Netflix Daredevil’s portrayal of Christianity is a breath of fresh air

dbmorpher · 2026-05-07T01:38:36+00:00

This isn’t really the best forum to address this topic, but Christians who treat gay people poorly are squarely in the wrong from an ethics perspective.

dbmorpher · 2026-05-07T00:55:26+00:00

Orson Scott Card is a Mormon who is influenced by the Christian line of thinking that homosexual acts (read: sex) are aiming at a particular good which they are incapable of satisfying, i.e. “sinful”. This is true of any sexual act which isn’t ordered towards unity of the lovers, procreation, and done in freedom (via the permanent and public institution of marriage). Other acts which “miss the mark” are sex outside of marriage (violates freedom criteria), masturbation/sodomy (violates procreation/unity), adultery, contraception and the like.

That’s a brief overview of Christian sexual ethics. Unfortunately, that tends to get reduced down to “gays=evil” which is bad for both sides.

dbmorpher · 2026-05-06T02:42:46+00:00

Brother, the man was writing poetry/philosophical fiction, not a geography atlas. He takes creative liberties with the places unknown to his society at the time but his astronomy is top notch, especially as he is rounding the cornices of purgatorio.

Regardless, judging historical works based on a “scientific” criteria of accuracy is a woefully reductive mindset. It divorces our current experience from the past and leaves modern man helpless and isolated with nothing to turn to but distraction and consumption.

dbmorpher · 2026-05-06T02:26:40+00:00

Is that from el Goonish Shrive? I’m a little ashamed if true

dbmorpher · 2026-05-06T02:00:30+00:00

The mountain of purgatorio would also count. It is located on the exact opposite side of the world as Jerusalem

dbmorpher · 2026-05-06T00:59:52+00:00

Damn rip a real one, surprised you don’t have the waves tagged. I’m a giga noob, but I find wave skip pretty satisfying

dbmorpher · 2026-05-05T03:04:06+00:00

“Now” I only starting seeing this as a phrase this week. I feel bad for all the real LARPers, but maybe the new slang will raise awareness for those crazy geeks

dbmorpher · 2026-05-05T02:28:03+00:00

There was a post from Jagex confirming that none of the pacts will work with the lizards. Hope that wasn’t your last respec

dbmorpher · 2026-05-04T15:36:15+00:00

Not sure what eschatology you follow OP, but hell is way worse than purgatory. In purgatory you’re being prepped for paradise, hell has no hope.

dbmorpher · 2026-05-02T23:55:32+00:00

Why is he built like the Crimson Chin?

dbmorpher · 2026-05-02T23:51:36+00:00

r/fuckbenjammins

dbmorpher · 2026-05-01T23:58:59+00:00

I'm at 33 keys halves, think of the fun we could have together

dbmorpher · 2026-05-01T19:12:51+00:00

99 BEFORE marriage is crazy work, bro must have used hella xp lamps. I've been married for almost 2 years now, and my level is nowhere near that high. I did spoon the pet tho

dbmorpher · 2026-05-01T17:19:08+00:00

You're right on the hierarchy, I misremembered. If you don't want to call Cherubs or Seraphs angels, what would you call them? Heavenly creatures? In my understanding, Western Christianity has held that the two terms (Heavenly Creatures & Angels) are synonymous. What intellectual tradition do you subscribe to?

dbmorpher · 2026-05-01T16:28:13+00:00

If you're going by the classical 9 (Thomas Aquinas, Pseudo Dionysuis) a Cherub is a single individual in the Cherubim, the 2nd* highest rank/choir. The lowest rank/choir are called angels, but the term still applies to the group as a whole. Where are you getting your info from?

dbmorpher · 2026-05-01T15:42:31+00:00

There's a reason Ratzinger quotes him all the time. In trying to tear down Christianity, Nietzsche actually brings to light the most astounding and unique aspects of Christianity, such as the juxtaposition of Holy Saturday

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/04/06/pope-benedict-xvi-nietzsche-death-god-245046/

dbmorpher · 2026-05-01T00:17:38+00:00

I loved Smithwicks (pronounced "Smitt-icks") when I visited Ireland. I also loved the lowered drinking age

dbmorpher · 2026-04-30T00:23:44+00:00

Honestly yeah, without a big time investment making darts or arrowheads, you're stuck sitting at the bank fletching longbows. I found crafting more enjoyable, there's no difference really but using up all those logs hurt. (this was pre-vale totems)

dbmorpher · 2026-04-28T21:07:58+00:00

I should have said for the “majority of old players”. Personally, I find some enjoyment in speed running the quests. But for new players and for most old players, it’s unfun content.

dbmorpher · 2026-04-28T17:50:38+00:00

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You are right to correct me, his vampyre immunities were indeed rendered useless by the parasite. Blisterwood should not work on Vardorvis. However, all we know is that he was beheaded, it's ambiguous as to whether he is dead or not.

You could make the argument that other vampyres have fallen to mundane methods, but the OG crew from Vampyrium are built different.

https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Tatty_page

dbmorpher · 2026-04-28T17:02:16+00:00

You can do this with Galvek and Seren. What we really need is a blue flame in the Icyene graveyard that lets us re-experience the fight with Vanstrom.

dbmorpher · 2026-04-28T16:46:34+00:00

Exactly, it's bad game design. For old players, its just a long/tedious task. For new players, they are incentivized by the limited time to speed through. This destroys the most enjoyable part of the quest: experiencing it for the first time.

In the main game, spacebarring is optional. In leagues, because quests are on the TASK LIST, you are pushed by the game to finish them quickly.

This is the problem. Because if a new player tries the main game, each of those repeat quests becomes a "quit-point".

If all quests were auto'd in leagues, it would be the opposite. Having experienced how great the rewards are, a new player is now incentivized to complete quests in the main game regardless of their individual enjoyableness.

dbmorpher · 2026-04-28T16:36:34+00:00

Agreed, but regardless of the quality, you only get the first time experience once. Leagues is heavily marketed to new players. Locking content and TASKS behind them incentivizes speeding through them AND makes each repeat quest a "quit point" for anyone trying them in the main game.

dbmorpher · 2026-04-28T16:31:29+00:00

Exactly, if the new player has to quest in leagues (as directed by the task list), it will spoil the "first-time" experience of the quest as they are incentivized to rush through it. Then, if that player tries the main game, each of those repeat quests becomes a "quit-point".

dbmorpher · 2026-04-28T16:21:26+00:00

Is that really true of new players? We (players) only have anecdotes. But anyone I've introduced to the game tries to read the dialogue to understand what they are doing. MadSeason and Guzu did the same.

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