tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post1730542269029068395..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Alexandra Paul - Overpopulation: Maybe It’s Time to Offend a Few Folksmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-60223651395582996542020-11-25T12:46:00.307-05:002020-11-25T12:46:00.307-05:00We don't have another century. Peter Pan
Nine...<i>We don't have another century.</i> Peter Pan<br /><br />Nineveh was down to its last 40 days (<i>"Yet 40 days and Nineveh is destroyed"</i>) when they repented at Jonah's less than enthusiastic 7 word sermon above.<br /><br />As a result, Nineveh survived another 120 years.<br /><br />So we've got time if we'll repent.Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-87632661552509743952020-11-23T17:18:36.572-05:002020-11-23T17:18:36.572-05:00Book of Amos vs. Book of Revelations - which carri...Book of Amos vs. Book of Revelations - which carries more weight?Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-77809597142218831692020-11-23T10:06:50.967-05:002020-11-23T10:06:50.967-05:001. Are you opposed to birth control for religious ...<i>1. Are you opposed to birth control for religious reasons?</i> Peter Pan<br /><br />I was referring to forced abortions, involuntary sterilization and legal sanctions against those who have children.Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-44461045460059383062020-11-23T09:21:12.072-05:002020-11-23T09:21:12.072-05:002. How do you reconcile futurism with the Bible? P...<i>2. How do you reconcile futurism with the Bible?</i> Peter Pan<br /><br /><i>“For the word of God is <b>living and active</b>, ..."</i> Hebrew 4:12 [bold added]<br /><br />So I'm quite sure that if we are willing to repent, God would even revise the Bible if necessary.Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-34810894924364683042020-11-23T09:10:28.598-05:002020-11-23T09:10:28.598-05:003. Do you believe transhumanism is ethical?
Perso...<i>3. Do you believe transhumanism is ethical?</i><br /><br />Personally, I'd be terrified of this:<br /><br /><i>And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will flee from them!</i> Revelation 9:6 New American Standard Bible (NASB)Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-89357468409203367732020-11-23T08:50:17.569-05:002020-11-23T08:50:17.569-05:00Correction: Amos 5:18-24Correction: Amos 5:18-24Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-79000277961916276432020-11-23T08:47:09.666-05:002020-11-23T08:47:09.666-05:00Re the Rapture:
Woe to you who are longing for th...Re the Rapture:<br /><br /><i><b>Woe to you who are longing for the day of the Lord,</b><br />For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you?<br />It will be darkness and not light;<br />As when a man flees from a lion<br />And a bear confronts him,<br />Or he goes home, leans with his hand against the wall,<br />And a snake bites him.<br />Will the day of the Lord not be darkness instead of light,<br />Even gloom with no brightness in it?<br /><br />“I hate, I reject your festivals,<br />Nor do I delight in your festive assemblies.<br />Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,<br />I will not accept them;<br />And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened oxen.<br />Take away from Me the noise of your songs;<br />I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.<br /><b>But let justice roll out like waters,<br />And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.</b> </i> Amos 5:18-27 New American Standard Bible (NASB)Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-66168503637629449822020-11-23T07:08:52.751-05:002020-11-23T07:08:52.751-05:00Btw, I read your posts in another thread where you...Btw, I read your posts in another thread where you mistakenly posted them.<br /><br />1. Are you opposed to birth control for religious reasons?<br />2. How do you reconcile futurism with the Bible?<br />3. Do you believe transhumanism is ethical?Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-58545354568272148772020-11-22T18:59:13.072-05:002020-11-22T18:59:13.072-05:00We don't have another century. Like all futuri...We don't have another century. Like all futurists, he knows his fiction.<br /><br />Have you given up on the Rapture?<br />God has all the technology we need.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-82374228272291484172020-11-22T18:38:54.269-05:002020-11-22T18:38:54.269-05:00Once we have practical fusion (probably less than ...Once we have practical fusion (probably less than 100 years from now, if the banks don't blow us up first), the Earth could support a trillion or more people - which we shouldn't reach till 350 years from now.<br /><br />That's why I focus on ethics; there's a bright future if we can avoid WWIII.<br /><br />You should watch the video; the guy has a mild speech impediment but he knows his science. I thought I already had a broad viewpoint but he's taught me quite a lot.Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-71309191370527040042020-11-22T16:49:10.195-05:002020-11-22T16:49:10.195-05:00We don't have the technology to support 1 tril...We don't have the technology to support 1 trillion people on Earth.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-78186551311559559342020-11-22T13:49:51.252-05:002020-11-22T13:49:51.252-05:00Can we have a trillion people on Earth<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lJJ_QqIVnc" rel="nofollow">Can we have a trillion people on Earth</a>Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-1033245334482902142020-11-22T13:47:22.127-05:002020-11-22T13:47:22.127-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-54566275865756041372020-11-21T17:59:12.046-05:002020-11-21T17:59:12.046-05:00Birth control is unquestionably one of humanity...Birth control is unquestionably one of humanity's top ten inventions. As much as we all hate them, condoms almost deserve their own place in the top ten list.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15197727918414570446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-1971395262721441642020-11-20T11:02:15.097-05:002020-11-20T11:02:15.097-05:00Asking an animal to modify its behavior is a dicey...Asking an animal to modify its behavior is a dicey proposition.<br /><br />It doesn't help matters that we live in a death denying culture.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.com