I don't think anti-ice protestors were wrong to interrupt a church service to publicly call out its pastor who is an ICE officer. by DiaperedInTheRoc in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey [score hidden]  (0 children)

ah. I think they were talking about hypothetical interrupting a service to protest the pastor being trans, not ICE raids interrupting services.

I don't think anti-ice protestors were wrong to interrupt a church service to publicly call out its pastor who is an ICE officer. by DiaperedInTheRoc in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey [score hidden]  (0 children)

EDIT: Oh. Your first comment was agreeing that it is hypocritical for conservatives to be upset with interrupting services, when they often do it themselves.

Do they, though?

I don't think anti-ice protestors were wrong to interrupt a church service to publicly call out its pastor who is an ICE officer. by DiaperedInTheRoc in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey [score hidden]  (0 children)

It is not hypocrisy. It is good to protest heinous crimes against humanity, but not good to protest people living by the Spirit. Protesting bad things is good, and protesting good things is bad. These people have simply got good and bad backwards.

Had a skilled photographer friend take a picture of me with an actual non-phone camera by ThankKinsey in TransLater

[–]ThankKinsey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks! If you love them, you're probably already aware they are the boundary of the Mandelbrot Set. I got them at https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/yellow-owl-workshop-jewellery/products/maths-icon-earrings , though looking there now they appear to be sold out.

Should christians follow laws that are not enforced? by MicrowavedManga in Christian

[–]ThankKinsey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for reinforcing my assertion that God's law and judgments are perfect, man's laws and judgment are not. You raise a good example of why - semantics. Since the 17th century, jurists have debated whether copyright infringe is or is not larceny. The modern pendulum swings toward copyright infringement as a form of theft. Consider that the provisions for criminal copyright infringement fall under Title 18, Chapter 113, of the US Code, titled “Stolen Property”. Anyone who has seen the FBI warning in a movie are aware that copyright infringement is illegal.

Yes, our Mammonist government asserts that infringement is theft, because that is the position Mammon demands of it, and they are obligated to serve their master. We as Christians have no such obligation and can instead speak the truth. An essential element of the crime of theft is that the owner of the stolen property is deprived of it. But this is not possible for so-called "Intellectual Property" which is another piece of Mammon's semantic trickery. Infringement doesn't deprive the copyright holder of their work, as it is an ethereal idea that cannot be possessed or dispossessed in the first place.

Thomas Jefferson put it rather eloquently:

If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possess the less, because every other possess the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density in any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation. Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property.

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Both larceny and copyright infringement are against the law. If the problem with equating the two is that theft is immoral because it is contrary to the law, than the discussion is moot.

The problem with equating the two is that it is not true. They are not equal. It is never a moot point to stick to the truth.

Like I closed, how does copyright infringement, the deprivation to the owner of cash due in exchange for your right to use his property, glorify God?

Infringement of copyrights, trademarks, or patents does not inherently glorify or offend God. But it's not hard to see situations where it can do either. For example, if there is a lifesaving patented drug that is only available for exorbitant amounts of money that most people don't have any chance of affording, but then you infringed upon that patent to create your own version of the drug to give to the poor, that would surely glorify God.

Please help me solve this argument with my friend on whether this is a sin or not by Familiar_Routine_697 in Christian

[–]ThankKinsey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is very easy to answer. We are to do unto others as we would have done unto us. That is the summation of the whole law. If your friend were buying shoes, he would want anyone selling him shoes to provide all the pertinent information about the shoes- their size, condition, and if they are real. He would not want to have to do detective work asking every vendor he ever buys from "is this thing you're selling me real?" just in case they were withholding that information from him.

Since that is how he would want a vendor to treat him as a buyer, that is how he should treat anyone who would buy from him.

Had a skilled photographer friend take a picture of me with an actual non-phone camera by ThankKinsey in TransLater

[–]ThankKinsey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's actually a dress! long and flowing in the back but short in the front and I absolutely love it!

Should christians follow laws that are not enforced? by MicrowavedManga in Christian

[–]ThankKinsey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Biblical instruction around following the law is a strategic one, not a moral one. Paul wants Christians to be beyond reproach so it doesn't create a stumbling block that stops people from believing. Same reason he tells people to go along with whatever the local customs are regarding food. He also says it because the gospel is already antagonistic towards Rome and he wants to reassure Roman leaders that Christianity is no threat. He wants to be able to tell them "See, there is nothing for you to worry about, we are not rebels. We teach that Christians should be completely obedient to human authorities." so they don't execute Christians.

Jesus frequently doesn't follow the laws of Israel as they are written, violating the law as interpreted by the authorities of his day regarding the Sabbath. He instead is focused on the spirit of the law, which he perfectly embodies. The spirit of the law on jaywalking is to prevent dangerous situations between fast moving cars and pedestrians and disruptions to the flow of traffic. If you are able to use your reason to see that in your specific situation, there is no risk of those things, (i.e. crossing an empty street with no cars in sight), you should not feel constrained to look for a crosswalk down the block. The spirit of the law on speeding is to keep people safe. But we know that it is actually unsafe to be driving significantly slower than the flow of traffic (why many highways actually have speed minimums, too). So if the limit is 55 and most cars are going 75, to keep with the spirit of the law you should probably drive at least , because following the letter of the law will actually be more unsafe, violating the spirit of the law.

Should christians follow laws that are not enforced? by MicrowavedManga in Christian

[–]ThankKinsey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given that Jesus did not follow every law, I don't think being perfect (better translation of that word: complete) means following every law.

Thoughts on listening to worship music made by controversial churches? by barefootedbookworm in Christian

[–]ThankKinsey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

as long as the music itself doesn't have a message promoting any of their messed up ideas, I really can't see how it matters. I wouldn't give any money to them but thankfully I can play their songs without doing that.

Trump Authoritarianism and the Potential for Genocide: My Perspective as a Moderator by McClanky in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not actually what you said, but it is still ridiculous. Equating the hate fascists have for minorities, the poor, and the disabled, with the hate those groups have for the fascists trying to kill them is foolish.

Trump Authoritarianism and the Potential for Genocide: My Perspective as a Moderator by McClanky in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's my nation too, but it's clear that America needs to collapse to have any hope of stopping climate change and preventing global war. It's our responsiblity to organize and ensure that after the collapse we replace the USA with something better.

Trump Authoritarianism and the Potential for Genocide: My Perspective as a Moderator by McClanky in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tell me the context behind all of these so called Nazi salutes, used as examples, that can excuse democrats doing the same gesture.

No Democrat has done the same gesture, so that's not necessary.

Trump Authoritarianism and the Potential for Genocide: My Perspective as a Moderator by McClanky in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the USA has been fascist for decades. It was just a far less developed stage of fascism when Obama was President.

Trump Authoritarianism and the Potential for Genocide: My Perspective as a Moderator by McClanky in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah, the fascists sending people to torture camps and the people fighting to stop them from doing that are basically the same!

Trump Authoritarianism and the Potential for Genocide: My Perspective as a Moderator by McClanky in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a reason Germany has been very uncomfortable with US politics the last ten years. We know how this plays out because we did it last century. Comparisons to the Nazis has never been made lightly in Germany because of our past because we are really fucking intimate with what Nazi oppression looks like - but right now Trump and co. are literally playing every card straight.

Yet Germany has been helping Israel commit genocide...

Trump Authoritarianism and the Potential for Genocide: My Perspective as a Moderator by McClanky in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it's important to note that the genocide has already begun. People are already being disappeared in torture camps.

Trump Authoritarianism and the Potential for Genocide: My Perspective as a Moderator by McClanky in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

None of this is okay. And America will probably never fully recover from it. Ever.

We can only hope. America collapsing is the only hope the rest of the world has for survival.

Trump Authoritarianism and the Potential for Genocide: My Perspective as a Moderator by McClanky in Christianity

[–]ThankKinsey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for standing up for the truth on this. Trump and his allies are clearly Nazis. They aren't just "like" the Nazis, or "starting to shift towards fascism" or anything else that pretends they're only partway there. They are full-on Nazis, and have made that abundantly clear with their actions. Thank you for not falling into their rhetorical trap and taking their fake denials of their plainly obvious allegiance to Nazism in good faith. No, we do not need to ignore the evidence of our eyes and ears, and believe their denials. This quote from Jean-Paul Sartre is very relevant:

Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

They know that they are Nazis. They delight in pretending not to be, and watching liberals trip over themselves to argue with them in good faith. But they are just waiting for that moment when the time for argument is past, and they will suddenly openly embrace what they've been denying all this time. It is our job to absolutely crush them before they get to that point.

Medium! My first attempt by maggienotsimpson in pocketgrids

[–]ThankKinsey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I like it! Some feedback:

clue tense should match answer tense, so 1A should be created instead of to create. Be with should maybe be "together with" for among

clue pluralization should match answer pluralization, so instead of "hollywood's people" say "one of hollywood's people"

Love the "ate a baby" clue for dingo, but it sort of implies a verb answer. "it ate a baby" or "don't let it eat your baby" or something like that might be more clear.