No, actually, the word used was "it's," which is a contraction for "it is." The sweaty fat man uses the same rag to clean the counter, and it is forehead.
Hmm, I see what you mean. Glimse's comment thread is about that topic.
You seem to be putting words in my mouth. People I know that talk to me about these sorts of things know that this isn't how I think at all.
I never claim to have all the answers, and there's a lot I don't know about the Bible. In fact, if you talk to me about the biblical stance of abortion in particular, I'll say that I don't know at what point someone becomes a person, and the Bible doesn't give a clear answer - if anything, it implies that you're a person before you're even conceived, which could mean that not having kids is murder, but that's ridiculous and obviously wrong.
I also never push for controlling others. As I said in another thread here, it has to be a choice, otherwise God might as well control us all directly. And I definitely never try to use the law as a tool to make others moral. If the law were capable of making people moral, there would be no need for Jesus.
By the way, there are people out there who think Christians are evil for believing others should think the same way they do even if they agree it's optional. I've met them. I'm not lumping you in with them, just contradicting your claim that nobody cares.
EDIT: By the way, you didn't define evangelical. If it's not too much trouble, I would like to know how you define it.
I'll agree that Twitter is a mess right now, but fascist? I think y'all throw the word around too much, and risk making it lose its meaning.
Fascism is not everything evil. Fascism is a specific flavor of evil. It's only fascism if it:
- Has a dictator with absolute power
- Is militaristic
- Suppresses opposition with force
- Has a social hierarchy
- Prioritizes the nation over its members
- Has strict rules for society and the economy
Otherwise, it's just sparkling authoritarianism. Don't get me wrong, that can still be just as evil or worse depending on how it's done, but spreading misinformation is not automatically fascism.
Frankly, I don't have a real issue with calling it fascism if it only meets some of the points above, but if it doesn't even meet half, I think you're stretching.
Here I thought the joke was going to be "The Earth is actually a complete sphere without having any slices or cross-sections taken out of it like that."
It's a paradox because if you count it as a mistake, then there are two mistakes, so it's not a mistake, so there's only one mistake, so it is a mistake.
True. Invoking a paradox is a mistake.
Pick a lane? I think you're assuming others' actions are mine. I don't force others to follow the Bible at all, because that's not the biblical way. It has to be a choice, otherwise God might as well force us all directly.
I'd like to know what you meant by evangelical. I'd consider myself evangelical in that I believe in evangelism (telling people about Jesus) and in the evangel (the Gospel,) but every time I hear the word used by non-Christians, it's regarded like it's a flavor of fascism or something.
Can't argue with that logic. I can disagree, but I can't really argue because there's nothing there to argue with, and asking for clarification might sound like sealioning. I'm not really in a sealioning mood, so have a nice day.
Oh, I don't like it either way, but "paint as much of the government our color as we can" is par for the course.
So what I'm seeing here is that I'm being accused of fascism because some people I never met who claim to share my religion are fascists. But apparently that's a justified accusation because apparently I have no issues with them.
It wasn't okay to lump Muslims in with Al-Qaeda. Why is this okay? Because the people you're lumping me in with are in power?