The problem is that peace has been negotiated before, and what happened? This...
Israel has had enough.
Lived in southern Africa for 6 months. Primarily Mozambique but I was in SA a little as well as Malawi. They're very racist, the Africans. My brother who was there as well was driving somewhere one day with a Mozambican, a good dude, and it came up that he wanted all the white people out of Mozambique. My brother is a red-headed white American. He questioned this Mozambican asking what about himself? "Oh, not you, we like you." Its just how they think about things, probably going back to all the colonization that happened and all the ills or perceived ills that came from that. And so it's easy to just keep going back to that idea as a society.
And for the record, they didn't just want all the white people out. They wanted the Chinese out as well. And there's tensions between the various tribes. Combine all that with low levels of education and extensive poverty and it's easy for charismatic leaders to come along and pump up these ideas and get movements going as people see hope in the promises even when the results are obviously going to be bad.
Its never ceasing to amaze me that Ukraine, with essentially leftover western equipment, is handling a full blown invasion by Russia. Its pretty incredible to think what would happen to Russia if the west actually went all in and took down Russia with its full might.
I know they aren't as dependent as they've been in the past on Soviet/Russian armor but it does provide some hints to China's position as well. A western army at full strength with the full support of the western nations is, and will continue to be for a long time, an unmatched military force on the planet.
Tragic, probably would have been far far far fewer deaths if the dams weren't there. Wouldn't have been the sudden torrent out of nowhere.
Hopefully a good start from Miller today. Keep the series even.
Team USA B, at least.
What obvious fallacy? A human life is a human life and not being born yet doesn't make them not a human life. So, frankly, the second part of your argument falls into the pretty iffy category of "their life will suck therefore let's kill them."
But to address it further, anti abortionists absolutely do care. Its a total fallacy to say they don't. Its a convenient argument to vilify the other side but that doesn't make it the case.
Presuming the aborted baby isn't a human... which is just wishful thinking by anyone who prefers convenience over morality.
Use natural fiber clothing only, no polyester, just cotton or whatever other natural fibers. Try to use less packaged food. But one of the major sources of microplastics is tire wear from vehicles, not sure what can be done about from a personal level other than not drive, which, I mean, who's really gonna do that?
Lead is still everywhere. Many electrical cords, Christmas decorations, paint remaining in homes from the 60s and before, even the 70s and possibly 80s. Many tools still sold today, screwdrivers, drill bits, etc. Many fresh produce foods have the potential and often do contain unsafe levels of lead, yes, stuff you buy at the grocery store. Some spices. Stained glass windows. Paints on cheap Chinese or elsewhere toys and other goods. People get lead poisoning today just from living their life not realizing normal stuff around them is dangerous. For real.
Exactly, and it dates to decades back when The sport was less popular around the world. But even with the popularity it enjoys today around the world, the NBA is absolutely the top league with nothing even remotely close to it. The NBA champ is the world champ.
Really interesting article providing context to what is happening from someone with experience at commanding major military operations. Definitely gives new perspective to why Ukraine has struggled lately to make significant progress.
You'd have to be able to run Android apps.
Maybe stop voting in woke city councilors?
Red Reader is pretty good. I moved to it from Bacon Reader years ago.
Paul Gallant's reaction to the weekend from the Astros perspective. Hilarious
Paul Gallant brings a unique energy, fast-pace, and humor all his own to Houston sports talk. Catch The Paul Gallant Show weekdays 10 a.m. to Noon on ESPN 97.5 & 92.5 FM Houston!
.5 game back of Houston and the Rangers are losing. Good day. Think the Mariners can absolutely take the division at this point.
Guy is on an absolute tear.
Sweep of the Angels! My Oh My!
Giving the Angels a nice little beat down to about end their season is pretty nice.
Interesting interview with Dr. Larry Vardiman about the climate after the flood
Dr. Vardiman explains why the Flood and the Ice Age provide us the right perspective on understanding climage change.
Team is looking pretty good, suddenly. Gonna get fun!
Looking forward to the rest of the Houston series. Maybe a sweep? Maybe? And the offense is still not totally clicking. Julio, Kelenic, France, Cal, and Teoscar have all been a little cool here lately(or longer).
Gonna need an upgrade at 2b cause Caballero isn't a starter and Wong just doesn't seem to have it.
From Wrigley to Fenway to T-Mobile Park, see what real stadiums would look like at the mall.
Sticky: Biblical case for YEC
The Biblical Case
Genesis 1 clearly describes 6 consecutive days of creation delineated with the "evening and morning" phrase for each one.
Genesis 2 starts with declaring that the creation of the heavens and earth was complete and then God rested the 7th day.
The rest of Genesis 2 is about the account of the creation of humans specifically and combined with a little translation ambiguity it sometimes gets declared as a contradiction with Genesis 1 in the order in which things happened. Here is an article giving a full explanation.
The next significant point in the Bible that helps us examine the validity of the creation account is in the 10 Commandments. Exodus 20:11. This is the words of God himself telling us specifically that the heavens and earth were created in 6 days and to remember the Sabbath day as it is a remembrance of the creation and of our creator. What is especially critical to understand here is that the Sabbath set forth here is every week as we know it. The Jews(and some other groups) still hold to the Sabbath day in the manner it is presented in the Bible. So it is very clear that God is specifically saying that His creation was just that one week.
I will skip ahead to the words of Jesus now. Matthew 5:17-19. Jesus states that not one bit of the law will change or be done away with till heaven and earth pass away and all is accomplished. Well, if that is the case then the 10 Commandments were totally validated by Jesus himself and, again, Exodus 20:11 is part of the 10 Commandments and clearly states creation took 6 days as we know them as he reminds the Israelites of the Sabbath.
Jesus again says something in Matthew 19:4,8 that is relevant to the conversation. He states that humans were created at the beginning. As Genesis states, humans were created on the 6th day of the creation week and that would certainly qualify as "the beginning." What wouldn't qualify, certainly, is the evolutionary path where humans come along very late in the creation sequence.
Jesus states something else that continues to affirm the biblical creation account. In John 5:46-47 Jesus questions how one could believe in Him if not Moses. "Moses" being the first 5 books of the Bible attributed to being authored by Moses. This, of course, includes Genesis and Exodus.
So if you are a Christian and believe in Jesus as God who came to earth as a sacrifice for our sins and to establish the church here on earth and show us the way to Him and salvation, well, he himself says this part of the Bible is true.
Further, Jesus makes other statements about his validity. Matthew 7:24-26 Jesus states that following his words is wise and ignoring them is foolish. Also these: John 3:16, John 6:68-69, John 8:12, John 8:31, John 10:27, John 15:5-6, John 15:14.
2 Peter 3:8 is sometimes mentioned as a statement that the days mentioned in Genesis don't actually mean 24 hour days as we know them. Couple problems with this idea. First is the context of 2 Peter 3:8. 2 Peter 3:3-7 is pretty strong language in support of the YEC viewpoint. Going so far as to mention uniformitarianism and calling out those who push it as "scoffers." So Peter makes this strong statement in support of the biblical viewpoint then immediately turns around and says something that doesn't fit? No, what he is really saying is that we must be patient and that just because its been a while since creation, and from our perspective now since Jesus was here on earth, that we shouldn't lose hope in 2nd coming. He isn't stating a conversion ratio of days to years or whatever. Another problem is that even if this statement is intended as a conversion ratio, the amount of time this is surmising is still dramatically short of the supposed ages by the mainstream viewpoint. 6 thousand years is nowhere near the millions of years the mainstream view pushes.
Episode 61: Behind the Scenes of Is Genesis History: Mountains after the Flood with Thomas Purifoy
A discussion about the new film that's about to release.
User accounts if a Lemmy Server goes Away.
What happens to the accounts that signed up on that server? For instance, if lemmy.world drops what happens to all it's users?