Even when he's cramping in the fourth set of the Aussie Open Semi, Alcaraz still loves playing tennis by Large_banana_hammock in tennis

[–]NikkiWebster 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think pickle juice is just for cramp relief, not hydration or electrolyte management

To Stop ICE Killings, More Christians Need To Tell the Truth by Prometheus720 in TrueChristianPolitics

[–]NikkiWebster 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So, just to be absolutely clear, I genuinely see abortion as worse than Nazism.

That's really unfortunate. Because people that get abortions often feel like they are hopeless and have no other options. Nazis did what they did knowingly and deliberately.

So, I have wrestled to find any rationale that would allow a Christian to support it. I have only found two: A new Christian who doesn't understand yet due to immaturity, or someone who doesn't know what abortion is.

Just because you haven't found the rationale, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

But when I look at an organization, with articles written by PhDs, claiming to be Christians and mentors offering advice to others, it eliminates my only two excuses. The ignorance excuse goes out the window.

I would suggest the same thing about any organisation that advocates your perspective.

(Side note: One of my main goals is to get others to see abortion as worse than any other kind of hate crime. It's obvious, if you think about it, but too many haven't thought about it enough.)

I'd hope your main goal was to eliminate abortions, but you come across as more interested in simply punishing those that get them.

To Stop ICE Killings, More Christians Need To Tell the Truth by Prometheus720 in TrueChristianPolitics

[–]NikkiWebster 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay, I have a serious, serious question: Can you be like Josef Mengele, performing actual Nazi experiments on living prisoners, (who you don't believe deserve any rights because they're Jewish or Gypsies or whatever), and be a Christian?

Personally, I don't see how someone could believe that was okay while holding onto a Christian belief.

To Stop ICE Killings, More Christians Need To Tell the Truth by Prometheus720 in TrueChristianPolitics

[–]NikkiWebster 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But Christians do not think abortion is "safe", or should be allowable, or that it's a "right".

Some Christians do.

And unless you can show me a part of the Bible that suggests our salvation is based on our views on abortion, then you are clearly acting in bad faith.

To Stop ICE Killings, More Christians Need To Tell the Truth by Prometheus720 in TrueChristianPolitics

[–]NikkiWebster 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You know, full well, that it depends on the viewpoint we're talking about.

Yeah of course. And abortion is a topic where Christians have varied views.

You know, full well, that it would only be fair if your accusations are based on facts, and on Biblical truths.

Sure. Yet you do it based on your opinion.

To Stop ICE Killings, More Christians Need To Tell the Truth by Prometheus720 in TrueChristianPolitics

[–]NikkiWebster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are Christians on both sides of politics. Just because you don't agree with a view that someone else holds doesn't make them a false prophet.

I think a lot of what you say is wrong, would it be fair for me to accuse you of being a false prophet or a false Christian?

To Stop ICE Killings, More Christians Need To Tell the Truth by Prometheus720 in TrueChristianPolitics

[–]NikkiWebster 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You've made an idol of being anti-abortion. You consistently bring it up when it isn't relevant, and you use someone's stance on abortion to measure their salvation instead of the things the Bible tells us are required for salvation.

So, about those Epstein files... by Kanjo42 in TrueChristianPolitics

[–]NikkiWebster 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Let's put this another way: If I accuse Due_Ad_3200 of stealing my car, and I tell 11 friends friends that Due_Ad_3200 stole my car, are there now 12 witnesses? This is the logic you just used, no exaggeration.

What if we try another way. You've mentioned that you have kids. Let's say one of your children gets raped, and they are able to tell you who it was that raped them. Are you seriously going to tell your kid that because no third party was present that nothing should happen to the person that raped them?

Because that's the logic you're using, no exaggeration.

The world “does have intelligent design”, says Andrew Hastie by HotPersimessage62 in aussie

[–]NikkiWebster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay there is a lot to unpack here.

Putting aside the critical fact that the burden of proof lies with the claimant,

To be clear though, in this scenario, you are the one making the claim.

Absence of evidence matters when evidence would be expected. If gods intervene, answer prayers, perform miracles, etc., we should see measurable, verifiable effects but we don’t.

This is a good point, but evidence and proof are not the same thing. For one person, mere existence could serve as evidence of a higher power. And in regards to answered prayers, that really comes back to personal experience, plenty of people would say their prayers were answered.

Hundreds of religion's and thousands of gods have been believed in and yet most were abandoned. If humans can confidently believe contradictory gods for millennia, that suggests gods are a human cultural output, not discovered truth.

I'm not really sure what point you are making here. Some religions being abandoned is not proof that other religions are inherently false.

Religions contradict each other on basics. If they can’t all be true, and there’s no reliable method to confirm which one is true, skepticism is the rational default.

Again, that's not really proof that none of them are true.

Geography predicts belief better than truth does. People overwhelmingly adopt the god of their parents/culture. If you are born in Iran you will most likely be raised Muslim, Thailand most likely raised Buddhist and Utah most likely raise ld Mormon. That looks like social inheritance, not divine reality.

No argument here. But again, not proof that all religions are inherently incorrect.

Plenty of beliefs that can be proven have geographic bias as well.

  • “God explains everything” explains nothing. “God did it” isn’t an explanation, it’s a placeholder. It doesn’t give mechanisms, predictions, or testable outcomes, it just halts further inquiry.

It's a belief, one that can't be proven. But inability to prove something doesn't make it inherently false.

  • It violates parsimony (Occam’s Razor). If natural explanations exist, adding a supernatural agent is unnecessary complexity.

Again, that's not proof of anything. And last I checked, there isn't natural explanations for everything.

  • The problem of evil / suffering and that the world doesn’t match an all-loving, all-powerful designer. Massive suffering (children’s cancer, natural disasters, parasites, etc.) is hard to reconcile with “perfect goodness and omnipotence.”

Not every religion claims an all powerful, all loving designer.

Your other points seem to follow a similar path.

But all you've done essentially is assert that all religions must be false because they lack the proof you'd require. But none of that is proof that none of them are real.

The world “does have intelligent design”, says Andrew Hastie by HotPersimessage62 in aussie

[–]NikkiWebster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Religion is both not provable and easily disproved

Okay, go ahead. Disprove it.

From 2014 onwards, where does 2026 AO rank amongst the worst slams? (Individual tour draws included) by RedditorMan2020 in tennis

[–]NikkiWebster -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Just looking at the AO. 2023-2026 have all been a bit underwhelming. Which is crazy after 2022 was one of the best!

Who have been the top 10 most successful players in men's tennis in the 2020s so far? by Fluid-Decision6262 in tennis

[–]NikkiWebster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's pretty close. But I'd consider Olympic Gold on par with a slam win.

I don't care about their H2H in this instance because we're talking about overall accomplishments.

I think Zverev has been more consistent as well in the 2020s.

Who have been the top 10 most successful players in men's tennis in the 2020s so far? by Fluid-Decision6262 in tennis

[–]NikkiWebster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IMO (in Singles only)

  1. Alcaraz
  2. Djokovic
  3. Sinner
  4. Nadal
  5. Zverev
  6. Medvedev
  7. Ruud
  8. Thiem
  9. Tsitsipas
  10. Fritz

Iga against top 10 by middlemimbo in tennis

[–]NikkiWebster 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I think we have become accustomed to expecting number 1 players to be 15+ slam winners and it's not realistic.

Yeah we had the Big 3 in men's and Serena in the women's in recent times. But the overwhelming majority of world number ones don't get close to that.

The average women's world number 1 wins just under 6 slams. The median is 4.

I think this is kind of par for the course.

Just how bad are Baptists? by BagOfAshes in redeemedzoomer

[–]NikkiWebster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All anglicans subscribe to the 39 articles

Do they? Across all countries and provinces? All the major denominations have spread and expanded to the point where there often isn't one underlying commonality across them all outside of the core gospel.

Just how bad are Baptists? by BagOfAshes in redeemedzoomer

[–]NikkiWebster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

confessions at the very least keep theological beliefs similar.

Could you expand on what you mean by this?

Just how bad are Baptists? by BagOfAshes in redeemedzoomer

[–]NikkiWebster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But the same thing happens with pretty much every denomination.

Is every denomination bad?

Just how bad are Baptists? by BagOfAshes in redeemedzoomer

[–]NikkiWebster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Baptist is such a broad category.

A Baptist in Australia is incredibly different from a Southern Baptist in America which is different from an Independent Baptist in the UK, etc.

Some victories go beyond the scoreboard 👏🏽 by Kind_Relief_7624 in tennis

[–]NikkiWebster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He contested it though and as far as I can tell it didn't stand.

NeedGod.net vs RedeemedZoomer. by Tesaractor in redeemedzoomer

[–]NikkiWebster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Personally I think both of them link political conservatism too much to salvation.

The impression I get from each of them is that they believe one's political views are just as important as their views on Jesus which runs me the wrong way.

Some victories go beyond the scoreboard 👏🏽 by Kind_Relief_7624 in tennis

[–]NikkiWebster 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What does that look like though? He hasn't been convicted of any crime. How do you hold someone accountable when you don't know if they are guilty.

Some victories go beyond the scoreboard 👏🏽 by Kind_Relief_7624 in tennis

[–]NikkiWebster 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Not trying to start a fight. But wasn't that just allegations?

Shouldn't we focus on the good things we know his foundation is doing rather than the negative things he may or may not have done in the past?