When you believe that your god is infallible, you can justify anything.
ANYTHING.
This is not a reasonable position to hold. No form of slavery was ever moral, ever. Full stop. It's not a "complex question." It's a goddamn layup.
@indelibleindigo I'm not pretending. I truly don't understand. You have no evidence there's a problem. You keep just asserting there is one.
Everything you're saying may be 100% true, I'm not an expert. Just give me evidence. And if you can't, that's a problem.
@indelibleindigo@notforrealnow@mattvanswol@america So you can't.
I'm sorry. This is obviously an important cause for you. I just don't see it as necessary. Our elections are secure. You're asserting that they aren't with zero evidence. I can't take that seriously.
@indelibleindigo@notforrealnow@mattvanswol@america Considering the infintely small amount of voter fraud that's ever been committed in federal elections, I think you're wrong.
Where do we go from here? Can you cite specific examples of the system failing and permitting widespread voter fraud?
@indelibleindigo@notforrealnow@mattvanswol@america I agree, we're going in circles. Until you have more than just your assertion that there could be the framework for a potential problem someday, I don't have any reason to take it seriously.
@indelibleindigo@notforrealnow@mattvanswol@america Once again, you're talking about solving a problem you can't demonstrate is a problem. Our elections are super insecure, yet you can't provide evidence of anyone acting on it.
Before people accidentally get kicked off of voter rolls, demonstrate a necessity. Don't just assert.
@leo_glunk@micyoung75 And that's the last bastion of defense. "You've hardened your heart to the Holy Spirit/You didn't pray hard enough/You just want to sin." No real answers, just excuses.
God commanded the slaughter of innocents in the Bible. I'm sorry there's no clean way around that.
@leo_glunk@micyoung75 So you don't know either. That's fine. "I don't know" is a perfectly acceptable answer. Just don't speak as though you do. And don't act like I'm crazy or ignorant when I say I don't understand something (that you apparently don't understand either!)
@leo_glunk@micyoung75 I'm asking for an explanation why some Old Testament stuff counts and some doesn't. I've studied this. I have yet to come across an answer that isn't just post-hoc rationalization bullshit. If you have one, please present it.
@leo_glunk@micyoung75 So some parts of the Old Testament are relevant today, and some aren't. Huh. That sure seems like cherry-picking. How do you decide which parts are which?
@leo_glunk@micyoung75 The Ten Commandments were in the Old Testament. Are they no longer relevant?
The passages used to villianize homosexuality are also Old Testament. They no longer apply either?
@leo_glunk@micyoung75 I know "Christians" like to cherry-pick parts of the Bible to justify things they enjoy, while they disregard or re-interpret whatever's inconvenient.
Why are you able to write off God's commands to slaughter innocent children in the Old Testament?