COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events

[Mark Rippetoe]

No it is not Mark. How many people commented that post was funny? I hold you to a higher standard even if you don't.

The question should be, how many people have commented to me that the post was funny?

[David A. Rowe]

Presenting "wal".

Also: https://youtu.be/D2x8RdWECMw?si=RHhb0t3T7CmnKfVQ

Imagine millions of them and you get this (warning: this video contains an anti-Semitic trope): https://youtu.be/JrtuBas3Ipw?si=UCuD0EKvNA2kNral

I can't speak much about wal or Australia, but most of this idea was birthed in England and came to America where it grew into what is now called "dispensationalism." It's got several other ideas attached to it, and from what I can tell it's a good bit of eisegesis over exegesis plus poor scholarly work.

Interestingly, it's also largely responsible for the blanket literalism that I take issue with. As I found somewhere else, "Everyone is okay with taking all scripture literally until it's time to start looking for a prostitute riding a beast."

It's weird to me because you have to forgo quite a bit of exegesis of both the old and new testament as well as hundreds or thousands of years of early church understanding to get on board with tying whatever is going on right now explicitly to a prophecy (none of which were ever understood before fulfilled, anyway).


Not to go too deeply into it here, but perhaps you'd be interested in it. While new, it's still roughly 200 years old. I find no issue in saying Hamas attacking Israel is wrong and unjustifiable, I also can say the same for much of what Israel has been up to, and it strikes me as deeply ironic when you read the Old testament and second temple writings historically to see how far Israel falls when they resort to any and all means to guarantee their "kingdom" outside of what and who they were originally called to be.

Perhaps not terribly pertinent to this board, but maybe kinda since it's both pertinent and important to the people we're talking about. If there's one reason I personally reject dispensationalism it's for the fruit it bears: fear, distraction, and division.

Sorry, not sorry Kirk Cameron...

[Yngvi]

Alright, Mark. I am done with it.

However, it is part of a bigger, much more dangerous trend we are seeing.
We are now seeing a dramatic renormalization of post-Covid reality pushed not by the usual left-wing useful idiots, but by right-wing useful idiots.

They suddenly cluck like hens about trusting the authorities that they know have lied to us for 4 years.
They attempt to use social intimidation tactics to make us quietly swallow the poison pills of debt-slavery, demographic replacement or war for the benefit of bankers.
And we have whatever the fuck Wal is on about thinking it is his duty to enforce social censorship of humor his police state finds too edgy.

[wal]

The question should be, how many people have commented to me that the post was funny?

Mark you have been more than fair allowing me to comment, lets move on.

[Yngvi]

This deserves to be posted as there has been a near-total blackout of journalism from Lebanon:
https://youtu.be/sieXP5IIvgw?t=1511

[Mark Le Comte]

Still waiting for a Boomer to have a stab at the Tinder question and what it means for my generation.

OK, Ill play along, but there are a wide range of effects. I assume, based on your previous posts, that you're saying that Tinder is a net negative for your generation. If you first confirm that is the position then I can focus on some of the main negative effects and how that impacts on relationships (and Boomer/Millenial/Zoomer dynamics).

[Mark Rippetoe]

Mark you have been more than fair allowing me to comment, lets move on.

We have, wal.