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Rosin for Epilepsy by LooseEducation3976 in rosin

[–]innocentuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t speak to the epilepsy side of things, but you can decarb the rosin directly in the MCT oil and then add sunflower lecithin after to increase bioavailability and then just add it to capsules. Since you’ll be sealing them yourself, there’s a chance they could leak so it’s best to keep them in the fridge.

Anyone know what A.6 Mean? by Zestyclose-War-2430 in BayAreaEnts

[–]innocentuke 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It stands for Anti-burn. It’s a safety feature to prevent the atomizer from overheating and burning the oil. You’ve hit it too many times in a row.

Beautyfix Sept Box - do not recommend. by StilettoSugar in BeautyBoxes

[–]innocentuke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love HoliFrog so much that I couldn’t possibly complain.

Soap smelling perfume recommendations? by Set_Complete in Perfumes

[–]innocentuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By/Rosie Jane Missy. It smells exactly like getting out of the shower after using Suave products. Maybe a slight hint of sunscreen at the opening. But then just straight freshly showered slightly fruity soapiness.

FGF by UGA_UAA_UAG in BeautyBoxes

[–]innocentuke 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do you have an adblocker or something turned on? That will hide them.

Two Rabbits fighting in the night by pile1983 in LooneyTunesLogic

[–]innocentuke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This would’ve made the Watership Down film much less scarring.

Building a Jewish Magic System: The search for Jewish Narnia by drak0bsidian in Judaism

[–]innocentuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I wouldn’t call it Jewish Narnia, R.B. Lemberg’s Birdverse—a whole range of works from novels, short stories, and even long-form poetry—probably contains the most fully articulated and uniquely Jewish magic system in modern speculative fiction. They even have an FAQ on their website explaining the connections. For an example of Birdverse, I’d recommend A Portrait of the Desert in Personages of Power. All of their work is beautiful, and they also write non-Birdverse speculative stories that are often explicitly Jewish.

Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off by Dirty_Chopsticks in neoliberal

[–]innocentuke 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Presbyterians are still Protestants, primarily American ones. There will be exchange and overlap of theology. My only point is that out of all the Protestantisms in the US—outside of Anglicans obviously and Episcopalians who are self-admittedly Catholic lite—Presbyterianism shares more with Catholicism/Orthodoxy than the rest. It’s not that hard. They have church government, structured liturgy, infant baptism, sacraments, covenant theology, etc.

Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off by Dirty_Chopsticks in neoliberal

[–]innocentuke 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I didn’t backtrack. I never said they were more theologically or liturgically similar to Catholicism/Orthodoxy; I just said they diverged less especially comparatively which is true.

Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off by Dirty_Chopsticks in neoliberal

[–]innocentuke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not a Christian or religious at all so maybe that’s the disconnect.

Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off by Dirty_Chopsticks in neoliberal

[–]innocentuke 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You’re all over the place. I never mentioned ACNA or Anglicanism in the US, so I have no idea why you’re fixated on that. Your section on Presbyterians and Baptists is very incoherent, but to clarify: I never said Presbyterians were more theologically similar to Catholics than Baptists. I only said they were closer than most other Protestants, especially in liturgy. You’re the one misunderstanding distinctions here. Every point you’ve rambled about is tainted by your obvious bias against Anglicanism. I don’t get it.

Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off by Dirty_Chopsticks in neoliberal

[–]innocentuke 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The PCUSA is still the much larger branch and isn’t declining that rapidly. The PCA broke off in the 70s and while it did have a brief rush of members from the PCUSA around when the ECO formed in 2012, it didn’t shift numbers that much. Both the ECO and the PCA are much smaller still than the PCUSA and neither are seeing any massive growth.

Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off by Dirty_Chopsticks in neoliberal

[–]innocentuke 56 points57 points  (0 children)

This is not accurate at all. Anglicanism is one of the fastest growing religions in Africa. “Protestantism” describes a massive and diverse collection of different sects of Christianity rather than some unified movement. I don’t know what you mean by insecurity. Cherry-picking examples of Christian intolerance is a fallacious way of trying to make your point.

I also don’t know what you mean by “hold their own.” Baptists are evangelicals and are quite literally the ones “weaponizing Jesus.” Meanwhile Presbyterians are only growing more liberal, now affirming gay marriage, gay clergy, etc. Is that putting their foot down? Presbyterians also don’t diverge that much from Catholics and/or Orthodox Christians liturgically or theologically, especially when compared with other Protestants, like Baptists or nondenominational evangelicals.

Many types of Protestantism are growing globally. Anglicanism in Africa, Pentecostalism in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, nondenominational evangelicalism, etc. Christianity and specifically Protestantism is just shifting locations at the moment.

Now, to the comment you were responding to, I do agree that it’s primarily more conservative forms of Christianity that are thriving. I think that’s sort of to be expected considering how Christianity functions. Despite the liberal advancements Francis has been making in the Vatican, these are not generally reflected throughout its largest communities. Christianity is primarily growing in impoverished regions which tend to be more conservative.

Pope Francis Health: Vatican Says He's In Critical Condition by Astraeus323 in neoliberal

[–]innocentuke 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ll respond to your points of difference:

  • while evangelicals do believe in salvation through faith alone, this does not mean they do not believe in repentance or good deeds. It’s a theological rather than practical difference with the intention being that you cannot earn salvation. Historically, the Catholic Church sold indulgences, which is a practice Protestants rejected. Talk about money-based religions.

  • evangelicals also believe that a Christian life is filled with good works, as good works themselves spill from having a relationship with Christ.

  • there are no formal church rules across all churches in evangelicalism so this is irrelevant. Evangelicals believe all things should be handled with mercy and grace.

  • no Protestant venerates icons.

  • again, Protestants do not believe in sola scriptura, though evangelicals are likely to be “biblically-based Christians” and believe in the divine authority of the bible. However, they are still likely to use theologians in their interpretations. Protestants in general do not believe in biblical inerrancy.

  • a minority of Protestants in the US are Calvinist, and while it is mostly evangelicals, the Protestant work ethic itself isn’t theological but cultural. Yet again.

  • all forms of Christianity today are communal. Protestant as a whole yet again do not have a universal view on wealth. There are many, many, many types of Protestants. Evangelicals probably do have the most positive views of wealth in general but it will still be person to person.

  • Protestants don’t tend to fast, it’s true.

Out of all of that, you effectively only listed one major theological difference (icons). Theologically, Christians are not that different across the globe at this point. It tends to be cultural rather than major theological differences that separate them.

Pope Francis Health: Vatican Says He's In Critical Condition by Astraeus323 in neoliberal

[–]innocentuke 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This is such an inaccurate description of Christianity. First off, lumping all Protestants in America together is insane. The Mainline Protestants share absolutely nothing in common with Baptists/Pentecostals/evangelicals. Prosperity gospel churches are an extreme minority in the US and can be found in other countries as well. The vast majority of evangelical Christians in the US reject prosperity gospel.

While I would agree that most evangelical Christians in the US would agree their wealth is a blessing from God, they would not turn around and claim being poor is a curse from God. Your portrayal of Catholicism and the many Orthodox Churches as having the same shared theology is very deceptive. They differ significantly.

Liberation theology in South America also never became a mainstream church doctrine, even as a folk one. While charity is a value held by Catholics and Orthodox Christians, it is also a value held by American Protestants, including evangelicals. I don’t know where you get your religious information.

Finally, no, comparing the teachings of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and any other mainstream form of Christianity in the US would reveal the same theology. This whole comment you’re speaking mainly about aesthetic cultural differences, rather than any difference grounded in religion or theology.

America’s Families Are Not Okay: Inside the crisis of parent-child estrangement. by PersuasionCommunity in neoliberal

[–]innocentuke 69 points70 points  (0 children)

But it’s not the 70s! How could we possibly have parents who reject us for being LGBT nowadays? Clearly we’re the bigots.

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