strollan [he/him]

I think you’re doing a lot of unnecessary psychoanalyzing. It seems to me that rich people are into the occult simply because it’s a thoroughly human interest. The rich associate other rich people so that’s who they get together with. “The occult” in the western imagination is when relatively well off white men get together, put on robes and blindfolds, and jerk each other off. But Wicca, and Vodou, and Catholic Folk Magic, and Hoodoo, etc. all qualify as occult as well. Everyone’s into it and they always have been. I don’t see why the basic motivations to practice or seek help from practitioners of the occult would be that different between the rich and the poor.

The only difference is that the rich have the time and resources to devote to that kind of exploration while everyone else doesn’t. And, of course, that’s not a necessary fact of humanity, that’s just a reflection of our particular fucked up society. Pre-capitalist societies had roles for people who were “into the occult” too-- they were just called shamans or priests or healers. And they didn’t have to worry about making rent every month.

Nah old family guy definitely had some funny moments

Others have made good points about how beliefs vary widely about “inerrancy”. But it’s important to recognize that (1) the notion of biblical inerrancy that says that the Bible is literally true in every possible sense is largely a modern idea and (2) it is largely confined to evangelical Protestant circles in the US, who are a minority in global Christianity.

I think most people just haven’t thought that deeply about it. I mean, all you have to do is ask “where is inerrancy in the bible?” and you start down a rabbit hole.

The Old Testament is absolutely read at mass. Not literally every single day but I’d say the first reading is usually from the Old Testament. There is also a psalm sung at every mass (the “responsorial psalm”) before the Gospel reading.

I have a dummy LinkedIn account that I just use to find job postings. There are trending articles on the right side of the homepage so when I’m bored I go in there and choose a few posts to comment explicitly leftist shit under them.

LinkedIn is all performance and most people don’t want to be seen as deranged by their coworkers/employer so you probably won’t get the same caliber of wild replies like you would on Facebook. Definitely a waste of time but I like to imagine I’m planting a seed in some people.

As a Black™, this makes me want to start celebrating Kwanzaa.

Honestly this was even harder to decide to post than my attempt to be gay 8+ months ago.

lmao