I think The People’s Republic of China was having this issue with the videogame rule. I saw Public Information Films playing on loop on their trains, one of which had a child who took his dad’s ID and credit card and started spending a lot of time and money on mobile games

It was going to happen eventually regardless. HKSAR has an expiry date

Never seen greens act like how they do in this strip

America is still crying over socialism???

Why is the USA blockading Cuba?

The main issue here is that you’re basing your theology on how you feel, not on God’s divinely inspired Word -

Romans 1:18-23

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

God reveals Himself to those who’ll truly believe.

Those that do not have the Word will be judged by the precepts of their own heart

And the precepts of everyone’s heart is sin- and the punishment for sin is death. It’s sin in general that condemns you to Hell, Jesus is there to save you from it.

On a personal note- I’ve had the same struggles and thoughts you have. I have grappled with knowing many I love won’t be saved. There are different theologies on hell- personally I believe it ranges from just separation from Heaven to actual torment depending on if those people were extremely evil or just nominally evil. Jesus speaks about different degrees of punishment, and illustrations of both darkness and fire are used. The way the Bible talks about other religions isn’t the same way you talk about them- Islam is barely a branch of Judaism or Christianity. Instead, it’s a faith based on a paedophile self-proclaimed prophet who was also a military leader and used his prophethood to marry nine women (against God’s law of only having one wife) one of which being a six year old child. Mormons follow a similar prophet. The Religious Jews that exist today are the ones who rejected Jesus’ message, like the ones in the old testament. Sure, both groups aren’t doomed per say as anytime they can be reached out to with the Gospel and many have been accepted. But Jesus did put a large emphasis on evangelism, His last command being

Matthew 28:19-20

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them inthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

So Jesus actively wants us to evangelise- evangelism is in fact the loving thing. If someone is wrong about something so critical, it is in fact hateful to not alert them to their wrongdoing because it is leading them away from salvation. Do you really want to be ascending when Christ comes back into heaven, and seeing your Muslim, Hindu and Atheist friends left behind? Will you say to them “sorry, I didn’t want to be hateful and force my religion on you?”

The west is going the same direction. Especially the UK. In fact, I think deep down in classified organisations, there are a lot of similarities with China. But a difference is that the UK isn’t willing to admit it, while China proudly boasts about it.

I think they made the situation worse. The original protests was over an extradition bill, which they eventually agreed to drop. But then the demands kept getting higher and higher to the point it became separatism. I think they shot themselves in their own foot if they seriously thought China would allow separatism to happen

Personal phone numbers are basically always 10/11 digits long (the 0 at the beginning is replaced with +44 if you’re making an international call)

And don’t get me wrong, I am a Christian. I believe in Jesus, I believe in God. I actually believe in all of the major religions, but I lean towards Christianity personally

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

How can you believe in all of the major religions when they all contradict? For example, in the Bible Jesus claimed to be God, got crucified, rose again, etc. While Mohammed of Islam denied Jesus’ crucifixion and said Jesus never claimed to be God. In Christianity, Jesus claims exclusivity over Salvation and that He Himself is “The Truth”, leaving no room for other religions (a lot of which tried to leave room for Jesus, interestingly enough).

Never met anyone in the flesh who actually believed this

This is the thing about the UK. There was an idea going about that the English oppressed the Scottish and the Irish, but in reality it was just the rich oppressing the poor. The rich Scottish lords also oppressed the Scottish poor (eg, highland clearances) and I guess with Ireland, it was a mixture of the fact it was under developed so everyone was poor and anti-catholic sentiment. I think people making it about race nowadays are just people being anachronistic

Our society is rooted in classism

Sounds like something I would do ngl

If I was a president of a European country I would unironcally start looking into inviting the Chinese People’s Liberation Army to set up a base at this point

The bad domestic policies he quietly tended to walk back a bit, like the whole mandatory ID thing

There is no way the Lords would allow that, nevermind the King. We are a consitutional monarchy. The buck doesn’t stop at Starmer.

In fact, I doubt even Starmer’s own MPs would follow such a whip

You forget that Starmer loves shooting himself in tbe foot and hates good press

Better video

https://youtu.be/W7Fl14sgzWw

The fediverse has the same issue