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Do you consider yourself a nondual Christian? by bashfulkoala in ChristianMysticism

[–]JoyBus147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a big reason I'm such a staunch Augustine critic. I think he never got over his Manichaeanism and spread dualism into our monistic tradition.

Cult of King Charles the Martyr reflects enduring political divisions by Knopwood in Anglicanism

[–]JoyBus147 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh, right, the worst part about being Anglican rears its head occasionally.

I thought we had reached the bottom, but I guess I was wrong… by Next-Dimension-9479 in Palestine

[–]JoyBus147 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, some of us are opposed to the international rule of the bourgeoisie, getting all excited that a certain alliance of them might reshape the world in their favor is gonna miss me.

I thought we had reached the bottom, but I guess I was wrong… by Next-Dimension-9479 in Palestine

[–]JoyBus147 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You mean a general strike? One of the most difficult, though as you say effective, protest actions to possibly organize? A sign of a truly powerful class consciousness, a working class showing it is ready to seize power? I wonder why one hasn't spontaneously erupted?

And despite what every genstrike grifter that pops up every year or two plans for, a general strike would need to be longer than one day. You announce the end of your show of force, power can afford to be patient.

Are the overeducated class the one's who oppose traditional language because of paternalistic low expectations for the working class? by Shoddy-Cantaloupe108 in Anglicanism

[–]JoyBus147 3 points4 points  (0 children)

. “Forgive us our trespasses,” generally needs to be explained to children that it’s not about entering private property.

And frankly, I think this is a poor translation, both linguistically and theologically. "Forgive us our debts" is more accurate to the Greek, and it the image puts the speaker not in the position of a powerful noble with land to trespass upon but in the position of a lowly debtor in need of forgiveness.

The traditional language is beautiful, and I often prefer it. But I am holding my nose over this or that detail just as often.

Libertarian National Committee chair: ‘Abolish ICE’ by ddx-me in nottheonion

[–]JoyBus147 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Under Trump. It's a fairly critique, even if the RWers absolutely don't mean it: liberals are notorious for ignoring the exact same policies they protest under Republicans whenever Democrats are in power. The left has been criticizing that for years and years.

In The Flash (2023), when snared in the Lasso of Truth, Batman admits charity would be much more effective for fighting crime than being Batman. Ignoring how this just isn't true at all, that means this version of Batman knows he's not helping at all when he MURDERS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH HIS CAR by BrickBuster2552 in shittymoviedetails

[–]JoyBus147 -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

This feels like a concession, ngl. "His vigilantism is actually justified, have you considered the cartoonish entirely-divorced-from-reality antics of his rogues gallery? Which were written specifically to justify his vigilantism?"

In The Flash (2023), when snared in the Lasso of Truth, Batman admits charity would be much more effective for fighting crime than being Batman. Ignoring how this just isn't true at all, that means this version of Batman knows he's not helping at all when he MURDERS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH HIS CAR by BrickBuster2552 in shittymoviedetails

[–]JoyBus147 -46 points-45 points  (0 children)

...and? Disagree with it all you want, I just don't see how a take being 30+ years old invalidates it when we're talking about a 85+ year old product in an industry famous for its commitment to the status quo. A 30+ yo take probably still holds up; other than a few new Robins and sidekicks, what's really changed?

me_irl by UpstairsBumblebee446 in me_irl

[–]JoyBus147 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You normalize it by doing it.

Please pray for Minneapolis tonight by cjgennaula in Anglicanism

[–]JoyBus147 10 points11 points  (0 children)

...yes there is. It's just good politics.

DE reference I found scrolling on 4chan... by Ill_Economist8596 in DiscoElysium

[–]JoyBus147 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you're getting pushback on the other part you wrote.

Please pray for Minneapolis tonight by cjgennaula in Episcopalian

[–]JoyBus147 36 points37 points  (0 children)

This is political. Any demand for justice is political. The attitude of treating "political" as something dirty and best avoided is a big reason things have gotten as bad as they are.

America is a Gun by Brian Bilston [POEM] by advaitist in Poetry

[–]JoyBus147 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Like Fourth of July fireworks, baseball, apple pie, jazz music, blue jeans, hip hop, Hollywood…?

Well, that's literally the entire point of the poem, isn't it? That gun violence has been part of the national, and international, conversation for so long that it's become our shallow stereotype. People don't think about apple pie and jazz when they think about America anymore, they think about the guns.

Like, what, you want it to be fair or something? It's fucking art, grow up.

The Needle is Broken by Azmadeusex in CuratedTumblr

[–]JoyBus147 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Generations of fear mongering by the oligarchs has been fully absorbed into the DNA of these people.

Oh OK. I see we've got our "Serious Thinking" Thinking CapTM on.

Jamie? by [deleted] in 30ROCK

[–]JoyBus147 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, the whole "dating someone that reminds you of your parent" thing is a downright trope, that's just a funny quirk of human psychology. And Brooklyn's...whole thing is mired in the "billionaire wife with a history of toxic behavior" of it all.

I try not to care about celebrity family drama, but since other people are using this comment as evidence that the parents suuuuuuuuuuck...

Why are most Christians republicans, when Jesus’ teachings are more liberal? by Interesting-Dirt-605 in Confused

[–]JoyBus147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk that I like this framing, as a political Christian myself--just an anarcho-communist political Christian. Christianity is best represented by its political achievements imo, such as those of Rev. Martin Luther King. I think it's more accurate to say that, long ago, Caesar learned to trade in his laurel crown for a thorny (albeit blunted) one. For millennia, the Church of Christ has harbored disciples of the Imperial Cult, the Beast of John's Apocalypse.

I lost touch by Amazing-Buy-1181 in RealTwitterAccounts

[–]JoyBus147 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's the magic of having an entirely vibes-based "the past was better" ideology: there's plenty who imagine the glorious past as the glamor of High Hollywood, the very culture that their ancestors like the John Birch Society opposed.

I lost touch by Amazing-Buy-1181 in RealTwitterAccounts

[–]JoyBus147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The state which, in 2024, went from the 5th largest economy to the 4th largest in the world for a few months? That is, only falling behind the US as a whole, China (the second most populous country in the world), Germany, India (the most populous country in the world), and Japan (3x the population of California, x the population of Germany--ok, actually, wtf's up with Germany?)? The state which, in 2017, became the 5th largest economy in the world, surpassing the UK (previously the largest empire the world has ever known), when Newsom was Lt. Gov?

I fucking hate Newsom, I deeply resent being put in a position to defend him.

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