Thread: WBC finally got what was coming to them

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

That's why China is evolving towards capitalism, and hopefully will evolve towards democracy as well. If you think that democracy follows capitalism, and capitalism is inevitable because it is the superior economic system, why do you need a war to "enforce" democracy?

I don't think capitalism is inevitable. It often has to be fought for. The Hussein regime and Taliban would never have allowed true capitalism to exist.

Thumbs up to the progress in China.

Originally Posted by Lucid_boy

Let me clarify, it is no longer right to do any of those things unless your jewish. When jesus came he changed the rules. The new testament is like the updated version with all the new rules added in and the deleting of some old rules. The christian faith does not say own slaves, kill gays, although it does add in the gouging of the eyes part. The Jewish faith adds in the slave owning and gays killing. I know I'm a little off topic, I just wanted to clarify.

Where in the New Testament does it say, "Oh, and about those rules in the Old Testament... Just forget about them."?

It doesn't, though it does imply it several times. It's a valid viewpoint, as there are plenty of suggestions as to Jesus replacing the older Mosaic/Reubenic laws, such as the turning water into wine (Jesus is the wine, he comes last but he is the best, replaces the old water which is inferior, etc), the numerous conflicts over laws with the Pharisees (Jesus contested the Sabbath, the law that aldutery should be punished with stoning, etc).

Meh. The Bible is difficult to follow as an absolute.

Everything is democracy, we just don't know it. Even the soviets. The group with the bigger vote wins. In that case, all of the soviet leads had the bigger vote .

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

Everything is democracy, we just don't know it. Even the soviets. The group with the bigger vote wins. In that case, all of the soviet leads had the bigger vote .

I think what vote the people had was like this:

__________________________________________________ ___________
Check the blank beside the option for which you vote.

___ Accept the Soviet government as your ruler and show no opposition.

___ Get your head blown off.
__________________________________________________ ___________

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

I think what vote the people had was like this:

__________________________________________________ ___________
Check the blank beside the option for which you vote.

___ Accept the Soviet government as your ruler and show no opposition.

___ Get your head blown off.
__________________________________________________ ___________

But they did have a choice, didn't they?

And the essence of democracy is still: Bigger mob wins. The mob doesn't REALLY have to be bigger, but having it appear that way is good enough.