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Okay, time for a #RingsOfPower Episode 3 livetweet... livewatch... watchtweet... whatever this is.

I'm probably not going to successfully avoid all spoilers, so mute the phrase #RingsofPowerSpoilers if you don't want to be spoilt.

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I do like the cool sand-being-formed-into-shapes-on-a-drumhead opening. Wasn't there another opening filmed with molten metal pouring down ring molds, though? Is that being saved for later?

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What's with the tattered awning thing? Does this franchise actually remember that orcs can't handle sunlight very well -- unlike a certain Peter Jackson I could mention?

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I am 4 minutes into this episode and already I have been interrupted twice, by two of my kids, who were supposed to be in bed an hour ago.

Also: whoa, did the orcs grab the rest of Arondir's garrison, too?! Efficient work, orcs.

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So, the presumably-Numenorian sailor uniform looks cool but I can't help but think long jerkins and gambesons will be constricting if they have to go aloft. Don't you boys have to reef the topsails sometimes? Keep your legs free!

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Hang on, I'm going to rewind and watch this scenery shot a few times.

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This Numenorian dinghy/gondola thing is being rowed very inefficiently. How much power can you generate standing like that, and facing forward?

It just looks awkward.

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I am *digging* this architecture.

Top two pictures are from the show: bottom two are what I'm guessing are the real-world inspirations. Greco-Roman islander, but with some kind of twist.

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The unexpected hug. Classic Rogue move. Okay, I think I've got this guy just about statted out in my head. High DEX, high CHA, decent but not above average WIS, mysterious backstory...
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Easy there. This is a family show.
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So, will we ever see any Numenorian ship doing anything but running before the wind?

I guess it's a bit convenient that wherever they want to go is always downwind.
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Regarding the tree: Elvish and orcish characterization is on point.

The translation of what he's saying is something like "Howl, wild beast."
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Anin -- from "anha," "give"
apsene -- from apsen, "release" "forgive"
"Forgive me."

Both words can be seen in "...ar ámen apsenë úcaremmar sív’ emmë apsenet tien i úcarir emmen." ("Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.")
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Hang on hang on! Is the Hall of Lore... Candlekeep Library?!
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Just saying.

Man, I'd hate to see a copyright battle between Wizard of the Coast's lawyers and the Tolkien Estate's lawyers.
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Nori threatens to tell Malva that it was Poppy who put "fireweed in her toe cream."

It's got to be a different plant, then, because all that would do is make her toe cream good at drawing out pus?
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Oh man, I so want to obsess over these shots and try to match them up with real-world constellations.

Is that a Dipper I see up top?
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Hang on, did he say... bees?!
Wait, that's it?! THAT'S IT?!

How long until Episode 4?
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"Release the Warg!"

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Okay, I ran late to the Evangelicals for Harris zoom call so I missed the first 20 minutes.

I just got in. Lisa Sharon Harper is speaking. Chat is disabled -- probably smart given the trolls.

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"When we govern in ways that limit or crush 'agency,' we are limiting and crushing the image of God... The Kingdom of God flourishes as the Image of God flourishes in all." --LSH

(Quotes may be slightly paraphrased, I'm typing as fast as I can, but she's *preaching*)

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They tell us that Christian Nationalism is not about white supremacy, that what Wolfe and Wilson and Rigney and Sauve are promoting is just wanting to follow God's laws and live in a "Christian Nation."

But shall we peek under the "hood" and see for ourselves? A 🧵

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"But we the unhyphenated, who trace our ancestry to Western Europe... We, the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants who founded, built, died for and led this country for most of its history, we are not permitted in this New America to have a... place that is distinctly ours."

(😬)

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Various Christian views of Hell as GIFs.

1) Eternal Conscious Torment (Dante style). Hell is God's *retribution* for your sins. The fire is literal. Level of punishment is scaled to fit your sins, but the worst part is the separation from God forever. Held by: Augustine.
2) Eternal Conscious Torment (Evangelical style). As above, but more emphasis on spiritual/psychological torment of God's Absence, less sense of physical punishment. The fire is a metaphor. Held by: Alphonsus Liguori
3) Eternal Conscious Torment ("The Great Divorce" style). Hell is self-exclusion from God's presence, in which we make ourselves eternally miserable without God. The doors to Hell are "locked from the inside." Held by: C.S. Lewis, some Catholics
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Theories of Atonement as GIFs from The Office -- a thread.

1: Ransom Theory (Origen) -- Jesus's death was a ransom given to the devil in exchange for humanity's freedom
2. Moral Example Theory (Socinius) -- Both Jesus's life of self-sacrifice, and his martyrdom, were examples for his followers to emulate.
3. Moral Transformation Theory (Abelard) -- Jesus's death is the demonstration of God's love for us, a demonstration so powerful it can change our hearts and turn us back towards God.
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Nov 1, 2023
Why the SBC may never reform: a 🧵

1 - The SBC had a "Resurgence" where one theological faction seized power from by cultivating an "US vs. THEM" mentality. The "Resurgence" was led by two men. One was an abuser, and the other was later fired for covering up abuse.
2 - The SBC's now-dominant faction grew up seeing those two men as heroes who won a victory against "THEM."

And perhaps because their faction engaged in dirty tactics, they believe "THEY" would do the same if given the chance. (As though any of THEM are even left?)
3 - Thus a big portion of that faction still believes those two men did nothing wrong. They think credible charges against them must be baseless allegations as part of a power grab by "THEM."

And so this became their default setting when hearing of credible charges of abuse.
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Re: people faking credentials to claim authority in evangelical circles:

The "Satanic Panic" of the 80s was driven by the testimonies of alleged former witches, who were later proven be frauds (Mike Warnke, Rebecca Brown, Michelle Smith).

Laurel Rose Wilson was one.

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Under the name Lauren Stratford, she wrote an book describing her past as a baby breeder (for human sacrifices) in a satanic cult.

She spoke on Oprah. Her books were carried in church libraries.

But a 1990 investigation by Cornerstone Magazine revealed it to be fabrication.

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Less than ten years later she tried again.

In 1999, she called herself Laura Grabowski, pretended to be Jewish, and claimed to be a Holocaust survivor. She gave lectures, speeches, and collected thousands of dollars in donations intended for Holocaust survivors.

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