• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      And why is a school doing a nativity.

      I’m Christian and have taken part in dozens of nativity, but none at school.

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        Many (but not all) private schools in the US are religious. From elementary school through college I attended Catholic affiliated schools. This sort of display would not be allowed at most public schools, and the ones that would allow it would be sued.

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          Yeah, this isn’t unusual for a religious school.

          I remember, as a little girl, playing the part of the angel Gabriel… except I thought the character was named Gabrielle. The only reason I tried for the part was because I thought it was the only explicitly female role, besides Mary (and my unpopular ass wasn’t about to complete for the role of Prima Donna.)

          It was a huge let down to find out that Gabriel was yet another male character in the perpetual sausage-fest that is The Holy Bible. Combined with how practically nothing was written about how Jesus would’ve been as a child, I never understood how I was supposed to relate to anything in that book.

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      Because this is America. I had to buy a history textbook in high school. Good thing we have enough money for a genocide though /s

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            Mars colonizing is not really a useful idea, it’s technically somewhat possible but there isn’t a lot to gain from it.

            Instead, keeping the earth habitable would be much more useful.

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              The technology needed to inhabit Mars would 100% benefit the life on earth. Just lookup all the tech we got from the Apollo missions.

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              I dunno, I see a lot of value in living on a planet with no conservatives

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              Yes, there are a lot of better things we could be spending the enormous military budget on.

              I chose NASA because it’s the closest to military spending while still being peaceful.