@SecularOutpost If the universe is all that is, then it is a category error to say there is something "outside" of it that could have created it.
Also, globally, and historically people have diverse views about god(s). Most gods don't create universes. So, "Who is the [person] married to?"
@ShannonFreshour Easy. First someone will invent a creative term, describing some action that is both specifically articulable but also usefully vague. Then they will teach this helpful phrase to cadets during their Report Writing LD.
And in court whatever is in the report is the truth.
@theliamnissan The primary reason the US has the immigration issues Republicans complain about is Republican Presidents used the CIA to arm and finance right-wing fascists in Latin America to liquidate communists, socialists, workers unions, & progressive political parties.
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@SecularOutpost I don't know anything about this case, but I do know of a few cases where the violent act is so offensive that the accused was deemed fit to stand trial and convicted, despite clear evidence of severe mental illness.
@SecularOutpost Also not taking a stand... but what if we learned he was suffering from a severe schizoaffective disorder, and his brain manifested delusions and hallucinations which caused him to believe the World would end if these demonic entities (taking human form) were not destroyed?
@SecularOutpost @JohnathanPerk Ethnicity was the standard way to demarcate human groups, with language being a primary marker.
A concept like race would have been very alien.
@scottEmovienerd She totally got robbed that season...
Still amazes what she was able to do with Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know." When it was down to just 3, the judges assigned her a difficult song, half of which was angry dialogue.
https://t.co/gTKd1f2zXh
@politicscrone @kyrstensinema Cynically, reasons could be: to validate some unreasonably high sense of self-importance, to avoid embarrassment from a near certain primary defeat, or to gain financially by creating her own PAC or through promises offered from the private sector.