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Yeah when I played D&D in college it was just like that lol.
My favorite are the satanic conspiracy ones. Like where there’s literally a satan who is directing their devils and worshippers to lead people to commit sins.
My next favorite are the ones that are just telling people to believe in the christian god and to follow the christian moral code and that they will suffer eternally if they don’t. These are occasionally moving.
The ones I dislike are the rest, which are mostly promoting bigotry against other religions or that have extremist views like you mention.
btw if you haven’t seen it, check out the “Dark Dungeons” short film; it was made by some independent filmmakers who got Chick’s permission to adapt one of the tracts. They play it (mostly) straight with just the right touches of satire, and it comes off beautifully:
(the video says “preview” but the full playlist is the full movie)
3·3 days agoIt’s odd the way these articles talk about dictatorship taking hold in the US
Yeah, there are a lot of valuable lessons to be learned by studying the Roman Republic and Empire. This article does none of that, it just lists a bunch of parallels. It’s in the same genre as “12 reasons why Joe Biden was the antichrist!”
I’m continually disappointed in The Atlantic. At one time it would have published a thoughtful essay on the topic. Instead this article just normalizes the idea that democracy in the US is doomed to fall.
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6·7 days agoI’m thinking you’d use a Master Ball btw, does that sound right?
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Seems like it’d work better if you made a limerick out of it. Gilbert & Sullivan got a lot of mileage out of the fact that multisyllabic rhymes are kinda funny.
There was a young woman from Paris
Who voted for Kamala Harris
She …
And …
But not with Anomalocaris.I dunno, we’d have to fill in the blanks.
They were bad, but they made all the other bands sound great!
OK, new reality show: Drunken Sleepwalk Dorm.
Obviously fake, no mullet.
On what basis comes the conclusion that there is no architect behind it?
That’s a great point - if there are divine beings, they wouldn’t necessarily build the universe using a bunch of elves or something – better to spark a Big Bang with the right starting conditions and let everything develop from there. I think it’s more correct to say that evolution and modern physical cosmology provide an explanation of how and why the universe exists without necessarily needing divine intervention.
I’ll go farther and say that its wrong.
Well, it’s debatable but I think it comes down to defining your terms.
- “Evolution is blind” suggests no guidance at all, and as you say there is randomness, but an important part of the evolutionary process is survival and propagation which are guided by the environment. so arguably evolution is NOT blind.
- However the evolutionary process is reactive and does not involve long-term planning so you could argue that “blind” means “looking ahead, considering more than what you can immediately sense.” so arguably evolution IS blind.
Either perspective agrees that there is no “Grand Architect” and/or “God’s Plan” which I think is the general point being made. But it’s just a little distracting.
“Evolution is blind” is debatable. Arguably, we evolved to fit an environment. We are survivors.
Spez would be very disappointed to hear you say that. He would immediately shoot another DM to Elon telling him he’s trying real hard to be just like him.
Lemme guess… dad’s favorite pokemon is Vaporeon.
How could you say such a thing, and NOT give his age as 69?
My husband said it was embarrassing that I fell for it and he’s ashamed. Thanks.
Tell him you tend to fall for obvious, shameful things. Then look at him meaningfully.
One time while I was walking down the street this lady walking the other direction told me I was looking good.
I realize she was just saying it as a “spontaneous act of kindness” sort of thing, but it was like 20 years ago and I remember it.