I agree that there is a need for oversight in churches and I think independent baptist churches are generally a bad idea due to that lack of oversight (and from what I have heard, there does seem to be a lot of them in America). However, this argument in favour of an episcopal system of church government assumes bishops are the only way to achieve this oversight.

I go to a presbyterian church, and I find the presbyterian system of church government to work well in terms of providing oversight (I also think it is closer to the system of church government we see in the New Testament). The idea is that the elders of churches oversee each other. Presbyterian churches usually have multiple elders at the local church level so they can make decisions together and keep each other accountable. At the next level up, all the elders in a region meet together in a presbytery to settle issues raised from local churches, decide if someone is suitable for ordination, and approve church plants. There are often one or two levels above this, depending on the size of a denomination, usually called “synod” or “general assembly”, which includes elders from a wider area (and ultimately the whole denomination), which settles disputes between presbyteries and issues the presbytery can’t handle. I think that works better because it doesn’t rely on a single person having oversight over a group of people and answers the question of who oversees the bishop.

Ultimately, however, there isn’t really a perfect solution to be found in a system of church government alone. It seems like problems develop in all kinds of denominations, and problems often develop slowly or secretly so that oversight doesn’t come into effect until it’s too late. It may be just because my denomination is relatively young that we haven’t run into major problems yet. I think the most important thing is for the oversight and discipline infrastructure to be proactive in dealing with problems, rather than leaving them until they become a bigger issue. Having some system of oversight is necessary for that to happen, of course.

I assume because it is a relatively new city planned to replace Seoul as the capital city to reduce congestion. Its population would be mostly people from outside moving into the area, and elderly people tend to be more set in their ways and less willing to take risks like moving to a newly formed city.

A cup can refer to a variety of different measurements (see Cup (unit) - Wikipedia). The cup OP referenced is a metric cup, a US customary cup is 8 US fluid ounces. Measuring cups can come labelled using cups as a unit, usually including a whole cup, and that is presumably what OP was referring to.

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To give a theological answer, no. A lich is usually understood as a sorcerer who has achieved an undead state or immortality, usually by binding their soul to the corporeal world in a phylactery. That does not apply in Jesus’ case, since he did not pursue any sort of magic to avoid death, much less binding his soul to a phylactery. The resurrection of Jesus was a supernatural act of God, restoring Jesus to true life.

As to the second part of your question, I was not aware that holy water harming liches was a common trope in fiction (it is usually seen in reference to vampires), but even if it is applied to undead more widely, we have established that Jesus was restored to true life, not to any form of unnatural undeath. Moreover, holiness comes from God (that which is holy is set apart for God), and Jesus is fully God, so contact with holy things would not harm him. Indeed, Christ is now in the true holy place in heaven (Hebrews 9:24), which we can only enter when cleansed by his blood (Hebrews 10:19-22).

I can understand why people wouldn’t specifically talk about the fediverse on other sites. It just seems like there is a lot of coverage of X and Meta in the news, but there doesn’t seem to have been even a passing mention of fediverse sites in most of what I’ve seen. I guess the more established social media sites are still a lot more significant than fediverse alternatives though.

What’s sad is that people aren’t talking about Mastodon nearly as much as they are talking about Threads and X. It just doesn’t seem to get much publicity outside of the fediverse.

The admin made a post reporting on the finances.

Technically a general eye doctor would be an opthalmologist. An optician is someone who makes lenses. The person you see for an eye test at the opticians is an optometrist (someone who measures what strength lenses you need).

The Rust book is the official standard resource for learning Rust. It assumes some experience in another programming language, but it doesn’t matter which one (that is, it isn’t aimed at teaching Rust as a first programming language), so there’s no reason why you couldn’t read it with some experience in C.

Depending on what sort of C programmer you are, you may find Learn Rust the Dangerous Way of interest as well.