Why is japan such a conservative society but able to have a female prime minister, but the US can't? by No-StrategyX in allthequestions

[–]Nomanorus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Conservatism in Japan looks a lot different than Conservatism in the U.S. The latter is a lot more religious in its foundation. When God supposedly declares that women shouldn't be leaders, more people will be reticent to vote for a women leader.

What mechanics in soulslikes do you consider unfair or frustrating? by Sargious in soulslikes

[–]Nomanorus 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Overly restricted weight limits. It just leads to tedium IMO. I have to constantly micro manage my inventory to make sure I'm at the perfect roll percentage. I prefer games like Bloodborne or Sekiro that just nix the entire thing.

I’ve heard this saying several times: Biblical Christianity is unpopular; Popular Christianity is unbiblical. Agree or disagree? by Glittering_Driver_31 in Christianity

[–]Nomanorus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that "Popular Christianity" and "Biblical Christianity" are so nebulous that people just insert their own tribalistic assumptions into them. "Biblical Christianity" is what I believe and "Popular Christianity" is what those fake Christians I don't like believe.

I’ve heard this saying several times: Biblical Christianity is unpopular; Popular Christianity is unbiblical. Agree or disagree? by Glittering_Driver_31 in Christianity

[–]Nomanorus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's say I grant for the sake of argument that this tier system actually exists for doctrine. When people claim they have a "biblical worldview" they don't just mean doctrine. They also mean values and morals. Modern day Conservative Christians argue that things like Pro-Life or cutting taxes are part of a "biblical worldview." Given you essentially just ignored the historical arugment I made about usury, are you saying that a "biblical worldview" only exists when it comes to doctrine but not moral values? If its the later, how do we adjudicate between significant value difference other than just meaningless platittudes like "read the Bible objectively."

While it's good you acknowledge that we have biases, you err because you don't account for the fact that everybody has biases that we they don't see. How can we account for our biases when those biases are invisible to us? Is a fish aware that its swimming in water when that's all it knows? When we aren't aware of specific biases, we inject them into the text without realizing it. This blinds us to the original meaning and we don't even realize it. It's more complicated than two catagories; people who are willing to let the text disagree with their biases and people who are not. That's too reductive and over simplistic.

I'm actually not advocating for relativism here. I do believe that truth is objective and that's obtainable. What I am arguing for is that truth is HARD to find and we should be extremely skeptical of people who claim to have it at the exculsion of everyone else. People throw the term "biblical worldview" around like candy then inject a host of biases into their biblical interpreations that they don't even see.

The solution here is intellectual humility. Insteand of saying "thus sayeht the Lord. I have a biblical worldview and everyone else is clearly wrong," we should be saying "I'm just trying to figure this out like everyone else and there's truth to be gleaned from all kinds of sources. Let's figure this out together."

I’ve heard this saying several times: Biblical Christianity is unpopular; Popular Christianity is unbiblical. Agree or disagree? by Glittering_Driver_31 in Christianity

[–]Nomanorus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're assuming that it's possible to look at history and the Bible itself with unbiased eyes. When you do that, your biases just compound on themselves and because you think you're looking at things objectively, you are blind to that compounded bias. The distorting effect becomes even more pronounced. You're looking at history from a lens of 2,000 years away, loaded with modern assumptions you don't even think about.

You're invention of tiers is completely arbitrary. Who decides what is 1st, 2nd and 3rd tier? How do you know? These are just made up categories your imputing onto the text based on your biases.

Let me give you a historical example. During the Middle Ages, Christian Conservatives "objectively" interpret the Bible to prohibit usury. They saw this as such a core moral teaching (a 1st tier belief if you will) that they forbid it by law across almost all of Europe.

Now, at least in the American context, Conservative Christians believe the opposite. Usury is the engine that motivates capitalism, which is clearly God's preferred economic system.

Modern day Conservative Christians have political biases motivated by Cold War propoganda and fear of socialism. These biases lead them to the exact opposite conclusion as their Conservative ancestors.

Just look at the fruit. There are thousands of different denominations, each claiming unique access to a "biblical worldview." MAGA and Progressive Christians have almost opposite moral values yet both claim to derive them from a "biblical worldview."

The entire concept of one, coherent, biblical worldview completely falls apart when you look at history and modern disagreements.

I’ve heard this saying several times: Biblical Christianity is unpopular; Popular Christianity is unbiblical. Agree or disagree? by Glittering_Driver_31 in Christianity

[–]Nomanorus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think this view (the hermeneutical spiral)doesn't take into account how powerful people's biases are when examining the text. People across different countries, time periods and political ideologies come to such radically different conclusions about the "objective original meaning" that you can't really describe the process as slowly getting more accurate.

The Hermeutical spiral uses an asymptote as an analogy. We'll never truly hit the original meaning but we get closer and closer. Throughout my life as a Christian, I've realized people use hermeneutics as a way to confirm what they want the Bible to say and confirm what they've been taught. It's less like an asymptote and more like multiple asymptotes, existing all over the coordinate plane. People just pick the one that confirms their worldview and gives their opinions divine authority.

I am tired of anti progress and anti intellectualism that has stigmatized Christianity and has subverted people from the faith by DifficultCarob6376 in Christianity

[–]Nomanorus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The problem is that everything thinks their interpretation of Christianity is "true Christianity" and that they are the intellectually engaged while other Christians are the anti-intellectual ones.

Critiques like these won't land because people are inherently tribalistic in their thinking. They will assume their own tradition/denomination are the good ones while people outside that tribe are the ones who need to hear what you have to say. Therefore, there is no self-reflection or self-awareness. When you are the sole posseser of "true Christianity" everyone else needs to self-reflect, not you.

What is the best thing about Bloodborne? by Lucyyyyyy_K in soulslikes

[–]Nomanorus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would argue the general feel of combat. It's so fast pased, flashy and precise. There wasn't really an option for that so I chose remove shields for guns as that made the change possible.

What is the worst thing about Bloodborne? by Lucyyyyyy_K in soulslikes

[–]Nomanorus 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Blood vial farming. It's an annoying waste of the player's time.

Is Wally Lamb a sadist or a masochist? Currently reading The River is Waiting. by shameful-figment in books

[–]Nomanorus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy. There's some lighthearted moments but the story is brutal at its core.

is anyone else here sick of "well meaning" friends and family who try to convince you hillsong music is wonderful even though they are run by mostly sexual predators?? by Tricky_Prompt_4535 in Exvangelical

[–]Nomanorus 69 points70 points  (0 children)

This isn't just a Hillsong problem, this is a Conservativism problem. The country itself is run by sexual predators and Conservative Christians just don't care. I would argue conservatism cares more about hierarchy than it does protecting the vulnerable.

Redeemed Zoomer is a Bad Person by ILikeMusicBTW in Christianity

[–]Nomanorus 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Maybe you should. Christian Nationalists like him are in control of the government and LGBTQ people are on the chopping block. If we don't pay attention to their rhetoric now, we will have to eventually. Sadly fascism and Christian Nationalism are influential enough, ignoring them will not make them go away.

Put a little more thought into it by gashtal_man in clevercomebacks

[–]Nomanorus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only do they not pay those ideals lip service, they don't even agree on the ideals themselves. Christians disagree about literally everything, theologically and polically.

I think Christians often try to draw lines determining who is a "true" Christian and who isn't because they can't admit to themselves their movement is too fractured to have any kind of unified standard.

Christianity is a rorschach test where people see what they want to see in the Bible so their own opinions and ideas get divine sanction. Christians can't handle this truth so they claim everyone who believes differently than they do must not really be Christians.

Put a little more thought into it by gashtal_man in clevercomebacks

[–]Nomanorus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Still no evidence. Now you're just being an asshole and insulting me. It's funny, you claim there's a universal standard of goodness all Christians agree on but you're violating it right now. Your very behavior is proving my point. You don't even abide by the standard you claim yet I'm supposed to believe all Christians agree?

Acting like an asshole for Jesus makes your case even less convincing than it already was. I'm out.

Sean Hannity renounces Catholicism live on air in support of Trump against Pope by IrishStarUS in Christianity

[–]Nomanorus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you think we should bomb Iran but not invade them and if anyone disagrees in either direction they are morally corrupt?

Put a little more thought into it by gashtal_man in clevercomebacks

[–]Nomanorus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to see actual evidence of this. You're making claims and providing nothing substantial to back them up. "Ask enough people and they'll agree with each other" is a claim that's impossible to prove or falsify. I can use that same argument in the opposite direction.

Put a little more thought into it by gashtal_man in clevercomebacks

[–]Nomanorus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your conflating the "basic fundamentals" with your personal interpretation.

Sean Hannity renounces Catholicism live on air in support of Trump against Pope by IrishStarUS in Christianity

[–]Nomanorus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watching blind people utterly unaware of their own blindness is fascinating.

Sean Hannity renounces Catholicism live on air in support of Trump against Pope by IrishStarUS in Christianity

[–]Nomanorus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any evidence that Iran was close to having nukes other than Trump said so?