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Cake day: July 23rd, 2023

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  • The shooters are commiting the same sins that their church leaders commit. Pride, greed, wrath.

    I’ve heard “good Christians” hand wave their responsibility for bad behavior by saying things like “we’re all sinners” or “I’ll have to confess later!”

    I guess that latter one is Catholic, but it’s all the same.

    Religion was a necessary framework for transmitting moral knowledge in a time when people didn’t have a stable foundation. Centuries ago. It’s absurdly flawed and grows communities that are extremely vulnerable to corruption and radicalization.

    It’s time to move past religion.


  • Just BROADLY speaking, the pro Palestinian take right now is that Israel should be removed and Palestine given all of the territory.

    Like, that’s the take. They don’t just want an end to the violence - Israel wants that too. Hamas has been dedicated to the destruction of Jews and Israel for basically forever.

    So it’s asymmetrical.

    The pro Israel take is “destroy Hamas so that these attacks stop and there can be peace.” But it’s important to note that up until the October 7 attack Israel only wanted peace. This new policy is a reaction to an unprecedented attack.