Just like how historical spider-man existed, but the comic version didn't, right?

Don't do religion, kids.

The document will be seen by some more conservative Catholic as a win after years of feeling embattled during Pope Francis's leadership

They're feeling embattled after Francis paid the barest lipservice to LGBTQ people without actually doing anything.

What a joke these people are.

It didn't, I just disagree.

Nice, I do like it when useful idiots identifiy rhemselves upfront, instead of me having to dig, thanks!

Who is "calling" and "not calling" the uncommitted movement?

Yeah, that doesn’t sound abusive in the slightest.

You seem to be projecting...

Imagine not getting mad at a hate church.

Oh wait, you don't have to.

They are a hate church and/or a cult.

A few (of the many) red flags:

"We believe the Bible is God’s inerrant truth and it’s the foundation to everything we do."

"The fact that we live in 21st century, it doesn’t change the message that God gave 2000 years ago"

"Crossroads wants to be a place where Christ-followers reproduce Christ-followers, leaders reproduce leaders and churches reproduce other churches."

"We expect every person to be moving closer to reflecting the complete image of Christ in every area of life."

"We believe that the Bible, composed of the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament, is the inspired word of God and without error in the original writing."

"Scripture is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice."

They literally admit they're cult in the FAQ page

Surprise, surprise, they're doing tithing

If you check their annual reports, they have some $86+ million is assets and $6 million in cash(!)

But if you don't believe me, ask the people who actually personally know this church. Their priest is giving transphobic sermons, and the SPLC listed them as a hate group.

From the article:

"At Crossroads, Tome says that the church is trying to walk the line between welcoming LGBTQ+ members and adhering to what he says are biblical traditions. Tome says that Crossroads does not affirm LGBTQ+ individuals in all ways."

the more nuanced and relatively benign idea that everyone should be converted to Christianity and in that sense be a “Christian” nation while nominally maintaining separation of church and state.

Forcible conversion and theocracy is benign and nuanced to you?

Thank a christian for this.

Don't sell yourself short. You are an ally, you are helping. Just not the side you think you are.

And just like your fellow regressives, you desperately reject reality until it personally affects you.

I just hope that when it does, it isn't someone else who pays that price for you.

Have a good day.

I didn't, but only through luck. If we weren't lucky, I would have had to kill them, or more likely I would have had to try to.

Apparently since I don't approve of killing people I have to list all the incountable ways that you can deal with all kinds of negative confrontations without resorting to literally killing someone.

Please, do tell me how I could have managed to deal with multiple drunk guys cornering and trying to beat/stab us to death.

This has been a very stupid day defending the most basic idea that maybe we shouldn't just kill people and maybe we shouldn't fantasize about killing people.

I think what's even more stupid, is coming into a community of vulnerable people, and telling them that by defending themselves from aggressors makes them bad people, that they'll have blood on their hands and they won't be able to live with themselves.

I honestly think you're either one of two things: You're either an alt right troll, or worse, you're someone who thinks themselves an ally, but has absolutely zero practical experience in the matter.

I mean anyone who says the following:

If self defense was really the goal why didn't the father gift their child a bullet proof vest or a shield or pepper spray or a taser or any other of the myriad options that exist in the real world to defend yourself from attackers?

Is either trolling, or unintentionally trying to get people killed through bad advice.

Either way, you're helping the regressives, not us.

If in the act of defending yourself, you kill somebody, is that objectively a good righteous thing? Is that not a bloody stain on the world? Will there not be blood on your hands?

What is your alternative then? Let's hear it.

If some transphobe/homophobe/racist/etc corners me and my family/friends (again), what should I do according to you? I'm curious.

I assume this only applies ro domestic felines?

I would love to know what you THINK they meant.

"That's my secret, captain. I never think."

Uhhh... Every single airbag is computerized.

Uhhh... not motorcycle airbags. See the Helite Turtle 2 airbag.

Eh, you don't need a gun necessarily to help out, see Desmond Doss.

Jesus as a historical figure

As historical as Harry Potter or Superman.

By the end of its first day, Mirai had infected over 65,000 IoT devices. By its second day, Mirai already accounted for half of all Internet telnet scans observed by our collective set of honeypots, as shown in the figure above. At its peak in November 2016 Mirai had infected over 600,000 IoT devices.

And that's just 1 botnet out of many.

Not even close. Very poor strawman attempt.

Not really a strawman attempt, I just likened it to a very similar situation.

But if that's what it takes to convince yourself that you're right, sure.