Giles ,'Beneath You'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strom Thurmond, anyone?
Well, that's more of loved one's death -> existential crisis -> loss of faith. That other people's loved ones dying doesn't provoke an existential crisis in someone is not surprising to me.
Exactly. I'm struggling with this myself, and trying to figure out my faith (if it exists) and how it plays out with religion.
Yeah, it didn't seem to help 'ol Strom much.
Though I've seem the ice shatter any number of times with grandchildren.
Yeah, having been agnostic faith-wise for a good long time but religiously observant (and already reconciled that to my satisfaction) when my existential crisis hit was, I think, easier on me. Not that it was a picnic, but, you know, that particular struggle was not mine.
Is this the FB algorithm people were talking about: [link] ? I'm not sure what that was referring to.
People changing and growing is a good thing. It shows it is possible to change, and the very idea of change is alien to some folks. They get used to monolithic thinking, to ideas that are carved in stone, then shades of grey get introduced into their thinking. That's how you convert the hard core, one small paradigm shift at a time.
-t, I've been more culturally Catholic than religiously Catholic for a long time, but the last year has pushed me solidly towards the camp of the agnostics. Right now, I'm of the belief that the only person that can do anything about any situation I'm in is myself. What divine intervention?
Is this the FB algorithm people were talking about: [link] ? I'm not sure what that was referring to.
No. There is some algorithm that uses your interactions to determine what you see in your feed. I'm wondering if I've been absent enough to have disappeared from my friend's feeds.
There is some algorithm that uses your interactions to determine what you see in your feed
That seems...intrusive. And potentially bothersome.
I don't think he deserves a parade but I hope the way he votes changes.
And you know, the Senator could have had a different reaction - he could have said, My son is gay, I don't accept him and I gay marriage is wrong. Instead he struggled with his beliefs and changed his mind and hopefully this will lead to good things.
I haven't posted to Facebook in so long, I'm surprised my account hasn't disappeared.