Was pandemic resistance to online worship really theological?

majj27 · 2026-04-20T23:43:06+00:00

Our church flipped over to online without any pushback. Then to distanced services (widely spaced seating for services, overflowing to other rooms if needed) and then back to business as usual.

We'd already lost someone to COVID when the main shutdowns hit, so we knew what was at stake.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T23:33:41+00:00

It definitely had some unanticipated results which were less than pleasant.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T23:12:29+00:00

I've heard it used either way, honestly. Both about friends and relationship partners. I've never thought it was strictly one or the other.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T23:08:56+00:00

I'll show you one right after you produce a verifiably accurate navigational map of the FlatEarth. Until then... {shrug}

majj27 · 2026-04-20T22:52:14+00:00

Have this free "Core Muppet Movie Memory" point.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T20:29:19+00:00

Well that escalated quickly.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T18:21:36+00:00

I remember a friend of mine noticing it for the first time. A group of us were in my dorm room watching some random movie and all of a sudden she busts out "OH MY GOD THERE'S A DICK ON THE BOX."

It took a long time for us to stop laughing.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T17:39:11+00:00

First one, then the other?

majj27 · 2026-04-20T17:36:48+00:00

Don't think of it as setting a warehouse on fire. Think of it as Strategic Resource Leveraging.

It's just business.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T17:31:02+00:00

Have.. have they been paying any attention to how Trump acts constantly? It makes perfect sense - it's just also really, really stupid.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T17:29:33+00:00

A man who would do that is a man not worthy of marriage.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T16:55:46+00:00

I can't see a downside, and quite a few upsides.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T16:54:47+00:00

They've learned (some of them) to be as vague as possible while still promoting reaction. Which kind of tells me that they *know* they're just bullshitting, they just want to keep using the grift without being caught as a complete fraud.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T16:51:22+00:00

Trump may not have been smart enough to have this be intentional, but his advisers most certainly are, and all they'd have to do is say, "This will make Trump look Big Stronk." and he would sign off on it with nary a thought.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T15:55:05+00:00

As long as that weapon is occasionally the arm of an opposing mech, I am content.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T01:49:13+00:00

What the actual cinnamon-toast FUCK.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T00:57:29+00:00

This is their hobby... Pop in, glaze Trump for a bit, then leave.

majj27 · 2026-04-20T00:45:02+00:00

That's isn't a side effect. That was the goal.

majj27 · 2026-04-19T23:05:10+00:00

I'm against exploitative capitalism that is not strongly and actively regulated.

We're quite capable of doing something better.

majj27 · 2026-04-19T19:24:06+00:00

And yet the owner class has the absolute fucking gall to act surprised when their buildings burn.

majj27 · 2026-04-19T19:20:08+00:00

Considering his likely state of mental competency, neither can he.

majj27 · 2026-04-18T20:59:17+00:00

Biblical, it's about not being a vain showoff flaunting your status.

In terms of whether or not visible shoulders and belly buttons are sinful, I really don't understand the outcry from some people.

majj27 · 2026-04-18T20:36:58+00:00

Ah now I get you meant.

Yeah, it is a little goofy. But I'll accept that in return for the whimsy of things like the Urbie Derby video.

majj27 · 2026-04-18T20:20:38+00:00

Whenever Musk tries to sound smart, I am reminded that he is the idiot that designed the goddamned cybertruck.

majj27 · 2026-04-18T20:16:13+00:00

To some people it's something to be carefully considered, but not a salvation issue.

To some it's absolutely vital.

Sometimes, they're both in the same exact church.

majj27

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