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I’d agree with US’s perspective. We’re not supposed to be a “one size fits all” nation. Some states and cities can choose to be authoritarian (the corrupt cities like Chicago come to mind), others institutionalist, and yet others can choose a third way. Where I live, people mostly self govern, and s...

temporal1 wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 8:27 am

Josh wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 8:14 am temporal1, this forum is intended for discussion of specific Christian denominations / groups etc

Did you have one in mind?

i did.
i’ve also asked mods to move it to the general Christian Theology category, if they’d like to.

What denomination is that?

Ken, I’m speaking of the present, not 200 years ago. Democrats frequently talk about how terrible the electoral college. America wouldn’t exist without the electoral college because smaller states (most of which weren’t slave states) wouldn’t have joined the Union. They wanted representation instead...

temporal1, this forum is intended for discussion of specific Christian denominations / groups etc

Did you have one in mind?

Claiming the electoral college is “undemocratic” is obviously partisan. That’s why I say it’s actually a Democratic position.

Overall, we just don’t view ourselves obligated to obey the entire OT law, but it is obvious some things are things Christians must do: thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not bear false witness, etc.

Commandments in the NT do seem to be obligations. Otherwise why would they be there at all?

What I really don’t see at all is that Jesus taught us not to obey the teachings in the NT books.

We can have democratic institutions (universal suffrage, direct election of Senators, term limits on the presidency, etc.) And we can have undemocratic institutions (electoral college, 3/5ths compromise, filibuster rules, etc.) This looks suspiciously like Democratic institutions, not democratic in...

No, most of the Jewish people did not become Christians. Not at all. That's why the early Christians had to scatter from Jerusalem. That's why Paul, after initially preaching in synagogues wherever he went, would take the gospel to the Gentiles after being rejected by most of the Jews. Furthermore,...

I suppose if one thinks "might makes right"; what I question is why many Christians assert that "Israel has a right to exist" but they don't also assert that Palestinians and their lands in Gaza and the West Bank have a right to exist. Or do they believe that might always makes r...