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So, this is a conspiracy theory. You have provided some anecdotal, circumstantial evidence for it, at least. But what you really need is a documented 'smoking gun', to prove the Covid vaccine was deliberately designed to cause blood clots, as well as protect from Covid, and that the individuals...

True. Apparently we would need 5.1 planet earths to sustain the 8 billion of us at the current US standard of living. We obviously can't do that, then. So, we have to manage our ecological footprint a whole lot better if we are to achieve what I set out in the OP: And we need to think about...

Thank you for fact checking that for me. You are quite right, my figures were wrong. But it's not all bad news! Let's take 2022 numbers. Google now has world GDP at $95 trillion, which is about $12,000 per year per soul on earth. Credit Suisse now estimates Total World Wealth at $463.6...

I have already tried to explain that I am not at all motivated by envy, and what does motivate me. (post #98) Interestingly, Marx devotes a considerable time in the beginning of Das Kapital to the plight of the Victorian working poor. It seems pity, not envy, was what really motivated that work...

Sure you can. I do. You mean with parts of the Bible. And whereas the science is evidence based and rigorously tested, parts of the Bible are clearly myth, and 'just so' story, without any corroboration whatsoever. So you assert. Britannica, however, has: Nowhere is science, modern or...

Clearly, if you are going to donate that sort of funding to people who have hitherto eked out a meagre existence on $2 per day or less, you are also going to need to teach them how to manage it. But we all know that realistically that kind of redistribution just isn't going to happen, though it...

Read my post again, and then tell me the Bible offers us 'a complete account of all phenomena'. For a long time, many people believed that it did, and thought fossils just chance rock formations. Or that they had been deliberately placed there by God to lead people astray. As if God was a...

Probably pretty much exactly the same kind of thing as you do with your capital wealth. Buy a house, improve on it, get some transport, set up a rainy day fund for unexpected vicissitudes, maybe start a business, invest some for their old age, etc, etc. And why on earth shouldn't they? Best...

Fair enough. You can't believe in God and believe in relativism. The two contentions: 'God exists', and 'Everything is relative' are mutually exclusive. My position on truth is a little more nuanced than that, and is not dissimilar to my position on ethics (post #42). ie, there is an objective...

Don't be silly. What good would that do, except to increment the number of absolutely poor by one, and for me to become a burden on charities with better ways to spend their money, and more deserving people to support? If all the world's wealth were equally distributed (which I do not...

On the contrary, that is exactly why they are starving. At any given point in time, there is only so much wealth in the world. The more of it they hog, the less there is for everyone else. Furthermore, there is the whole matter of unethical and even illegal business and political practices to...

I am sure, as you are, that God has everything planned. But He accomplishes His plans through people. We all have to play our part, too. And it would help us all if we had a Church that was fit-for-purpose in the 21st century. Right now, it isn't. This is all just complete rubbish, from start...

And your evidence for this assertion is, what, exactly? Apparently, there are at least 7,400,000 millionaires in the world who claim to be Christian. Not entirely sure how old this figure is, and it could well be that there are many more, by now. Whatever, you certainly don't need that sort of...

You think the supply of drugs is not a greed issue? But to be sure, the wretched addicts need both money and Jesus. But they also need, first off, an effective (government funded, since the whole of society benefits from having fewer addicts on the street) rehab facility. None of this helps...

Oh dear. Go away and read some theology, and maybe some philosophy, also. Then you might have something useful to contribute to the discussion. This inexpensive little paperback would be a good place to start. The writing style is accessible, but it contains a lot of distilled wisdom. Best...

If politics has no ethical dimension, it really is a sad undertaking. No more than the pursuit of power for power's sake, really. Read the thread. No they won't. Due to the the corruption of our societies by globalised capitalism, which you seem to accept and even support, they will only pay...

That kind of whoppa is worthy even of Trump. Google has: I doubt that checkout operators are paid that much even in the US. They certainly aren't in the UK. Best wishes, 2RM.

Ah, but God is not simple, and nor is the world He devised for us to inhabit. And nor are we, either. Unless we are so intellectually lazy, we choose to make ourselves so. As for the 10 commandments, well, they leave a lot of sinful actions out. Like getting absurdly rich, when others need the...

So, then, as far as you are concerned, anyone who disrupts your complacent world view from a liberal perspective and dares to suggest that ethics are relevant as we decide our path into the future, is a Communist and/or Cultural Marxist? It won't do, because I am neither. I do not, as it...

Your're allowed to disagree. Debate is good. And God's Kingdom of Heaven on Earth is a voluntary affair. Best wishes, 2RM.