There are only two genders, Out of touch Thursday or Feliz Jueves.
One time in literature class my professor was talking about myths and Christianity and how in the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice he fails to overcome death but how in the medieval version “Sir Orfeo” the hero succeeds because now this myth was being told in a world where Death was a thing that was overcome and could be, where the King had rescued his bride; and then he started talking about the transition and difference between the pagan world and the advent of Christianity and said “in a world full of stories of gods pursuing people in wrath and lust, can you imagine how it must have been to hear of a God pursuing people in love?” And every few days I still get emotional about that
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So one of my favorite books of all time is the Heliand. It is a cultural translation of the Gospels written by Frankish Monks to the Gothic pagans. They realized that the Goths weren’t getting the message of scripture because they kept getting hung up on weird details. They changed a lot of stuff, like calling cities hillforts, and turning Joseph from a Carpenter to a Warband Leader, and the Holy Ghost decending from heaven from a dove to a crow. But one of the more interesting aspects is that they repeatedly hammer home over and over again Jesus overcoming Fate. To the Germanic pagans, all men were bound by Fate. None could defy it at all, and the ultimate fate of every man was Death. This was a central belief to them. So that turned into a HUGE message in the Heliand. the first time is Mary and Joseph fleeing from Herod with Baby Jesus. They viewed that as him defying his fated death for the first time. There are a handful of other instances, but it builds and builds until he actually is killed, and all is lost. This GodMan who defied Fate since his birth, and was sent as our new war leader who will ever bring us victory, was murdered. All hope is gone. But no, he defied his fate one last time and arose from the dead! This is miracle of miracles! This is unbelievable! Death, the Great End, the fate that all men and even gods eventually find themselves at could not hold him for more than three short days.
It was this message that converted the pagans. This idea of overcoming that which was unavoidable by all, and being offered the same gift.
Also, the Heliand is a song and I desperately want to hear it sung.
is anything more annoying than being ready to go someplace too early but not having enough time to do anything else before you leave
Snooze you lose?? I'm winning here under my covers nighty night
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trump self reported his hair color as strawberry blond....
god it’s so unfortunate that he’s absolutely hysterical
just heard about yevgeny prigozhin. I don’t know what to say. every interaction I had with him, he was a veritable ray of sunshine. I still remember sitting by the lake, tracing reeds across the water’s surface and promising that those beautiful days of summer would last forever
did I actually just learn about a significant geopolitical event through my own copypasta
New cartoon. Feel free to share. Maybe somebody needs to hear this.
Sean Connery and Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
What I love about this is the weight behind this line. This isn’t just Dad’s personal belief, God is real and active in these movies. Both the Ark of Covenant and the Holy Grail Exist as proof.
That’s actually a clever reference to how God is real and active in real life as well
if the catholic church was so smart why didn’t they make Parasocial Relationships a SIN. Marks failed to consider this
The gospel of Luke failed to predict TWITCH STREAM
i mean they do warn about false idols. that is a pretty significant thing that they warn against. like i understand where you’re coming from here but they very much do have a rule about this.