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Calling them by their name was not an option you provided - and neither are the dictators.

It depends on what you value more, truth or not giving offense? Saying I value loving them is besides the point. If only dictators throughout history used the approach that if you do not submit to my dictates, I'll be offended ... so many lives could have been saved. :oops:

Such “general reminders” are a distraction from the OP topic. We need AIR the OXYGEN.

We need AIR the OXYGEN. See how I am positively contributing to this thread by stating a truism having nothing to do with the OP?

That's a great point. I often remind people that Paul did not command us to get along but lamented that we should. One thing about a debate compared to argument. I can deny the logic of my idea is wrong but admit that my heated argument was wrong, such as making personal attacks. In our...

Untrue! We call them Byzantines but they called themselves Romans. In the attachment it says it, aka the eastern half of the Roman Empire.

Really? The entire manmade global warming agenda is 100% about shaming people who have a high standard of living. The claim includes using gasoline and the internal combustion engine is destroying the planet, selfish, a sin., etc.

Sin causes global warming according to the Alarmists.

Exactly right! Though our society uses the terms interchangeably. We notice people argue in our common experience. Only later do we become aware of formal impersonable debates. What are called Presidential debates bare no resemblance to actual formal debates.

Not to start an argument, but will you ever tire of making generic posts in every thread having nothing to do with the OP? War is bad.

There’s no reason to abandon prudence just because it requires work and sacrifice. If others jumped off a bridge …

As Jesus said, do not resist evil.

Divine providence arranged for me to meet this former friend when he was ready to commit suicide stemming from the collapse of his marriage. He admitted to having a porn addiction. At the end of my relationship with him, I told him that him that porn addiction is not his basic problem but pride...

My wife and I went to a Methodist Church. They broke away a few years ago becoming nondenominational. We're about 1,000 members strong - or at least we were before COVID. We might be lower than 800 nowadays. I doubt my spiritual gifts encourage others to have a strengthened relationship with...

That's THE question! "Community" may be insufficiently specific. Here is the balance between unity and diversity. Achieving a goal requires unity. My wife and I are planning a vacation. We can't go on vacation together if she goes west and I go east. Once we have unity on the goal, we can...

A former friend of mine always had to have the last word. Even when his argument was totally obliterated with undeniable facts, he would not capitulate. He'd respond with, "You are never going to convince me of that." I knew to leave it there.

A political spectrum with 100% government on the left, 0% government on the right and a Constitutionally-limited republic (which America is) in the middle. A synonym for a Leftist is generally a globalist. America is a special kind of Constitutionally-limited republic. It is federal. Federalism...

The Left in our society wants diversity as long as it is NOT diversity of thought. Ironic.

Years ago I wrote an email to my much younger sister about the family dynamics. I created a table that differentiated DEBATE from ARGUMENT and FIGHT. Debate is a logical application of known facts and moral principles. An argument is an emotionally charged debate with animosity for those with...

No but I seem to share their commitment to the Sabbath. There are over 30,000 denominations. I don't know what they are all about. However, on these boards certain denominations get castigated by the very people who are supposed to love them. We don't have to be a member of a denomination to...