This is incorrect, irrational, and a me problem, but atheism and anti-communism strike the same emotional chord in me. As denials of any of the higher ideals that humans have ever imagined, the denial of hope, roads that lead only to death
actually Christian hope is the most progressive thing there is, reaching as it does beyond historical progress to the end of Time itself. It is reactionary to deny this hope and assert that we shall forever in the sweat of our face eat bread amid thorns and thistles
@orbrealm@MorganLeFae17 This is why we must engage in struggle with the exploiters and the self-satisfied who try to turn the living Word into dead words on a page
@MorganLeFae17 And with that sure and certain hope for it we are freed from having to live and act according to the world's metrics where the mighty tread upon the weak and with the anxieties that come from transience. We know that this will all pass away and be made right, therefore
I am of course being provocative and should for my own health and the health of others be prepared to walk away if there is a hostile response and a brouhaha
Fwiw I don't think MUG Omar should've been suspended. Defending endogamy under Things Religious People Simply Do denotes a degree of indifference to the truth claims of actual religious traditions and treats Judaism as something that's been doing the same things for 2500 years
Quite a few comrades always keep their eyes shut and talk nonsense, and for a Communist that is disgraceful. How can a Communist keep his eyes shut and talk nonsense?
It won't do!
It won't do!
You must investigate!
You must not talk nonsense!
It is possible to express the same opinions in a more professional way and to convey your anger rationally. Lenin engaged in harsh polemics but they weren't incoherent balls of rage. He wrote organized paragraphs, kept his composure, and people could respond to him