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Excerpt from Truth: For Christians who insist that the resurrection be physical and not spiritual, literal and not metaphorical, a challenge I often employ is that Orthodox Jews do not accept it as real, neither in Jesus’ time nor in ours. Think about that: Jews believe in the same God as Christians. They accept the Old Testament of the Bible, as Christians do. They even believe in the Messiah. They just don’t think the 1st-century preacher was him. The reason Jews don’t believe Jesus was the Messiah is that they were expecting a Royal Monarch descended from King David, a great warrior who would rescue and redeem them from the oppressive Roman rule under which they were subjugated, not the son of an impoverished carpenter from Nazareth. Jewish rabbis, scholars, philosophers, and historians all know the arguments for the resurrection as well as Christian apologists and theologians making the arguments, and yet they still reject them. Why? If the arguments and evidence for the resurrection is so solid, in time the community most expert in that field would reach a consensus about it. They haven’t. Christians believe it. Traditional Judaism does not. That’s revealing.
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After we elect a Democratic Socialist president in a landslide in 2028, pundits will blame Trump for single-handedly destroying the Republican Party. But the real blame will fall on the ass-kissing Republicans in the Trump Administration, Congress, and the media who enabled him.
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Want to learn how to unleash abundant, affordable, reliable electricity? Want to see a dozen “renewables” and “climate crisis” myths demolished? Want to see rude politicians put in their place? Watch my full testimony and Q & A today.
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Worth watching
I went on @Timcast's "culture war" podcast for a civil debate on nationalism & economics. That is... not what happened. He has serious anger issues. Anyway, I break down the debate in this special episode of the Brad vs Everyone podcast.
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The smoking ban was an essential event in Western societies' recent history. A focal point where many modern ills met. It should have been concerning even if you hate cigarettes, Big Tobacco, and smoke-filled environments. Smoking ban has been a sign of decline for the following reasons: -It undermined any remaining notion of property rights. It indicated that your cafe is now co-owned by the government. What this means in action was seen during the lockdowns. What you and your customers want and voluntarily agree to is irrelevant. -It redefined the role of the state as the authoritarian nanny, and established power-hungry politicians as our helicopter parents. Again, during 2020-2022 we saw what this means in practice. -It disregards the sacredness of ‘my body-my choice’. Of course in societies with socialized medicine, your body is everyone’s problem, and autonomy goes out of the window. -Most crucially, the support or acceptance of the smoking ban by the vast majority of people was an eager giving up of individual agency and responsibility. FWIW, my life is much better since I stopped smoking. Still, I see the smoking ban as a symbol of grave decline in our societies.
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Early in the pandemic, Scottish GPs pushed disabled patients to accept "do not resuscitate orders" to reduce the burden on the health service. This is what it looks like when healthcare systems panic. And Scotland was far from the only place it happened. dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
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I am no longer a professor of medicine at @Harvard. Here is the story of my Harvard experience until I was fired for clinging to the truth. city-journal.org/article/har…
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Cement that built the tunnel system.
When people talk about "500 trucks a day" before 10/7, they're including all the cement that went into Hamas' tunnels. FIFTY PERCENT of the daily trucks were commercial construction materials—not humanitarian aid. Don't move the goalposts.
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Yes, this is the kind of thing that happens when you invade another country and slaughter 1,200 of its citizens and take another 253 hostage, and then don't surrender
Documentation from Beit Hanoun, Gaza
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On this #internationalwomensday, we urge you to remember the atrocities committed against women on October 7, and the women who remain in Hamas captivity. We must be louder, now more than ever. No form of violence against women is justified. We won’t stop fighting for them.
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Joseph Stalin died on March 5th, 1953, exactly 71 years ago to the day. He ruled the Soviet Union between 1924 and his death. Stalin is responsible for murdering millions of people, genocides against several nations and the enslavement of more than a dozen nations.
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How on earth have the Tories managed to convince their opponents they are far-right, red-in-tooth-and-claw tax cutting neoliberals, *while* disillusioning their supporters with relentless tax hikes and statist, liberal progressive governance? Masterclass in pleasing nobody.
The tax burden is the highest it’s been since the 1940s — so higher than any Labour government since Attlee — and public spending as a share of GDP is, bar a v brief periods after Great Crash and during Covid, the highest it’s been for well over 40 years. And whatever the Chancellor does on Wednesday taxes will continue to rise. Perhaps you need to rethink your tweet. Just a thought.
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For those still in denial about lockdowns - as I was for a while - please look at these numbers.
Across Europe, Sweden saw lowest total death during and after Covid The data shows the relative cumulative age-standardized mortality rate, meaning it controls for non-modifiable population characteristics, such as the age structure and size of differing populations, so that like-for-like comparisons can be made Relative means mortality compared to five previous years (2015-19) Cumulative means total mortality from week ending 3 January 2020 to week ending 26 August 2022 Age-standardized means all countries are adjusted to the same 2013 European Standard Population, webarchive.nationalarchives.… Data: ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationa…, Methodology: ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationa… See why Sweden probably did better: nitter.net/BjornLomborg/sta…
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Would you let a terrorist educate your children? These 4 Hamas terrorists, disguised as regular civilians, took part in the Oct. 7 massacre. They also work for @UNRWA, as teachers and health workers.
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Thank you to my Iranian brothers and sisters in Toronto! @SalmanSima
Despite the Jihadists efforts to cancel @DouglasKMurray's event in Toronto, the event went smoothly. Muslims, Hindus, Jews and many others stood united against antisemitism. Thank you @tafsikorg for not caving to the jihadists and standing your ground. #IraniansStandWithIsrael #EliminateHamas
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"Don't let socialism advance. Don't endorse regulations. Don't endorse the idea of market failure. Don't allow the advance of the murderous agenda. And don't let the cause of social justice fool you." -Javier Milei
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This is who the Green Party have been supporting and defending. Will their MPs have the gall to show their faces at Big Gay Out this weekend?
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