I’m pretty sure Paul had the celibacy fetish and introduced the sex=bad element to the dogma. Some scholars even suggest that was his thing since the other gods were sex positive. (At least toward men getting laid.)
Post biblcal Christianity was informed, in part, by Hellenic philosophical traditions, which were apollonian in nature. Women’s sexuality was on the dionysian side.
More resigned to it. Has to close his eyes and think of England.
Since I have been talking about LOTR lore in other comment threads, you totally threw me.
I feel called out.
Sadly, I have that John Nash thing where my brain notices connections and correlations (spurious relationships? dunno!) but without all the cool game-theory math skills.
WARNING: Fringe Hypotheses Ahead! 🕶🛸👽🧬
A recent one is the interaction between Trump’s state of being an insurrectionist (according to a commission and some legal entities and not denied by SCOTUS) and the insurrectionist clause of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
As things are SCOTUS has suggested (in dicta) it’s up to congress to legislate action to block Trump’s presidency if they want to, that the insurrectionist clause is not self-executing.
What this opinion doesn’t do is change Trump’s status as an insurrectionist. Nor does it rule the 14th amendment doesn’t apply, only that congress is required to pass legislation to make it happen.
This means members of the public and government workers might decide among themselves President Trump is not legitimate. After all, the January 6th Commission presented an ironclad case he committed treason against the US, and the 14th amendment is in effect.
And this could be useful when the Trump Administration gives orders that are contrary to the duties of the department, or are unethical. Say if the DOD is ordered to put down public protests against current policy, or the Department of Education is told to disband.
And Then if SCOTUS can neuter 14-3 (the insurrectionist clause) by insisting congress has to enforce it, they can also neuter 14-1 (the birthright citizenship clause) the same way, maybe even insisting each person born of foreigners on US soil has to be given citizenship by legislation. Trump is particularly interested in killing 14-1.
In fact, this suggests the US Supreme Court can reinterpret any part of the Constitution of the United States by adding further obligations to assure it is enforced. And this puts SCOTUS above the Constitution.
Will anything come of this? Dunno. Could be nothing. Could lead to civil war.
I mean I’m mad so take my ideas with that consideration. 🐰🎩🫖☕️
And by piles or hemorrhoids he means the epymonymous body part isn’t working right. They inflate (with blood) as a cushion during a bowel movement and then are supposed to deflate and retract shortly afterwards. If they fail to do either or bleed (usually profusely) that might be hemorrhoids, the condition.
I have a lot of not-uncommon butt troubles, and no one bothered to explain any of this to me. So here we are.
But then my experience with tech people and medical people alike (at least the ones I know) they’re use to friends and family coming to them with questions particular to their field, and are willing to help.
Myself included, and would suggest that yes, if the computer is portable, bring it, and we’ll sort it out.
But then I’m in California and a lot of non-californian Americans think we’re weird.
Also I’m a pinko communist and am motivated to help others just to spite imperialist capitalism.
YHVH is biblically the god of earth, and that is a promotion from god of Israel.
Only in the last few centuries has our understanding of the scope of the universe expanded to make that infinitesimally insignificant in the scope of the universe, even if the earth is still critical to us.
Sadly, the dominionists may drive us to extinction.
New gospel: All Gods are real
That’s the old gospel. Even at the time of the apostles polylatry (like idolatry, but different). All the gods are real but this god is your god. Hence all the proscriptions against idolatry and other gods.
And they fought in spirit and by archons. When David slew Goliath (or his chroniclers stole valor from Ethanan), that was a contest between gods, even as modern interpretations of the fight coach it in materialist terms.
The rising denial of gods via monotheism occurred after Caesar became Christian since prior Caesars got into the habit of persecuting those who didn’t worship Caesar’s god, or eventually Caesar, himself.
Yes, the link is this:
When all the adults in the household have to work 40+ hours a week, plus commute, plus all the adulting…they get sad since this is fucking toxic.
Also no one has time for civics.
Also no one has time to parent, so the kids are sad too.
If we’re looking at mental health problems, lets look here first.
I bet Mr. Gruff (and while I’m at it, Baphomet) has goat powers like being able to digest just about anything, and walk up slight inclined walls and cliffsides.
If you see someone who is grumpy and bitter rather than trying to witness to them (which doesn’t work — we all force-fed Jesus the way we force feed geese) try bringing them cookies or inviting them to the community barbecue.
I know at least two who are in my coven / crew who play MMOs.
I don’t like MMOs myself, but I’m way neurodivergent and do a lot of single-player and small-group co-op.
I think I steered away from pub games around the rise of gamergate and the alt-right. Folks got scary.
Yes, and corrected.
Though viscous seems applicable as well.
Tom Bombadil is a spirit-divine-thing from from ages long before Middle Earth. And yes, the One Ring likely didn’t even recognize Tom as a person so much as some natural element. To Tom it was as useful as a common ring forged of tin.
Tom is the most special of the special cases, and I remember someone (Gandalf?) suggesting he could easily walk the ring to Mount Doom if he had a mind to, but would likely forget what he was doing a hundred paces later.
But for sake of this thread, the One Ring is a solid allegory for power, specifically money or political power. This trend of boomers staying in office until they are infirm and senile (and clearly no longer capable of actually serving) shows just how tightly and desperately we hold onto power.
I want this to be the next mystery drone scare, the next spooky clown sightings, the next run of monolith discoveries.
We need to not just make dozens of dinosaur costumes but dinos in cocktail dresses and with boobs. And then get the group to hang out in red light areas long enough for candid snapshots.
We can do this!
This was a plot point in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country the factions in each empire who wanted to preserve the Federation-Klingon antagonism collaborated to subvert diplomacy efforts).
No one gives up the One Ring. Ever.
(Except Sam, because he’s special. And because spiders.)
My wife is the admin Spock. In her last job, she knew the bosses were unreasonable and was willing to cover for the employees more or less (some were jerks or incompetent. They didn’t last long.)
Though generally, if upper management does something outright scandalous or outright illegal, HR usually helps cover it up. I don’t think she’d be willing to cover sexual assault, but she did had to cover up grift by clients.
A friend of mine raised snakes and raised bunnies to feed the snakes. I like the snakes, but I also like the bunnies.
In the far future everyone will wear jumpsuits or togas (depending on role and preferences) and restroom facilities will be ungendered. Also, if you go in your pants, embeded enzymes / bacteria will clean it up completely inside ten minutes and the clothes will smell like chlorophyll due to esoteric science.
Smart enough to navigate the medical system enough to get an eye test and lenses and frames based on the results of that test.
More than I cam do. But my problem isn’t lacknof smarts its neurodivergence and being unable to human through the words come out.