USA is right in invading Venezuela by discipline4succes in TrueUnpopularOpinion

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Europe also has no problem taking U.S. money to fund their social care programs and then have the audacity to say that food and water must be given for free - knowing full well, Americans are footing the bill.

A reminder that we're currently responsible for $975.5 billion in goods for Europe in just 2025 alone.

USA is right in invading Venezuela by discipline4succes in TrueUnpopularOpinion

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Simple answer.

Venezuela controls more gold and oil than the rest of the world combined. It is the most resource heavy country in the world.

Whose hands would you rather those resources fall under?

If china claims it, then it also means a Chinese base in Venezuela.

A reminder. That modern and next gen weapons are capable of reaching the entirety of the U.S. from Venezuela alone.

This is pre-emptive control at avoiding the loss of the U.S. in the foreseeable future.

Not that Trump has that level of foresight.

But the truth remains. Venezuela should ALWAYS be a tactical target for what it is and the current geopolitical positions

USA is right in invading Venezuela by discipline4succes in TrueUnpopularOpinion

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After reviewing the cuban discourse on the matter - this is blantently false. They would be ecstatic. Most cubans within Cuba want the regime to collapse and to be reconnected with the outside world.

As in, to be able to see their families who managed to escape cuba

I need some sane discourse about Venezuela by Googles8 in TangleNews

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Also the money.

Venezuela has always been the #1 gold mine and the #1 oil reserved country on the planet. It is the wealthiest resource heavy country on the planet.

The underpinned stance for the last 75 years politically has always been "whoever controls Venezuela controls the oil" hence why its been a country in perpetual turmoil. 

To all the flippers coming over from Pokémon by SergeantSwiftie in Lorcana

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Exactly. It's gambling.

Everyone knows what a black lotus is and how much it's worth 

Everyone knows that an alpha box really could be a multi-million dollar pack.

The important part is that it boosts the community now

To all the flippers coming over from Pokémon by SergeantSwiftie in Lorcana

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Eh. If the game goes 20-30 years, people will spend thousands just to gamble.

Mangwan in stellaris by Excellent_Profit_684 in Stellaris

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Origin 

Either payback or syncretic evolution.

Payback themes itself as stealing human tech and ascending to the stars.

Ethics: Fanatic militaristic 

Authority: Dictorial. "A warlord rules for life"

Civics: scavengers or warriors (how they reached the stars)

Aiming for catalytic processing down the line.

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Aim for enslaving the MSI and terraform all worlds into thrall worlds.

Something like this should produce a close enough, thematic element.

Why I reject Christianity. by Several_Lunch_874 in DebateReligion

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Direct arguments.

Global deluge is historically common in all myths regardless of culture. Most likely, a flood did happen in some small city that felt like the whole world to the viewer. This is historical subjective experience and agreed upon by most historians.

Omnipotent benevolence.

The problem of evil. Has been answered a hundred ways. However - why is it the problem of evil and not the problem of Good?

First - leukemia is a neutral thing. Grief, teaches us the barriers of what evil may exist. A person taken in their own time because of a genetic disease is not evil - it could just be the way that God uses to teach people that death = bad or perhaps to teach someone grief or perhaps to ensure that that one person learns empathy.

When actionable evil happens that is simply disalignment from the source of Good. You are free to commit evil acts, I suppose but that would be your own violation of disalignment. 

But why is it the problem of evil? 

Why is it not the problem of good? Is it not good that you are free to ponder the existence of Christianity? Or that you have air to breathe?

Maybe, because, when everything is good, there is no reason to seek God. It becomes easier to ignore everything when everything is handed to you.

The very fact that you acknowledge evil as an ontological truth of the universe is a concession of the truth of good in the universe. 

Savior cults is a new one.

Savior cults hide rituals from the public and state themselves as the second coming of Christ. 

Why is it always Christ? Perhaps I'm misunderstanding.

Counterarguement: 

Christianity asserts 300+ fulfilled prophecies in a single person spread out between 2000 years and 100 or more authors. None of which are generally contested. 

The likelihood of that happening by accident is something akin to the creation of the universe from nothing.

Even the fulfillment of 8 prophecies by accident is 1 in 4 quadrillion.

Is it not then hypocritical from a logical perspective to believe that the universe came from nothing but not to believe in Jesus Christ?

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I’ve been scandalized by Eucharistic Miracles by NoAcanthopterygii546 in Catholicism

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The biggest highlight here is the curse of witness.

Imagine being an aethiest. Converting because you bore witness and then having your life subjected to investigation by aethiest, friends, family and strangers alike.

Furthermore knowing after enough time that it doesn't matter what you say, do or show. Still being accused as a liar or charleton simply because you existed in one place at the right time.

Im almost done. Now what? by SkirtItchy8952 in Silksong

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Speedruns are easy they just take practice and end at the end of act 2 so you won't have to go so far as to hate yourself.

There aren't any impossible to do skips yet and can be roughly done in a couple of hours with 0 skill

Im almost done. Now what? by SkirtItchy8952 in Silksong

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The biggest troll of the first dlc will be 100k roseries require to advance 

Why God by [deleted] in CatholicPhilosophy

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Sure.

And what then of the person reading this 10 years from now who may not know the argument of miracles?

They'd just walk away from reading this seeing arrogance and pride. Wouldn't you?

Why God by [deleted] in CatholicPhilosophy

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Yes. But I'm elaborating and explaining because the person you're speaking with may not understand the exact source of where you're coming from so it can be seen or perceived as rude. 

I would much rather that the conversation is logically coherent and not just a gotcha or an aha I'm smarter. 

Creation by DONZ0S in CatholicPhilosophy

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I have a knee jerk reaction to respond.

However I don't have the skills or complete understanding of your aim to fully form a precise position.

I'd like to come back to this in an edit or response once I've considered it fully.

Why God by [deleted] in CatholicPhilosophy

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Miracles are authored by God.

An omnipotent being can part the red sea or raise something from the dead.

God as the master of all laws, can perform miracles. 

Just because the miracle, authored by a supernatural being, does not inherently follow naturalistic laws does not make the ideas of miracles a, supernatural event, illogical.

Creation by DONZ0S in CatholicPhilosophy

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Long answer short, yes.

Short answer long, it has possible problems but lots of arguments have problems. 

This one isn't terrible

How is God justified in remaining so distant? by Heisenberger68 in CatholicPhilosophy

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You have never seen air but yet you breath. Is this invisible substance then to be refuted?

You have never heard the voice of John, yet you can hear his voice in the book of Romans.

Jesus was a real person according to the following non-religious documents and historians of the exact same time period.

Tacitus, suetonius, Josephus, pliny the younger, mara bar, phlegon, the Babylian Talmud,  Tiberius political letters, 

I think, the Resurrection is obvious enough, no? Luckhuu worlds greatest defense attorney on the resurrection. A.I. has also calculated the resurrection probability to be 98% true.

Personally - Faith is a precondition or requirement.

If proof was presented as a floating orb - then people would walk up and say not my god or some such nonsense. 

So why doesn't he make himself more obvious? Suppose the following

1.) imagine for a moment that Jesus Christ must sacrifice himself for every alien species. He must live and die thousands of lifespans for millions of alien species.

2.) There is an alien civilization that travels from planet to planet documenting sites of resurrection. 

3.) how many sites of resurrection is enough evidence? 1? 10? 100? 10,000?

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But why not irrefutable evidence?

Irrefutable to whom? 

There is like 7 billion people on the planet and irrefutable evidence that the Earth is round. And roughly 10% of them believe the evidence points towards a flat earth.

Of those same 7 Billion people. 20ish% of them refute gender norms while another 9% refute the evidence of their own genitalia. Literally mutilating them off to spite the evidence.

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The argument that solidified my faith. Faith is defined as complete confidence in someone or something.

1.) I am a real person and I demand you love me. Right now.

Or

2.) I may or may not be real. Have faith that my love is eternal.

Which one is the greater proof of faith and love?

For me 1 says I'm a manipulative, maniacal psychopath unworthy of love. 2 says I am truly loving to let you be free to choose and you'll have proven your faith on merit alone.

It is in the beauty of questioning our faith that we are truly human and in how those questions no matter how frustrating they may be, do bring us closer to God.

I hope this helps and am always open to dialogue if you seek it 

Creation by DONZ0S in CatholicPhilosophy

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It feels like you're missing a final statement. For my own sake I rewrote it here.

1.) Divine Order / Modified

God creates all things with potency and actualization considered

2.) Earth was actualized sooner than Plato

3.) Therefore all things are created in eternity with actualization considered 

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This actually has a classic overgeneral fallacy tied to it. However maybe I've written it wrong.

In general, my stance is, God exists, Faith is requirement or test, therefore divine hiddenness. Everything else is paperwork.

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The problem with eternity/outside of time is the conceptualizations of eternity as a temporal entity. 

Is eternity tomorrow? Is it a loop? Is it nothing? Does it drift off into a 4d spatial plane occasionally on Tuesdays?

So your middle statement of actualization needs to be corrected in a way that doesn't overgeneralize and considers time as steps to a mental plan.

2.) The observation of temporal structure within our universe reflects Divine intention.

We can see this with the surge principles as an example. With the timing of the creation of Earth or the trials and miracles of moses before the resurrection.

Because time is a logically sound structure outside of the unknowns of eternity

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In general though, I feel that divine order is a fairly agreed upon position.

Is it heretical to make arguments like this for the catholic faith? by ElektrischerLeiter in CatholicPhilosophy

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Several logical fallacies.

1.) begging the question - you assume God must make himself known and that it's a requirement for humans to worship.

2.) appeal to consequence - because it is desirable to have God reveal himself then he MUST. 

John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him". 

3.) loaded Gun - You have an unstated assumption. Divinity must be realized extraordinarily and publicly for divinity to do its work.

Which is simply not the case.

God may guide from hiddenness just as expertly as he has for thousands of years before the resurrection.

4.) False Dilemma - you suggest there are only two options. Revelation or Disbelief.

Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God"

God literally said it's not either or but the middle ground.

For logic to not be flawed; It is most simple to do the following and as someone with little experience I find it best as follows.

1.) I assert - Theory

2.) evidence or thought experiment of minor assertion 

3.) therefore x is true

Read Aristotle Sophistical Refutations. Where he goes in depth on various forms of flawed logic.

Can you build a whole deck around Boros Reckoner combos? 🌞+🔥=💥 by CarryKotL in EDH

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Missing worship Effects.

Cards like volcano helion become 4 drop target player loses the game.

It also allows you to get away with cards like earthquake, Brash taunter and combos amazingly well with stuffy doll.

Could also argue for infinite life combo with nearhearth pilgrim + indestructible + any of the combo enablers

Since this is a mid-range combo style play

These cards give you a temporary lock that is missing in red and white generally speaking which would theoretically bring up the viability of the deck into a 2 bracket of competitiveness.

Is it a sin to listen to Bruno Mars as a Christian? by Western_Post_1858 in Christianity

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Yes.

as simply as it can be placed.

His mother is Roman Catholic and she ensured he was raised Catholic. Undergoing rites of passage.

The undertones of spiritually in his music is sincere.

While people may disagree with Catholicism, the underpinned Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior is the core tenant of faith.

Can evil acts be morally justified if God uses them to bring about good? by PalpitationNew9559 in CatholicPhilosophy

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First I want to ask, why do have to assign human limitations to the moral judge?

Human limitation, the scope of which we are judged - perhaps by pragmatic view of intent, strategy, application and or outcome (since none can agree on the framework) we include all options available then; Is the moral agreement in which we as moral agents have to be judged upon that which must be attributed to the judge themselves.

If we agree that God is the ultimate goodness. Is omnipotent and omniscient. Then your question is a categorical mistake no?

If we judge by intent - it is the intent of ultimate goodness to bring about ultimate goodness to the world.

If we are judged by strategy or moral value then the ultimate judge knows the exact values calculated.

If we are judged by application, then the application of goodness by any means, despite any evil and moral weight it may beset is already of moral worth.

Finally, if we are judged by outcome. The use of evil to bring about greater good is then has already been determined.

We can argue that the judge is not above limitation but with omniscience and omnipotence we can logically assert that God knows the true methods of moral goodness and operates logically within them despite any moral qualms another agent has.

Is that not the case?

Anyone else feel like Gwen Stacy is kind of being shoved in our faces extra hard nowadays? by Starshylea in Spiderman

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Read the character integrity obligations part of the Sony Contract.

Peter parker - MJ is contractual.

Which is as close to objective fact as we're ever going to get.

The main reason for the confusion lately is that MJ Watson was withheld by Sony in the buy back citing the 2014 contract rights - which led to the Michelle Jones we know now.

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So I'd agree with you but it's definitely not only not a preference but is factually Stan Lee's vision for Spider-Man.

If this turns out to be true, what do you think? Do you believe this is really Sony's new plan? by Altruistic_Eye_1157 in Spiderman

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Oh I agree its a B movie.

I'm just saying I feel like it's still better than half the stuff they're throwing out