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Night10194 posted:My sister has recovered from Covid! It was unpleasant, but never life threatening, thanks be to God. And my parents were not exposed. Her children are fine, too. So glad to hear it!
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Night10194 posted:My sister has recovered from Covid! It was unpleasant, but never life threatening, thanks be to God. And my parents were not exposed. Her children are fine, too. Excellent news! Yeah, it was never really in the realm of life-threatening for my roommate and I but it's been a long road back. On the subject of Christmas reading, I can't recommend a couple of stories from Connie Willis's "Miracle" anthology of Christmas stories highly enough. I like all the stories (and most everything she writes in general), but the two in particular I go back to every year around this time are "Adaptation", which very cleverly retells and subverts (in a loving way) A Christmas Carol by remembering that Scrooge wasn't just miserly, he was miserable, and "Epiphany" which is the closest I have ever come to seeing an explanation for pretty much everything I believe about Christ and Christianity in a work of fiction.
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Captain von Trapp posted:It's the implicit "Christmas is about MY POLITICS", which is annoying even if you agree with it. that is uh, really really factually not what the angry replies to that tweet are saying
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Y’all need to check out the Vatican’s nativity. I’m not going to spoil it.
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Night10194 posted:My sister has recovered from Covid! It was unpleasant, but never life threatening, thanks be to God. And my parents were not exposed. Her children are fine, too. Glad to hear it! You keep safe as well Night!
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Lutha Mahtin posted:that is uh, really really factually not what the angry replies to that tweet are saying Having recognized the tweet is about religion and politics, they started arguing about religion and politics. That's why it was posted. It's twitter, that's pretty much what it's for.
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If you could make a Public Service Announcement from the perspective of any Biblical character, what would your campaign be? I'm strongly considering a Don't Trust Advice from Snakes campaign from Adam and Eve but that's not a very snappy slogan.
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All = Vanity Have less ambition, garden, and feast more.
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Captain von Trapp posted:Having recognized the tweet is about religion and politics, they started arguing about religion and politics. That's why it was posted. It's twitter, that's pretty much what it's for. are you really this obtuse
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Bar Ran Dun posted:Y’all need to check out the Vatican’s nativity. It rules But also what were they smoking lol
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Blood Boils posted:It rules
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WrenP-Complete posted:If you could make a Public Service Announcement from the perspective of any Biblical character, what would your campaign be? Why You All Suck by the exasperated prophet Nathan.
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WrenP-Complete posted:If you could make a Public Service Announcement from the perspective of any Biblical character, what would your campaign be? "Be nice to each other!" (Jesus)
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“This too shall pass.” by Solomon (?) is a good one for 2020. If we can go for any religious figure “The Way that can be followed is not the true Way / The name that can be named is not the true name.” (Daodejing 1) is also pretty neat. Purple Prince fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Dec 20, 2020 |
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speaking of the tao, I've always liked this passagequote:We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.
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WrenP-Complete posted:If you could make a Public Service Announcement from the perspective of any Biblical character, what would your campaign be? "Respect your elders or they will summon bears to eat you."
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*3 RC colas appear in the east*
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https://twitter.com/_F_B_G_/status/1340916105985093632?s=19
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I had a sensible chuckle at this, thanks.
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Then y'all might like this as well: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=343
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This is art.
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This is fantastic.
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HopperUK posted:I had a sensible chuckle at this, thanks. i dont know how i found Fergus but he is always there with a sensible chuckle when he pops up in my feed
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Mind the Gap. -Korach Hey mister, keep your hands off my sister. -Shimon and Levi
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FIG TREES: Be fruitful and multiply. OR ELSE.
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docbeard posted:FIG TREES: Be fruitful and multiply. OR ELSE. You told me once that Nathan was your favourite Bible person but I think it's actually the fig tree.
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HopperUK posted:You told me once that Nathan was your favourite Bible person but I think it's actually the fig tree. Nathan is my favorite person but the Fig Tree Incident may be my favorite story.
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Happy Hannukah to my Jewish friends and Merry Christmas Eve "Eve" to my Christian friends.
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docbeard posted:Nathan is my favorite person but the Fig Tree Incident may be my favorite story. Thats the one where Jesus kills a fig tree that isn't supposed to have figs on it for not having figs on it, but is probably really an anti-Semitic message condemning Jews for not accepting Jesus, right?
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Epicurius posted:Thats the one where Jesus kills a fig tree that isn't supposed to have figs on it for not having figs on it, but is probably really an anti-Semitic message condemning Jews for not accepting Jesus, right? That's the interpretation I've heard most often from people who don't want to accept that Jesus was just hungry one day and that fig tree knows what it done.
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Bar Ran Dun posted:Y’all need to check out the Vatican’s nativity. how many swimsuit models are in it?
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Bilirubin posted:how many swimsuit models are in it? None. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/world/europe/italy-vatican-city-rome-nativity-scene-christmas.amp.html But there is an astronaut!  And what looks like aquaman? The conservative papers have been going nuts about it.
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That space man's bringing the Christ child a meteor of gold! How thoughtful!
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Jupiter Jazz posted:Happy Hannukah to my Jewish friends and Merry Christmas Eve "Eve" to my Christian friends. Hanukkah actually wrapped up about a week ago, but, hey, thanks! Now your Jewish friends look forward to Tu B'Shevat, the New Year for Trees, which we celebrate with a Passover-like structured meal (a seder) in which we eat a lot of different fruits, drink a lot of wine, and read from the Torah, the Talmud, and the Zohar. Others celebrate by planting a tree. The point is focusing on renewal and new growth. Many Kabbalists write that the holiday should really be understood as the new year of the tree of life, the process by which the Lord fills the world with holiness. Civilized Fishbot fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Dec 24, 2020 |
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Civilized Fishbot posted:Hanukkah actually wrapped up about a week ago, but, hey, thanks! I've always wondered how commonly taught kabbalah is within Judaism. Is it the sort of thing gone over with all kids or is it something reserved only for dedicated more orthodox yeshiva students? I regret that Christianity is relatively purged of mystical traditions (especially the evangelical brand I was brought up in).
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If it's Christian mysticism you want, might I interest you in some Hesychasm?
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Bilirubin posted:I regret that Christianity is relatively purged of mystical traditions (especially the evangelical brand I was brought up in). And may I recommend the work and thought of Sts. John of the Cross and Theresa of Avila?
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Civilized Fishbot posted:Hanukkah actually wrapped up about a week ago, but, hey, thanks! Yeah I made the post before finding out it ended on the 18th. Oops. That sounds very nice and comforting. I've always had an interest in the Zohar because I was a Xenogears/Xenosaga fan growing up. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the actual Zohar, though. Probably just a random cool sounding Hebrew the Japanese creators picked up.
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