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@RationalMadman
It means that a player can forgo their night actions. If wolves don't want to kill, they don't have to
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@Buddamoose
I unvoted earlier. But in case that wasn't clear
Unvote
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I'm so used to playing on MU that I'm still kinda in that mindset. On MU the wolves are forced to kill each night. If they fail to submit an action, a random townie is killed.
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Wait hold on a sec
Doctor- Can protect one player a night from death.(Can protect self)
Doctor should out himself. We have a confirmed town and he'll just protect himself till the endgame.
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Tin foil hat theory: XLAV is scum with RM and is attempting an early bus.
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@XLAV
I have him as null right now. Would like to hear more from him.
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@XLAV
Explain
I found RM's entrance to be rather weird. Sheeping my NL vote, won't say why until tomorrow, and seemingly knows he'll still be alive.
Also
Unvote
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@XLAV
btw everyone Virt is practically confirmed town. Besides the lack of knowledge of the night kill, his interaction with Budda sealed the deal.
I'll have more to say about this in post game, but the bolded is exactly why the mod needs to not interact with players in the game thread aside from vote counts and flips.
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@Buddamoose
Was the Oral Torah developed in unison with the written, or post?
As explained above, the Oral Torah was given with the Torah. Obviously the Oral Torah has developed over the past several thousand years. There are basically two types of halachic laws; D'orata (Laws from the Torah) and d'rabbanan (laws given by the Rabbis/prophets). Halacha LeMoshe MiSinai (the laws of Moshe from Sinai), are halachic tradition whose source is not from a verse or from an interpretation of a verse, but rather was transmitted orally by G-d to Moses.
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@Castin
Isn't there great potential for distortion, re-imagining, and human error in oral traditions? How do you know the teachings of these traditions are the word of God if it doesn't say so in a written document regarded as holy?P.S. Your profile picture looks familiar to me for some reason. Is it from something I might have seen or read?
My profile picture is Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Holy Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Jews believe that the Torah and the Oral Torah were given by God at Har Sinai. Eventually the Oral Torah was codified and written down in fear of it being lost in the exile.
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@Swagnarok
-Is Sheol in Judaism equivalent to Hell in Christianity?-What is the purpose of man? For what was he created?-Is there an end of days in Judaism? Or do Jews merely look forward to the eternal continued existence of the nation of Israel? Do Jews believe that their nation is destined to one day assume some kind of superpower status? Do Jews believe that eventually the rest of the world shall look to their success and adopt their faith in G-d?-What is the orthodox Jewish position on the Messiah?-How would Judaism handle modern issues with no equivalent in the Torah? Can the writings of, say, Isaiah be used to help establish precedent? Or is the Mosaic Law the only thing that can be reliably drawn upon? Are there books in the Christian Old Testament that are no longer considered canon in mainstream Judaism today?
1) The afterlife really is not that well developed in Judaism. Sheol is basically the grave. Jews believe in Gehenna, which is more akin to the Catholic purgatory than to the Christian version of hell.
2) Shlomo HaMelech (King Solomon) wrote in Sefer Kohtelet: "Ultimately, all is known; fear G–d, and observe His commandments; for this is the whole purpose of man."
3) The end of days in Judaism is the messianic era. When the (real) Messiah comes, he will setup an earthly kingdom in Eretz Israel, gather the entire Jewish people to Israel, rebuild the temple, establish world peace, and the whole earth shall know Hashem is God.
4) See above. He's a righteous king. He's a human who is a direct descendant of King David through Solomon.
5) Excellent question! There's a whole body of literature dedicated to contemporary halachic issues. You can view part of it of it here.
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@Buddamoose
Thinking through some scenarios
no lynch with doctor dies = we’re fucked
no lynch with doc save = two confirm town
lynch a townie = probably lost
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@Buddamoose
ive never played on EM. I can see this setup being swingy one way or the other. 7 player games are notoriously hard to balance.
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Wtf? Didn’t realize scum had a N0 kill. I’ve played games where the cop had a N0 peek, but never when scum gets a kill.
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VTL No Lynch
this is mechanically the correct play. We should just play follow the cop. The cop puts himself and the doctor stays hidden and protects him each night. We only lynch if there’s a guilty.
The cop cop shouldn’t announce their innnocent until they have to.
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@daytonanerd
I am a conservative Jew officially, but currently attend a reform temple and kinda am more observing reform than conservative.
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@RationalMadman
Link doesn't work. It goes back to the homepage. The debate must have been deleted.
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Only Love by Jordan Smith (best new song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO83fJfpkdg
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@RationalMadman
Agreed. I'd like to see a bit more analysis from drafterman's vote.
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@DebateArt.com
Think you could pin this thread? Also I noticed when I voted on another debate that I couldn't edit or change my vote. Any way you could allow that change?
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This thread is to inform the public when your debate is over and needs votes.
Link to all debates in voting period: https://www.debateart.com/debates?_utf8=%E2%9C%93&status=3&order=
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@Castin
If you're reading the Hebrew Bible from a Christian perspective, you'll get an entirely different interpretation than you would from a Jewish perspective. Jews believe in an Oral Torah as well as a written Torah. The Oral Torah helps explain the meaning of the mitzvot and how they are done.
Example: An eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth.
One may erroneously assume that if I poke out someone's eye then my eye would be poked out also. However, the Oral Torah explains that this is a fine and not to be taken hyper literal.
Another example regards the death penalty. In actuality, the death penalty is extremely difficult to carry out. The Talmud notes that a beit din (court) that puts someone to death once in every 70 years is considered to be a bloodthirsty court.
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I don’t see he indicator
this post is is edited by poster
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@DebateArt.com
an RFD is reason for deciding who you voted for. Instead of just voting for the side you agree with, DDO standards require an explanation as to why you voted for that person
see my thread on voting standards
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St. Thomas Aquinas answers this nicely:
We see that things which lack knowledge, such as natural bodies, act for an end, and this is evident from their acting always, or nearly always, in the same way, so as to obtain the best result. Hence it is plain that they achieve their end, not fortuitously, but designedly. Now whatever lacks knowledge cannot move towards an end, unless it be directed by some being endowed with knowledge and intelligence; as the arrow is directed by the archer. Therefore some intelligent being exists by whom all natural things are directed to their end; and this being we call God (Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Article 3, Question 2).
This is evident in everything from the laws of physics to biology. Thus "un-designed" would look like bodies and natural entities that act with no end or no goal.
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Under the user's profile name
Signed up from August 08, 2018
This should say "Signed up on August 08, 2018."
Signed up from doesn't really make sense.
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@Smithereens
Hi Smithereens!
What was your DDO name
ThinkBig
What do you think of the US-Israel relationship?
This is a complex question that is hard to answer in a few paragraphs. In short, I think US-Israel relationships are good. However, I think US needs to recognize Palestine, should not have recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, should move the embassy back to Tel Aviv, and should stop giving them billions of dollars in aid.
What should Western nations do about the Syrian regime?
Leave it alone.
Where do you source your news?
I read a variety of news sources on the web and read a healthy amount of various opinions. I read both conservative and liberal leaning news outlets and try to get a healthy balance of opinions.
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@DebateArt.com
The sites that I'm used to, a red username is typically reserved for site administrators and staff. I might sugges tpossibly using red for site admins and green or blue for site moderators. As it stands now, one may think RationalMadman is a staffer because of his red name.
For banned users, I would consider making their names a lighter color grey, italicized, and crossed out.
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Ask me anything :)
Especially interested in questions related to Judaism and politics.
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@DebateArt.com
What's the indication a user was banned? Red username on profile?
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@DebateArt.com
If you need help with design, I can possible help.
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Suggestion: I think it would be good to put a list of all the user's debates on their profile like there is on DDO.
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@DebateArt.com
Perhaps you could find some way to show that a post was edited? Editing posts during a mafia game is a serious breach of game integrity.
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@Smithereens
Editing posts should never be allowed. If a player is caught editing posts, they should be modkilled immediately.
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Edit test
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@bsh1
I just started a seperate thread about the site rules/TOS
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@DebateArt.com
Just a question: If someone is banned while they are in the middle of a debate, should it be possible for the debate to be reset or auto resigned?
I think having a "resign debate" feature would also be nice. That way they don't have to wait several days for the next few rounds to be forfeited.
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