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George Demacopoulos
GDemacopoulos
Today is the feast of St. Gregory the Theologian (Nazianzen) in the Orthodox Church. A short thread on one of my favorite Church Fathers. Perhaps, the reason that I appreciate
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(((Taubes)))
jaytaubes
What we call the Jewish Left is often just the children of the liberal Jewish establishment, taking a left-of-center & anti-occupation approach compared to their families but committed to salvaging
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leave the capitol - exit this Roman shell 🐚
fireh9lly
Took me some digging to find the writing thread you're all mad about and I'm going to list all of the points on it I agree with:7)10)11), 12) and 13)
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Laleh Khalili
LalehKhalili
Finally went and saw the Wollstonecraft statue down the street from me. A few basic impressions: 1/ If the intention of public art is to generate conversation, then this one
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impolite hindu
ImpoliteHindu
Good morning. Let me say something obvious (and therefore shocking), our scriptures (Veda, Ramayana) are not always to be taken literally Hanuman couldnt possibly fly. Pushpak vimaan counldnt possibly exist.
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Dr. Sunny Moraine PhD is carrying the fire
dynamicsymmetry
This is a really excellent thread, and I think this point in particular is part of a larger thing: *this* is why it’s impossible to engage in good faith with
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Dee the Humanist
DeetheHumanist
Okay first post here. Y’all want to know how I ended up as an atheist? It was because of my high confidence in Christianity. (Prepare for a LONG novel of
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leave the capitol - exit this Roman shell 🐚
fireh9lly
unwisely i have been playing Lemmings 2. This game has a difficulty curve like a buzzsaw. What was going on in 1993 my childhood memories of this game are loving
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Seth Cotlar
SethCotlar
Between this and that Ed Markey ad with footage from the 70s, I'm getting an interesting pre-Reagan vibe from the current Democratic Party. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion, and it's
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Joshua Cypess
JoshuaCypess
26.01/ Week twenty-six, Jan. 9-15, 2021, begins here. Last week's thread is here:https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1345741446209548288?s=20 26.02/ Maggie H reports: "I asked for comment from the WH on the chants to hang Mike
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mulier perīta sacrōrum
unhistorize
What was the Greek attitude to myths? Thread!https://twitter.com/bodhidave3/status/1277632645170692096 Short answer: there wasn't one. "The Greeks" is not a coherent group. Neither, really, is "myth".Long answer: in
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Rational π ☪️
m_afnaaan
Thread on Muslim Pioneers and Ancient Islamic Contributions to the Scientific World. First of all no thread is going to do any justice to the vast Muslim intellectual contributions
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Darren Naish
TetZoo
Time to embark on another of my #cryptozoology PHOTO MEGA-THREADS (from hereon, #TetZoocryptomegathread). Today: Rilla Martin’s 1964 Ozenkadnook tiger photo, aka the ‘Rilla critter’ photo, from western Victoria, Australia. It's
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Joshua Cypess
JoshuaCypess
16.01/ There are some really promising signs. It's a good feeling that increasing the number of voters - without even knowing how they voted - is good for the Democrats.
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T. Benjamin
1FreeInhabitant
Trying to make sense of the fact that Jacob's sons were essentially rich kids of the Pharaoh's Vizier that went on to settle the known world.Not known then, mind you...
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