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Laeserin | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Jesus wasn't a socialist, but he wasn't a capitalist or a libertarian, either. He wasn't sent here to be an Austrian economist or to focus on helping us maximize our profits or live more comfortable lives.
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mleku | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 He certainly wasn't sent here to make our lives harder either, and making divisive exceptions to universal laws doesn't do anything good
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Laeserin | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Extreme scenarios help us to understand the true Nature of the Laws. Normal scenarios are too complex and nuanced for a philosophical discussion.

Extremes are like pseudocode.