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I read Eisnitz's book "Slaughterhouse". It is much worse now. "She investigated pig slaughter plants where inadequately stunned and fully alert animals were dragged through tanks of scalding water, kicking and struggling until they drowned." orionmagazine.org/article/crimes…

@DoubleMeat5 @_nomadic_soul The bible prescribes how man/woman relationships should be in many ways - as we've discussed. But Jesus does not say that women should submit to their husbands. That is something the men of that era believed. And, men find attractive bcz it benefits them.

@scorpiotiger @_nomadic_soul And? I'm quite sure you're correct in that assessment. What does that have to do with how the Bible prescribes how marriage should be?

Yes, I’m a progressive Christian. Yes, I was raised conservative evangelical (adjacent to the Duggers’ type of Christianity) and was homeschooled. Yes, I’m a feminist. Yes, I’m married to a man. Yes, I’m a mother. I’m sick in bed, ask me anything.

@TrooperBenKs @jamestalarico A lot of hate in these comments. Don't listen to it, recognize it for what it is - hate - and fear that perhaps the message Talarico is giving rings truer than the message they are following.

I’m frustrated this morning. I’m hurt. Last night I made a post about @jamestalarico and how the way he speaks, the way he explains things, and the way he talks about love and people has stirred something in me. Something real. Something I have not felt in a long time. It made me feel like my heart was moving a little closer toward God. Then the comments came. This morning I woke up to even more. If you could see some of the direct messages I’ve received… It’s sad. Truly sad. People calling me a communist. People telling me I’m wrong. People acting like my step toward faith only counts if it fits inside their beliefs, their politics, and their box. It’s not non believers doing this. It’s religious people. I have not seen a single message telling me to stay away from God. What I have seen are people telling me how I have to come to God if I want to be accepted. I was just being honest about what I was feeling. I said I felt like I had moved a little closer. Closer… Somehow even that did not feel acceptable. Instead of encouragement, I feel judged. Instead of grace, I feel corrected. Instead of being pulled closer, I feel pushed back. If someone says they feel a little closer to God, why would that not be met with kindness? Jesus is not a Democrat. Jesus is not a Republican. What keeps speaking to my heart is simple. ➡️ Love thy neighbor ⬅️ Some of you think you are defending faith. But what it feels like on this side is that you are pushing someone away who was taking a small step closer… That is where I am this morning. Frustrated.

@TrooperBenKs @jamestalarico 💯 @jamestalarico preaches the Christian message I grew up with - What Jesus preached in Matthew 25:31-46 NIV - that '‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’' biblegateway.com/passage/?searc…

@jamestalarico I have said many times that my path with religion faded over the years. Slowly drifted farther away. 😔 When I hear James speak, I feel pulled back toward something I have missed for a long time. Toward faith. Toward grace. Toward love for other people. There is something about the way he speaks that reaches me deeply. Let me say that word again “deeply” He does not make me feel judged. He does not make me feel pushed. He makes me want to move closer to Christ. That is the best way I know how to say it… His words sound like the kind of faith I have been LONGING to hear. Compassion. Humility. Helps people instead of hurting them. I stand with him and with anybody else who wants to help move this country toward a kinder, better America. 🇺🇸 Be safe, Trooper Ben #HelpMore

They put forth bills to pay TSA 9 times and the republicans voted against them

WOW! Boston is showing up in massive numbers for No Kings! Love to see it!

A bill passed the Senate last night 100-0 to fund TSA, the Coast Guard and FEMA. If Speaker Johnson called it for a vote it would pass easily. But he won’t do that. Because Trump has ordered him to keep TSA shut down and keep the chaos. Pure incompetence.

@DoubleMeat5 @_nomadic_soul Evidently, you and your wife have agreed on what is right for your marriage. But that might be quite different from what other women want from their marriages - or life for that matter.

@scorpiotiger @_nomadic_soul I didn't have to. She already knew it. Just as she also knew Paul describes how a Christian man should treat his wife with love equal to how Christ loved His church.

This seems really bad but also like it was exactly the goal of systematically dismantling our federal government's standards & protections.

The cost of your flight went up because you searched for it twice. Your rideshare costs more because your phone battery is dying. This is surveillance pricing – corporations using your own data and behaviors against you. In the US Senate, I’ve got a plan to ban it.

@DoubleMeat5 @_nomadic_soul Paul also says women should remain silent in the churches. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. Do you tell your wife that?

@scorpiotiger @_nomadic_soul Jesus doesn't say it. Jesus' apostle Paul says it. biblegateway.com/passage/?searc…

@JessPected "Sleep Porn" is a totally misogynistic term - describing the act totally from the male point of view. To the woman, it is rape. not porn... rape.

Hundreds of thousands of men congregate in numerous spaces to conspire to rape their wives & have them raped by other men & the news calls it "sleep porn." Absolutely allergic to describing men's violence against women.

@DoubleMeat5 @_nomadic_soul please tell me the verses where Jesus tells wives they should submit to their husbands.

@scorpiotiger @_nomadic_soul The wife should submit to her husband as her husband submits to the Lord. Her husband's submission to the Lord would necessarily mean she's treated with respect, love and dignity by her husband. There's much more to it, but this is a short form medium.

@DoubleMeat5 @_nomadic_soul The reason women are leaving the churches in droves It is bcz christian men - like you - think they can cherry pick a few verses out of the bible saying how they want women to live - and women will just fall in line. Laws are very different now - women are not property.

@scorpiotiger @_nomadic_soul This is irrelevant. What I described is biblical. You're describing societal norms.

@DoubleMeat5 @_nomadic_soul yes.. the world we live in is VERY relevant to the people living in that world.

@Xenoimpulse ya gotta wonder why your partner would want to choke you in the first place.

never liked breathplay, largely because when I was like 18 I read an enormously well sourced, elaborate blogpost from some BDSM guy on how it is essentially impossible to ever safely choke someone.

#DitchDairy Nothing is kind about this industry. Nothing is caring about this industry. Nothing is humane about this industry. It is just a delusion you willfully participate in. The depravity of #dairy⬇️

@DoubleMeat5 @_nomadic_soul no. not that simple.

@scorpiotiger @_nomadic_soul Again, Old Covenant (Jewish) vs New Covenant (Christian).

@DoubleMeat5 @_nomadic_soul polygamy was acceptable and still practiced in the times of the new testament - but was on its way out with the Greco-Roman period youtube.com/watch?v=VwnL0Z…

@scorpiotiger @_nomadic_soul You're describing the Old Covenant, which Christians are not party to. In the New Covenant, a man will have one wife, bound forever with the only approved reasons for divorce being infidelity, falling away from the faith or death.

@atrupar yes, this was the right answer.

SCHLAPP: Who wants to see impeachment hearings? CPAC CROWD: *cheers* SCHLAPP: No. That was the wrong answer.