Yeah, in my experience most of them are still hung up on “It wasn’t a WHALE it was a BIG FISH” and I had to remind them that that’s even worse, because, y’know, mammals at least have some air in there, but they weren’t really big on science
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The two conversations on my feed I'm paying attention to right now are a passionate discussion of the Arby's 5 for 5$ and this, and you can imagine how confused I just got.
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Eat Arby’s
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(Orwell wrote an essay about Hitler starting by saying "I have never been able to dislike Hitler" and it's in the same vein I say "I have never been able to dislike Paul" He's such a fascinating guy Very relatable, sometimes)
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Wow relatable
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Romans 7:15 is extremely unpoetic and literal but for that reason it is extremely memorable, as a summary of human nature in general and ADHD in particular https://biblehub.com/romans/7-15.htm
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Terry Bisson already wrote the perfect commentary on this: http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/ …
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This is, incidentally, why I think space exploration is pointful, whether it's considered morally good or not Assuming we don't wipe ourselves out completely, we will survive and become machines and then the whole "biochemical barriers" thing will become moot
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Isn’t it amazing how the core of almost every ideology/religion/philosophy is just attempting to resolve this dichotomy. All of us madly trying to figure out why we can’t control the impulses of our meat suits
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A great deal of what I consider to be both highly appealing and yet toxic about Christianity is this core idea of a "true self" that's different from the actual person you are in the world And pitting this "true self" against the actual, physical, meat you as enemies
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"Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt..." Billy Shakes had it, even before the KJV.
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