hydroacetylene
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hydroacetylene
2d ago
Agreed that the ending was quite bad. The expedition dragged. It was an acid trip. But most of all, nothing happened, it was merely a framing for philosophical rambling. There could easily have been philosophical dialogue over the problem of governing the city by the post turning point elites, in which something actually happens.
BTW, has anyone read Roadside Picnic?
hydroacetylene
2d ago
You don't think one is worse than the other?
I understand you aren't a big fan of prayer in public schools, and probably not Christianity more generally. But if one is an atheist, then following along politely with the Our Father once per day is not a big ask, not in the way that 'the school can arbitrarily change my child's gender' is.
hydroacetylene
2d ago
Of course we would, there's no constituency for classical liberalism. But ask yourself- do you prefer school prayer, or school secret gender transitions?
hydroacetylene
2d ago
Ok, but what’s to stop thé SPLC from handing it’s list off to some other foundation?
hydroacetylene
2d ago
The basic confines of apostolic Christianity are old enough to be recorded in the New Testament- churches are organized by city, and the city’s church is headed by a bishop who ordains other ministers. Christians gather on Sunday and have Vice rules as well as mutual aid; they believe that Jesus Christ is a superior being who died and rose from the dead, and that this frees believers from hellfire and damnation, and that He was born of a virgin. They believe that God created in addition to the world also angels, and some of those angels went bad and seek to do us harm.
Old Testament Judaism was a priest-centered religion whose sacred rites were sacrifices. Religious authority was vested in a college of priests, and scholars played a secondary role. Rabbinic Judaism is a scholar-centric religion with very little role for priests and no sacrifices.
hydroacetylene
2d ago
You can just look up the signs at the entrance to the Vatican banning tank tops and shorts.
hydroacetylene
3d ago
There are many normie red tribers who would be very concerned about the gays around their kids. Not their wives though.
hydroacetylene
3d ago
Smothered chicken thighs with(what else!) long grain rice.
hydroacetylene
3d ago
Orthodox Judaism is not older than Christianity- it's a branch off of ancient Judaism, yes, but one that developed in response to events that were arguably put in motion by Christianity and which aren't older than Christianity even if they weren't. Rabbinic Judaism is not the religion of the old testament.
hydroacetylene
3d ago
Just finished The Doomed City. It was good, but I feel like it could have been much better without the expedition plot- treating the turning point as the climax of the novel, with the philosophical commentary over drinks or in editorials, would have avoided the dragging and trippiness of the expedition.
To start Man Eaters of Kumaon.
hydroacetylene
3d ago
The median person thinks of 'satanists' as occultist weirdos dabbling in animal cruelty- and possibly committing serious crimes with human victims. Not the edgy shit made up by a topless bar manager in the 60s. You're correct that it's probably not a go-to insult, but it is not a word with positive, neutral, or even only mildly negative connotations. Normies have a very positive impression of Christianity and biblical values, even if they don't personally practice it.
hydroacetylene
3d ago
It's worth noting that the incorporation of women voters tilted politics more socially conservative for a good half-century.
hydroacetylene
4d ago
Yes, it’s probably not going to be prominently featuring eg Harrison Butker.
hydroacetylene
4d ago
There are almost none who care about their wife or girlfriend having gay friends. Having the occasional very effeminate male friend(which is how they perceive the gays) is expected as a thing that women sometimes do for whatever reason.
hydroacetylene
4d ago
That other factor would be the decline of marriage, which was predicted by anti-suffragettes. Social conservatives are always Cassandra, eventually.
Of course, many of the predictions of anti-suffragettes(Women will begin wearing pants!) are, from the perspective of even many on the right, firmly in the territory of 'it happened and it's a good thing'.
hydroacetylene
4d ago
Married women vote like their husbands. Single women vote for the left. So instead, a modest proposal- male heads of household get an extra vote for every dependent, including co-resident children.
hydroacetylene
4d ago
That is absolutely not the norm for wealthy red tribers- neither the 'church crowd' nor the 'country music crowd' expects a general shunning of the gays, although there are plenty who do not want the gays around their kids or wouldn't personally befriend one.
hydroacetylene
4d ago
Reddit is, by definition, skewed towards fat, dumb, and awkward people.
hydroacetylene
4d ago
They met when she wanted to use something he'd done for a class project, I believe.
hydroacetylene
4d ago
MAGA isn’t the same as milquetoast conservative viewpoints
Yes it is. MAGA is mainstream conservatism today.
hydroacetylene
4d ago
The nearest abortions that are accessible for a woman in Louisiana is likely in Kansas, not a one day trip.
hydroacetylene
5d ago
That's a good enough margin for blue to take away most people's excuse for not voting blue.
hydroacetylene
5d ago
You can find a lot more men willing to date taller women than women willing to date shorter men. Just like how being fat tends to impact a woman's attractiveness much more than a man's. Both sexes can be shallow, but because they are different they are shallow in different ways.
hydroacetylene
5d ago
There are functionally no normal blue collar men who are conventional progressives or democrats in any way. Yes, that includes the unions.
Apostolic Christianity is meaningfully the same; it's totally fair- but not general practice- to make the claim that low church protestantism isn't. This is because it is recognizably within the same family as Orthodoxy and Catholicism, defined by trinitarianism, baptism, and a shared new testament canon. In contrast, the continuity of old testament Judaism is Samaritanism- which both calls itself, and is called by mainstream rabbinic Judaism, a different religion.
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