People speak in slogans and cliches. They sound good, but mean nothing. The words do not move you within. Your viscera remains still. Can still within act? Would the Samaritan tend to the wounded Jew had he not been moved within?
Splagchnizomai (σπλαγχνίζομαι) - the feeling in your gut that is so strong you can’t help but reach out to the other. There are sloppy translations of the Bible that speak of pity, compassion, and other modern drool.
Today we talk of brain, hormones, neurotransmitters. It sounds fancy and very unmoving. Have you ever had a visceral feeling when all of your insides moved?
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Had Jesus been alive today, he’d be brushing his teeth twice a day, floss, go to yearly physicals, and be uptodate on his vaccinations. He’d listen to his doctor and take his vitamins. Wear a mask and keep six feet apart from others out of consideration. Righteous.
I thought I was original. Nah. Jesus brushing teeth to prevent gingivitis.
If you ever think of something original, it is almost certain someone else already thought of it before you.
Every single vaccine on the market caused GBS. It would be strange if this one didn’t. Viral illness (beyond those described in the article) can be a trigger - a mild cold of no other significance.
A neighbor told me of three people who died from some pneumonia of unknown origin. They didn’t want to go to the hospital because of something they thought. By the time they came in, it was too late (for something). /1
There are positives: they are in a good place, don’t suffer, and are free from bullshit.
All the people around are somewhat upset. If you keep shooting yourself in the feet, it hurts. You won’t be able to walk or stand. /2
Stop shooting yourself in the feet. There are times to get help if it makes sense to you. Most of the people who avoid the hospitals now do not have any philosophical or religious objections to medical care. They were active consumers of it before all this. /3
Practical people live in reality. Then there are lawyers, priests, and scientists who imagine what could be if. /1
Once upon a time there lived a woman. She was beautiful. Black but with a mix of other, probably White. Not who knows. She had three children. Each with a different father. She was much ashamed of this immoral and illegal sin of indecency. /2
She settled with two fathers of her children out of court, amicably. The third one tried to cheat on financial stuff, so she took him to court. She worked. Once all of the kids were older, she found a man without children to marry./3
How people make sense of reality. Two gems of comments. Each one of them is true. Each one doesn’t have a chance to withstand scientific scrutiny or logic.
People do not make decisions based on logic or scientific method. Decisions arise from worldview. /1
The purpose of education is not at all to convince you to see the truth, to arrive at it logically or through observation of reality, but rather to shape your worldview to such extent, that you will not question “established facts”. /2
The extent of education has a sweet spot. Enough. Not to little. Not too much. There is a distinct segment of those who question vaccination - scientific. Funny the author forgot to mention them. Allusion to them is hidden under the code word “sophisticated population”./3
This sad situation becomes possible when you create unreality and it becomes real. Second commandment becomes more clear.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.