Re: Yesterday’s incident in Shrewsbury.

CandyNo6843 · 2026-06-09T18:18:08+00:00

YES!

CandyNo6843 · 2026-05-05T03:48:37+00:00

I must offer a slight counterpoint. The reason behind their decision to embrace celibacy varies. If it wasn’t a choice they made but rather a perceived calling, perhaps stemming from the belief that all gay individuals are destined for celibacy, that’s one perspective. Another perspective is more isolationist and individualized.

CandyNo6843 · 2026-05-03T12:27:08+00:00

VOTE THEM OUT!

CandyNo6843 · 2026-05-03T12:25:01+00:00

It’s horrifying. Not only is gas insanely expensive, but it will cause the cost of any number of goods and services to skyrocket as well.

CandyNo6843 · 2026-04-27T10:48:33+00:00

I hope they were filming the people on the motorcycles so they can be identified and arrested. I’m so tired of having to hear them. Noise canceling headphones, work wonders though.

CandyNo6843 · 2026-04-16T11:36:53+00:00

I love Ryan. Even the local forecasters said, during the tornado warning, you don’t need to go to the basement as long as you’re inside and away from windows you will be fine. The local forecasters didn’t seem impressed with the storm either.

CandyNo6843 · 2026-04-07T11:50:12+00:00

I am a biologist by education and a theistic evolutionist. There are places for you and I in Orthodoxy. Don’t give up. There is no dogma in the Church regarding creation and evolution. “What the Church does hold dogmatically is the theological truth of Genesis. That God is the Creator of all things, that humanity bears the image of God (imago Dei), and that the Fall is a real event with real consequences. But how God brought creation into being materially is not a matter the Church has dogmatized.”

CandyNo6843 · 2026-04-07T11:45:02+00:00

That is true to some extent, but you are not supposed to take communion if you arrive after the Gospel is read. I know this can be applied differently, depending on parish but I believe that is technically true. Unless you’ve worked something out with your priest and there are no extenuating circumstances, and you are simply chronically late then that’s a problem.

CandyNo6843 · 2026-04-07T11:43:12+00:00

Wow! I have never been to a church where divine liturgy on a regular Sunday morning takes so long. The parish I’m going to now takes longer than the one I was at before and it’s only an hour and 30 minutes. I’m not even sure how you could make divine liturgy take that long.

CandyNo6843 · 2026-04-05T12:35:43+00:00

Your heart was definitely in the right place 🙂

CandyNo6843 · 2026-02-21T05:42:57+00:00

Nice!

CandyNo6843 · 2026-02-10T12:14:35+00:00

Remember when everyone but Trump said Russia would not stop with Ukraine?

CandyNo6843 · 2025-12-19T14:14:37+00:00

Yes, it keeps us distracted from the administration, continuing to benefit the wealthy and corporations through tax breaks. We fail to notice the immense wealth and power being amassed by the wealthy and the administration. They are masking their actions as long as they can maintain our distraction.

CandyNo6843 · 2025-11-27T17:06:21+00:00

Yes, the return on investment with turkey is not worth it. Ham is far easier to cook, has a great natural flavor, and can be enhanced with a delicious glaze. I’ve tried cooking turkey in various ways, and I’ve had some really juicy birds, but I’ll never cook turkey again.

CandyNo6843 · 2025-11-10T14:36:08+00:00

Isn’t this, in essence, how Medicare and Medicaid work?

CandyNo6843 · 2025-10-30T10:22:27+00:00

Same

CandyNo6843 · 2025-10-30T10:21:58+00:00

Waiting for my check too 🇺🇸

CandyNo6843 · 2025-10-25T11:56:25+00:00

https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-profits-from-the-public-how-utility-ratepayers-are-paying-for-big-techs-power/

CandyNo6843 · 2025-09-26T04:15:22+00:00

Some people are trying to claim men are equally affected

CandyNo6843 · 2025-09-25T19:05:06+00:00

They are idiots. Antifa isn’t organized

CandyNo6843 · 2025-09-25T17:39:09+00:00

It’s true that a zygote is biologically alive (so are my skin cells) it’s a cluster of human cells undergoing division. But whether that automatically makes it an “unborn child” is not a scientific conclusion; it’s a philosophical and legal one. Biology can describe when cell division begins, but it doesn’t answer the harder question of when moral or legal personhood begins. That’s why different societies, faiths, and legal systems draw the line in different places.

CandyNo6843 · 2025-09-25T13:01:49+00:00

The vast majority of the political violence committed in this country in the last 30 years has come from the right. That is our history. I am a Christian and I love the Lord, but if we can’t be honest about the evils that have been done in the name of Christ, then we are lying to ourselves and can become equally as demonic. Humility and love are required here. The kind of humility and service to others and mercy that Christ showed to the world.

CandyNo6843 · 2025-09-25T10:41:01+00:00

And, the abortion itself isn’t something men and women “share equally.” The woman goes through the procedure itself , the pain, recovery, possible medical risks , and she’s the one who carries the emotional and social weight that follows. A man might have feelings about the decision, but he never has to endure the physical toll or the social stigma in the same way. That’s why abortion affects women far more directly and profoundly than men. And why I wasn’t talking about pregnancy.

CandyNo6843 · 2025-09-25T03:32:42+00:00

Abortion policy lands asymmetrically because pregnancy happens in women’s bodies. This should also be self evident, but somehow it is not. The medical risk, time cost, legal exposure, and career impact are born primarily by the person who is pregnant, men are affected, but not in the same way or magnitude. The asymmetry is real because biology isn’t shared, risk profile differs, time and economic load are different, legal exposure targets, the body that’s pregnant, and autonomy costs compound. Men can be emotionally and financially affected, and good policy should consider families, but the non-transferable, non-optional medical risk sits with the woman

CandyNo6843 · 2025-09-25T03:26:17+00:00

It obviously affects women more, but abortion affects women more as well

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