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New US phone network for Christians to block porn and gender-related content

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Re: New US phone network for Christians to block porn and gender-related content

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"‘You’re a traitor!’ yelled the boy. ‘You’re a thought criminal! You’re a Eurasian spy! I’ll shoot you, I’ll vaporize you, I’ll send you to the salt mines!’

Suddenly they were both leaping around him, shouting ‘Traitor!’ and ‘Thought-criminal!’, the little girl imitating her brother in every movement.

It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gamboling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters."

– George Orwell

Re: New US phone network for Christians to block porn and gender-related content

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So, Andrew Tate videos would be blocked for talking about male gender roles? I don’t understand why we are replacing “LGBT Content” with “Gender Content” in formal vocabulary.

It sounds less bigoted. It's not less bigoted. It sounds that way though.

Re: New US phone network for Christians to block porn and gender-related content

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This is such an extreme thing to do, there must be a better way. Why can't religion coexist alongside societal progress? From my (limited) understanding of the Bible, as it was translated and translated over the years to our common, modern languages a lot of it has been adjusted, and these adjustments don't align with the original text. Perhaps it needs to be changed further. I would love for people to have a religio…

There's barely anything in the bible about all the societal stuff relgious people freak out about. The bible isn't the problem.

Re: New US phone network for Christians to block porn and gender-related content

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post #8

This is such an extreme thing to do, there must be a better way. Why can't religion coexist alongside societal progress? From my (limited) understanding of the Bible, as it was translated and translated over the years to our common, modern languages a lot of it has been adjusted, and these adjustments don't align with the original text. Perhaps it needs to be changed further. I would love for people to have a religio…

There are plenty of progressive Christians who remember that Jesus’s most important command was to love your neighbor.

The better question is, why are these fundamentalists so successful at co-opting the word “Christian”? Why does “Christian phone network” mean one that blocks homosexual content rather than one that donates 10% of revenue to feed the poor?

Re: New US phone network for Christians to block porn and gender-related content

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post #8

This is such an extreme thing to do, there must be a better way. Why can't religion coexist alongside societal progress? From my (limited) understanding of the Bible, as it was translated and translated over the years to our common, modern languages a lot of it has been adjusted, and these adjustments don't align with the original text. Perhaps it needs to be changed further. I would love for people to have a religio…

Many people don't agree with the current and future societal values and norms. Why can't people be left alone in peace?
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