Yeah I agree there's no time for primaries, I was just responding to that isolated statement- not saying its never useful.
Certain outsiders aside, Democrats are really good about getting their shit together behind closed doors.
I don't believe that many voters like closed door conspiring
Even assuming the passage is totally genuine, two fires had destroyed much in the way of official documents Tacitus had to work with and it is unlikely that he would sift through what he did have to find the record of an obscure crucifixion
Why? If it was a popular myth, why assume he wouldn't try to confirm/deny it
According to Bart Ehrman, Josephus' passage about Jesus was altered by a Christian scribe, including the reference to Jesus as the Messiah
So? I'm not presenting evidence for him being a Messiah. I am saying there is some independent evidence of him existing.
B. The second line in Tacitus that mentions Christ and his death was never noticed until after the mid-fourth century. So this second line is fake.
I agree that is bizarre, but not proof of it being fake. Though should be taken with a grain of salt.
This is why Bart Ehrman specifically dismisses Tacitus and Josephus. As do most other biblical scholars.
Who is Bart Ehrman and why relay his beliefs rather than speak for yourself?
Theism is not inherently right wing. I am agnostic, and consider myself fairly right wing
And in the case of jesus, we have literally zero independent verification.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sources_for_the_historicity_of_Jesus
Unfortunately, many countries ban media that they view as glorifying bad things
That's rather dismissive.
I don't mean it that way.
Are you saying that the notion that wealth disparity is bad is just some guy's opinion,
This is true yes, but back to the original topic
or that you're not supposed to be able to get rich being a movie star (or a private equity investor, or a hedge fund manager, or a California gold miner)?
This yes. I am saying nobody has any authority to assert what is or isn't supposed to be highly paid, but it is fair to believe nobody should be highly paid.
Usually when people are vague and terse, I assume they're losing interest in the conversation. It's okay to walk away.
I really do genuinely appreciate the consideration, I'm fine right now, but thank you regardless!
Just to add: its not unique to the US, its even more common in many African, Middle Eastern, and majority Muslim countries
Imo, religion having any correlation with being a bit more right wing is a historical coincidence, right wing economics was in the 18th and 19th century often tied to less religious people.
I mean, feel free to check my own comments if you want
Its who I thought of, because its (at least for Friedman, not Ayn Rand) who I align with more(somewhat) on the right. I am an agnostic and pretty right-wing(by my own definition)
Or maybe it's just who I thought of? I think it's fair to even say Trump is effectively agnostic even if he wouldn't admit it
oh interesting, I've never heard of running shorts with built-in underwear
But, tbh, that's just some guys opinion
"In a world where traffic cameras, license plate readers, NSA mass surveillance, intelligence-gathering 'fusion centers,' and warrantless searches are ubiquitous, privacy might seem like a quaint idea. But it’s one the Framers of the American system took seriously." ~Jon Miltimore
The real shower thought was about movement across the highest speed we know of at the minimum distance we know of, so I divided Planck length by the speed of light.
The Federal Trade Commission's losses have been consumers' wins.
It makes it clear the direction of movement and how the user has to position themselves so they can ride it without thinking about it- but it saves power from slowing down