Other photos can be seen on the original Mastodon post: https://deacon.social/@emmanuelwald/115810378946662038

I love groff! But i don’t write documentation, so that may be why.

Why not body {margin: auto;}?

I kind of disagree here. The medium is the message, as one said, and I know that I don’t read with the same spirit an e-mail and a snail-mail I received. We are definitively not robots, so the means of communication change drastically the reception of the message itself, even if the actual text is the same. And it’s even more true when I send a message: the very text will be different is I type it on my computer, my phone, or my typewriter as not only my spirit, but also my capabilities and confort of writing will be different.

Also, it feels nice to write longhand using decent paper and a decent fountain pen (or with a pencil).

My problem with that is that I’m incapable to read myself after a few days… that’s why I love my typewriters.

I mean, exchanging good old letters & postcards (snail mail), journals, fictions, poems, essays, sketches and why not even photography (printed, digital or not, just without any ‘smartphonery’ involved). Stuff we would then have circulating among a group of us.

That’s very close of an idea I had a few months ago: some sort of fanzine. People interested would send me (I don’t mind giving my address) their typed pages, and I’d order them (using actual scissors and glue!) in a zine that I would copy and send to the people who sent me something. It’s not actual correspondence, as it’s not one-on-one, but there would be time invested and creativity and exchange. I’d love to do it in French, but I don’t know if there would be enough persons interested (the costs of an international zine of this type would be too much for me).

Find a safe way to share one’s personal address safely and securely in this age of digital weirdos

Your fear of giving your address made me think about something I’ve read in Richard Polt’s novel, Evertype (if you did not bought it yet, I advise you to do so quickly, the book is good). In it, a character (I won’t spoil anything, but this list is important in the plot) has compiled a list of people interested in corresponding using a typewriter. However, this character only shares an anonymised version of the list, where each member receives a number along with a short description provided by the member themselves. Instead of sending the letter directly to the recipient, the sender sends it to the administrator, specifying the recipient’s number, and the administrator then forwards the letter. This would maintain everyone’s anonymity, but it presupposes trust in the administrator…

That I could do, if it made sense in the context.

Do you believe your wife will go to hell?

No. I don’t believe in all that “you have to confess Jesus as your personal lord and saviour to avoid hell” crap. It’s in fact something not very widespread outside evangelicalism. I believe the Cross is working mysteriously, far outside the frontier of the visible Church. A God who condemns people that doesn’t recognize him is not a loving God, it’s a pervert. I believe that “to confess Jesus as my personal lord and saviour” is a way to live a better life here and now, and I don’t expect an eternal reward for that.

Is she agnostic or does she believe there is no god?

I’d say she’s agnostic atheist. She doesn’t know if God exist, but believes he does not, and in fact doesn’t care.

I live in France, where it’s illegal to have a religious marriage without having a civil one first. As a pastor, I have to ask a proof that the people I religiously marries are already married civilly. I agree theologically with that, as protestants don’t marry people, they bless an already existing marriage.

So we had both. To be honest, in France, civil marriages are quite dull: it takes 5 minutes, the mayor or their deputy reads the law, asks for consent, makes the people sign, and it’s the next couple’s turn. It’s very administrative. There’s a little decorum, but just a little.

So, even for people without strong belief, the ritual makes the marriage something special. It was the case for my spouse, at least. She’s atheist, but she respects my faith, as I respect her atheism; she knew it was important for me, so that made it important for her.

I would warn you though: if your girlfriend is Catholic, you’ll have yo promise to raise your children in the Catholic faith. If your girlfriend is evangelical, they may ask you to testify of your faith. I’d say to discuss this with her first very openly, and test the waters with her priest/pastor. 90% are cool people, with whom you’ll be able to be open, and they won’t refuse you as long as they don’t sense that you opposes the whole thing. 10% are assholes; I’d advice you to look for an other one; if it’s the one your girlfriend wants, lie to them (as long as your girlfriend agrees with that). You don’t marry for the officiant, you owe them nothing.

No, she never was Christian, nor anything else for that matter.

I’m a Christian pastor happily married to an atheist, AMA.

If it’s beyond repair, maybe I’ll take it apart to keep the spare parts, or maybe I’ll just keep it as decoration (I’m a big fan of its colour!). If it’s repairable, it will be a great opportunity for me to develop my skills!

Anyway, it will bring me more than its cost.

J’ai vu que la β de !voyagerapp@lemmy.world avait commencé à le supporter, c’est chouette !

Ah flûte. Sur un autre compte j’ai quelqu’un qui me basvote quasiment systématiquement, je sais pas trop quoi faire, à part le bannir des communautés où je suis le seul posteur ou presque et que je modère. Mais j’aurais voulu éviter ça …

Piefed a l’air super cool, mais j’utilise essentiellement une appli, ça me manquerait.

I buy my groceries in Germany from France, and I often do that by bike. Or sometimes I take the tramway.

J’ai trouvé #cemantix nº1182 en 36 coups ! 🥳 🥵 😎2️⃣ 🥶🥶2️⃣1️⃣ 🧊1️⃣1️⃣ https://cemantix.certitudes.org/

(Et sans tricher)

J’ai trouvé mais j’avoue : j’ai triché.

I’m a pastor so I go to quite a not funerals, and I only own a dark blue suit. For the ceremony itself I wear my black robe of course, but for.the meetings after I wear it.

Tout se perd ma pov’ dam’/mon pov’ m’sieur.

Je me suis (encore) remis à Morrowind. Que ce jeu est riche et intéressant !

Un article intéressant et équilibré sur son pontificat. Il manque les années précédentes, avec notamment des suspicions de collusion — jamais démontrées — avec la dictature sanguinaire de la « réorganisation nationale » en Argentine.

En tant que chrétien protestant, qui ne reconnait donc pas l’autorité pontificale, j’ai toujours eu un avis partagé, mais globalement positif, sur son action. Sur les sujets extérieurs à l’Église, il a très souvent raison (économie, écologie, migrations, …). Sur les sujets de morale sexuelle, je suis en désaccord avec lui (pour moi l’homosexualité n’est pas un péché, le divorce est acceptable, …) mais je suis d’accord avec lui sur le fait que la morale sexuelle devrait être secondaire en bonne théologie chrétienne, et donc qu’on peut accueillir des personnes avec qui on est en désaccord sur ce sujet.

Mais c’est sur l’ecclésiologie (la vision de l’Église), qu’il m’a le plus déçu. Sa charge contre le cléricalisme était juste, j’en attendais beaucoup, mais il refusait de voir qu’au delà des fautes individuelles, il y a un problème systémique dans l’Église catholique-romaine, un système profondément sexiste et autoritaire qui permet et couvre les dérives des individus. On verra ce que son successeur fera.