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Bluetus

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

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 07:06 PM

Jan 20

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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Some of these values are commun to hundreds or thousands Bluetus Jan 20 #14

The irony is that the old testament that christians claim to believe in JoseBalow Jan 20 #15

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