my hot take is that rich kids normalized this specific brooklyn lifestyle because they had built-in safety nets (and parents covering the rent) then normies copied it and found out very quickly why full-time jobs exist
People keep saying “at least their aesthetics are good” and sorry they kinda aren’t. Holding your event under giant power lines, with white lawn chairs, in a tent, with your bishops in unnecessarily bulky vestments and giant awkward miters, choir singing with electronic organ 🫤
The fractal pattern of sacerdotalist integral-taking third positionism is a marvel to behold.
They say it proceeds down to the level of three bonded molecules that finish of an L shape.
The new Chichester deacons are going to be such a gift to the church. It is such a genuine delight to be helping them prepare for their ordinations on Saturday.
I completely agree with this argument from @NatSecSoc.
The claim that establishment is simply a service to everyone misses the point. Establishment isn’t about hospitality; it’s about constitutional privilege. It shapes who can hold office, whose voices are built into the state, and whose advice carries institutional weight.
In a religiously diverse Britain, equality before the state matters.
@NatSecSoc@Humanists_UK@ChurchTimes@churchofengland@ArchbishopSarah@CottrellStephen
#Disestablishment #Secularism #ChurchAndState #Equality #ReligiousFreedom #Pluralism #ChurchOfEngland #GeneralSynod
1/ when I was (I think) in early college ca 2002-3, I drove home one weekend. I attended my home church where I was a member, Meadowview Presbyterian in Lexington NC. It was the missions conference weekend. Didn’t think much of it. Prob didn’t care as much as I should have. That
What does the PCUSA offer as a positive alternative to white Christian Nationalism? Only national deconstruction, grievance, and despair. Shouldn’t churches be builders and not deconstructionists of society?
I’m sorry I know this isn’t the point but the plastic chairs and ball caps are KILLING ME like girl what ……. Imagine excommunicating yourself and not even slaying in the process