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Wow! I don't know what to say. Do you want to share your journey with us in this thread? My friends wife passed 1.5 years ago, being in hospice the last 2 weeks.

Are you aware of the Muslim tradition of saying one thing in English regarding peace and another thing in Arabic regarding the destruction of Israel? It's like that with the Pope. He can say all he wants that is defensible. The criticism he is getting is what he's said that is indefensible...

Ayn Rand wrote in the 1950's signs of the collapsing society, which includes the establishment of the subjective, arbitrary and capricious.

Agreed. I gave a speech on the step of the Michigan capital building a life time ago and made the very same point about the historic symbolism of raising a flag to show victory and dominion. The day of my speech was "UN Flag Day." For that one day, the UN flag flew over every US State Capital...

Always from within are noble institutions destroyed. Satan knows this best of all. :(

No. I'm just rejecting your false dichotomy. It has nothing to do with the reasons in the OP and shows profound antisemitism. No other country on Earth is held to the same standard as this sovereign nation. They're Germans but not real Germans. They're Georgians but not real Georgians. They're...

Broken record. Lap #33. Christ was referring to the few standing before him and not making some racist comment about all.

I’ve heard this too. It is not in the Bible. In the NRSV Cultural Bible, it elaborates on Paul’s Nazarite vow. Typically, this was for a season not lifetime. No. I’m claiming drinking alcohol is not a sin and have offered many proofs.

Broken record. Lap #32. How are they lying again?

This thread is about Zion not ‘Biblical’ Zion. Try to keep up.

Agreed. Same thing with gluten allergy. If eating the bread of communion causes an allergic reaction, make a gluten free substitute. It's not the inanimate object is evil or partaking of an inanimate object is evil, in and of itself. God made weed. God allowed the chemistry of fermentation and...

Nope. Denying the scientific evidence of health benefits of drinking wine to advance your crusade. See post #71. Jesus commanded us to drink wine - not poison.

Yes. This mythi is addressed in post #61 below.

Doubling down on your manipulation, aka Appeal to Emotion. Just because I am quick to recognize manipulation for what it is, does not make manipulation a valid means of argumentation.

I was wondering what happened to the Tinman.

LOL. Another Appeal to Strawman. Nowhere was it claimed that drinking wine is a salvation issue. However, do this (drink wine) in rememberance of me is Jesus command. If you feel it wise to disregard Jesus' command regarding the establishent of the New Covenant and the sacrament of communion...

Another take on this. The symbol for medication is 2 snakes on a cross to alert us of the danger that in the right amount, the drug helps but in the wrong amount, it is poisonous as you say. This analysis is universal and does not apply only to alcohol. To your implied claim that no amount is...

How I feel is irrelevant. The purpose of such questions as below is relevant, which is to pressure the one who is protesting "so much." I find the implied rationalization of the question revealing. Apparently, if one is in the right, there is not a need to protest a wrong much - even while the...

Jesus drank wine, which by definition, has alcohol in it. Calling it poison does not change the fact.

My wife and I are both in our second marriage. Our first spouses are still alive. Are we adulterers?