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Re: The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary

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Post by cubancigar11 » Sun, Mar 09, 2014, 6:45 AM UTC

testos wrote: post #270

cubancigar11 wrote: post #259

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Following your link : "This list indicates the number of, and per capita cases of recorded rape. It does not include cases of rape which go unreported, or which are not recorded"" And unreported rapes will be higher in India - much higher - than Botswana (92.9), Panama (28.3), Jamaica (24.4), Belize (6.7) because? "Your statistics cannot be used for international comparisons." Glad I was able to bask in your unabash…

I just pointed out that the statistics you provided as evidence to make your point are irrelevant. It's good to quantify things but you need to understand the limitations of the figures.

I agree to that. But when numbers have limitations we cannot chose to depend on our personal 'hunch'. That was my original objection. That the 'appaling problem in India' is just marketing news and it fits squarely inside 'problem in foreign land' trope.

Re: The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary

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Post by nsxwolf » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 7:19 PM UTC

Crake wrote: post #262

chad_oliver wrote: post #234

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To be fair, that's Jewish civil law. The vast majority of Christians would agree that this doesn't apply to Christians today.

>The vast majority of Christians would agree that this doesn't apply to Christians today. Jesus disagrees with that, as these people would learn if they ever actually read their holy text.

I always find it interesting how people like you think your superficial, amateur exegesis of the bible trumps thousands of years of scholarly thought and debate. So Christians got it wrong from day 1, and kept getting it wrong for centuries, but then Crake came along and set us all straight.

Re: The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary

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Post by chad_oliver » Tue, Mar 11, 2014, 10:15 AM UTC

Crake wrote: post #262

chad_oliver wrote: post #234

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, that's Jewish civil law. The vast majority of Christians would agree that this doesn't apply to Christians today.

>The vast majority of Christians would agree that this doesn't apply to Christians today. Jesus disagrees with that, as these people would learn if they ever actually read their holy text.

Okay, Crake, I've got three questions for you:

1) Have you read the Christian holy text? I don't expect you to have read everything, but if you're going to make the claim that you did, you should have at least read the New Testament and the Pentateuch.

2) Could you please explain, in your own words, what the New Testament says about the laws presented in the Old Testament? Specifically, I'd love to know how you interpret Mark 2, Acts 10, Acts 15, and the book of Galatians, especially Galatians 2. Considering that Jesus himself didn't obey all of the Jewish civil and ritual laws (see Mark 2) yet proclaimed himself to be sinless, on what basis do you claim that Jesus teaches that Christians should obey the civil and ritual laws?

3) Isn't it a little bit arrogant to make a specious claim, thus demonstrating that you don't understand the Christian bible, then immediately accuse Christians of not reading their own holy book?