Agreed. How anyone can go, “This is our truth. This book is our law.” And then explain how they just ignore all the parts that aren’t convenient for them, and brush it away as of it’s nothing.
The concept of a divine being is fine, but religion is disgusting. What it does to people is horrible.
Boredom breeds innovation. It’s okay to be bored. In fact, I really wish our society would get “legitimately” bored more often.
From the article, it sounds like he knew they were a minor and still leaned into the conversations. Why? Why TF would you even be curious about it?
What’s wrong with being Satanic?
The Satanic Temple had been more supportive and pushing for individual rights, women’s rights, LGBT rights, bodily autonomy, and a science vs religion for years.
They’ve led the fight on the US to make sure that our religious freedoms are upheld. You know…that thing that our entire country was founded upon? There’s nothing more American than embracing Satan lol…
That being said, no one is actually worshipping Satan. The majority of TST supporters are atheist, agnostic, and religious folks with enough religious humility that they support the righteous causes that the TST fights for.
If you could, donate to them or purchase something from their store (which is awesome btw). It all goes to amazing causes that likely 95% of you actually support.
Not only do they wholeheartedly support it, but they emphatically push it. The irony of pushing for something that you don’t have to actually fight for, like they are “better” than other Israelis.
They are also the ones that are rabid supporters of Netanyahu as well, apparently because he tried to give them preferential treatment.
I mean, we literally know that Russia and China is antivax conspiracies, and anti-demoracy, pro-fascism rhetoric that people absolutely just eating up. Anything they can do to help push the nation to be more right-leaning is better for them.
I’m not going to say they’re not real or not sentient. But I will absolutely say that they are selfish. They lack the empathy required to understand how things will affect others. They lack the willingness to sacrifice for the greater good. They lack the humility required to understand that they could be wrong, and the critical reasoning required to change their views in the face of new evidence.
Almost every conservative I’ve ever met is either extremely rich or lives in microcosm. Hell, I’ve got extended family that have never travelled outside of their hometown and anything foreign or different to them is either ridiculed or shunned.
They want a social hierarchy, and they want their place in it preserved. God forbid people get equitable standing.
Hey! Where’s the Russian Agents, I mean MAGA Patriots, I mean Genocide Joe crowd at rn? You know the ones that constantly complain that Biden should have personally airdropped over Gaza and personally saved the children? You know, the ones that demand Biden to destroy any and all ties to an ally that may or may not have long lasting repercussions with our existing allies? You know, the ones that actually think geopolitics are easy?
How long until swim suits have restrictions? Laws for showing ankle?
Are they eventually going to bring back stoning?
I’ll see if I can boot it up and send you the output later. It’s been awhile. If I can get it working, I’ll ask you to give me a bunch of inputs (speed, trajectory, altitude, etc) and I’ll send you the output. I had the speed and trajectory calculated every 0.1s so it was relatively accurate. I was planning to add in boosters and parachutes, but I never got that far. The best I can. Give you os how long it takes to plummit into the ground and at what speed lol…
It was pretty cool as it would correctly show orbits and the effect of atmospheric drag if you didn’t fully descend in the first orbit around the planet, so you’d just see it loop around several times until it bled off enough speed to eventually descend into the atmosphere. I think I managed to get coreliolis effects added before I stopped messing with it.
We’ll that’s huge. NumPy is fantastic. Had to use it for a bunch of linear algebra calculations for a Mars Atmospheric Descent Calculator. Fully mapped the trajectory and flight path as it entered the Martian Atmosphere. Was a cool little program…
They can be used on each of the following carrier’s: AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (except for prepaid plans and Number Share), Ting, Mint, US Mobile.
So, I’m not sure what you mean by providers who give “free upgrades”…
It’s cheaper than most smart phones and does everything you need it to do without games and social media.
A Light Phone or Light phone 2 is capable of doing literally everything you need from a smart phone without the bloat and distraction. It’s legitimate with most service providers as well.
There’s viable options out there that aren’t “flip phones”.
It’s insane to me that the “save the kids” argument is still being used today…over a century later.
I’m shocked that this still exists. I would have thought that Nazi Germany would have done everything in their power to see that it was erased.
Edit: Holy shit! The history of this!
From Wikipedia: "Censorship laws were enacted in reaction to films like Anders als die Andern and by October 1920 only doctors and medical researchers could view it. Prints of the film were among the many “decadent” works burned by the Nazis after they came to power in 1933. "
Also:
“This film, along with other moral and sexual enlightenment films, incited a cultural debate in Germany.[5] Shortly after the premiere, conservative Catholic, Protestant, and antisemitic groups started to protest and disturb the public screenings.[10] Conservative and reactionary sides called for a reintroduction of censorship policy, claiming that they wanted to protect young people.”
“In response to this controversy, censorship laws for cinema were re-launched in the Weimar Republic. These new film censorship laws were entitled the Reichslichtspielgesetz (Reich Cinema Act), and they were reinstated on May 12, 1920.”
“The judgment was that the film was biased towards Paragraph 175 and thus presents a one-sided view, confuses young audiences about homosexuality, and can be used for the recruitment of underage viewers to become homosexuals.[10] The film was banned in several cities, including Munich and Stuttgart.[11] Many copies of the film were destroyed after the film was banned and performances were restricted, only being allowed to be shown to preapproved groups such as doctors and other medical professionals in educational and scientific institutions.”
“Limitations foster creativity.”
100% agree. But there’s no reason to limit innovation because some people can’t take advantage of it. Just like we shouldn’t force people to have to consistently upgrade just to have access to something, however there should be a limit to this. 20 years of tech changes is huge. You could get 2 Gb of Ram in a computer on most home computers back in the early-mid 2000’s…that’s two decades ago.
I’m still gaming on my desktop that I built 10 years ago quite comfortably.
This is like the definition of a “conservative”. Progress shouldn’t happen because their not ready for it. They are comfortable with what they use and are upset that other people are moving ahead with new things. New things shouldn’t be allowed.
Most games have the ability to downscale so that people like this can still play. We don’t stop all progress just because some people aren’t comfortable with it. You learn to adjust or catch up.
Is there going to be a seminar on how to convert children to a life of Hedonism simply by proximity to your sheer existence?
Old, angry, white men wanting to control women’s bodies…a tale as old as time.
People like this are scared and weak. They can’t handle a strong, opinionated woman or someone on equal standing on them, so they must strip away their rights. It’s fucking scummy.