I’m in SW Virginia so I do use y’all. Fun fact: my town of Lynchburg is home to Liberty University a gigantic super conservative Christian college that pretty much runs everything. They just finished this large tower to be higher than anything else in the city to house their theology program. I think they need to reread their Old Testament! — MysticMonist
And now to my socialist friends who are here present: I have said that Jesus wanted what you want, that he wanted to help those who are least, that he wanted to establish the kingdom of God upon this earth, that he wanted to abolish self-seeking property, that he wanted to make persons into comrades. Your concerns are in line with the concerns of Jesus. Real socialism is real Christianity in our time. — Barth
The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn’t seek refuge in some faith or fantasy, there will never be an answer.
In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung out into the cosmic brutality without hesitation.
The dread of being stares us in the eye, and in a deadly gush we perceive how the minds are dangling in threads of their own spinning, and that a hell is lurking underneath.
But as he stands before imminent death, he grasps its nature also, and the cosmic import of the step to come. His creative imagination constructs new, fearful prospects behind the curtain of death, and he sees that even there is no sanctuary found. And now he can discern the outline of his biologico-cosmic terms: He is the universe’s helpless captive, kept to fall into nameless possibilities. From this moment on, he is in a state of relentless panic. — Zapffe
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. — MLK
On this anniversary of the March On Washington for civil rights, I have been looking for some choice quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr. One pattern that I have found is his clarity in speaking out on complacency and inaction. Those who do nothing while witnessing injustice and wrong-doing do worse than those who commit acts of injustice. The privileged have a responsibility to do what they know is right. — article
(Got to love when you can use the 2nd person plural). — MysticMonist
y'all, or you all – southern United States,[1] African American Vernacular English, the Abaco Islands,[2] St. Helena[2] and Tristan da Cunha.[2] Y'all however, is also occasionally used for the second person singular in the North American varieties.
you guys [ju gajz~juɣajz] – U.S.,[3] particularly in the Midwest, Northeast, South Florida and West Coast; Canada, Australia. Used regardless of the genders of those referred to
you lot – UK,[4] Palmerston Island[5]
you-all, all-you – Caribbean English,[6] Saba[5]
a(ll)-yo-dis – Guyana[6]
among(st)-you – Carriacou, Grenada, Guyana,[6] Utila[5]
wunna – Barbados [6]
yinna – Bahamas[6]
unu/oona – Jamaica, Belize, Cayman Islands, Barbados,[6] San Salvador Island[2]
yous(e) – Ireland,[7] Tyneside,[8] Merseyside,[9] Central Scotland,[10] Australia,[11] Falkland Islands,[2] New Zealand,[5] Rural Canada
yous(e) guys – in the U.S., particularly in New York City region, Philadelphia, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan;[citation needed]
you-uns/yinz – Western Pennsylvania, The Ozarks, The Appalachians[12]
ye/yee/yees/yiz – Ireland,[13] Tyneside,[14] Newfoundland and Labrador[5]
Although these plurals are used in daily speech, they are not always considered acceptable in formal writing situations. — Wikipedia
They just finished this large tower to be higher than anything else in the city to house their theology program. — MysticMonist
The FBI gathered wiretaps and information about his infidelities and then sent him a letter threatening to release the information if he didn't "do what he needed to do", which he thought meant kill himself, but they maintain only meant resign. Whether he just liked conversing with a lot of women, and emotional infidelity is disputed, as the tapes never actually were released, gotta wait ten more years until they are to find out the juicy details. — Wosret
They just finished this large tower to be higher than anything else in the city to house their theology program. — MysticMonist
The better to throw heretics off of... — Bitter Crank
Is Virtue found in most people — MysticMonist
What does being a virtuous person in today’s world really look like? Is Virtue found in most people, most of the time or it is rare and only the product of intense training and self-renunciation? Is human virtue is even possible? — MysticMonist
Is it enough to be a loving family member, be honest in your job and obey most of the laws? In short to not be terrible and ruin it for everyone. — MysticMonist
be a loving family member
be honest in your job
obey most of the laws
I assumed it was built to house the language departments. — T Clark
Are there more heretics in the language departments than the theology department? — Bitter Crank
Are there more heretics in the language departments than the theology department? — Bitter Crank
... being a loving family member, being honest in your job, and obeying most of the laws is a good start.
1. No idolatry
2. No blasphemy
3. No murder
4. No theft
5. No sexual immorality
6. No eating limbs torn from live animals
7. Help establish just laws and courts
But we prefer to not defenestrate -- we prefer to exsanguinate. — Bitter Crank
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