Krishna isn’t even really part of the Trimurti, he’s an avatar of Vishnu. You could draw parallels to Christ, “personal” is a crucial qualifier there.

It was my understanding that even then, Vishnu and Shiva are aspects of Brahman. It’s just that Brahman is so abstract and transcendent that you don’t really “worship”. If you view worship as a form of evocation, Brahman doesn’t really give you any attributes to focus on.

It’s like playing music to evoke a mood. Holding down every key of an organ can only really convey the idea of “EVERYTHING, undifferentiated”. It’s certainly a compelling idea, but it lacks nuance and texture. If you want to convey something more “useful”, you have to be more selective.

Trump is not the end all be all of political aspiration. His flavor was not the dominant streak at the time of this interview. Before, and beside, his relatively recent claim to political power were, and are, claims predicated on theocratic moral justification.

Theocracy is always about lip service. The ones who are actually about service to God aren’t concerned with power. Religion, as an institution, just provides a convenient “moral” claim to power to be exploited by power-hungry individuals.

There are 2 or 3 candidates for that

I’ve never heard that. I’ve always heard that Brahman = God, the Trimurti (Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma) are the three main “aspects”, and every other “god” is a further “subdivision” thereof.

Clearly they mean the Mercator projection. Since they’re not in 8th grade anymore ,they’ve realized the shortcomings.

Rotate the nozzle 180° so the angle is steeper, then wiggle

Same. The redneck stuff would be more concerning if I didn’t know how to fix redneck stuff.

But if you only just now seize them, the rich still have all the money and personal property they already accumulated.

Newton’s Second Law

Books. Physical ones.

Force yourself to get up early the going to bed early part will take care of itself.

Maybe for you, for me I get exhausted in the middle of the day, and when night rolls around I get a second wind that lasts until the wee hours anyway.

I’ve got a nickel

Then simple question, why not use First Gentleman?

Because we’ve never actually had a First Gentleman, so the term isn’t familiar. This is a scenario where strict accuracy muddles the rhetoric beyond recognition, which defeats the purpose.

You’re speaking with a lot of confidence about the validity of the feelings of a group of people

When did I say anything about the validity of anyone’s feelings?

I don’t think you, or the people you’re claiming to represent, understand the joke. First Lady Musk refers to Trump, not Elon. The implication isn’t that it’s demeaning to be a woman or queer, but that the spouse of the President has no real power or authority. This has nothing to do with their gender, and everything to do with the fact that they are the unelected spouse of an elected official.

The only ones who benefit when you misinterpret things in a way that implies unintended and unsubstantiated bigotry, are those who can use it to reinforce their claims of a misguidedly hypersensitive left, and thereby undermine justified recognition of intended and substantiated bigotry.

After a cursory search it seems like both are acceptable. “Think” appears to be the original phrase, but “thing” is more common today, especially in America.

I assume they’re talking about a reason as in a cause, not a reason as in a purpose.

Minorly inconvenienced. A lot of comments riddled with typos appear, and I’m vulnerable to normal doxxing. I have a few spicy takes, but nothing that jeopardizes a relationship with anyone I’m not willing to confront about it. Still rather not be doxxed out of principle.

Mamma Mia!