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Captaincy of Pernambuco/Confederation of the Equator

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Oxente

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@nntaleb What made it change in the 2000s from a secular revolutionary struggle to a jihadi one?

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@DouthatNYT …most all Christians recognize. But Mormonism seems like an answer to a question no one was asking.

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@DouthatNYT Another thing that makes Mormonism a special case is that its theological innovations are outside of the broader Christian conversation. You can disagree with evangelicalism or theological progressivism, but they’re formulating Hegelian syntheses of tensions that…

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@MarkAdamCarroll @mattyglesias Nah, not really. “Jewish” and “Christian” are labels that people identify with and that they take to denote a specific path to religious salvation. No one identifies as “Abrahamic;” it’s just useful shorthand people use when categorizing religions.

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@tracewoodgrains If those connections are there, great! But Mormons haven’t communicated them well, and that’s why (Nicene) Christians don’t treat their differences with Mormons the same as their differences with other Nicene denominations.

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@tracewoodgrains …and even variants of progressive theology which I find heretical are still wrestling with questions about equality and oppression that are part of the Christian message. But there aren’t any Mormon beliefs where I think they’re trying to answer the questions I’m asking.

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@tracewoodgrains @aaron_renn I’d say that earlier Mormons played up the differences between Mormonism and Nicene Christianity, while Mormons more recently have emphasized their similarities with Nicene Christianity.

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@StatisticUrban Obama’s mom/stepdad weren’t wealthy, but they were both well-educated with plenty of gov’t/academic connections. Going to Punahou School was what opened doors for him into the American professional class, and he was lucky to have a mother who made that possible for him.

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@intentionalisms …the problem of evil, the West is characterized by its freedom and openness. Its regions aren’t as distinct as Brazil’s (in part because there are so many border areas) but there are definitely different cultural centers of gravity.

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@intentionalisms The South, Northeast, Midwest, and West are all different nations in the sense that they’re philosophically different from each other and are living different narratives. The Northeast is characterized by its sense of order, the South is characterized by its wrestling with…

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@lymanstoneky ABA therapy calls for 40 hrs/week of therapy by minimally trained technicians and insurance has become more likely to cover it than to cover less intensive treatments.

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@tracewoodgrains Notably, Talarico doesn’t seem to believe that salvation only comes through Jesus (cf. his interview with Ezra Klein).

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@tracewoodgrains It’s not necessarily insincerity; it’s more cognitive dissonance. And Talarico is a seminarian, so these are wells he’s drunk from.

I do think some of Talarico’s attempts to square those dissonances are more dishonest than most (e.g. his comments on Rogan about Mary/abortion).

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@tracewoodgrains Talarico is undoubtedly sincere in his social progressivism.

From knowing/reading progressive Christians, I don’t think “sincere” is the right word because doubt plays too big of a role in progressive theology. This has been the case for 200 years from Schleiermacher to Spong…

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@ZaidJilani Talarico’s fundamental sin is dishonesty bordering on blasphemy, not necessarily the positions he holds.

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@owenbroadcast You haven’t lived until you’ve listened to “Slowness” by Calexico driving around the hills west of Tucson. But aside from that, there’s a lot of music production tricks emulating how sound moves through air or other mediums that can suggest a physical/geographic space.

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@HeckinDoggo9898 @postoctobrist Gyro meat, French fries, and Gruyère cheese inside a burrito wrap which is panini pressed.