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@Nungali it’s just a funny picture for a dum answer, not really an insult at all imo.

birds of a feather flock together

Think of it as ‘compost’, dear.

similarities. I was 4 years old. And I no longer keep it quiet in real life.

you’re welcome

Interesting. Reminded me of ‘Stockholm syndrome’.

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@Sir Darius the Clairvoyent sorry I thought it was BES that said that, my mistake.

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Like BES, I too am from the Netherlands. In the Netherlands suicide is now the leading cause of death for people under 30 . “ Suicide rates in youths have nearly tripled between the 1960s and 1980s.” “Religion lost its influence on Dutch politics between the 1960s and 1980s.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_suicide) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Netherlands#:~:text=Secularization%20in%20the%20Netherlands%20started,resulting%20in%20liberal%20Dutch%20policy)

Yes. You have your ideas. They’re based on a lifetime of practice and study, and they’re rational. Followed they will actually benefit health. So I really do not understand all the objections.

It was perfectly clear what CD meant. I guess you don’t speak another language, so possibly have no idea how disheartening it is (for foreign language users) to read such stupid jokes. @ChiDragon kudos to you for your excellent English! I’ve been trying to learn Chinese for about 6 years now (quite unsuccessfully ). So I really appreciate the effort involved, seeing how different the languages are.

Exactly. English is incredibly precise with prepositions, and it has far more of them than Chinese. In Chinese the reader deduces from the context what’s meant.

@ChiDragon that’s what friends are for.

That’s not how it works. The list is of various distinct meanings. "Chi" often has the most basic meaning of just "air"; it all depends on the contex.

Exactly. A while back I posted on the forum a very long list, the meanings of 道 . A character is a semantic field, and very flexible.

Enjoy. Globally more than half of all people are of an abrahamic religion.

great answer (sarcasm)

Christianity is thriving and growing fast globally.

You can’t have a positive without creating a negative. 有無相生 - You(有) and Wu(無) mutually produce each other (DDJ Ch 2, CD translation)

@Tommy Politics is only allowed in a special subforum, you can request access, here https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/52830-current-events-discussion/?do=findComment&comment=1034434

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On the video you posted he says, “This blood has 24 chromosomes in it, everybody else has 46”. Great apes all have 48 chromosomes (24 pairs), humans have only 46 (23 pairs). So seems he thinks Jesus was a great ape. Anyway, it’s Ron Wyatt on your video. He’s widely discredited https://allthatsinteresting.com/ron-wyatt

Welcome to the forum.