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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • I think both you and your pastor are operating at a disadvantage if you are arguing about this from any translation of the Bible. Things have been changed between translations to serve certain interests, and I am saying that as someone who was raised Catholic in the South where the King James Bible was popular. Even going from Old to modern English in the Catholic Bible took away some ambiguity in the verses.

    The main reason I bring that up is that, well, I don’t know if you feel this way but I was taught that Judaism is the predecessor to Christianity. And with that, why not look to how some of their texts are written to gain a broader idea of how gender is viewed by the Abrahamic God? Look up “gender” in the Talmud










  • I grew up in the south.

    Sunday dress was a thing. Modern day, it may not have been as special because you didn’t wear the same two outfits all year. But it’s still different from funeral and wedding attire.

    Sunday meals were special too. Maybe we didn’t always go out for food after church, but guarantee there was BBQ involved. If not BBQ, then fried, and/or with a salad filled with carbs and mayo.

    Uh, speaking of Sunday, you could say being a Christian is a big cultural thing. My family rebelled a bit, we were Catholic.

    Don’t bother Daddy while he’s watching his sports. Don’t put more work on mommy (no dirty clothes, keep your shoes clean). Mowing the lawn takes all day because we live in the boonies (or you don’t have a lawn because you live in a triplex).

    All holidays are Christian. And you spend them with extended family.











  • Privacy has been a big issue upheld by courts in Montana. Recently an anti-trans law failed because parents made a point to say they were losing the freedom to make decisions for their children. I don’t know where the republican brains went with that, but that law completely floundered when it came time to vote.

    I judge the Gadsden flag when I see it on vehicles (MT is the only “northern” state that has a license plate with it), but people in Montana generally do care about privacy much more than than hurting the outgroup