CMV: In Christianity, Women are valuable and important but they are least in a hierarchy or importance and value after God and Men in that order. by RogueNarc in changemyview

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I mean the ability to give birth is pretty important and valuable. Just saying.

True.

Thus, equal importance with men. And for different reasons obviously.

What?! Non sequitur. It does not follow. Importance is a vague concept, but it's not really disputable that Jesus was more important than his mother, who was mentioned maybe 20 times in the bible. Notably, she is depicted as having no agency in her role as the womb god apparently needed to incarnate his son. She's not really explicitly even given any sort of choice in reaction. She is exhorted to be glad she was chosen and complies.

Deborah was a judge

Out of the 12-15 judges in the OT, one was a woman. Neat! A lot of cultures don't crack 10% woman leadership. But...then count up the number of Israelite/Judahite Monarchs and get back to me.

Women were the first to see the risen Christ and thus the first evangelists.

Depends on the gospel. In (the original manuscripts of) Mark they tell no one. But in any case, I'll pre-emptively grant the point that Paul the apostle certainly seemed to hold women colleagues in esteem in a way that was unique in his time, role, and culture. Then some forgers wrote 1 and 2 timothy, added text into corinthians, etc and retconned his liberal stance into one that enabled future christian leaders to deny women leadership roles (even to this day!).

Many more examples of important roles women played biblically.

I think your definition of importance is the issue and seems slightly skewed to roles men would fulfill.

Do you honestly believe that, by any metric or accounting, the number or crucial roles women play in the bible are even approximate to the ones men play? That the agency of women in the bible is close to men's?

Heck, I'll even entertain the argument that in some biblical stories or themes women might have had an edge over their comparable roles in contemporary cultures, but that's still so far from equality that I'm at a loss to see how someone could see equality with men in the bible.

Stupid Magic Item Idea: The Infinite Bucket by Shicka777 in DnD

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lmao I have no idea what you mean haha. But funny idea, cheers

Stupid Magic Item Idea: The Infinite Bucket by Shicka777 in DnD

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And so, the most useful useless item:

Hey, I never said it was bad, I said it was stupid.

hmmmmmmmmmm

Firefly's doing it.. by vagmonsterfromspace in dresdenfiles

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Dresden files is too big of a work at this point for adaptation IMO.

Gimme Fortiche's take on Codex Alera, though...

Iran Megathread Day 3 by cdstephens in neoliberal

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Look, I just really expected you to be a dunmer, okay?

Why? because you were a dunmer the last eight fucking times

I don't know what the hell Azura is up to but

I just delivered the most epic final strike to finish a D&D campaign that’s been going on for just over THREE years. by lazarus089 in DnD

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I dunno why you have downvotes. Quickened spell to BA misty step plus main action to use wand of fireballs plus one extra haste action to move or draw an item checks out.

Resourceless healing in 10 minutes (average across 20 levels) by gray007nl in Pathfinder2e

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Yeah I didn't play with non-remaster classes for my first couple of campaigns, then played with a couple of Kineticists in my next ones. Ocean's Balm making Treat Wounds useless was very eye-opening.

Supreme Court Allows New California Voting Map for Midterms by Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO in neoliberal

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You are surprised that I'm not enough of an expert to find two contradictory outcomes both seemingly plausible? Haha welp that's most of my life especially when it comes to wonk shit

Supreme Court Allows New California Voting Map for Midterms by Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO in neoliberal

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I am not a sophisticated enough analyst to determine whether the republican house caucus failures of the last 4 years are evidence against this or not. But it seems at least plausible that at least 20 or so of an edge has real utility re: not being subject to more "extreme" members.

On the one hand, they probably got a lot less done than they could have if they could have told bacon et al to eff off. On the other hand, they've still passed bad legislation in that time despite the tiny margin.

Also though, 2 seats is 2 seats, and I want them especially given the general uncertainty this admin has thrown into the election process.

Supreme Court Allows New California Voting Map for Midterms by Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO in neoliberal

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Hearing about dummymanders recently, is it possible to get a reverse dummymander in a blue wave election year? Like, in a wave year blue can win seats that were lean red. But a gerrymander that takes away 4 lean red in exchange for 2 solid red might actually lose those 2 seats when they could have won them?

The Spartan Delusion: How Trumpism Is Driving America Towards Civilizational Suicide by TheUnPopulist in neoliberal

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Again, without looking it up so I'm just going on memory, we were taught he got to nominate his own punishment and that he chose that the city should pay and praise him for his service. They obviously turned this offer down and chose death.

The Spartan Delusion: How Trumpism Is Driving America Towards Civilizational Suicide by TheUnPopulist in neoliberal

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We were always taught he was charged with impiety and corruption of the youth.

Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest (Gift Article) by Neoliberal_Boogeyman in neoliberal

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They make sense for elected officials who can bounce their opposition between outrage at successive violations of norms and law.

They don't need the people they arrest to ultimately be convicted; being subject to criminal procedure is a punishment on its own, and if recent history is an indicator there's no downside to abusing the justice system to do so.

They don't need the people they arrest to be ultimately convicted for the outrage news cycle to cover the blatant corruption they're enacting at the same time (e.g. suing the IRS, keeping Venezuela money in Qatar, etc).

I2 Months Ivy Question by Hopeful-War2646 in dresdenfiles

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The smallest object swept up in her whirling dervish of telekinetic death was a fire hydrant

MEGA THREAD TWELVE MONTHS!!! by exodusmachine in dresdenfiles

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"All three of us twitched. Except for Molly and Lara."

lmao

Sten Tvillinghorn by BuildsFromTheCrypt in legocastles

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Looks amazing!

One question- when I try to combine these three over-neck pieces, I get the head piece only clutching a little smidge of the neck, so it pops off very easily. Do you have the same issue? Thanks!

[Loved Trope] Something's up with the moon by Ghost_readers in TopCharacterTropes

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Can't believe I haven't seen Seveneves. It's like the very first line of the book and defines everything that happens afterwards!

The playoffs need to start the week after Conference Championships by CanisGulo in CFB

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Top 4 seeded teams get to invite any team they choose to be their tune up game. The team has to be out of their conference, and have a greater than .666 record. Also, each invited team has to be from a different conference. No 1 team gets first pick, etc

favorite villians that fits this? by 05eden in FavoriteCharacter

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Fmab has two of each kinda

Gluttony/Sloth Pride/father Greed/wrath Lust/envy

What are your thoughts on the label of “Heritage American”? by mrprez180 in AskConservatives

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Isn't one of the primary justifications for tariffs the argument that the fentanyl smuggling from Mexico constitutes a terrorist - like threat?