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:stargif: 𝑳𝒂 𝑨𝒕𝒍𝒂́𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒂: 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒊́𝒂, 𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒐 𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊́𝒂 :stargif:
La historia de la Atlantis es uno de los relatos más famosos y debatidos de la antigüedad.
Durante siglos ha sido presentada como una civilización perdida extremadamente avanzada, destruida en una sola noche por un cataclismo.
Sin embargo, cuando se revisan las fuentes históricas con calma, la historia resulta bastante más matizada.Todo lo que sabemos sobre la Atlántida procede de un solo autor: el filósofo griego Platón.
La menciona en dos de sus diálogos, Timeo y Critias, escritos en el siglo IV a.C.
En esos textos describe una poderosa isla situada más allá de las Columnas de Hércules, es decir, en el océano Atlántico.
Según el relato, era una sociedad rica, organizada y técnicamente avanzada que terminó cayendo por su ambición y orgullo.Platón cuenta que la capital estaba formada por anillos concéntricos de tierra y agua conectados por canales, puentes y puertos.
También menciona templos monumentales, sistemas hidráulicos complejos y un metal brillante llamado oricalco, que sería el segundo más valioso después del oro.
Para los griegos de su época, esa descripción ya representaba una ingeniería extraordinaria.En la narración, la Atlántida fue originalmente un reino próspero gobernado por descendientes del dios Poseidón.
Con el paso del tiempo, según Platón, los gobernantes se volvieron arrogantes y comenzaron a conquistar otros territorios.
Ese orgullo —lo que los griegos llamaban hubris— provocó el castigo divino.
Finalmente, en “un solo día y una noche”, terremotos y maremotos hicieron que la isla desapareciera bajo el mar.Ahora bien, desde el punto de vista histórico hay un detalle importante: no existe ninguna fuente anterior o independiente que confirme la existencia de la Atlántida.
Ni egipcios, ni fenicios, ni otros autores griegos mencionan una civilización así.
Por ese motivo, la mayoría de historiadores considera que Platón utilizó la historia como una alegoría política y moral, una forma de advertir sobre los peligros del poder, la corrupción y la arrogancia de los imperios.Eso no significa que el relato surgiera de la nada.
Muchos investigadores creen que Platón pudo inspirarse en hechos reales.
Uno de los candidatos más citados es la enorme erupción volcánica que destruyó parte de la isla de Santorini alrededor del 1600 a.C.
Aquella explosión arrasó la civilización minoica y provocó tsunamis que devastaron el mar Egeo.
Para los pueblos antiguos, una catástrofe así pudo convertirse con el tiempo en una historia sobre una civilización que desapareció de golpe.Otra teoría apunta a la antigua civilización de Tartessos, situada en el sur de la península ibérica, cerca de la actual zona de Doñana.
Los griegos describían Tartessos como un lugar extremadamente rico en metales, especialmente plata y oro.
Además, estudios geológicos han confirmado que la costa atlántica andaluza sufrió grandes tsunamis en la antigüedad, lo que podría haber destruido asentamientos costeros importantes.También existen teorías más especulativas que sitúan la Atlántida en lugares como la Estructura de Richat en el Sáhara, en el Caribe o incluso bajo el hielo de la Antártida.
Sin embargo, hasta ahora ninguna de estas hipótesis ha encontrado pruebas arqueológicas concluyentes.
A veces se citan hallazgos como lingotes de oricalco hallados cerca de Gela o el Mecanismo de Anticitera, pero ninguno demuestra la existencia de esa civilización.En resumen, el consenso académico actual es bastante claro: la Atlántida de Platón probablemente no fue una ciudad real, sino una historia filosófica construida para transmitir una advertencia sobre el poder y la decadencia de las civilizaciones.
Aun así, el relato pudo inspirarse en catástrofes reales y en culturas antiguas que desaparecieron o cambiaron con el tiempo.Quizá por eso el mito sigue fascinando hoy.
No solo habla de una ciudad perdida, sino de algo mucho más universal: la idea de que incluso las sociedades más poderosas pueden caer si olvidan la prudencia, la justicia y el equilibrio.▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣
#historia #atlantida #platon #misteriosdelahistoria #arqueologia #civilizacionesantiguas #tartessos #mitosyleyendas
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:stargif: 𝑳𝒂 𝑨𝒕𝒍𝒂́𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒂: 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒊́𝒂, 𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒐 𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊́𝒂 :stargif:
La historia de la Atlantis es uno de los relatos más famosos y debatidos de la antigüedad.
Durante siglos ha sido presentada como una civilización perdida extremadamente avanzada, destruida en una sola noche por un cataclismo.
Sin embargo, cuando se revisan las fuentes históricas con calma, la historia resulta bastante más matizada.Todo lo que sabemos sobre la Atlántida procede de un solo autor: el filósofo griego Platón.
La menciona en dos de sus diálogos, Timeo y Critias, escritos en el siglo IV a.C.
En esos textos describe una poderosa isla situada más allá de las Columnas de Hércules, es decir, en el océano Atlántico.
Según el relato, era una sociedad rica, organizada y técnicamente avanzada que terminó cayendo por su ambición y orgullo.Platón cuenta que la capital estaba formada por anillos concéntricos de tierra y agua conectados por canales, puentes y puertos.
También menciona templos monumentales, sistemas hidráulicos complejos y un metal brillante llamado oricalco, que sería el segundo más valioso después del oro.
Para los griegos de su época, esa descripción ya representaba una ingeniería extraordinaria.En la narración, la Atlántida fue originalmente un reino próspero gobernado por descendientes del dios Poseidón.
Con el paso del tiempo, según Platón, los gobernantes se volvieron arrogantes y comenzaron a conquistar otros territorios.
Ese orgullo —lo que los griegos llamaban hubris— provocó el castigo divino.
Finalmente, en “un solo día y una noche”, terremotos y maremotos hicieron que la isla desapareciera bajo el mar.Ahora bien, desde el punto de vista histórico hay un detalle importante: no existe ninguna fuente anterior o independiente que confirme la existencia de la Atlántida.
Ni egipcios, ni fenicios, ni otros autores griegos mencionan una civilización así.
Por ese motivo, la mayoría de historiadores considera que Platón utilizó la historia como una alegoría política y moral, una forma de advertir sobre los peligros del poder, la corrupción y la arrogancia de los imperios.Eso no significa que el relato surgiera de la nada.
Muchos investigadores creen que Platón pudo inspirarse en hechos reales.
Uno de los candidatos más citados es la enorme erupción volcánica que destruyó parte de la isla de Santorini alrededor del 1600 a.C.
Aquella explosión arrasó la civilización minoica y provocó tsunamis que devastaron el mar Egeo.
Para los pueblos antiguos, una catástrofe así pudo convertirse con el tiempo en una historia sobre una civilización que desapareció de golpe.Otra teoría apunta a la antigua civilización de Tartessos, situada en el sur de la península ibérica, cerca de la actual zona de Doñana.
Los griegos describían Tartessos como un lugar extremadamente rico en metales, especialmente plata y oro.
Además, estudios geológicos han confirmado que la costa atlántica andaluza sufrió grandes tsunamis en la antigüedad, lo que podría haber destruido asentamientos costeros importantes.También existen teorías más especulativas que sitúan la Atlántida en lugares como la Estructura de Richat en el Sáhara, en el Caribe o incluso bajo el hielo de la Antártida.
Sin embargo, hasta ahora ninguna de estas hipótesis ha encontrado pruebas arqueológicas concluyentes.
A veces se citan hallazgos como lingotes de oricalco hallados cerca de Gela o el Mecanismo de Anticitera, pero ninguno demuestra la existencia de esa civilización.En resumen, el consenso académico actual es bastante claro: la Atlántida de Platón probablemente no fue una ciudad real, sino una historia filosófica construida para transmitir una advertencia sobre el poder y la decadencia de las civilizaciones.
Aun así, el relato pudo inspirarse en catástrofes reales y en culturas antiguas que desaparecieron o cambiaron con el tiempo.Quizá por eso el mito sigue fascinando hoy.
No solo habla de una ciudad perdida, sino de algo mucho más universal: la idea de que incluso las sociedades más poderosas pueden caer si olvidan la prudencia, la justicia y el equilibrio.▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣
#historia #atlantida #platon #misteriosdelahistoria #arqueologia #civilizacionesantiguas #tartessos #mitosyleyendas
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:stargif: 𝑳𝒂 𝑨𝒕𝒍𝒂́𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒂: 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒊́𝒂, 𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒐 𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊́𝒂 :stargif:
La historia de la Atlantis es uno de los relatos más famosos y debatidos de la antigüedad.
Durante siglos ha sido presentada como una civilización perdida extremadamente avanzada, destruida en una sola noche por un cataclismo.
Sin embargo, cuando se revisan las fuentes históricas con calma, la historia resulta bastante más matizada.Todo lo que sabemos sobre la Atlántida procede de un solo autor: el filósofo griego Platón.
La menciona en dos de sus diálogos, Timeo y Critias, escritos en el siglo IV a.C.
En esos textos describe una poderosa isla situada más allá de las Columnas de Hércules, es decir, en el océano Atlántico.
Según el relato, era una sociedad rica, organizada y técnicamente avanzada que terminó cayendo por su ambición y orgullo.Platón cuenta que la capital estaba formada por anillos concéntricos de tierra y agua conectados por canales, puentes y puertos.
También menciona templos monumentales, sistemas hidráulicos complejos y un metal brillante llamado oricalco, que sería el segundo más valioso después del oro.
Para los griegos de su época, esa descripción ya representaba una ingeniería extraordinaria.En la narración, la Atlántida fue originalmente un reino próspero gobernado por descendientes del dios Poseidón.
Con el paso del tiempo, según Platón, los gobernantes se volvieron arrogantes y comenzaron a conquistar otros territorios.
Ese orgullo —lo que los griegos llamaban hubris— provocó el castigo divino.
Finalmente, en “un solo día y una noche”, terremotos y maremotos hicieron que la isla desapareciera bajo el mar.Ahora bien, desde el punto de vista histórico hay un detalle importante: no existe ninguna fuente anterior o independiente que confirme la existencia de la Atlántida.
Ni egipcios, ni fenicios, ni otros autores griegos mencionan una civilización así.
Por ese motivo, la mayoría de historiadores considera que Platón utilizó la historia como una alegoría política y moral, una forma de advertir sobre los peligros del poder, la corrupción y la arrogancia de los imperios.Eso no significa que el relato surgiera de la nada.
Muchos investigadores creen que Platón pudo inspirarse en hechos reales.
Uno de los candidatos más citados es la enorme erupción volcánica que destruyó parte de la isla de Santorini alrededor del 1600 a.C.
Aquella explosión arrasó la civilización minoica y provocó tsunamis que devastaron el mar Egeo.
Para los pueblos antiguos, una catástrofe así pudo convertirse con el tiempo en una historia sobre una civilización que desapareció de golpe.Otra teoría apunta a la antigua civilización de Tartessos, situada en el sur de la península ibérica, cerca de la actual zona de Doñana.
Los griegos describían Tartessos como un lugar extremadamente rico en metales, especialmente plata y oro.
Además, estudios geológicos han confirmado que la costa atlántica andaluza sufrió grandes tsunamis en la antigüedad, lo que podría haber destruido asentamientos costeros importantes.También existen teorías más especulativas que sitúan la Atlántida en lugares como la Estructura de Richat en el Sáhara, en el Caribe o incluso bajo el hielo de la Antártida.
Sin embargo, hasta ahora ninguna de estas hipótesis ha encontrado pruebas arqueológicas concluyentes.
A veces se citan hallazgos como lingotes de oricalco hallados cerca de Gela o el Mecanismo de Anticitera, pero ninguno demuestra la existencia de esa civilización.En resumen, el consenso académico actual es bastante claro: la Atlántida de Platón probablemente no fue una ciudad real, sino una historia filosófica construida para transmitir una advertencia sobre el poder y la decadencia de las civilizaciones.
Aun así, el relato pudo inspirarse en catástrofes reales y en culturas antiguas que desaparecieron o cambiaron con el tiempo.Quizá por eso el mito sigue fascinando hoy.
No solo habla de una ciudad perdida, sino de algo mucho más universal: la idea de que incluso las sociedades más poderosas pueden caer si olvidan la prudencia, la justicia y el equilibrio.▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣
#historia #atlantida #platon #misteriosdelahistoria #arqueologia #civilizacionesantiguas #tartessos #mitosyleyendas
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:stargif: 𝑳𝒂 𝑨𝒕𝒍𝒂́𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒂: 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒊́𝒂, 𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒐 𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊́𝒂 :stargif:
La historia de la Atlantis es uno de los relatos más famosos y debatidos de la antigüedad.
Durante siglos ha sido presentada como una civilización perdida extremadamente avanzada, destruida en una sola noche por un cataclismo.
Sin embargo, cuando se revisan las fuentes históricas con calma, la historia resulta bastante más matizada.Todo lo que sabemos sobre la Atlántida procede de un solo autor: el filósofo griego Platón.
La menciona en dos de sus diálogos, Timeo y Critias, escritos en el siglo IV a.C.
En esos textos describe una poderosa isla situada más allá de las Columnas de Hércules, es decir, en el océano Atlántico.
Según el relato, era una sociedad rica, organizada y técnicamente avanzada que terminó cayendo por su ambición y orgullo.Platón cuenta que la capital estaba formada por anillos concéntricos de tierra y agua conectados por canales, puentes y puertos.
También menciona templos monumentales, sistemas hidráulicos complejos y un metal brillante llamado oricalco, que sería el segundo más valioso después del oro.
Para los griegos de su época, esa descripción ya representaba una ingeniería extraordinaria.En la narración, la Atlántida fue originalmente un reino próspero gobernado por descendientes del dios Poseidón.
Con el paso del tiempo, según Platón, los gobernantes se volvieron arrogantes y comenzaron a conquistar otros territorios.
Ese orgullo —lo que los griegos llamaban hubris— provocó el castigo divino.
Finalmente, en “un solo día y una noche”, terremotos y maremotos hicieron que la isla desapareciera bajo el mar.Ahora bien, desde el punto de vista histórico hay un detalle importante: no existe ninguna fuente anterior o independiente que confirme la existencia de la Atlántida.
Ni egipcios, ni fenicios, ni otros autores griegos mencionan una civilización así.
Por ese motivo, la mayoría de historiadores considera que Platón utilizó la historia como una alegoría política y moral, una forma de advertir sobre los peligros del poder, la corrupción y la arrogancia de los imperios.Eso no significa que el relato surgiera de la nada.
Muchos investigadores creen que Platón pudo inspirarse en hechos reales.
Uno de los candidatos más citados es la enorme erupción volcánica que destruyó parte de la isla de Santorini alrededor del 1600 a.C.
Aquella explosión arrasó la civilización minoica y provocó tsunamis que devastaron el mar Egeo.
Para los pueblos antiguos, una catástrofe así pudo convertirse con el tiempo en una historia sobre una civilización que desapareció de golpe.Otra teoría apunta a la antigua civilización de Tartessos, situada en el sur de la península ibérica, cerca de la actual zona de Doñana.
Los griegos describían Tartessos como un lugar extremadamente rico en metales, especialmente plata y oro.
Además, estudios geológicos han confirmado que la costa atlántica andaluza sufrió grandes tsunamis en la antigüedad, lo que podría haber destruido asentamientos costeros importantes.También existen teorías más especulativas que sitúan la Atlántida en lugares como la Estructura de Richat en el Sáhara, en el Caribe o incluso bajo el hielo de la Antártida.
Sin embargo, hasta ahora ninguna de estas hipótesis ha encontrado pruebas arqueológicas concluyentes.
A veces se citan hallazgos como lingotes de oricalco hallados cerca de Gela o el Mecanismo de Anticitera, pero ninguno demuestra la existencia de esa civilización.En resumen, el consenso académico actual es bastante claro: la Atlántida de Platón probablemente no fue una ciudad real, sino una historia filosófica construida para transmitir una advertencia sobre el poder y la decadencia de las civilizaciones.
Aun así, el relato pudo inspirarse en catástrofes reales y en culturas antiguas que desaparecieron o cambiaron con el tiempo.Quizá por eso el mito sigue fascinando hoy.
No solo habla de una ciudad perdida, sino de algo mucho más universal: la idea de que incluso las sociedades más poderosas pueden caer si olvidan la prudencia, la justicia y el equilibrio.▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣
#historia #atlantida #platon #misteriosdelahistoria #arqueologia #civilizacionesantiguas #tartessos #mitosyleyendas
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:stargif: 𝑳𝒂 𝑨𝒕𝒍𝒂́𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒂: 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒊́𝒂, 𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒐 𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊́𝒂 :stargif:
La historia de la Atlantis es uno de los relatos más famosos y debatidos de la antigüedad.
Durante siglos ha sido presentada como una civilización perdida extremadamente avanzada, destruida en una sola noche por un cataclismo.
Sin embargo, cuando se revisan las fuentes históricas con calma, la historia resulta bastante más matizada.Todo lo que sabemos sobre la Atlántida procede de un solo autor: el filósofo griego Platón.
La menciona en dos de sus diálogos, Timeo y Critias, escritos en el siglo IV a.C.
En esos textos describe una poderosa isla situada más allá de las Columnas de Hércules, es decir, en el océano Atlántico.
Según el relato, era una sociedad rica, organizada y técnicamente avanzada que terminó cayendo por su ambición y orgullo.Platón cuenta que la capital estaba formada por anillos concéntricos de tierra y agua conectados por canales, puentes y puertos.
También menciona templos monumentales, sistemas hidráulicos complejos y un metal brillante llamado oricalco, que sería el segundo más valioso después del oro.
Para los griegos de su época, esa descripción ya representaba una ingeniería extraordinaria.En la narración, la Atlántida fue originalmente un reino próspero gobernado por descendientes del dios Poseidón.
Con el paso del tiempo, según Platón, los gobernantes se volvieron arrogantes y comenzaron a conquistar otros territorios.
Ese orgullo —lo que los griegos llamaban hubris— provocó el castigo divino.
Finalmente, en “un solo día y una noche”, terremotos y maremotos hicieron que la isla desapareciera bajo el mar.Ahora bien, desde el punto de vista histórico hay un detalle importante: no existe ninguna fuente anterior o independiente que confirme la existencia de la Atlántida.
Ni egipcios, ni fenicios, ni otros autores griegos mencionan una civilización así.
Por ese motivo, la mayoría de historiadores considera que Platón utilizó la historia como una alegoría política y moral, una forma de advertir sobre los peligros del poder, la corrupción y la arrogancia de los imperios.Eso no significa que el relato surgiera de la nada.
Muchos investigadores creen que Platón pudo inspirarse en hechos reales.
Uno de los candidatos más citados es la enorme erupción volcánica que destruyó parte de la isla de Santorini alrededor del 1600 a.C.
Aquella explosión arrasó la civilización minoica y provocó tsunamis que devastaron el mar Egeo.
Para los pueblos antiguos, una catástrofe así pudo convertirse con el tiempo en una historia sobre una civilización que desapareció de golpe.Otra teoría apunta a la antigua civilización de Tartessos, situada en el sur de la península ibérica, cerca de la actual zona de Doñana.
Los griegos describían Tartessos como un lugar extremadamente rico en metales, especialmente plata y oro.
Además, estudios geológicos han confirmado que la costa atlántica andaluza sufrió grandes tsunamis en la antigüedad, lo que podría haber destruido asentamientos costeros importantes.También existen teorías más especulativas que sitúan la Atlántida en lugares como la Estructura de Richat en el Sáhara, en el Caribe o incluso bajo el hielo de la Antártida.
Sin embargo, hasta ahora ninguna de estas hipótesis ha encontrado pruebas arqueológicas concluyentes.
A veces se citan hallazgos como lingotes de oricalco hallados cerca de Gela o el Mecanismo de Anticitera, pero ninguno demuestra la existencia de esa civilización.En resumen, el consenso académico actual es bastante claro: la Atlántida de Platón probablemente no fue una ciudad real, sino una historia filosófica construida para transmitir una advertencia sobre el poder y la decadencia de las civilizaciones.
Aun así, el relato pudo inspirarse en catástrofes reales y en culturas antiguas que desaparecieron o cambiaron con el tiempo.Quizá por eso el mito sigue fascinando hoy.
No solo habla de una ciudad perdida, sino de algo mucho más universal: la idea de que incluso las sociedades más poderosas pueden caer si olvidan la prudencia, la justicia y el equilibrio.▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣
#historia #atlantida #platon #misteriosdelahistoria #arqueologia #civilizacionesantiguas #tartessos #mitosyleyendas
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Agony Aunt: “Are keyboard touch typing skills ATTRACTIVE!?” ⌨️
Some human males delude themselves into believing certain actions are attractive. Today’s human male has decided his brilliance on a keyboard should be enough to impress even the most attractive dame.
Amy Adams? Sandra Hüller? Sandra Bullock? Other women called Sandra? All should be dropping before his most attractive typing might. Is this so? Let us explore the typing topic.
Touch Typing is the Secret to Great Romance?
Agony aunt,
I am in agony. I’ve just spend the last 72 hours touch typing my way to the annual Touch Typing Championship 2026. It was the most competitive year I’ve ever taken part in, but I fended off a young upstarter whom tried to STEAL my crown by thrashing him with a touch typing speed of 230 WPM (words per minute) compared to his PATHETIC 215 WPM. What a pathetic boy, he should leave competitions like this to MEN like me.
However, once the event ended and I was crowned the deserving champion I turned and looked around me, rightfully expecting very hot women to begin hurling themselves at me for a date and/or marriage.
But… nothing.
There was one chick there who glanced at me and I glared at her expectantly, but she just wandered off and got a hotdog from a hotdog stand. Try to comprehend that. SHE WANTED TO EAT A HOTDOG INSTEAD OF DATING A TOUCH TYPING CHAMPION. What is the world coming to? That is feminism. This is the wokeness and it’s ruining society.
I can’t possible be wrong. What could possibly be unattractive about someone being able to have this God-given skill that others can only dream of? It shows:
- Tenacity
- Intellectual genius
- Versatility
- Emotional intelligence
- Wit
- Charm
- An enjoyment of keyboards
- Dedication
How can women look me in the eye (me, admittedly not the best looking guy ever, but a touch typing genius) and think this isn’t worthy of their time?
On my Tinder dating profile I lead with it: DEREK, 33, TOUCH TYPING GENIUS
I then list out my many championship victories and link to an article that was written about me, in which I make confident (not arrogant, confident) claims about how superior I am to everyone else. And yet in the last three months I’ve swiped on over 10,000 women and only three have swiped back. One ended up being a guy pretending to be a woman, the other two were scammers thinking I’ve made a tonne of money from my victories. I haven’t. I’ve actually lost money because it’s £100 to enter the competitions. That and the keyboard investments and I’m down about £500 over the last decade due to all of this.
AND NO HOT WOMEN.
Please. Advice needed. Is it my keyboard?! It’s all black, do I need a more feminine one or something to show off my sensitive side?
Yours,
Derek
Hi there, Derek! To help you out, we went out onto the streets of Manchester city centre and randomly began demanding answers from women we encountered: “WHY WON’T YOU DATE, DEREK!?” We roared, “HE’S A TOUCH TYPING WORLD CHAMPION!”
It turns out (from the ones who didn’t run away, at least) they’re more interested in personality traits such as kindness, humour, compassion, intelligence, and an interest in the arts.
None of them were impressed or interested in the typing thing. One of them said it was “weird”*. Sorry about that! Maybe take up a new hobby.
*We have subsequently learned Derek had a stroke after reading that someone found the touch typing thing “weird”. Although he’s since recovered from that, he’s quit his day job and entered a deep, dark depression of marathon touch typing sessions. Derek… for GOD’S SAKE, man. This is not the answer. Take up golf, or something.
#AgonyAunt #dating #datingAdvice #Feminism #Humor #keyboards #masculinity #Satire #satirical #Silly #touchTyping #toxicMasculinity #typing -
Agony Aunt: “Are keyboard touch typing skills ATTRACTIVE!?” ⌨️
Some human males delude themselves into believing certain actions are attractive. Today’s human male has decided his brilliance on a keyboard should be enough to impress even the most attractive dame.
Amy Adams? Sandra Hüller? Sandra Bullock? Other women called Sandra? All should be dropping before his most attractive typing might. Is this so? Let us explore the typing topic.
Touch Typing is the Secret to Great Romance?
Agony aunt,
I am in agony. I’ve just spend the last 72 hours touch typing my way to the annual Touch Typing Championship 2026. It was the most competitive year I’ve ever taken part in, but I fended off a young upstarter whom tried to STEAL my crown by thrashing him with a touch typing speed of 230 WPM (words per minute) compared to his PATHETIC 215 WPM. What a pathetic boy, he should leave competitions like this to MEN like me.
However, once the event ended and I was crowned the deserving champion I turned and looked around me, rightfully expecting very hot women to begin hurling themselves at me for a date and/or marriage.
But… nothing.
There was one chick there who glanced at me and I glared at her expectantly, but she just wandered off and got a hotdog from a hotdog stand. Try to comprehend that. SHE WANTED TO EAT A HOTDOG INSTEAD OF DATING A TOUCH TYPING CHAMPION. What is the world coming to? That is feminism. This is the wokeness and it’s ruining society.
I can’t possible be wrong. What could possibly be unattractive about someone being able to have this God-given skill that others can only dream of? It shows:
- Tenacity
- Intellectual genius
- Versatility
- Emotional intelligence
- Wit
- Charm
- An enjoyment of keyboards
- Dedication
How can women look me in the eye (me, admittedly not the best looking guy ever, but a touch typing genius) and think this isn’t worthy of their time?
On my Tinder dating profile I lead with it: DEREK, 33, TOUCH TYPING GENIUS
I then list out my many championship victories and link to an article that was written about me, in which I make confident (not arrogant, confident) claims about how superior I am to everyone else. And yet in the last three months I’ve swiped on over 10,000 women and only three have swiped back. One ended up being a guy pretending to be a woman, the other two were scammers thinking I’ve made a tonne of money from my victories. I haven’t. I’ve actually lost money because it’s £100 to enter the competitions. That and the keyboard investments and I’m down about £500 over the last decade due to all of this.
AND NO HOT WOMEN.
Please. Advice needed. Is it my keyboard?! It’s all black, do I need a more feminine one or something to show off my sensitive side?
Yours,
Derek
Hi there, Derek! To help you out, we went out onto the streets of Manchester city centre and randomly began demanding answers from women we encountered: “WHY WON’T YOU DATE, DEREK!?” We roared, “HE’S A TOUCH TYPING WORLD CHAMPION!”
It turns out (from the ones who didn’t run away, at least) they’re more interested in personality traits such as kindness, humour, compassion, intelligence, and an interest in the arts.
None of them were impressed or interested in the typing thing. One of them said it was “weird”*. Sorry about that! Maybe take up a new hobby.
*We have subsequently learned Derek had a stroke after reading that someone found the touch typing thing “weird”. Although he’s since recovered from that, he’s quit his day job and entered a deep, dark depression of marathon touch typing sessions. Derek… for GOD’S SAKE, man. This is not the answer. Take up golf, or something.
#AgonyAunt #dating #datingAdvice #Feminism #Humor #keyboards #masculinity #Satire #satirical #Silly #touchTyping #toxicMasculinity #typing -
Agony Aunt: “Are keyboard touch typing skills ATTRACTIVE!?” ⌨️
Some human males delude themselves into believing certain actions are attractive. Today’s human male has decided his brilliance on a keyboard should be enough to impress even the most attractive dame.
Amy Adams? Sandra Hüller? Sandra Bullock? Other women called Sandra? All should be dropping before his most attractive typing might. Is this so? Let us explore the typing topic.
Touch Typing is the Secret to Great Romance?
Agony aunt,
I am in agony. I’ve just spend the last 72 hours touch typing my way to the annual Touch Typing Championship 2026. It was the most competitive year I’ve ever taken part in, but I fended off a young upstarter whom tried to STEAL my crown by thrashing him with a touch typing speed of 230 WPM (words per minute) compared to his PATHETIC 215 WPM. What a pathetic boy, he should leave competitions like this to MEN like me.
However, once the event ended and I was crowned the deserving champion I turned and looked around me, rightfully expecting very hot women to begin hurling themselves at me for a date and/or marriage.
But… nothing.
There was one chick there who glanced at me and I glared at her expectantly, but she just wandered off and got a hotdog from a hotdog stand. Try to comprehend that. SHE WANTED TO EAT A HOTDOG INSTEAD OF DATING A TOUCH TYPING CHAMPION. What is the world coming to? That is feminism. This is the wokeness and it’s ruining society.
I can’t possible be wrong. What could possibly be unattractive about someone being able to have this God-given skill that others can only dream of? It shows:
- Tenacity
- Intellectual genius
- Versatility
- Emotional intelligence
- Wit
- Charm
- An enjoyment of keyboards
- Dedication
How can women look me in the eye (me, admittedly not the best looking guy ever, but a touch typing genius) and think this isn’t worthy of their time?
On my Tinder dating profile I lead with it: DEREK, 33, TOUCH TYPING GENIUS
I then list out my many championship victories and link to an article that was written about me, in which I make confident (not arrogant, confident) claims about how superior I am to everyone else. And yet in the last three months I’ve swiped on over 10,000 women and only three have swiped back. One ended up being a guy pretending to be a woman, the other two were scammers thinking I’ve made a tonne of money from my victories. I haven’t. I’ve actually lost money because it’s £100 to enter the competitions. That and the keyboard investments and I’m down about £500 over the last decade due to all of this.
AND NO HOT WOMEN.
Please. Advice needed. Is it my keyboard?! It’s all black, do I need a more feminine one or something to show off my sensitive side?
Yours,
Derek
Hi there, Derek! To help you out, we went out onto the streets of Manchester city centre and randomly began demanding answers from women we encountered: “WHY WON’T YOU DATE, DEREK!?” We roared, “HE’S A TOUCH TYPING WORLD CHAMPION!”
It turns out (from the ones who didn’t run away, at least) they’re more interested in personality traits such as kindness, humour, compassion, intelligence, and an interest in the arts.
None of them were impressed or interested in the typing thing. One of them said it was “weird”*. Sorry about that! Maybe take up a new hobby.
*We have subsequently learned Derek had a stroke after reading that someone found the touch typing thing “weird”. Although he’s since recovered from that, he’s quit his day job and entered a deep, dark depression of marathon touch typing sessions. Derek… for GOD’S SAKE, man. This is not the answer. Take up golf, or something.
#AgonyAunt #dating #datingAdvice #Feminism #Humor #keyboards #masculinity #Satire #satirical #Silly #touchTyping #toxicMasculinity #typing -
Agony Aunt: “Are keyboard touch typing skills ATTRACTIVE!?” ⌨️
Some human males delude themselves into believing certain actions are attractive. Today’s human male has decided his brilliance on a keyboard should be enough to impress even the most attractive dame.
Amy Adams? Sandra Hüller? Sandra Bullock? Other women called Sandra? All should be dropping before his most attractive typing might. Is this so? Let us explore the typing topic.
Touch Typing is the Secret to Great Romance?
Agony aunt,
I am in agony. I’ve just spend the last 72 hours touch typing my way to the annual Touch Typing Championship 2026. It was the most competitive year I’ve ever taken part in, but I fended off a young upstarter whom tried to STEAL my crown by thrashing him with a touch typing speed of 230 WPM (words per minute) compared to his PATHETIC 215 WPM. What a pathetic boy, he should leave competitions like this to MEN like me.
However, once the event ended and I was crowned the deserving champion I turned and looked around me, rightfully expecting very hot women to begin hurling themselves at me for a date and/or marriage.
But… nothing.
There was one chick there who glanced at me and I glared at her expectantly, but she just wandered off and got a hotdog from a hotdog stand. Try to comprehend that. SHE WANTED TO EAT A HOTDOG INSTEAD OF DATING A TOUCH TYPING CHAMPION. What is the world coming to? That is feminism. This is the wokeness and it’s ruining society.
I can’t possible be wrong. What could possibly be unattractive about someone being able to have this God-given skill that others can only dream of? It shows:
- Tenacity
- Intellectual genius
- Versatility
- Emotional intelligence
- Wit
- Charm
- An enjoyment of keyboards
- Dedication
How can women look me in the eye (me, admittedly not the best looking guy ever, but a touch typing genius) and think this isn’t worthy of their time?
On my Tinder dating profile I lead with it: DEREK, 33, TOUCH TYPING GENIUS
I then list out my many championship victories and link to an article that was written about me, in which I make confident (not arrogant, confident) claims about how superior I am to everyone else. And yet in the last three months I’ve swiped on over 10,000 women and only three have swiped back. One ended up being a guy pretending to be a woman, the other two were scammers thinking I’ve made a tonne of money from my victories. I haven’t. I’ve actually lost money because it’s £100 to enter the competitions. That and the keyboard investments and I’m down about £500 over the last decade due to all of this.
AND NO HOT WOMEN.
Please. Advice needed. Is it my keyboard?! It’s all black, do I need a more feminine one or something to show off my sensitive side?
Yours,
Derek
Hi there, Derek! To help you out, we went out onto the streets of Manchester city centre and randomly began demanding answers from women we encountered: “WHY WON’T YOU DATE, DEREK!?” We roared, “HE’S A TOUCH TYPING WORLD CHAMPION!”
It turns out (from the ones who didn’t run away, at least) they’re more interested in personality traits such as kindness, humour, compassion, intelligence, and an interest in the arts.
None of them were impressed or interested in the typing thing. One of them said it was “weird”*. Sorry about that! Maybe take up a new hobby.
*We have subsequently learned Derek had a stroke after reading that someone found the touch typing thing “weird”. Although he’s since recovered from that, he’s quit his day job and entered a deep, dark depression of marathon touch typing sessions. Derek… for GOD’S SAKE, man. This is not the answer. Take up golf, or something.
#AgonyAunt #dating #datingAdvice #Feminism #Humor #keyboards #masculinity #Satire #satirical #Silly #touchTyping #toxicMasculinity #typing -
#SmashPatriarchy The behavior of these arrogant men exercising stolen valor is outrageous. #SupportWomen
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t6ubj2wlhc34awzcymh3qpur/post/3mk3kpjrtic2c -
#SmashPatriarchy The behavior of these arrogant men exercising stolen valor is outrageous. #SupportWomen
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t6ubj2wlhc34awzcymh3qpur/post/3mk3kpjrtic2c -
"The refusal of allies to join us in Iran is not simply a temporary embarrassment. It is a warning. If we do not rebuild respect, credibility, and partnership, we should expect this isolation not to be a one-off shock, but as the new normal."
~ Bonnie Jenkins
#Trump #Iran #war #NATO #Europe #isolationism #hubris #arrogance
https://www.joyannreid.com/p/why-a-superpower-finds-itself-alone
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"The refusal of allies to join us in Iran is not simply a temporary embarrassment. It is a warning. If we do not rebuild respect, credibility, and partnership, we should expect this isolation not to be a one-off shock, but as the new normal."
~ Bonnie Jenkins
#Trump #Iran #war #NATO #Europe #isolationism #hubris #arrogance
https://www.joyannreid.com/p/why-a-superpower-finds-itself-alone
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"The refusal of allies to join us in Iran is not simply a temporary embarrassment. It is a warning. If we do not rebuild respect, credibility, and partnership, we should expect this isolation not to be a one-off shock, but as the new normal."
~ Bonnie Jenkins
#Trump #Iran #war #NATO #Europe #isolationism #hubris #arrogance
https://www.joyannreid.com/p/why-a-superpower-finds-itself-alone
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"The refusal of allies to join us in Iran is not simply a temporary embarrassment. It is a warning. If we do not rebuild respect, credibility, and partnership, we should expect this isolation not to be a one-off shock, but as the new normal."
~ Bonnie Jenkins
#Trump #Iran #war #NATO #Europe #isolationism #hubris #arrogance
https://www.joyannreid.com/p/why-a-superpower-finds-itself-alone
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"In the long list of Trump's brazen deflections and acts of unbridled arrogance, his invasion of Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro certainly competes for top of the list. It was a breathtaking example of his self-absorbed and illiterate approach to foreign policy. ...
He wants the oil. He wants revenge. He wants to distract."
~ National Catholic Reporter
#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #isolationism #GlobalPeace
/22https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial-venezuela-trump-dares-us-confront-what-weve-become
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"In the long list of Trump's brazen deflections and acts of unbridled arrogance, his invasion of Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro certainly competes for top of the list. It was a breathtaking example of his self-absorbed and illiterate approach to foreign policy. ...
He wants the oil. He wants revenge. He wants to distract."
~ National Catholic Reporter
#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #isolationism #GlobalPeace
/22https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial-venezuela-trump-dares-us-confront-what-weve-become
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"In the long list of Trump's brazen deflections and acts of unbridled arrogance, his invasion of Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro certainly competes for top of the list. It was a breathtaking example of his self-absorbed and illiterate approach to foreign policy. ...
He wants the oil. He wants revenge. He wants to distract."
~ National Catholic Reporter
#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #isolationism #GlobalPeace
/22https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial-venezuela-trump-dares-us-confront-what-weve-become
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"In the long list of Trump's brazen deflections and acts of unbridled arrogance, his invasion of Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro certainly competes for top of the list. It was a breathtaking example of his self-absorbed and illiterate approach to foreign policy. ...
He wants the oil. He wants revenge. He wants to distract."
~ National Catholic Reporter
#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #isolationism #GlobalPeace
/22https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial-venezuela-trump-dares-us-confront-what-weve-become
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"In the long list of Trump's brazen deflections and acts of unbridled arrogance, his invasion of Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro certainly competes for top of the list. It was a breathtaking example of his self-absorbed and illiterate approach to foreign policy. ...
He wants the oil. He wants revenge. He wants to distract."
~ National Catholic Reporter
#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #isolationism #GlobalPeace
/22https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial-venezuela-trump-dares-us-confront-what-weve-become
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The leaders of the Left Party faction in the Bundestag have strongly criticized the automatic pay raise for members of parliament scheduled for this summer. Acc... https://news.osna.fm/?p=42934 | #news #amid #arrogant #austerity #calling
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
Accept modestly; surrender gracefully.
[Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8313…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #acceptance #arrogance #badfortune #badluck #deserving #fortune #goodfortune #goodluck #grace #gracefulness #grudge #humbleness #humility #letitgo #modesty #pride #receive #reception #resignation #stoicism #surrender
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
Accept modestly; surrender gracefully.
[Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8313…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #acceptance #arrogance #badfortune #badluck #deserving #fortune #goodfortune #goodluck #grace #gracefulness #grudge #humbleness #humility #letitgo #modesty #pride #receive #reception #resignation #stoicism #surrender
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The Unknown God
A Sermon about the Idols of Yesterday and Today
Acts 17:16–31
(Note: Sermons can be heard in audio format at https://millersburgmennonite.org/worship/sermon-audio/)
In our scripture this morning, Paul walks into Athens, a city overflowing with religion, beauty, ideas, temples, shrines, altars, arguments, and gods.
Athens is not empty.
Athens is crowded.
And Paul is deeply troubled.
Paul is not troubled because Athens is secular. He is troubled because Athens is religious in all the wrong ways. The city is full of worship, but empty of surrender. Full of gods, but not the living God. Full of altars but still haunted by absence.
For among all those altars, Paul notices one inscription:
To an unknown god.
What a haunting phrase.
In the middle of all the Athenians’ certainty, there is still this admission: we may have missed something. We may not know as much as we think. There may still be a God we have not recognized.
And I wonder if that is not where many people are right now.
Not atheists necessarily. Not even irreligious. But uncertain. Searching. Guarded. Spiritual, yet suspicious of certainty. Curious yet afraid of being closed off or closed in. Open and yet not really able to surrender to truth. Religious and yet still missing God.
La Atenas de Pablo no es solamente historia antigua; también describe nuestro mundo de hoy.
So Athens is not just ancient history.
Athens is now.
Let us pray.
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen.
Homily
Like the Athens of Paul’s day, our world today is full of altars too.
Altars to nation. Altars to wealth. Altars to image. Altars to safety. Altars to tribe. Altars to ideology. Altars to the market. Altars to the screen. Altars to the self.
We, like the Athenians, have all kinds of gods.
One reason I think our public discourse feels so fractured is that we are not just arguing about small things. We are bringing completely different belief systems into the room.
In Athens there were Jews who worshiped the one living God; God-fearing Greeks drawn toward that God but not fully committed; Epicureans who sought calm and freedom from fear; Stoics who valued reason, virtue, order, and discipline; and this strange altar to an unknown god, an altar that says, “We do not want to miss the divine. We know there is more than we can name.”
Paul proclaims a God who is not vague, not distant, not merely a principle, not one more option in the marketplace of ideas. Paul proclaims the God who made the world and everything in it, the God who gives life and breath to all, the God who cannot be reduced to shrines or captured in gold or silver or stone or circuitry, the God who is near to all, the God who now calls all people everywhere to repent because God has raised Jesus from the dead.
Pablo anuncia que Dios no es una idea vaga ni un ídolo más, sino el Creador que da vida, aliento y resurrección.
Some may believe truth is revealed and binding. Others are spiritual, but indefinite. Others have been wounded by the church and do not know whether the word “God” is invitation or threat.
And into all of that, Christian witness says: the world belongs to its Creator, and history has turned in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
When Paul is brought to the Areopagus, we might imagine a cozy invitation. Maybe there is curiosity there, but there is also something more serious. Paul is being examined. Tested. Weighed. Asked to explain himself in public.
Paul is heard, but under suspicion.
And how does he respond?
Not with coercion. Not with panic. Not with silence. Not with flattery. Not with domination.
He responds with witness.
Paul pays attention. He listens. He observes. He starts where the people are.
Pablo no responde con poder o miedo, sino con atención, humildad y testimonio.
Paul does not begin by quoting Moses. He does not begin where he is most comfortable. He begins with what his hearers can recognize: their altar, their poets, their longing, their language of divine nearness.
My friends, that is not compromise. That is faithful witness.
And this matters for us, because our witness cannot always sound exactly the same in every place, in every room, in every forum.
The gospel does not change. “Jesus Christ is Lord” – that doesn’t change either. The call to repentance, reconciliation, mercy, justice, truth, and abundant life this side of the resurrection does not change.
But the way we bear witness may depend on where we are and who is in front of us.
El evangelio no cambia, pero la manera de dar testimonio puede cambiar según el lugar y las personas.
When Paul is in the synagogue, he reasons from the scriptures. But when Paul is in Athens, among philosophers, idolaters, seekers, and skeptics, he begins somewhere else. He begins with creation. He begins with breath. He begins with longing. He begins with the altar they already have. He begins with the poetry they already know.
Paul does not start by asking them to enter his world. He first enters theirs.
That is not watering down the faith. That is speaking the truth in love. That is incarnation-shaped witness.
Pablo entra en el mundo de sus oyentes para poder anunciarles fielmente al Dios vivo.
Paul does not introduce Athens to a God who was absent until Paul arrived. Paul reveals the presence of a God they have already been brushing up against.
The God they called unknown has been waiting to be revealed.
Paul says this God gives to all mortals life and breath and all things. Paul says this God is not far from each one of us. Paul says, “In him we live and move and have our being.”
So maybe the question is not simply, “Will God show up?”
Maybe the deeper question is, “Will we recognize how God is already showing up?”
Which brings us to a question worth asking every day:
God, how are you going to show up today?
Not, “God, are you going to show up?”
But, “God, how are you going to show up?”
La pregunta no es solo si Dios aparecerá, sino si tendremos ojos para reconocer cómo Dios ya está presente.
Because Acts 17 reveals to us that God may already be present before people have the right language. God may already be at work before someone has the right doctrine. God may already be stirring longing before anyone knows how to name that longing.
God may already be there in the question. God may already be there in the difference. God may already be there in the ache. God may already be there in the crack in someone’s certainty.
Paul sees an altar to an unknown god, and he does not only see idolatry. He also sees longing. He sees an opening. He sees a place where witness can begin.
Dios puede estar obrando en la pregunta, en el dolor, en el anhelo, aun antes de que sepamos nombrarlo.
And then Paul does something just as important:
He does not stay there.
He builds a bridge, yes. But he also tells the truth.
He says, in effect, “The God you do not know is the God who made you. The God you have not recognized is the God who gives you breath. The God you have left unnamed is not contained in your temples. The God you seek cannot be reduced to your idols.”
Because idolatry is not just about statues.
Idolatry is whenever we try to bind God to our own systems of power and belief.
Idolatry is when nation becomes ultimate. Idolatry is when wealth becomes sacred. Idolatry is when violence is blessed. Idolatry is when “they” usurps “us.” Idolatry is when “my people” become more important than “humanity.” Idolatry is when our beliefs matter more than relationships. Idolatry is when our politics, grievances, fears, and identities begin to function as gods.
And let us be honest: the church is not exempt.
Athens is not only out there.
Athens is in here.
Athens is in us whenever we want a manageable god. Athens is in us whenever we want a useful god. Athens is in us whenever we want a god who blesses our side, confirms our assumptions, secures our system, and God forbid, never ever, disrupts our loyalties.
But Paul says the living God does not dwell in temples made by human hands.
That means God is not mine, yours, ours to manage.
Dios no pertenece a nuestros sistemas; nosotros pertenecemos al Dios vivo.
Which begs the question:
God, how are you going to show up?
Because we often want God to show up in familiar ways. Predictable ways. Comfortable ways. Worshipful, yes, but also manageable.
But what if the living God shows up in ways that unsettle us?
What if God shows up in the person we dismissed? What if God shows up in the hard conversation? What if God shows up in the exposure of an idol? What if God shows up in a call to repentance? What if God shows up not to decorate our little altars, but to overturn them?
There are some places where our witness begins with Scripture. Some where it begins with service. Some with silence. Some with apology. Some with saying, “Tell me more.”
There are some places where our witness begins not by answering a question no one is asking, but by noticing the altar in the room, the longing in the room, the wound in the room, the fear in the room, the unknown god in the room.
And yet, Christian witness does not end with vague spirituality.
Paul does not say, “Well, you have your gods, and I have mine, and maybe underneath it all we mean the same thing.”
No.
He moves to repentance.
He moves to judgment.
He moves to resurrection.
Because resurrection means God has shown up in Jesus Christ.
The unknown God is unknown no longer.
Not because we figured God out, but because God has acted. Because Christ has been raised.
El Dios desconocido se ha dado a conocer en Jesucristo, crucificado y resucitado.
Because death is not lord. Caesar is not lord. The economy is not lord. Violence is not lord. Fear is not lord. (Fill in the blank) is not lord. Like we say down South, those dogs don’t hunt.
Jesus Christ is Lord. Jesus Christ is Lord. Jesus Christ is Lord!
The Cosmic Christ is more than just our own personal Jesus. And that means resurrection is not just good news for me, or my private soul. Or you and your private soul. It is the announcement of a new humanity under a new Lord. A new community. A new allegiance. A new public witness.
La resurrección anuncia una nueva humanidad bajo el señorío de Cristo.
That is who the church is meant to be.
Not simply a chaplain to the culture. Not another little religious booth in the marketplace of ideas. Not a baptizer of empire. Not a slave to ideology.
The church is the gathering of a resurrection people.
A people who do not only say, “God, show up.”
But a people who say,
God, help us recognize how you are showing up.
La iglesia existe para reconocer y encarnar la presencia del Cristo resucitado en el mundo.
So ask the question.
Ask it every morning. Ask it before worship. Ask it before the meeting. Ask it before the conversation. Ask it before you enter the room.
God, how are you going to show up?
And then ask the next question:
God, how are you calling me to show up?
To show up in worship, to show up in our community, to show up in the public square, to show up in the hard conversation, to show up in the awkward silence, and to show up in the uncomfortable moment when it would be easier to walk away.
My friends, we are the church of God. We are resurrection people, and resurrection people do not hide behind rose-colored stained-glass windows.
We show up because God first showed up.
We show up not because we are fearless, but because we are faithful. We show up not because every moment is easy, but because love is present. We show up not because we control the outcome, but because Christ is Lord. We show up not to dominate, not to coerce, not to win, but to bear witness.
Nos presentamos no para dominar, sino para dar testimonio con fidelidad, amor, humildad y paz.
And our witness may look different depending on where we are.
In worship, we show up with praise. In the neighborhood, with service. In conflict, with humility. In public life, with truth and peace. Among the wounded, with gentleness. Among the arrogant, with courage. Among the uncertain, with patience. Among the idols, with discernment.
Paul showed up in Athens.
He showed up in a city full of idols, in misunderstanding, under scrutiny, in the awkwardness of difference.
He showed up with a witness shaped by the place he was in.
He did not abandon the gospel.
He embodied it.
He trusted that God was already there ahead of him.
Pablo confió en que Dios ya estaba presente antes de que él hablara.
Maybe that is our calling too.
Not to have every answer. Not to control every room. Not to force belief.
But to show up with courage, humility, truth, and love, because the God who seemed unknown has already come near.
So this week, before you enter the room, begin the conversation, make the assumption, or speak the word, ask:
God, how are you going to show up here, in this moment, today?
And then ask:
Lord Jesus, how are you calling me to show up, here, in this moment, today, with you?
Because the God who was unknown has been made known, and the God who has been made known is still showing up, in us and in the people around us, in our homes and in the homes next door, in our neighborhood and in the communities down the road, in our nation and in all the nations of the world.
May God grant us open eyes and willing hearts to see and serve.
Let us pray.
#Acts17 #anabaptist #Areopagus #biblicalPreaching #ChristianArt #ChristianWitness #ChurchAndSociety #Cross #discernment #faithAndCulture #faithfulWitness #falseGods #GodShowingUp #Idolatry #JesusChristIsLord #modernIdols #PaulInAthens #publicWitness #Repentance #resurrection #SacredImagery #sermonIllustration #spiritualLonging #UnknownGod -
¡Que el Hot Sale no se convierta en una pesadilla! – Consejos para no ser estafados – Entrevista TV Publica
Este martes 12 de mayo, tuve el gusto de ser entrevistado en el noticiero del mediodía para conversar sobre un tema que nos preocupa a todos: cómo navegar el Hot Sale sin caer en estafas virtuales.
En un contexto donde las ofertas abundan, la prevención es nuestra mejor herramienta. Aquí les comparto un resumen de los puntos clave que tratamos para que realicen sus compras con tranquilidad:
- La URL es la clave: No entren a través de enlaces que les lleguen por redes sociales o publicidades dudosas. Lo ideal es tipear la dirección directamente en el navegador o usar sus marcadores favoritos.
- No se confíen solo del «HTTPS»: El candadito es básico, pero hoy en día los estafadores también pueden comprar esos certificados. Revisen cada letra del dominio; a veces cambian una sola letra o agregan un punto para clonar sitios oficiales.
- Manténganse dentro de la plataforma: Si usan sitios como Mercado Libre, nunca acepten continuar la compra por WhatsApp o Telegram. Salir del ecosistema oficial les quita toda protección y respaldo.
- Cuidado con la urgencia: Los ciberdelincuentes usan la presión de «la oferta que se termina en 10 minutos» para que no piensen. Si hay demasiado apuro, ¡desconfíen!.
- Activen alertas de compra: Configuren los avisos automáticos de sus tarjetas de crédito o débito. En Argentina, tienen un margen (generalmente 30 días) para desconocer compras que no hayan realizado ustedes.
¿Fuiste víctima de una estafa? No dejes de hacer la denuncia ante la Defensoría del Consumidor.
¡Gracias a todo el equipo de la TV Pública por el espacio para ayudar a que todos compremos de forma más segura! .
El detrás de escena:
#ArielCorgatelli #arielmcorg #ciberseguridad #ComprasSeguras #entrevista #EvitáEstafas #hotsale #infosertec #PORTADA #TipsDeSeguridad #TVPublica -
Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war
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⟦ Come mai #Israele si schiera sempre dalla parte sbagliata della storia, della giustizia, dell’umanità?
Come mai si trova sempre dalla parte dei cattivi?Perché sembra guidato dall’avidità e dalla malizia, con quell’atteggiamento arrogante secondo cui nessuno ha il diritto di dargli lezioni, poiché per lui tutto è permesso?
Non c'è da stupirsi del reportage investigativo pubblicato questa settimana da Avi Scharf ( #Haaretz, 26 aprile).
Israele sta acquistando dalla #Russia grano che questa ha saccheggiato dall' #Ucraina.
Il ministro degli Esteri #Saar ha accusato l'Ucraina di non aver presentato la sua protesta in tempo.
Presto l'Ucraina sarà accusata di antisemitismo, proprio come è successo ad altri paesi europei indignati. ⬇️2 -
i blame nonvoters for the war on #iran
i will wager that the " #genocideJoe" nonsense in 2024 was straight from #likud troll farm
deeply ironic and farcical
toxic idealist morons, obeying #netanyahu, with an easy #socialmedia #psyop, to not #vote, to give netanyahu #trump, as he wanted
that is the value of your pathetic self-serving ineffectual entitled #toxicIdealism
some of you are so smug blind and arrogant. you can't see how easy it is to manipulate you
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She Is Here—Still Here!
US: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | PM Press
UK: Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells | WH SmithTuesday is traditionally book-launch day. Today She Is Here has been out three months but as a small book from a small, independent press known for its anarchist leanings (see two of my favourites from their merch offerings, below) you might not have seen it reviewed in the usual places. (I didn’t go on tour, and did only two book events—one in person right here in Seattle, and one virtual for City Lights in San Francisco.)
Both events were great, and PM Press are very happy because sales have, by their lights, been unexpectedly strong. (Yay!) But I know there are more people out there who might enjoy the book if only they knew about it.
Some might enjoy what Gary Wolfe in his Locus review characterises as the four “good short but stabby poems.” Some might prefer the essays—including epistolary criticism such as “TheWomen You Didn’t See,” which is my analysis of how Tiptree’s identity shaped her short fiction. But what I’m really keen on getting readers to discover are the four pieces of my short fiction—particularly the original novella, Many Things in Dumnet. Why should you seek them out? Well, here I’m going to quote Wolfe again to save me the embarrassment of praising myself:
More than half the book consists of the four fiction selections. The shortest is “Glimmer”… a showpiece for Griffith’s lyrical prose, as a woman (who describes herself as “a cripple”) is transformed as she travels through time and space – “pulsing, lengthening, cooling, a cord stretched past the horizon along which she slides like a bead.” “Down the Path of the Sun”, one of Griffith’s earliest stories, is a grim but powerful postapocalyptic, postplague account of the narrator’s attempts to protect her sister in a violent, desperately diminished world. Both “Cold Wind” and “Many Things in Dumnet” are rare Griffith fantasy stories. “Cold Wind”, which begins in a women’s bar in contemporary Seattle, explores the complex relationships of predator and prey, as both the narrator and the strange woman she meets there both turn out to be not quite what they seem. “Many Things in Dumnet” is set in what appears to be a fantasy version of Griffith’s early medieval Britain, in which a musician, Anya Reine, arrives in Dumnet, “most southwesterly of the kingdoms of Albion,” and quickly lands a gig at a tavern – only to be warned that no one is allowed to perform without the approval of Macalla, who at first appears to be a local crime boss. But Macalla turns out to be far more than that, and so does Anya. Aided by totemic figures such as a silver fox, she eventually finds herself defending the kingdom from the predations of Macalla’s “wodebreath.” Apart from its supernatural fireworks and its convincing portrayal of a haunted medieval setting, the story also serves as a moving paean to the power of music…
Those who follow me on Patreon know quite a bit about Dumnet—it’s part of an SFnal alt-history set in a ninth-century Dumnonia (Cornwall and Devon) in which, over four hundred years earlier, the Fall of Rome coincided with the Fall of Something Nasty From the Sky and utterly changed the trajectories of every civilisation on earth. (I’m choosing my words carefully here.) But as that novel isn’t actually written yet, this novella is presented as a fantasy—the best way for it to make sense as a standalone. And having now written it and read part of it aloud that way, I remembered just how much enjoy writing fantasy: I can feel myself changing my mind. I think I will turn the novel into a a big-ol’ sword-swangin’ alt-history science-fantasy! Full of all those delicious tropes that writing realism (whether historical fiction, crime fiction, contemporary fiction about fighting ableism, science fiction), doesn’t always allow for: Music can save the world! Sex can save the world! Violence can be a good and useful and even, y’know, kind of cool thing! Lather everything in love and lust and loss and longing! And lesbians. And villains—eeeeeevil villains who can be defeated by lusty lesbians who love to sing! Fighting to save the whole fucking *world*!!! Oh, yep now that sounds exciting…
Er, anyway, my point is that if you like novels such as Spear, Hild, Menewood, and Ammonite, you will like this novella. So do me and PM Press and perhaps yourself a favour and go read “Many Things in Dumnet”—only to be found in She Is Here.
To whet your appetite, here are a few nice things people have said about the book:
- “Beyond having an astute way with words, [Griffith] speaks with an emphatic, take-no-prisoners clarity. Griffith plays brilliantly to this strength in her new collection She Is Here.”— Eric Olson, Seattle Times
- “Fresh work from [one] of the greats in the queer literary canon! This new book contains essays, poems, art, and stories. Griffith can indeed do it all.” — Autostraddle on She Is Here
- “Griffith’s sharp and uncompromising voice comes across clearly in the nonfiction and the interview, but the important news for Griffith’s readers lies in the four short fiction pieces, especially an excellent novella, ‘Many Things in Dumnet’, which is original to the volume [and] serves as a moving paean to the power of music … She is Here is a revealing and rewarding self-portrait of one of our most important—and most outspoken—voices.” —Gary Wolfe, Locus
- “A winning survey of Griffith’s work.” — Reactor on She Is Here
- “The collection starts with the most shocking piece, Griffith’s ‘A Writer’s Manifesto.’ I was thrilled to hear Griffith read it aloud. ‘I want to write a novel that invades you,’ Griffith said. ‘I want to control what you think and feel, to put you right there, right then, killing and being killed, f—king and being f—ked, cooking and starving, drinking and thinking, barely surviving and absolutely thriving. I want to give you a life you’ve never had and change the one you live.’ From a lesser writer, these few sentences would sound arrogant, even egotistical. As it is, the manifesto is intense and…a little frightening. For Griffith, it’s a distillation of what she wants to do (and what she does) in all of her fiction. She is Here is an excellent and deeply personal introduction to both Griffith’s writing and her perspective on writing.” — Chaitna Deshmukh, The Daily
US: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | PM Press
#books #fantasy #manyThingsInDumnet #novella #pmPress #queerFiction #shortFiction
UK: Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells | WH Smith - “Beyond having an astute way with words, [Griffith] speaks with an emphatic, take-no-prisoners clarity. Griffith plays brilliantly to this strength in her new collection She Is Here.”— Eric Olson, Seattle Times
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She Is Here—Still Here!
US: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | PM Press
UK: Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells | WH SmithTuesday is traditionally book-launch day. Today She Is Here has been out three months but as a small book from a small, independent press known for its anarchist leanings (see two of my favourites from their merch offerings, below) you might not have seen it reviewed in the usual places. (I didn’t go on tour, and did only two book events—one in person right here in Seattle, and one virtual for City Lights in San Francisco.)
Both events were great, and PM Press are very happy because sales have, by their lights, been unexpectedly strong. (Yay!) But I know there are more people out there who might enjoy the book if only they knew about it.
Some might enjoy what Gary Wolfe in his Locus review characterises as the four “good short but stabby poems.” Some might prefer the essays—including epistolary criticism such as “TheWomen You Didn’t See,” which is my analysis of how Tiptree’s identity shaped her short fiction. But what I’m really keen on getting readers to discover are the four pieces of my short fiction—particularly the original novella, Many Things in Dumnet. Why should you seek them out? Well, here I’m going to quote Wolfe again to save me the embarrassment of praising myself:
More than half the book consists of the four fiction selections. The shortest is “Glimmer”… a showpiece for Griffith’s lyrical prose, as a woman (who describes herself as “a cripple”) is transformed as she travels through time and space – “pulsing, lengthening, cooling, a cord stretched past the horizon along which she slides like a bead.” “Down the Path of the Sun”, one of Griffith’s earliest stories, is a grim but powerful postapocalyptic, postplague account of the narrator’s attempts to protect her sister in a violent, desperately diminished world. Both “Cold Wind” and “Many Things in Dumnet” are rare Griffith fantasy stories. “Cold Wind”, which begins in a women’s bar in contemporary Seattle, explores the complex relationships of predator and prey, as both the narrator and the strange woman she meets there both turn out to be not quite what they seem. “Many Things in Dumnet” is set in what appears to be a fantasy version of Griffith’s early medieval Britain, in which a musician, Anya Reine, arrives in Dumnet, “most southwesterly of the kingdoms of Albion,” and quickly lands a gig at a tavern – only to be warned that no one is allowed to perform without the approval of Macalla, who at first appears to be a local crime boss. But Macalla turns out to be far more than that, and so does Anya. Aided by totemic figures such as a silver fox, she eventually finds herself defending the kingdom from the predations of Macalla’s “wodebreath.” Apart from its supernatural fireworks and its convincing portrayal of a haunted medieval setting, the story also serves as a moving paean to the power of music…
Those who follow me on Patreon know quite a bit about Dumnet—it’s part of an SFnal alt-history set in a ninth-century Dumnonia (Cornwall and Devon) in which, over four hundred years earlier, the Fall of Rome coincided with the Fall of Something Nasty From the Sky and utterly changed the trajectories of every civilisation on earth. (I’m choosing my words carefully here.) But as that novel isn’t actually written yet, this novella is presented as a fantasy—the best way for it to make sense as a standalone. And having now written it and read part of it aloud that way, I remembered just how much enjoy writing fantasy: I can feel myself changing my mind. I think I will turn the novel into a a big-ol’ sword-swangin’ alt-history science-fantasy! Full of all those delicious tropes that writing realism (whether historical fiction, crime fiction, contemporary fiction about fighting ableism, science fiction), doesn’t always allow for: Music can save the world! Sex can save the world! Violence can be a good and useful and even, y’know, kind of cool thing! Lather everything in love and lust and loss and longing! And lesbians. And villains—eeeeeevil villains who can be defeated by lusty lesbians who love to sing! Fighting to save the whole fucking *world*!!! Oh, yep now that sounds exciting…
Er, anyway, my point is that if you like novels such as Spear, Hild, Menewood, and Ammonite, you will like this novella. So do me and PM Press and perhaps yourself a favour and go read “Many Things in Dumnet”—only to be found in She Is Here.
To whet your appetite, here are a few nice things people have said about the book:
- “Beyond having an astute way with words, [Griffith] speaks with an emphatic, take-no-prisoners clarity. Griffith plays brilliantly to this strength in her new collection She Is Here.”— Eric Olson, Seattle Times
- “Fresh work from [one] of the greats in the queer literary canon! This new book contains essays, poems, art, and stories. Griffith can indeed do it all.” — Autostraddle on She Is Here
- “Griffith’s sharp and uncompromising voice comes across clearly in the nonfiction and the interview, but the important news for Griffith’s readers lies in the four short fiction pieces, especially an excellent novella, ‘Many Things in Dumnet’, which is original to the volume [and] serves as a moving paean to the power of music … She is Here is a revealing and rewarding self-portrait of one of our most important—and most outspoken—voices.” —Gary Wolfe, Locus
- “A winning survey of Griffith’s work.” — Reactor on She Is Here
- “The collection starts with the most shocking piece, Griffith’s ‘A Writer’s Manifesto.’ I was thrilled to hear Griffith read it aloud. ‘I want to write a novel that invades you,’ Griffith said. ‘I want to control what you think and feel, to put you right there, right then, killing and being killed, f—king and being f—ked, cooking and starving, drinking and thinking, barely surviving and absolutely thriving. I want to give you a life you’ve never had and change the one you live.’ From a lesser writer, these few sentences would sound arrogant, even egotistical. As it is, the manifesto is intense and…a little frightening. For Griffith, it’s a distillation of what she wants to do (and what she does) in all of her fiction. She is Here is an excellent and deeply personal introduction to both Griffith’s writing and her perspective on writing.” — Chaitna Deshmukh, The Daily
US: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | PM Press
#books #fantasy #manyThingsInDumnet #novella #pmPress #queerFiction #shortFiction
UK: Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells | WH Smith - “Beyond having an astute way with words, [Griffith] speaks with an emphatic, take-no-prisoners clarity. Griffith plays brilliantly to this strength in her new collection She Is Here.”— Eric Olson, Seattle Times