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7 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
I don't know that I have ever seen a more perfect summation of how "secular culture" under Christian hegemony is anything but secular than this excerpt from an article about giving up Hanukkah because you aren't religious. Image
Secular is when you can't continue your families Jewish traditions because you don't believe in God, but you can definitely continue your family's Christian traditions anyway because Reasons.
This passage in particular kills me. What beliefs do you think you need? If you long for your traditions, then just .... Do your traditions. Get the menorah out of the basement. It's yours. You already have it. Image
Anyway, here is the article. If anyone knows the author, please tell her that many, many Jews light the menorah every year while simultaneously being atheists, and she can keep her traditions if she wants to.

nytimes.com/2020/12/04/par…

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Villain Gaon Profile picture
8 Dec
The thing about describing countries or people as being completely devoid of religious association by calling them 'secular' is that 'secular' is, itself, a term originating within Christianity, based on Christian texts and connoting a Christian perspective on religion.
Secular is from the Latin 'saeculum', meaning "a generation" or "an age". It used to mean within a period of about 100 years. In the Latin translation of the Christian bible there's a phrase, saecula saeculorum, literally "an age of ages", often translated as "forever and ever".
Christian doctrine holds that God exists outside of time, and sometime in the medieval period Christians started using "secular" to mean within time (of a particular age) and therefore separate from God.
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2 Dec
Also, I resent the implication that my stance is based in ignorance, or is "unserious". I'm perfectly aware that evangelism has always been a part of Christianity, and the references to it in the gospels. Neither of those things have any bearing on my points.
The internal rationalizations for offensive and, in some instances, antisemitic behavior by Christians aren't relevant to how that behavior impacts non-Christians. Telling me *why* you can't respect me doesn't excuse the disrespect.
It's precisely *because* I know how deeply rooted in Christian tradition this is that I feel it's important to speak about it in strong, uncompromising terms. This isn't a tangential thing that some few Christians do. It's a major thing that has a huge effect on the world.
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26 Nov
SUPREME COURT: No limiting church attendance to protect people from a pandemic, people have a right to religious gathering even if it puts others in danger.

GOD: build 👏 a 👏 parapet 👏 for 👏 your 👏 roof 👏
"You shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you do not being bloodguilt on your house if anyone should fall from it"

Dev. 22:8

We are *commanded* to take positive action to protect others from harm caused by our negligence. Stay home.
When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox is not to be punished.
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25 Nov
Is it well known just how easy it is to make homemade cranberry sauce? Is this a thing everyone knows? Because it is super easy.
How To Make Cranberry Sauce Without Measuring Anything:
Get some fresh cranberries. Rinse then really well, they probably have leaves on them. Put them in a pot.

Cover them with a liquid. Fruit juice works very well. Water is fine. You want enough that all the cranberries float.
Add a lot of sugar. Just about any kind of sugar works. Granulated? Classic. Brown? Yes, it'll taste more earthy. Honey, or agave, or brown rice syrup? Oh heck yeah, old school. Powdered? Okay, maybe not the best, but it might work.
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25 Nov
The Gemara says that when "God called the light day, and the darkness God called night", it doesn't mean God named them that, it means God called them like you call your friend. So God is like "Hey, Light!" And Light says "Hineni."
"Light," says God, "I need you to Do Stuff in the day. Where's that other guy? Hey, Darkness! Where are you?" Darkness pops in and says "Hineni!" "Darkness," says God, "I need you to Do Stuff in the night. You guys got that?"
Darkness and Light look at each other and say "Uh... Sure, no problem, you're the boss. Just one thing - what's 'day' and what's 'night'?"
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23 Nov
Let's talk about the use of trolling tactics as a means of proselytizing.

1. Framing proselytizing as an invitation to "debate".

I put "debate" in quotes because this won't be an actual debate. He'll ignore anything that shows his 'facts' are opinions or disproves his claims and just bulldoze forward or change the subject. He'll pretend that counterpoints just didn't exist. He's already doing it
This is not a new thing. Christian proselytizers have been doing this for around 1000 years. It's always a trap.

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