You’re probably right. I’m not actually sure I’ve seen it.
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I don’t think there is any doubt that Cuomo is a misogynist, a transphobe, and more than likely assorted other varieties of asshole. He needs to go away and consider his life choices. Because there is a hell of a lot he needs to make good before he faces his God.
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Never seen it, but as I recall it drew ire from gay rights organizations because there was a lesbian character who was portrayed as being crazy.
So I don’t think it was “woke.”
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I never understand the theology that simultaneously believes in intercessionary prayer, but also that their god has mysterious plans that encompass all things, even (especially) the bad things. What do they think goes on when they pray to stop floods? Was God responding to them, sort of passive-aggressive/sarcastically: “Oh I had this all carefully planned out, but apparently some people don’t want to get drowned? And they’re asking me to stop what I was doing? Well, I guess I’ll just have to take my ineffable plan and shove it up my arse, then. What would I know, I’m just omniscient…”
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I don’t know, the main character was brown skinned and anyone could serve in some capacity. That’s starting to sound a little socialist to me!
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I did a double take at that name, because my Torts professor at Seton Hall was John Jacobi.
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Prayer and worship have never made any sense to me. Unless one’s deity has an ego as big as Trump’s and it will smite you down for not grovelling enough then worship is just a waste of time. Prayer even more so. If one’s deity is omniscient and knows all of one’s thoughts and deepest, darkest secrets then it is already aware of all one’s needs, desires, and hopes. It’s all rather silly, really.
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I think in most nice religions it’s supposed to be for your own sake, to give you a chance to feel connection with the divine even if it already knows your heart. In the Republican version of course it’s because God is an abusive father who needs you to beg, because that’s how they think all relationships work.
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I’m an atheist. I do, on occasion, pray. It’s more of a general prayer for the strength to deal with shit. I do not, obviously, believe that I am praying to any sentient being. I find that it centers and relaxes me, clears my head, and relieves anxiety. I suppose it’s just a form of meditation for me, but I have not found other forms of meditative exercises to be as effective for me. That may be cultural baggage from having been raised Christian, I don’t know.
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Honestly I knock on wood a set number of times when I’m anxious. Do I think it does anything? No. But does it calm down the little part of me desperate to try something, anything, whether my conscious mind thinks it makes sense or not? Sometimes.
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Calli Schroeder, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), told 404 Media that the use cases Farnsworth offers are “not only morally questionable […] but may not be legal or usable in some cases.” For the litigation one, courts are split on using stolen information as evidence in legal proceedings. When hackers targeted the dating site Ashley Madison, for example, a judge ruled that despite the data being publicly published it was still confidential and stolen and couldn’t be used. Most judges will not allow illegally obtained evidence in divorce proceedings either, Schroeder said.
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I can understand the calming and meditative aspect of focusing on something to give one’s self the strength to deal with shit. I do plenty of heavy hoping and sending of positive vibes myself. Maybe it’s just semantics but, to me, prayer involves one or more deities (or their lieutenants like saints) and rules that must be followed. Otherwise it’s just sparkling hope.
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I’m an atheistic Pagan. I perform rituals and even community ceremonies not because I think there’s something beyond the physical world, but because these things are good for my mental state and celebrate (or as otherwise appropriate) group events. I’m aware of these being ceremonial, but that still brings me an emotional fulfillment and I don’t feel the need to think there’s anything to it beyond that.
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