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D_Merkel
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D_Merkel - 1742031938
Arrogant Chinese. Just because they have a huge amount of tomatoes, it means they can cook Italian?
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Order tomatoes from the US, they never run out.
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D_Merkel - 1741763766
They are willing to violate the Law of Moses, and the need for two eyewitness accusers. Also, the Law of Moses never allowed for torture in confessions.
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D_Merkel - 1741663172
Yes the main planet orbits are slightly elliptical. But from Venus to Neptune, it barely matters. It took some sharp observation to catch elliptical orbit of Mars. Aside from that, relative to the center of mass of the solar system, the sun sort of stands still. Yes, the barycenter is outside the sun 54% of the time, but by small distances.
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D_Merkel - 1741503049
The "Cage of Catholicism" was created over many years, from AD 250 to AD 1500, where the Church paid increasingly less attention to the Bible, and like the Jews, created their own Talmud. They exchanged the relatively flat organization that the New Testament specified for a hierarchy that increasingly could not be questioned -- the Papacy. Rather than being ministers (helpers) they imitated the Old Testament priesthood. Their misunderstanding of how to apply the Old Testament led to most of their serious errors.

The Bible does not teach Geocenticity. But so much of the Medieval Church was a power thing, that almost no one was willing to challenge "the teaching of the Church."
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With little time or consciousness left, Hak makes the most significant pitch that he can to Yona. Yona is now at the fork in the road. She will choose Hak over the dragons; Kouka will return to normal, and the manga will conclude.
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D_Merkel - 1741421484
Being able to read minds is stronger than throwing a punch.
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D_Merkel - 1741420632
Now Kim Dokja will have to spend more time reading. Who knows? Maybe he will find his name in the revised book.
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D_Merkel - 1741419478
Kuroiwa Medaka is a good friend, even if the girls pester him for more.
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D_Merkel - 1741416598
Nicely done. And, good communication not just good for a wedding, it makes for a happy marriage. Just remember not to be selfish.
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D_Merkel - 1740816319
You mean you have been cooking up a storm, and you don't have a wok?! A good wok only costs 2000-3000 yen, and it will last a lifetime. I have never had fried rice turn out bad. I would whip it up for one of my daughters in college as a late night snack. Fried rice is trivial.
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Seong Hansu has a good wife.
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"Big O! It's Showtime!"
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After failing, and being old, he decides to end it all, and likely take Ken with him.
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Again, the Bible does not teach geocentricity. The Roman Church was and is corrupt. Note in this chapter that the one being tortured mentions indulgences -- a way to "buy your way into Heaven" by giving money to the Roman Church. God will not honor that. He wants faith in the meritorious life and death of the Lord Jesus Christ, not obedience to a bunch of thugs who have take taken over the reins of "the Church." Truly it was not much different than the Jewish leaders who persecuted Jesus, who relied on the Romans to be their thugs.
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In general, being ethical leads to happiness.
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A positive approach to marriage and communication versus a negative approach.
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D_Merkel - 1740214538
This is just part of what goes on when a person is somewhat famous. The need to control the image of the famous one affects the revenues of those that employ him/her. Ichikawa should say little, and tell them to "pound sand." Let Yamada have as much of a private life as possible, and maybe, Yamada & Ichikawa can enjoy it together.
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D_Merkel - 1740111222
The words of the inquisitor were right at one point, though wrong on geocentricity. The words of the Bible should be believed over that of Greek and Roman philosophers, who truly knew nothing. Philosophy is like a dog chasing its tail. It never goes anywhere. Never reveals truth. Just lives in perpetual cynicism. The one who made Heaven and Earth knows everything, and reveals enough of the truth that we should trust him, and gave His Son to die that the sins of those who trust in Him will be forgiven, and will receive eternal life.

If you study Church History, you will learn that the Church made a lot of errors that obscured the truths of the Bible. 1) Restoring the Levitical Priesthood. 2) Saying Marriage is a lesser state, and denying it to Church officeholders. 3) Transubstantiation. 4) Geocentricity. 5) Restricting the Bible to Latin. 6) Works being meritorious for salvation. 7) Purgatory. 8) Aristotelian Philosophy. 9) Letting Tradition impair the clarity of the Bible. 10) The Papacy, because our one true High Priest is Jesus, who brooks no competitors. Competitors are Antichrist. 11) And there is much more... this manga is right to criticize the Church with respect to geocentricity. Nonetheless the Bible is true, and the Church was wrong to ignore it.
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