present in large amounts in vomit.

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@RyanHar16220125 @gov_fails This is rich considering how Canada has been treating their supposed ally like crap for years before all of this. Riding our coattails economically and militarily while scoffing at the "stupid Americans" for doing the very policies that enable their domestic and foreign policy.

[Tony Stark @TonyStark4221]

@madaomoshiroi Bro needs to cosplay as Darth Maul yesterday XD

[Tony Stark @TonyStark4221]

@max358japan Part of this is because this church was the destination of many pilgrims who would walk and hike for countless miles on foot to visit, which meant even people who normally would bath would often stink from their long travels.
Still, a hilarious origin story for a cool tradition.

[Tony Stark @TonyStark4221]

@xonphused Moral Evil is a consequence of men being given free will and the ability to choose or reject love.
To reject God's allowance of human evil is to reject God's allowance of humanity, and his love for even our broken selves.

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@ouppybunnything @FourSkinners @ErwinHugger "Misrepresenting."
I don't know how you misrepresent a range of 500k-2mil for defensive gun use and 400k-500k for criminal use as "more research required."
Stats are hard to get precise for dgu, considering many cases go unreported, but by most accounts the math sides with guns.

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@FourSkinners @ouppybunnything @ErwinHugger We did do something.
The CDC gov agency under Obama did a massive study. They found that guns are used by civilians to stop a lot of crime, more than how often they're used to commit crime.
Crime would actually be worse in the US without guns. Guns save more lives than kill here.

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@Atomsmade @drugresponseman Also, every Gospel account and NT book is dated to within the first century, within the lifetimes of the claimed authors. And there is contemporary records outside the bible, such as Josephus' records of the Christians.

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@Atomsmade @drugresponseman People don't die for false beliefs *knowingly.* They die for beliefs they believe to be true.
Dying because you were told you'd go to heaven is one thing.
Dying because you believe you saw a man rise from the dead and work miracles, and refuse to lie about it, is another thing.