Anti-Neocons

Yes, a Gentile Christian.

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"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of ... [Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness], it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government." –Thomas Jefferson

I get the impression that you do that same thing for many subjects.

He can't hear you.

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Check your slides

MHz wrote:

I get the impression that quick assumption comes naturally to you.

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Is your view of the world in sync with what you 'know' about the world?

"The state breaks everything and then blames freedom.
The state destroys everything and then blames those who interact voluntarily for that destruction."
-- Stefan Molyneux

That shouldn't affect his ability to receive my reply as it was written down, he should be covering his eyes.



In some situations forming an opinion quickly is warranted. Scripture, on the other hand, requires doing a bit of searching to gather all the relative data.

This passage is one such example. Without having verse 11 included you wouldn't know this is how Holy Angels will appear to some men, the first assumption might be that these are fallen angels.

Joe:2:3:
A fire devoureth before them;
and behind them a flame burneth:
the land is as the garden of Eden before them,
and behind them a desolate wilderness;
yea,
and nothing shall escape them.
Joe:2:4:
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses;
and as horsemen,
so shall they run.
Joe:2:5:
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap,
like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble,
as a strong people set in battle array.
Joe:2:6:
Before their face the people shall be much pained:
all faces shall gather blackness.
Joe:2:7:
They shall run like mighty men;
they shall climb the wall like men of war;
and they shall march every one on his ways,
and they shall not break their ranks:
Joe:2:8:
Neither shall one thrust another;
they shall walk every one in his path:
and when they fall upon the sword,
they shall not be wounded.
Joe:2:9:
They shall run to and fro in the city;
they shall run upon the wall,
they shall climb up upon the houses;
they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Joe:2:10:
The earth shall quake before them;
the heavens shall tremble:
the sun and the moon shall be dark,
and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Joe:2:11:
And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army:
for his camp is very great:
for he is strong that executeth his word:
for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible;
and who can abide it?

Thanks to circular reasoning, those verses have value to you.

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Is your view of the world in sync with what you 'know' about the world?

"The state breaks everything and then blames freedom.
The state destroys everything and then blames those who interact voluntarily for that destruction."
-- Stefan Molyneux

Only because that isn't the last event mentioned. It is one event in a sequence of events, in this case God is taking away something from a certain group of people, He also gives these same people something further down the line, that would seem to be more linear than circular.