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  • Well trained and well equipped. One of the reasons the 2A exists is because Congress did such a godawful job keeping the continental army equipped during the revolutionary war. The US was originally to have no standing army but militias by and from the populace under the supervision and training of professional federal officers. With a structure like that, militia members need to be able to provide their own arms rather than rely on Congress, which was seen as untrustworthy and partial, particularly in possible disputes between states. However, the 2A was ratified at about the same time the US was realizing that a standing army of some kind was existentially necessary, following catastrophic defeats in conflicts with the natives. It was never meant to be used the way it is now being used.




  • Leviticus: raping your male slaves is incestuous, and males have more rights than females. Raping your female slaves is okay, though, if you follow some extra rules.

    Paul’s letters: Temple prostitution, pederasty.

    Let’s put it another way. If we’re translating Marx and replace every instance of the word “bourgeoisie” with “jews” and “proletariat” with “aryans” is it still Marx? No, it’s corrupt nazi trash. The “original” texts are still there in black and white in their original languages.

    Another fun fact: hell isn’t a scriptural concept. Neither the word nor concept appears anywhere. Also, for being anti-abortion, scripture is explicitly pro-abortion. We could point out the ways that modern Christian teaching directly conflicts their own holy texts all day. My point is that the things they preach are frequently contradicted by their own texts. When someone pulls out something in english and says “look right here, it says ‘homosexual’” I can pull up the original language and point out that no, it doesn’t say that.


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