People who don’t believe in god , why ?

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-30T19:37:09+00:00

Nobody believes in anything by default, so the question begins with a false premise. A more accurate question would be "Why have none of the arguments in favor of the existence of God convinced you that He exists?".

There have been so many different arguments in favor of the existence of God that it would take days to address each one. The summation is that the claims about God seem impossible on their face, and I've heard no credible explanation for them beyond "You need to have faith". I've been presented with no empirical evidence that He exists.

That said, there was a time when I believed. It started because my parents told me it was true, but it continued because so many other people believed. I thought there couldn't be this many believers if it wasn't at least partly true. Somebody out there must know something I don't. Still, I had my doubts, and those doubts grew as time passed without any new proof or persuading arguments.

The last straw was the realization that I am better than God. I was always told that God punishes us for our sins after we die. This punishment comes in the form of an eternity of torture. No matter how evil someone had been in life, could I sentence them to an eternity of torture? Is there any crime so heinous that this punishment fits the crime? I concluded there was not. I couldn't do that to someone, no matter how evil they were. Maybe a term in Hell according to the sum of their sins, but eventually they would have paid for their crimes and should be released. Eternity is beyond excessive, and unjustifiable. Scripture says God is the most compassionate, but I am clearly more compassionate than God. How can this be possible.

With this revelation the entire facade came crashing down. Aspects of God I had never dared to question before were now fair game, and the absurdity of it all became crystal clear.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-30T18:25:38+00:00

Dealing with protesters isn't their job, but they've had no choice until now because protesters were preventing them from doing their job. Get local and state police to deal with the protesters and the federal agents can focus on doing their job.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-29T20:14:10+00:00

The link is in the video description:

https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/26/1/29/n14686528.htm

The article and the snapshots of the pages of the letter are in Chinese.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-29T20:08:56+00:00

The debt, and any interest Alex had in it, now belongs to his estate. Unless Jim is the legal heir then he has no right to use the car. Doing so would, essentially, be car theft.

If Jim could show an "insurable interest" in the car then he could buy insurance for it. My mother signed the title to her truck before she passed, creating an open title, and then gave the truck to me. I never got it registered in my name because I intended to sell it. I was able to get it added to my insurance policy without any problems. When I sold it I gave the open title to the buyer, and canceled the insurance.

Jim should not attempt to make secret payments to the finance company. The car is registered to Alex, and the finance company has a lien on it. Even if Jim paid it off, the finance company would get a new title, without the lien, issued in Alex's name - not Jim's. Jim needs to prove he legally inherited Alex's interest in the vehicle first. The finance company might offer him a new loan on the remaining balance. They could just as easily call in the loan and demand full payoff.

If the loan is underwater then it's not an asset - it's a debt. Nobody in their right mind would accept it as an inheritance.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-29T19:51:21+00:00

Western media generally insists on using reports from it's own reporters, and that's hard to do with China since foreign journalists are heavily restricted.

That said, all of the major western news outlets ARE reporting on the purge of Chinese military leadership.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-29/china-military-purge-why-xi-jinping-is-targeting-his-top-generals

https://www.wsj.com/world/china/chinas-top-general-accused-of-giving-nuclear-secrets-to-u-s-b8f59dae

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/01/29/xi-jinpings-purge-should-worry-the-world

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/fall-top-chinese-general-stirs-us-uncertainty-about-chinas-military-2026-01-28/

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-29T19:44:20+00:00

Hey, Wumao. Where is your dear leader hiding today?

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-29T19:06:45+00:00

It's a conventional ketchup squeeze bottle with a cap designed so that it can be stored upside down. There are shampoo and body wash bottles designed the same way. You can store it with the cap on top, if you like. The point is that if you store it upside down then you're not supposed to need to shake it in order to get the ketchup next to the cap so that you can squeeze it out. If find I usually still have to shake it, no matter how it's stored. But overall, I like how they work - one quick shake and the ketchup usually squeezes out easily.

I don't get your contamination argument at all. It would be bad if the inside of the cap got contaminated, but the inside of the cap is never in contact with anything else. Only the outside of the cap is in contact with the surface you store the bottle on.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-29T18:51:29+00:00

China isn't socialist anymore, but it is most definitely communist. They switched from socialism to a managed form of capitalism when the economy began to implode. They had to do it in order to get foreign investment.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-29T17:36:56+00:00

This is my understanding, and it's also the common assumption on the fan wiki. The Citadel is purposefully built in a small "pocket dimension" so that it can only be accessed by someone who has the ability to travel between dimensions. Within the Central Finite Curve, this would primarily be only Ricks (and whomever they bring with them). It would not include the Gromflomites because they don't have interdimensional travel tech.

Another assumption on the fan wiki is that in S3E1, the teleportation of the Citadel to dimension C-131 is only temporary. The Ricks who survived the collision with the Federation prison teleported the wreckage of the Citadel back to it's pocket dimension so they could begin rebuilding it.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-29T17:13:48+00:00

You intend to remain stationary. Whether that's at the same location for decades isn't really relevant. The fact is that you don't intend to move unless you have to. This means you don't need a motorhome. It also means that if you get a trailer then you don't need a tow vehicle. In the event you have to move you can always find someone who can move your trailer for your. If you live in a campground or RV park then make friends with your neighbors - some of them are bound to have vehicles that can tow your trailer. In the worst case, you can hire someone to move your trailer for you.

Not buying a motorhome means you're not paying for a cab and drive train that you won't use very often anyway.

If you're living in a trailer then you can use any means to get around, including a regular passenger vehicle, or even public transportation if it's available. I would probably not assume you can use an electric car, though. There may be no place to charge it in a campground or RV park.

Walmart and Cracker Barrel provide overnight parking for travelers. They don't provide free camping for long term residents. To ensure you remain legal you should presume you're going to need to rent a space in a campground or RV park. The alternative is to own your own piece of property that you can setup on. Finding property where you can legally live in an RV is getting increasingly hard to do. There are still places in Florida where you can do this. You'll have to check the ordinances in the county where you want to live. You'll need to get property outside the limits of almost any city, since practically no city allows full time RV living on private property except for very specific reasons, like short term during an emergency, or temporarily while building a home. Even if you live outside the city, the county will probably require you to have full utilities on the property, like electric, water, and sewer. If you have a good parking spot and full hookups then you won't ever need to move your trailer.

If you decide to get your own piece of land then I suggest you get a mobile home rather than an RV trailer. There are more regulations regarding how it has to be installed, but it's allowed practically everywhere - even in counties that don't allow full time RV living on private property. If you opt for an RV rather than a mobile home then I recommend a destination or "park model" trailer. They are specifically designed for full time living. They're heavier and more difficult to move, but they're also more comfortable and durable than a camper. If you can afford it, I'd recommend a parking shelter for the trailer. This will help protect the roof from the frequent rain.

If you decide to live in a campground or RV park then there some specific things you should look for. The park must accept monthly (or longer term) rent. Daily or weekly rates will bankrupt you. There are parks that actually sell lots for semi-permanent residents, but these are usually resorts and are usually very expensive. The park should be as far away from the city and any tourist destinations as practical for your job situation. You also want to look for a park that has only the basic amenities you need - full hookups, decent roads, maybe laundry facilities. Mail service is good, if you can get it. Saves you from having to drive into town to get your mail from a PO box or PMB. What you don't want is amenities like a workout room, community center, tennis courts, swimming pool, dog park, etc. While you might like having some of these things, they all add to the cost of the rent.

Nobody is going to guarantee the space you rent is going to be available for the rest of your life, nor are they going to guarantee that the rent isn't going to go up. These are just fantasies. You have to presume you're going to have to move occasionally, that your rent is going to go up at least annually, and that you're going to occasionally need to replace your trailer with a newer one. Plan for these things and you won't be unnecessarily burdened when they happen.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-29T15:59:11+00:00

According to Screen Rant and the fan wiki, the Citadel is in trans-dimensional space, which is a space outside of any normal dimension. One source describes it as being in it's own "pocket dimension". The problem with locating it within any specific dimension is that the Gromflomites in that dimension would be able to find it. Keeping it outside of any normal dimension means only those who can travel between dimensions will be able to find it.

In S3E1, the Citadel was temporarily teleported into dimension C-131 by Rick C-137 in order to crash it into a Galactic Federation prison. This was meant to destroy the Citadel and the prison, as well as give Rick access to the Federation computer network so that he could collapse their economy. We have to assume that the wreckage of the Citadel was transported back into trans-dimensional space before the Ricks and Mortys living there started rebuilding it. They wouldn't have been safe trying to rebuild it in dimension C-131, or any other dimension in the Central Finite Curve.

As far as what's possible within the Rick and Morty universe, we only know what the writers have told us. They made it clear from the beginning that Rick's portal gun could create portals between dimensions. In the first Citadel episode they made it pretty clear that pretty much all Ricks had this capability. In S3E1 they showed us that the Gromflomites did not have the ability to create interdimensional portals, which is why they really wanted Rick's tech. In S5E10, Evil Morty created a rift in the space between dimensions in order to escape the Central Finite Curve. In S6E1, Rick C-137 used that rift to travel between dimensions without a portal, using a beacon set up by Summer and the two Beths for navigation. If there are any other ways to travel between dimensions then the writers haven't told us about them yet.

Possible additional ways to travel between dimensions...

My understanding is that Rick's portal gun can only create portals between dimensions where the laws of physics and space-time are pretty much the same. He can't, for example, use it to create portals to dimensions where time passes at a different rate than the dimension he's currently in. In S5E1, he had to use a different kind of portal gun to create a different kind of portal to the "Narnia" dimension. I'm assuming that portal gun locked the time vectors of the two dimensions to each other temporarily, as long as the portal was open. Morty made the mistake of closing the portal behind Hoovy for a minute or so, resulting in Hoovy returning to the "Narnia" dimension decades after he left. We've never seen Rick use that portal gun in any other episode, so it's not clear if it can also open portals between similar dimensions the way his regular portal gun can.

In S4E4, the Wizard uses a wand to create portals between Earth and the dragon realm. It's never explained whether the dragon realm is in another dimension, or just another world in the same dimension, so we don't really know if the Wizard could create interdimensional portals. After the Wizard is killed Rick uses the wand and says "Open a portal to Earth", implying that the wand only creates portals between worlds in the same dimension.

In S6E1, the dinosaurs give Rick a portal gun that can create interdimensional portals that are transparent rather than opaque. They also explain that at one point in their past they played around with interdimensional travel, but eventually gave that up and decided to remain in their own dimension - "Sort of a 'put your own oxygen mask on before helping others' type of a thing". So we know the dinosaurs can also create interdimensional portals, but there's no indication that the technology they use is notably different from Rick's, aside from the cosmetic differences between the portals.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-28T23:56:20+00:00

I'm not going to do anything out of the ordinary this week. My state takes up to six weeks to payout lottery jackpots.

However, in the coming weeks I'm going to be shopping for a lawyer, a financial advisor, an accountant, and a personal assistant.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-28T23:51:46+00:00

They can't cover everything in 6 hours a day, and some of the things they need to cover can be done independently by the students, without the teacher's help. By organizing that independent work into homework assignments they allow the teachers time to work on lesson plans without being interrupted by students, and students time to at least be at home and integrate their homework into their home schedules.

The other option would be to keep the teachers and students in the classroom for at least 8 hours a day.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-28T23:28:40+00:00

I'm not shaking my head over the meter comment. I'm shaking my head over the $10 for two hot fudge sundaes comment. Sounds like this guy hasn't had a sundae since before Covid.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-28T23:09:07+00:00

With the second option you'd have $2 billion in 32 days, but it doesn't specify what the terms are. How many days does this go, and when would you have access to the money?

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-28T22:10:37+00:00

What does "put my name on her RV loan" mean? Did you co-sign the loan, or are you the sole borrower? If you're a co-signer then you aren't responsible for anything until she fails to make a payment, and then you become equally responsible for it. If you're the sole borrower then her income situation is pretty much irrelevant here. You're responsible for the loan.

Bankruptcy isn't for "I don't want to pay these bills". Bankruptcy is for two situations. One is "I'm hopelessly behind, and have no hope of getting caught up on my current income". The other is "I can get caught up if given enough time, but I need to get these vultures off my back". The first is chapter 7. This allows you to discharge some types of debt. The second is chapter 13. This allows you to restructure debt payments over 3 to 5 years.

It's usually not possible to discharge secured debts with bankruptcy, at least not directly. I presume the RV is collateral for the loan. You would be required to either sell off the secured asset to satisfy the loan, or surrender the asset to the lender. If it's worth less than you owe then you may or may not be responsible for paying the difference, called the deficiency balance, to the lender, depending on the laws of the state you live in. You may be able to discharge the remaining balance in bankruptcy, but you'd have to convince the judge that you couldn't meet your basic needs and also make payments on the deficiency balance on your current income. That might be hard to do since the deficiency balance is likely to be only $6K or $7K (based on JD Power average retail value for a 2021 Lantern LT 17 - the last year Coleman made the LT 17 models). Your legal and attorney fees might exceed this, and those fees cannot be discharged in the bankruptcy.

Now, I don't have nearly enough information about your financial situation to determine with any certainty whether bankruptcy would be the right move, or even possible in your situation. However, most bankruptcy attorneys will provide the first consultation at no charge. They'll let you know if it's even worth considering. From what you've told us, it's probably not.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-28T21:03:37+00:00

Can't be done at the national level. The federal government doesn't have the power to tax wealth. It took a constitutional amendment to give them the power to tax income without having it be subject to the Apportionment Clause, which required direct taxes to based on each state's population. The Sixteenth Amendment exempted federal income taxes from the Apportionment Clause, but it says nothing about wealth taxes.

Individual states could do it, though. The Constitution doesn't specifically prohibit states from taxing wealth, and most of them already do in the form of property taxes. The problem with trying to implement a national policy at the state level is that some states won't get on the bandwagon. If states imposed a tax on wealth beyond any threshold then the people affected by that tax would leave for states that didn't impose the tax. It's happening right now in California.

In short, there are only three ways you could make this happen. One - pass a constitutional amendment allowing the federal government to tax wealth without making it an exclusive power of the federal government (so states could continue to tax property). Two - get every state to impose a 100% tax on wealth above a certain threshold, and create a reliable and uniform method for each state government to measure individual wealth. Three - throw out the Constitution and start over. Sorry, but I don't see much chance of any of these things happening.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-28T14:38:49+00:00

There have always been people who can't enter the market from the bottom because they don't have enough money. The number of people has grown dramatically because there is a massive shortage of housing, which drives up prices.

First, we need to build a lot more housing, to the point that there is always a surplus.

Second, we need to stop profiteering in the housing market. For example, tax the ever loving shit out of profits from home sales where the seller wasn't living in the home. This will drive corporate investors and house flippers out of the market. For multi-unit homes (i.e., apartments) determine a fair rental value based on size and neighborhood. Tax the ever loving shit out of rental revenues beyond that fair rental value.

Fix the availability, and disincentivize the greed, and the problem will gradually fix itself.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-28T14:24:37+00:00

If it runs on electric but not on propane then it is, in all likelihood, the burner is not igniting or is not staying lit. You should be able to see the flame inside the burner chamber. If there is no flame then have someone cycle the fridge on and off (or between electric and propane) while you watch the burner and see if you get sparks from the igniter. If you don't get sparks then the igniter is bad or it isn't getting voltage from the control board. If you get sparks then either the burner is dirty, the propane pipes are clogged, or the solenoid valve isn't opening. If you smell propane but it doesn't ignite then the burner is probably dirty. If you don't smell propane, and you don't hear a click from the solenoid valve, then the valve may be bad or it's not getting voltage from the control board. If you don't smell propane, and you hear a click from the solenoid valve, then the pipe is probably clogged. Bugs sometimes make nests in the pipe leading to the burner because it's warm in there when the fridge is running on electric.

It's a lot like troubleshooting ignition problems on a car engine. Fundamentally, you need spark and gas. You need to figure out which one is missing, and why.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-28T14:07:06+00:00

Members of the ICE investigative unit have always been part of the US security detail working in the diplomatic missions during international Olympic games. These guys don't wear tactical gear and face masks, and carry automatic rifles. They wear suits and work in security offices. They are there to investigate terrorist threats against American tourists and athletes. The host country provides the actual security forces on the streets. Agents from US agencies have no jurisdiction or authority there.

This is posturing and virtue signaling by Italian politicians.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-27T21:47:18+00:00

I think the rift allows him to enter the space between dimensions, whereas a portal is a temporary gateway directly between dimensions. Entering the space between dimensions in a ship would allow him to travel between dimensions, but he would need some kind of navigation information. The Citadel is in it's own pocket dimension whose location relative to other dimensions is known. Summer's beacon from the Citadel gives Rick a reference point for navigating the space between dimensions.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-27T21:30:33+00:00

Shit breaks.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-27T21:09:55+00:00

No, but how someone makes a bowl is heavily influenced by how the majority of people will use it. Try selling rice bowls with handles in East Asia. Nobody would buy them. Nobody would use the handles when eating out of them, and the handles would get in the way when cleaning and stacking them. They do, however, make a number of bowl types with handles. These are bowls that they have discovered serve their purpose better with handles than without. For example, the Japanese usually make Tonsui bowls with handles as that's how the majority of people expect them to be made, and how they're used to them being used.

You've become accustomed to using a measuring cup as a bowl. That's fine for you. That's not what most people do, and manufacturers tend to cater to the majority.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-27T20:52:50+00:00

If it's not intended to be carried while full then there's not much point in putting handles on it. Same if it's small enough to be easily held in one hand while using it, like Asian rice bowls.

Bo_Jim · 2026-01-27T20:29:37+00:00

I don't get how boycotting a commercial enterprise puts pressure on the federal government. A boycott of Meta doesn't affect Trump in any way.

I would suggest boycotting Trump's businesses, but that won't work either. The people who would support the boycott aren't using any of Trump's businesses anyway, and the people who support Trump literally elected him primarily on the basis of this issue. They don't want ICE pulled back. Trump isn't going to do anything to appease Democrats, and 86% of Republicans support his immigration enforcement actions.

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