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The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Posthttps://www.wbrc.com/2022/01/16/infe...ne-eventually/
Infectious disease experts are now warning that COVID-19 will likely infect almost everyone at some point.
For Alabama, transmission of COVID-19 is high across the entire state, meaning its really easy to catch right now.
The state’s percent positivity rate is at more than 41 percent ,and state health leaders said it’s supposed to be less than five percent.
Infectious disease expert Dr. David Kimberlin said this variant is spreading faster than he has ever seen. It’s about eight times more contagious than the original COVID strain
The best we can hope to do is to slow it down enough so that our hospitals aren't overwhelmed. And even that seems pretty unlikely.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
It would help if you would dial down the rhetoric, and stop the "my blood is boiling" stuff. You'll never win anybody over to your position the way you rant and carry on about how ignorant everybody else is, and getting really angry about something like this does nobody any good - especially you, Jim.
That the truth can provoke offense without justification is something we see in the NT in the story of Christ and the Apostles. But that it can happen is not an excuse for carelessly saying things in ways that are themselves hostile or purposefully provocative.
Do you agree with that as well?
Last edited by oxmixmudd; 01-18-2022, 12:45 PM.My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by oxmixmudd View PostAgain, we agree - depending on how one defines rhetoric. I'm not one to tell a half truth or avoid telling the truth just because someone doesn't like hearing it. The trick - for me at least - is finding ways to communicate an idea that do not unnecessarily provoke offense.
That the truth can provoke offense without justification is something we see in the NT in the story of Christ and the Apostles. But that it can happen is not an excuse for carelessly saying things in ways that are themselves hostile or purposefully provocative.
Do you agree with that as well?
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
And that's far more difficult in writing where there's no facial expression, tone of voice, body language....
Often, even the Truth spoken in love will provoke an undesirable response, or even an attack.
Yep, absolutely on both counts. .
Sure, do you agree that it's not healthy for you (or others) to be "blood boiling mad" about something over which you have little to no control?
OTOH, it is also very important that when we do become angry over some evil we find a productive and useful outlet for the energy it gives us. And that we make sure we are angry over an actual evil and what it is doing to others, not just angry because we ourselves are inconvenienced.Last edited by oxmixmudd; 01-18-2022, 01:27 PM.My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by oxmixmudd View PostYep, absolutely on both counts. .
in one sense yes, in another no. Anger has both a positive and a negative capacity. "Be angry, yet do not sin" is one scripture on the topic. I think there are times when if one isn't angered by some evil, it means something is wrong. We should not be so laid back and chill we just don't care about the evil happening in the world All it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing..
OTOH, it is also very important that when we do become angry over some evil we find a productive and useful outlet for the energy it gives us. And that we make sure we are angry over an actual evil and what it is doing to others, not just angry because we ourselves are inconvenienced.
My concern, Jim, is that this kind of thing becomes a cancer than eats us up from the inside, and the only thing people see on the outside is "one angry dude".
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
Extremes, Jim. "Being laid back and chill and do nothing" is one extreme - going to war with your brothers in Christ is another.
And it is my personal opinion that you have allowed the whole Trump thing to cause you to go extremes. Have you won over anybody to your point of view the way you've handled this? Do you really think you will?
My concern, Jim, is that this kind of thing becomes a cancer than eats us up from the inside, and the only thing people see on the outside is "one angry dude".My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
You are entitled to your opinions.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
Opinions based on sound reason and Christian principles, which you are certainly free to ignore.My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
A spec of meat in a broth of bile.
Your obsession with poison and boiling blood and bile is noted.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Stoic View Post
No one ever said that masks can "fully protect" anyone. All they have ever been claimed to do is reduce the chance of transmission. (And they do a much better job of preventing you from infecting others than they do of preventing others from infecting you.)"I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
It seems to be a takeaway from a number of people at least. For example, my boss told everybody that because masking would prevent you from contracting Covid, catching it would be on you and no sick time would be given to hourly employees who got it.
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Originally posted by Stoic View Post
I think you need a new boss. That one is either an idiot or a jerk, or both.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
Hey, he's just following the science, right?"I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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