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And of course, it's not about OPM but rather other people's willingness to produce more WITHOUT getting more. Like temperature being a measure of heat, money is a measure of economic activity, an exchange of value for value. When people produce less and demand is dramatically higher, it puts...

Rather than type 2 or 3 letters (yes or no), you'd have me read 5-pages?! The truth is not that scary, my friend, to angle to and from it so. Bless your heart and make a blessed day. pryw

I am totally confident Trump will win the vote among living, registered American voters.

Friend, let's take it down a notch and stand on truth. Do you believe Saint Paul is a hypocrite as the OP states?

Well intentioned - from a certain POV. :cold:

Sadly, based on my church experience, I believe they are more likely than not practicing soul-less Christians.

Reading comprehension. Did you see the word “complicit” in what you responded? And I guess you don’t like to answer questions: A or B. Just respond with a personal attack. How upset you are determines how wrong I am.

I’m about sick of believers excusing the evil of the world + having no grace for believers who stumble. What’s up with that?

What does the feast of Dionysus have to do with drag queens and rainbow colors? Also, the media is reporting uproar over Olympic mocking Last Supper. Is that reporting in error?

Thanks for this post, a nod to incrementalism. Most people are too busy with their own life to pay attention to the slow erosion of western civilization. Like a warm bath, we enter little by little and it is never shocking to the system - until suddenly it is. Critical mass. Tipping point...

Human nature. Much older than America. See Tytler Cycle.

Well, that is were you are incorrect. It was judged in context. The context was a sports event that is supposed to be, according to their own by-laws, non-political and despite claims of intention, it most certainly was political. I suppose the claim "taken out of context" has become its own...

You really are lost in irrelevant deconstructionist details, like supposed intention. Successful approaches that are different are the only ones where there is the potential to learn what works. Informed of deconstructionist irrelevancies, yes. Determining if something is morally right or...

I wonder what standard you'd embrace to conclude that it was a dig at the last supper.

Rita, Your opening reply is an example of a Strawman argument. I like to start with the conclusion, X was right or wrong. Deconstructionism obliterates the concept by analyzing tangential matters never arriving at the moral conclusion. Sure, they can reach all kinds of other conclusions but the...

Not an answer to my reading comprehension question. You who are complicit with calling the Apostle Paul, who wrote 2/3 of the New Testament, a hypocrite, is calling me rude?! That is rich. "Can" is a potential not actual. No one said the Spirit lacks the potential. I only pointed out the Spirit...

Yes, it does. Tacit admission of wrong doing. Now, how will they atone and make it right?

Philosophy. Some, like you, embrace deconstruction. Others, like @Debp and me, reject deconstruction. IF you are willing to first admit there is something morally wrong about the opening ceremony skit, the conversation will be less difficult. I don't mind analyzing and re-examining all the ways...

Do you want me to believe the elite on the Olympic committee or my lying eyes? I notice they never accidentally make it seem they are mocking Islam. Funny that. Watched a vid that included the Olympic charter. It specifically states they are not aiming to make political type statements. That...

I often rely on a thought experiment. Imagine if they did such a parody to some other demographic, such as Muhammad? Many in France would be killed by now. Arson would be commonplace. The Olympics, itself, might have to be cancelled. We all know this is true. So, why is it OK to do the parody of...