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A curiosity: despite the common interpretation, the intended meaning of the original painting if there was any, is unknown. It was found on a wall of his house after his death.

Why? The 12 days of Christmas go until January 5-6 😉

Even better: politics should not be a career, serve one term and that’s it.

Violence to maintain the system is policing;
Violence to change the system is terrorism.

In the neighboring State from where I live in Brazil, a lot of gas stations have publicly accessible hot water taps. Even some parks and plazas have them. It’s for the Mate drinkers to refill their Thermos.

Yes, it says it’s forever. The Catholic church does have a doctrine of purgatory, but it’s for the flawed faithful.

But it also treats it akin to a spouse that has been continuously cheated on; all his gifts twisted, broken, and trashed; finally leaving the house.

Or self-inflicted by humanity, God going: “do you really, really want to stay apart from the source of life and all good? Then have it your way… ☹️”

Why? We have the gift of life, even as we choose death, we have good things even as we choose to turn away from good, that is a message of pure love, why is it gross?

These are 5000 years old stories written down 3000 years ago, some study, of course study of context is necessary.

I agree with your point on homosexuality, it also requires study, that’s a reason today’s Christianity is so sick and away from the message of love from the Bible.

You read wrong what I wrote, every moment that is NOT death and suffering is a gift from God.

Yes, languages and words and their meanings change with time, both words were once the same.

Job should be read from the perspective that humanity, by choosing to turn away from the source of all life and good, has only death and suffering as its just existence. Every moment that anyone has that is not death and suffering is a gracious gift of love from God. Job even acknowledges that all he had was not his, just loaned from God.

Satan in this context is not “the most evil entity that has ever existed”, but The Accuser, his objective in the story is to convince God that humans don’t deserve any of the good things He gifts.
God’s point is that He will continue giving us life and good things even as we don’t deserve it.

Zealous not jealous.

I went to theology seminary, no need for copium or spin. One of the professors’ favourite book was Job and he talked a lot about it.

That absolutely is not the nature of God in the OT, but explaining it doesn’t fit this medium. I also don’t know/remember any resources I could point you to, sorry.

In this case it’s more about God being fair and just.

And that description doesn’t at all fit God’s actions in the OT. Although without context and depending on the hermeneutic basis I guess it can look so.

The book of Job is a tale to teach about human nature facing adversity.

Would be biblical. There are many prayer psalms where the author is asking God to avenge him and destroy those who hurt him.

Good thing our immune system is programmed to attack anything unknown on sight, extraterrestrial microbes would have a hard time as they wouldn’t have the adaptations to deal with it.

Many of the Bible’s authors seem of the opinion that humanity was created to be co-creators, and that intelligence and knowledge are gifts from God, I suspect teaching rocks to think is something He likes.

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Filter into a Thermos?

By “centrist” you mean “someone between the moderate right Dems and the extreme right Reps”?

I haven’t really looked into it, but isn’t Friendica supposed to be the FOSS Fediverse Facebook?