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I find the repeated comments of how much parenting 'sucks' and how much childbearing 'sucks' to be distasteful.

It has been the single most incredible experience I've had (5 times over).

I feel like, primarily, the reason why our society isn't having children is because of a growing selfishness and entitlement; which happens to be the very thing that Rome was suffering from when their society was collapsing too.

No, I'm not rich and I'm not old. But I was brought up in a family that cherished loved ones and family. Love was agape, not eros.

The article opening sounds like a bar joke.

Also, I think this point is salient:

He pointed to the risk of selection bias: those who volunteer are likely to be “spiritually hungering for a mystical experience,”...

I would go further and suppose that any Christian elder or leader who volunteered to do this had already demonstrated their unsuitability to speak on the matter of psychedelics and God.

Telling the Bees 3 years ago

I love that this is a discussion here. How profitable! There are very few questions that are of greater importance than the one you have alluded to.

I'm a Christian and, oddly, don't suffer from the same existential dread as most admit any more, but I used to be consumed by it.

The simplest way I could say it is this: once you are shown what is behind the curtain and you place your trust in the one who's running the show then dread gives way to overwhelming peace. That's what happened for me and I guarantee that anyone who seeks the same true God will find the same peace.

Easy to dismiss, I know, but I guarantee it's true. Odd, eh?

Part of dealing with your existential dread is accepting the fact that you're right to be afraid, but not for the reasons you first think. This will be a bridge too far for some, but a discerning reading of this could be the catalyst some need: https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/edwards_jonathan/Sermon...

The Neon God 3 years ago

What's wrong with slavery? We're no further away from outright slavery than we were in the 1800's.

The idea of mechanical equality, where all are masters, is absurdism.

The guy is literally describing how to shut down discussion on topics by escalating behaviours around it.

The great problem with this approach is that there are very many groups happy to see discussion of divers topics quashed and they're already familiar with how to get it done on platforms like Twitter.

While this is true, and should give people pause when considering the appropriateness of such a move, I don't think this is defacto the beginnings of an evil plot to "kill the religious people part 2". Another stepping stone along the way? Maybe. A move to further isolate and ostracize those who don't comply? Maybe.

One has to ask what the purpose of keeping such a list is. When considering that, I don't see many arguments with much weight to them.