#Belief

LONG THREAD: Here is a simplified generalization of American Christianity adapted from a Mark Noll paper. Every positive advance in evangelical history has been accompanied by unfortunate side effects.(1) Martin
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Thread: Hinduphobic origins of the word ‘juggernaut’“Juggernaut” is the Anglicized name for the Hindu god Jagannath, the “Lord of the Universe.” “Juggernaut” entered English in the early 19th c. to
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Penti Linkola gained notoriety for his refusal to accept the logically fallacious though widely-held belief that anyone who is concerned about ecological overshoot must adopt a completely vegan diet or
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Part of the problem with the way both political ideology & religion are discussed is that while both are clearly determined by social rules—we defend our ID’d ‘team’ for ex—when
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1/ “To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.”~Marcus Tullius Cicero"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new."~Henry
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@cm0102SL managers as current Premier League managers. Also, a predicted final league position for each team. Teams are posted in descending order.A thread: @MartinPlaysCM (Martin) - Sepp BlatterThis tyrant has
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Last RT's: there's a universal understanding that knowledge that a transaction exists takes away innocence, and perhaps that's why people work so hard to not let children know that the
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One year!Impossible to not look back and see what was going through my mind then.And more importantly whether my acts since then has justified my own decision.Have to thank twitter
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Yesterday saw the @NYTimes’ @gretchenreynold cover a recently published study about exercise and weight loss. The headline? To Lose Weight With Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Weekhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/well/move/to-lose-weigh
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Which is the more favorable strategy to capture the long term opportunity with #Bitcoin ? Mining Bitcoin vs Trading Bitcoin. See thread below 1/ From 2017-2019, over 390
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Klopp joined Liverpool in October 2015 with the club 13th in the PL. Having inherited Brendan Rodgers' squad, he saw them finish the season in 8th. To rebuild, FSG made
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0/n. Thread on various investing beliefs. My analytical style is to find value in duration by finding assets which have high barriers to replicate. Usually when there is some 'flaw'
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Even after 3 years of being in this space, I still feel like a complete beginner with most weeks trying to keep up with what is going on. It is
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Radical feminism is despised because it is corrupted from the root with bigotry, hatred & the desire to crush any woman who does not comply with its frankly batshit belief
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It occurs to me, as I read Lilley’s cynical view of human nature, why conservatives promote the idea that everybody is corrupt. And then I wonder how many panels of
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1/ Just realized this morning that it was 5 years ago today that I invested in @densityio ... it has truly been such a great career experience for me. Some
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