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  • #16
    Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post

    There's certainly not at this point, but then just twenty years ago, the idea that society would as a whole accept gay marriage within a matter of years seemed laughable, too.
    This is true - things sped up pretty quickly.
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    • #17
      Even 20 MONTHS ago, the idea of closing churches, limiting attendance, restricting singing, etc. would have seemed impossible.
      Geislerminian Antinomian Kenotic Charispneumaticostal Gender Mutualist-Egalitarian.

      Beige Federalist.

      Nationalist Christian.

      "Everybody is somebody's heretic."

      Social Justice is usually the opposite of actual justice.

      Proud member of the this space left blank community.

      Would-be Grand Vizier of the Padishah Maxi-Super-Ultra-Hyper-Mega-MAGA King Trumpius Rex.

      Justice for Ashli Babbitt!

      Justice for Matthew Perna!

      Arrest Ray Epps and his Fed bosses!

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      • #18
        Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post

        There's certainly not at this point, but then just twenty years ago, the idea that society would as a whole accept gay marriage within a matter of years seemed laughable, too. In our outrage, "do something about this now" culture, I could see the political will creating itself after just one or two bad scandals involving megachurches or televangelists.
        There have already been scandals. They just didn't create the drive to make the change. On the other hand, your right. You just need the right scandal being pushed to cause a change.
        "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

        "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post

          There have already been scandals. They just didn't create the drive to make the change. On the other hand, your right. You just need the right scandal being pushed to cause a change.
          Like the George Floyd incident. There have been black people who were killed by the police before, and even on camera. But for whatever reason, that particular incident sparked a flame that wouldn't be put out.
          "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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          • #20
            Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post

            Like the George Floyd incident. There have been black people who were killed by the police before, and even on camera. But for whatever reason, that particular incident sparked a flame that wouldn't be put out.
            I think it was the fact that he looked like he really didn't care the least, and just kept it up.
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post

              Like the George Floyd incident. There have been black people who were killed by the police before, and even on camera. But for whatever reason, that particular incident sparked a flame that wouldn't be put out.
              In my opinion, that flame is fading rapidly as the consequences of the police reforms put in place become apparent.
              "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

              "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post

                In my opinion, that flame is fading rapidly as the consequences of the police reforms put in place become apparent.
                That "flame" had another component. There was virtually ZERO defense of killing of Floyd, and ZERO justification for it. Hence, there was pretty much only "one side" to this debate, which, interstingly enough, makes it hard to keep the debate alive.
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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