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markodochartaigh

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2. I think that

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:12 PM

Jun 2

authoritarianism is basically a deficiency of empathy. I really think that the root of the problem in the US is just that, a lack of empathy.
I don't think that it is a new situation at all. I think that our problem with these Sodomites is much like the Biblical tale.
Ezekiel 16:49
Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.

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