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Originally posted by robbie carrobieI am "attacking" his unsubstantiated claims that the world has never been as as bad as it is now. There is a load of evidence to the contrary if one's spiritual prism will allow one to even consider it.
fine, but you are attacking his personality rather than the points that I raised.
Originally posted by Proper Knobdid we, Jehovah Witnesses get a mention on the holocaust program ?
Did you watch the documentary about the Holocaust on BBC last night? What went on at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen were acts of depravity. Not asking if God has a willy on a chess forum.
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Originally posted by FMFYes, but in doing so you also ignored certain realities. I am merely suggesting that you need to be more balanced. Only yesterday i was reading History magazine in which there was an article on the suffragettes who were force fed and who went through much tribulation in their quest to be politicly represented, would it be fair of me to state that much progress has been made with regard to womens rights while ignoring the fact that elsewhere women are still essentially disenfranchised, especially in eastern and Islamic states? No it would be more balanced to juxtapose the two.
I am "attacking" his unsubstantiated claims that the world has never been as as bad as it is now. There is a load of evidence to the contrary if one's spiritual prism will allow one to even consider it.
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Originally posted by stellspalfieno, the forums are frequented by many Christians i am sure they find it just as offensive as i to have our religious beliefs trod on by such a portrayal.
'for me' exactly. we cannot cater for everybody can we and as long as we do not incite hatred or violence then the freedom of speech should trump your blushing cheeks, should it not.
I need to go to work.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThe lot of women around the world is vastly improved in most areas compared to the times of "the suffragettes". There is still much to be done.
Yes, but in doing so you also ignored certain realities. I am merely suggesting that you need to be more balanced. Only yesterday i was reading History magazine in which there was an article on the suffragettes who were force fed and who went through much tribulation in their quest to be politicly represented, would it be fair of me to state that m ...[text shortened]... elsewhere women are still essentially disenfranchised, especially in eastern and Islamic states?
Originally posted by robbie carrobieOther areas of advancement/progress causing reasons for optimism: civil society, health, education, human rights, environmental awareness, literacy, falling infant mortality, falling maternal mortality, life expectancy, participation and democracy, rule of law, decrease in violence etc. Progress, reasons to be positive? "Yes". Is galveston75's JW take on the state of the world and the human condition persuasive in the face of all the evidence? No, I think not.
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Originally posted by robbie carrobiewhy is it offensive to for me to suggest eve had stds, when you believe she and adam are the root cause of cancer, malaria, rape, pedophilia, violence all mental and physical deformities and anything else created by sin. galveston even agreed that adam and eve were the cause of std's.
no, the forums are frequented by many Christians i am sure they find it just as offensive as i to have our religious beliefs trod on by such a portrayal.
'as i to have our religious beliefs trod on by such a portrayal' you are doing a louis suarez again. your beliefs are not being 'trod' on, they are being questioned. it feels like you are desperate to play the victim card today robbie.