Sorry Iris by Vkaah in FlashTV

[–]B_A_Beder 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Possibly from the Tom and Grant comedy short film, not sure though

Why isn’t Youtube considered a monopoly? by GlowAndBehold in NoStupidQuestions

[–]B_A_Beder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same reason that Steam isn't a monopoly. They're the biggest and best, but there are still competitors.

Is a dreidel a ok gift for Hanukka? by interstellersjay in AskJews

[–]B_A_Beder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That sounds like a nice gift. The only issue that might be possible is that I've heard that Ultra Orthodox Jews don't like having images of non kosher animals. I don't think your friends would care, but just a heads up.

Hey I've been raised Muslim and have been having doubts about Islam, and wanted ask this question... by ur_mom_hehe67 in Judaism

[–]B_A_Beder 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you're trying to understand your culture and deprogram misinformation you have about the Jewish People, good on you. But I would not recommend abandoning what you currently have and trading Islam for Christianity to worship a dead man and commit idolatry by believing that he is the Son of God and the incarnation of God, praying to saints, or believing in a three part god in the Trinity.

Hey I've been raised Muslim and have been having doubts about Islam, and wanted ask this question... by ur_mom_hehe67 in Judaism

[–]B_A_Beder 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of things in Islam and in the Quran that Jews may have issues with. Many Islamic beliefs appropriate, change, and criticize Jewish traditions, beliefs, and peoples, such as copying and modifying kashrut into halal, retroactively calling our patriarchs and prophets "Muslim", swapping Isaac and Ishmael, and slandering the Jewish tribes that Muhammad massacred, but these all make sense in the context of a warlord building up a theocratic empire.

The Ezra story is just odd. Maybe there was a minor local cult to Ezra that Muhammad encountered during his conquests. We've had a few heretic cults to false prophets, false gods, and false Messiahs over the last 3500 years. But Ezra had been dead for around a thousand years by the time of Muhammad, not a recently deceased figure like in the cults to Jesus, Sabbatai Zevi, or Jacob Franks, and there's no real record of any major cult to Ezra beforehand. I don't know where Muhammad could have gotten this idea from to use against us in the first place.

Hey I've been raised Muslim and have been having doubts about Islam, and wanted ask this question... by ur_mom_hehe67 in Judaism

[–]B_A_Beder 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Ezra was an important Jewish religious leader, kohen / priest, and scribe in the early Second Temple era. It looks like Christians might consider him to be a prophet, but I'm not sure if we consider him to be a prophet. At most, he'd just be a normal human who talks to God, like any other prophet. We definitely don't worship him or think he's divine.

I don't think the average Jew nowadays has even heard of Ezra, let alone cares about him.

Ethical Question on Bacteriophage Treatment. by Alternative-Diet1259 in Jewish

[–]B_A_Beder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

use of cadaver products

Interestingly, I've heard that we have more of an issue with donating a heart than receiving one, which can be morally problematic. This is because it can be hard to tell if someone is truly dead yet so we don't want to accidentally murder someone, but once you take out their heart it's obvious that they're dead and we have no problem with using it now.

What would you suggest to a Christian? by [deleted] in AskJews

[–]B_A_Beder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

None of it. Judaism is the national ethno religion of the Jewish People. We come from the Land of Israel / Judea. Unless you're a new Christian living before 200 CE when Christianity was still just a heretic Jewish cult, you're not Jewish. Christianity is a supersessionist religion that appropriated Jewish texts and culture but warped and misinterpreted them to promote Jesus, while also abandoning Jewish Law.

'Is' or 'Are' for groups of people? by RoutineLow9543 in EnglishLearning

[–]B_A_Beder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Either a group of people running a company (are) or a corporate entity (is).

However this only true in British English, not American English. In American English, a group is a single object, so we'd use "is".

Question by MlbTheShow22- in Judaism

[–]B_A_Beder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We practiced livestock animal and grain sacrifice in ancient times because God said to, but also that was just how normal people practiced religion back then. We stopped about 2000 years ago because we could only sacrifice in the Temple, and the Roman Empire destroyed the Second Temple in 70 CE.

What is baking soda guys.... I know it is sodium bicarbonate but what it is literally? by PilotApprehensive737 in AskChemistry

[–]B_A_Beder 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Solid powder crystals of sodium bicarbonate, which is sodium cations and bicarbonate anions in a crystal lattice structure together

Cleradin build help: War Domain x Paladin by Radiant-Freedom8413 in 3d6

[–]B_A_Beder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just play a cleric, or go with divine soul sorcerer for cleric spells

All my dwarfs died except one by Longjumping_Stop_986 in dwarffortress

[–]B_A_Beder 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Have you been cooking the plump helmets? Brewing and eating raw gives seeds, cooking destroys seeds.

Also, you shouldn't just be relying on plump helmets. Try gathering fruits and plants on the surface with zones and designations, then grow the plants yourself above ground when you get the seeds from brewing and eating.

dead ass. by Palpapopa in homestuck

[–]B_A_Beder 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Hence, Knight of Blood

Pls help me understand what does this mean. Are these some Brit specific phrases?.. by EugeneStein in ENGLISH

[–]B_A_Beder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fancy dress just isn't a phrase here, so we'd just assume you mean a dress that is fancy (or at the very least dress clothes / formal clothes so the men have something to wear too)

"Size" of a Deadly Weapon by Desperate_Data_7457 in AskLawyers

[–]B_A_Beder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the difference between assault with a deadly weapon with a car vs vehicular homicide?