Furthermore it normalizes the people doing more direct action. Protests like these help bring the people forcibly resisting ice into the overton window. The current right wing strategy uses flooding the zone to control the narrative and create a feeling of helplessness. This is getting more and more people out and active and encouraging increasing involvement.
Yeah, and all of that was hugely a thing at the no kings protest I was at
Unless you lump all protestants together it is by a lot at least according to the first link I found. They make up a little over a quarter of American Christians.
None of the gospels are thought to even claim to be by an apostle. John was just a common name
So voting puts you in the wrong mindset. Think of it more as consensus decision making of a group of bishops who have the special honor of being the ones who get to vote on this (that’s the only official difference between a regular bishop and a cardinal), but with everyone secluded to prevent campaigning or discussing their votes.
Theologically this is supposed to ensure that everyone ignores politics and spends the days praying to try to figure out who their god wants.
Practically this does what good consensus aims to do and generally gets someone everyone can live with. Francis was generally seen as pretty radical, but everyone seemed to understand that Benedict had gone very poorly and that the church needed increased modernization and appeals to the international community. The fear last year was that a far right cardinal would be chosen to try to halt the rising schism in the church, but instead Leo was chosen as someone who had been in Francis’s camp but was seen as more moderate.
And yeah, because of the isolation at conclave they’re supposed to be incapable of campaigning. In reality, as the pope gets older and sicker you start seeing increased campaigning from cardinals and by the time the pope dies it’s known who the main candidates are. Upsets can still happen, especially if the main candidates are all unacceptable to another faction, but we knew Leo was a possibility when Francis died.
Because he’s the voice of the largest denomination in the US and he’s the head of the vice president’s religion and loudly condemning him.
I don’t love the church, I left it over the homophobia, misogyny, and transphobia. But I recognize how influential the pope is and that his preaching may be able to reduce how fucked my country is right now.
That’s just original sin talk. Also, Leo is American. For an American to be a good Christian takes extra work, “it’s not my fault but it is my responsibility” and whatnot, but I’ve met Americans who are good Christians, and yeah they’re involved in attempting to right the wrongs that can be righted here
Ok based af of him
Also I’m wondering what the bets are like on how long it takes Vance to kill him
That’s all insane. Firstly imagine calling the average man of every country but the Netherlands a dwarf. But also as a woman who’s nearly 6’ short women hurt my back. I still date them because I don’t really consider height a major concern in partners. Also I’ve hidden behind multiple short exes. One is 5’2" and built like a bear with an attitude of pure willingness to do violence for loved ones.
Sigh, but yeah I’ve noticed a lot of short women are insecure about their heights as well. And it’s weird because many of us tall women are also insecure about ours. I have to try not to loom over other women (and sometimes over men). When I wear heels (which is usually formal events) I stick out like a sore thumb even more. Back on reddit the tallgirls community was really helpful to find other women experiencing the same awkwardness.
I respect that a lot and have somewhat similar beliefs. I follow Marcus Aurelius’s beliefs on the morality of the divine: I will live a life striving for morality, thinking for myself, judging for myself, and struggling against the difficulty of putting beliefs into practice, and if the divine and I find ourselves in disharmony of right and wrong then it will have to convince me that I’m the one who’s wrong.
I will note that I think a lot of people really miss the point of meat on Fridays. It’s supposed to be a mild fast, and back in the day Catholics were supposed to fully fast on Fridays in lent. But yeah I feel like a lot of people get the rituals and morality mixed up. Yeah you’re supposed to fast when you’re supposed to fast, it should be an act of humility and self control, but the real sin isn’t when you eat when you’re not supposed to, but when you don’t feed your neighbor when you are supposed to. The rituals and lesser rules are supposed to keep your mind focused on the parts of the religion that make you a better person.
I simply hope that the face divinity shows me in the end is that of my patron goddess. Not because I cannot explain my actions to other deities, even the Christian god, but because she’s the aspect of divinity I most resonate with and understand.
Yeah I’m crashing Franco’s plane
Do you think this man has ever requested information about strategic objectives? Supply lines? Cost benefit analysis? Of course not, he wants to watch big explosions that make him feel strong in the hopes that Iran’s government will pay him personally tribute and offer themselves up to be tortured by him because he’s so strong.
He doesn’t understand war.
As an ex Christian pagan, I suspect you’ve come closer than many. There’s a saying that there are many paths up the mountain. I feel that heresy often just means thinking for yourself. I’m not saying to throw away theological rigor, the opposite actually, one should analyze one’s religion through the lens of thought and conscience. You’re doing well for yourself there, good job.
Yes, I’ve met my parents. The latter being deaf didn’t sway the former’s opinions
I firmly support mail in voting. I only do it when it’s the only option, but that’s because I came to the pacific northwest from somewhere where when you want to vote but are busy on election day you show up a Saturday or two early at a significantly less convenient polling place. Mail in voting was seen as for the very ill there. Also because I don’t trust the feds to not fuck with the mail in votes at the moment
Most likely a mad struggle for power among those in his circle alongside a struggle to be seen as the heir. Vance has an advantage here, but you can see other players making their moves including Greene. Had Kirk been alive he honestly might’ve been my dark horse bet. But if nobody wins a sufficient coalition then everyone loses. Some of the ideas will remain, but mostly the energized masses return to how they were before him or they’ll split into their feuding factions where the San Francisco technofascists and the Midwesterners who hate change and the southerners who just hate everyone different from them are all back at each other’s throats and all are disgusted with Nick Fuentes
That sounds about right. Running an organization for kids and teens is always going to be either an eternal battle to keep pedos out or the creation of a den of pedos. I’ve got no judgment for orgs that fight that battle sincerely, and understand that sometimes they’ll fail, but any that don’t fight that battle are going to leave me suspicious of the leadership’s motivation, even though it’s damning regardless.
Oh wow, that’s what not enforcing anti trust law does to a country
It also helps you see some of your neighbors who are on your side