What an unserious life philosophy, not approaching unfamiliar things with curiosity.
New US phone network for Christians to block porn and gender-related content
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#42Re: New US phone network for Christians to block porn and gender-related content
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many people don't agree with the current and future societal values and norms. Why can't people be left alone in peace?
Because they won't leave others alone in peace. Because they work to enshrine their religious dogma into law and enforce it with violence.
Not only religion. Some countries spread their dogma with violences to other countries too.
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#44I take the assumption to be that Christians are somehow not able to resist porn by their own efforts?
I think that statement describes a wide swath of non Christians as well.
I don't think it's the general ability or inability to stop watching porn that is in question. It's their righteous indignation that you're going to hell if you do that, so they'll gladly set up a theocratic nanny state of nationalist Christians to protect your every thought.
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#45This 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…
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#46It sounds like the great firewall of god that is meant to prevent all sins. In theory it's probably just a content filtering service, same as most enterprises do, but with a spin for godly sheep to flock to.
Not a bad idea really if you have kids, as the alternative is basically spyware on your kids phone, and today it's somewhat trivial to build your own MVNO off a mainstream network like this. Would I ever trust it? About as much as I'd ever trust a priest around my kid, which is never.
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#47Happy to have the market solve a problem, providing an opt-in solution for people who want it. Somehow porn doesn't show up in my web-browsing either, funny how that works.
actually sometimes you're in a normal website and there is an porn ad at the bottom.
Re: New US phone network for Christians to block porn and gender-related content
#48I take the assumption to be that Christians are somehow not able to resist porn by their own efforts?
You're partially correct. Jesus is very clear about avoiding temptation. Religious people are humans just like the rest of us and want to proactively avoid sinning.
However, religious people are probably more concerned than the general population that their teen boys and girls not watch content that degrades human dignity.
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#49This 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…
Isn't that the whole point of religions... they offer something timeless, transcendent, or divinely revealed that stands above whatever the current culture happens to celebrate or condemn this decade. The current, past, and future values and norms that are decided by societies are fleeting, old tomorrow, always changing.
Religions generally stick to the standard “the old ways are whatever the last few generations taught, and the modern/liberal religions will be the old ways in a few generations”. Very few parts are not influenced by culture.
Re: New US phone network for Christians to block porn and gender-related content
#50This 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…
Isn't that the whole point of religions... they offer something timeless, transcendent, or divinely revealed that stands above whatever the current culture happens to celebrate or condemn this decade. The current, past, and future values and norms that are decided by societies are fleeting, old tomorrow, always changing.
yes, a quote from June Singer, a prominent Jungian analyst and author, has always stuck out for me.. Something about a stone, tumbled in a river over many, many.. many years.. specifically, passing through generations of people. If the content survives the fads and fashions, then it is an indicator of something with a deeper root.