Pythagoras
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If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand them over to their master. Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress them.
Deuteronomy 23:15-16
Deuteronomy 23:15-16
Sure, but then the rocks get slippery, and you might fall and get hurt while you’re naked, which makes it even more embarrassing!
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Sure, but then the rocks get slippery, and you might fall and get hurt while you’re naked, which makes it even more embarrassing!
The second fundamental aspect to her religion that my wife told me about three decades ago is a funeral ritual called Los Funerales Del. Angelitos, when an infant or small child (age 7 or under) dies.
Dramatización Arrullo
youtu.be/IHIAjp0Bmig
Dramatización Arrullo
youtu.be/IHIAjp0Bmig
Dramatización Arrullo
YouTube video by GERARDO HIVAN ROSERO ARGOTE
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November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The second fundamental aspect to her religion that my wife told me about three decades ago is a funeral ritual called Los Funerales Del. Angelitos, when an infant or small child (age 7 or under) dies.
Dramatización Arrullo
youtu.be/IHIAjp0Bmig
Dramatización Arrullo
youtu.be/IHIAjp0Bmig
When my wife was a child, more than six decades ago, there was a rumor going around Patia that the Virgin Maria had appeared at the top of el cerro del Manzanillo, so my wife and her friend climbed to the top, to see if they could see Her.
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
When my wife was a child, more than six decades ago, there was a rumor going around Patia that the Virgin Maria had appeared at the top of el cerro del Manzanillo, so my wife and her friend climbed to the top, to see if they could see Her.
El cerro del Manzanillo is a magical mythological and geographical place located at the very center of the world, the Axis Mundi, where heaven meets earth and hell.
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
El cerro del Manzanillo is a magical mythological and geographical place located at the very center of the world, the Axis Mundi, where heaven meets earth and hell.
Their descendants, whenever they felt sad, would also climb el cerro del Manzanillo, and look out to see if they could see Africa, and when they could not, they too would play their drums and cry.
Over time all of those tears coalesced to form a lake.
Over time all of those tears coalesced to form a lake.
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Their descendants, whenever they felt sad, would also climb el cerro del Manzanillo, and look out to see if they could see Africa, and when they could not, they too would play their drums and cry.
Over time all of those tears coalesced to form a lake.
Over time all of those tears coalesced to form a lake.
In the valley was a mountain, el cerro del Manzanillo, which is located at the very center of the world.
They climbed to the top to see if they could see Africa, and when they could not, they played their drums and cried.
They climbed to the top to see if they could see Africa, and when they could not, they played their drums and cried.
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In the valley was a mountain, el cerro del Manzanillo, which is located at the very center of the world.
They climbed to the top to see if they could see Africa, and when they could not, they played their drums and cried.
They climbed to the top to see if they could see Africa, and when they could not, they played their drums and cried.
Three decades ago, my wife told me about 2 fundamental aspects of her culture/religion.
One of them was about el cerro del Manzanillo.
Centuries ago, her ancestors, as cimarrones, ran away from their masters, and eventually made their way to el Valle del Patia.
One of them was about el cerro del Manzanillo.
Centuries ago, her ancestors, as cimarrones, ran away from their masters, and eventually made their way to el Valle del Patia.
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Three decades ago, my wife told me about 2 fundamental aspects of her culture/religion.
One of them was about el cerro del Manzanillo.
Centuries ago, her ancestors, as cimarrones, ran away from their masters, and eventually made their way to el Valle del Patia.
One of them was about el cerro del Manzanillo.
Centuries ago, her ancestors, as cimarrones, ran away from their masters, and eventually made their way to el Valle del Patia.
“I wrote I'd give them knowledge of my faith and did it.”
I’m a lifelong atheist, but my wife comes from a Catholic culture.
I’m a lifelong atheist, but my wife comes from a Catholic culture.
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“I wrote I'd give them knowledge of my faith and did it.”
I’m a lifelong atheist, but my wife comes from a Catholic culture.
I’m a lifelong atheist, but my wife comes from a Catholic culture.
Pope Francis visited Colombia back in 2017 to help promote peace.
Some of Colombia’s biggest musical artists made this music video welcoming him.
Doy El Primer Paso
youtu.be/Geh3XK3JgNc
Some of Colombia’s biggest musical artists made this music video welcoming him.
Doy El Primer Paso
youtu.be/Geh3XK3JgNc
#DoyElPrimerPaso // El primer paso, ofrenda musical
YouTube video by Cultura En Bogotá
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Pope Francis visited Colombia back in 2017 to help promote peace.
Some of Colombia’s biggest musical artists made this music video welcoming him.
Doy El Primer Paso
youtu.be/Geh3XK3JgNc
Some of Colombia’s biggest musical artists made this music video welcoming him.
Doy El Primer Paso
youtu.be/Geh3XK3JgNc
According to the article, his conversion took place in 2019, which means that the only Popes that he has known since then are Pope Francis and Pope Leo.
He doesn’t seem to get along with either one, although he has yet to meet Pope Leo personally.
He doesn’t seem to get along with either one, although he has yet to meet Pope Leo personally.
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
According to the article, his conversion took place in 2019, which means that the only Popes that he has known since then are Pope Francis and Pope Leo.
He doesn’t seem to get along with either one, although he has yet to meet Pope Leo personally.
He doesn’t seem to get along with either one, although he has yet to meet Pope Leo personally.
“In other words, religious people are broken.”
To assume that my wife is somehow “broken” just because she comes from a non-western matrilineal Catholic culture is not “science” as I know it.
This documentary by Dr Muñoz on her religion is an example of social science.
youtu.be/bPGLyxOPx80
To assume that my wife is somehow “broken” just because she comes from a non-western matrilineal Catholic culture is not “science” as I know it.
This documentary by Dr Muñoz on her religion is an example of social science.
youtu.be/bPGLyxOPx80
Bambuco Patiano - Bambuco Negro
YouTube video by Paloma Muñoz
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“In other words, religious people are broken.”
To assume that my wife is somehow “broken” just because she comes from a non-western matrilineal Catholic culture is not “science” as I know it.
This documentary by Dr Muñoz on her religion is an example of social science.
youtu.be/bPGLyxOPx80
To assume that my wife is somehow “broken” just because she comes from a non-western matrilineal Catholic culture is not “science” as I know it.
This documentary by Dr Muñoz on her religion is an example of social science.
youtu.be/bPGLyxOPx80
What is the proper netiquette for cultivating community in a multicultural world containing different peoples with different cosmovisiones (worldviews) coexisting within those communities?
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
What is the proper netiquette for cultivating community in a multicultural world containing different peoples with different cosmovisiones (worldviews) coexisting within those communities?
There’s got to be a fancy legal term for this.
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There’s got to be a fancy legal term for this.
Can you hear the shape of a drum?
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November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The dichotomy of humanities vs sciences (or, as I usually see it phrased, art vs science) has always struck me as suspect, especially in an interdisciplinary era.
Just out of curiosity, how is the “M” in STEM classified?
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Just out of curiosity, how is the “M” in STEM classified?
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Believing as many as six impossible things before breakfast is a part of my job description.
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Math
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20 Things You Didn't Know About... Math
www.discovermagazine.com/20-things-yo...
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The dichotomy of humanities vs sciences (or, as I usually see it phrased, art vs science) has always struck me as suspect, especially in an interdisciplinary era.
Just out of curiosity, how is the “M” in STEM classified?
bsky.app/profile/pyth...
Just out of curiosity, how is the “M” in STEM classified?
bsky.app/profile/pyth...
Yeah, but did you include this advice in your syllabus?
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Yeah, but did you include this advice in your syllabus?
Pope Leo would like a word with New York.
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Pope Leo would like a word with New York.
How would you apply this when it comes to coexisting with folks from different cultures and religions than you?
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
How would you apply this when it comes to coexisting with folks from different cultures and religions than you?
Religion evolves, just like everything else.
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Religion evolves, just like everything else.