Keith 🏳️‍🌈Jun 20

A bill for creating a "Bible Day" holiday. Fuck right off with that. If you want to have a special bible day, keep it within your church. You have operation of state and church to stop this fundamentalist crap. But if someone wanted a Quran day they lose their shit

https://www.joemygod.com/2025/06/pa-bill-would-create-state-day-of-the-bible-holiday/

#Zealot

PA Bill Would Create State “Day Of The Bible” Holiday

The Christian Post reports: A Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to designate a state holiday in commemoration of the first complete English-language Bible printed in the United States. State Rep. Stephanie

Joe.My.God.
WIST QuotationsMay 16

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical believer is not conscious of his envy, malice, pettiness and dishonesty. There is a wall of words between his consciousness and his real self.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 68 (1955)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/16513/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #delusion #belief #conscience #devotion #doctrine #dogma #fanatic #selfawareness #selfdeception #shame #zealot

ZZ BottomApr 16
#News #UK #WTF English spoken #Countries always in a #Evangelical #Zealot Spiral religious war against any that dare to be different!
https://apnews.com/article/uk-supreme-court-decision-definition-woman-scotland-1a61bea0c26c13cf34864f696a1a5f0c
UK's top court says definition of a woman is based on biological sex

The Supreme Court has ruled that the U.K. Equality Act defines a woman as someone born biologically female. Five judges ruled unanimously that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman. The ruling means that a transgender person with a certificate that recognizes them as female should not be considered a woman for equality purposes. But the court added that its ruling “does not remove protection from trans people,” who are “protected from discrimination on the ground of gender reassignment.” The issue has polarized politics in some other countries, particularly the United States.

AP News
WIST QuotationsApr 3

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own — something rootless, incoherent, and incomplete. Whether it is our own meaningless self we are upholding or some doctrine devoid of evidence, we can do it only in a frenzy of faith.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 60 (1955)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/76046/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #truebeliever #onetrueway #zealot #devotion #enthusiasm #faith #fervor #belief #meaning #passion #vehemence #insistence #zeal

iweinMar 31

For #ai. On the scale from #ludite to #zealot there's some people that really go all the way. Not myself, but to each his own.

This article from a friend of mine is taking it all the way, but asks a very interesting question at the end:

“If we started our business today—with current AI capabilities—how would it look?”

My answer: I would outlaw the use of LLM's for producing human read text and human viewed visuals in the statutory agreements. Good fences…

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-driven-growth-ceos-guide-scaling-faster-yehuda-hofri-mtxdc/

AI-Driven Growth: The CEO's Guide to Scaling Faster

Growth Engine or Distraction? It’s no longer an option - AI is any company’s make-or-break and the stats are mind-blowing: 20% Higher Valuations for AI-Driven Companies (Statista) 5X Revenue Growth for AI Adopters (McKinsey) 30% Faster M&A Integration (Gartner) Secure Funding 3.2X Faster (Bain & Com

WIST QuotationsFeb 24

A quotation from Addison

I love to see a Man zealous in a good Matter, and especially when his Zeal shews it self for advancing Morality, and promoting the Happiness of Mankind: But when I find the Instruments he works with are Racks and Gibbets, Gallies and Dungeons; when he imprisons Mens Persons, confiscates their Estates, ruins their Families, and burns the Body to save the Soul, I cannot stick to pronounce of such a one, that (whatever he may think of his Faith and Religion) his Faith is vain, and his Religion unprofitable.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-10-02), The Spectator, No. 185

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/addison-joseph/53567…

#quote #quotes #quotation #faith #inquisition #intolerance #persecution #religion #religiousintolerance #religiouspersecution #torture #zeal #zealot

WIST QuotationsFeb 17

A quotation from Addison

There is nothing in which Men more deceive themselves than in what the World calls Zeal. There are so many Passions which hide themselves under it, and so many Mischiefs arising from it, that some have gone so far as to say it would have been for the Benefit of Mankind if it had never been reckoned in the Catalogue of Virtues. It is certain, where it is once Laudable and Prudential, it is an hundred times Criminal and Erroneous; nor can it be otherwise, if we consider that it operates with equal Violence in all Religions, however opposite they may be to one another, and in all the Subdivisions of each Religion in particular.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-10-02), The Spectator, No. 185

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/addison-joseph/53093…

#quote #quotes #quotation #commitment #dedication #enthusiasm #fanaticism #holywar #intolerance #onetrueway #religion #religiousintolerance #religiouspersecution #sectarianism #truebeliever #vice #virtue #zeal #zealot

utheolpeskeycoyoteFeb 11
@oneoveralpha
The stench of the lib-tarded and con-tarded was a poignant reminder and sadly, exposed the zealotness of compulsive extremes.
#extremism #zealot #tradition #religious #politics
#onewordprompts #onesentencechallenge
http://archivedwordsbystephanie.blogspot.com/2025/02/stench-onesentencechallenge.html
https://social.chinwag.org/@oneoveralpha/113928990168993053
02/01/25
#writingprompt
stench #onesentencechallenge #onewordprompts

The stench of the lib-tarded and con-tarded was a poignant reminder and sadly, exposed the zealotness of compulsive extremes.  #extremism #z...

Show threadutheolpeskeycoyoteFeb 3

@oneoveralpha
The stench of the lib-tarded and con-tarded was a poignant reminder and sadly, exposed the zealotness of compulsive extremes.
#extremism #zealot #tradition #religious #politics
#onewordprompts #onesentencechallenge

http://archivedwordsbystephanie.blogspot.com/2025/02/stench-onesentencechallenge.html

stench #onesentencechallenge #onewordprompts

The stench of the lib-tarded and con-tarded was a poignant reminder and sadly, exposed the zealotness of compulsive extremes.  #extremism #z...

Show threadRecovered ExpertNov 28, 2024

@jesterchen
WTF!

#ZEALOT ! STOP IT RIGHT NOW!

THOU SHALT NOT BE A FOOL BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU SEEM TO BE RIGHT IN YOUR OWN EYES, YOU ARE NOT AND THAT WILL LEAD TO LOST FILES.

Ignoring best practices which have been well documented for about two decades is the problem of your precious #sudoers file being clobbered, not the software update. Instead you should use „sudoers.d“ or "sudoers.local“ as documented for almost 20 years now.