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The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
re: Another unhinged Trump statement on Ron
Posted by Telos on 11/10/22 at 5:54 pm to Message Board User
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Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm. - Proverbs 3:30
A lesson the former President should adopt, but will not.
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If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet. Proverbs 29:9
A lesson Desantis hopefully will follow.
re: Republicans need to rethink abortion
Posted by Telos on 11/9/22 at 6:16 pm to SixthAndBarone
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I think abortion is terrible
Why do you think so?
re: What are you reading?
Posted by Telos on 11/7/22 at 8:09 pm to Tiger in the Sticks
The Shijing
re: What are you reading?
Posted by Telos on 11/1/22 at 5:34 am to Che Boludo
The Outlines of Pyrrhonism - Sextus Empiricus
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This would lead to the glorification of anything an officially oppressed person wants, in language, history, etc... Dick Cavett, a liberal, said in the '70s: "I can't wait for this to spread to other disciplines: the biology student's right to his own biology, the math student's right to his own math, even the divinity student's right to his own rites."
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When I said just now that all motives fail them, I should have said all motives except one. All motives that claim any validity other than that of their felt emotional weight at a given moment has failed them. Everything except the sic volo, sic jubeo has been explained away. But what never claimed objectivity cannot be destroyed by subjectivism. The impulse to scratch when I itch or to pull to pieces when I am inquisitive is immune from the solvent which is fatal to my justice, or honour, or care for posterity. When all that says "it is good" has been debunked, what says "I want" remains.
C.S. Lewis - The Abolition of Man
re: What are you reading?
Posted by Telos on 10/8/22 at 9:26 am to TigerFreak10
Letters from a Stoic - Seneca
re: Atlantic op-ed claims Catholic rosary has become ‘an extremist symbol’
Posted by Telos on 8/22/22 at 8:57 pm to Frank Black
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Josephus is hard to wade through. Maimonides if the GOAT Jewish thinker. There are lots of excellent videos from Jewish rabbis online. My favorite is Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz
I will have to check him out. Much appreciated.
Moralia - Plutarch, Loeb Classical Library Volume V
- Isis and Osiris, The E at Delphi, The Oracles at Delphi No Longer Given in Verse, and The Obsolescence of Oracles
- Isis and Osiris, The E at Delphi, The Oracles at Delphi No Longer Given in Verse, and The Obsolescence of Oracles
re: Atlantic op-ed claims Catholic rosary has become ‘an extremist symbol’
Posted by Telos on 8/22/22 at 6:47 pm to Frank Black
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There was no sacrifice in the OT for sin committed knowingly.
How would you interpret this:
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,“If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against the Lord by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor or has found something lost and lied about it, swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby— if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore what he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt. And he shall bring to the priest as his compensation to the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and thereby become guilty.”
Also, I am currently working my way through many of the great books of the West, and I will be sprinkling in Muslim and Jewish thinkers once I finish with the Roman authors. I presume you are Jewish or at least interested enough in Judaism to study Jewish apologetics. I have not yet done any research into what Jewish thinkers I will read except forJosephus and Maimonides. Do you have any recommendations?
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I don't remember Jesus ever saying it was a human christians responsibility to judge other humans christian or not for their actions.
He did.
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If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. - Matthew 18:15-17
This specific example allows for an individual, a small group of Christians, and the Church body itself to properly judge a fellow Christian's action in at least one scenario. Paul provides further specification on Church discipline.
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As i remember the bible he was clear about loving your neighbor, showing compassion, and doing your best to be a good person.
This is true, but to love another is to will another's good. Sin by its very definition is an act that separates you from God (Goodness Itself). One does not will another's good by ignoring what harms the other person. To outright ignore another's sin would make you a mere flatterer and not a friend.
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For the flatterer always takes a position against the maxim "Know thyself", by creating in every man deception towards himself and ignorance both of himself and of the good and evil that concerns himself; the good he renders defective and incomplete, and the evil wholly impossible to amend. - Plutarch
Can one go too far in admonishing another? Of course.
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Excess and deficiency are proper to vice, the mean to virtue; for we are noble in only one way, but bad in all sorts of ways. - Aristotle
re: Romans versus Vikings. Who wins?
Posted by Telos on 8/7/22 at 3:46 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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The Roman’s pre-empire were tough as freaking nails.
"If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined." - Pyrrhus of Epirus
re: What are you reading?
Posted by Telos on 7/16/22 at 8:35 am to Maytheporkbewithyou
Moralia - Plutarch, Loeb Classical Library Volume III
-Sayings of Kings and Commanders, Sayings of Romans, Sayings of Spartans, The Ancient Customs of the Spartans, Sayings of Spartan Women, and Bravery of Women
-Sayings of Kings and Commanders, Sayings of Romans, Sayings of Spartans, The Ancient Customs of the Spartans, Sayings of Spartan Women, and Bravery of Women
Red Country - Joe Abercrombie
re: What are you reading?
Posted by Telos on 6/24/22 at 12:04 pm to boxcarbarney
Moralia - Plutarch, Loeb Classical Library Volume I
The Education of Children, How to Study Poetry, On Listening to Lectures, How to Tell a Flatterer, and Progress in Virtue.
The Education of Children, How to Study Poetry, On Listening to Lectures, How to Tell a Flatterer, and Progress in Virtue.
re: What are you reading?
Posted by Telos on 6/19/22 at 7:19 pm to GreenRockTiger
The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie
On the Laws - Cicero
De re publica - Cicero
The Tusculan Disputations - Cicero
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This analogy only works for the tiny minority of abortions of pregnancies resulting from rape.
I agree with your conclusion. I remember years ago when I first read of the thought experiment. It gave me pause for a time.
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