Why? When I feel sorry for myself, everyone does that sometimes, I thank God I live here. I was not borned in a war torn countries like Somalia - no clean water to drink, lack of food to eat, etc. Or I am not a victim of a child sex trafficker. What those poor children must be going through. You have a safe place to sleep every night. You're not starving, I am guessing. You can play games all day long if you want to, I don't recommend it. Yeah, you need to pick yourself up and think of others.
Says you. Spanking is outdated too and look at how "our" children are behaving now. Wake up.
Just block them. I noticed them too.
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What am I not understanding? What I understood was the name calling like a child. I guess you're ok with that.
Crazy eyes.
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She deserves it.
Tell the truth, how painful it maybe. Isn't that what Q is doing? Many people got spanked growing up, they turned out OK.
So, do you think this website is correct? What do you say?
A number of cases of mass killings of people, apparently at God’s behest, are recorded in the Old Testament:
1. The Flood (Genesis 6-8)
2. The cities of the plain, including Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18-19)
3. The Egyptian firstborn sons during the Passover (Exodus 11-12)
4. The Canaanites under Moses and Joshua (Numbers 21:2-3; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 6:17, 21)
5. The Amalekites annihilated by Saul (1 Samuel 15)
The first three examples are similar in that there was no human agent involved – in each case it was God, or an angel of God, who carried out the mass killings directly. The mass killing of the Canaanites is the first of two cases in which the text claims that God’s people, the nation of Israel, were commanded by Him to attack other nations. For this reason, this case will be the focus of this study.
The problem many people have with these stories of mass killings is that they do not seem to fit the popular conception of the Christian God. In particular, the question is asked how a God of love could allow or even command such brutality. Furthermore, it is suggested that the God described in these Old Testament books is a different character from the God described in the New Testament. The former is supposedly angry, vindictive and ruthless, the latter loving, patient and forgiving. Even for people who are convinced that the Bible is true and represents God’s revelation of Himself these accounts can be deeply troubling, especially when one thinks about the death of innocent children.
Did God Command the Mass Killing of the Canaanites?
One way in which biblical scholars have attempted to resolve the problem of the mass killing of the Canaanites is to suggest that God never commanded it. This argument is advanced in one of two ways:
a. The Israelites carried out mass killings but were mistaken in believing that God had commanded it
This argument suggests that the mass killings were a carryover from a pagan way of understanding God. It was not uncommon for kings in the Near East of Old Testament times to annihilate the populations of whole cities as an offering to their gods. For example, the 9th Century BC Moabite Stone records King Mesha's boast that he had destroyed all the inhabitants of Ataroth as a sacrifice to his god. The suggestion is made that Israel at the time of Joshua had a limited understanding of God and that they wrongly thought that their God, Yahweh, expected the same kind of sacrifice. This line of reasoning raises serious questions about the nature of God, in particular whether or not He is able to make Himself clearly understood and whether or not He would allow such blatant disobedience to go unchallenged. One attempt to overcome this difficulty is the suggestion that God allowed His name to be associated with these mass killings because His love for Israel was so great that He was willing to have His reputation tarnished for the sake of His relationship with them. This view, however, does not find any support in the relevant Old Testament texts, which clearly state that God commanded the mass killings (Joshua 6:17, 21; Deuteronomy 20:16-17). Later texts even criticise the Israelites for their failure to obey the command (Psalm 106:34-42). The only way to reconcile the Old Testament accounts with this view is to regard the Old Testament as simply Israel’s record of their perception of their unfolding relationship with Yahweh. The Old Testament is reduced to being a human account of the evolution of monotheistic religion rather than a divine revelation of God’s actions in history.
b. The mass killings never actually happened
Proponents of this view suggest that the accounts of mass killings are not contemporaneous to the events themselves but were written later in the history of Israel, during the period of the kings, by scribes who were witnessing the ill effects on the nation of idolatry involving Canaanite deities.
MORE: https://www.bethinking.org/bible/old-testament-mass-killings
Four Times in History Vaccines Failed (Lessons for a Coronavirus Vaccine?)
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since 2011, vaccines have averted 23.3 million deaths from disease worldwide. Such numbers surely deserve praise, but there certainly have been several hiccups along the way—mistakes that scientists have surely used as a learning experience.
From biotech and pharmaceutical companies like Moderna to Pfizer, the race is indeed heating up for a COVID-19 vaccine.
But while many would love to have access to it right now, scientists across the world are making sure that a potential vaccine is both effective and safe—with a strong emphasis on the latter.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since 2011, vaccines have averted 23.3 million deaths from disease worldwide. Such numbers surely deserve praise, but there certainly have been several hiccups along the way—mistakes that scientists have surely used as a learning experience.
With that in mind, here are four instances in which vaccines failed the public big-time.
In the 1955 Cutter Incident, some batches of polio vaccine given to the public contained live poliovirus—even though they had passed the required safety testing. More than 250 cases of polio were attributed to vaccines produced by one company, Cutter Laboratories. The mistake resulted in many cases of paralysis, and the vaccine was recalled as soon as new cases of polio were detected.
The Cutter Incident became a defining moment in the history of vaccine manufacturing and led to the creation of a more robust system of regulating future vaccines.
In 2017, the Philippines stopped a school-based dengue fever vaccination program after reports of complications and several deaths linked to the product called Dengvaxia. The French manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur, later stated that the vaccine posed a risk to those without prior infection from one of the disease’s four stereotypes. The result was that it actually increased the risk that a child would contract a more severe form of the disease.
Next on the list is the widespread vaccination against the childhood disease measles. In the early 1960s, thousands of children received a particular inactivated vaccine, so if they were exposed to the actual measles virus, they developed atypical measles. This was characterized by high fever, severe abdominal pain and lung inflammation and often required hospitalization. That particular vaccine was eventually withdrawn.
The final case deals with the vaccination attempt of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Children treated with one type of vaccine in the 1960s developed an enhanced form of the disease, often suffering from high fever, bronchopneumonia and wheezing. Dozens ended up being hospitalized and two died. There still is no vaccine to prevent RSV infection, but scientists are working hard to develop one, according to the CDC.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/coronavirus/four-times-history-vaccines-failed-lessons-coronavirus-vaccine-166116
K. So, why do you think God has allowed children to get raped, tortured, and sacrificed by Satan worshipers? It is going on as we speak - right now. People want to know.
Yeah, but God can stop it if God wants to. God always win.
The God in the bible.
Thank you! I pray a lot, but shits still happening. God's time is not my timeline, as far as I can tell.
Can I say Jesus' father? Is that more clear?
Truth!
Americans will likely have to navigate a maze of vaccine "passports"
Many private businesses and some states are plowing ahead with methods of verifying that people have been vaccinated, despite conservative resistance to "vaccine passports."
Why it matters: Many businesses view some sort of vaccine verification system as key to getting back to normal. But in the absence of federal leadership, a confusing patchwork approach is likely to pop up.
The big picture: “I think it’s going to be a tidal wave that’s going to be very difficult to stop, because there’s enormous economic and social incentive for proof of vaccinations,” said Lawrence Gostin, a professor at Georgetown University.
Although he agrees with the approach of letting states and the private sector lead, Gostin thinks the federal government should have a larger advisory role.
“Unless they provide national scientific guidance and technical assistance, we’re going to see a patchwork of variable quality across the country,” he said. “And we’ve seen that movie before…you get a mess.”
Where it stands: The Biden administration has said that it will not mandate vaccine passports across the country, nor will it create a federal vaccination database. That leaves decision-making to the states and the private sector.
But several Republican governors already said they'll fight any such systems.
In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order banning state government and some private businesses that receive public funding from requiring proof of Covid-19 vaccination.
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis banned the use of Covid-19 vaccine credentials through an executive order.
The other side: Many private companies have already begun planning ways to verify that their customers have been vaccinated.
New York has also rolled out a pass that sports and entertainment venues can use if they choose, and Hawaii is working on a vaccine passport that would let travelers bypass a two-week quarantine.
Between the lines: Requiring proof of vaccination is likely on solid legal ground, experts said.
"In general, private businesses can decide who they're willing to admit into their businesses and serve so long as they don't violate either the federal Civil Rights act or a state law," University of Pennsylvania professor Eric Feldman told Axios.
“Just like you can say no shirt no shoes no service, you can say no vaccine no service,” Gostin said, adding that he thinks the Florida ban would likely lose if challenged in court.
Where it stands: Online services, universities, airlines, and retailers are figuring out how and whether to provide proof of vaccination for students, customers and employees.
For online caretaker services, that can mean an optional "vaccination badge" for potential babysitters, which is what Urban Sitter is doing.
Pet-sitting site Rover told Axios that it has seen an increase in sitters proactively adding information about their vaccine status on their profile pages, and they're considering more formal ways for sitters to add such information if they want, spokesman David Rosenbaum said.
The list of universities in the U.S. requiring proof of vaccination is growing.
What we’re watching: Experts worry that vaccine verifications could end up deepening existing inequities, as vaccination rates among people of color lag behind those of white people in the U.S.
But they generally don’t worry about whether they’re justified.
"There seems to be a pretty clear public health justification for trying to ensure that those who are gathering in places where an airborne transmissible virus that could lead to sickness or the death of others, that you want to take the necessary precautions," Feldman said. "One precaution is to screen some people in and screen some people out."
The bottom line: Proponents of vaccine verifications say they’ll ultimately be driven by economics.
“Unless a business can create a safe environment for its employees and its customers, the employees and the customers won’t come in,” Gostin said.
https://www.axios.com/vaccine-passports-republicans-economy-coronavirus-8fb97580-90e7-4456-b993-71382526ab5b.html