{"id":12282,"date":"2012-12-18T09:01:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T14:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/?p=12282"},"modified":"2012-12-17T16:13:38","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T21:13:38","slug":"dont-ever-change-now-baby-and-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2012\/12\/18\/dont-ever-change-now-baby-and-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Don’t ever change now baby and thank you’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/filer.case.edu\/dts8\/thelastq.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061<\/a>, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cAre we more likely to encourage helping behavior by <a href=\"http:\/\/kohenari.net\/post\/37723273710\/subway-heroes\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">highlighting stories where people act heroically or where they fail to do so?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cBut <a href=\"http:\/\/rachelheldevans.com\/blog\/kingsolver-church#comment-722975159\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">what if the woman is smarter than the man?<\/a> Wouldn\u2019t God want the one that He made smarter to be in charge?\u201d<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/52\/2012\/12\/KeepCalm1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12283\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/52\/2012\/12\/KeepCalm1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"378\"><\/a>\u201cIt\u2019s just <a href=\"http:\/\/fozmeadows.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/08\/psa-your-default-narrative-settings-are-not-apolitical\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a reflexive way of expressing either conscious or subconscious outrage<\/a> that someone who isn\u2019t white, straight and\/or male is being given the spotlight.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI find it hard to understand <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samefacts.com\/2012\/12\/personal-moment\/the-zero-sum-view-of-life\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">why people would live life with such constant resentment of others and sense of competition with the world<\/a>; I am only sure that it\u2019s worth significant effort to avoid them.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/thenewcivilrightsmovement.com\/on-our-radar-princess-mette-marit-and-the-right-to-be-a-parent\/news\/2012\/12\/09\/55639\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Once upon a time<\/a>, after the glaciers receded and men spread out among all the fresh green valleys of the world, freedom loving people of the North founded an enchanted Kingdom which can be still be found on any map of the world, where the Skagergatt meets the Kattergat.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/entry\/persecution-is-not-an-evangelical-value\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">We neither condone nor tolerate in our name<\/a> imprisonment, persecution or any violence to any group or individual no matter their faith or sexual orientation.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI believe with every cell in my body that if Jesus were here in the flesh today, <a href=\"http:\/\/dannycoleman.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/on-evangelical-church-and-people-who.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">he would reach out to love and appreciate and enfold people who are LGBT<\/a> \u2014 without condition.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2012\/12\/06\/marriage-changes-get-over-it\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">From 1905 until 1977, epileptics were forbidden to marry in Minnesota<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cPublic acceptance of same-sex marriage can serve as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/blogs\/mark-silk\/same-sex-marriage-should-clarify-church-state-separation\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a timely reminder to conservative religious leaders that their traditions have always adapted<\/a> to changing social norms.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cQuite literally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/george-will-quite-literally-the-opposition-to-gay-marriage-is-dying\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the opposition to gay marriage is dying<\/a>. It\u2019s old people.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cUltimately the love songs exist <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com\/2012\/12\/soaring-above-our-senses.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">to fill, with language, the silence between ourselves and God<\/a>, to decrease the distance between the temporal and the divine.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThe biggest difference was that instead of writing for millions of readers, <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com\/2012\/12\/spy-fiction-for-one.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wheatley was writing for just one<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThis is all the time I will get in this universe, and I\u2019m going to spend it how I see fit, and <a href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2012\/12\/09\/a-note-to-you-should-you-be-thinking-of-asking-me-to-write-for-you-for-free\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this does not generally include writing for free for people who are not me<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cAll wishes of \u2018Merry Christmas\u2019 offered upon this blog in comments by individuals other than the blog\u2019s author, whether addressed to its author or to other readers, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/2012\/12\/the-articles-of-christmas-4.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">understood to subscribe to these articles unless otherwise specified<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christianpiatt\/2012\/12\/church-sign-epic-fails-soul-harvest-edition\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Church Sign Epic Fails, \u2018Soul Harvest\u2019<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A selection of Tuesday morning links, including: the last question, from Asimov; 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