@Matt_Pinner I think it's great if they are happy. Agency in choosing who you allow yourself to love and commit to sharing your life together with is a good thing. So long as it's mutual consent.
@Wisdom_HQ Whatever escape you're not bored of doing and enjoy. It tends to change as we enjoy many things and not just doing the same damn thing over and over all the time.
@NotEvolution1 And there's many atheists that disagree with that theory too. Especially those that understand the laws of conservation of mass and energy.
@Wisdom_HQ If she doesn't have a problem with it then there isn't one. For those that disagree and assert that there is a problem, then the problem is their narcissistic projection in thinking they have any authoritative say in the matter. It's her path to choose.
@oelma__ There is some fear there. But as it's inevitable it's best to just face it and not worry about it too much. Can hope for an afterlife that you're not certain exists, but the reality is you'll never know unless it truly does.
I actually would fear a painful death more.
@EmilySm43 Maybe coping, maybe just not taking things too stressfully serious and just enjoying herself. Maybe medicating for health issues.
It's her agency, and it's your agency to be chill with it or turned off. To each their own.
@DeepPsycho_HQ It's inevitable that there will be people more informed and skilled in certain areas. Ask for help if they are in a mentoring position and you need it.
Stay humble, but also don't discount your own strengths and the ability to contribute in a synergistic way.
@lady_valor_07 The picture could be of a father and daughter for all we know.
I mean I guess so, if they are "okay" enough to be fine with standing next to each other...
@Nasengold1@oelma__ Any group that teaches a leader is always more authoritative about divine truth than anything God can reveal to you directly within your own heart and mind.
If they undermine personal access to divinity in order to assert authority, they reveal their dark manipulative nature.
@MuskyElon78373 Perhaps if I was familiar with the orthographic version of Nahuatl based on latin script, I'd use "Atl".
But I had to get that answer with the help of a search engine...
@turnintoabat It's like I hate the abusive crucible that helped define me, but I love myself and thus wouldn't wish what helped shape who I am away.
But damn, I still hate that those that raised me didn't know how to treat me with love because they couldn't recognize unloving prejudice.
@turnintoabat No, it's never too late. But the decades lost to chasing happiness while silencing inner truth and conforming to shame framed cultural prejudices of gender expression still stings nonetheless.
@whipplewart@FredrickUphoff@AgainstAtheismX With the current official narrative, would Mary really have been considered capable of consent? With that kind of power difference how would she really have had the agency to say "no"?
@HazelAppleyard@Kekkama97 I'd argue that it's a fair point if he's biased towards having a fertile partner capable of bearing children. If he'd make an exception for a cisgender woman with fertility issues though, then the reasoning begins to fall apart.
Also, what happens when:
https://t.co/EthbonpGiC
@darwintojesus So are they splitting hairs about what objective truth is by pointing to the ineffable physical reality that exists without consciousness to interpret?
As if they could remove the existence of intelligence and society that is already present in reality to define objectivity?
@elonmusk Agreed, it is behaviors that should be called out and labeled, not people.
Demonizing people raises defensive barriers that prevent self reflection, thinking critically, and self correction--as well as program the mind to see an adversary rather than another human being.