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CUBluejays

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« Reply #6330 on: March 05, 2023, 09:11:46 pm »
What he is saying is that there is historical evidence that a man named Jesus and John the Baptist existed.  The extent that the book has been altered is up for debate about at least one of the two passages that mention Jesus.  The passage about John the Baptist differs from what is written in the Bible.

The nature of Jesus is a matter of faith, much like if he could hit a curve ball or not.

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« Reply #6331 on: March 06, 2023, 07:05:01 am »
So you're saying Jesus was real but the stories we read in the bible aren't?
I think it is doubtful that the character in the bible existed but it’s possible there was some guy that was used as the outline for the character in the book.  There is a zero percent chance that the story told with all the miracles and whatnot happened.  That stuff is pure myth that was aimed at people who had little to no understanding of the way the world worked (not to mention that a lot of it was lifted from other myths so it’s not even an original story).  It’s all nonsense and, in the 21st century, it’s time to let it go.
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JeffH

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« Reply #6333 on: March 18, 2023, 04:18:31 pm »
Doug Vickrey = John Dutton?

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« Reply #6335 on: March 30, 2023, 04:58:00 pm »
To celebrate today, I’m going to drink a tasty Manhattan.
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CurtOne

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« Reply #6336 on: March 30, 2023, 07:18:17 pm »
Celebrate what?  That the liar has already conned his followers to contribute to his defense fund?

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« Reply #6337 on: March 30, 2023, 07:21:47 pm »
Yeah unless the charges are very serious and aren’t just about some garden variety hush fund payments, I think Trump’s position is only stronger now and only improves his chances of being the Republican nominee.  I can’t stand Trump, and I even think this just reeks of being a political hack job.  Not worth celebrating to me at all.

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« Reply #6338 on: March 30, 2023, 07:28:13 pm »
I think he's a crook and deserves to be indicted.  I'm not sure if the outcome will be a positive one in the long run.

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« Reply #6339 on: March 30, 2023, 07:40:03 pm »
I doubt this would've gotten this far if Bragg wasn't pretty sure he could get a conviction...but it's easily the least serious of the things he's currently being investigated for.

I just wish he'd gotten indicted for one of his other crimes first. The classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, the attempts to bully Raffensperger (and others) into changing the votes in Georgia, January 6th...those are all much more serious, dangerous, and difficult for an average person to dismiss. On the surface, it's pretty easy for Carlson, Hannity, and other propagandists to downplay hush money payments as not being especially serious.

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« Reply #6340 on: March 30, 2023, 08:29:44 pm »
I agree.  Love to see the Feds, DC, Florida, Georgia, all indict him.

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« Reply #6341 on: March 30, 2023, 09:12:49 pm »
Desantis is now saying he won’t hand over Trump to New York.  He’s probably trying to change the story after getting owned by Disney with his silly replacement/take over of the Reddy Creek Improvement District.

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« Reply #6342 on: March 30, 2023, 09:20:05 pm »
Yeah unless the charges are very serious and aren’t just about some garden variety hush fund payments, I think Trump’s position is only stronger now and only improves his chances of being the Republican nominee.  I can’t stand Trump, and I even think this just reeks of being a political hack job.  Not worth celebrating to me at all.

It may be the “least serious” of the charges against him, but there are very good reasons for our campaign finance laws, woefully soft as they are.

Trump broke those laws knowingly and then attempted to cover it up.

All this to say, the indictment is not a political hack job in the least. Having committed more serious crimes does not absolve one of “lesser” infractions.
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« Reply #6343 on: March 30, 2023, 11:39:50 pm »
I doubt this would've gotten this far if Bragg wasn't pretty sure he could get a conviction...but it's easily the least serious of the things he's currently being investigated for.


Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion.
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« Reply #6344 on: March 31, 2023, 08:53:05 am »
We're a Nation of Laws or we're not.

I just wish the Justice Dept. had moved first (on one or more of Trump's federal crimes).