born again / holy matrimony

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

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The modern sense of citizenship is usually based on one or more of these factors:

• Parents are citizens. If a person has one or both parents who are citizens of a given state, then the person may be a citizen of that state as well. ^[a]Citizenship granted in this fashion is referred to by the Latin phrase jus sanguinis meaning "right of blood" and means that citizenship is granted based on ancestry or ethnicity, and is related to the concept of a nation state common in Europe. A person could be born outside of the physical territory of a country, but if his or her parents are citizens, then the child is a citizen as well. States normally limit the right to citizenship by descent to a certain number of generations born outside the state. This form of citizenship is common in civil law countries.

• Born within a country. Many people are presumed to be citizens of a state if they were born within its territory. Citizenship granted in this fashion is referred to by the Latin phrase jus soli meaning "right of soil". This form of citizenship is common in common law countries and originated in Englandwhere those who were born within the realm were subjects of the king.

• Marriage to a citizen. Citizenship can also be obtained by marrying a citizen, which is termed jure matrimonii.

• Naturalization. States normally grant citizenship to people who have immigrated to that state and have resided there for the given number of years. Sometimes aspiring citizens may have to pass a test, swear allegiance to their new state and renounce their prior citizenship.

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People seem to have this idea of Jesus as being a super chill, tolerant hippie/yuppie type figure because he hung out with dirtbags, prostitutes and tax-collectors and didn't care what people said about him or about tarnishing his reputation - because he treated these untouchables, these personae non gratae like regular people. But don't forget that Jesus overturned them temple tables when he saw people gambling in there and said some pretty nasty and harsh things to the pharisees (to be fair tho they were asking for it). He was not one to sugar-coat his words. If you came to him with a question, he'd answer you, and depending on your temperament - what you're expecting to hear, what you've heard too often - he'd phrase it a certain way - maybe as a parable, maybe as an intervention, maybe as a miracle, maybe as an accusation. Not what you want to hear, but what you need to hear and in the way you need to hear it. He isn't the politician. He isn't the person who laughs and shrugs and strives to always give a diplomatic answer. What he said often upset people - to the point of murderous mob formation. Basically what I'm trying to say is, when you're thinking 'what would Jesus do?' make sure you're thinking of the real Jesus and not the watered-down hippie version of him.