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What is it with Mormons and the name Becca? If I count all the Mormon Beccas I've met, then counted this girl, she wouldn't even be on counted on my hands.
Rebecca is a beautiful name IMO, but it's jewish (like etymologically) right?
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Ah yes because Jesus was known for his condescending, judgmental attitudes against others.
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Ah yes because Jesus was known for his condescending, judgmental attitudes against others.
Is Jesus God? Because God had some pretty shitty things to say about women and gay folk.
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Don't sully polyamory with the misogyny that is polygamy. They want multiple wives to have multiple women to control
I don't think polygamy has to be misogynistic, although I agree that's the way its been overwhelmingly applied throughout recorded history. It could hypothetically be misandrist if power dynamics had the opposite gender polarity. I think the core issue is the power imbalance being expressed in the construction of a harem. Anyway, I think of polyamory as the broad term and polygamy as an unfortunate subset of it, designed to legally and unilaterally enforce an inequitable and exploitive type of polyamorous relationship by members of one gender against the members of another. That's a pretty broad generalization of gender, sex, and orientation dynamics, but I'm not an expert in the field. I assume there's still some kind of conventional, ontological hierarchy with corresponding terminology. I think that's what I was reaching for.
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Is Jesus God? Because God had some pretty shitty things to say about women and gay folk.
‍️The Old Testament, to me at least, is essentially worthless. It has likely been mistranslated and misinterpreted over the many, many centuries of its existence to the point where its original meaning (if it had any in the first place) is gone.
The NT is at least more readable and contains quite a bit of wisdom. Message is pretty simple: essentially, love and forgive others. Which we could all do more of, especially in this day and age.
What I don’t necessarily agree with is needing obedience to a central dogma or organized religion…I think the only thing that matters is how you live your life and treat others. Doesn’t matter the religion, or lack of religion. We are all equal.
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I don't think polygamy has to be misogynistic, although I agree that's the way its been overwhelmingly applied throughout recorded history. It could hypothetically be misandrist if power dynamics had the opposite gender polarity. I think the core issue is the power imbalance being expressed in the construction of a harem. Anyway, I think of polyamory as the broad term and polygamy as an unfortunate subset of it, designed to legally and unilaterally enforce an inequitable and exploitive type of polyamorous relationship by members of one gender against the members of another. That's a pretty broad generalization of gender, sex, and orientation dynamics, but I'm not an expert in the field. I assume there's still some kind of conventional, ontological hierarchy with corresponding terminology. I think that's what I was reaching for.
It's about the term. Polyamory and Polygamy could basically mean the same thing if polygamy wasn't already having heavy ties to a man controlling a harem of women.
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Rebecca is a beautiful name IMO, but it's jewish (like etymologically) right?
Idk if any of them have had the full name, just lots of Beccas. You'll also note that any Hebrew name that also appears in the old testament (Noah in particular) are popular Christian names.
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Idk if any of them have had the full name, just lots of Beccas. You'll also note that any Hebrew name that also appears in the old testament (Noah in particular) are popular Christian names.
A yeah that's...weird. "Becca" is like shorthand IMO.
Ya, also christian names for sure.
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It's about the term. Polyamory and Polygamy could basically mean the same thing if polygamy wasn't already having heavy ties to a man controlling a harem of women.
Yeah, connotation and context are important.
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The Old Testament, to me at least, is essentially worthless. It has likely been mistranslated and misinterpreted over the many, many centuries of its existence to the point where its original meaning (if it had any in the first place) is gone.
The NT is at least more readable and contains quite a bit of wisdom. Message is pretty simple: essentially, love and forgive others. Which we could all do more of, especially in this day and age.
What I don’t necessarily agree with is needing obedience to a central dogma or organized religion…I think the only thing that matters is how you live your life and treat others. Doesn’t matter the religion, or lack of religion. We are all equal.
Paul kind of fucked any positivity in the New Testament
