"Well, if you're gonna sin you might as well be original" -- Mike "The Cool-Person"
"Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man" -- The Dude
"Well, if you're gonna sin you might as well be original" -- Mike "The Cool-Person"
"Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man" -- The Dude
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Weird thought.... I wonder how many new Christian saints are being created right now in Iraq? I'm sure this is just as bad as during the Roman years?
Not a weird thought at all. All Christians are simultaneously saints and sinners, but, to answer your question, I expect martyrdom will create many more Christians than existed prior to the current martyrdom, possibly even in Iraq ... at least it did in the past couple of thousand years, being really bad in the Roman years as you mention. I think the original 12 appostles (minus Judas) were martyred except for John and now we have over two billion Christians. Christianity tends to thrive in times of intense persecution.
... Mountaineer
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. Psalm 146:3
Why not? Apparently, the U.S. and Great Britain are the only ones who don't pay.
The U.S. will pay, after the fact and not in a negotiable currency. The currency will take the form of bombs, bullets, and bombastic rhetoric from the WH.
... Mountaineer
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. Psalm 146:3
Mountaineer wrote:The U.S. will pay, after the fact and not in a negotiable currency. The currency will take the form of bombs, bullets, and bombastic rhetoric from the WH.
Can't argue with that. If James were my brother I would have much preferred paying upfront.
"Well, if you're gonna sin you might as well be original" -- Mike "The Cool-Person"
"Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man" -- The Dude
Mountaineer wrote:The U.S. will pay, after the fact and not in a negotiable currency. The currency will take the form of bombs, bullets, and bombastic rhetoric from the WH.
Can't argue with that. If James were my brother I would have much preferred paying upfront.
If I were James' brother, I would have preferred that the rescue succeed. Paying these people off is counterproductive. Not only will they use the money to further their cause that you oppose, but it also encourages them to kidnap even more high-value targets in hopes of extorting even more money.
Human behavior is economic behavior. The particulars may vary, but competition for limited resources remains a constant.
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Kriegsspiel wrote:
Weird thought.... I wonder how many new Christian saints are being created right now in Iraq? I'm sure this is just as bad as during the Roman years?
The last 100 years has seen a bumper crop of martyrs between the Communists and the Islamists. In Russia alone the number of martyrs is conservatively in the millions. Thousands have already been canonized, but most will likely never be known by their names.
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Liberals want big government.
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Reactionaries just want a FUNCTIONAL government, regardless of whether every village idiot gets a vote.
Trumpism is not a philosophy or a movement. It's a cult.
