On this day:
1471
In England, the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Tewkesbury.
1970
Ohio National Guardsmen open fire on student protesters at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine others.
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Does the affirmation of papal election by white smoke imply some subtle color bias?
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“Eyelashes are a strong binary. There is currently a fashion for one sex to have eyelashes that are outrageously long, thick, and black. These are seen as an indicator of high ‘uber’ femininity and… therefore, the opposite has to be ‘true’ for the opposite gender.”--somebody.
So, guys are shaving their eyelashes?
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Fetterman is getting some bad press from inside the party. It certainly doesn't originate with their preoccupation with honesty.
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Sunday/Friendship Amidst the Miracles
Ohio National Guardsmen open fire on student protesters at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine others.
***
Does the affirmation of papal election by white smoke imply some subtle color bias?
***
“Eyelashes are a strong binary. There is currently a fashion for one sex to have eyelashes that are outrageously long, thick, and black. These are seen as an indicator of high ‘uber’ femininity and… therefore, the opposite has to be ‘true’ for the opposite gender.”--somebody.
So, guys are shaving their eyelashes?
***
Fetterman is getting some bad press from inside the party. It certainly doesn't originate with their preoccupation with honesty.
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Sunday/Friendship Amidst the Miracles
In today's gospel, the apostles go fishing, Christ appears on the shore, gives them a catch, and discusses Peter's devotion. This is Christ's third appearance after rising from the dead.
There is, as usual, a lot to wonder about. Are the disciples regressing to their original lives? What does Christ's distance mean at their meeting--so Emmaus-like? Is Christ recreating the Last Supper and revising Peter's denial? (The symmetry of Peter's three affirmations is a striking reflection of his earlier three denials. One must wonder at Christ's teasing, almost gallows, humor.)
One interesting, if peripheral, notion is a small point of friendship. John refers to "that disciple .....whom Jesus loved."
There is a lot of complexity here. Later, Christ talks with Peter about love. The discussion bounces between Greek subtleties of different meanings of love, "agapao" represents sacrificial love or total commitment, and "phileo" is fondness. Elaine Pagels says that the "disciple whom Jesus loved" is an effort by the evangelist to de-emphasize Peter's relationship with Christ.
But there is another view. Friendship is not a common theme in the New Testament. The pagans, without a spiritual ideal, pay great attention to friendship. (Patroklos and Achilles, Gilgamesh and Enkidu.) Christians have been accused of diminishing the life of the world, favoring the overshadowing afterlife.
Here is a very concrete example where friendship is inherent to the Christian story.
There is, as usual, a lot to wonder about. Are the disciples regressing to their original lives? What does Christ's distance mean at their meeting--so Emmaus-like? Is Christ recreating the Last Supper and revising Peter's denial? (The symmetry of Peter's three affirmations is a striking reflection of his earlier three denials. One must wonder at Christ's teasing, almost gallows, humor.)
One interesting, if peripheral, notion is a small point of friendship. John refers to "that disciple .....whom Jesus loved."
There is a lot of complexity here. Later, Christ talks with Peter about love. The discussion bounces between Greek subtleties of different meanings of love, "agapao" represents sacrificial love or total commitment, and "phileo" is fondness. Elaine Pagels says that the "disciple whom Jesus loved" is an effort by the evangelist to de-emphasize Peter's relationship with Christ.
But there is another view. Friendship is not a common theme in the New Testament. The pagans, without a spiritual ideal, pay great attention to friendship. (Patroklos and Achilles, Gilgamesh and Enkidu.) Christians have been accused of diminishing the life of the world, favoring the overshadowing afterlife.
Here is a very concrete example where friendship is inherent to the Christian story.
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