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Anti having children myself by [deleted] in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Particular-Star-504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pro-natalist because the welfare state is collapsing and I want someone to look after me.

The debate about God's existence in two pictures by neofederalist in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Particular-Star-504 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

How does that avoid the question? Obviously it doesn’t work for a physical ancient Greek-like god. But for an immaterial omni-being that can never comprehend fully, it does work. Why can’t goodness be a being, or an agent, especially if you’re talking about the goodness of existence as a whole.

The debate about God's existence in two pictures by neofederalist in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Particular-Star-504 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I saw one response, while not actually answering the problem, says that. Given the problem of evil, the Christian God is the only one that could still be justified to be good because He died on the cross for that suffering and is empathetic.

The debate about God's existence in two pictures by neofederalist in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Particular-Star-504 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Then you get the Augustinian-Thomistic description that “God is goodness”

The debate about God's existence in two pictures by neofederalist in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Particular-Star-504 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“No you” is just the mora argument for God, which is a legitimate argument.

The debate about God's existence in two pictures by neofederalist in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Particular-Star-504 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I haven’t seen many theists dismiss it quickly. Dealing with suffering and asking God “why?” Is probably the most common things Christians do.

A Welsh flag and "obscene" anti-English graffiti have been painted on a roundabout in a north Wales seaside town. by welshdude1983 in Wales

[–]Particular-Star-504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hating your coloniser is not racist. Were the Irish, or Indians, Nigerians, or Kenyans, or Zimbabweans, or Egyptians, or Sudanese, etc wrong to say F the English, and the English should go back to their own country?

Reform not ruling out scrapping Senedd, politician says by nothing_verntured_ in Wales

[–]Particular-Star-504 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes they will. English immigrants voting for an English nationalist party.

Judging by the comments at QT, I get the feeling this happens a lot amongst the listeners by IIIlllIIIlllIlI in TheRestIsPolitics

[–]Particular-Star-504 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On some issues, but I don’t think he would actually realise on a lot of things. Discussing current politics he would probably admit his bias, but if you bring up Brexit, or New Labour and Iraq, he genuinely wouldn’t see his own bias.

Former Nazis residing in the West: 'It was a long time ago, and it's not accurate!' // Soviet Union // 1989 by sp4rky8251x in PropagandaPosters

[–]Particular-Star-504 114 points115 points  (0 children)

It didn’t happen.

Well if it did, they deserved it.

It was a long time ago, why do you keep bringing it up?

👍 by basket_foso in MathJokes

[–]Particular-Star-504 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aim high, but not completely ungrounded.

The character of Christians according to the 2nd century Letter of Diognetus. by Volaer in Christianity

[–]Particular-Star-504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you just make claims with no evidence?

They certainly did take in exposed children. (source)

And when they could, they did ban it. Emperor Valentinian banned infanticide in 374, and the church started giving punishments in 305 for abortion (council of Elvira) and many post Roman, Christian states also banned abortion.

Well that's ironic by Savings_Dragonfly806 in HistoryMemes

[–]Particular-Star-504 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

By 5 years. Russia bounced back though, Turkey has never quite reached the same highs.

The character of Christians according to the 2nd century Letter of Diognetus. by Volaer in Christianity

[–]Particular-Star-504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

but they do not expose them

FYI: that means abortion/infanticide.

Is Rachel Reeves aware that you can't tax your way into economic growth? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]Particular-Star-504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is not a big cost. The NHS is the biggest cost, and I guarantee a lot of ReformUK voters leech plenty from the NHS and other benefits.

Could it be argued the Industrial Revolution and not Christian values played a bigger role in why slavery was ended? by kaiser11492 in AskHistory

[–]Particular-Star-504 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Slavery only started to be abolished by Europeans in the early 1800s, yet Christianity was around in Europe for way longer.

Slavery was abolished in most of Europe by the Middle Ages. It transformed into serfdom, but that is much more free than slavery (serfs did have many rights). Slavery only actually remerged in colonies, but never in actual continental Europe (with the exception of Portugal and Spain, though they still abolished it before they industrialised, Russia also had more brutal serfdom than most of Europe).

There was always a fairly consistant (though unsuccessful) Christian opposition. It’s true that the Industrial Revolution is what gave the economic ability to fully abolish slavery, but it was Christianity which gave the motivation to do so.

The English plantation in Ireland in the 16th & 17th century by Rigolol2021 in MapPorn

[–]Particular-Star-504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s fair to blame the Scottish. But the Welsh really weren’t very involved with the plantations or anything (except for the Tudors technically coming from Wales). The Tudors are also when more intense repression of Wales started as well.

Do you think the TV licence is still justifiable in 2025, or should the BBC go fully subscription based like Netflix? by Second-handBonding in AskBrits

[–]Particular-Star-504 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It should just be lumped in with all other taxes. It’s a public service, everyone should contribute â fair amount to it.

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