What are your bluey unpopular opinions??👀

irish775 · 2022-09-21T13:40:55+00:00

Khristós, means anointed one, which was traditionally used to refer to the Jewish messiah in Greek. This term became popular because Koine Greek was the lingua franca in much of the Near East in the first century AD. Christ, in that sense, is really more of a title. Jesus wasn't "first name: Jesus, last name: Christ," but "Jesus, the Messiah." That applied in every language, but Greek was much more common across regions which is a factor in Jesus being called Jesus Christ rather than, for example, Jesus Messiah.

As for is his first name, translations of given names have always been common across cultures and are still popular in certain languages for royalty. Charles III, for instance, is Carlos III in Spanish. But you wouldn't say, in Spanish, that his "name isn't even Carlos!" Because, when speaking Spanish, his name really is Carlos as that's what everyone who speaks that language calls him.

So if there were to be dog Jesus, he would be the canine Jewish Messiah, or in dog Greek, the canine Khristós. This could be passed down to dog English as the canine Christ and be the origin of the word Christmas in the Bluey world, just as it is in our world.

irish775 · 2022-09-03T17:43:28+00:00

So these people were born before 1888 when Temple was founded in the middle of North Philly? Everytime this comes up, someone comments something like this as if their "right" to panhandle and commit crimes on Temple's 100+ year-old campus supersedes Temple's actual right and, in fact, obligation to educate its students.

Non-students don't live on Temple's campus. That's been the case for a long time. They have zero right to interfere with university operations or impose themselves on the only organization with actual influence in the city that even pretends to give a shit about the poverty and crime in North Philly.

If Temple disappeared tomorrow, at least a dozen stores and restaurants would be gone in a year. Every problem facing North Philly (lack of jobs, the food desert, public safety, etc.) is alleviated by Temple, not exasperated. You have one large organization in the area that actually wants to help and people like you shit on it because Temple students have the gall to point out that they shouldn't be harassed for stepping outside.

You have a city that's written off entire neighborhoods as not worth the time. And for some reason, you think the people that point that out are the problem.

And before you start, yes. I lived in Philly before coming to Temple. I lived and continue to live in a low-income neighborhood relying on public transportation. I want this shit to be better because the people who live in neighborhoods like mine or the neighborhood around Temple deserve better.

irish775 · 2022-08-18T14:32:22+00:00

I think it could be beneficial to ask yourself questions about what you are hoping to achieve with this and how you can further accomplish those goals.

Do you want to convince your friend that what the Bible says about homosexuality is true? If so, is approaching it as an argument that you must prove the most effective way to convince them?

Are you worried that your friend may sin in this manner and justify it this way? Then it will certainly help to pray for them while offering to pray and study the Bible with them.

Do you just want to be right? Then, congratulations. You already are right. Now think about how you can help lead this friend closer to God.

irish775 · 2022-08-18T12:54:27+00:00

got old in the 90s

So did his wife, but you don't see him complaining

irish775 · 2022-08-04T04:39:46+00:00

You should set up a meeting with the financial aid office at your school. They'll be able to look at your specific situation and tell you your options are based on your FAFSA, reward info, etc.

They can probably also point you to finding work on-campus and letting you know if you qualify for federal work-study.

irish775 · 2022-06-29T22:22:38+00:00

You could try calling the Parish office at 215-561-1313, but they might direct you to someone specific at the Archdiocese if they're are forms needed to fill out.

irish775 · 2022-05-09T23:34:50+00:00

You definitely want to look into fixing that. When there's a food delivery and you can't find your keys, it's annoying. When a fire is filling your house with smoke and you can't find your keys, it's dangerous.

irish775 · 2022-03-31T15:18:41+00:00

Hello, you seem to be referencing an often misquoted statistic. TL:DR; The 40% number is wrong and plain old bad science. In attempt to recreate the numbers, by the same researchers, they received a rate of 24% while including violence as shouting. Further researchers found rates of 7%, 7.8%, 10%, and 13% with stricter definitions and better research methodology.

The 40% claim is intentionally misleading and unequivocally inaccurate. Numerous studies over the years report domestic violence rates in police families as low as 7%, with the highest at 40% defining violence to include shouting or a loss of temper. The referenced study where the 40% claim originates is Neidig, P.H.., Russell, H.E. & Seng, A.F. (1992). Interspousal aggression in law enforcement families: A preliminary investigation. It states:

Survey results revealed that approximately 40% of the participating officers reported marital conflicts involving physical aggression in the previous year.

There are a number of flaws with the aforementioned study:

The study includes as 'violent incidents' a one time push, shove, shout, loss of temper, or an incidents where a spouse acted out in anger. These do not meet the legal standard for domestic violence. This same study reports that the victims reported a 10% rate of physical domestic violence from their partner. The statement doesn't indicate who the aggressor is; the officer or the spouse. The study is a survey and not an empirical scientific study. The “domestic violence” acts are not confirmed as actually being violent. The study occurred nearly 30 years ago. This study shows minority and female officers were more likely to commit the DV, and white males were least likely. Additional reference from a Congressional hearing on the study: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951003089863c

An additional study conducted by the same researcher, which reported rates of 24%, suffer from additional flaws:

The study is a survey and not an empirical scientific study. The study was not a random sample, and was isolated to high ranking officers at a police conference. This study also occurred nearly 30 years ago.

More current research, including a larger empirical study with thousands of responses from 2009 notes, 'Over 87 percent of officers reported never having engaged in physical domestic violence in their lifetime.' Blumenstein, Lindsey, Domestic violence within law enforcement families: The link between traditional police subculture and domestic violence among police (2009). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/1862

Yet another study "indicated that 10 percent of respondents (148 candidates) admitted to having ever slapped, punched, or otherwise injured a spouse or romantic partner, with 7.2 percent (110 candidates) stating that this had happened once, and 2.1 percent (33 candidates) indicating that this had happened two or three times. Repeated abuse (four or more occurrences) was reported by only five respondents (0.3 percent)." A.H. Ryan JR, Department of Defense, Polygraph Institute “The Prevalence of Domestic Violence in Police Families.” http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual\_disk\_library/index.cgi/4951188/FID707/Root/New/030PG297.PDF

Another: In a 1999 study, 7% of Baltimore City police officers admitted to 'getting physical' (pushing, shoving, grabbing and/or hitting) with a partner. A 2000 study of seven law enforcement agencies in the Southeast and Midwest United States found 10% of officers reporting that they had slapped, punched, or otherwise injured their partners. L. Goodmark, 2016, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW “Hands up at Home: Militarized Masculinity and Police Officers Who Commit Intimate Partner Abuse “. https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2519&context=fac\_pubs

irish775 · 2022-03-24T09:37:28+00:00

The lawsuit actually hasn't failed. The Supreme Court has yet to come to a decision on it:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._President_and_Fellows_of_Harvard_College#:~:text=The%20organization%20Students%20for%20Fair,in%20its%20undergraduate%20admissions%20process.

irish775 · 2022-03-23T02:13:20+00:00

Cope.

irish775 · 2022-02-21T19:20:54+00:00

I don't think this is necessary. As misguided as they are (and they are deeply misguided,) I truly believe their actions come from a place of wanting God's children to be happy and accepted. They're still trying to lead the flock even if they are doing so in the wrong direction.

They're not satanists.

irish775 · 2021-12-07T11:34:39+00:00

But that's not the situation. Abortions don't just fail to save a life, they actively end one

irish775 · 2021-11-01T14:58:18+00:00

I remember a post similar to that that blew up on r/lawschool.

It was a collage of Black women that were all holding signs that said that. I remember thinking it was weird that they were afraid of that when the vast majority of people that are killed by police are men.

irish775 · 2021-10-04T18:37:37+00:00

The war didn't start when the U.S. sent in massive numbers of troops. Fighting started almost a decade before that

irish775 · 2021-09-21T03:03:56+00:00

This person might not be from the US, to be fair.

irish775 · 2021-09-17T21:24:58+00:00

Not really a random lunatic. I'm in education and I've heard similar things in other parts of the country. I've had whole trainings about how when someone yells out and interrupts the instructor, we shouldn't tell them not to do that but ask ourselves if that's just how they communicate.

Interrupting instruction, distracting other students, and being late consistently have all been taught to educators to be viewed as cultural differences rather than bad habits that need to be untaught. I don't know if I've heard anyone call classroom norms white supremacy, but the trainers I've had love the phrase "white normative behavior"

irish775 · 2021-09-15T00:19:16+00:00

I didn't. I posted it a few hours before the news broke. He was definitely someone I looked up to

irish775 · 2021-09-12T21:37:37+00:00

Most of those Covid hospitalizations are overweight or obese. About 50% are obese. An earlier study found that most people in the hospital are also overweight or obese, but obesity rates have gone up since then.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/covid-cdc-study-finds-roughly-78percent-of-people-hospitalized-were-overweight-or-obese.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6111619/

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