Mike

I’d never heard that. It’s hilarious (in an absurd way) to seriously believe a Jew would have run to Ferdinand and Isabella for anything, let alone money!

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

There is none. Their souls can now only serve has a grotesque reminder of the horrors committed.

Let us not let that stop our rejoicing for the freedom of these 20 who have the opportunity for reunion with their loved ones.

Since the post has been blocked, can we have the answer now?

Why are you being so unpleasant? The headline is ambiguous.

With context (like adding ‘we’re’ or reading beyond the headline), of course it’s easy to parse.

That doesn’t change the fact that the headline, i.e., the topic of discussion, is unfortunately ambiguously worded.

What are they protesting? Is a synagogue, especially this particular synagogue, a relevant place to hold that protest? Why?

It could be read that there was a request to provide communion and the religious leaders denied that request.

Did you read the story?

J/K, that’s how I was scolded when I made the same observation.

As much as I could without being a subscriber.

Why is the elder’s Israeli birth a necessary detail?

I’m not Jewish (yet, at least) and there are different schools of thought regarding the mitzvot, but yes, it’s the same Torah. Also, some can no longer be performed since there’s no temple, among other reasons.

Evangelicals using antisemitism is bad, but there’s no reason to echo their framing.

Not capitalizing law would be a good start. It keeps the framing that “Christians are bad because they want to follow OT law” which is the law Jews follow to this day.

As for why Christians are so un-Graceful, there are ways to interpret the NT to make their beliefs sound acceptable for Xians.

Here we don’t have to watch new stations or look for what is actually happening. We have 2000 years of history showing the damage caused by that malicious trope.

Yup, still is.

And the antisemitic parts could so easily be removed without changing the effect of the essay, either. If he really wanted to improve, that is.

But it was an attack on Catholics, no? And using Luther’s polemics about the Church as a source of slurs, would be pretty insulting to Catholics, right?

We must note, of course, that there is actual evidence corruption in the renaissance-era Church.

Lord, bless me with the audacity of someone who will come into this thread and give Christians the No True Scotsman treatment.

Weird, I’d never heard of Volga German until Sunday when 23 and me said I might have shared ancestors with the Volga German diaspora who settled in the Smoky Hill river basin.

Most religions have been tied to “something just horrible like that,” but they’ve been on the *receiving end* of the ethnic cleansing, suppression of speech, etc.

Were there more or less religions in the Americas before 1492 than after? When was religion more oppressive?

Please, God, may there be a ceasefire agreement soon, and may it be the beginning of a new, more whole future for everyone in the region.

May new leadership rise that eschews slaughter and helps to chart a new course.

May there be repentance and repair, insofar as it may ever be possible.

Jews are genocidal maniacs?

How can you claim you’re not antisemitic after typing that sentence?

Your wishes don’t matter. There are bad people who are Christians. There are lots of cis white dudes who are assholes and I don’t wish to be lumped in with them, but that doesn’t change the fact that we’re in the same group.

I’m a Zionist because I think Jews have rights?

And Israel does exist, whether anyone thinks it should or not, so that’s just a useless framing.

And fuck Bibi.

Did you read anything she wrote?

Blessed art those who have lemons, for they shall make lemonade.

I think Tiki Room is the same, but I don’t remember it from when I was a kid.

Splash Mountain is a “Princess and the Frog” theme so Tiana’s Adventure or something like that.

The Tiki Room is still there. Splash Mountain is reopened with a less problematic theming.

Small World is still there, too.

I don’t get it either. Missouri passed a pro-choice amendment, but still voted 58% for Trump and lost the purple-ish House race. It doesn’t make sense.

It’s only a circle if it’s from the Euclidean region of Greece. Otherwise it’s just a sparkling ovoid.

Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid.