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Be the change you want to see in the world! Even if it's something small you could help things be better.

Another good piece of evidence I just thought of is the oldest known depiction of Jesus: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexamenos_graffito

It seems the claim might originate with Jehovah's Witnesses in modern times.

Do you have any sources on the claim that it wasn't a cross and was changed later for pagans? The scripture references "coming down" from the cross which to me would imply the one we typically think of.

Also from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impalement,

"I see crosses there, not just of one kind but made differently by different [fabricators]; some individuals suspended their victims with heads inverted toward the ground; some drove a stake (stipes) through their excretory organs/genitals; others stretched out their [victims'] arms on a patibulum [cross bar]; I see racks, I see lashes ... "

Sounds like Seneca, a figure from exactly this time period confirms the type of cross we think of.

Yeah, that's true and it's very upsetting that so many hypocrites would exist within the wider church. I'd argue that someone that doesn't follow the teachings of Christ isn't a Christian at all since that's literally what the word means.

Every movement in history has hypocrites that follow it, and give the movement a bad name. Lumping "American Christians" together and then judging them based on the worst people who adopt that title is creating a straw man.

All American Christians that I know try and follow what you pointed out in your first sentence.

The statement on judging however is a bit misguided, Jesus didn't say to never judge, but to be careful to avoid hypocrisy and to judge with love.

This is in my top ten list for certain, I'm glad they're remastering it so a new generation can enjoy it! I would like to see more new content with this same style though.

When asking for the reforms you're talking about results in things like getting disappeared of course people are going to be underground about it. The human spirit isn't meant to be caged in the way that the CCP does (Or Western capitalism does for that matter), eventually resistance will build up to a breaking point I hope.

Yeah, that's for sure. I'm a FIRE adherent so hopefully I am going to be able to choose where I spend my time soon and escape the broken system

You don't necessarily need it, but if you have a full time job that's roughly a third of your time. Having a third of your time without social interaction causes you to need an extremely robust social life outside of work to make up for it, throwing things off balance.

I don't think it has much to do with skill, I just wanted more balance in my life

I thought the same but over the years my perspective has changed. It's not actually healthy to think like that about people you spend a third of your time with

For me, over the years having no connection with anyone at work has actually been detrimental and led me to seek an in office job.

It wasn't the only factor but it was definitely one of them. Humans are social creatures at the end of the day.

Something like this might be a solution for home use: https://cyclopure.com/dexsorb/

That or reverse osmosis