From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-04 22:50, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > Mike  posted:   
   >>   
   >>> It's where the Bible is BANNED by a society that you'll   
   >>> find dictators, tyranny, and slavery. Also in today's   
   >>> world, nations that observe the Bible do not go to war   
   >>> with each other. Have you ever stopped to think about that?   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> WHAT THIS STATEMENT REALLY IS   
   >>   
   >> It’s ideological rhetoric, not history or political   
   >> analysis. The speaker is:   
   >>   
   >> Making absolute claims ("you’ll find dictators",   
   >   
   > That's right. Show me a dictator in today's world where   
   > a nation observes the Bible.   
   >>   
   >> "do not go to war")   
   >   
   > That was not the entire quote. I wonder how dishonest   
   > that thing can get? It will be interesting to find out.   
   > To think, a machine can actually become a liar. I just   
   > wonder if it will admit to being a liar the way you have?   
   >>   
   >> Using selective examples while ignoring counter-cases   
   >   
   > Give some examples.   
   >>   
   >> Treating the Bible as the single cause of complex   
   >> social outcomes   
   >   
   > I said nothing about it being "the single cause".   
   > But it is a fact that where the Bible is observed   
   > by a society IN TODAY'S WORLD, you'll generally   
   > find peace and democracy. It's where the Bible is   
   > banned that you'll find tyranny and slavery in   
   > TODAY'S WORLD. Did the thing miss that part about   
   > TODAY'S WORLD?   
   >>   
   >> That usually means they’re arguing from belief, not   
   >> evidence.   
   >>   
   >> WHY THE CLAIMS DON’T HOLD UP   
   >>   
   >> "Bible banned = dictators, tyranny, slavery"   
   >>   
   >> This is historically false.   
   >   
   > HISTORICALLY? I said quite CLEARLY that I was referring   
   > to TODAY'S WORLD.   
   >>   
   >> Counterexamples:   
   >>   
   >> Soviet Union banned religion and was a dictatorship   
   >   
   > Exactly. Great example of my point. Thank the thing for me.   
   >>   
   >> Nazi Germany did NOT ban the Bible and was a   
   >> dictatorship anyway   
   >   
   > Hitler did not live in TODAY'S WORLD, and Hitler's   
   > government did not observe the Bible. In fact, Hitler   
   > ignored the Bible.   
   >>   
   >> Apartheid South Africa used the Bible to justify   
   >> oppression   
   >   
   > What part of TODAY'S WORLD did that thing miss?   
   >>   
   >> Colonial slavery thrived in Bible-observing societies   
   >   
   > Sheesh, it's going ever further back in history.   
   > I wonder why it's so dishonest?   
   >>   
   >> So banning the Bible is neither necessary nor sufficient   
   >> for tyranny.   
   >   
   > In today's world, the places where you'll find tyranny   
   > and slavery are in places where the Bible is banned.   
   > That's a fact, and no amount of LYING by that thing   
   > will undo that fact.   
   >>   
   >> "Bible-observing nations don’t go to war"   
   >   
   > In today's world, they don't go to war with each other.   
   > Why is that thing such a LYING piece of crap? I'm done   
   > with this BS.   
      
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