The Folk Prophet

Fasting is a commandment from the Lord.
Essentially the OP says, "I used to obey the commandments but it was hard, so now I don't. How about you?"

Fasting is a commandment from the Lord.
Essentially the OP says, "I used to obey the commandments but it was hard, so now I don't. How about you?"

Sounds about right to me.

Neither of these things (power or powerlessness corrupting) are even remotely true though.

I heard it on Star Trek and I read it in Spiderman, so it must be true. In the mouth of two witnesses etc.

Yeah. But I don't hate Rey as a character. I just hate that she's a Mary Sue. I agree with this though. Finn was a better character.
The worst of the three new characters was easily Poe though.

I've spoken with several people over the last few years, and we're all in agreement that the trilogy would have been better had it been focused around *Finn* and him discovering his Force sensitivity. 
The Force Awakens... a Stormtrooper's conscience. 
He becomes... The Last Jedi... to be personally trained by Luke before Luke is forced to make a sacrifice to protect everyone else. 
However, Luke's sacrifice was not in vain, as Finn will help ensure The Rise of Skywalker's legacy by using his training to help protect the Jedi training facility and Luke's progeny. 

Of course it's an important distinction. One that he isn't making in his argument. He's saying no one would ever choose pain, rejection, or mental anguish -- ergo -- no one would choose LGBTQRSTUV-dom. Since people clearly, often, choose things that lead to pain, rejection, and mental anguish, the ergo here doesn't work.
Like I said, I'm not commenting on the gay and trans stuff as relating to choice. But the argument he's making isn't a sound one. And claiming that any right thinking individual would accept that falsehood is wrongheaded.

I'm not commenting on gay or trans of it all...but.....
A lifelong member, but you don't understand that wrong choices lead to pain, rejection, and mental anguish?

I'm not commenting on gay or trans of it all...but.....
A lifelong member, but you don't understand that wrong choices lead to pain, rejection, and mental anguish?

Yeah. It's worth a watch if it's on someone else's dime and you have nothing better to do.

Yeah. It's worth a watch if it's on someone else's dime and you have nothing better to do.

So I just saw it.
My overall response....
Sure. It's fine.
On a scale of cold to hot it was bit tepid. But not terrible.
@Carborendum I haven't watched that yet, but was the Elaina Shaw character insufferable? Why yes, yes she was. But she was kind of written to be that way. And it was...fine...ish. I mean I think they could have done it better, cast it better, etc., The biggest complaint I had about her is she's this buck-ten scrawny female punching people and knocking them out. Yeah right!
Shad from Knights Watch is, himself, insufferable sometimes. He's SO nit-picky about every little thing. I mean that video you posted is over an hour and a half! Which is typical. I don't think I've ever finished a full video of his. Ripping every little imperfection apart, I'm sure. It's just a movie man! I get sick of the complaining when watching his stuff.
I have a few criticisms of the movie. Overall it was...what you might call an expected letdown. But it was better than Crystal Skull. Not as good as any of the others though. All the youtube haters calling it terrible though? Nah. It wasn't terrible. It was fine. My wife enjoyed it, I think, even more than I did. And I enjoyed it okay.
The other biggest thing I'd say as a critique is how humorless it was. I kind of expect laughs at an Indiana Jones movie. I think there was one or two semi-chuckles that were undeserved. It was pretty humorless overall.

Sounds about right to me.

Sounds about right to me.

It was The Guardian. Get it straight. 
 
https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/06/sound-of-freedom-movie-qanon-jim-caviezel

He clearly read the Rolling Stone article on it.

Sound of Freedom was also showed on 1750 fewer screens.
Obviously in overall numbers Indiana Jones will sell more tickets. But come on.

He clearly read the Rolling Stone article on it.

This article cinched it.   I'm taking my whole family to see it tomorrow.   Can't wait to turn my back on all the visible suffering all around me in America (the poor and unhoused, the people brutalized or killed by police, victims of mass shootings, lack of healthcare, and climate disasters) in order to turn my far-right self to this sordid fantasy about godless monsters hurting children. Imma be the latest iteration of the the 1980s Satanic panic phenomenon, where I won’t even face the fact that most kids who suffer sexual abuse are harmed not by a shadowy cabal of strangers, but at the hands of a family member!   Imma be one of the thousands of adults who will absorb the vigilante fever dream that is Sound of Freedom, and I'll come away thinking myself better informed on a hidden civilizational crisis!  And better still, I’ll want to spread the word!
(Actual picture of me, taken tomorrow, after watching the show):

He clearly read the Rolling Stone article on it.

Wow. I have entirely lost all respect for your movie assessment prowess.

Wow. I have entirely lost all respect for your movie assessment prowess.

Off topic (slightly). 
 
I’m not a fan of the movies. I’ve seen Raiders-Crusade only once each and thought they were just okay. I can see why someone would love the series. 
 
Oddly, in the mid 90’s Lucasarts released a point and click game based on Crusade that I absolutely loved playing with my family. @The Folk Prophetif you are a fan of the series and like old dos games, check it out. 
 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Last_Crusade:_The_Graphic_Adventure

So apathy, apathy, apathy, and apathy. So far doesn't speak well for Disney's hopes.