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remington

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Volunteer amateur systems administrator for Beehaw. Stay-at-home dad. Outdoor enthusiast.

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This belongs in c/space. You can move it there if you want. Your choice.

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What do you want? Do you want to see more posts/comments?

Beehaw is, specifically, curated for those who want high quality rather than a dumpster fire of trolls and assholes.

So, quality vs quantity.

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This has nothing to do with FOSS and, therefore, is being removed.

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Very interesting article...today I learned.

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You certainly achieved that.

remington Mod ,
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I read the article and I'm, fairly, open minded about subjects such as this (as well as OBE, NDE, Remote Viewing, etc).

What do you think/feel about this subject in particular?

remington Mod ,
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I have had many years of formal training and education under the umbrella of science and the scientific method. This requires both skepticism and questioning.

When I say that I am open minded about subjects such as NDE, OBE and the like I mean that I'm using the aforementioned.

Obviously, science does not have the answers to everything. Science still questions everything while, at the same time, acknowledges that there is much more to know.

I have had several experiences, so far in life, that I cannot explain using what we know from science. For, at least, the past decade I've felt much more comfortable and inspired with more questions than I have answers.

Science and/or the scientific method is a tool. A tool that has been developed by humans. But that's all that it is.

As with religion, I will not hold science up on a pedestal.

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Yeah, critical thinking is an important skill to have. Sadly, there is a very low percentage of people (specifically, in the USA) that have it.

I'm approximating that around 98% of the news media, here in the USA, are biased and/or propaganda. The first year of my university education taught me how to separate fact from opinion. What if you don't go to university? How do you learn critical thinking? I have a college friend that I've known for almost thirty years. He has a masters degree in finance and he is a certified public accountant. However, when it comes to USA politics, he has been completely brainwashed by the media. He is one of those MAGA nut-jobs.

Having second hand accounts of anything is, certainly, unreliable. I wish more people could have, at least, one experience that fell outside of what we know from science. Unbelievably, I've had several of these. I'd say about five that I cannot explain using the best of our scientific knowledge.

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This is a 'soft warning' about name-calling. Generally speaking, name-calling isn't nice. Please, be(e) nice when using Beehaw. Thank you.

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Name-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group.

That's what we, at Beehaw, don't want. It is not nice.

remington Mod ,
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...staff here defend these people from criticism.

Show me where Beehaw staff have defended anyone from criticism.

The subject at hand is name-calling. It is not nice.

The subject that you keep reiterating is current events and politics.

Do you understand the difference?

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Name-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group.

Labeling Joe Biden as a 'fascist' is name-calling. Whether or not he is, truly, a fascist is not what is being addressed here.

Beehaw is a space that strives to be(e) nice apart from the thousands of Internet spaces that could care less.

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...does this mean that saying “Joe Biden is acting like a fascist autocrat”, is ok, but applying it as a title, as in “Joe Biden the Fascist Autocrat” is not?

In my opinion, yes. However, this is something that I would want to discuss with the other administrators/moderators in order to reach a conclusion.

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I'm sorry you feel that way. I did not intend for anyone to be uncomfortable.

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I have spent a great deal of time in forests (and still do). I have not experienced anything like this.

remington OP Mod ,
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Care to elaborate?

remington Mod ,
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You could reach out for help if you were running into problems. AskBeehaw would be an example for inquires. Also, there's nothing preventing anyone from asking for technical support at Beehaw's technology community which has the largest viewership on Beehaw.

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I believe most people deserve all of that.

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Interesting. Thanks for pointing this out.

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As far as I can surmise, the Biden administration has accomplished more (for the general public) than any other president in history. Sadly, our local/national media rarely covers this fact.

I have become, mostly, reliant on The Associated Press and National Public Radio over the years.

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This was posted here 19 hours ago. Removing this duplicate.

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I believe most people in this thread are missing your point in which I agree.

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They are going to vote again in 120 days. Let's hope the corporate lobbyists don't sway this back in the other direction.

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That's good to hear.

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It's not necessarily something that I 'love explaining to others'. However, academic biblical scholarship has been an interest and endeavor of mine for about thirty years. Luckily and thankfully, I've found my self in the center of this unique niche of interested parties with /r/AcademicBiblical and /r/AskBibleScholars.

Think about this for a moment. The biblical texts have had the most influence on western society, and arguably all other societies, for hundreds of years.

Wouldn't you want to know what these texts are saying?

They aren't saying what you think they are saying.

If you've had no experience with these texts, then you have many years of reading ahead of you.

It is incredibly daunting to know how little most people do not know about this subject. And, at the same time, shape our world based on misinterpretations and/or misunderstandings of this vast library of literature.

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Are you a Christian?

My parents tried to raise me to become one, but that failed. No, I am not a Christian.

What got you started on this kind of biblical study(?)

Many years of spiritual abuse and indoctrination.

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Over the years we've collected our FAQ and our Hall of Fame. Many examples in those.

remington Mod ,
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The hellfire and brimstone stuff really seems to come from somewhere else.

Out of someone's ass is my guess.

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but whose ass?

Someone (or some group) who wanted control over people. All religious literature is rife with politics.

I've read everything else that you've stated, and I'm aware of these theories, but in the end I lean toward the simpler explanation above.

Just look at the world today. Same type of shit. Most billionaires make their fortunes off the backs of the populace. And they use all of the well-known tactics to do so. Coming up with stories (propaganda) to influence minds across the board.

However, when you take the effort to drill down into the subject matter at hand you'll find a 'small still voice' which points at the ineffable.

The ineffable is what I embrace.

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This is the way.

Please help: What's your take on woman drinking guy's beer without asking after he starts dancing with her?

Please be kind with me as I am new to this platform. I was at a club when a very handsome guy, totally my type, started dancing with me. I don't know what gave me the courage to take the half finished beer from his hand and take a sip of it without asking. I then gave his beer back to him, and he said he had to go but will be...

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Seek help.

This isn't nice to say to someone. Please, remember to be(e) nice when using Beehaw. Also, consider this a warning.

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