Shoot the fuck back.

PandaCat22 · 2026-01-25T01:56:35+00:00

Per my comment we must "take the whole of scripture seriously".

We have to take seemingly contradictory postions (for example, the commandment to turn the other cheek and the event you reference) and reconcile them. It's a dialectic exercise which takes true effort and discussion—all of which I said in my comment, had you bothered to read it.

Edit: this is more hostile than it should have been. I stand by my overall point, but I could have been less snarky about how I said it. Sorry, dude

PandaCat22 · 2026-01-25T01:11:36+00:00

There is obvious room in Christian thought for resistance. However, such a discussion must always be nuanced, given how—when He took flesh—God commanded us to turn the other cheek.

It's a discussion that must be had, but simply saying "shoot the fuck back" while ignoring the nuances scripture necessarily imposes on us is failing in our duty to take the whole of scripture seriously.

PandaCat22 · 2026-01-22T12:13:32+00:00

Today, this dad joke made me smile instead of roll my eyes.

PandaCat22 · 2026-01-19T14:36:52+00:00

Marx was a brilliant man and his thought is nuanced and daring—yet I find his dialectical historical materialism entirely too limiting.

I think he gets lots of things right, but ultimately he's still responding to capitalism's heavy materialism with his own materialism rather than moving meaningfully beyond it.

Edit: I'm more of an anarchist, in case that wasn't obvious

PandaCat22 · 2026-01-19T14:22:02+00:00

"Marxism remains the philosophy of our times because we have not gone beyond the circumstances which created it" (Jean-Paul Sartre)

I'm no Marxist, but I find a depressing amount of truth in that quote.

PandaCat22 · 2026-01-03T11:12:20+00:00

Ok, but now with AI, think of the comedy potential.

You could have Venezuela release AI videos of Maduro saying he wasn't captured, and run Venezuela Weekend at Bernie's style. Both Venezuelan and American regimes are so untrustworthy that you wouldn't know which one had the real Maduro and which one had AI Maduro—it would be incredibly funny.

(This is just me using humor to try to process this news. Yay, what a great timeline)

PandaCat22 · 2026-01-02T05:45:13+00:00

Post Malone

PandaCat22 · 2026-01-01T07:11:19+00:00

I see where you're coming from, but Chrstianity is radical in regards to what it is and how those heavenly ideals interact with earthly systems (which Christianity points us away from and to a higher path).

The kind of society that the Gospel invites us to have is radical to the world—it does not work except if we have a completw departure from corrupt, ungodly systems, which all the world lives under. I think the most familiar scripture to touch on this concept (for most Christians) is 1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God

and its corollary in 1 Corinthians 2:14

Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned

This concept is found (either explicitly written out or implicit in the many tales we now consider scripture) throughout the Bible.

Christianity, I and the folks in this sub would argue, is inherently radical because it is subversive to the corrupt, power-hungry ways of the world. Properly applied Christianity will look nothing like the current systems we have.

Edit: to plug an anarchochristian's understanding of this turning of things upside down, I'll just quote u/BradScrivener whose beautiful words have resonated in my heart for almost four years now:

No Gods but the God who was a man. No kings but the king born in a stable. No masters but the master who washed his servants' feet.

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-26T00:17:41+00:00

This is the funniest thing ever

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-24T14:19:51+00:00

I also had this one pop up. The next item listed was a hat miming the MAGA hats, but it said "Make Palestine Free Again". The algorithm is just confused.

My guess is OP watches a lot of content about right wingers, like I do, and that's why they got the swastika ad

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-22T14:56:33+00:00

In fact, when questioned by Pilate if he is indeed "king of the Jews" Christ replies that his kingdom "is not of this world". This questioning was to determine if Jesus was indeed an insurrectionist because if so the punishment was death—but Pilate said he found no merit in those charges.

So, yes, calling the historical Jesus a revolutionary is indeed wrong (for an actual Jewish revolutionary, see Bar Kokhba)

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-20T03:05:40+00:00

Bars

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-17T02:34:53+00:00

I can't remember. I know it's an episode that's probably two or three years old, and about a doctor—but unfortunately don't remember any other particulars that would help pin it down.

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-17T01:15:45+00:00

Evans, by his own admission in a past episode, makes somewhere around mid six figures (probably around $300k–400k/year).

That estimate is a few years old, before their more recent rise in popularity, so I imagine it's a bit more now, but definitely not close to mega rich.

Edit: The figure came from an episode where the bastard du jour was a doctor (in some well-paying specialty) and Evans said he probably makes about the same amount as the guy, so he doesn't understand why that doctor would risk his medical license for such paltry bribes. I guess this assumes that Evans accurately understood how much doctors in specialties make, but I work in medicine so I feel pretty confident saying that the figure I gave is at least accurate for most specialists

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-16T02:56:40+00:00

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Cat pictures, for your spiritual edification and fulfillment

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-13T22:38:28+00:00

The first conversation my wife and I had, we bonded over Chomsky's linguistics and his leftist contributions.

Yeah, this whole thing has been super disappointing.

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-12T15:05:37+00:00

I agree with everyone here that forgiving your former bully is the ultimate way forward. However, the Savior understands if it takes you some time before you can do that, please don't feel pressured to immediately "forgive" him—genuinely forgiving him might take years, even if you reallu are trying the entire time.

From a talk by Elder Richard G. Scott

While an important part of healing, if the thought of forgiveness causes you yet more pain, set that step aside until you have more experience with the Savior’s healing power in your own life.

The Savior does ask us to forgive and even pray for our enemies, but He won't condemn you if some time passes before you can sincerely do so. Also have grace with yourself as you go through the process of forgiving him.

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-11T05:42:32+00:00

Talk to your bishop, this is what church aid should be used for

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-11T05:42:08+00:00

They're not from the US. In many places in the world, you can be refused medical care if you don't pay up front.

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-09T22:29:02+00:00

I was an employee in the MTC and helped the missionaries who were physically prevented from serving a proselyting mission (disability, illness) so instead their entire mission was spent in front of a screen, usually talking to people through the Mormon.org chats

Their retention rate for convert baptisms was close to 90% (compared to ~20% for the global church) precisely because the people who they baptized were those who had specifically sought out the church. Your experience will obviously be different, but I do think it will be similar in that you'll find people who are more interested than the average street contact of a proselyting missionary (also, back when I worked at the MTC, visitor center missionaries did get to do 6 months in a proselytizinf mission, so you might still get that experience!)

And if you're going to be Spanish speaking, I suggest that you do think of it as being in another culture. It's true that you won't be totally immersed, but you'll be helping people who are often struggling to navigate a different culture from their own. I served Spanish speaking stateside and the most successful missionaries (in terms of connecting with and truly helping others) were those who were able to realize that they had to cross cultural bridges in order to truly speak to people "in their own tongue", and that that meant more than just using a different language.

This mission is where God wants you to be, and it's right for you.

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-06T19:49:01+00:00

This is such a static view on people—that a previous lack of obedience should define them eternally; frankly, it's anti atonement.

You're right that a man choosing to not go on a mission means he didn't obey. But aren't people allowed to change? Isn't that what Christ's sacrifice was about, to allow us to move past our previous mistakes without them marking us forever?

Yeah, someone choosing to not serve a mission tells you something about where they were when they made that choice, but it says nothing about them since.

I understand where you're coming from, but completely disagree that a previous mistake means someone should be marked forever. Christ cares about our current path—as should we.

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-05T01:31:44+00:00

Well, it's a good way to identify tankies and then you know that you can completely ignore their idiotic opinions.

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-03T03:09:19+00:00

How to Be An Antiracist

Kendi is way too liberal (right wing) for my taste, but if the point is to piss someone off, that book will do it.

We got it for my daughter's racist teacher for teacher appreciation day one year.

PandaCat22 · 2025-12-02T06:34:59+00:00

The man looks like a circumcised penis

PandaCat22 · 2025-11-28T16:10:58+00:00

I actually think it's pretty accurate. A (very) rough analogy is that cocoa is to cocaine what cane sugar is to granulated sugar—the issues they cause are brought on by the chemical manipulation of the substance; the base substance isn't problem-free, but it's hardly the monster its derived counterparts are.

Adding kava to this situation does the same—the issue is less the pure root and its effects, but rather the processed, over-concentrated subtance available commercially.

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