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That motherfucker cut and ran before anyone had a chance to jump, further cementing his legacy as that one dude who never gets caught farting in the elevator.

Prosperity gospel is heretical in just about any sense of the word. Historically, Roman Catholicism has been used to propogate atrocities on the poor and adherents of other faiths with unflinching regularity, and always with a strict delineation between what was man’s domain and what was God’s. This level of hypocrisy is how a shadow nobility was able to maintain secular power while professing to be poor themselves: God doesn’t have any want or need for wealth but His acolytes need that wealth to support their ministry. Prosperity gospel preached by Joel Osteen and his ilk contradicts itself in an important way by openly suggesting that God is willing to buy the loyalty of his faithful. The connection is tenuous; they’ll often argue that God isn’t granting people this money as much as unlocking their potential to achieve success. Presumably this means a successful person is obligated to return the rewards to God through his church. However, that is never explicitly defined and, even if it were, it doesn’t resolve underlying paradox between wealth defined in rescources and defined in spirit.

Why would Larry Scott be at the PAC-12 championship?

Karma has a secular and religious meaning. We can establish that the Buddhist karma is not contradictory to Christianity, but what about the secular meaning? At face value, the idea that one can believe that the Christian God will forgive any and all sins with one act of sincere contrition would subvert a karmic system that rewards good behavior. However, karma as is defined colloquially doesn’t extend into the afterlife. It’s mostly transactional - each consequence is tied directly to a behavior - and it exists as a way to frame morality socially across multiple faith systems ( which are individual). When God is offering forgiveness, it’s exclusively postmortem and unique to that person’s journey through the afterlife. It points to a need for regulating communal morality, in a space where one’s deeply held and personal values are expected to support an atheistic social order.

That’s a human thing, not just American. And, you’re right: karma is about not creating suffering in the sense of having attachment to one’s own existence, which does have analogs to other religions. Arguably, the point of separation between Buddhism and Christianity would be how the final destination is loosely defined. In both, the simplified ultimate goal is to completely divest yourself of your identity; you either become the perfect extension of God or become one with the undefined expanse of nothingness. Even the idea of reincarnation is intrinsic to Christian faith even if doesn’t reveal itself in the same explicit way. It’s understood that one does not simply end up in heaven; even one who leads a saintly life is usually unfit for heaven and has to be “reincarnated” in purgatory. Rather than reflecting some kind of shared value, it’s more likely that the true founders of Christianity were aware of the Buddhist faith through Rome as a major nexus point and incorporated elements of the much older faith. Nonetheless and to Buddy’s first question: someone who believes in Christianity should theoretically be adhering to the basic principles of karma already. To be clear: karma isn’t social currency in the sense one can use it to earn enlightenment. It’s a process one undergoes to achieve enlightenment, not a device to earn enlightenment with.

Not narrative media because thats mood related and the weather here doesn’t really change enough to effect mood. But, I do change my listening habits seasonally based on daylight.

I had my second last second defeat this week as well.

It seems like trauma is indeed the catalyst for very early memories. I recall watching parts of Reagan's nomination speech which would be ... 4-1/2? Don't remember the specifics of the speech obviously, just the fact that his face was there on the Sony.

It is really good. I suppose it doesn't get a lot of attention because it is kind of bleak, which doesn't always lend itself well to nostalgia.

Buddy covered that. It’s going to be an unbalanced relationship because they’re in two different places in their development, and that would inevitably lead to the older of the two harboring unmet needs. These relationships are never on equal footing, which is where the creepiness comes in.

I’m not going to comment on depravity since the most I’ve actually seen beyond reports of an investigation is the screengrab you posted. I think it’s still comparable to Elvis and Priscilla in the sense that typical power dynamics don’t always apply in non sexual relationships, so there’s certainly room for this to be not abusive. But, if they did have sex, it’s pretty clear cut abuse regardless of consent.

Ass?

In just about every sport, fans have ruined the game watching experience. I've been really fortunate to attend some championship games and its hard enough to go through the emotions of dread, dejection then absolute jubilation when we win - having to deal with opposing fans that think it's ok to harass and abuse you really ruins the experience. Although this isn't an NFL thing, it's all the worse when you're in a uniform and you're performing during the game and fans think you're fair game.

There’s a reason I don’t do arson anymore, and it got nothing to do with that guy.

Only if I’m blackmailing the dude … is the correct answer.

Nice.

I agree, of course, but part of the problem is that Chik-fil-A is one of the few places that is omnipresent and will actually cater events for cheap (as in cheaper than actually paying for a caterer who pays proper wages). There is also the fact that a lot of these chicken chains are based in the South, and that brings about its own set of ethical quanderies.

Festive. Can you drive on the freeway with all that, though?

You too Ghosty. Say hi to your sister for me.

I hadn't noticed any.

I was just cracking, not trying to make you all question your memories. I kind of thought TS and PT were similiar in that respect. I always had a problem with Pop Tarts crumbling when I was eating them: they’re solid as a whole, but when you start getting to that thin piece bounding the filling, it starts breaking apart for me. PTs are much easier to clean up after though.

First time you posted that, I couldn’t figure out how you could eat toaster strudel so wrong that shit was flaking all over your chest.