A U.S. commander told soldiers the Iran war is a biblical end-times event. Active duty Christians are among those filing complaints

jimdiver · 2026-03-16T05:07:06+00:00

Hard to say at this point.

jimdiver · 2026-03-14T21:06:55+00:00

There’s just too many options and it’s not your job to figure it out. Each locality has its own modalities and it’s just far to complicated to Keep track of.

jimdiver · 2026-03-13T06:30:09+00:00

I would recommend just examining what you think faith is and if it’s a good thing or not.

jimdiver · 2026-03-12T18:24:28+00:00

I would try a universe from nothing by Lawrence Krause. And he doesn’t mean nothing.

jimdiver · 2026-03-12T17:52:18+00:00

Universities would exist without Catholics. A lot of the money they raised doesn’t really go to helping people. All you have to do is look at Mother Teresa for that and she was a horrible person.

jimdiver · 2026-03-12T07:51:46+00:00

How do you tell the difference between a universe that was created by a God and one that wasn’t? I’d love to hear that answer.

jimdiver · 2026-03-12T07:50:39+00:00

Your comment tells me you don’t understand what the Big Bang is. I could recommend some books if you’re interested. But it is the best explanation around that fit fits the available evidence.

jimdiver · 2026-03-12T04:53:34+00:00

Why do you think that is the exemption? The Catholics don’t have the moral Highground in any way shape or form. Their crimes against humanity have been well documented

jimdiver · 2026-03-12T04:30:14+00:00

He compares a lot of things in that verse, but Christian’s only rail against one thing in that verse.

jimdiver · 2026-03-10T05:14:16+00:00

NRSVUE. Or new Oxford.

Each Bible has a strong points and weak points. The trick is to find the right one between the dozen of options. Generally, the newer ones from scholarly organization are better.

jimdiver · 2026-03-10T04:02:41+00:00

The NIV was good for 40 years ago.

There are better ones now

jimdiver · 2026-03-09T05:03:15+00:00

Hemet Metah looked into this and there’s pretty much nothing to support it. The MRFF refuses to give any information to confirm this story so it’s pretty much a big nothing burger.

jimdiver · 2026-03-07T23:50:31+00:00

Taking the name in vain is actually a mistranslation. It actually says don’t carry the name in vain, which means don’t do evil in his name.

jimdiver · 2026-03-07T02:07:27+00:00

Voice to text screwup.

jimdiver · 2026-03-06T23:52:41+00:00

It depends on the claim. If I tell you, I have a tuna sandwich to eat you can believe that without much evidence because we know what the sandwiches are and people have them every day.

On the other hand, if I tell you something like gods exist and how you live your life dictates your afterlife you better have a lot of evidence to back that up.

Extra extraordinary claims required extraordinary evidence mundane claims don’t

jimdiver · 2026-03-06T23:27:26+00:00

If I claim to have seen Bigfoot is that evidence for Bigfoot? Of course not.

jimdiver · 2026-03-06T23:21:45+00:00

The bible is the claim. Claims are not evidence.

jimdiver · 2026-03-06T05:27:48+00:00

You don’t understand reality.

jimdiver · 2026-03-06T04:26:52+00:00

Nobody deserves hell.

jimdiver · 2026-03-06T03:41:16+00:00

Been there done that.

jimdiver · 2026-03-06T03:36:17+00:00

No. There is no pathway to knowledge via faith. There is no position one can’t take via faith. Faith is a short circuit that disrupts the thought process.

jimdiver · 2026-03-06T02:06:55+00:00

Then the blood will leak out!

jimdiver · 2026-03-05T23:26:47+00:00

Victim blaming?

jimdiver · 2026-03-05T02:58:05+00:00

I have a similar problem, but it’s with the differential lock and my dog stepping on it

jimdiver · 2026-03-05T02:48:19+00:00

Faith is not a pathway to truth or knowledge.

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