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Bluetus

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14. Some of these values are commun to hundreds or thousands

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #11)

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 07:06 PM

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of religions. They are rules for staying in line and not causing trouble for the government.

Jesus' commandments, the beatitudes, were mostly of the nature of how to be a better person, although a few of them specificity required Jesus to regarded as a messiah. Nonetheless, I don't understand why "Christians" don't want to own the things Jesus said about patience, kindness, and grace, and instead are obsessed with the "Thou shalt nots" from Moses 1000 years earlier.

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