Yeah but Newpipe works.

How?

Newpipe

The West has basically removed itself as a competitor to Russia ergo subsidizing the cost of building industry by simply leaving a void. It was so obvious that the sanctions were going to blow up in our face.

A dietitian that taught my college health class told us that Americans tend to have too much protein in their daily intake

Americans have too much of a lot of things in their diet but high quality, lean protein is not one of them.

Anytime a problem is solved by creating a financial instrument it isn’t solved. One might even wonder at that point whether it was even a problem to begin with.

I agree. I refuse to watch ads or to pay for an experience that offers less than a fraction of what Newpipe offers. When Newpipe is no longer viable I’ll repurpose that time to chipping away at my reading list.

My point is that they didn’t bend to the Roman government.

Thousands of Christians were martyred in the first centuries after Christs death. Often they were tortured and/or crucified.

most people born now, do not want to have kids, based on the pure fact that it’s too expensive, time consuming, and grueling in the modern era.

These people need to open a history book.

It’s great! It only makes 4-6 servings of rice at a time but I prefer that because it means there’s less leftovers

Someone gifted me a Le Creuset rice cooker. I use it at least once but often twice a week. At $200+ it’s truly something I never would have bought myself.

Yeah that’s my point. Hollywood has ceased to be a creative industry. It’s a rehash, reboot industry with box ticking producers focused on merchandising rights toy sales etc. There’s very few interesting ideas tbese days.

You’re saying the same thing.

Secularly everything has to be a social contract because there is no moral authority.

One thing I’ve noticed with newer movies is they do a lot more “tell, don’t show” than old movies.

The writing sucks which is why movies seem like stream of consciousness time wasters with no stakes, fake emotions and CGI explosions. When the writers went on a strike in Hollywood I actually laughed. ChatGPT can write better scripts than what Hollywood has been churning out lately.

It really does feel like movies are dumbing down.

I think this is a combination of armchair directors in the boardroom trying to actualize their market research and writers actually being less smart and creative. It would explain why everything is a prequel, sequel, soft reboot, universe expansion or some other vehicle for recycled IP.

You’ll have to seek white papers on your own but there is value in seeing something with your own eyes and having it corroborated with stories from other parishioners around the country.

It’s happening all throughout the United States. Look at the availability of English-translated Orthodox writings and devotionals 20 years ago vs now. Even 10 or 5 years ago. Western laity is insatiably seeking a true faith as their churches fail to hold up in the post-modern world. As he mentions in the video people want a church that won’t leave them. Orthodoxy also promotes having many children which is different from what I see elsewhere and amplifies the growth.

The watered down and misdirected Christianity in the States is one of the reasons this instance and many people in general are so hostile to Christians. It goes back further though. Even the violence of the medieval periods where Catholics were converting nations at the edge of a sword. Orthodoxy has by and large spread peacefully and embraces the Christ in the native cultures (as opposed to being monolithically Roman) which is why there are many different jurisdictions for the different nations of people. The Aleut people of Alaska are a great example of what I mentioned above.

All Christians are hypocrites that fall short of Christ but only Orthodoxy teaches the religion of the apostles in it’s fullness especially in regard to Christology and sotieriology.

My parish has doubled in size in the last two years.

Orthodoxy is indeed blooming in the West