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Zeno of Citium c.335–c.263 bc Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism, stated:

“The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.”

(Diogenes Laertius Lives of the Philosophers ‘Zeno’ ch. 7)

If we would only heed this simple observation. Teaching the book of Job has demonstrated to me that we are often waiting for someone to finish talking so we can jump in with our big ideas or advice. Job’s so-called friends cannot wait to tell him why he is suffe…

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Adam Kinzinger's avatar

I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period

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BrooklynDad_Defiant!'s avatar

I don't know who needs to hear this, but EVERY FUCKING RETAILER needs to show the tariffs next to the price -- not just Amazon.

Walmart, Target (where I do not shop), ALL OF THEM. It's a fucking tax, why shouldn't we see it?

I want to know exactly how much trump's tariffs are jacking my prices up. DON'T YOU?

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Bob Johnson's avatar

According to Plato, all men desire good. I would change that to, "All people in their right mind desire good". It is pretty obvious that the mega crowd do not desire boredom. They have a need to keep being distracted from truth and reality. Most shallow thinkers watch a lot of sports, or they fight with their relatives or spouses or so-called friends constantly, just as long as they are distracted they are happier. We need to distract them, I suggest we buy them some toys and treat them like to…

William Farrar's avatar

Agree, with one exception. All religions are based on man created myths.it is the best Social control tool ever invented, no need for a paid police force, or an army, rather its believers willingly become fodder for Jihads and wars of aggression.

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Bob Johnson's avatar

The true religion is the "TRUTH", whatever it is. We can all believe whatever we want to believe, but if it is not true it is worthless. Liars are allergic to the truth, so they create phony religions to placate themselves with. IMHO, Buddhism is more of a philosophy, I consider that the closest to the truth. God is good, phony religions are evil, which is pretty much all of them.

SuZieCoyote's avatar

Belief in God is a choice. It really doesn't have anything to do with day-to-day life. Religion. in the main, has little to do with this choice. It's a system of control and grift. That's all it's ever been from the earliest days when priests told people they had to sacrifice their children or the sun wouldn't rise the next day.

The believers and the non-believers should all agree that God is good. If there is no God like the atheist believe, it won't matter anyway. Just getting the Trump cult members to acknowledge God is good, would be a giant step. Quite frankly I'm agnostic or a none, and only care about what can be proven. We need to all unite against evil, which is liars and lies, that is probably why I dislike the GOP so much, honesty doesn't matter to them, that makes them evil not neutral.

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