this is what t4t is really like

if I was making Christian conspiracy fiction, I think a good idea would be to make one about the satisfaction theory of atonement just go really nerdy with medieval theology disputes

a further thought: I don't have a problem with alt-history movies, and this basically functions as alt-religious history where several silly conspiracies about the Vatican are true at once it's not that different from Indiana Jones plots, except bizarrely some people treat really seriously here

Joan of Arcades 🏳️‍⚧️🐧@redkagami.bsky.social · 24h ago

saw this was on HBO and thought that a cheesy grand conspiracy bonanza might be entertaining enough to watch it's not a bad time, you just have to leave your plot incredulity behind a bunch

saw this was on HBO and thought that a cheesy grand conspiracy bonanza might be entertaining enough to watch it's not a bad time, you just have to leave your plot incredulity behind a bunch

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards in...

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This article is a good informative debunking of Tyson's nonsense! historyforatheists.com/2023/03/neil...

Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Al-Ghazali

Neil DeGrasse Tyson often claims the Islamic Golden Age of science was ended in the twelfth century by Al-Ghazali. But historians disagree.

historyforatheists.com

Joan of Arcades 🏳️‍⚧️🐧@redkagami.bsky.social · 2d ago

this must be quite the news for people who study Al-Ghazali, a major medieval philosopher who wrote books advocating for religious rationalism and anticipated many of the epistemological objections to Aristotelianism that would later come to be widely held among European philosophers and scientists

this must be quite the news for people who study Al-Ghazali, a major medieval philosopher who wrote books advocating for religious rationalism and anticipated many of the epistemological objections to Aristotelianism that would later come to be widely held among European philosophers and scientists

Joan of Arcades 🏳️‍⚧️🐧@redkagami.bsky.social · 2d ago

to state it briefly. Neil DeGrasse Tyson actively supports the old orientalist belief that Muslim countries stopped doing science and became religious fanatics, and he explains this by blaming a single (!) Islamic philosopher and theologian, Al-Gazali so, after the 11th c. Muslims basically suck

to state it briefly. Neil DeGrasse Tyson actively supports the old orientalist belief that Muslim countries stopped doing science and became religious fanatics, and he explains this by blaming a single (!) Islamic philosopher and theologian, Al-Gazali so, after the 11th c. Muslims basically suck

Joan of Arcades 🏳️‍⚧️🐧@redkagami.bsky.social · 2d ago

let's evaluate Neil's own standard of truth and honesty: youtu.be/WZCuF733p88

let's evaluate Neil's own standard of truth and honesty: youtu.be/WZCuF733p88

Renown Astrophysicist Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson explains what went wrong with Islam.

YouTube video by Sharafat Hussain

youtu.be

Peace@dogsmile.bsky.social · 2d ago

he's right though, communism is a great threat to "his" country

Tea Pain@teapainusa.bsky.social · last mo.

10 bucks to the first reporter that asks Trump to define “communism.”

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

I love this

this album has remained a great time

Advent

YouTube video by Opeth - Topic

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How could she hate democracy like this? 😔

Joan of Arcades 🏳️‍⚧️🐧@redkagami.bsky.social · 3d ago

reading the dispute between Rosa Luxemburg and Eduard Bernstein from the current left-liberal lens, Bernstein would be the realistic reformer aiming for improvements in worker well-being, a focus on ethical behavior and achieving electoral victory and Rosa Luxemburg would be the chud tankie loser

reading the dispute between Rosa Luxemburg and Eduard Bernstein from the current left-liberal lens, Bernstein would be the realistic reformer aiming for improvements in worker well-being, a focus on ethical behavior and achieving electoral victory and Rosa Luxemburg would be the chud tankie loser

this is correct, and I don't like socialists making any sort of appeal to the American Revolution

River Fox@divineinquiry.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Worth noting that of all the post enlightenment revolutions, the American revolution was by far the most conservative and dominated by rich white slave owners, only a few of which performatively bemoaned the act of slavery to save face in the inevitable coming tide of history.

Seriously considering getting a phone I can sideload Linux onto. I'm just so sick of all this untended walled garden bullshit

George Lucas: AI skeptics are just like the Luddites (derogatory) me: AI skeptics are just like the Luddites (complimentary, affectionate, based)

The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts

didn't know I could download .opus tracks with yt-dlp Opus 128kbps is pretty good quality!

hmmmmmm

lol

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · last wk.

Rep. Lauren Boebert insists that public Christian worship events are necessary for America to experience revival: "I don't think that Jesus ever called for any Christian to pray only silently or to keep their faith hidden only in the prayer closet."

This is a thing I have noticed, especially with people who read a ton of secondary literature but don't engage extensively with primary historical texts. You get a lot of "meta level" knowledge about interpretative frameworks and scholarship, but it doesn't make you conversant with the text itself.

me towards every "Marxist" academic who abandons the theory of value

V. I. Lenin@livinglenin.bsky.social · last mo.

The doctrine of surplus-value is the corner-stone of Marx’s economic theory.

Fun facts: one of the first things the USSR did was make fathers responsible for child support. Multiple suspected fathers? They all pay! Women could get a divorce on demand, no wait, no reason required. Built communal kitchens so women were freed from cooking obligations. Free abortion on demand

USSR Pictures@ussrpictures.bsky.social · last wk.

"Don't abandon your baby. Demand child support money from the father", Soviet poster, 1920s

something positive from my country, to combat the gloom

While thousands of European libraries close, Croatia is moving in the opposite direction

croatiaweek.com

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