SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
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Jesus both loved people for who they were and called for repentance. I'd like to suggest that different Christian traditions tend to favour one of those sides. But loving people without calling for repentance leaves people stuck in sin. Calling for repentance without loving people is judgmentalism.
God's kindness leads us to repentance. We need both.
The tricky question is: how can we make sure that we don't get stuck on only one side?
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Many software engineers will only take a job if remote work is an option and will likely quit if their employer mandates a return to the office, according to Hired's annual software engineering study. https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/news/365531979/Nearly-40-of-software-engineers-will-only-work-remotely
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@pmarca: "Buy paper copies of all books you plan to ever read. Do it now. [screenshot]"
“The GSFA is no longer able to recognise the present Archbishop of Canterbury, the Rt Hon and Most Rev Justin Welby, as the ‘first among equals’ leader of the global Communion,” the statement said.
“He has sadly led his House of Bishops to make the recommendations that undergirded the General Synod motion on ‘Living in Love and Faith’, knowing that they run contrary to the faith and order of the orthodox provinces in the Communion whose people constitute the majority in the global flock.
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It’s a beautiful day to remember your mortality and forsake your sins.
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One I saw by James Heale elsewhere:
> There’d be a rich irony if it was Britain’s first Hindu PM who took back the power to appoint CofE bishops.
Various political sides in the US want to ban certain things in #books. Dr Seuss took a hit not long ago, now Roald Dahl is being edited to remove references to Rudyard Kipling among other things.
https://notthebee.com/article/why-do-you-need-to-own-so-many-books-they-ask-heres-why
Jesus loves those you hate
An ad plays during the superbowl featuring the division in our society, ends with a message of love, that Jesus loves everyone, including those we hate.
Response from some news outlets and politicians: Talk about loving your enemies? You must be a fascist. Like Hitler. You evil evil thing. Actually, people should be even MORE divided and against each other...let me dig up things that'll really get you mad about someone who contributed funds the to ad and you you hate them better. Hate them, hate Jesus, hate the idea of loving your enemy.
Gotta say, I find a message of love more appealing than that of hate which followed.
It's a commentary about our culture that a non political message of love and unity and the messiah can be so easily mocked, used as a tool to remind people why they really ought to keep their enemies list full, and then it's filed away as a brief distraction.
The Avacado ad that mocked the biblical story was also a commentary, that the biblical narrative and the curse of sin is a small thing... just a joke to be mocked and derided.
I don't know that "post-Christian" society is the right term. I don't think it's progress to hear Love Your Enemies and respond with rallying cries to hate your enemies. It seems less like a progression and more like a regression.
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Christian quote
"The first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb, when it comes, find us doing sensible and human things -- praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts -- not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs."
-attributed to C. S. Lewis #Christian #Christianity #Catholic #OrthodoxChristian
Has anyone checked the Chinese spy #balloons for more #classified documents?
The balloons actually remind me more of The #theprisoner than anything else.
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I'm generally against instances blocking and muting people, but I'm 100% in favor of doing it myself.
The difference between me and the typical #fediblock #fediblockmeta stan is that if there's content that's offensive or hurts my feelings, I block the account. If one of the stans comes across objectionable or controversial content, they'll demand that the entire #fediblock #fediblockmeta community block the instances or account.
My experience on free speech instances is wonderful specifically because of the blocks I've instated. And I forgot how wild and reckless the federated timeline on the free speech portion of the #Fediverse is until I convinced a #Fediverse user to try out social.teci.world in order to test #Soapbox lol
"During the civil war, the Union counterfeited Confederate currency and deliberately gave it away in the South to cause massive inflation. "
https://www.kickassfacts.com/fact-of-the-day/2/
Huh. Glad the government doesn't just give money away anymore.
Wondering if the primary goal of taxes is to get the government as much money as possible OR to reward and punish targets with tax benefits and penalties.
It certainly doesn't seem to provide the government with the amount of money to cover the necessary and only the necessary expenses of government with clear limits.
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Twelve year old me: if you tell someone to shoot you in the head, and they do, is it murder?
Literally everyone: what the heck man you're psychotic why are you thinking about something like this?
Literally #Canada in 2022: hey man if you're sad you should come to our place and we'll kill you swiftly 😏
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A list of questions to unpack the moral dimension of any technology
> 1. What sort of person will the use of this technology make of me?
> 2. What habits will the use of this technology instill?
> 3. How will the use of this technology affect my experience of time?
> 4. How will the use of this technology affect my experience of place?
> 5. How will the use of this technology affect how I relate to other people?
...and so on. Excellent
https://thefrailestthing.com/2014/11/29/do-artifacts-have-ethics/
Headed with the kids to the art museum. The list of supplies is longer than it used to be. We now have to take canned soup and super glue, right? Is it one can and one give per kid, or per family?
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
