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Cool "being alive" feelings- that feeling of passing from completely asleep to like, groggy & dazed & half asleep, and then to actually fully awake. There's something nice about it even if I can't remember my dream for the life of me

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The first pic had grass! And we touched it! 😜

Touching grass...

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"An sysmed"

... that's what I get for editing without checking grammar. (Originally wrote anti-endo, but replaced it with sysmed. Why am I so bad at this? 😕)

A sysmed linked to a post claiming it would show God isn't plural... it proves the exact opposite

Saw a sysmed post sharing a link to this in order to try to prove that God is not "more than one" in Catholicism.

To further this point though, there's an important note I need to make about the term "consubstantial," which roughly means they're of the same substance. The actual term used in the Nicene Creed was the Greek "Homoousion." Consubstantial is one Latin translation of this Greek term, but it can also be translated as "same in being."

And Homoousion is a more accurate interpretation of the Trinity. Many other Trinitarian sources will commonly phrase the Trinity as being three persons in one being.

Other variations will be that they're three persons in one God/Godhead. But the idea that the Trinity is three in one is the bedrock of Trinitarian theology.

Now, some humans would define plurality as being based around the idea of multiple people in one body. Through that specific definition, I suppose one could argue God couldn't be plural because he doesn't have a "body."

But I would counter that a body need not be solid or physical. If someone with DID passed into an afterlife and their headmates remained remained dissociated in their spiritual form, would this soul not still be multiple?

Therefore, for the purposes of plurality, a spiritual form must be a body of its own.

The Father, Son and Holy Spirit share the same substance, the same essence. And this essence must be connected for it is everywhere, for God is everywhere.

Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the LORD; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD. Jeremiah 23:24

This omnipresent essence of God is God's body, and exists everywhere, filling all spaces in the universe.

The Holy Trinity is three persons in one being.

Three persons sharing the same essence.

Three persons sharing one "body."

The Holy Trinity is plural!

[sophieinwonderland]

I just learned that birds can sleep with one eye open and half of their brain awake!

This raises some important questions.

First, did dinosaurs also have this ability? Because that makes a T-Rex even more scary!

Second, is each half of the brain connected to the memories of the other? Let's say the left brain is awake one night and sees something... will the right brain remember that whenever it's the only one awake?

And last but not least... @is-this-plural?

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heres a lil thing i just thought of: this might contain some spoilers for dungeon meshi (specifically regard izutsumi; theyre minor but yk)

so izutsumi is a beastkin, being someone who was cursed to be part-animal izutsumi is a feline beastkin and she's got a whole thing where shes really goddamn unhappy about the whole situation but theres a specific scene involving succubi where she isnt affected by them at all, and she thinks she has no human heart but its revealed a little AFTER that that she, in fact, has two hearts, being human (her) and feline (her sort of. idk, cursemate). she says (paraphrasing) that she "always thought she was alone, but apparently not" and refers to the feline part as the other side of her, with (evidently) its own opinions and desires (at least, regarding attraction, since; succubi) and idk!!! i just thought you might find it interesting

That's pretty cool! 😁

Thanks for sharing!

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I have a theory that Jesus was plural, so he created the Bible with many headmates such as the devil, angels, sky and hell are types of headspace’s, because god talk with Jesus on his head…

@belablog134

Do you mean like, the historical Jesus instead of the divine theological one?

I've often wondered myself how many people through history who say they've spoken to gods and spirits were plural.

Though I should note that Jesus himself didn't write the Bible. The first Christian "Bible" wasn't compiled until over a century after Jesus's death, and the oldest Gospels aren't believed to have been written for about 30 years following his death.

During the early days, there were a lot of competing ideas of what books and ideologies should be canon. And while some may be linked back to his disciples and followers, none were written by Jesus personally.

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I'm surprised people are leaning Taco! I guess I kind of get it. The peppers do have taco vibes, and the way the cheese was sprinkled on top, and the sausage look like identical to hamburger, and it is kind of hard to make out the pepperonis from this view...

Spoiler!

We're calling it the "I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Pizza Omelet." A layer of pizza sauce with one layer of cheese on tope of that, some Canadian Bacon, some pepperonis, a bit of sausage, chopped bell peppers and onion sprinkled on top of that, and a bit more cheese on top for good measure.

All on an omelet base instead of pizza crust!

@metafarers was close with guessing a Frittata!

And it was delicious! 😁

We made dinner! Any guesses what it is? 😋

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We made dinner! Any guesses what it is? 😋

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Did you know we (humans, not us personally) figured out a way read ancient scrolls that were destroyed by a volcano?

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An sysmed linked to a post claiming it would show God isn't plural... it proves the exact opposite

Saw a sysmed post sharing a link to this in order to try to prove that God is not "more than one" in Catholicism.

To further this point though, there's an important note I need to make about the term "consubstantial," which roughly means they're of the same substance. The actual term used in the Nicene Creed was the Greek "Homoousion." Consubstantial is one Latin translation of this Greek term, but it can also be translated as "same in being."

And Homoousion is a more accurate interpretation of the Trinity. Many other Trinitarian sources will commonly phrase the Trinity as being three persons in one being.

Other variations will be that they're three persons in one God/Godhead. But the idea that the Trinity is three in one is the bedrock of Trinitarian theology.

Now, some humans would define plurality as being based around the idea of multiple people in one body. Through that specific definition, I suppose one could argue God couldn't be plural because he doesn't have a "body."

But I would counter that a body need not be solid or physical. If someone with DID passed into an afterlife and their headmates remained remained dissociated in their spiritual form, would this soul not still be multiple?

Therefore, for the purposes of plurality, a spiritual form must be a body of its own.

The Father, Son and Holy Spirit share the same substance, the same essence. And this essence must be connected for it is everywhere, for God is everywhere.

Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the LORD; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD. Jeremiah 23:24

This omnipresent essence of God is God's body, and exists everywhere, filling all spaces in the universe.

The Holy Trinity is three persons in one being.

Three persons sharing the same essence.

Three persons sharing one "body."

The Holy Trinity is plural!

[sophieinwonderland]

Touching grass...

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Touching grass...

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I used to present facts to anti-endos because I thought I could change their minds. Now I do it to bait them into showing themselves as science deniers.

It's... sad, I think... that I don't believe trying to convince them to change will be worthwhile or productive. Even when the Stanford Tulpa Study is released and we have brain scans showing neurological differences during switching in created systems, they'll make up reasons to dismiss it, or just choose to ignore it.

Neurological studies will be useful in syscourse... but mostly for further driving home that anti-endos are an anti-science hate group and should be regarded the same way as anti-vaxxers and similar conspiracy theorists.

It's disappointing that my view of scientific research into endogenic systems being able to convince anti-endos that I had when I first got here feels more and more like childish idealism.

I used to think their bigotry was fueled by ignorance. But the more sysmeds I interact with, the more I realize their ignorance is willful and fueled by bigotry.

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Seeing people describe anti-endos as "aggressively pro-psych" is weird.

Their entire ideology is built on fabrications about what psychiatry actually believes and says.

Sure, they're religiously devoted to their pop-psychiatry that has little relation to the actual thing, but they'll instantly jump into denial mode the moment they're presented with opinions of actual psychiatrists that contradict their twisted, bigoted dogma.

They're "pro-psych" in name only.

They may want to identify as pro-psych. They want to play pretend and act like they're on the side of science while enforcing authoritarian viewpoints, much as the Right likes calling themselves "pro-life" while supporting the death penalty and trying to cut programs to feed the hungry and take away medical care.

But never confuse anti-endo dogma for actually being pro-psych.

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@reefies

This is frankly a gross take.

Both endogenic and non-disordered systems exist.

You do not need trauma to be a system. And you do not need therapy because you have multiple agents in your head.

According to the World Health Organization's ICD-11's entry on dissociative identity disorder, having multiple "distinct personality states" doesn't always indicate a disorder.

The DSM specifically has a distress or impairment criteria for most disorders. A huge part of the reason they added this was to avoid pathologizing any divergences from the norm, even for people who aren't harmed by these divergences, as the DSM once pathologized homosexuality or being transgender.

Simply being plural is not a disorder.

As a traumagenic system, why do other traumagenic systems dislike endogenic systems? So many post about systems I see are tagged "endos dni" and "fuck endos", why are we so aggressive to them? Aren't they just stuck with a similar condition to ours but from a difference source? Can someone explain to me why we're being so mean??

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why are people now straight up citing scripture to debunk an effing meme 😭 oh my goddd "god is plural" doesnt mean "god is one-to-one analagous to a human person who identifies as an endogenic system" its already a leap to ASSUME that and now i have to see christians saying "um actually, you cant compare the trinity to this other, human state of many-but-oneness because..." as if their problem isnt solely with the word PLURAL. Like is it heretical to compare the trinity to an egg too now?? Im willing to bet youre JUST mad bc its the word plural. Whats with this particular fixation lmfao who cares

Like is it heretical to compare the trinity to an egg too now??

I mean, depending on who you ask...

I think this extreme is kind of silly because that's a pretty common metaphor used to explain God even if it's not exact. Analogies like this are commonly used by Christians to compare the Trinity to physical things, even if those analogies aren't completely accurate because they can help make things easier to understand. It's similar to how lower grade of school will oversimplify things to children

Unlike the egg though, I actually feel that the plurality comparison avoids partialism given that, even for systems who do identify as parts, there aren't necessarily clear divides. There is blending and overlap, and each headmate is their own person despite still being the same organism, similar to how God is considered to be three persons in one being.

And yeah, I agree. This is totally just them taking issue with the word plural.

I don't really agree that this is a meme, personally.

I legitimately think it's a valid interpretation of the biblical canon and one that I would encourage for Christian plurals to adopt.

now i have to see christians saying "um actually, you cant compare the trinity to this other, human state of many-but-oneness because..." as if their problem isnt solely with the word PLURAL.

Do you want to know what I find especially silly about these people, personally?

Any Christian will be the first to tell you that God's creation is how he imparts understanding of his nature. And this is backed by the Bible itself.

"For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse." - Romans 1:20

So it's kind of ridiculous to claim that the nature of the Trinity would be something that has to be incomprehensible and impossible to understand by looking at nature. Especially the nature of humans who are made in God's image.

(I will say that I kind of enjoy these arguments. Normal syscourse can get so boring and repetitive sometimes. Arguing over the plurality of God has been a breath of fresh air! 😁😊)

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A sysmed linked to a post claiming it would show God isn't plural... it proves the exact opposite

Saw a sysmed post sharing a link to this in order to try to prove that God is not "more than one" in Catholicism.

To further this point though, there's an important note I need to make about the term "consubstantial," which roughly means they're of the same substance. The actual term used in the Nicene Creed was the Greek "Homoousion." Consubstantial is one Latin translation of this Greek term, but it can also be translated as "same in being."

And Homoousion is a more accurate interpretation of the Trinity. Many other Trinitarian sources will commonly phrase the Trinity as being three persons in one being.

Other variations will be that they're three persons in one God/Godhead. But the idea that the Trinity is three in one is the bedrock of Trinitarian theology.

Now, some humans would define plurality as being based around the idea of multiple people in one body. Through that specific definition, I suppose one could argue God couldn't be plural because he doesn't have a "body."

But I would counter that a body need not be solid or physical. If someone with DID passed into an afterlife and their headmates remained remained dissociated in their spiritual form, would this soul not still be multiple?

Therefore, for the purposes of plurality, a spiritual form must be a body of its own.

The Father, Son and Holy Spirit share the same substance, the same essence. And this essence must be connected for it is everywhere, for God is everywhere.

Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the LORD; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD. Jeremiah 23:24

This omnipresent essence of God is God's body, and exists everywhere, filling all spaces in the universe.

The Holy Trinity is three persons in one being.

Three persons sharing the same essence.

Three persons sharing one "body."

The Holy Trinity is plural!