George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Jul 17, 2023
Clears throat, then says it loudly for those praying in the back of the room.
Show threadDubiago 💫Jul 17, 2023
@georgetakei Religion, at its best and most pure, frees people from thinking they are the center of the universe.
Show threadJohn CuttingJul 17, 2023

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In practice, it does exactly the opposite.

Show threadDubiago 💫Jul 17, 2023
@jcutting If done poorly...and, yes, plenty of examples of that...but, that's humanity for you.
Show threadJimJoeJul 18, 2023
@dubiago @jcutting It's always the implementation. from engineering to religion! Can't be lazy, bad things happen.
Show threadDubiago 💫
@JimJoe @jcutting It's not a matter of being lazy so much as a matter of a combination of blind spots and hardened hearts.
Jul 18, 2023 at 11:35amWeb
Show threadJimJoeJul 18, 2023
@dubiago @jcutting that’s my definition of lazy.
Show threadDubiago 💫Jul 18, 2023
@JimJoe @jcutting No. Lazy is not having blind spots and not doing a thing in spite of them--or not taking the effort to heal that hardened heart.
Show threadJimJoeJul 18, 2023
@dubiago @jcutting
Lazy is not having blind spots. Lazy is not doing a thing in spite of them. Lazy is not taking the effort to heal that hardened heart. No. I said throwing stones when someone is in a funk is lazy. So what do people do after we realize we have blind spots are set in harden ways? How did we know our heart was hardened? Life is a series of growth plateaus, so work is never a constant. We are all participants in our own growth and find gratitude. Don't throw stones, it's lazy!
Show threadDubiago 💫Jul 18, 2023
@JimJoe @jcutting Impossible to not have blindspots. It's kind of a sad human thing.
Show threadJimJoeJul 18, 2023
@dubiago @jcutting And by interacting with others, we tend to learn about our blind spots and host the capacity to improve. And we do find more as we go. That is human too. A trait also found in other species as well.
Show threadDubiago 💫Jul 18, 2023
@JimJoe @jcutting Precisely. You've just hit the nail on the head as to what it is to be Christian--at least, to me.
Show threadJimJoeJul 18, 2023
@dubiago @jcutting perhaps. I say a Christian would make the cake, because Jesus taught compassion and that there is so much more that is bigger than us. We’d love humbly to realize this. And be present in the day with gratitude to know this. Then after the cake is made a delivered, go back home and work on oneself, reflect on the day. Do the act of kindness. Not making the cake is throwing stones. Much more than a blind spot.
Show threadJimJoeJul 18, 2023
@dubiago @jcutting I should also add, I enjoyed our conversation. Thank you.
Show threadJimJoeJul 19, 2023
@dubiago @jcutting To loop back around. In Mr Takei's post "Clears throat, then says it loudly for those praying in the back of the room." My opinion addressed this statement. If folks follow teachers praying to change any group. They can claim they are in their swim lane, but this behavior directly erupts in stones throwing. An example of back room hate. From Star Trek to following Mr Takei on social, I see his compassion for all and also believe this will free many people from hard journeys.
Show threadDubiago 💫Jul 21, 2023
@JimJoe @jcutting I see his compassion for one side. Hopefully, a misperception. But, I get it...when people are hurt, they lash out. I have empathy for that, but also the rational notion that such lashing out should never be directed at a group of people.