Estiar
@Estiar@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Anon hates reddit 1 week ago:
Oops. I meant the former, eunuchs from birth
- Comment on Anon hates reddit 1 week ago:
I don’t think that’s the case
Matthew 19:12 NRSV [12] For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”
Jesus mentions two types of eunuchs here. Those who are made, and those who are born as eunuchs. The latter, those who are born as eunuchs are what we today call intersex people.
Intersex people have ambiguous sex characteristics and are born that way. Intersex people make up around 1.7% of the population, around the same amount as people who have red hair. They are pretty distinct. Sometimes they can have male genitalia and female sex hormones, while still others can have ambiguous genitalia. Others still have male chromosomes when being phenotypically female.
Not every one of these was included in the term Eunuch, as they aren’t always visible traits. But many of these traits were visible so they were seen as distinct from men. Oftentimes they’re born that way.
(An aside while it’s on my mind, Jesus tells us that marriage is overrated in this passage. I think we neglect our single church members a lot, seeing as there doesn’t seem to be much space for them outside of the context of marriage. And this passage says that marriage isn’t for everyone)
- Comment on Anon hates reddit 1 week ago:
Acts 8:27-28 NRSV [27] So [Phillip] got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship [28] and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
Here’s a story about a eunuch returning home from Jerusalem. Eunuchs back then were seen as ‘between’ male and female. They were able to go between the men’s Chambers in the women’s Chambers freely, and so they were very useful in courts. Not all Eunuchs were in the courts though.
According to church tradition this very Eunuch founded the Ethiopian Church. And so it is very possible for non-binary people to be followers of Christ.
Of course we can’t fall into the pitfall of applying modern sexuality and gender theory on ancient cultures, as they have a very different set of social institutions.
Some theologians of years past have suggested that the passage which is alluded to in Genesis might have a different meaning.
Genesis 2:23 NRSV [23] Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken.”
This taken in conjunction with the passage that you quoted, can be interpreted very differently. Woman was taken out of man, meaning that Man was once both male and female at the same time, and yet perfect as all of God’s creation was.
Jesus never explicitly condemns Eunuchs or other groups of gender non-conforming people. I would not take this passage to exclude everything else from the life giving blood shed for us on the cross
- Comment on Anon hates reddit 1 week ago:
I’m a Christian! Did you know that the church in Ethiopia was started by a non-binary person? Gender and sexuality used to be very different social constructs in biblical times and modern views on gender and sexuality didn’t come around in full force until around 300 years ago.
It’s a real shame that the church in general tends to reject the LGBT community. Science has shown over and over again that sexual identity and gender identity are inherent parts of people, and it makes no sense to me how God can hate something that he designed.
- Comment on boymoder with bisexual cis gf 5 weeks ago:
Once eggs hatch they become chicks
- Comment on a flower for mother's day 1 month ago:
That’s adorable! Even if she didn’t intend for it, she’s a mother now. I don’t know if she’s quite realized it yet.
- Comment on Anon's little cousin plays with MLP toys 2 months ago:
There’s actually a /MLP/ board on 4chan. There aren’t a lot of fandoms that have their own separate board, but they made that one because people were pony-posting all over the other message boards.
- Comment on MAGA Republican Logic 4 months ago:
The child would go to the NICU and be fine
If the child doesn’t have a rare issue
You changed your position. That’s okay!
Still, there are times when abortions make more sense from a health perspective. There are also times when induced birth makes more sense. Why ban a life saving procedure? No mother wants to have an abortion at that stage, so they would go with that latter option every time that they could.
But sometimes that’s too risky for the health of the mother. So instead of a dead baby, you have a dead baby and dead mother. If it’s banned, pregnancy becomes more dangerous for any mother
- Comment on MAGA Republican Logic 4 months ago:
Children can’t grow a brain stem that isn’t there. Or make a malformed heart work There are complications that cannot be treated
- Comment on Anon has a realization 8 months ago:
Nobody would be a fan of my little pony in 1998, and I don’t know who could grow a beard at 16, but it certainly wasn’t anyone I knew
- Comment on Anon finds a flashdrive 9 months ago:
Fourth days later, Anon finds that his entire computer file system has been replaced with pics of Morgan Freeman
- Comment on Anon asks a simple question 10 months ago:
Yeah. Cam girls are people too. Sometimes it’s hard to remember
- Comment on Anon takes the long way home 10 months ago:
Oh no! Then you might become a cute werewolf! OwO
- Comment on Anon offers a harsh truth 10 months ago:
Anon needs to join a rail club or work for a rail museum. They’re always looking for new people and they have big trains.
- Comment on Anon's good memory from the 2010s 10 months ago:
That’s the image I got. I don’t know if Lemmy lets me post the whole image. I don’t know if it’s the original either, but I used this as a desktop background for years. I ditched it on the upgrade to 4k. Size is 1.2 MB
- Comment on Anon's good memory from the 2010s 10 months ago:
Holy cow. I have that image
- Comment on Anon builds a fire pit 10 months ago:
You have the deepest conversations around a fire. Everything from philosophy to art to politics, this is how man bonds with his brethren.
- Comment on Anon shares a high school memory 1 year ago:
If you want to have a romantic relationship with someone, you probably want to know if they cheated on somebody before you go for it. Otherwise you’ll probably get burned just like they burned others. Maybe Anon wants a loyal girlfriend
- Comment on Anon is well adjusted 1 year ago:
I thought it was Roblox
- Comment on Anon encounters a Switch owner 1 year ago:
You can’t tell me how to have fun.
- Comment on Anon has a power fantasy 1 year ago:
I could never ask Fluttershy to haul things for me. At that point, I would start carrying things for her
- Comment on Anon has a power fantasy 1 year ago:
There’s a lot of hidden costs and infrastructure needed for magical flying beasts. Not to mention limited capacity. Little can compete with the horse drawn cart when it comes to capacity for price though.
- Comment on Anon knows French 1 year ago:
Quand ils apprennent que ce serveur est bilingue, il va être très amusant
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I thought all that money came from the COVID relief bills in 2020. That was when stimulus checks and Paycheck Protection Loans were given out to everyone adding a whole bunch of extra liquidity that went to business interests.
Not all of this can be blamed on Biden, especially since his spending was into infrastructure and tech. Granted infrastructure can only get you so far, (see China) but it’s likely going to be better aimed than thousand dollar checks
This might be a case where we need to rethink fiscal policy across both sides of the isle. I don’t think either party is interested in such a measure. That leaves fiscal conservatives SOL when it comes to long term finances.
- Comment on Analysis: Why it will be tough for Biden to defeat Trump | CNN Politics 1 year ago:
Inflation has risen by 3.1% from Jan 2023 to Jan 2024. The target that the Federal Reserve has is 3%. Consumer confidence may be a different story though, as even though market indicators say there’s a strong economy, people saying that the economy is bad will make people say that the economy is bad. There’s currently a labor shortage and strong jobs growth and wages are starting to grow in real terms for the first time in a while.
Granted, the only thing that matters in the end is if people think the economy is bad
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Inflation from Jan 2023 to Jan 2024 was 3.1% according to the CPI. The target is 3%
- Comment on Analysis: Why it will be tough for Biden to defeat Trump | CNN Politics 1 year ago:
The economy is actually doing quite well under Biden. Between the IRA and CHIPS, and other measures, manufacturing is looking good. Blue collar jobs are doing fine too, with some hiccups due to world events. I’d rather have Biden anyway especially since he has let the Central bank have autonomy to set interest rates unlike Trump who took a less conservative approach and more of a populist approach.
