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Greetings, shalom, pax vobiscum, everyone.

Culture of Life, Horatius Cocles, Phydios, Stellonia, and 2 othersThe Catholic State of Eire, and The great indohe empire

The daily census’ stat today: Freedom from Taxation

Freedom from Taxation. Mwahahaha, I’ve never heard of the concept.

Judah wrote:Greetings, shalom, pax vobiscum, everyone.

Dia dhuit, Judah!

Lagrodia wrote:The daily census’ stat today: Freedom from Taxation

Freedom from Taxation. Mwahahaha, I’ve never heard of the concept.

Never mind the concept of freedom from taxation, I clearly have never heard the concept of personal income with a 99.1% income tax rate.

Lagrodia

The Gallant Old Republic wrote:The documentary of Justice Clarence Thomas that came out earlier this year is now available for free until 6/1 on PBS. It was very interesting and I enjoyed hearing him talk about his life. If you're not interested in the whole thing, then at least listen to the hilarious 3 minutes where he talks about his impression of Biden during the hearings on his nomination (it's at 1:10-13 ish).

https://www.pbs.org/video/created-equal-clarence-thomas-in-his-own-words-rymp6z/

Great documentary, I watched it last night. The part about Biden in the hearings was absolutely cringe-inducing. Wish PBS would keep it up longer for free.

Judah wrote:Greetings, shalom, pax vobiscum, everyone.

Sh'ma Yisre'el!
Adonai Elocheinu!
Adonai Echad!

Kadosh! Kadosh! Kadosh! Adonai! Got fun Yisreel!
Der Got fun Avraham, Der Got fun Itskhk aun Der Got fun Yekb aundzere eltern!
Shalom Jerushalaim! Adonai rapha! Adonai git shalom!
Sha'lau Shalom Jerushalaim!

Horatius Cocles and Stellonia

So umm... Believe it or not... I actually started a new region focused around the idea of NS based roleplay. It's small but I enjoy it. Most of my NS activity focuses around it at the moment, therefore I may have to very sadly resign from the ministry of culture and possibly let Under Ledzia die, or move it to my new main region... I hope that we will still be able to remain in contact as I do not plan on going void like I did before and I may as well change my mind. For now I am turning on vacation mode, but I do come in to check for telegrams and notifications, so I am still accepting map applications and I did not renounce my ministry yet. I only am letting you know of the situation before anything big happens.

The holy hobos of the holy land

The Catholic State of Eire wrote:Never mind the concept of freedom from taxation, I clearly have never heard the concept of personal income with a 99.1% income tax rate.

Many years ago I was sitting at -6% tax (whatever that means), then they did some big statistics update/modification and ruined this country to the point that I quit answering issues at all. Tax rate jumped up to 2%, but the real problem was 1) even though there is no government 100% of industry is "public" which makes no sense, 2) no matter how many issues I answer in favor of private business the number will not change, 3) an issue related to cutting taxes will increase the tax rate.
The humorous thing is that I complained about the update at the time and one of the mods agreed and substantially intervened to fix my numbers and, had they not done this, they would be even more absolute nonsense. It's been too long and I no longer remember how bad they used to be.

Culture of Life, United massachusetts, and The Catholic State of Eire

Today the BBC had the following article on a Jewish doctor who performed secret abortions in Auschwitz on the main page:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200526-dr-gisella-perl-the-auschwitz-doctor-who-saved-lives

I was very frustrated by this article which omitted so many key details to understanding the situation but, most of all, I strongly disliked its inability to distinguish clearly between 1) the author's, 2) the doctor's, 3) Jewish, 4) the random "experts" the interview about ethics views on abortion. The entire premise of the article's headline, for example, is that she violated the Hippocratic oath by performing these abortions, and yet the author doesn't seem to think this is part of it....? It makes it clear that she terribly regretted the things she felt she had to do, and yet she then co-authored articles with an abortion advocate? This seems to me to be a sign of the general incomprehensibility/irrationality of most modern pro-abortion argumentation.

Culture of Life, United massachusetts, and The Catholic State of Eire

The Gallant Old Republic wrote:Today the BBC had the following article on a Jewish doctor who performed secret abortions in Auschwitz on the main page:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200526-dr-gisella-perl-the-auschwitz-doctor-who-saved-lives

I was very frustrated by this article which omitted so many key details to understanding the situation but, most of all, I strongly disliked its inability to distinguish clearly between 1) the author's, 2) the doctor's, 3) Jewish, 4) the random "experts" the interview about ethics views on abortion. The entire premise of the article's headline, for example, is that she violated the Hippocratic oath by performing these abortions, and yet the author doesn't seem to think this is part of it....? It makes it clear that she terribly regretted the things she felt she had to do, and yet she then co-authored articles with an abortion advocate? This seems to me to be a sign of the general incomprehensibility/irrationality of most modern pro-abortion argumentation.

I agree that the article is deeply confused. The person it's profiling seems to have been pro-life in theory. However, it makes her out as if she were some kind of proponent of "reproductive rights" (the article's term).

She authored two articles with Alan Guttmacher in the mid-1950s -- on trichomoniasis and yeast infections. I don't think that makes a person an abortion supporter, especially given that Guttmacher was not yet vocal about his views.

The Gallant Old Republic, United massachusetts, The Catholic State of Eire, and Lagrodia

On the offsite board, I've posted a (hopefully) final draft of the Omnibus Constitutional Amendment Act.

https://nsrighttolife.proboards.com/post/524

Please share your thoughts. Senators The Catholic State of Eire, Phydios, and United massachusetts need to approve the Act by Sunday night so that it can appear on the June election ballot. Right now, the proposed ballot question reads:

"Shall Right to Life adopt the Omnibus Constitutional Amendment Act, establishing a Congress with a Citizens' Assembly acting as the lower house and with the Senate acting as the upper house?"

Phydios, United massachusetts, and The Catholic State of Eire

I hate accidentally leaving the WA...

Under ledzia wrote:I hate accidentally leaving the WA...

Yes I did accidentally leave the WA and lost all my endorsements...

Culture of Life wrote:On the offsite board, I've posted a (hopefully) final draft of the Omnibus Constitutional Amendment Act.

https://nsrighttolife.proboards.com/post/524

Please share your thoughts. Senators The Catholic State of Eire, Phydios, and United massachusetts need to approve the Act by Sunday night so that it can appear on the June election ballot. Right now, the proposed ballot question reads:

"Shall Right to Life adopt the Omnibus Constitutional Amendment Act, establishing a Congress with a Citizens' Assembly acting as the lower house and with the Senate acting as the upper house?"

I say that we are now ready to vote on the Act.

On another note, I have just become the only Tyranny by Majority nation in the region.

Culture of Life, Phydios, The Rouge Christmas State, United massachusetts, and 1 otherLagrodia

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/record-numbers-leave-church-in-munich-archdiocese-36050

Record numbers leave Church in Munich archdiocese

The Church in Germany is largely funded through a tax collected by the government. If an individual is registered as a Catholic then 8-9% of their income tax goes to the Church. The only way they can stop paying the tax is to make an official declaration renouncing their membership of the Church. They are no longer allowed to receive the sacraments or a Catholic burial.

While the number of Catholics abandoning the faith has increased steadily since the 1960s, the Church’s income has risen. In 2018, the Church’s income rose to 6.64 billion euros, while 216,078 people left the Church, according to a report by the German bishops’ conference.

Last year the German bishops announced plans for a two-year “Synodal Way,” bringing together lay people and bishops to discuss four major topics: the way power is exercised in the Church; sexual morality; the priesthood; and the role of women.

The German Church's problem summed up in three paragraphs. Too little faith and too much money. It is clear that elements inside the Church, especially groups like the Central Committee of German Catholics, wish to turn the German Church into some kind of progressive NGO, rather than adhere to the Catholic faith.

Culture of Life, The Gallant Old Republic, Phydios, Stellonia, and 2 othersLagrodia, and Under ledzia

United massachusetts

United massachusetts wrote::(

Yes UM, what is happening in the German Church is very :( and it makes me >:(

The Catholic State of Eire wrote:
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/record-numbers-leave-church-in-munich-archdiocese-36050

Record numbers leave Church in Munich archdiocese

The Church in Germany is largely funded through a tax collected by the government. If an individual is registered as a Catholic then 8-9% of their income tax goes to the Church. The only way they can stop paying the tax is to make an official declaration renouncing their membership of the Church. They are no longer allowed to receive the sacraments or a Catholic burial.

While the number of Catholics abandoning the faith has increased steadily since the 1960s, the Church’s income has risen. In 2018, the Church’s income rose to 6.64 billion euros, while 216,078 people left the Church, according to a report by the German bishops’ conference.

Last year the German bishops announced plans for a two-year “Synodal Way,” bringing together lay people and bishops to discuss four major topics: the way power is exercised in the Church; sexual morality; the priesthood; and the role of women.

The German Church's problem summed up in three paragraphs. Too little faith and too much money. It is clear that elements inside the Church, especially groups like the Central Committee of German Catholics, wish to turn the German Church into some kind of progressive NGO, rather than adhere to the Catholic faith.

I hope they just leave the church and not God Himself. If people just loose their faith in the german institution of the catholic church, then it is not that big of a problem, but from what I know most people don't keep their faith after leaving their religion, since they have little to no theological knowledge including knowledge of their own religion.

It is to no surprise that the west is loosing it's faith again, when you look at its history. It is rather obvious that western world fluctuates from very emotional, to very logical and that also causes changes in the main religions in the west. To my knowledge we seem to go into another emotional age with every new generation lately. That means that religion that is not emotionally satisfying to the newest generations will loose its impact on the western society, just like it was before with Hellenism in favor of Christianity it seems to be Christianity loosing its impact. In favor of what? I don't know.

I can tell you that minor branches of Christianity seem to gain a lot of support, like Latter Day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Quakers and so on. Catholic church also to many of its devoted members seems to be undergoing something like a second counter reformation. Will it "save" the institution of the catholic church? I don't know, but for sure it seems to have dual effect. For one, most conservative Catholics seem to hate the changes in the institution and the new narrative including the newest pope. On the other hand the least radical left-winged Christians seem to like the changes, but not much of them seem to actively join the church. Then we still have the same old situation of people in the west going atheist and irreligious for many years now.

The great indohe empire

oh hello guys ;-;

Culture of Life, Horatius Cocles, Phydios, United massachusetts, and 2 othersThe Catholic State of Eire, and Under ledzia

The great indohe empire

ɚɠʣÇæ äɐçĔĦĶķɫı

The great indohe empire wrote:ɚɠʣÇæ äɐçĔĦĶķɫı

Are you OK?

Under ledzia

Greetings, The great indohe empire!

I assume you tried posting something in an East Asian language. On U.S. computers, it becomes totally indecipherable.

Phydios, The Rouge Christmas State, Stellonia, United massachusetts, and 2 othersThe Catholic State of Eire, and Under ledzia

The Catholic State of Eire wrote:Yes UM, what is happening in the German Church is very :( and it makes me >:(

I think the future of Christianity, for many at least, will be to keep it within their families. To pass it on, from generation to generation, without having any formal church building, or congregation that is registered by the state they're living in.

I think the solution is to have as many books available as possible, within the family, about the Christian denomination and its theology, that they belong to, to keep the information intact as the time goes on. And to live the daily life, as a Christian, showing your fruits. Your faith is in your heart, and not somewhere external. It comes from within.

You have the means of home schooling available, where the parents will be able to learn them and bring them up in the faith. Where there is a lot of resources available on the internet too, these days.

I think Christianity will go into another form, where it will lose its formal character within the society. And it's nothing that stops believers, within the same area, to meet at someone's private house and to have a gathering, to have Bible studies, to have Christian worship.

Just look at China and how Christians are looked upon there. Probably something similar will arrive in the West too. And constitutions can be changed, as long as the majority of the population supports it. So I believe the Christian faith will be more underground, publicly speaking, more than ever in the future.

The Catholic State of Eire and Under ledzia

Welcome, Arugeu, The united states of kaiser, and Potuxapeake!

Potuxapeake, Horatius Cocles, The Rouge Christmas State, United massachusetts, and 1 otherArugeu

As you know, we have an upcoming presidential election: nominations on June 1–8 and voting on June 8–11. In the lead up to the election, I'm thinking of opening two or three polls on pressing regional issues. Who has ideas for polls?

First idea: What regional issue is most important to you?
- Culture (on the offsite regional forums)
- International relations (Pro-Life International)
- Legislative reform (making or updating laws)
- Military gameplay (Right to Life Army)
- Pro-life resources (Library of Life)
- [Suggestions for other options.]

Potuxapeake, Aawia, United massachusetts, The Catholic State of Eire, and 1 otherArugeu

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