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Comment Re:false claims (Score 1) 143

can't be protein complete as meat is if it's soy based,

False. Wikipedia says (with cites): Soybean protein is a complete protein since it provides all of the essential amino acids for human nutrition.

That's unnatural and not what humans are supposed to do.

Bullshit. Nothing we do is natural. I bet you happily suck down a fucking 2 litre bottle of Mountain Dew, or eat twinkies, or McDs or 7-11 hotdogs or the plethora of artificial & highly processed foods common to modern western diets.

Comment Re:38% is “Lion’s Share”? (Score 5, Informative) 79

Meriam Webster sez: Definition of lion's share: the largest portion

At more than 3 times their nearest competitor, I'd say that is correct.

A lot of people think that the lion's share means nearly all, but that is relatively recent / American thing.

Comment Re:Conspiracy theories? (Score 0) 229

Did you know, for example, that in the original Greek gospels, Jesus never once said the word "hell?"

You really think Jesus was talking about a valley when he said gehenna? I think if you were the biblical scholar you say you are, you would be aware gehenna was a sort of cross between purgatory & quasi-time-limited-hell.

I know the concept of hell makes a lot of modern Christians uncomfortable, but Jesus sure as hell said "hell" a lot. And hell is intrinsic to Christian belief.

eg: Mathew 5:22: 22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, 'Raca,'is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.

Fire of the valley? That doesn't make sense.

And Christianity.com has a helluva lot of quotes from Jesus using the word 'hell' where the context clearly shows he is talking about a place of eternal torture

What Did Jesus Actually Teach about Hell?

We can summarize it like this: hell is the place of conscious, eternal torment where people experience God's punishment for their sin. Yes, hell is "the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt 25:41), but also for those who join them in their rebellion against God (Matt 11:20–24). The horror of hell is such that Jesus says, "if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire" (Mark 9:43). For those who do not enter the narrow door of faith and repentance in Jesus (Luke 13:24) a place of weeping and gnashing teeth awaits them (Luke 13:28).

At the end of human history, everyone will appear before Jesus Christ, where he will divide humanity into "sheep" (those who demonstrate their faith in Jesus through their good works) and the "goats" (those who did not trust in Jesus Christ). The sheep will receive eternal life, while the goats "will go away into eternal punishment" (Matt 25:46).

Jesus uses strong language about hell because it is real and unspeakably horrible. But he not only warned of the dangers of hell; he offered the way out. He lived a life of perfect obedience, died a sacrificial death on the cross for our sins, and rose from the dead to defeat sin, death, and the devil. He invites everyone to trust in him to receive eternal life rather than the eternal punishment that everyone deserves for their sin (John 3:16-17).

I know I am not going to convince you however. That old collection of stories is so vague and self-contradictory that you can interpret whatever you like out of it.

The rest of us will quietly continue our secular lives without poisoning our children with the idea that there is someone waiting to torture them forever.

Comment Re:...isn't there a deposit on all bottles now? (Score 1) 158

if the reason to return (or discard) your bottle is to save money, not to keep the streets clean -- I'd gladly pay ten cents to drop a bottle on the ground rather than returning it.

I see a ton of people posting stuff like this - and you really haven't thought it through have you?

Even if its not worth your time to pick 10c up off the ground, it is worth it for those penny-wise. Try visiting a city with a container deposit scheme. The first thing you notice, is no drink containers litter. At worst, kids clean 'em up.

Comment Re:Safespace for snowflakes (Score 5, Insightful) 288

On Parler you have to:

- avoid language/visuals that are sexual in nature

- do not use language/visuals that are morbid or degrading

- do not use language/visuals that are offensive and offer no literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

- avoid language/visuals that is non-satirical when claiming to be a satire account.

Along with banning left learning accounts like Devin Nune's cow, they're certainly not as pro-free speech as twitter, where honestly just about anything goes.

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