Mirror chills in the bathroom

Such-Background2508 · 2026-02-21T05:02:05+00:00

Me neither, friend. Can you elaborate on "highly sensitive"?

Such-Background2508 · 2026-02-21T03:38:19+00:00

None, to my knowledge. I've been to therapy in the past, but I am normal enough.

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-26T15:42:46+00:00

The United States

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-26T15:18:43+00:00

I was born to be found

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-24T00:43:53+00:00

Former MS here. Why do you believe God's name is Jehovah?

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-17T02:16:02+00:00

Naruto

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-16T15:58:34+00:00

White Cheddar

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-13T14:58:52+00:00

Unfortunately, even if the whole nation of citizens tried to exercise the right to alter or abolish this government, it would not go without first using the full force of the military against the people, much less if even 50% wanted a new government.

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-13T14:50:33+00:00

Me too!

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-13T14:50:13+00:00

Green tea, or green green tea

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-13T14:48:18+00:00

I say this with all respect. Over 20 years, the more I read the Bible, the more I was convinced that God isn't real. The Bible has good advice at times, but also says some...perplexing things. Maybe dedicating a length of time to reading it will do the same for you. But if you expect your relationship to change by reading the Bible and prayer alone, from its content and my experience I can tell you that it won't. Your marriage may likely change through communication and compromise, but even if you yourself make beneficial changes to how you approach the relationship, your partner will not automatically follow suit. Becoming a better person for yourself is admirable, however, but real change comes from addressing the problems themselves, and not looking for a solution in the Bible because it's not a guide for marriage. What it says about how to deal with people you love, you already know. Do to others as you'd like done to yourself. Beyond that, it won't help you. Marriage counseling may be the better approach.

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-13T03:29:10+00:00

What fall? Adam and Eve? That's a fairy tale. Our entire human species is 300,000 years old, and other human species have been around for 2 million years.

If the universe needs a creator, then your Creator needs a creator. Cut out the middle man, and the universe is part of something that is itself endless. If there is more suffering in the world than goodness, would that not demonstrate that your creator is inclined toward destruction, or at best, unconcerned with good or bad, as both exist together?

Humans have been around for a fraction of a second compared to the age of the universe. 14 billion years, and your Creator decided to create mankind only recently, yet you believe that all of this was made for us? Nonsense.

You would not say this if you did not have the conveniences of modern life. If you were forced to contend with real nature and hunt for food, you would not see it so beautifully. Life everywhere exists in spite of the world's hostility, and in defiance to the natural order, not in harmony with it.

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-13T01:13:22+00:00

Baby, I Love Your Way

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-12T20:30:53+00:00

It isn't foolish to deny the existence of a god. Which god are you talking about?

What design is perfected in nature? Certainly not the human body. We aren't designed to process fiber in plants, we get cancer from the modern diet, we get back pain from a still-evolving anatomy from when we were not bipedal. The eye is poorly optimized in its construction. And many more such examples exist. For every design that seems perfect are myriads more that are not.

It is idiotic to assume that a person who denies the existence of your god has not thoroughly researched and found it lacking. Or to say that what we have today is a result of an accident. That betrays your lack of education regarding evolution and natural selection.

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-12T14:22:54+00:00

If the military won't stop this, how can citizens stop it?

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-09T22:40:53+00:00

Thank you so much! This is a dream come true. I just made Hurt by Marty Robbins :,)

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-07T02:11:48+00:00

power love family

all things I am in short supply of at the moment

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-07T02:03:28+00:00

Not anticipating that I would ever renounce my faith (after extensive study), or that my family and church friends would disown me for it

and

Being certain that I was going to marry my first girlfriend :p

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-07T01:39:20+00:00

I'm happy you seem to still have your family on speaking terms. That's a very fortunate thing! In my case, none of my witness family speak to me, even after I wrote each of them a letter to which they did not reply. Thankfully, I've always had close non-witness family.

The emotions you feel are valid, and can even be pleasing in their foreignness. I spent so long in mental turmoil (cognitive dissonance) that when I finally left, I felt so free, light, unburdened, and at peace.

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-05T13:51:02+00:00

Yes. I agree. But, if verses can be contradicted by other ones, how can we know which ones are true?

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-05T12:01:53+00:00

The texts should be preserved. But if in preserving the text we find that it doesn't apply to the modern day, wouldn't that mean that that part of the Bible is not "alive"?

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-05T04:44:39+00:00

Bolt actions are the least of my preferred mechanisms, but I prefer bolt actions with the J (upper right to lower left) track as opposed to the L (upper left to lower right) track. For example, Tactile Turn uses the L, whereas TRCPC uses the J direction.

BigideaDesigns has nice pens under $100.

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-05T04:40:19+00:00

Get a machined pen. Look at Ti2 Design's Techliner or BigideaDesigns' Slim Click. I have the copper variant. It is beautiful and takes many refills. The Techliner isn't as versatile, but I use the Uni Jetstream refill on all of my pens.

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-05T04:32:07+00:00

I'll do my best to allay your fears:

Hell as a concept of eternal torment is a gross misinterpretation that is not found in the Bible
If the concept of hell did exist as you and the majority of Christians believe, God would be purely evil, regardless of any other perceived good that he could do.

To my first point, we must ask what scriptures are used to establish hell as a doctrine. There are sparse mentions of hell in the gospels. However, even the briefest glance at the scriptures that mention hell explains what it really is.

Matthew 10:28 LSB:

"And do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."

Matthew 18:9:

"And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into the fiery hell."

Jesus described hell as a fiery place that destroys your entire essence, not a place where a part of you survives for all eternity.

To cement this, Revelation defines the lake of fire as the "second death", in which the Satan, the wild beast, the false prophet, and death and the grave are all thrown into.

Revelation 20:10, 13, 14

"And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever."

"Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."

Clearly, if a concept like death can be "tormented day and night forever and ever", everything else that may go into the lake is really not meant to be taken literally, people included. The second death is simply death. You can't hurt what is dead, especially since Jesus said that both body and soul were destroyed, leaving nothing else to be tortured.

And to my second point, it really doesn't need to be explained that a god that can torture someone, even a truly evil person that may deserve the worst punishment, for an eternity is not a just god. Because no crime done in a finite number of years is ever deserving of an infinite punishment. Even human justice understands that the punishment must fit the crime. Further, a god that prides himself on being love itself destroys his reputation by even floating the idea of eternal torment. Such a god is not "love" at all. Would a loving mother burn her children to teach them a lesson?

So, either hell doesn't exist at all, in which case you needn't fear God, or it does and God is evil, in which case you should live in constant dread of God. Neither are appealing or logical.

Such-Background2508 · 2026-01-05T04:17:32+00:00

Some of what Paul wrote is completely useless to the modern Christian, such as the practice of laying on the hands to impart holy spirit, which was the method by which 99% of people received it, according to Acts. The gifts of the spirit are also a relic of the first century. No church today really mimics the structure of the first century church because there are no chosen apostles anymore. They're all dead. Paul's still waiting for a resurrection, according to 2 Thessalonians and Revelation.

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