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guillaumeb

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10. Refuse to do what a teacher wishes for you to do.

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 3, 2020, 03:20 PM

Feb 2020

No, the situations are not identical, but authority can be used badly.

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The Renouncing of Pomps [View all] Cartoonist Feb 2020 OP

Pomps and Circumcisions MineralMan Feb 2020 #1

Interesting...harks back to the original purpose of baptism, the renouncing of Mammon Karadeniz Feb 2020 #2

Submission to the will of the Creator? guillaumeb Feb 2020 #3

I was going to say dominatrix Cartoonist Feb 2020 #4

I understand your point. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #5

#whataboutism n/t trotsky Feb 2020 #7

I didn't respond to that post Cartoonist Feb 2020 #8

Refuse to do what a teacher wishes for you to do. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #10

Not to mention, a priest's authority comes from the "ultimate" authority. trotsky Feb 2020 #11

How "freely" can it be given at all... trotsky Feb 2020 #6

As freely as any choice we make. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #9

Bullshit. n/t trotsky Feb 2020 #12

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