Aaron

Aaron

@theclutteredmouth.com

Nerd. Poet. Spiritual director. Post-Christian theologian. I contain multitudes. There will be typos. He/Him https://aaronjsmith.net https://theclutteredmouth.com

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Someone's been reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...

Matt Oswalt@mattoswaltva.bsky.social

I've never been a religious person so can anyone help me out with this one? I'm stumped

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I have been seeing a lot of “if it’s on the internet, you should expect it to be scraped” posts lately, and as practical advice, sure. It is also thoroughly okay to be mad about this fact! We SHOULD be able to use devices and services without accidentally signing over souls.

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I'm tired of hearing about masculinity. Biblical. Authentic. Soft. Alpha. True. All of it, good and bad, is just wearisome. Let's stop talking about what (white, straight, cis) men need to be. Leran love. It's the higher calling.

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We thought my wife had food poisoning last week, so I took a day off work to take care of her and the house. Then, I discovered that missing one day of work absolutely obliterates my paycheck.

We thought my wife had food poisoning last week, so I took a day off work to take care of her and the house. Then, I discovered that missing one day of work absolutely obliterates my paycheck.

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Aaron@theclutteredmouth.com

I'm tired of hearing about masculinity. Biblical. Authentic. Soft. Alpha. True. All of it, good and bad, is just wearisome. Let's stop talking about what (white, straight, cis) men need to be. Leran love. It's the higher calling.

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Calling empathy sin is calling good evil and evil good, it is Antichrist, the people promulgating it are Antichrist and false teachers, they are the wolves among the flock our Lord warned us about.

I'm tired of hearing about masculinity. Biblical. Authentic. Soft. Alpha. True. All of it, good and bad, is just wearisome. Let's stop talking about what (white, straight, cis) men need to be. Leran love. It's the higher calling.

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Being a decent human is the lowest bar, and it's on the floor. So ya, do that, but let's stop with this all-consuming debate and talk about what real masculinity is. It's boring because it's focusing on the lowest common denominator. We need better.

We need better not because that's true masculinity. We need better because we owe women, trans folks, queer people, our children... we owe them all reparations. This isn't about us. It's about the harm we have caused and the repair we need to be part of.

I'm tired of hearing about masculinity. Biblical. Authentic. Soft. Alpha. True. All of it, good and bad, is just wearisome. Let's stop talking about what (white, straight, cis) men need to be. Leran love. It's the higher calling.

Now, I'm not saying we (cis, straight men) don't need to take responsibility for rape culture, abuse, and the rest of the shit we're seeing. But we can do that without patting ourselves on the back, or even talking about how manly we are for doing it.

Apropos of nothing, I once wrote a paper (for my tiny stint in a religious studies program) entitled "Is [Gwyneth Paltrow's brand] a religion?"

That pot of coffee I just made. WOW. I mean I like bod coffee, but this is a kick in the teeth. Oh, I forgot the filter.

Once MAGA isn't in power any more, some progressive Xian voices are going to have to find new targets to build their personality on.